texts: What is the highest theoretically possible DPS?

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I recently played a warm-up coop match as AD carry with a karthus that stacked 6 archangel staffs which made me think of this question:

At the current patch level 1.0.0.140 (Darius) Assuming a basic ranged AD Champion with the following properties:

Level 18
Base Attack Damage 100
Base Attack Speed 1.00
Base Health 1500
Base Crit Chance 25%
1 Item Slot will always be Boots (probably berserkers)
1 Item Slot is reserved for defensive or utility items
Minion Stacks can be assumed maxed
Champion/Assist related Stacks can be assumed to be at 50% of maximum stacks

against a single level 18 target assumed at 5000 Health and 100 Armor.

What is the highest possible average DPS using any 5 items and including crits, armor penetration, etc. but ignoring any champion skills/passives and jungle buffs?


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I have been watching videos about installing mods and Optifine on Minecraft. Out of all the videos I've watched, they always delete the META-INF File. I know what happens if you don't delete it but what if I want to add another mod into my Minecraft? What will I have to do if the file has been already deleted? Do I just install the mod and put together the mod files with Minecraft using WinRAR when I don't have the file anymore? Or will there always be a META-INF file to delete each time I install a mod?

If you dont understand what I just said heres what I'm basically saying. How do I install another mod when I've already deleted the META-INF file when there is nothing to delete. Will there be another META-INF file to delete again?


texts: Is the Steam version of Indigo Prophecy censored?

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Indigo Prophecy is a game that has been sold in two versions:

the original version, which was sold in Europe under the name "Fahrenheit", and contained a love scene which was censored in
the US version that was released under the name "Indigo Prophecy".

I saw that the game was sold on Steam, but without any information about which version it is. I've sent an email to the steam helpdesk and they responded that they didn't know if it was censored or not.

Since the game is sold under the name "Indigo Prophecy" I guess it must be the censored US version, but can someone confirm this?


texts: Why isn't Downtown Cab Company making any money?

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I've owned the Downtown Cab Company for quite a while but it hasn't made money for ages.

I did screw up a few calls... One time my car didn't stop as quick as I thought it would and I accidentally ran the passenger down... Things like that have happened on occasion.

Is this the problem? How can I get it making money again? I rather enjoy taking fares myself so I don't have a problem driving the taxis myself if that'll help.


texts: How to beat level 6-5 Omega in Super Meat Boy?

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I've got up to level 6-5 Omega in Super Meat Boy. I've tried beating it dozens times now, but I fail at the same place. And my fingers hurt. :)

How can I safely go down after I get the key in this level?

I can "easily" play the level up to that key, and then I die when trying to go down. I don't even know what challenges await me after I get the key.


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I'm currently playing SC2 with it's free starter edition. I already loved it and planing buy it. But i've some questions.

If I buy only WoL, can i play ranked/unranked matches?
If I buy only WoL, can i reach highest level on each races? (currently stucked on 10lvl)
If I buy only WoL, can i receive achievements, unlocks, skins, animations?
If I buy only WoL, can I produce units added on HotS? (like Viper from Zerg)
If I buy both WoL and HotS, when new protoss expansion release, Blizzard give me free upgrade? or I should buy that too?


texts: What can you put in the {}s in a /give command?

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What are the things you can put in the {}s in a /give command? I know some like ench and diplay but no others.

Here are the tags that I know how to use:

/give @p leather_boots 1 0 {display:{Name:"Dese Boots Aren't Made For Walking",Lore:["Some Stylish Boots Right Here"]},ench:[{id:0,lvl:15},{id:16,lvl:15}]}

That gives me a pair of leather boots with protection XV and sharpness XV Named "Dese Boots Aren't Made For Walking" with Lore of "Some Stylish Boots Right There".

What other tags can you put on items (like potion effects while equipped or attacked with, custom damage, and stuff like that)?


texts: How to create and import custom character portraits for Wizardry 8?

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It's possible to create custom character portraits in Wizardry 8, I've seen it done before. But just now looking (googling) for guides on how to create a portrait and how to import it I came up empty.

I found like a dozen links to guides, tools or character packs, all of which are miraculously dead.

So how do I create and import a custom character portrait?


texts: Do skills from Strong Attack Tree have any effect on other skill trees?

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I'm going for a light attack build.

In the description of skills Rend and Sunder Armor from the Strong Attack tree they say nothing about the skill helping only heavy attacks.

Do I get those bonuses when using light attacks too?


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In previous SCS games, savegames were in text format, so you could easily edit them. The .sii files used for savegames in Euro Truck Simulator 2 seem to be in some binary format instead.

Is there a way I can edit my savegames?


texts: Finding a replacement Lockpick Weekly early game

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Just started playing Fallout 3:New Vegas again. One of the first quests is to break into the safe in the school house. You start out with 15 points for lockpick skill, but you need 25 to attempt to lockpick the safe.

Handily, our good companion gives you a Lockpick book granting you +10 to lockpick skill temporarily.

However, if you're an idiot, like me, you forget that it's temporary and just read that bad boy straight off the bat.

Where can I find a replacement this early in the game?


texts: What condition did River have in To the Moon?

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Throughout To the Moon, Eva and Neil mention that River had a certain condition that causes someone to answer questions literally (that's how I took it but it probably had another effect).

What condition are they referring to?


texts: How to hover minecraft using command blocks

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I'm doing a command block creation and I need to know how to "hover" on block over the ground beneath me in survival if tried putting this is my current command but I just keeps me at the same y axis

/tp @a[score_Hover1_min=1] ~ 57 ~

So I could use some help I guess this is a pretty hard question but does anybody know an answer?


texts: is it possible to play a song with a command block?

texts: I was wondering if I could use a command block to play a song like strad, 13, blocks, and cat.  I figured you could use the /playsound command, but I am unfamiliar with the command and I need some guidance.


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What factors have any effect on the traveling speed of a cast projectile?
Is it the same all over, regardless of attack speed or other boni?

Are there any skills or equipments which do affect projectile speed?

(This question covers the mechanics of attack speed but I can't figure out whether it can increase projectile speed (Wizard, Demon Hunter etc.), if it is ever possible.)


texts: Getting the disk version of a downloaded game

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I have been purchasing and downloading games on my ps4 for a while. Now my memory is getting pretty full so I can no longer add to my library. What would be ideal is if I can get a hard copy of all my downloaded games, but I don't want to pay the full price again.

Is there a way to trade it for the disk version, or has anyone heard of a way round?


texts: How do I learn higher level versions of hunter arts?

texts: Each weapon has several hunter arts. I know from progressing through the offline quests that you unlock new ones via the main game, but how do you unlock higher level versions of the same art?


texts: What are the sources for every piece of Mass Effect 3 DLC?

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I'm lost in the sea of Mass Effect 3 DLC. From what I understand, there are numerous sources for DLC codes that allow access to in-game content like new weapons, skins, maps, missions, etc. These sources include pre-order bonuses from various retailers, Collector's Edition content, purchasable in-game content from the "normal" sources (Xbox Marketplace, Orign, etc.), and many others.

I realize this is an involved question begging for an involved answer, but what are all the required sources for every piece of in-game content DLC? Does EA keep a updated list of this information?

As a corollary question, is any of the DLC now unavailable due to the game being past the preorder state or other reasons?


texts: How would I find the amount of nbt data an item in my singleplayer minecraft world?

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I am trying to save a bunch of items I have for various reasons by placing them in a singleplayer world. This serves the purpose of backing it up (I have most things in saved toolbars) and reducing lag from opening the saved toolbars tab. My problem is that if too much nbt data is in a single chunk, it kicks me and the chunk won't save. This has happened before, but so far I am able to give each of my saved toolbars their own chunk without any problems. This is annoying because the more items I have, the more effort it will take to get the stuff.
I tried downloading nbt explorer, but I haven't figured out how to check the amount of nbt data (in bytes because chunk banning could be an issue) an item/items has. Is there something specific I need to do in nbt explorer? Is there a separate external tool that might be more useful? Also I don't remember the exact limit and can't find it with just a google search. Is there a better place to post this?


texts: Disabling Steam Chat's automatic popup at Windows login startup

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Recently as of this writing (27 July 2018), Steam has begun opening the chat Friends popup whenever I login to my Windows 10 account:

I can't figure out how to stop this without disabling Steam itself from starting up—which I want it to do, for auto-updating and so that my VR headset will be ready.

On Steam Communities, there's a prevalent suggestion that the following sequence can stop this:

After logging in and the Steam chat window opens, open the full Steam app.
Close the Steam chat window.
Close Steam's app window.
Relog from Windows.

but in my trials, this has no effect.

There are no obvious settings for this by clicking the gear icon (highlighted in red in the above image):

I found what seemed to be a promising option in the Steam application's settings → "Interface" → "Set Taskbar Preferences":

but, as advertised, it only affects the choices available if you right-click on the Steam icon in the taskbar:

Unticking "Friends" and relogging does not change the popup behavior at startup.

How can I prevent this window from opening every time I login? The Steam application itself opens in the background; I'd like the chat to do the same.


texts: Defend against Biotic Attack in Mass Effect 1

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The most infuriating aspect of this game is a biotic attack. You get hit by one, and Shep goes all limp and starts rolling around on the floor, completely at the mercy of every assault rifle within a 30 mile perimeter.

Despite being a biotic, shielding myself with a biotic barrier and wearing light armour with biotic shielding I still find myself getting taken out constantly by a biotic attack.

Even when you're in cover biotic attacks can still hit you and cause you to 'collapse' out of cover.

I just don't really know how to stop them. I was a bastion and I was still getting hit by them. The Asari commandos when you face off Benezia on Noveria is a bit of a nightmare because of this.

How to I protect myself against this attack?


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I have a scroll of Ice Storm. Whenever I try to cast it, the storm seems to be centered on me. It inflicts damage on me and my follower, quickly killing us.

From reading the UESP and Wikia pages on Ice Storm, it sounds like it's supposed to be a slow-moving projectile launched at my target. When I cast Fireball it acts as I would expect, launching the spell away from me at my target. But Ice Storm seems to be a self-focused and self-detrimental area of effect.

Am I doing something wrong?


texts: Celts build order on Age of Empires Online

texts: As per title, what is a good build order for the Celts on Age of Empires Online?


texts: For playing Final Fantasy XIII, I received a Key Item called "Eternal Crystal". Most Key Items don't really do anything outside of reminding you what you have for purposes of the plot. Does this one do anything special sometime though since it's optional?


texts: How to stop XP Orbs from spawning in Minecraft: Windows 10 edition

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Recently I have been having a lag issue with XP orbs spawning out of nowhere.
I removed all XP farms and sources of XP orbs.
I then typed /kill @e[type=xp_orb], which killed all XP orbs and reduced the lag for a temporary.
The problem is that every time some XP Orbs are not being removed.
I also tried the solution in another post regarding this issue and it seems to only work for Java edition and I'm having an issue with Bedrock Edition.
I tried using MCedit but it's not working for my edition of Minecraft.
I'm tired of typing /kill @e[type=xp_orb] every 30 seconds or so to reduce lag, is there any other way of stopping XP orbs from spawning?


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I read in an article dating from December that SimCity games would be saved online. I have not yet bought the game, and I wonder if this is true. It would be bad enough to be forced out of the game if my connection is lost, but I would be edgy to not be able to save my game after I notice a lost connection, as I am pretty bad at saving regularly and would hate to lose my whole session after being kicked out.

So, is the game really saved online? If so, is there a way to have some kind of backup on my computer? I suppose it wouldn't be so bad if there was an auto-save thing. Is there?


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It seems like this gadget is able to sense enemy locations periodically even through walls (which makes it much more useful than I originally thought). How far out does it detect?

Also, the description in-game says one can avoid detection by moving slowly. What are the parameters for this? crouch+walk? Walk at some percent of max speed if using gamepad?


texts: How do I level up quickly in fallout 4? I try to get experience from killing strong enemies but I just have not found anything that works to well


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I usually can't complete a full 10Gb download at a time due to slow download speeds and restrictions for how long my PC can be on for etc. This hasn't been a problem in the past, I'd set a game downloading come back a few days later and it'd continue. However, recently an update of mine "reset". I was about 9Gb through a 12Gb update and today it's showing as 0Mb again.

How long do the downloads stay before clearing away?


texts: Is there a place where I can see monster health tables for Diablo 3?

texts: I'm looking for some site that shows some health tables for monsters in Diablo 3 for every act and every difficulty.


texts: How can AP Tristana be used viably in Season 3?

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I have seen Tristana using an AP build before but with new emerging heroes and all these old champions sometimes get blindsided by their newer peers.

The points I will like to know are

Is she viable as an AP carry?
What are the recommended runes for Tristana?
How do I effectively use her kit to kill enemies?


texts: Is Steam going to be available on PS3?  If so, does that mean that if I have purchased a game through Steam on my PC, and a PS3 version of that game exists, will I automatically be able to play it on my PS3 as well?


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In Starbound, there are many new things introduced into the game in the Nightly builds (for the upcoming Winter update). One of which is many changes to progression...

I'm up to a part where you're meant of craft Steel. Except Steel is not crafted from a Metalworking Station (made of 1 Iron + 1 Coal). Instead, it is made from an alloy furnace using 3 Oil + 1 Iron.

Iron is plentiful for me; I can find them easily by digging further down into the surface of a planet. But I've haven't come across any signs of oil.

Question: Where does oil commonly spawn?
Is there a minimum planet treat "level" (not a number) or is it tied to specific biomes? Or what?


texts: Where do those nasty red balls (eggs?) come from in Darwinia?

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Two questions, really:

Does the game explain at some point where those red "eggs" come from?
Where does these red "eggs" come from?


texts:
I have a season journey for this
How do I find these in-game? I see the options with googling, but I don't see any options in-game.


texts: How are resources shared in multiplayer Dungeon of the Endless?

texts: In a multiplayer game of Dungeon of the Endless, resources that get generated each door get shared weirdly between each player. There is some non-trivial rounding going on behind the scenes, and sometimes upgrading a generator or placing a mechanical pal does nothing. How does it work?


texts: How do I make an electrical engine pump out more MJ?

texts: Could anyone please tell me how to (if possible) make an electrical engine transfer energy from its own reserves to a machine, a lot faster?


texts: Champion Selection (With Randoms) What should I do?

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When I go into solo-queue I get paired with a number of randoms who insta-lock their characters like they don't know how to play anyone else... I usually try to pick based on what the team needs, but I was wondering if I should communicate more with the team before-hand so that I know what is going through their minds when they choose their champions.

For example, say you're sitting in Champ Select and you have an AP mid, a bot support, a strong AD tank top and a Tristana. Seeing that the group may need more magic damage, you lock in a strong AP champion. After the loading screen and everyone is their lanes, the Tristana says "ap trist" and the support turned out to be playing "ap carry Lulu." So, now your team has 4 AP champions, the enemy stacks MR and focuses your solo top. gg wp.

Should I communicate with team more or start playing hybrid champs to adapt to any situation or should I just abandon all hope and get together a strong pre-made group?


texts: Can you end a permanent war by liberating the city-state that declared it?

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In Civilization 5, there are City-States scattered around the world. You can bully them for lunch money, ally with them, and declare war on them. If you conquer enough City-States, you'll eventually persuade them all to band together and declare permanent war on you.

If a City-State that declares permanent war on you is then captured by another civilization, and you liberate it, does it end the permanent war? Or do City-States never forgive and never forget?


texts: Do "Special Ops" mission level ups carry over to Multplayer mode weapons and perks?

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I started out playing Special Ops, and unlocked a few guns and gained rank.
I wasn't really paying attention when I dove into Multiplayer... But does anyone know if what you achieve in Special Ops transfers to Multi-player leveling?


texts: What does the 'potential' rating do in DexNav search?

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Pokemon ORAS introduced the 'DexNav' search function, which allows you to sneak up on Pokemon, sometimes with unique abilities, unique moves and a higher level than you would find normally.

While sneaking up, you get a look at some of the aforementioned values, including a 'Potential' star rating, which appears to be out of 3.

What does the potential rating signify? it doesn't seem related to the moves/ability or other values.


texts: Is it possible to get all available fossils on my island?

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I have been playing for a couple days ... and I feel like I am getting so many duplicate fossils.

It made me wonder whether it’s possible to find all existing fossils on my own island, or I must visit someone else’s island to find different ones.


texts: Which items are in the three gifts of Haedrig?

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Having all three gifts results into a complete set.

But which items are in the first gift?
And which items are in the second gift?
And which items are in the third gift?

For example a monk in season 12 will get the Uliana set.

Which items of the Uliana set will I have after having the first gift?
And which will I have after having the second gift?


texts: So I had all the skulls and now one is missing the one where if you shoot grunts they turn into confetti and I re did the lvl and it is not there at all unless it's in the ground or something I can't find it any answerers?


texts: Can I join my friend's guild in Illusion Connect if they are on another server?

texts: If I want to join my friend's guild in Illusion Connect do I have to restart on the same server or can I continue with my existing server?


texts: How do I display the console on counter strike GO

texts: I thought i had to push the ~ or ` key to open the console but my PC simply ignores the command. Can anyone advise?


texts: Where do I download the manuals for games I buy on Steam?

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I recently signed up with Steam and bought a few discounted games, but I can't find any manuals for them. I assumed they'd be installed along with the games, but I can't find any sign of them or of download links for them on Steam. Am I missing something?
(The games are Crysis, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge and Burnout Paradise.)


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I just finished the:

  if ( practice ) {
    perfect;
  }

puzzle and it mentions an alternate solution using the G key, which I don't have yet.  Where do I find it?


texts: Is mercy's revive better than normal revive in coop?

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In coop all members can revive death member

Mercy have another option. Mercy can revive members with her special skill.

I wonder if Mercy's revive is better in 2 ways

It's faster
It doesn't make future revive takes longer

Is it?

Co op as in retribution and uprising


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My machine is great, and runs other games with no issues, but Rome 2 is a tough nut to crack! There are so many arcane graphical options I don't know where to start.

Does anyone have any strategies for optimally boosting frame rates or reducing load/wait times without losing too much graphical quality?


texts: How to beat Sky O’ Love Challenge Mission?

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We just tried (me and 2 friends of mine) to beat the Sky O’ Love mission in Dungeon of Defenders. We spent an hour and we reach "only" wave 8/10 and we desisted. It was really difficult let the lovers meet.

Do you have any suggestions to speed up the things? I am not sure I can tolerate all this hearts and rainbows for more than 1 straight hour...


texts: what does the sprout next to item stats mean?

texts: After beating the tutorial and trying the first level a few times, I've gathered 3 weapons and 3 armor. One item of each type have a green sprout by the stats, specifically by the LIGHT stat.  What does this mean?


texts: My companions have all disappeared during boss battle

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If I've lost my companions and end up in an unwinnable boss battle, what are my options?

I am doing the part where you aim to get the Templars assistance. Not going to give anything more than that away but essentially I've got no help in the main fight, so I'm going through 8 potions and despite some weird jumping technique to avoid being floored, it's almost impossible to do any damage as a close-quarters combatant.

How can I fix this?

Prior to this part starting, the PS4 crashed with a blue screen. When I started it up again, I carried on where I left off, but I suspect it might be corrupt somehow.


texts: How can I quickly collect the chaos emeralds in the Security Hall?

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I'm in the Security Hall level (Stage 8 in the dark storyline) of Sonic Adventure 2, and I'm struggling to collect the 3 chaos emeralds within the 5-minute time limit, mainly because, every time I die/run out of time, the emeralds change location. Also, sometimes the emeralds seem to be in stupid places, that I never would have guessed.

On this particular level, is there an easy way to quickly collect all 3 chaos emeralds within 5 minutes?


texts: How can I tell what my partner's health is at?

texts: I can easily see my health in the red at the top of the screen, and for the entire length of Chapter 1 I thought the blue was my partner's health. Turns out that's my mana (oops). So is there any way I can see my partner's health at the time, so I know if he's about to die or not? Would be good to know, so I don't go off doing risky things that could get me killed when my partner is about to die as well...


texts: How to exit Minecraft single player without saving?

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I was building my factory in single player Tekkit wearing my nice gem armor using a red morningstar to mine out an area below it to place the machines. I quickly switched the hammer mode from 3x3 to single block to work on some details... or that was what would have happened if I actually had it selected.

What the key press actually did was use the offensive power of my gem armor and produce a big explosion at my current position which destroyed half of my machines and most of the walls, leaving an unsightly crater in the ground.

I know the map state got saved just a minute or so before that happened.

Next time that happens, is there any way to quickly leave the game without saving the new mapstate?


texts: What is the difference between the PS3 and PSP versions of Monster Hunter Tri

texts: Are there any differences between them, And Is there an online mode on the PS3 version?


texts: What is the response time of a Samsung UN22D5000NF?

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I'm asking this in the gaming section since response time of monitors are a big deal for twitch gaming on consoles.

My friend recently bought a Samsung UN22D5000NF.  I can't find any information on its response time.  I know it has a Game Mode, but no hard numbers are given when you activate it.  I searched all over the Internet for a response time on the thing, but I can't find any info.

Anyone have any idea what the response time on this TV is?

Edit: I am asking on this site because I think response times are relevant to gaming (I play games that make me sensitive to such things).  Obviously TVs are used as gaming-related hardware - you cannot play on a console without one, so I thought this site would be the right one to post this.


texts: My Enderdragon texture appears but it's white?

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Just to preface this:: I edit my own textures for Minecraft. I've done so since Beta 1.3.
Now-- I edited the original texture for my Enderdragon when it launched in the update. I believe it worked at the time, but has since stopped (sort of). And now it appears as a whitened version of the texture in-game.
The Enderdragon Head/mask still displays my texture normally, but not the dragon itself. So the game clearly recognizes it. OH! And my eyes still appear on the model. Very odd. Would really appreciate an explanation so that I can fix it.


texts: I have a dozen or more Big Spenders in Arrivals from a Reward. How do I use them?

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I finished an assignment and got a big spender reward. It unpacked a dozen or more (hard to tell how many) big spenders into my arrivals level., but they are not listed and don't seem to be available for use.

How do I use them?


texts: Can autosave be disabled in Metro Exodus on PS4?

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Is there a way to disable autosave in Metro Exodus? I’ve looked through all of the game options and didn’t see anything obvious, just thought I’d check in case I missed something.

I was in Caspian, driving toward the quest objective in the lower-right corner of the map, and was just approaching it when I was snatched out of the vehicle by a demon. It carried me for a bit and then dropped me - OVER THE WATER — and as the cutscene of my fall played, the game autosaved. Now I’m stuck in an unplayable moment, where the game loads with me dropping into the water and being trapped there until I die...it doesn’t bring me back to dry land as is normally the case when you fall into the water. d’oh!

This isn’t the first time I’ve been bitten by an unfortunate autosave in this game, and I’ve been very aware of planning my strategy because of it. However, this one was out of my control and occured along with a game glitch, which makes me want to stop playing the game.


texts: Global Mu Online "The game client is loaded only through the official website"

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When I start the game through the official website I get the follow error: "The game is loaded only through the official Website" even thought I'm starting from the official website.

When I click "game start" the launcher restart and I need to click it again to start the game, and I believe that it may be the cause of the error.

Am I missing something?

i found this: http://forum.ragezone.com/f196/start-game-launcher-website-gmo-883531/ but i don't understand the type of language or way to run it


texts: Check if player is not in the air or on a specific block

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In Minecraft 1.14.4, I was wondering if it was possible to use a command block to execute if a player is neither on a specified type of block or in the air.

For instance:

/execute if entity @p ~ ~-1 ~ (is not grass or air) run ...

If you need clarification on my question feel free to ask.


texts: How does speed actually work in galaxy of heroes?

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In galaxy of heroes, how does speed actually work? I know it affects how quickly your turn meter grows, but how does it affect that growth?

If my speed is modified by 20 speed, what exactly does that mean?


texts: How can I get this robot to finish the maze?

texts: On level 13, the Robot is set in the top left of a randomly generated maze.  How can I make him get the blue key and give it to me?


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How do I make it so that its me vs. 10 enemy engineers on the blue team?
I tried this

sv_cheats 1
mp_autoteambalance 0
tf_bot_keep_class_after_death 1
tf_bot_add 10 engineer red easy

but it did whatever it wanted to anyway and put random classes on each team...


texts: XP gain while soloing ME3 multiplayer (or: "does it pay to have no friends?")

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Related:
How can I effectively solo the co-op mode? | How is score calculated in multiplayer?

So lately, I've gotten sick of being either #3 or #4 on the leaderboards at the end of missions. "How can I be number one?", I said to myself. Well, one way to do it would be to solo the mission. "That sounds like a great idea", I thought, "and hey, if I play the mission entirely alone, that means that I get all the XP!"

On the other hand, that means that I miss out on the team bonuses and rewards that come from being a well-adjusted individual who knows how to play well with others.

So, assuming that I'm a bit sociopathic and I don't really care whether I'm playing alone or with others, which is more beneficial strictly in terms of reward potential, playing alone or with a team?


texts: How to score a goal with Bicycle kick - FIFA 12?

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I am trying hard to score a goal with the bicycle kick but it seems I am unable to perform the bicycle kick.

Does anyone know how to perform this maneuver?


texts: Does Mighty Mighty Missile Have The Same Maps As The GBA Che Chu Rocket?

texts: Mighty Mighty Missile is a homebrew game that was released on the Sega CD in 2004, and it appears to have incorporated many game play elements and assess from Sonic Team's Chu Chu Rocket, specifically the one released for the Game Boy Advanced. I was wondering if the maps associated with Mighty Mighty Missile are original or also happen to be ripped from the GBA?


texts: Is the castle the only place to find money?

texts: I am trying to save up enough money for the ice wand, and I keep getting told to look in the castle. I know I can find cards and heart pieces other places, so can I find money other places too, or is the castle the only place where there is money to be found?


texts: How does the save system of "I Am Alive" work?

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I just started playing I Am Alive, from X-Box Live Arcade. AFAICS, the game has a different save system. It rewards you Retry s at certain points to take you to the latest checkpoint, but I am somewhat confused.

When I die at some point, and I use a "retry", do I lose my supplements and ammo?
When I die at some point, and I run out of "retry"s, where does the game restart? What do I lose? Do I lose my supplements and ammo?
If I exit the game at any point to be played later on, where does the game restart? Do I lose "retry"s, supplements, and ammo?

If you can give detailed info on the game's save system, I'll appreciate that.


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I don’t know how to start me next mission as I completed 50% of the game and now i am finishing all strangers and freaks mission
There is one mission as T but can’t be accessed. Can anyone tell me how to start the mission of all characters?


texts: How can I change what faction I am "Closest To"?

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As the early parts of Fallen London wind down, you meet the Numismatrix, who (partially) explains the many different currencies in the game, and invites you to choose a faction to be Closest To. She promised that I would be able to change which faction I'm Closest To at some point in the future. I initially chose to be close to Hell, because I was becoming intimate of devils at the time. But those d----d hellspawn just wanted to get their hands on my immortal soul!

I'm starting to think that my choice of faction was hasty, and that I would prefer to join a group I can identify with. Some level-headed people. A more human group — the Revolutionaries, perhaps. I mean, all they want to do is end society as I know it, which is certainly a step in a safer direction.

So: How can I change the faction that I am Closest To?


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How long does the vision from a scan last in Starcraft 2?

How many real-time seconds does it last at "Faster" game speed?


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I've found a few Bone Amulets around Grimrock. I think I found them after killing the undead skeletons, but I'm not 100% sure. They seems to have no stats, positive or negative, and only a short description, reading A primitive amulet made out of bones that are bound together with string. So what are they for?

Is there any use for them or are they just dead weight? (hah, pun)
Am I missing something and being totally bone-headed?
I thought maybe they are in fact completely useless, but I can't get that into my thick skull.
Will I find out to-marrow?


texts: Does forceloading chunks put a lot of stress on the server

texts: For a project on a minecraft server I used the new /forceload command to keep some chunks loaded. There is probably about 10 chunks not counting the spawn chunks that are forceloaded. I've also noticed that the server's memory usage has gone up as well as the "Running behind" messages. There has also been an increase in players so that could also be the issue. In my mind it's not that much different than having another player on, but does it put a bit more stress on the server because they are in various location and not grouped together (more like 10 players instead)? This is in 1.13.2 minecraft with vanilla server.


texts: Can't log into new Bukkit Server install

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I am setting up a new MineCraft server and would like to use Bukkit but when I try to connect with the client I get "IP Address lost connection" within the server window and within the client I get "Can't connect to server" even on the localhost.

I completely turned off my Windows Firewall and am now getting java.netConnectException: Connection refused:  no further information:"

I set up vanilla Minecraft and that works fine.  I have port forwarding on, although it wouldn't impact the localhost attempts. With vanilla MineCraft I can connect from another PC but Bukkit is getting the same error no matter where I try to connect from.

CraftBukkit version git-Bukkit-1.6.4-R2.0-b2918jnks
Windows 8
memory set to 3G on an 8G system

I have seen multiple of the same issue but the few fixes I have found did not work (turn off online mode, setting op user, adjusting memory, etc.


texts: Humble Bundle - Does all the proceedes go exclusively to charity when only charity is selected?

texts: When you buy something from the Humble Bundle you can select that the whole amount from the sale goes to charity. But does your whole amount really get sent to charity, or is some of it taken for administrative purposes etc. by the Humble Bundle team?


texts: Is the Playstation 4 backwards-compatible?

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Does the PS4 have backwards compatibility of some form?
The majority of forums/sites suggest not, or posters are adamant it doesn't yet. Others imply that some form of backwards compatibility will include a cloud service and PS3 titles?
I've even heard on some forums that PS4 does actually play PS3 games but those posts seem to be a minority compared to those that say it's not...


texts: There are known prophecies for Nerevarine and the Dragonborn. Is there any prophecy for the guy in Oblivion known as the Champion of Cyrodiil or the Hero of Kvatch?


texts: How many squad points do you need you unlock everything in COD: Ghosts?

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There are a lot of equipment/perks/slots you can unlock with squad points in COD: Ghosts.  Some of the perks will automatically unlock by ranking up normally without spending any squad points.

At what point you can actually unlock everything and how many squad points and/or ranks would you need?


texts: How do I prevent some items from being removed from a chest? [1.12−]

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Let's make this clear: I'm on 1.12.
I want to know if it is possible to prevent a player from taking certain items out of a chest. I'm trying to fill an entire chest with say, brown panes, except for the 3x3 grid in the center, and the player cannot remove the panes in any way.
Edit: I'm assuming this is only possible via a custom plugin used by servers.


texts: I have 13 vault members but no other ones seem to be coming. What can I do to fix this? I’ve tried the crates but I’ve only gotten one person from there.


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I am attempting to defeat all of the bosses, to beat Terraria. This includes hard mode.

Who are the main bosses, throughout both regular and hard mode? Is there a particular preference I should take in defeating them?

It would definitely be worth considering multiple platforms, and the optional bosses, to make the answer more useful to other users.


texts: Is there any build queue, or some way to switch production without wasting hammers?

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As an avid “stuff those few extra turns' production, until my next research is complete, into something I'll want to complete later” in Civ V; but I can find no ‘show queue’ button in Civ VI!

Is my production just wasted, if I switch targets?


texts: Why does Starcraft 2 get slower as a match progresses?

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The problem is simple, I fear the solution is unobtainable.

Whenever I get (roughly) more than 120 supply my game comes to almost a complete standstill. Playing ladder makes me cry a little inside. I need it to not to lag at all. It's not the connection as playing campaign gives me the same problem. Currently all graphics are set to their very lowest.

My Rig:
Windows 7 b 64-bit
Intel core i7 3.5gh
16 GB of RAM (DDR3-2133 (G Skill RipjawsZ F3-17000CL9-4GBZH))
Radeon Dual-X R9 280x 3GB
448gb SSD Samsung
1000w PSU

I've overclocked a bit to get some extra juice out of this badboy. Sadly, in SC this makes no difference.

I can play any other game for fun, Thief is the newest one I've tried out all on maximum.

Running latest drivers and versions of everything.


texts: Counter Strike Source keymap configuration

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In CSS it's possible to bind keys to actions.

Is it possible to somehow bind the coordinates of the mouse to the walking action in the game?

Is it possible to find the key names the HID devices have in CSS so I can map them?

If I connect two optical mise to my computer can I configure CSS to distinguish between those two devices and map the keys to different actions?


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When I try and Find Match on Modern Warfare 3 Survival Mode, it keeps searching but never finds anyone.

Has anyone else experienced this? Why is this?


texts: Ways to get faster times Quantum Conundrum?

texts: I'm trying to get the speed times in Quantum Conundrum and can't seem get any faster is there any way to move faster or to skip the speeches to move faster?


texts: The Summoner class has one or two skills about increasing friendship affinity, and I've also seen one or two messages about affinity increases after summoning a Friend. What is are the benefit and effects of affinity, and what actions will increase it?


texts: Does fire aspect on a sword destroy mob drops?

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Title about says it all.

I've been killing drowned for tridents with a Looting III diamond sword, which has fire aspect I on it.

My guess, is that of the trident carrying drowned, I'm killing about 1 in 30 to get a trident. Not the 1/10 I should expect with a Looting III sword based on the wiki article.

I've wondered similar things for Wither Skeleton skulls, and other rare mob drops.  I am assuming/hoping my flaming sword isn't affecting my odds.


texts: How do you manage your base and armies if you go macro style?

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I play protoss and I have huge difficulties doing macro and micro at the same time.

When I play one base, I usually scout and counter, and then with some control, I trash opponents bigger army. But if I go macro (early 3rd base and building more production facilities) I totally loose it.

I have no problem keeping my money (relatively) low, keeping my army composition fine, but I lose, even if I outmacro someone by 40% I still lose, because they just trash my armies with micro.

I split my armies, walk into heavily protected areas, or lose my main against a small harassment.

How do you manage your base and army and fights if you go heavy macro? How should I train for this aspect?


texts: Where are screenshots saved in Tag: Power of Paint?

texts: Even though there are billboards in the game telling you how to take screenshots (plus a little notification when you do), I've dug through the game files and can't find the ones I've taken anywehre. Lil' help?


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Sometimes when I am walking (outside of a town, on the world map), my character will flash white.

Does this mean anything? Or is it just a graphical glitch somewhere?


texts: When should I pick Surge, and when Promote, in Dominon?

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Often, when playing supports in Dominion, like Lux or Janna, I like picking Ghost, then a spell that will help the team (directly or indirectly) as opposed to just me. In many guides I have read, people insist that Garrison is not as useful as other spells I could pick.

What parameters should I consider when trying to pick between Surge and Promote?

Is it better to pick Surge as a carry, or is Promote equally viable?

What should I pick when playing support? Should I go for something else entirely?


texts: I picked up some bullets and I have a half-empty magazine. How can I put the bullets in it?


texts: I am wondering if are there any benefits in making headshots in Orcs Must Die!? I mean except the fact that you can take down an orc faster.


texts: Modern Warfare 3 Crashes on Launch: How can I get it running?

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When I attempt to launch any part of Modern Warfare Three on my PC through Steam, it crashes immediately, and this happens (multiplayer as example):

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name:   iw5mp.exe
Application Version:    0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp:  4eb37b9f
Fault Module Name:  StackHash_e8ad
Fault Module Version:   0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset:   003e0000
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID:  5129
Additional Information 1:   e8ad
Additional Information 2:   e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
Additional Information 3:   e8ad
Additional Information 4:   e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

When I run the exe's directly from the game directory, the splash screen appears and says that Steam must be running, even when it is.

Is there anything I can do to get this running?

Thanks!


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On some maps where there are lifts (e.g. Hainan Resort), is it possible to call the lift down to your floor?

I'm wondering if the lift automatically returns to the original floor after it has used by a player (i.e. a player getting in then activating the button), or you can call the lift to different floors (e.g. on Hainan Resort there are lifts on the first level but you can't seem to enter on them, unless I've missed something, hence my question).


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You're in a cavern. It's dark. But your ears work fine, so you know you're safe. All mobs make noise, right? Zombies moan, Spiders squeak, Skeletons' Bones tinkle, Slimes splat, Endermen... make... Ender... Noises? Except... for the dreaded CREEPER, who makes no noise until it's TOO LATE! But... Do creepers make noise when they walk?

No, seriously. Do they? I'm in a cavern and I'm hearing something else taking steps, however I'm not hearing any other noises associated with mobs. Is this a Creeper creeping around somewhere?


texts: How much larger is a Lightning Creeper's explosion radius compared to a regular Creeper?

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With the advent of weather in 1.5, lightning strikes during rainstorms can set fire to trees, frankenstein pigs to zombie pigmen, and perhaps most insidiously of all, super-charge Creepers with blue electricity.

The minecraft wiki states that a supercharged creeper has a "stronger" explosion, and can kill the player much more easily. While "stronger" is unquestionable in meaning for blast resistance and raw damage, I was wondering if the explosion radius is actually increased as well?

How large is the explosion radius compared to that of a regular creeper?

*Note: anecdotal evidence may not be sufficient alone, as it may be difficult to determine "bigger craters because of more blast power" and "bigger craters because the blast power covers a larger area". It could even be both at once.


texts: Is it beneficial to sacrifice yourself so that your team might possibly get the baron steal? Like say the enemy team is taking baron and your close enough to rush in and possible take the baron steal without smite, is it worth it? or are you just hurting your team by making it at 4v5 against the baron buff?


texts: How to design a secure foot or car pathway across railroads in Factorio?

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I'm bulding an extensive and heavily used automated train system.

After having enjoyed the achievement of being obliterated by my own automated trains, I would prefer that not happening anymore.

I want to create a proper path through tracks so that I can have some "offical safe routes" that can be used, when I move by foot or with my car / tank across the rails.

Basically, I imagine a system that stops the trains on demand when I want to cross.

Of course, the trains should continue their course as usual once I safely crossed the tracks.

I'm thinking about some kind of switch system that could be activated from either side of the crossing.

Nice-to-have would also be some kind of visual clue whether the system is activated or not, so that I can easily see if my safe path is enabled or not.

The less manual actions needed to achieve this, the better. If the stop could be automatically activated once I approach the crossing (and deactivated when I leave), that would be the best solution I imagine.

High complexity of building the system is not an issue (or even appreciated!).


texts: How is the Council Medal of Honor Medal bonus applied?

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The "Council Medal of Honor" medal has the following listed as one of the choices:

"+1 Aim and +1 Will for each mission without any soldier deaths (to a maximum of +10 each)."

Does anyone know if the bonus is either:

Retroactive (since the beginning of the game)
Only starts counting once the medal is given
Only applied to missions that specific solider (with the medal) is on?


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After playing an Endless Match in Puyo Puyo Tetris for Nintendo Switch and going to the stats screen it says I haven't played any Endless game. Same for all modes, none of my gameplay stats are recorded.

The console itself is connected to the internet.

I noticed that after finishing a match it shows Updating Stats but it never shows a confirmation message that the stats where updated.

Do I need to activate something to get the stats recorded?


texts: Is there a way that I can pose my Minecraft character in a running postion or just anyway I want for that matter?


texts: Dark Souls 3 DLCs cannot be installed on my PS4

texts: I bought 2 DLCs for Dark Souls 3 for PS4 from Playstation Store. I downloaded them but they cannot be installed. I did not buy Dark Souls 3 from that online market, but I have physical copy. Is it a problem? How can I run those DLCs?


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I've read in some Skyrim related sites that many players have had problems with:
1) Items in their inventory that are related to quests but don't work as expected. (Plantea's flute, amulet of Talos, the 4 little things used in The Lost Ages quest, etc.)
2) Related issues to quest that requires an event to trigger it. (The Lost Ages won't become active even when you read the book The Aetherium Wars. Another example is when you kill the Boethia's priest, if you read the book while it's on his body will make the Ebony Mail inaccessible at the end of the Boethia's Calling quest)
3) Visiting places that store special items related to a quest or not talking to people that gives you quests before you enter and "clean" those places.
Probably there are more common issues, but now I just remember those.
I've already asked: Is it possible to play Skyrim without bugs?. The comments left by Batophobia were useful and I hope I can explain myself better this time.
According to my own experience, those problems could've been avoided if I'd have known the right order. (Instead of killing everyone in a cave, first I should talk to X or read Y, for instance) So, what I'd like to know is the right order of missions.
What I've tried is to finish a quest as soon as I get it, but not always work: when I'm in the middle of a quest and I get another, and if I start the second when I finish the first, sometimes is too late.
I'm not asking about a specific quest, I know. And I know this is not allowed in this forum. If you find this question too broad, please let me know how I should ask, because I haven't been able to play Skyrim without these issues and I'm getting tired of them.
In this question I got this comment: In that case I suggest saving and trying it. Worrying about every single potential bug in a Bethesda game will drive you crazy. –  kotekzot. Call me crazy then, but I want a bug- or glitch-free Skyrim play.
I'm playing on Xbox.
Feel free to edit and/or to penalize this question; English is not my native language.


texts: What is special about the "Steam Special Edition" of Tropico 3 and 4?

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The latest Humble Weekly sale features games from Kalypso Media, amongst them Tropico 3 and 4, marked as "Steam Special Edition" on the sales page

What's so special about the Steam Special Edition of these two games?


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I finally got around to beating Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and I'm curious if I will enjoy a replay.

So my question is, what can change from playthrough to playthrough, other than different combat due to a different character build and different party members?


texts: Relative Difficulty of PRNG abuse for shininess

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I'm going to exclude Gen III here explicitly because (P)RNG abuse there is tied to several factors that make it quite hard from the start.

One of the main benefits of (P)RNG abuse, that is, changing the date and time of the DS in order to get previously calculated results due to the predictability of the games' pseudo random number generator, is being able to encounter shiny Pokemon at will. This is especially interesting for Legendary Pokemon who you can't simply breed with the Masuda method for a few weeks until you hatch a shiny offspring. So this question is going to focus on abusing the PRNG to encounter shiny stationary Pokemon such as Legends, Driftloon in DPPt or Lapras in HGSS  (among others).

Between Black, Black 2, White and White 2, nearly all Legendary Pokemon exist in Gen V. The same is true for Gen IV thanks to Platinum and Heartgold/Soulsilver. For the few who are only available in one Generation, there is no choice. But for the others, assuming access to any game, I can choose where to RNG my Legendary to get it as a shiny version.

Now what I'm wondering is where this process is actually harder. Initially, I thought Gen V RNG is generally easier because everything can be done with Non-C-Gear seeds, which are set based on the second alone, while in Gen IV you have to hit a delay, which limits the error margin to roughly 1/30 of a second. However, in Gen V the portion of the PRNG responsible for generating the PID is apparently subject to an inconsistent offset and hard to check. I've also read somewhere that it's not advised to go for perfect shinies in Gen V unless you also RNG'd your Trainer IDs.

Here's the question. What difficulties do I have to overcome in order to encounter a shiny stationary with random IVs in Generation IV and V respectively?
If you can answer that as well, I'd also be interested in a comparison of how good I have to be in some area or another for one Generation to be easier than the other (e.g. "If you can hit your delay 1 out of 5 times, Gen IV is easier due to the constant starting frame.").

Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I'm not interested in subjective answers of the kind "I think Gen IV is easier because my experience suggests that." You're welcome to post that in a comment, but an answer should list the things that make it hard to pull off in one or the other Generation. I can decide what this means in the end for myself and anyone who googles this can also make their own decision of which obstacles they'd rather learn to clear.
Also, I can see the topic of cheating come up. RNG abuse is widely accepted as a shady/questionable but not illegal or objectionable method of tricking the game for the following reasons. Since no external devices are connected and a computer is used for calculations only, the Pokemon received through this method are legitimately created by the game and could have been encountered randomly. The method boils down to calculating the point in time where the desired result is generated by the game and playing in the correct way and is thus very similar to looking up information about "secret" in-game events or mechanics in some guide or walkthrough.


texts: Reduced Mana reserved - how does it work?

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How much mana will "Reduced Mana reserved" reduce from Spells that reserve Mana?

Here is what I mean: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Reduced_Mana_Reservation
An Example is Sovereignty: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Sovereignty
Putting points into it nets you 14% reduced mana reserved.

Let's say we have 10% reduced mana reserved

When you cast Purity of Lightning: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Purity_of_Lightning
Which reserves 40% mana.

By how much will it reduce the reservation?

by -10% additive result: 30% mana reserved
by -10% multiplicative result: 36% mana reserved

Incase it was additive: How does it work with a second aura?
Let's say #2 is 20% mana reservation

-10% of 40%: 30% mana, and 20% from the other, result: 50% mana reserved
-10% of 40%: 30% mana, and -10% of 20%: 10% mana, result: 40% mana reserved


texts: GTA IV - Out of Commission - Helicopter bug

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I am on the last mission of GTA 4 - Out of Commission (PC) and cannot finish due to the bug with getting on the helicopter.
I have read some terrible hacks to get it to work e.g. use Fraps, but that doesn't even seem to work in all cases.
Is there a definitive fix for this?


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CELEBRITY VIP:
Allows buyers to buy one of every product a level stocks.

What does this mean? Does the celebrity make people buy every product for a time? Until a product is finished? Until all products are finished?

What would be the best time to use celebrity for maximum efficiency?


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I keep blowing myself up and it's starting to get old.

Is it possible to aim my grenade throws or at least find out roughly how far away the grenade's going to land?


texts: What are the best tactics for each plague type on Speed Run mode?

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Question: What are the best strategies on speed run mode, consistently winning in under one year?

My best so far is with Bacteria - 408 days to kill off humanity.

My Strategy:

Start in China.

Symptom evolve from Coughing to Fever, which starts killing, but seems not severe enough to scare countries into closing air/sea traffic.

Rat transmission for Urban.

Drug immunity as soon as a rich country is infected, especially USA or Japan.

And when the northern European countries start getting it, develop cold immunity - with a goal to infect Iceland and Greenland.

Just 'get lucky' with Madagascar.

not sure what to do from there, tho.


texts: In Counter Strike can I shoot through a team member if friendly fire is on/off?

texts: If there is a friendly between me and an enemy can I shoot through my team mate or must I move to a new line of fire? I'd also like to know if having the friendly fire option on or off will makes any difference.


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I've acquired several CollectaCards in my time playing Theathrhythm. Sometimes, I'll go check them out and read the neat little quotes in the Museum.

One thing that's piqued my interest is that these cards seem to have levels of some kind. For instance, my Warrior of Light card is Lv. 3, while my Cloud card is Lv. 1. Both of these cards are Normal.

What does this information tell me?


texts: Can I turn off the "duct tape mod" in Doom 3: BFG Edition?

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This BFG edition incorporates a version of the popular and necessary 'duct tape' mod, the PC gamer's answer to the original's insistence on a clear line between torch and gun - you couldn't use both at the same time. Here you can, and it's a wonder id ever released the game without this option.1

  The chief advancement ... is the addition of the so-called "duct tape" mod, that allows players to wield a weapon while the flashlight is on. The original Doom 3 kept the flashlight as a separate item, meaning you had to plunge the world into total darkness if monsters suddenly attacked while you were exploring a lightless area. The "duct tape" mod became so popular among PC users for improving the overall experience that it was -- thankfully -- included in this HD remake.2

Is there an option to disable the now default "duct tape" mod, so as to imitate the original Doom 3 settings? This is a common question under reviews, but I haven't seen it answered thus far.


texts: How do you cross rivers in AC: New Horizons?

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Having just started a new game, some areas of my island are inaccessible, blocked by rivers I cannot cross. I assume eventually I will be able to construct bridges, but can I use anything else before then?

What are all the ways I can use to get on the other side of rivers, and are any of them permanent? Additionally, how can I unlock them?


texts: What are the spawn times for world bosses?

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What are the server spawn times for Elder dragons and other world bosses such as the Fire Elemental in the Asura starter zone?

Is there a wiki for this type of information?


texts: How to activate the Elite Soldier Pack for XCOM PC Version

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I honestly tried all common sense approaches to activating the Elite Soldier Pack for my PC DVD version of XCOM - Enemy Unknown and have not managed to do it. The leaflet that comes in the box says that once I install the game, I should "redeem my Soldier Pack with the following code" (I'm guessing on Steam Service), but I've found no such option on Steam, if I click the DLC button on Steam it says there's no DLC for this game, and also trying the "redeem" option in the upper menu of the Steam client and entering the code on the Elite Soldier leaflet didn't work (says code is invalid).

So please, if anyone has bought the PC DVD version and than has managed to activate his Elite Soldier Pack, can you please tell me how you did it?


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I was running around capturing portals like a good little Enlightened, creating links between portals in a small area. I hacked one portal and acquired the portal key. I then ran up the road to another portal, hacked and deployed to it and linked it to the first portal.

When I tried to link a third portal to the first one, it said that I no longer had the key for it.

Does the key get used up if you link to it? I thought once you had a key, it never went away unless you dropped it. Is this correct?


texts: Are the parts of Bullet That Can Kill The Past still obtainable after crafting it?

texts: After giving all the Bullet That Can Kill The Past parts to the Blacksmith in the Forge, can i still loot the parts in my following runs ?


texts: Who is this person in the Cyberpunk universe?

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Kerry Eurodyne has this photo at his house in Cyberpunk 2077:

Any idea who is this person?


texts: I can't seem to break any blocks while in sneak mode

texts: I'm using a Macbook and have already tried to use a different mouse, but got the same outcome. I've also tried changing the Game mode and still the same outcome occurs. For some reason, my left click just switches to place. This happens to every type of block as well.


texts: Can I play Minecraft PE multiplayer without an Internet connection on either device? My brother and I have it on seperate devices, but we are not allowed to be on the Internet. Can we play via Bluetooth together? If so, how?


texts: How to access quests that are required for certain building?

texts: When looking at potential buildings I can make, some of them say they require level x and completing some quest.  Unfortunately, I've surpassed some of the levels required for these buildings but I can not seem to get the quest to be offered by any of the resident of my town. Is there any way I can trigger certain residents to offer me new quests?


texts: Where can I see red tubes instead of green ones in Flappy Bird?

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I decompiled the Flappy Bird android APK a couple days ago, and after while, I've noticed something strange.

The gfx base image, which contains all the sprites and other stuff. Also have a red tube, but I never saw any of this thing (only hacks and fake videos).

Where do these red tubes appear?

EDIT: I also, did't notice before posting here that the red tube, have two up variations, and no down one.


texts: Why do some dialogue options have percentages next to them?

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I noticed that some of my dialogue options have percentages next to them. Here's an example:

Not only does it have a percentage, but also an icon and it's highlighted green. What's special about it? What will happen if I choose this option?


texts: How to make tourism profitable in Tropico 4?

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I'm trying to make a living off of tourism (I just want to try it) yet every time I do, the same thing happens. I start off small with 1 tourist dock, about 4 hotels and several attractions. I scale everything up a bit (I reach 3 docks and about a dozen hotels) and I end up making a profit of 50.000$ which is good at the very start, quite very good, but I still need to scale up.

I get to the point where I have 9 docks and an airport and I still can't fill 20 hotels (whereas just a few in-game years ago I filled 12 from 3 docks). I just can't get more people to come to my island, now I make 75.000$ income but I spend 100.000$.

Crime is low, pollution is low, there are enough attractions and my tourism rating is just over 100. What could I possibly be doing wrong ? I just don't get it.


texts: If I purchased old hunters dlc on one profile, can I play it on a different one?

texts: Recently I purchased the bloodborn the old hunters dlc on one profile, but when I'm on my other profile, it doesn't say I've purchased or installed it.  I just need to know if the dlc I bought on one profile can be used on my other profile.


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Is there a way to get this information?
I hit my Iron Golem by accident and then found out, that they do not regain health.

PS: I know that mods could do that, but I don't want to use mods for this. If it is not possible in vanilla-survival, I just rather accept it.


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Bait the Trap is a Caltrops rune which has this description:

  Become empowered while standing in the area of effect, gaining an additional 10% Critical Hit Chance with all attacks.

Is the Critical Hit bonus active before the Caltrops are triggered, after they're triggered, or both?


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In Minecraft Comes Alive (MCA) you can have your children equip armor. However my son died and he had diamond armor. Of course it's probably gone now but could I have gotten it?

If I found my son's body could I have gotten the diamond armor back?


texts: Can I miss any of the "ambient conversation" quests?

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Whenever I'm tooling around in the Citadel, I find that I can overhear conversations between other residents of the structure.  If I listen for long enough, or I return to the same group of people often enough, I sometimes get a journal entry for some new thing I should recover or area to explore.

Are any of these ambient conversations missable?  Should I be cautious when scouring the Citadel (or any other areas, such as the Normandy?) so as to find them all before I advance the plot?


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Is there any way I can quickly cast a spell, or maybe even just recast the spell that I previously cast?

One difficulty I'm having in combat is that I'm kind of slow to click the runes for spellcasting, and I find that it slows down the overall attack speed of my party, since if I'm fiddling with the runes, I'm not swinging swords in the front ranks. First I have to right-click on the mage's empty hand to open the runes screen, then I have to click on the rune(s) I need for the spell, and then finally I have to click the button on the right to finally cast the spell. This is a lot of clicking.

Is there anything I can do to make casting or recasting of known spells more quick and automatic, or do I have to manually input the runes for the spell every single time I cast it? Are there any keyboard shortcuts?


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In Tropico 4, why should I pay my ministers more than the average unskilled wage (if anything)? These are appointed individuals; they don't choose to work so they won't wander off to a better paying job. Healthcare is free, so it won't cause them to die quicker because of poor health because they got sick; and there's nothing wrong with living in a shack other than it making them miserable. All that will happen is the job quality will be significantly lowered, and they'll probably be a bit on the unhappy(er) side.

What are the downsides to this strategy? Does wage and/or job quality affect ministers' performance at all?


texts: I have recently figured out that my favorite game, Apex Legends, sounds amazing in Japanese. Is there a way I can change the language to Japanese on my Xbox? And if so, will it effect any of my stats or what servers I'm on?


texts: I'm playing the "Passages" map on endless with my warmage. I made a killbox, but sometimes there's, like, an electric storm that happens in the killbox and all my traps stop working for a little while. Is this normal?


texts: Is it possible to find out who donated troops to you

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Sometimes we get donated troops that are different from what is requested within our clan. Is it possible to find out who donated the troops that is in the castle?

I know there is a brief notice appearing at the time the troops are donated if you are active at that time, but most of the time troops are donated when you are not active.


texts: Is there a way to ping a Minecraft server for basic information?

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I am setting up a basic monitoring (with monit) for my children's Minecraft server.

My plan is to check whether port 25565 is open but it would be nice if I could gather some more information to check if the server state, as announced, is healthy.

I tried to nc on its port but there is no feedback to random output. I also saw that the Minecraft wiki has information about the structure of packets but it is not obvious that this can be used to check an initial connection.

Is there something like the equivalent of EHLO for SMTP (or any other text-based protocols) to check for a Minecraft server self-announced status? I am sure there must be something since a server announces e.g. the number of available connections - though it may be part of a more sophisticated exchange between the client and the server.


texts: What do Physical PEN, Magic PEN and Spell Vamp means in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang

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Some items in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang game, has effects and unique that different each others. I don't understand what this mean :

Physical ATK vs. Physical PEN
Magic Power vs. Magic PEN
Spell Vamp

And also some hero has over power with true damage. What items should I use for defense against true damage?


texts: How to get a wand with at least 150 vis in Thaumcraft Minecraft

texts: I'm playing the Thaumcraft 4 mod in ftb. I'm trying to make a silverwood staff with thaumium caps and it says that I need 144 of each vis to craft. I thought, ok I'll just make a quarts staff with gold caps and I can make it. Well I did but then I realized that you can't place staff's in the arcane workbench. So now I'm stuck because my strongest wand (Silverwood w/ thaumium caps) only has 100 vis capacity. Is there a way to decrease the vis required or a wand with at least 150 vis?


texts: Does chunk (0,0) have an increased spawn rate as claimed in this old post?

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http://www.minecraftforum.net/forums/archive/alpha/alpha-survival-single-player/820173-mob-spawning-science

The above given link looks old. But the section: 4 given in it looks interesting.

It States,

  The chunk traversal order is unique for every chunk the player is in,
  but there is one exception. If the chunk (0,0) (blocks 0,0 to 15,15)
  is one of the 81 chunks visited, it will always be the first
  evaluated. This can be exploited. Regardless of the terrain, there is
  a 100% chance the algorithm will not bail out before getting to this
  chunk. This means that chunk (0,0) has the highest chance of spawning
  mobs than any of the other 8 chunks. It's as high as CleanRoom.

  To illustrate this, I built a 19x19x64 tower over chunk (0,0) with 16
  spawning floors. After a couple of minutes there were about 150 mobs
  in the tower, and there probably would have been more if the cap
  hadn't been reached. (glass was hacked in with NBTForge for your
  viewing convenience. Original walls were rock.)

  This technique should work on any map, and if I'm not mistaken, SMP,
  too (as of yet unverified).

I don't know if this exists for minecraft 1.9, this is fixed, or maybe it is not vanilla.

Is it true for minecraft 1.9?


texts: Semtex Launcher in Call of Duty Black Ops

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So what's the setup for launching semtex in call of duty: black ops?  Semtex as the lethal and what else?  Is it the china lake secondary?

Thanks.


texts: The game won't recognize bends, even if played correctly. Is there a solution to fix this or will I need to wait for a patch?


texts: My squads die all the time when goblins come

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How in the world do I:

A: Train my military to not be pushovers.

and

B: Equip them so that they can kill things.

An "ambush" of 4 goblins tend to kill 4 or 5 or 6 of my dwarven squad members, for some reason, despite them being assigned "individual choice" of weapons, and to train whenever they're not doing anything else ("individual combat drill" is the only thing that I see listed for their activity).


texts: What role does terminal velocity play in a rocket launch?

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The section about terminal velocity on the KSP wiki says that terminal velocity "represents the speed at which a ship should be traveling upward during a fuel-optimal ascent."  It also has a table of terminal velocities at various altitudes, calculated based on gravity.  In particular, it says that terminal velocity in Kerbin's atmosphere at 10km is about 240m/s.

In a few places on KSP-related forums, I've seen people claim that for fuel efficiency, one should reduce throttle in the lower, thicker parts of the atmosphere to avoid exceeding terminal velocity; in particular, I've seen people say that one should avoid going faster than 240m/s below 10km altitude.  I suspect that this advice is wrong, but I'd like to make sure my own understanding is correct.

Terminal velocity is the speed where drag equals thrust.  Drag is proportional to speed while thrust typically isn't, so as you go faster, drag increases until it cancels out all the thrust and you can't go any faster.  Drag is also proportional to atmospheric density, so terminal velocity varies with altitude.  But crucially, terminal velocity is also proportional to thrust.

If you're a skydiver and you jump out of an airplane, you can fall until you reach terminal velocity based on your body's drag coefficient.  When you open your parachute, you'll slow down since you've greatly increased your drag without changing your "thrust" (the downward force of gravity), reducing your terminal velocity below your current speed.  But if you're wearing a rocket pack instead of a parachute, and you point it at the ground and ignite the rocket, you'll speed up:  you have more downward thrust now, and it takes more speed to produce enough drag to balance it out.  Your terminal velocity has increased.

This tells me two things:

It's impossible to accelerate past terminal velocity; you can only asymptotically approach it.  It makes no sense to reduce throttle to avoid exceeding it, because that can't happen.  (Reducing throttle during flight will actually reduce your terminal velocity, possibly below your current speed, causing you to exceed it.)
The 240m/s number (and the rest of that table on the wiki) is only applicable to an unpowered fall through the atmosphere, where the "thrust" is just gravity.  It's not relevant to a rocket-powered ascent.

However, Kerbal Engineer has a readout that shows terminal velocity during flight, and it seems to be proportional to thrust, but with a high-enough thrust-to-weight ratio I'm able to exceed it by a significant margin.  I don't know whether that readout is correct, and if it is, how it's possible.

Speaking of TWR, my understanding is that higher is better for fuel efficiency, since more thrust gets you to orbit faster and you spend less fuel on just counteracting gravity.  But if I reduce throttle to try to stay below 240m/s until I reach 10km, this results in a rather low TWR, barely above 1.0 at liftoff.

In light of all that, what I'd like to know is:  for optimal fuel efficiency, is there a specific speed vs. altitude profile that I should try to follow during a launch?  Or should I just get my TWR as high as possible to get into orbit fast, and ignore my actual speed (as long as I don't go so fast that I burn up)?


texts: After purchasing a used copy, can a Battle.net account be reset?

texts: My buddy recently bought a used copy of Starcraft 2 from a friend and wanted to make himself an account.  If he has the existing account information will Blizzard reset his battle.net account for a fee?  (Letting him pick his own name and new stats?)


texts: What factors determine whether or not you notice when another player is hacking you?

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I've been playing WATCH_DOGS on PS4 for a week or so.  I have encountered a few player hackers in that time, both in Online Hacking and Online Tailing situations.  In all cases where my character has noticed that he's being hacked or tailed, it's felt like an accident to me, the player.

I am sure there are other times when I have had other players in my game and haven't even noticed, or are there?

The last couple of times I noticed I was being hacked, I was in the process of logging off - I pressed the Start/Options button on my PS4 controller to go to the main menu and was informed that I couldn't go to the main menu right now because I was being hacked.  I also noticed that the game sound and motion continued to run in the background on the Options menu screen, so I have taken to periodically pressing the Start/Options button to check whether or not the game is properly paused (no hack) or is not paused (being hacked).  I feel a bit like this is cheating and it's also affecting my immersion in the game.

My question is basically this:

If you are being hacked by another player, do you always notice and get a chance to respond?
If you do not always notice, what can you do as a player to maximise the likelihood that you will notice?  For example, does it help having all the ctOS towers active / being in a connected area?  Does having your phone out/pocketed make a difference?  Do certain activities help (e.g. hacking NPCs, starting missions)?  i.e. what is it that triggers the game to inform you that you are being hacked?


texts: Teleport entities relatively to the center of a block

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I just wanted to teleport an entity relatively, but the entity is not exactly in the middle of a block.

For example the coordinates are 0.3, 63.0, 0.76 and I teleport the entity relatively using ~1 ~0 ~1. The resulting coordinated will be 1.3, 63.0, 1.76 but I want the entity to be in the center of the block. So it has to be 1.5, 63.0, 1.5 instead.

Is it possible to achieve this? Thank you!


texts: Is there a probability to the new ores after breaking a demon altar?

texts: I've destroyed 6 demon altars, but only 2 new ores we're blessed, is this some glitch or a probability to the new ores?


texts: Is there any reward for completing all the memories and collecting all the flags?

texts: Do you get anything after collecting all the different flags and completing all the memories so everything is full? I don't want to try and collect everything in every memory if I don't get anything in the end.


texts: In either Pokemon White or Pokemon Black, the seasons switch regularly. The problem is, We're in Fall and it's saying that the season is Spring. Why is that, and how can I fix it?


texts: Any missable trophies in NieR: Automata?

texts: So on all the usual sites I go to for trophy hunting, NieR: Automata is listed as having no missable trophies because once you complete the third playthrough, you are able to buy the trophies from an npc. However, I would like to get all the trophies the legitimate way and earn them. So are there any missable trophies if I do not purchase them?


texts: Do split grenades inherit their properties?

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In Borderlands II, some grenades split after being thrown into multiple smaller grenades.

Say if the initial grenade had a Homing property, would the smaller grenades also home to nearby enemies after they spawned or is it only the first grenade that homes to enemies?


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In Rise of Nations there is something called "Cannon Time" I've tried to find out what it means but haven't come across anything.

All I know is that it tries to activate when you hit the backspace button. What is Cannon Time?

Edit: What is it's use in RoN?


texts: Minecraft: How to easily create (in-game) maps in creative

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Note: the word map in this question refers to the maps you can create in game from the world, not to the world itself.

On my minecraft server running in creative mode, we just started to create a map-wall of our world in 1:2 scale. This means:

get a new map
go to the area of which you need a map
open the map to initialize it
use a crafting table to extend the map to factor 1:2
move around to fill the map
repeat until you have all maps you need
place all maps onto frames on a wall to get a large, seamless map of the world

Though I guess you can't avoid to move around to fill a map, steps 3 an 4 are a bit annoying.
So, is there any way to speed this up? For instance a command which gives an uninitialized map with 1:2 factor directly?


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My followers keep getting so close to dying and I only know how to heal myself. I've seen others heal their followers but I can't figure out how to heal mine.

How do you heal your follower in battle?


texts: Am I able to complete Horde mode as a single player?

texts: I have been playing Horde mode in private matches with two players and it has been really, really tough going. I just wondered, is it possible to complete Horde mode (all 50 waves) with just one person?


texts: Shadow Killed enemies are still detected

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I had first 1, then 2 levels invested in the Shadow Kill skill during my playthrough of the Knife of Dunwall and Witches of Brigmore DLC for Dishonored. When I kill enemies, they dissolve and leave no body behind, as intended.

However, I've noticed that even though there are no bodies, enemies will still be able to detect that someone's been killed. I noticed that enemies will drop things like pistols and swords when they die, even though they leave no bodies behind.

Are the dropped items the things that are alerting the guards to the fact that someone died? Am I misunderstanding how Shadow Kill works? Or is this merely an unfortunate bug?


texts: What are all the blocks that can face a specific direction in vanilla Minecraft?

texts: I know for a fact that you can make Hay Bales, Wood blocks, and Pillar Quartz face a specific direction, but are there any more blocks with this capability? If so, what are they?


texts: I had a blast playing Microsofts computer game "Crimson Skies", but that was on a computer that had XP Pro as it's OS. When Win7 came out and I transferred from old to new it was un-playable. So, has anyone been able to get this game to play on any of the post XP computer systems? And if so how? Thanks.


texts: Upon launch, I get a graphical glitch and no menu

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Minecraft Windows 10 Edition does this upon load. No menu, and Esc does nothing.
The white and black parts flicker randomly.
Windows 10 is fully updated, and Graphics Drivers were also updated today.
I've seen suggestions to uninstall and re-install the app, but the Microsoft Store says that it will delete all settings and stuff. Will it delete all of the saved worlds?


texts: So I'm playing the epic games version of GTA V on Geforce Now, and I always manually and automatically save after every mission. However, when I download it again the cloud sync seems behind and I've lost a lot of progress and have to do some missions again. Is there a way to force cloud sync or something like that? Or check what is being synced?


texts: Is there any reason to upgrade my battery size in Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

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In Deus Ex: Human Revolution, only your first battery will recharge when having zero energy. So regardless of how many battery packs you have, you'll always need to scarf down energy bars or other nutrients to refill your energy level beyond the first battery. Due to this, I can't see any reason why I would ever want to spend praxis points to upgrade my energy.

What reason is there to upgrade my energy level, or am I correct in thinking it's a waste of points?


texts: How does access to Overwatch get enabled?

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I've clocked up over 500 hours on CS:GO, and recently I've had access to Overwatch to review cases of reported cheating and disruptive behavior.
In game it shows as Overwatch Beta. Is this something new that is being rolled out to certain users or is it due to my playing time (500 hours) crossing a threshold to have access to it?
The linked blog states:

How do I become an investigator?
Currently, the best approach is to play lots of matches in our official Competitive Matchmaking. We are slowly adding players to the pool of investigators, and randomly pick them with consideration to their playtime and skill level. The goal is to invite as many skilled reviewers as possible.

From this I guess I've been randomly selected, but was curious about whether 500 hours was part of the selection criteria.


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I've arrived at the point in The Zodiac Age's story where I'm beginning the materials grind for the Tournesol, a powerful greatsword. One of the required materials is 6 Hell Gate's Flame, dropped from Cerberus enemies in the Feywood. According to a Wiki source I read, the Cerberus has a 5% chance to drop a Hell Gate's Flame, so long as the player owns the Hunter's Monograph.

I noticed that even after chaining 100+ wolves, I did not receive any Hell Gate's Flame. After I stopped caring and put my speed on 4x, and annihilated absolutely every enemy in the zone repeatedly, I got 6 of them relatively quickly.

So, do chain levels affect your Monograph drops in any positive or negative way?


texts: How to back up ps4 data and external drive data to a second external drive

texts: I think my ps4 slim is on its last legs, i want to back up all my data but when i use my WD gaming drive it says the drive can't as its being used as extended storage. When i stop using the drive as extended storage the console says that the extended storage device is not connected. I have a lot of games on this extended storage drive and i want to keep them, i heard you can reformat a drive to work as a backup drive but that it also deletes the data on the drive. I can't transfer all the games to the ps4 system storage as there is no space. Can i buy a new extended  storage device and backup all ps4 system data and the extended storage that has my games on it, or do i have to make sacrifices and just reformat my old one. Ask for clarification if needed.


texts: How do I determine which form of Toxtricity I will get?

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In Sword & Shield, there is a new Pokémon called Toxel, which can evolve into Toxtricity. What is interesting about Toxtricity is that it can be one of two forms

Amped Form
Low Key Form

When Toxel evolves into Toxtricity, how did I determine which form it will take on? And what are the differences between the two forms?


texts: I've found a few magazines in the game but I've since sold them and forgotten which ones they were.  Is there any way to find out which ones I've found so far?


texts: Can you skip cinematics in return to castle chordead?

texts: These cinematics repeat over and over again, especially if you respawn often (bossfight for example), so is there a way to skip them or turn them off? Keys like ENTER and WHITESPACE won't work and ESC is already mapped to open the menu...


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As Bulbapedia stands:

  Whenever the Pokémon holding it deals damage, it restores 1/8 of the damage dealt as HP.

This means to me that every time I deal damage to an enemy my Pokemon recovers a bit of HP. But that's not true, because it seems that the Shell Bell doesn't work on OHKO moves neither on the last move that make the enemy faint.

Is this right? Please, let me know how it works, I can't figure out.


texts: Why will my Skylanders Giant Wii game not work in the Wii U?

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My 6year old son loves playing Skylanders. He has the Skylanders Giant game for the Wii and is wanting to play it on his new Wii U. I thought the Wii games were supposed to still work on the Wii U, but for the Giants game it just says cannot read disc. It works in the regular Wii, so is it the disc or do these games just not work on the Wii U?

Any suggestions to what we can do or what is wrong? I'm not a big gamer, so I don't know how to help him.
Thanks,
gamer's mom


texts: Do "at the start of your turn" abilities work due to a swap with Alarm-o-Bot?

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Let's suppose that, at the beginning of my turn, Alarm-o-Bot (previously played) is exchanged with a creature in my hand, having an "at the beginning of your turn..." ability. Does the latter ability take place? Or my turn is no longer considered to be "at the beginning"?

As an example, let's suppose that Alarm-o-Bot is exchanged with a Doomsayer. Are all the minions instantly destroied?

Thank you.


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Ok so when you throw a snowball I have

/execute @e[type=Snowball] /setblock ~ ~-1 ~ minecraft:ice'

So this makes an ice path following under the snowball. I had some code something like this and it worked but I modified it and accidently broke it. So what is the correct code that I originally had that made this work? I also tried everything like  /execute @e[type=Snowball] /setblock minecraft:ice ~ ~-1 ~ and

/execute ~ ~-1 ~ @e[type=Snowball] /setblock minecraft:ice
last one I tried was /execute @e[type=Snowball] ~ ~-1 ~  /setblock minecraft:ice


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Ok, so i found that I Can copy materia once its mastered. Does That work for summons as well as other spells?

Can You Level it Na just using it multiple times or Are there other ways to max 'em?


texts: How do you trade artifacts between heroes?

texts: I have two heroes in Might and Magic: Heroes VI.  Each has an artifact that is part of a set.  I would like to trade this artifact from one hero to the other. Both heroes are in the same town. I can't figure out how to transfer the artifact from one hero to the other. What do you have to click on to make this happen, if it is even possible?


texts: Minecraft mined block reappears and other problems

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When I break a block in the latest Minecraft it reappears; around 10 seconds later and often not at all. I am on single player and I am not using mods. I also have tried going into creative and it works fine, but it doesn't work in survival (I am definitely in survival not adventure). It only happens on this particular world. All mobs tend to be frozen or move slowly like a zombie with slowness 3. My settings are all off or lowest (except VPO as I read it helps) and I have 9 chunk render distance and 60 Max FPS. If I hit a zombie I don't take damage and if I punch him it stays in the air for 3 seconds.
It is much worse when using LAN. How can I fix this? This only happens for one world.

Also the other post similar to this isn't the same as in my world I'm definitely in the correct gamemode (I did /gamemode s) and I have also added more details on other lag on my world as well. I can place blocks fine.


texts: What is that Up Up Down Down code thing?

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I remember back in the day there was a Up Up Down Down cheat code that was used in a lot of things.

What's the full code?
Is there a name for this code?
Are there any games where this code works? (nostalgia value)


texts: Playstation Plus account for a *child* account? (PS4)

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I'm looking to get a Playstation Plus account for my eldest. I have setup a Family and my PSN account is the "parent" account. I am aware that if I activate the PS+ subscription on "my" account, I can share it with the rest of the accounts in the PS4 and they'll have some of the privileges... BUT given that I don't play, I think it'd be best if he had access to all the features including cloud saves etc.
So the question is:

Can a child have a PS+ sub when the "parent" doesn't?
Can a child have the PS4 as primary so the rest of the accounts have the (partial/shared) PS+ benefits?

Thanks!


texts: My follower showed minus wheat, and I didn't know how to feed him. He had good strength. Eventually he died. I had plenty of wheat, but how could I have given it to him?


texts: Change game directory of Minecraft instance with Forge

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I would like to make a Minecraft modpack using Minecraft Forge, most likely in Minecraft versions 1.5.2 and older, without using the new Minecraft launcher, since I will be making my own (not cracked, of course).  I need it to run the modded Minecraft out of an entirely separate directory from normal Minecraft (Like Tekkit, which runs in %APPDATA%\.technic\ instead of %APPDATA%\.minecraft\).  Unfortunately, the only way I know of to do this would be to change the %APPDATA% variable on the modpack startup and then restore it to its original value after exiting.  This would mean that I cannot have multiple instances of the modpack or Minecraft running at the same time without causing problems with file access and saving.  I have also looked at the source code for some modpack launchers, but most of them seem to use some sort of obscure launch method that is inherent in Java or Forge, or so it seems.

Is there a way in Java, Batch scripting, Forge config, or otherwise, that I can launch my modded Minecraft in a certain directory without changing my %APPDATA% environment variable globally?


texts: I am trying to understand if there is a logic in health/life globes drops in order to setup a correct strategy in monster killing order. Are they completely random in chance and "size"? Are there monsters (types) that guarantee the drop of a life globe on death or at least that guarantee a certain globe "size" when it drops?


texts: Which program generates Hearthstone cards overview?

texts: Which program generates the overview of the cards marked red in the following screen shot?


texts: What are some key ways for someone new to FPS games to improve their game?

texts: My question is aimed at death match games, such as Halo and Call of Duty. Assume a high degree of comfort with single-player FPSs, but no experience with multiplayer.


texts: How fast should I be going through Kerbin's atmosphere during launch?

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I'm playing Kerbal Space Program on Career mode.

I'm doing a lot of space tourism to build up funds and science. My current six-tourist design uses a three stage rocket with seven BACC boosters in the first stage to get the rocket up into the air.

That may be a bit much - I started noticing that I was getting an atmospheric braking effect going up. It's cool, but it started me thinking about what the most efficient speed to go up might be. One tutorial mentions trying to keep to terminal velocity when going through the atmosphere.

Basically I want to figure out how fast (or slow) I should go to spend the least amount of fuel to get just over 70,000m.

Should I be paying attention to terminal velocity? Is there a way to figure out what the terminal velocity for a given craft is in a given atmospheric condition?


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I had to ignore a call for help from India because the one from Germany had a better reward. Now India is at 4 out of 5 panic bar thingies, and I don't know what I can do to get that back down.

They are not funding me currently, but it seems like it would be bad if that bar fills up. What can I do to get the bar to go back down to normal levels?

Does panic ever go down over time?


texts: Do stealth/invisibility effects hide me from invading Guardians?

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So apparently, when you invade the other team in Gambit/Prime, you essentially get wallhacks for the duration you're invading.

What I'm curious about, since I can't seem to tell, is whether or not my stealth invisibility effects hide my giant red aura when I'm invading, and whether or not it hides my red aura when an opposing Guardian has invaded us.


texts: When using a capture card, where is my game displayed?

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I never used a capture card so my knowledge has gaps so far.
Assuming I plug my console's HDMI cable, which is usually connected to my TV I play on, into the capture card and then plug the capture card into my PC, where will I see the HDMI output?
Will it appear on my PC like a new software/window, which can be opened and played on? Will it replace my usual operating system and I only see the game - as if I plugged in the HDMI into the PC screen?


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I've been under a rock for some time and just bought Watch_Dogs. I'm intrigued about the perks of being a mayor after checking in at some hotspots.

My questions are:

How exactly do you become mayor for a particular location?
What perks of being a mayor?
Is being a mayor only temporary?


texts: Would there be any benefits, or repercussions, of exposing my population to a constant rain of blood?

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I'm in the progress of setting up plans for a whole new fortress, and I'd like to dedicate this to the splendour of the blood god himself. In other words, I need to spray my dwarves in large amounts of ☼blood☼.

What would the repercussions benefits be?

The wiki list of thoughts doesn't contain anything pertaining to blood showers as far as I've found (<C-f> blood finds a single entry)...


texts: Can't connect in Forged Alliance Forever (FAF)

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I successfully installed FAF, and managed to set up an account. On two occassions I also managed to enter the game lobbies. However, in every other case, I just get presented with the "Connecting" screen. Here is what I have tried so far:

Toggling Windows Firewall
Toggling UPnP option
Toggling router UPnP
Toggling router Trigger Forwarding for UDP port 6112

Any ideas as to what else I could try?


texts: what does the "black mushroom" good for in the full version of D3

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Possible Duplicate:
  What is the “Black Mushroom” item used for?

In the question What is the "Black Mushroom" item used for?, an answer was given for the beta. I want to know the same, for the full version. Is the black mushroom just an Easter-egg, or does it has a role in the game?


texts: What is the best way to deal with creatures that are immune to you in Diablo 2?

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In Diablo 2, when you reach Nightmare and Hell you will notice that many things are immune to one or more elements, and sometimes physical damage.

I often run into situations where there may be anywhere between 1 (a unique) or an entire room filled with monsters that are completely immune to anything I can do. That is, they might be physical and lightning immune when I'm playing a Paladin with maxed out Holy Shock + Zeal. I can switch to Holy Fire or Holy Freeze however these deal less damage than the speed at which the enemy regenerates.

Is there a solution other than completely avoiding these enemies that I haven't thought of? Sometimes it gets really difficult because a really common enemy for an area might be immune to everything you can do (making them almost impossible to avoid).


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I have a PS2 Slim (77001 series) in which an inserted disk does not spin. I originally thought it was a laser problem, so I bought a "new" laser/motor assembly and installed it, but the problem persists.  I've tried swapping the original laser with the new motor assembly, but that didn't fix the problem.  Based on a random Google search, I also tried inserting a music CD but it also did not spin.
The laser does move back and forth and the lens focuses (moves up and down) as would be expected, so that motor is working and the unit is responding to sensors.
Any suggestions on how to approach fixing this problem?  I realize this is a very old machine and it may simply be beyond repair, but if I can hack a fix, I'm willing to try.


texts: What are the power requirements for a Carpenter?

texts: The forestry wiki does not specify. Is a redstone engine sufficient?