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--- outpost_2:easter_eggs [2016/11/07 23:54] – [Santa Claus] vagabond
+++ outpost_2:easter_eggs [2016/11/20 17:31] (current) – vagabond
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 ====== Outpost 2 Easter Eggs ======
-A couple of known Easter Eggs exist in Outpost 2. Easter Eggs are difficult to find anomalies purposefully placed in the game. Outpost 2 contains 3 known Easter Eggs: Dan's Dog, the Small Capacity Air Transport (SCAT), and Santa Claus.
+Outpost 2 contains several Easter Eggs! In case you are new to Easter Eggs in games, Easter Eggs are difficult to find anomalies purposefully placed in a game. Outpost 2 contains 3 currently known Easter Eggs: Dan's Dog, the Small Capacity Air Transport (SCAT), and Santa Claus. Only Dan's Dog has been proven to exist in gameplay. See below for details on all three Easter Eggs.
 ===== Dan's Dog =====
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 {{outpost_2:easter_eggs:DansDog.gif }} //Note: The following information was compiled by Hooman.//
-Dan's Dog was an inside joke by the Outpost 2 programming team that referred to programmer Dan White's dog. An animated howling dog can appear during gameplay under very specific in game circumstances.
+Dan's Dog was an inside joke by the Outpost 2 programming team that referred to programmer Dan White's dog. Dan Duncalf, the lead programmer of Outpost 2 verified the reference to the dog is to Dan White. An animated howling dog can appear during gameplay under very specific in game circumstances.
 **Dan's dog will appear when a meteor impacts if all the following conditions hold:**
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   - the tile is not currently occupied by a unit
-**Proof of Dan's Dog Scenario (created by Hooman):** {{outpost_2:easeter_eggs:dandog.zip}}
+**Proof of Dan's Dog Scenario (created by Hooman):** {{outpost_2:easter_eggs:cdandog.zip}}
 As an additional note, the routine that generates the dog belongs to the Unit class for the Meteor, and this processing function will only be called when (unitIndex XOR tick) MOD 8 != 0. Hence the time condition can only hold for meteors that have a unit index that is a multiple of 8.
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 {{outpost_2:easter_eggs:scat.gif }}
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+The small capacity air transport (SCAT) is supposed to be a flying evacuation transport in Outpost 2. The existence of the SCAT in game has not been proven.
+Artwork of the SCAT is contained within Outpost 2. It can be found using the Outpost 2 Art Viewer. See the [[http://wiki.outpost2.net/doku.php?id=op2_sdk:helper_programs|Outpost 2 Helper Programs Page]] for details on how to use the Outpost 2 Art Viewer.
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 An animated Santa Claus wearing a green suit is contained in the Outpost 2 artwork. Rumors are Santa Claus will appear walking across sections of tubing during gameplay under certain circumstances. The existence of Santa Claus within a scenario has not been substantiated to date.
+**Quote from Dan Duncalf, the lead programmer of Outpost 2:**
+> "... but I think Santa appears in similar circumstances to the dog, but when the date is 12/25 and involves a different terrain type and tick modulo.  Since there are a few assembly guys on the board, have them set breakpoints around GetSystemTime and/or GetLocalTime and that may give them some insight."
+Artwork of Santa Claus is contained within Outpost 2. It can be found using the Outpost 2 Art Viewer. See the [[http://wiki.outpost2.net/doku.php?id=op2_sdk:helper_programs|Outpost 2 Helper Programs Page]] for details on how to use the Outpost 2 Art Viewer.
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