texts: What area of effect does the Siren skill Ruin have?

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The description for the Sirens Ruin skill (the last skill of the Cataclysm tree) says "Phaselock now Slags, Electrocutes, and Corrodes all nearby enemies."

I haven't been able to figure out where the "nearby" is exactly, is it enemies near the phaselocked enemy or enemies close to your character? In either case, what is the range  for "nearby".

I've tried playing around with it, but can't figure out either of these questions.


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Are there any NPCs that you can marry, have as your housecarl, and have them as a follower?

I am looking for a great follower/companion.


texts: How can I increase my chances of finding the Missing Poster?

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With the Afterbirth expansion, there a new way to get to The Lost, by sacrificing Isaac in the Sacrifice Room while holding the Missing Poster. The bad news is, I don't know where to get the Missing Poster. I have already unlocked it, but I can't find it.

So my question is: what is the best way to unlock The Lost in Afterbirth?


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I downloaded the launcher (from www.minecraft.net) after purchasing and registering. I run windows 7 ultimate (YES, i downloaded the windows .exe version). I start the launcher and it works fine. I sign in, works fine. I hit play, and all seems normal, until the Mojang screen pops up. Stays up for maybe 3 or 4 seconds, then it will crash back to the launcher. Does this over and over again. Ive tried re-downloading minecraft, re-installing java, several things. Error log reads as follows:

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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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#   EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x053c3e88, pid=3680, tid=648
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#  JRE version: Java(tm) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_60-b19)  (build 1.7.0_60-b19)
#  Java VM: Java HotSpot(tm) client VM (24.60-b09 mixed mode, sharing windows x86 )
#  Problematic frame:
#  C  [ig4dev32.dll+0x3e88]
#
#  Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not allowed by default on client versions of windows
#
#  If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#    http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
#  The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
#  See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#


texts: Was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey removed from Xbox 360 in UK/EU markets?

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I recently bought a new Xbox 360 and recovered my profile.

I started downloading games I hadn't finished before I traded my last console. One of them was Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.

When I tried to download it, an error code came up in Xbox live. I then proceeded to log in to the xbox.com site and attempted to add the title to my download list. That came back with an error saying "Not available in your region".

I've been away from Xbox Live a while. Have they begun to remove games from their catalogue? Is there any way I can get this game on my Xbox other than purchasing it again? I really wanted to finish it.

Edit: I'm in the UK


texts: The player can now place and jump to a jump beacon inside the sector rather than the gate.  Can other player owned ships jump to a beacon?  What about NPC ships?


texts: Is there any way to sell an item valued at more than 3000 gold for its actual worth in Oblivion?

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I'm playing Oblivion (PC, GoTY Edition) and came across a particularly valuable item that I'd like to sell. Unfortunately, it's valued at over 2000 gold, meaning I can't sell it to most merchants for its actual worth.

I'm aware that being an Expert in Mercantile allows you to invest 500 gold in a specific shop of your choosing, while being a Master allows merchants to have an additional 500 gold when you're bartering with them (and that they compound on top of each other). So (to my understanding), if you're a Master in Mercantile, the DLC merchants can have 3000 gold available for bartering.

Does this mean that if you happen upon an item that's worth more than 3000 gold (assuming you're a Master in Mercantile), that's the maximum you can sell it for? I'm doing a vanilla playthrough, so I'm not interested in exploiting any glitches or installing any mods (at this moment, at least).


texts: Can I purchase a Steam game but install it and play it on a computer without internet?

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I have a simple laptop connected to the internet with a simple graphic card, good for browsing the internet and writing emails. The graphics card is too basic and the GPU overheats when playing computer games. I also have a gaming computer with a much better graphic card that will no longer connect to the internet. Otherwise it works just fine. The gaming computer has a 4 year old version of Steam already installed.

Can I purchase a Steam game using the simple laptop but install it and use it on the gaming computer?


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There are seven secret achievements for the Steam edition of Bleed. There is one for each stage in the game, and they are listed as Secret Mission 01 through Secret Mission 07.

What are the requirements for each of them?


texts: How do I properly leave a conversation in Cyberpunk 2077?

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For reference this is on PC, on a keyboard and mouse.
It seems that the only way to leave a conversation is to just... walk away? But that seems a little odd to me, as when you approach that same person again, the same conversation stuff shows up. This is particularly odd when there are other items near the person (the first time you come across the fight-ring coach, near V's apartment) that I cannot pick up, because the game locks me into the conversation options.
Is there a button to leave a conversation properly, or is walking away from the person the actual right way?


texts: You have died from... 'Bad Luck'... What actually killed me?

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I have died from multiple opponents and near by explosions.  Sometimes, these causes cannot be traced by the battlefield 3 system and, therefore, I get prompted 'Bad Luck'.

Usually, I am okay with this as environmental causes that I cannot control in the battlefield - but is DICE killing me because they think I am cheating?  DICE recently released information that  they are cracking down on cheaters.  I am grateful for their crackdown - as cheaters can ruin games - but I have heard through the grapevine that DICE will kill you if they 'think' you are cheating ( some automated system built into BF3 to autokill you if you go on a massive kill streak).  Example:

I was flying a jet, which just randomly exploded: Bad Luck. This was after a good, legit air dominance. I confirmed with server admins that they did not kill me (with any server administrative tools).  They told me that DICE will just do that once in a while.

Can anyone confirm that this exists in battlefield 3 or not?


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/tp @e[name=Farmer,type=ArmorStand] @e[name=Farmer,type=Villager]

Why doesn't it work? I've tried spacing things out, but it just refuses to work! Interestingly, if i just do /tp @e[type=ArmorStand] @e[type=Villager] it will work properly. Sorry if I haven't given enough info.


texts: How can I save a game to a USB stick on Playstation 3

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I want to save a game to a USB stick on Playstation 3.
When I hit triangle on save data it only offers me online storage. How do I enable USB storage?


texts: Is there a Skyrim command to check if a player knows a spell?

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I am thinking about making a mod for Skyrim. One thing that this mod hinges on is checking if a player already knows a spell. I have been looking high and low for a script command, but have yet to find one.

Is there a script command somewhere that can check this? For example, something that would allow this:

If player."HasSpell" spellid {
  player.RemoveSpell spellid
} else {
  player.AddSpell spellid
}

...or something to that effect. If there isn't a command, can anyone think of alternatives/workarounds to accomplishing this?


texts: Isn't putting every cell in its outline sufficient?

texts: This is strand 305. I moved the "push" cell to be a child of the "split" cell, used the split cell and moved the second "push" cell in position. That uses up all my moves and every cell is in its white outline. Why doesn't the game accept this solution?


texts: What decides the type of Hidden Power a Pokemon uses?

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How are the types of Hidden Power decided?
Bulbapedia says:

  The actual type of Hidden Power is determined by the Pokémon's individual values, and through calculation, can be set as one of other natural types.

But then wouldn't the same pokemon with different IVs have different types of Hidden power, or is it how the game works? If not, how does it work?


texts: Is there a maximum Biotic Charge distance?

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Biotic Charge for the Vanguard class lets you leap very quickly into distant enemies, and I've never not been able to perform the move on a target as long as I had a line-of-sight and my view was trained on them.

Is there a maximum distance to the charge, or can I safely assume that if I can target an enemy, I can hit them with a charge?


texts: How do you become 'stylish' enough to access Luminose stores: Pokemon X and Y?

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So upon entering Luminose city, I immediate sought out the clothing store to look at what was offered in this city. I mean, c'mon, it's pokemon with customization? Nuts! But when I entered the store, my character was told she wasn't 'as stylish as she could be', and asked to visit other clothing stores in Luminose before returning.
Any help on how to access this particular store?


texts: Mass Effect: Andromeda. "Citizen Messages to the Nexus" bug

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On Aya there's the side mission of collecting messages from citizens with the option of sending them on to the Nexus or editing, then sending. I've sent the messages to the Nexus from the other three, but while the Docks terminal shows me that I have a message, I can't open it for editing/sending. I only have the option to exit as though it were a normal message.  It's the only one that shows up as a mission waypoint

I've updated to the recent patch, I've verified game files, I've left the planet / star system and returned... can't think of anything else to try.

Anyone else have ideas, or is this going to be an incomplete task for me forever?


texts: Are *all* items limited to a certain number per game in Wasteland?

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My first introduction to RPG gaming was Wasteland on my old Commodore 64. Many of the items that are key to the story line (i.e. servo motors) only appear in a limited number during the game. However, I've always wondered if perhaps all items could be limited to a specific number per game. Here's why I ask...

I ran into a situation once when my game stagnated and I couldn't continue with the story line (I probably did something bad with one of the few servo motors in the game). As a result I was wandering around for an extended period of time revisiting every place I could to try and move the story forward. I began to notice that ammunition for all my weapons was running out at many of the shops, and enemies seemed to be dropping it less frequently, as if there was a limited supply of it.

Does anyone know if all items could be limited to an absolute number per game? Have you experienced the same thing, or perhaps managed to get a peek at the source code or have some other inside information about the availability of items in the game?


texts: Is there a quicker way for me to give items to other characters?

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When playing through the game you often need to send an item to another time zone through the Chron-O-John.  This can get tedious when you need to travel through several rooms with each character to make the exchange.  More so when Laverne needs to decide if she is ill or needs to visit the toilet as an excuse before getting the tentacle outfit.

Is there a quicker way to swapping items?


texts: Looking for a specific type of dual lane

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TL;DR : I'm looking for two heroes that go well together in a lane, and will be able to gang other lanes fast.

I have a problem when I play most of my games, I feel like my team is way too passive. They mostly farm for 40 minutes, then a couple of big fights happen, and the game is pretty much decided at the picking phase.

People dont' seem to realize you have to adapt playstyle with the 10 heroes on the battlefield.

I know I can't change people, but I often play with a friend and, well, we can try to change the pace of the game, and I'm looking for a lane build that can do that.

Here is some background :

We hover between 3.9k and 4.3k MMR
We usually win our lane
We usually play a support and a hero that is fast and that kills fast. Most of the time its something along the lines of Slark-Maiden, Mirana-Sandking/Withdoc, Maiden-Timbersaw, Axe-Dazzle. It depends on what we have with us, on the other side, and our mood.
We usually have to take care of warding, smoking, and doing stuff like mekansm/pipe/vlads/etc.
We're really comfortable ganging/roaming, pretty much what I call "playing".

So here is our issue, we play the first 7 minutes and end up having between 1 and 3 kills in our lane, and decide to start killing around. We manage to keep our enemy at bay while helping other lanes, and then the same problem occurs at every game :

It's really hard to gang 4 players in woods when you're only 2
We can't get our team to push when we actually manage to kill 2+ on our own.

What i'm looking for :

Some kind of magic lineup that will help us achieve a win/a push with only two players while the other farm behind forever
Something that can make people push with us when necessary, or gang with us when necessary. Warding doesnt' work, people just don't come.

We're thinking something along the lines of Io-Furion but we really dont' like Furion as a hero, since he has nothing good to speak of.

I've had great games where people follow, and games where people are passive for over an hour.
BUT I seem to notice that the other team is rarely playing like that and has some actual synergy.

WHAT do you do to make people play actively ? HOW do you convince them to not pick 3 mortred?

What is your secret ?


texts: How many harvests do trees and livestock last?

texts: If I plant a tree or livestock (for example, a dairy cow) on land that I own and make sure to harvest the fruit or animal product in a timely manner, how many harvests will that tree or livestock last before dying on average? Is there an age component to determining when a tree or livestock dies or is it strictly random chance after harvesting and the object becomes ripe again?


texts: I was signing up for a Battle.net account and since I was underage they asked for my parents' email. I entered my father's email. The problem is he was making a Battle.net account the very next day the email does not seem to work. He assumes it was because his email is linked to my account. Is there a way to change the parent email linked to my account? I don't want to terminate the account because I'm using a guest pass for Diablo and I have activated everything.


texts: Improving your chances of locking someone out with ECM

texts: SO I'm in a corp with a bunch of miners, and we've just been war decced by a one-man corp. Most of our skills are focused on the industry and mining side of things, with not a lot of attention paid to the combat side. Since we're all a bunch of rather low-sp players, my first thought was to use ECM to give us an advantage, but I'm having a little trouble understanding how it works. I get that it's based on chance, based on your ECM strength and the sensor strength of your target, but does it stack? Meaning, do our chances of locking a guy out improve if we can get multiple people to jam a target with multiple racial jammers or multispec?


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The Geth Plasma Shotgun consumes 2 ammunition each charged shot.
How much more damage does it deal compared to a normal shot?


texts: Does Earth Intel shown at the end of a mission matter?

texts: At the end of a mission, you get an Earth Intel reports that either says the Colonial forces have been strengthened or weakened. What determines the result you get and does it influence anything?


texts: Are the secret factions based on the real world?

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In The Secret World, there are three primary factions that feel as though they are meant to be based in reality: the Illuminati, the Templars, and the Dragon.

The Illuminati seems obvious. It's based on the real-world conspiracies of a secret organization that controls American politics, banks, and media. But because they are so "known" to us, that makes me assume that the other factions are meant to be known, as well. But I can't quite put my finger on it.

What exactly are the Templars? Knights? Crusaders? The game implies this is a faction that lives on to this day, but to my knowledge, they would have been long dead. There's even strong implication that the Illuminati and Templars once coexisted in Europe prior to the colonization of America.

What exactly is the Dragon? Yakuza? Triads? The game makes it clear that this is an Asian organization, but also attaches strong implications of mysticism which makes me wonder if they are based in reality, at all.

What "real-world" factions are the Templars and the Dragon based on? Are these fictional factions mostly real-world or mostly fantasy?

Also, if your evidence is spoiler-ridden, please refrain from including it. I will take your assertions as though they have evidence!


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I play an SMG Siren. I have a few skills:

7/5 Accelerate which gives me 21% more gun damage
5/5 Reaper which gives me 40% more gun damage on enemy's health above 50%
Cat Mod which gives me 71% more SMG damage.

I have two SMGs:

 and

The damage difference between both is nullable, as the other bonuses. The only difference is the element. Even though, I hit around 4-5k with the Slag one, and around 2-2.5k with the Shock one. These damages are done on Normal playthrough on Flesh enemies.

Seen this table of element, both Shock and Slag deal 1 on Flesh.

I don't have any boost to Slag damage, nor Tediore weapons. Am I missing something?


texts: How can I see my character's numerical health value?

texts: In combat, the health bar on each character portrait doesn't seem to list raw HP values, it's just a colored bar. I'd like to be able to see exactly how much health each character has, so I can determine when using a medkit will have the most effect, for example. I'd also like to be able to do so out of combat, so I know if I need to heal up before a fight.


texts: What is the best way to avoid being shot by snipers? (MW2)

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I always get frustrated when those stupid snipers start to camp somewhere where I cannot find them and they continuously shoot me. Often I try to find them to shoot them, but their one-shot kills don't let me. Sometimes I just get a Riot shield just to get closer to them >.<

What are the best ways to avoid being shot by snipers?


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I have built a mob farm in my single player world, but it doesn't work.

I have tested the mob farm in a super flat world and it works well. I have built them almost identical, the only difference is that I used snow blocks instead of cobble and that half my mob farm is built in a deep ocean biome and the other half is in an ocean biome. I have checked and there is no light in the farm and no caves under it. I have searched for an asnwer but nothing seems to work.

I copied the farm from logdotzips 34th episode of how to minecraft.


texts: Can I Access The Moon To Do The Next Step Of The Lie?

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I am a New Light player with no DLC.
I recently completed the shotgun telemetry quest step for 'The Lie' quest. The next step tells me to go talk to Rasputin.
Rasputin is on the Moon and when I went there it placed me in a mission.
This was my first time on the moon. Whenever I open the director it says that other activities are not available at this time.
If I complete the mission, will I get access to Rasputin or can I not progress any further in the quest since I don’t own Shadowkeep or Forsaken?


texts: (Java Minecraft 1.14) how to access a written book's contents?

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I am currently modifying a datapack that changes the skullowner (tag) of a player_head to a written book's title to get that player's head skin.

execute as @e[type=item,nbt={Item:{id:"minecraft:player_head"}}] at @s if entity    @e[type=item,limit=1,distance=0.1..0.3,sort=nearest,nbt={Item:{id:"minecraft:written_book"}}] run
data modify entity @s Item.tag.SkullOwner set from entity    @e[type=item,limit=1,distance=0.1..0.3,sort=nearest,nbt={Item:{id:"minecraft:written_book"}}] Item.tag.title

I tried to change it to Item.tag.pages[0], and it did display the first page's contents, but it was encased. Let's say I typed Notch in the first page then signed the book. When I tried to copy it as a player_head's skullowner tag it turned into {text:Notch}.
But when I change Item.tag.title to Item.tag.pages[0].text to get the text in the first page, it doesn't work.
My main goal is to change the player_head.skullowner.id from the book's first page and player_head.skullowner.properties.textures[0].value from the second page in order to be able to change the head into a custom head such as ones found in custom head websites.
The original datapack can be found here.


texts: What's the easiest or cheapest Ascended backpiece?

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I've found it particularly straight-forward to get ascended pieces in all slots. All slots except the back.

Weapons    Crafting
Armor      Crafting
AccessoriesLaurels or Guild Commendations
Rings      Laurel Merchant or BUY-4373
Amulet     Laurel Merchant
Back       ????

There appear to be many different options for back pieces, however, their acquisition methods seems to be varied, with some taking more effort than others.

If my primary interest is to get an Ascended back piece, what is the easiest option?


texts: In Dota 2 when you select more than one server region and start the matchmaking, the background image has only US West server colored. Is that actually a map bug or does the game really search the US West server first and then other locations? Or are they all grouped together?


texts: Very Hard setting without a companion @ level 19 : Do I need to respec(via console) to get lone wanderer?

texts: In Skyrim I felt like I spoiled the game a bit by depending on Companions too much, so I'm determined to use them minimally in Fallout 4.  However, I'm not the greatest player in the world and things are getting pretty tough: I just barely was able to save Ten Pines on my own.  Am I going to flounder without going into Charisma enough to get lone wanderer now?


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I am donating my Nintendo Wiis to a group of people far more deserving of them however after turning them on for the first time in ages they're all full of old saves, old miis, network settings, games and game saves.

Is there an easy way to just nuke everything and reset them all completely back to factory settings?


texts: How can I give my dog Vigilance to Lucia?

texts: How do I give Vigilance to Lucia? I've adopted her and Blaine and they live in Breezehome, she asked to keep it but the only yes response was yes once I didn't need Vigilance anymore and there's no option to give him to her immediately. I've already let Blaine adopt a skeever will that effect anything?


texts: Can I tell what kind of species are in a system before jumping to it?

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With the new build update, I'm trying to get a scientist.  The scientist must be a Korvax species NPC.  I've been jumping to a number of near by solar systems and keep finding Geks instead.

Can you tell what species inhabit the system before wasting a warp drive jump to it?


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I have my enchantress up to level 25, and I don't know which skill to give her?  Any thoughts?

Also is there a skill reset later in the game?


texts: I want to update Divine RPG.  Is it possible to save the items I already have and add them to the new version of the mod?


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It is quite problematic to compare cars in NFS:W. Whenever you pick a car, you are offered the choice of the rental option, which costs money to unlock for a limited time period but comes with a large performance bonus. The performance bonus, however, is not homogeneous.

This means that one cannot compare cars by shuffling between them, as the bars always move to the rental option when browsing.

What are the cars available currently in NFS:W? How much do they cost? When do they unlock? How many performance "ticks" does each have in the basic version?


texts: I need to know how to gain freedom in Succubox, as the title says. Is anyone able to answer?


texts: As can be seen in the image below, the ship can access both docks.


texts: What's the Atelier Rorona Plus Premium Box?

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On the wiki in the 4th paragraph talking about the new stuff in Atelier Ronona Plus

  The "Premium Box" editions of the game also differs slightly in content between the PS3 and PS Vita versions

however as far as i know there's only 1 version available to download for each, what is this "Premium Box" and how is it different to the normal versions for the PS3 and Vita and the PS3 and Vita versions of itself?


texts: Minecraft Mob-Spawning in vanilla 1.8 server

texts: I am making my own server and I am trying to make mobs not spawn in a certain area, I can't do a /kill @e[type=!Player] command because I have armor stands! So I was wondering what you guys thought. I am playing on a 1.8 vanilla server.


texts: What does the "check" command do in Frozen Synapse?

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I've noticed that there is an order you can give to your units called "Check".

However, the tutorial doesn't explain what it is and I can't really tell what it does.

What is this for, and when should I use it?


texts: Minecraft has the redstone wires mechanism that can be used to build circuits. Is Minecraft Turing-Complete, i.e. can it be used to simulate a Turing Machine (if we ignore the problem of infinite memory)?


texts: Does Minecraft 1.6 have higher practical system requirements than 1.5.1?

texts: Playing on my (hosted) multiplayer server, I had no issue with minecraft 1.5.1, but after upgrading to 1.6, I'm lagging horribly even when alone in the server. I did increase the memory supplied to the game in the new launcher, but it didn't help much. Have the system requirements increased? And, if so, is it the server or the client that needs more resources?


texts: Can you earn the BF Drill as a Series EV?

texts: On the BF Drill page on the dungeon defenders wiki http://dungeondefenders.wikia.com/wiki/The_BF_Drill it states that you have to be a Huntress or Ranger to get the BF Drill from the Volcanic Eruption map. Can you also get it as a Series EV? I really don't want to have to lvl up a huntress to 74.


texts: Will armor protection enchantments stack in minecraft

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Background

Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, and Projectile Protection are all mutually exclusive enchantments in survival Minecraft. I just need some clarification of some comments in the official wiki to understand what happens when these are mixed and matched in multiple pieces of armor.

Conflict

In the wiki it states under each of these 4 enchantments

  If multiple pieces have the enchantment, only the highest level's
  reduction is used.

The way I read the wiki it sounds like it is a waste to have 2 of the same protection enchantments.

However multiple posts claim that protection stacks with multiple pieces of armor. Example from minecraft wiki. Example from Stack Exchange.

Is the wiki wrong? Are the blog posts just old and no longer true? Am I misunderstanding the statement in the wiki?

Question

As protection reduces damage by 4% per level which of these is true?

Protection IV on 2 pieces of armor will reduce the incoming damage by 16%
Protection IV on 2 pieces of armor will reduce the incoming damage by 32%
Neither, please explain my error in understanding.

I am asking in the context of Bedrock edition (Windows 10, Pocket Edition, Xbox). Though would be interested in hearing how it differs in java if at all.


texts: How do I unlock additional trading carts for the Palico trader?

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Similar to the farm and Wycoon from previous games, Monster Hunter Generations has a "generate items for resource points" feature. In this game it takes the form of a Palico Trader where you can send off your Palicos to trade with other towns, and they come back with items. However, you only start off with one trading slot/cart.

How do you unlock additional Palico Trading Slots?


texts: How does the bugged implementation of gifting affect friendship levels?

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I understand there is a bug.

Niantic Support
Reddit/r/TheSilphRoad

I can't really describe the bug other than by saying that friendship levels aren't increasing as originally explained by Niantic.

But, given that bug, how are friendship levels actually affected by gift-giving/receiving?

I'm looking for a full description of how the buggy implementation works. That should include things like:

What causes actual increases?
Is this just a display-bug?
To the extent that this is just a display-bug, what causes the display of one or both friends' levels to not reflect the actual increase?
What causes an expected increase to not happen?
What happens if you and a friend both send each other gifts on a day and both open them on that same day? Does the order matter?


texts: What use is the sniper rifle in Mass Effect 3?

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I'm wondering if ME3 is like ME2. All encounters are pretty much close or medium range, so the sniper is pretty much unused during the game.

So is it good to carry the ME3 sniper around? I'm asking because they are heavy and I would need this extra reload time on my abilities.


texts: Is there a way to stop bosses resetting health when you die?

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I play solo since I don't have any friends to play with. When I played it on the PS3 if I died I would find the boss had recovered their health meaning at times I would have to use trickery and exploits to make fights easier (ie. shooting at cars with a rocket launcher before going over a ramp, hiding under shelter and sniping Mothrak, getting one of Nine-Toes Skags to just stand there and yell and not come after me, using the Scorpio as a decoy).

One of my pet peeves with the final boss was how it's "stages" would reveal the more damage you did to it, getting it down to 3/4's it had all it's tentacles out but then I died, I came back and lo and behold it had all of them and had full health so I was being attacked even more than I was the first time.

Now I just got this on PC, likewise I don't have any friends and my PC doesn't connect to the internet so unless I go to a lan party (which is like never) I'll be going though this on my own. So far employing the same tricks as my play though on PS3 is working (glitching Nine-toes Skags, sniping all the skags around Scar) but I am wondering; is there a way to prevent Bosses recovering all their health when I die?

NOTE: I mainly ask for PC since I did get the game for PC as well for the sake of keeping my dad off my PS3


texts: Level Stucked because I haven't any quest to do

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I finished all the quests of District Tower and then I did the main quest where I fought with a man who became huge. Now I need to do the quests from BlackDagger Ruins but I can't take any quest from there, neither from Sergeant Knox.

So, What can I do for level up or get new missions?

I am level 20.


texts: How to delete the effect particle when summoning a mob

texts: How can we delete the effect particle  when summoning a mob?


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Is there any way to take/steal a book without opening it?

I want to be able to pick up a skill book without gaining the skill, so that I can read it when I'm at a higher level in the skill, without having to remember where the book is, and go back to it later.


texts: How does the Zombie Dogs rune Life Link work?

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I'm uncertain on some of the details of Life Link, specifically:

Is it 10% damage reduction, or 10% damage reduction for each dog?
How is the absorbed damaged divided amongst the dogs? (evenly, one chosen at random, et cetera)
If the dogs don't have enough health left to absorb the full 10% damage, will the surplus damage be dealt to me?


texts: What is the biggest SD memory card a Nintendo Wii can support?

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OK I read that the Wii can support SD cards up to 2 GB then I read of an update that removed this limitation.

What is the actual maximum SD card size the Wii can support if I keep it updated with official updates from Nintendo? Also is there a limitation on the SD card type (SD, SDHC...)?


texts:
Walking through the Ossean Wastes, I found the following.
What is it? I haven't found the way to interact with it.


texts: Files restored to Starbound's workshop folder won't appear ingame

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I previously backed up all my Starbound mods needed for a save, and now some files are corrupted and I want to restore my copy of the contents of the workshop/content/211820 folder that I saved on my Google Drive. When I put them back into the 211820 folder, Steam does not show the mods as subscribed, and they do not appear in-game.
Verifying game integrity and restarting Steam or my computer has no effects.


texts: How to download a game from steam using wget

texts: I was wondering if I could stop my current download (currently on Windows), start my Linux Distro (native installed) and mount the windows drive, then download there the game via wget or something similar. That would be great, because then I could do something on my linux while the game is downloading in the background and so I don't have to wait an eternity on windows where I can't do much (I do Kernel programming and such things)


texts: Are there any hints about Locke's exact location in the World of Ruins?

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I'm watching a first-time playthrough of Final Fantasy VI. The streamer is searching for Locke. He's found Rachel and the old man, but the old man only says, "Find the treasure, find Locke" (or something to that effect).
I know where Locke is, but are there any hints that direct the player to his exact location? Or is it to be found by chance?

 (Locke is found at Phoenix Cave.)

Extra credit: What would be a good hint to give a player who's getting frustrated, without easily giving it away? (The player has found all other characters, so there's probably no other spoilers to be concerned about.)


texts: I seem to recall rumors that Starcraft 2 looked better when using DirectX 10 over DirectX 9. Is this true, and if so can you give examples (preferably in screenshot form)?


texts: Spaceplane speeds on Kerbin- beating 1400m/s

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I'm doing my best to launch an SSTO into orbit. Currently, my primary objective is to replace my LVT-30 with an LV-909 so that I can reap the d/v rewards. Unfortunately that means pushing as high and as fast with the airbreathing engines as possible.

I seem to have hit a brick wall at 1400 horizontal meters per second. No matter what I do, my craft won't beat that speed. Levelling off soon enough to have enough air to push faster means too much drag and the plane explodes.

Is it even possible to break this barrier (~>Mach 4) in Kerbin's atmosphere? If so, how can I re-design my craft to achieve it?

I added More Engines™ but only managed to increase to 1456m/s. I've managed to hold that speed for several minutes now at about 10km alt but can't break it- the craft doesn't explode but no longer accelerates.


texts: Why are FallingSand entities not showing correct blocks?

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When I summon FallingSand entities in Minecraft, strange things happen when I make them from water, flowing water, lava, flowing lava, and stained glass blocks.

With liquids, they simply are invisible. I know they're there because I pressed F3+B to check the hitbox.

With stained glass, they create a block with a single, solid colour with no transparency.

Why is this so?


texts: I lost my physical copy of Destiny, is there a way I can still play it?

texts: I bought my PS4 with the Destiny bundle, but I lost the disc and can't play it. Is there a way I can still play it without the disc?


texts: Does the purchased double XP and VIP XP bonus stack in Gears of War Judgement ?

texts: I just found out that you can purchase game packs of double xp and if you have the VIP pass (season pass) more XP is awarded when you play under the VIP menu.   That sparked the question, if I get both, does the double XP and VIP bonus XP stack?


texts: What happens if I don't give Moustache Girl a time piece?

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(Spoilers for the ending of A Hat in Time)

In the final cutscene of A Hat in Time, the player is asked to make a choice.

  Drop a Time Piece down and lend the red hooded girl some Time Piece power to defeat the Mafia? (You may not be able to make it all the way home.)

I chose to give Moustache Girl the time piece, which resulted in Hat Kid throwing down an hourglass, saying goodbye to her Earth friends, then blasting off towards her home.

What would have happened if I had kept the time piece for myself? Would it have changed the game's ending?


texts: Does "Way of the Hundred Fists" generate more than one "on hit" effects?

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The description for the Monk’s Way of the Hundred Fists seems to indicate the second strike in the sequence is composed of 7 individual hits. Are they truly separate hits, meaning each can generate a separate “on-hit” effect?

And if they aren’t, what is the benefit of the Hands of Lightning rune, then?


texts: In Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, where is the photo camera?

texts: There has been a photo camera in almost every Metal Gear Solid game. However, I can not find one in The Phantom Pain. Where is it located?


texts: Is there a way to obtain Khadgar, while I know no one owning a osx device?

texts:
Question title pretty much says it.
Are there ways to buy the new hearthstone hero skin for Khadgar, which is limited to the purchase through apple store and just available to april the 24th, without buying a Ipad/Iphone, in case I know no one else owning one?


texts: Does the rifleman perk affect semi-automatic weapons?

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The rifleman perk (highlighted on the screenshot) says the following:

Attacks with non-automatic rifles do 20% more damage.

Is this perk only invalid for fully-automatic weapons, or is it also invalid for semi-automatic weapons? Semi-automatic weapons are not explicitly mentioned in any perk, so I am not sure how they are handled.


texts: Morrowind doesn’t launch under Windows 7 (sometimes with the error "the application crashed")

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I recently reinstalled my OS with Windows 7 32 bit and I installed Morrowind GOTY, but when I try to run the MGE-GUI it doesn't launch at all. I've read that it needs administrator privileges, so I changed the permissions but it still doesn't launch. I also changed the privileges of the others .exe files (as suggested in the web) and nothing happened. Sometimes I get an error message displaying "the application crashed".

I have already installed NetFramework 4.0, DirectX 10 and everything it needs to run. I don't know what's happening now, cause I've played Morrowind before and I never experienced this issue. I can even run other games on my PC without problems, like Elder Scrolls Oblivion, Dragon Age Origins, and so.


texts: How does the prestige system work when soft resetting

texts: I don't understand what are the pros and cons of soft resetting, can anyone explain me what I keep and what I lose?


texts: Is there a specific level range where strongholds can be found?

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I'm still a newbie with Minecraft and I have the Xbox 360 version, if that matters.

Anyway, I've been wondering if there's a level range in which strongholds can be found. I know that they don't (or it's really rare?) spawn at the ground-level and that sometimes they're found near/in mineshafts, but...that's all I know.

(Aside from all of this, I'm still trying to get more Ender Pearls to craft Eyes of Ender so I can locate the portal/stronghold in one of my worlds, and this question just came up out of curiosity.)


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I was reading an article about the guys at Firaxis arguing about whether moving your first Settler is EVER a good idea, and it got me thinking.

I have always been a "don't move the settler" kind of guy. But according to the article and some basic simulation by one of the devs, it can be better to spend a turn moving to a better spot. But it might not always be worth it.

So, my question is, what kind of things should I be looking for in order to make the decision to settle vs spend 1 turn moving to a better location? If I can see the coastline, should I move over to it? Should I always spend a turn moving if I have less then X luxuries? Or If I have less than Y food bonus resources?


texts: How do I reset my manor so I can rebuild it with different options?

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I currently have Windstad Manor and built it all. Now I regret some choices and I'd like to rethink and rebuild it.

Is there any console way to "nuke" the manor and rebuild it from ground up?


texts: How do I detect any block around an entity using the /execute command in Minecraft?

texts: I'm trying to create an RPG launcher kind of device to make a tutorial on for my YouTube channel. I am using crossbows and firework rockets and so far I have succeeded in having the firework rocket explode when flying above grass blocks. Is there any way to detect when the rocket flies into any block, rather than a particular block / category?


texts: I made a witch farm in minecraft skyblock 1.10. However, only other mobs are spawning in the trap. What should I do to restrict the place only to witches?


texts: Is there an ingame listing of personas that would show in a map?

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So I'm trying to get into playing multiplayer now, just 100% single player last night but I'm having a tough time getting into it.

I know I need to learn the maps eventually but getting started is tough -- especially now that the game's been out for a while now and there's a lot of more people who are familiar with most everything -- but I'm getting creamed on every map I joined because I don't know which personas appear normally in the maps.  I always chose the wrong one for the map and almost everyone chooses the right ones.  It's a lot harder for me to find my targets and everyone else can find me pretty easily.  I understand that everyone typically has to choose unique personas from everyone else but even if I had first pick, I usually pick the wrong one.

The game always shows all personas at the start, doesn't list or highlight what appears in the map, and you can't switch personas later within the game.  There's not even a hint of what to expect there except that tiny screenshot that might show some personas.  I end up leaving the game hoping I'd reconnect to the same game but never do.

Is there some way to make the game more accessible to newer players here by showing which personas show in a map?

Or do I just have to face it and always join a game where I stick out like a sore thumb until I learn them all myself?  Or do I have to spend a significant amount of time in the training grounds trying to figure them out myself first?  Or is it that it looks like I stick out in my perspective when really all other players see me as blended with the other personas in the map?

p.s., I would prefer not to have to go to an external website that lists the personas every time I play.


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I have been trying a number of routes from London around the world and back to London in 80 days (Android).

I travelled very efficiently in Central Asia and East Asia although I have found going to Colombo to be a detour.

I struggle every time I land on the American continent.

What route did you chose to complete the around the world trip?


texts: Is defending on FM17 hard, or am I just doing it wrong?

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I'm in my second year with Dundela FC, in Northern Ireland, and got them promoted in second place in my first season, and now I'm 6th in the next division in my second season, but I cannot keep a clean sheet!

I think only 2 teams conceded more than me last year, and they finished in the bottom 3, and now I haven't kept a clean sheet in about 11 competitive games in this season.

I've used different formations, 4-2-3-1 wide at home, and a mix of 4-3-3 narrow, 4-4-2, 3-5-2 etc away from home, but nothing seems to be working. My goalkeepers are all decent enough for the division, I have the best LWB and one of the best CB's in the league, along with some other solid ability individual players, but they don't seem to be able to defend as a team. Whether it's last minute tap ins or long range wondergoals, I always seem to find a way to concede.

It seems to me as if defending has been broken on the game this year, which is a real shame.

What has changed since FM15/FM16 that has made it that much harder? What ways are there to improve defensive side of the game using tactics/training?


texts: How do you get out of the barracks view?

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I opened the barracks view, assigned some gear, got back to the list of peeps, and... there's no back button, Escape does nothing.  Clicking outside the menu does nothing.  F1 does nothing.  All I can do is click on a soldier's name, and I see no way to get from that screen back to the main view, either.

What am I missing?


texts: Can I stay at same level of greater rift?

texts: It seems i can either upgrade my keystone or upgrade my gem. Is there a way to get my current keystone back at the end of the greater rift?


texts: Where is the Kassa Fabrication shop on the citadel?

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From my ship, I can purchase things that are available for purchase on the Citadel, but there is a 10% markup. Right now I can purchase from Sirta Supplies, Kassa Fabrication, and Spectre Requisitions.

I've found the shops for Spectre Requisitions and Sirta Supplies on the Citadel, but I can't find the one for Kassa Fabrication. I'd like to buy from the Citadel rather than my ship so I can save 10%. Where is it?


texts: Minecraft plugin to turn Spawners on and off at certain time during the day

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Im a bit of a noob when it comes to making plugins, but i'm trying to make a plugin that will toggle spawners on and off throughout the course of the day. Spawners are a big part of our economy and we want to balance them/get rid of lag.

Any ideas on how to get this working?  Here's what I have so far that isn't working:

Event.java:

import org.bukkit.event.entity.SpawnerSpawnEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;

public class Main{
 public static void main(String args[]) {
   ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor stpe = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(2);
   stpe.scheduleAtFixedRate(new YourJob(), 0, 5, TimeUnit.HOURS);
 }
}

class YourJob implements Runnable {
    public class Event implements Listener
    {
        @EventHandler
        public void onSpawn(final SpawnerSpawnEvent event) {
            event.setCancelled(true);
            if (event.setCancelled() == true) {
                event.setCancelled(false);
            }
            else {
            event.setCancelled(true);
            }
            }
    }
}

Main.java:

import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.plugin.java.JavaPlugin;

public class Main extends JavaPlugin
{
    public void onEnable() {
        this.getLogger().info("Successfully loaded!");
        this.getServer().getPluginManager().registerEvents((Listener)new Event(), (Plugin)this);
    }

    public void onDisable() {
        this.getLogger().info("Successfully unloaded!");
    }
}


texts: Is there anyway to get rid of the experience gained notification?

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In Batman Arkham Origins whenever you finish a battle the game will tell you how much xp (experience) you've gained, and it will give you a "threat level". After I saw this the first few times I knew it'd be annoying. Personally I don't need to be told how much I suck at fighting, I'm already aware of that.

So, is there anyway to disable this notification? I'm playing the PC version, so in-game solutions and external tools or mods are all acceptable.

Here are some screenshots of it:


texts: What are the keys to earn Gold on Opening Gambit?

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I'm having trouble getting past Silver on Opening Gambit, the challenge mission where you must produce 30 Marines, 8 Siege Tanks, and 8 Ghosts within 14 minutes (for Gold).  The best I've been able to do so far is to finish with 2:23 on the timer, which is 1:37 short of Gold.

Typically I haven't had issues holding off the attackers, but simply can't get QUITE all my Ghosts or tanks out in time.  1:37 short comes out to about 3 Ghosts late.

I think my issue revolves around timing my expansion compared to moving to the more-expensive Ghosts and tanks.  My strategy so far has been to wall off my base as suggested, and get two bunkers down: 1 up on the cliff, and 1 down below.  Usually I'm expanding as the second bunker is going into production.

Siege tanks stay up on the cliff when they start being produced.  My best attempt so far had 2 Factories+Tech producing tanks, 2 Barracks+Tech producing Ghosts, and 1 Barracks+Reactor producing Marines, but I was still too late getting production kicked off.

Do I need to expand earlier?  If so, when should I do that relative to expanding to gas and working on tanks and Ghosts?  Should I crank out all my Marines before moving to Ghosts?


texts: My Minecraft map won't show up when I open up the game

texts: I recently downloaded a map labeled "Laidback Parkour". When I tried opening it up on the launcher, it didn't show up, but it is definitely in the "saves" folder. Can someone tell me what's going on and help me fix this? I have followed the steps on the Wiki page, but I still don't see what the problem is.


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While playing a game yesterday, the enemy Ziggs was wrecking us. So, we tried to focus our fire on him. Unfortunately, the enemy Zilean got his Ultimate on the Ziggs. While we were waiting for Ziggs to return, we were taking fire from the enemy team. When  he revived, he used Zhonya's Hourglass! It seemed like we were waiting forever for him to be target-able, and the rest of his team cleaned us up.

How long can any one champion remain untarget-able or in stasis in a row and under what circumstances can this occur?


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I was poking around Pokémon Go and noticed the Pokédex Pokémon are in groups:

What do these mean?


texts: What happens when Lee Sin uses Resonating Strike on a Vlad using Sanguine Pool?

texts: Basically, here's the situation: Lee Sin uses Sonic Wave, hitting Vlad. Vlad pools to get away. Can Lee Sin use Resonating Strike?


texts: Is it possible to get glass armor in Xbox 360 skyrim

texts: I've seen videos of people having it and it's really been irritating me because I can't find any.


texts: What happened to TYGER forces after Hugo Strange's death in Arkham City?

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When Batman confronts the Psychiatrist, He gets killed by Ra's Al Ghul who was Hugo Strange's master. When Strange is about to die, he activates Protocol 11 which destroys the office of Wonder Tower, thus forcing Batman to flee the building with Ra's. After Batman lands, we can hear and witness in the game itself that there are still TYGER forces in the game, particularly the helicopters.

  TYGER Command Center: All air units report in, Cease attack and return to base immediately. Repeat, return to base immediately.

So what happened to the TYGER guards, particularly those who are in the helicopter?

Follow-up question: Why didn't they attack Batman afterwards, considering that the Dark Knight is their target? Most likely they find out that Batman killed their Boss, Hugo Strange, but they didn't know the truth that Ra's Al Ghul killed Hugo Strange.


texts: Why could two docking ports to not snap to each other? They a definitely close enough, speed is about 0.5 m/s and both ships have power. What i'm doing wrong?


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I am trying to add a count of 3 to this command :
/execute as @a if entity @s[nbt={Inventory:[{id:"minecraft:diamond"}]}]

Edit: Some may think that this question is a duplicate, but my question is different from How to test for minimum amount of items in inventory and execute a command if true.

The linked question uses tellraw while this one uses an execute command. Someone might need to add a run command and /execute has this built-in.


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The Owl 6 achievement is described as:

  The owls sing a song that they learned in the lobby of a castle on a remote island.

It's more or less obvious it can be achieved by playing a specific song with the owls next to the big tree. But what is the song?


texts: How do I mine safely in the underworld without Ash falling on me?

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While mining in the underworld I noticed that ash block behave in a very peculiar way, like a hybrid of sand and solid blocks. They can stay up without needing support by blocks below them, but if you mine in the vicinity they sometimes fall down.

I've had a whole section of ash collapse on top of me, which is annoying, it hurts and after cleaning up the resulting cave is large enough for imps to spawn inside. I also had parts of my tunnel collapse when trying to fill emtpy space with blocks to prevent imps from spawning.

How do Ash physics work? When do the blocks fall?
What are effective mining strategies to prevent lots of ash collapsing into my tunnel?


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Mediguns such as the default Medigun, the Kritzkrieg, the Quick-Fix and the Vaccinator can have Killstreak Kits attached to them. This includes Basic, Specialized and Professional Killstreak Kits.

For any other weapon, these work as follows:

Basic Killstreak Kits track how many kills you got with said weapon before you die. This included a server-wide message when you hit certain thresholds, such as 20 kills, and messages when you are killed after such a threshold.
Specialized Killstreak Kits do everything a Basic Killstreak Kit does, as well as giving your weapon a colored sheen, which intensifies as your killstreak increases.
Professional Killstreak Kits do everything a Specialized Killstreak Kit does, as well as giving you an unusual eye effect once you reach a killstreak of 5. This unusal effect intensifies as your killstreak increses.

However, since the Medigun can not deal any damage, it can not ever kill anybody. The only possibility for it to "kill" is to assist someone by healing them while they get a kill. Does this count as a "kill" in terms of a killstreak for the Mediguns?


texts: Does Elise continue to take damage during Rappel?

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Elise's Rappel ability makes her untargetable and removes her champion from the map for a short duration.  During this time, however, does she continue to take damage from damage over time effects such as Ignite?

I ask because I thought I killed one before she cast that, but she lived through it by apparently using it.


texts: Can I abandon a quest and get it back in Dungeons of dredmor?

texts: I have spent hours on 2 empty floor(s). On occasion I find items I did not have room to pickup. But no sign of my quest item or monsters. Can I abandon the quest and reacquire it to reset the quest or something?


texts: How can I identify to which quest line a specific quest belongs

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My Journal is Full of Quests, And I would like to know if their is a way to determine  if a quest belongs to the Main Quest line, or to one of the factions instead of the other questions

Basically: how to determine if a single quest belongs to the:

Main Quest
Bards College
College of Winterhold
Companions
Dark Brotherhood
Imperial Legion
Stormcloaks
Thieves Guild


texts: What is the bonus XP pool and how does it affect the gain of XP?

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In Diablo 3 there you can often find a "Pool of Reflection" which adds to a so-called bonus experience pool. This bonus pool gets invalidated if the avatar dies.

How does this bonus pool affect the gain of experience?

Even if the marker for the bonus pool is at the rightmost point you still seem to have to collect XP points from monster kills. So how does this bonus XP pool work?

Even if though the question may seem trivial, I haven't found any explanation, yet.


texts: How to load the Nether of a Bukkit-powered server into MCEdit?

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Bukkit splits world folders into separate folders for each dimension. MCEdit doesn't seem to be able to read my nether folder for that reason; it says there are no chunks in the world.

Is there any way to do this?


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In Link's Awakening, sometimes I come across Secret Seashells, and the text that pops up says that if I collect a lot of them, something good is bound to happen.

what will happen if I collect enough? (How many is enough, anyhow?)


texts: Errors with Fallout Shelter time glitch?

texts: There are many videos which explain how to do a time glitch in Fallout Shelter. The problem is, when I do it, my dwellers stop picking up items and my radio station time doesn't reset. How do I make this glitch work right?


texts: How do I use my original account with a new install?

texts: I had Diablo 3 on my computer but then I reset my computer back to factory, lost all my info, and no longer have that disc or key code. So I bought a new copy and key code. Is there any way to upload my previous characters onto my new copy? I still have the same battle.net account.


texts: Is there any way to disable the film grain effect?

texts: I understand that it's probably just there for the sake of making an atmosphere, but it just makes thing look bad in my opinion. I don't see any options to disable it from the games main menu.


texts: How to beat the boss in level 6-3, Final Trial?

texts: I get that I have to jump on the block and hit the gem, but then when he stops breathing fire and more blocks start falling I have no freaking clue. I've got on his back and fired daggers into the gem again but it doesn't seem to do anything. Maybe if I could experiment I could work it out but the pain in the ass is I've got to go through 4 minutes of by-rote battling the easy part before I get stuck!


texts: What's the backstory behind those "ghostly" looking animals at Mogg Latan's shrine?

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So I stumbled upon this place after seeing a green beam of light appear at the top of a mountain near Mogg Latan's shrine: if you go into this green beam of light, a green fog surrounds you and you see those green glowing ghost-like animals at a pond near a cherry blossom. The animals and the green light disappear after a while. So far, it seems to happen randomly in the afternoon.

What are those things? What's their story? What are they called? Has anyone in the game ever given any info on them? Only thing I found is someone (or something) mentioning hitting a rabbit with an arrow to get treasure, the same kind of rabbit that is also seen in that place (but it can also appear in other places).


texts: Why did I turn into a demon instead of dying?

texts: While playing the Binding of Isaac, I should have died when fighting Monstro II, but instead I got a message on a blue screen saying (I think): "Today is a bad day to have a castle". It gave me half a heart back and changed Isaac into a demon for about 5 seconds.  Is that normal, and if it is what item is it?


texts:
Wouldn't this feature allow for one team who has an active spectator watching the game without fog of war to give advices of incoming ganks, jungle invades, Baron, Dragon kills etc.?

The source of why I know theres a Fog of war feature is here Next Patch: The Full Release of Spectator Mode!


texts: So, I know how to open up the console when pressing f12, but I'm not entirely sure how to give myself more potions, ie berserk potions. Anyone tell me how please? :D


texts: The Sims 3 into the future: selling the present lot

texts: In the sims 3: into the future, I bought a house in Oasis Landing (the future era). Now is there any way I can sell the present house and live in the future forever? (giving that I put a time portal in some public venue like the park or something)


texts: Are heavy damage and light damage mutually exclusive?

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At first, I was putting bonus % damage against lightly wounded targets on all my gear, under the assumption that anyone who is damaged would count.

I.E., if you stab me once, I'm bleeding a bit. Stab me twice, and I'm bleeding heavily - but I'm still bleeding a bit...right? In Amalur, maybe not.

So my question is, do "lightly wounded" and "heavily wounded" act as mutually exclusive states, akin to bonus damage during day/night? Or are heavy wounds simply a continuation of the lightly wounded state, akin to real-wirld logic?


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Has anyone ever encountered trails/artifacts as in the picture while playing SC2?

I've tried other 3D apps on the machine such as Portal2 -- That worked just fine.
Wondering if anyone has encountered this before and if so how it was resolved.

Additional info:

Hardware Overview:

 Model Name:   iMac
 Model Identifier:     iMac11,3
 Processor Name:       Intel Core i5
 Processor Speed:      2.8 GHz
 Number Of Processors: 1
 Total Number Of Cores:        4
 L2 Cache (per core):  256 KB
 L3 Cache:     8 MB
 Memory:       4 GB
 Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
 Boot ROM Version:     IM112.0057.B00
 SMC Version (system): 1.59f2

ATI Radeon HD 5750:

 Chipset Model:        ATI Radeon HD 5750
 Type: GPU
 Bus:  PCIe
 PCIe Lane Width:      x16
 VRAM (Total): 1024 MB
 Vendor:       ATI (0x1002)
 Device ID:    0x68a1
 Revision ID:  0x0000
 ROM Revision: 113-B9710C-238
 EFI Driver Version:   01.00.417
 Displays:
iMac:
 Resolution:   2560 x 1440
 Pixel Depth:  32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
 Main Display: Yes
 Mirror:       Off
 Online:       Yes
 Built-In:     Yes
 Connection Type:      DisplayPort
Display Connector:
 Status:       No Display Connected


texts: What purpose does the the latrine "secret" in Starcraft 2 "Zero Hour" mission have?

texts:
While playing the Starcraft 2 mission "Zero hour", i found a latrine at the top center of the map, in between of two Zerg bases. When i clicked it three times, it flew away and a "Secret found!" text popped up.

Does it unlock something? Or is it just an easter egg?


texts: I am trying to change my minecraft skin. I get it to my Mojang account all right, but when I click “Change”, it says “Bad Request” and it never loads. What should I do?


texts: Advantages of using Venetian (Venice) Civilization?

texts:
I am having a difficult time understanding how to effectively use the

Venetian Civilization

.

At first glance, the Venice Civilization seems significantly weaker than other civs: with the primary reason being that they CANNOT build/buy settlers.

In place of the settler and Great Merchant, Venice uses the Merchant of Venice.

  Merchant of Venice

  Abilities:

  Perform a Trade mission
  Puppet City-StatesAble to purchase in puppet city-stateGives control over puppet city-state army

This means the only way to expand my empire is to:

Use the Merchant of Venice to "buyout" other city-states
Use my military to conquer other civs and/or city-states (NOTE: cannot annex)

Although I may feel inclined to use military force, it seems almost counterproductive, since I cannot annex cities. Being able to take control of puppeted armies and buying units/buildings in puppeted cities has its perks but I feel Venice is too weak of a civilization to last, especially on harder difficulties against aggressive, militaristic civilizations.

Am I missing something? I fail to see the real advantage of using Venice.


texts: Breaking granite in the sandbox custom game type?

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In Dungeons (PC), how do you break the granite that surrounds the monster dens in the custom sandbox game types?

By granite, I mean the stone that your goblin workers can't burrow through. I can't find any spells or items that allow you to break the stone. Seeing as it's sandbox, there's no quests that trigger them to "become breakable", which is what happened in the single player.


texts: How to continue upgrading my hunter build?

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The origin of my hunter is "Lone Survivor". Current situation:

Health 20
Endurance 18
Strength 25
Skill 17
Bloodtinge 7
Arcane 8

I do understand that it depends on which weapons you use mainly. For example, Kirkhammer scales with strength, while Threaded Cane scales with skill.

I read about something called "Quality Build" where you make strength and skill at the same level. Personally, I would like to do that because I would like to give skill weapons a chance (particularly the threaded cane and blade of mercy once I get it).

Are there any catches when it comes to quality build? Or it is going to effect my playing style (my main weapons now are the hunter axe and the kirkhammer).


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In Batman: Arkham City, you eventually acquire the ability to spot informants for Riddler trophies (they're highlighted in green while in detective mode). I've noticed that these informants keep popping up in the same spots after interrogating them earlier.

Do they always show in similar spots, and do they stop spawning at some point after you've gotten all the information about an area out of them? Or will they just keep spawning? I've only probably located (not gathered) about 75% of the Riddler trophies on the map at this point.


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I want to give myself a box that makes me invisible to mobs while wearing it.
''It'' is a skull of my second account that is textured as a Cardboard Box :)

Command:

/give @p minecraft:skull 1 3 {SkullOwner:DerpBox}{
    display: {
        Name: "DerpBox",
        Lore: [
            "Who needs state-of-the-art Technology",
            "when you got a Box"
        ]
    },
    AttributeModifiers: [
        {
            AttributeName: "generic.followRange",
            Name: "generic.followRange",
            Amount: -100,
            Operation: 0,
            UUIDMost: 62168,
            UUIDLeast: 860927
        }
    ]
}

I get an error saying

  Encountered multiple top tags, only one expected

How can I fix this?


texts: How to get 'All Upright' ribbon for Food Fight level 15 (Melony Offense)?

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In Bag It I have one more ribbon to get - for 'All Upright' on Food Fight level 15. Unfortunately the only source of solutions I've seen (this YouTube user) does not have the solution for this level.

The items are:

2x melon
2x milk
2x egg box
3x breadstick
1x OJ
1x cereal
1x banana (J shape)

And the melons must not touch. Here is one combo with some elements sideways:

I've tried all manner of combinations and have not managed it with the items all upright. I'm sure the trick is in some combination of the banana and breadstick. Has anyone completed this level with the ribbon?


texts: How do you associate your game play with your Rockstar Social Club account?

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I have an Xbox live account, from which I play GTA. I also have a Rockstar social club account. However when I log into it, I don't see any statistics or even an indication that I own the game.

Within the GTA universe, I received the perks of having a social club account (free garages and GTR).

How are these two accounts associated?


texts: Why is my dog so plump? Does he need to go on a diet?

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I walk my dog twice a day and only feed him when he is hungry. I try not to give him too many treats, but when I was trying to train him to play dead, he ate quite a few before I figured out how to use them.

Now he is plump and I don't want him to be that way - I would prefer to get him back to his ideal physique that he had before.

What do I need to do? I tried long walks and more exercise but it doesn't seem to help - do I just have to keep working at it? Or is there something else I am missing?


texts: Starcraft 2: can you permanently display the frames-per-second?

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In Starcraft 2, you can display the frames-per-second by pressing ctrl + alt + f but then it goes away in after the current game ends.

Can you permanently display the frames-per-second?


texts: Are there one-time pokemon I have to choose between in White 2

texts: I recently bought White 2 used, and the previous owner had made it to the Elite Four. Other than the starter, are there any Pokemon they might have chosen over another (and so I should attempt to trade that to another player and then trade back once I start anew)? A similar scenario would be the Mount Moon fossils in Red and Blue; one can only get both in the same playthrough via trading with another player.


texts: How do I get a follower back after telling them to wait?

texts: In Skyrim on Xbox 360, I told my follower (a dark brotherhood initiate) to wait at the foot of the staircase in Folgunthur during the quest to get the fragment, and when I came back to get her, she was nowhere to be found. I've even waited for three days and haven't gotten a message that she got tired of waiting and returned home. Is there anything else I can do?


texts: How often do the special characters appear?

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In the game Fingered, special characters can appear occasionally among the regular characters that can unlock an achievement if they have been executed (even if it's the wrong person, which most of the time seems to be the case). There's even a Steam guide outlining each of the characters.

But, I'm confused about when or how they appear. Is it usually at random, or are there any criteria to be met in order to encounter them? If it is random, how often?


texts: Garry's Bombs mod - Liquid Tiberium Bomb leaves irremovable green crystals everywhere

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So, uh... this just happened.

I set off a Liquid Tiberium Bomb from Garry's Bombs and I have all these tiberium crystals on my map now. I don't know how to get rid of them, they make weird retching sounds, they constantly damage me whenever I spawn and worst of all, they stay on the map even when I restart.

Restarting the server does nothing.
Starting a new singleplayer game does nothing.
Not even restarting the game works.

How do I get rid of them?


texts: Does setting a connection speed in Steam limit bandwidth usage?

texts: I always assumed that the speed setting is only informational and is used for download time estimates. I have never seen anything that would suggest otherwise - until I read this answer. I still don't believe that it is used as a cap; however I also think the remaining time estimate is computed from the current speed. How it really is?


texts: PC not recognizing gamecube controller with mayflash adapter

texts: So I got Mayflash's gamecube to usb adapter a while ago, and when I plug in my controller it doesn't show up anywhere on the computer. It recognizes the adapter though. I have one of the black third-party gamecube controllers, do those work with the adapter? Any advice would be helpful.


texts: Create Custom Game against Bot with new LoL Launcher? (Pre-Season 7)

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I like to try out wierd builds in customs against bot's first instead heading straight into a game and play like a troll.

But with the new Launcher, I can't find the option to add Bots to a custom game:

Am I missing something or have they removed this option?


texts: Do Guild Wars 2 Beta characters carry over to the full release?

texts: If you play the beta will you be able to access your characters in the full game when released?


texts: How does the PS4 internal fans work to cool down the PS4 after closing a game?

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I live in a place with high temperature and I don't know how to cool down my PS4 after I finish playing, so I have various questions and scenarios about how the internal fans of the PS4 works in Rest mode and how they work in the PlayStation XMB menu.

Questions:

1) Are the PS4 internal fans turned on during rest mode?.

2) What's the speed of the PS4 internal fans during rest mode are the same or higher than normal XMB mode?

Scenario 1:
   I leave the PS4 cool down 15 minutes in the XMB menu after playing for 2 hours and then switched it to rest mode for 30 min, and then turn off the console.

Scenario 2:
   I put the PS4 to rest mode right after finishing playing and not leave it in the XMB.

Last Question:

3) What would be the best scenario from the ones that I described to cool down my PS4?


texts: Shooting at cover with a rocket launcher

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While looking at some replays, I have seen soldiers manage to hit cover - blocks and windows - using a rocket launcher. However, when I shoot at cover with a rocket it sails over the top and hits whatever is behind it.

Obviously, sometimes you want one result, sometimes the other, so how do I order a rocket solider to explicitly shoot at cover or over cover?


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I'm playing Destiny 2 on PC and have rebound all my hotkeys to the other side of the keyboard. I'm left handed and use O K L ; for my movement with my left hand on the mouse.

My problem is that Q, E L and D are reserved for navigating the menu and bizarrely do not just follow my bindings.

The menu system works super well with my pad but it is a pain in the neck for me, especially the milestone tab.

Is there any way to change these keys?


texts: How to reset an NPC's dialogue options to reset a quest in Skyrim?

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So I got married a few months back to an inn keeper, Wilhelm, but wanted to re-marry someone different. So, like any adventurer, I killed him. Unfortunately, (a) his body is still in my house, on the floor and won't leave and (b) I can't seem to re-marry. I went back to the temple of Mara in Riften and talked to Maromal, but the dialogue that triggers the quest, (Love is in the Air, or something like that.) that allows you to be married, won't come back. I have an amulet of Mara, but no one has given me the interaction to pursue marriage. How do I either reset the quest so I can re-do it, or reset Maromal's dialogue so I can get the quest? Also, how can I get rid of Wilhelm's body?
Thanks :)


texts: How do I upload copied levels in Geometry Dash?

texts: So, to clarify, I copied a copy of Stereo Madness, and I can't upload it. I did change it quite a bit, though, so it's not completely the same as Stereo Madness. I can upload any other level, but not that one. I want to know if there is any reason that I can't upload it, like if Geometry Dash doesn't allow people to upload copied levels (though I'm pretty sure that's not the case).


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Borderlands 2 has an annoying "performance" trick where it first loads ugly, extremely low-resolution images over new items like Ammo or new guns before high-res textures are loaded over them. It's very noticeable. I'm running on a top-end rig with zero problems running all settings maxed, so it's not a setting in the normal video options.

Since I'm on the PC version, is there some config file or video card setting magic I need to perform to fix these unsightly textures?


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This game currently has 5 secret achievements:

They are just for decoration
Grand Grandmaster
All your base are belong to us
No knocks allowed
The box without a box

How do you unlock them?


texts: What Vigor upgrades should I prioritize for a 1999 mode playthrough?

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I've cleared the game on the normal difficulty, and now I'm going back over it again in 1999 Mode.  One thing I noticed during my first playthrough is that there's just not enough money to buy everything - weapon upgrades and vigor upgrades are particularly expensive.

I spent my cash in my last playthrough willy nilly, but I feel like with the increased difficulty I need to make some more considered decisions.  My money and salt budget are likely to be very tight.

Are there Vigor upgrades that are overpowered or essential for play at higher difficulties?  Are there any in particular I should ignore outright as being completely useless?


texts: How many solar panels do I need for a fully automatic Farm?

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Using a Farm and a Combine I have a sweet automatic farm set up, which churns out wheat and bread. The only problem is I have to go and fuel the engines (Hobbyist steam engines) every now and again to make the thing tick over.

I'd like to use solar power for an unattended farm. I'd use the solar to drive electrical engines. How many solar panels would I need? Is it possible to use only enough solar panels to power one machine, and alternate which engine is powered using redstone? (the turnover is slow, so alternating every few minutes between machines would be fine.)


texts: Minecraft lag with the AMD A10 7850K APU?

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I've made my first custom build PC for my grandma. She doesn't really use it for gaming but her grandchildren do, and she didn't have much money to spare, so I've build a PC with an AMD A10 7850K without a graphics card, but with enough power to add one later. The PC has 8 GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM running at 2133 MHz.

The problem is that Minecraft lags at specific points, however, during normal gameplay it works just fine.

The Squid, for example, stutter instead of moving fluently. This only applies to the Squid though.

Also, I experience a severe FPS drop when it starts raining, but this only troubles me when I have Vsync enabled, however, turing Vsync off isn't an option.

When I have Vsync disabled, my maximum framerate is about 150 FPS, with Vsync enabled, it's limited to 60.
When it rains and Vsync is disabled, my framerate varies between 80 to 100 FPS, however, when Vsync is enabled, My framerate drops to 30 FPS.

Finally, the game freezes for a moment when I set something on fire.

Especially the second problem troubles me, as my gameplay is impaired.

I've seen videos of people running Minecraft just fine with 1920 by 1080 resolutions, while I'm only using a 1280 by 1024 resolution, so higher framerates should be achievable.

Does anyone know what could cause these problems?


texts: How do I change where my highlights get saved?

texts: I enjoy saving my highlights, but I don't want them filling up the limited space on my C:\ drive, an SSD, especially when I have a nice big spinning drive for large documents.  I also don't want to manually move each file over after a gaming session either.  So how do I tell Overwatch where to save the highlights?  I've already looked through the main settings as well as the highlight saving settings and haven't seen anything that could be what I'm looking for.


texts: How to target entities relative to the executor in scoreboard operations?

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I'm trying to make an entity execute a scoreboard operation in minecraft 1.9, the entity should set the score of another entity to it selfs score.

Setting up testing environment:

/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"setter"}
/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {CustomName:"getter"}
/scoreboard objectives add test dummy
/scoreboard players set @e[name=setter] test 111

As you can see, @e[c=1] executed by setter should select himself (this is true for every entity):

/execute @e[name=setter] ~ ~ ~ say my name is @e[c=1]
[setter] my name is setter

But when using the selector in an scoreboard operation this doesn't work:

/execute @e[name=setter] ~ ~ ~ scoreboard players operation @e[name=getter] test = @e[c=1] test
No test score for MY-MINECRAFT-NAME found
Failed to execute ...

In the scoreboard operation e[c=1] seems to target me (MY-MINECRAFT-NAME).

Is there any way to achive what I'm trying to do? And why doesn't this work for scoreboard operations?


texts: I want a person to pass out on my adventure map but he sees too much

texts: I am making an adventure map and I want a person to pass out on the ship and not see anything at all, at that moment the chat says what just happened but when i do /effect @a minecraft:blindness 255 20 (correct amount of time) they can see blocks around them. But during the time they read the chat they are teleported to a different area. Any ideas or what I should do?


texts: Is there a way to remove or replace njada's hide helmet in Skyrim without mods?

texts: I want her to wear a circlet or some headset that doesn't hide her hair. Is there a way to do this though the console without installing a mod? I tried to remove the helmet through the console, but it only works temporarily as the hide helmet gets respawn after you leave her.


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I would like to know how the shield in loadout works.

How much damage is blocked by it?

Does it regenerate by picking up health packs or over time or both?

Is there a way to counter it directly? Like emp grenades or something?


texts: Where did the Auditore and Kenway lines merge?

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It's well known that Flavia Auditore (1513 - Unknown) is a direct ancestor of William Miles (and therefore the Assassin's Creed present day protagonist Desmond Miles).

We also know that Edward Kenway is the first member of the Kenway line to be in the Assassins:

  Edward will be thrown in the middle of the ancient war between Templars and Assassins. He will be trained by them and finally become the first Kenway member of the Assassin Order. He’s the father of Haytham, Connor is therefore Edward’s grandson.

In other words, Edward Kenway is known not to be a descendant of Flavia Auditore. Neither is Ziio, as a native American in the 18th century. So when did the lines merge?

One theory (mine) is that Tessa Kenway is a descendant of the Auditore line, but I haven't read Assassin's Creed: Forsaken and none of my research suggests that there's any evidence to support this. I can't find any earlier reference to William Miles life than this story from 1977.

Is it known when and where the Auditore and Kenway lines merge to create the Miles line?


texts: Assassin of Kings trophy and the Killing of Radovid

texts:
I need help with how to get the Reasons of State side quest, what do I need to do?
Bearing in mind, I am early in the game but I want to know what side quests I need to do, as I hate Radovid and I really want the Assassin of Kings trophy.


texts: Can I Watch non-PS4 Twitch Streams on my PS4 (in the UK)

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Currently the PS4 Twitch App is not supported in the UK (or if it is they've hidden it really well).

You can watch PS4 streams via the PS4 built in streaming app.

Is there any way to watch stuff like the Loading Ready Run Magic Pre-Prerelease?


texts: Do I need a Tree Nursery for a Sawmill if I already have a natural forest?

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In campaign mission 1-4, I need to supply wood for an item as one of my quests. In order to do this, I need to build a Sawmill. The production chain ingame recommends a Tree Nursery for a Sawmill, but I'm wondering how necessary it is to have a Tree Nursery if I'm placing the Sawmill in an area that is currently fully forested.

Will there be a negative effect on my Sawmill's productivity if I don't build a Tree Nursery for it? What bonuses will I get if I do choose to build a Tree Nursery?


texts: Why is my Nintendo Switch Charging So Slowly?

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Just a few days ago, I had a problem with my Nintendo Switch. I checked the battery percentage, and it was at 11%, so I decided to start charging it. I checked a little while later, and it was at 3%, even while charging. Then, it died. I kept trying to turn it back on, but it wouldn't work. I decided to just try charging it over night, and I woke up to it being at 10%. Anyone know what's going on?
(I have had my Nintendo Switch for about 3 years, I have never left it on for a long time, and I have not really had any other problems with it.)


texts: I've managed to have the game save while I'm right above a spike. Even if I jump before I die I can't get high enough to hit the save thing again. To the left and right of me there are just more spikes, making it impossible for me to escape this death loop. Is there a built-in way to fix this, or failing that, how could I use something like cheat engine to fix it?


texts: Does installing a game to the Xbox hard drive help solve some of the glitch issues that can be associated with normal disc-only play?

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I play Fallout New Vegas and I'm mainly concerned if installing the game to my HDD would cause the game to run without as much glitching, cause as anyone who plays Fallout knows, the game glitches a whole lot.

Other than Fallout New Vegas or some NCAA with friends I rarely play my Xbox so I'm not really concerned about taking up HDD space and I would say I suffer far less wear and tear than the "average" gamer. If anyone could please give some experienced insight to my question about less glitching I'd really appreciate it!


texts:
I started replaying Portal recently, and I noticed this blue orb floating in mid-air in the challenge #18.

I thought nothing of it at the time (apart from grabbing a screenshot). But a little later, when we find out that there is no "cake" to be had in the game, and the AI goes rogue; I noticed these orbs again.

Note that this time, there are 2 orbs floating and not one.

Are these orbs significant? I don't remember noticing these when I last played the game (some 6-8 years ago). Could this be a bug?


texts: Is there a way to change my spawn point in Terraria?

texts: In Terraria, I built a house a little ways away from where I spawn. But, when I re-join/ respawn, it puts me back at that spawn point, which gets very annoying. Is there a way to move my spawn point?


texts: Do hardcore characters consume a hero slot upon death?

texts: When a hardcore character dies, does it still take up one character slot? I don't want my character to die just to know the result.


texts:
This is the view from the top of the tower just east of Bleak Falls Barrow. There's an eagle's nest, and an eagle that visits it. Climbing up and touching the nest has no effect, but shooting the eagle causes the nest to disappear.

Is the eagle there for a reason? Does shooting it have any effect?


texts: How to fight in Prince of Persia Classic?

texts:
I picked up Prince of Persia Classic for XBLA which is a remake of an original Prince game from 90s.

I can't figure out the fighting mechanics. There are two buttons - block and attack. I usually block after an enemy starts attacking sequence and then hit attack button right away. This works on easier enemies but not later in the game.

What is the fighting strategy? Are there any other buttons involved?


texts: How to beat the Three Mage Sisters Kirby Star Allies 2 player?

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I have been playing Kirby Star Allies with my brother and we have been fighting the Three Mage Sisters for a while now. We get them to half health but then we die. I want to beat them because they are the final dream friend.
What I know, I have 103 friend hearts, they seem almost impossible, my brother always dies first, and they always use a cannon move after half Health (What kills me and my brother.)
What I don’t know, how to beat them, how to not be Kirby, and how to dodge their team cannon.
Can anyone tell me how to defeat the Mage sisters?


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I am trying to make a data pack where there are multiple bat spawn eggs with different textures for each one. I am doing this for a mini game I'm making. I have tried many different things to have multiple bat spawn eggs. But I messed up on coding it and I don't know how.
The code that i tried was:

{ "parent": "item/bat_spawn_egg", "overrides": [ {"predicate": {"custom_model_data":1234567}, "model": "block/glass"} ] }

but it didn't work when i tried getting the item.


texts: Are there cheat codes for Mass Effect 3 on the Xbox 360?

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I want to know if there are any cheat codes for the Xbox 360 version of Mass Effect 3 and, if so, how to enter them and what they are.

Possible codes:

God mode
Unlock all weapons
Invisibility
Noclip mode
Level unlocking
Infinite money/resources

Thanks.


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I've got 24 of 25 sprays for one of my heroes.

I was just about to get the 25th but I'm not sure which one to choose, and also I'm not sure what the consequences will be, if I pick the 25th spray will I be able to get any more for that hero?

I'm trying to get the "Decked Out" achievement by unlocking 50 unlocks, but I like spraying, so I don't want to waste that last spray if it turns out to be my last one on that hero.

What happens when you reach the 25th spray? is the limit that you can get or the limit for the "Decked Out" achievement?


texts: Can you get prestige raid gear from Benedict 99-40?

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In the prestige version of the Leviathan raid you receive the same Calus Tokens you have been from the normal raid, these you can turn in for random gear and guns at the vendor Benedict 99-40. But upon doing so I received the same armor from the normal raid and not the new prestige raid.

Is it possible to get prestige raid gear from the vendor or only from inside the prestige raid? And do you have to do something such as fully beat the prestige raid first to unlock the possibility?


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I have a challenge that says to use one quick ticket. I have used ones that give me items, various ones to upgrade drivers or karts or gliders, but none of those seem to be a quick ticket.

What is a quick ticket and how do I get one?


texts:
My kids just started playing the old Ben 10 Wii game (the one before Alien Force), and while they (and I) really like it, I can't get over the fact that this particular title thrashes the DVD drive like no other.  It is literally seeking the entire time the game is being played.  Surely, this can't be good for the system, but maybe the parts are intended to survive such a beating.

Has anyone ever read about documented cases where the game design (constant seeking instead of more caching, perhaps) has actually contributed to the early failure of a system?


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Hunter - A sound effect is made when near rare items.

Source : http://yooka-laylee.wikia.com/wiki/Play_Tonics

What are the items that are considered rare? Also, what is the sound effect that I should be expecting?


texts: Dota 2 corrupted download file apk01_46.vpk

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The newly released dota patch 7.00 caused me some trouble. Every time I exit steam It resets my download.

After multiple attempts I managed to finish the download however every time I try to open the game an error message states that I have a corrupted File.

  steamapps/downloading/570/dota/apk01_46.vpk

I tried deleting the file and verifying the game files twice but it still says that apk01_46.vpk is corrupted.

I already tried reinstalling the game three times and now the previous error message says that the error is vcredist_x86.

Can I solve this problem without having to re-download the entire game?


texts: Most efficient way to prevent PP updates in blocks Minecraft, to create floating sand

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I am looking into Block updates, particularly PP ones, after I discovered this weird, but useful glitch:

The idea is that when retracting a sticky piston with slime blocks that cannot be pulled the piston retracts without causing a PP update. This means that floating sand is, once again, possible. This method works 100% time, in any direction. also, because of the positioning, you can remove all the blocks, and they will not update the sand, and make it fall.
The old method for doing this was the rosebush, which would hold up the sand, then when breaking the bottom block of the rosebush, would break the top, but the top part would not trigger a PP update, as it was never broken. Mojang fixed this by making it so two-tall flowers could not support sand anymore.
But back to the question: is there any other way of preventing PP updates? This method does work, however, as the top of a piston is not a full block, you cannot place floating torches, flowers, snow layers, and other items that require full blocks to be placed upon. I am particularly interested in any methods that would allow for a patch of floating sand to be constructed. I was able to make strips, which allowed for an alternating pattern, but I was unable to get a completely flat patch, which was my objective:

So, to summarize, what are the different methods of preventing a PP update while changing block states, and, could any of these methods be used to make a falling-block floor? And furthermore (although not necessary), could there be a method which removes a full block face, instead of a piston-head side (this would allow for floating snow layers, and floating grass)?
Edit:
Using a debug stick, I was able to get rotate the piston head to get a full block, so I could get floating snow layers, torches (redstone torches power the piston indefinitely, meaning they do not work), etc.

This is a step closer to my goals, however getting a debug stick in vanilla survival without cheats is virtually impossible. Would someone be able to recreate that with headless piston magic?


texts: Techniques to keep traffic under control in SimCity 4

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SimCity 4 is a great game, but I usually start getting problems when my cities reach a population of ~50k people. One of the major problems is traffic.

What are techniques/solutions to this problem? What things do you do to effectively fight problems with traffic in middle-size to larger cities, that have worked? How should you place roads? Should you use trains or metros, and place them where and to what extent etc.?


texts: What's the purpose of the "Songbird Defense System" statues?

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In Bioshock Infinite, there is a Comstock statue in her room, that starts playing a tune, and makes Elizabeth realize Songbird is coming back-- we also see these statues later in the game, sometimes they play a tune, sometimes they don't.

What are they? Why were they built? What makes them play their tunes? I don't think the game ever fully fleshed this out, unless I missed something..


texts: What's the white ring around pokegym on PokemonGO?

texts: I see this white rings only on some of the gyms. Any idea?


texts: How do I remain undetected for the "Cloak and Daggers" mission?

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[multiple spoiler alert]

Early in the game there's a side mission "Cloak and Daggers" that has a secondary objective, "Remain undetected while in DRB territory." Eventually I gave up and just went in guns-a-blazin', but I'm wondering whether I missed a sneaky entrance.

I found three ways in:

The main alley leading into DRB land. The main entrance is protected by a couple of thugs (instant detection). There's some rubble and a concrete pipe immediately to their left that I tried sneaking through, but it was such a frontal entrance that I always triggered somebody's alert.
Moving down the street to the left (left as I face the alley) I come to some stairs in an alley that take me to a rooftop with sneaky access to the DRB zone, but requiring a 15' jump across to a DRB fire escape. With leg augs I'm sure I could make that jump, but without them I kept splatting in the alley below. Rather than jumping I tried leaving the roof by walking along some vent-work to the left, but could never make it from the vents onto the DRB fire escape.
Still further left down the main street is a door that leads to a tunnel with DRB access. It's blocked by large crates, and eventually I bought the Lifting aug to get through this way, but there are a couple of thugs here that always detected me.

Am I missing another way in? Or can I get in undetected through one of these entrances without the leg augs?


texts: In KOTH mode, does the counter increase faster when there are more people of the owning team on the point?

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I know that, in payload mode, the payload moves faster when there are up to 3 people next to it.
But I haven't been able to figure out if the percent counter increases  faster when there are more people on the point in KOTH.

I often see players wandering ahead to prevent the other team to even enter the main area and find myself alone on the point.
So I was wondering, once the point is captured, do we need to have any people at all on the point to increase the counter (except of course, when it is contested and you have to defend it) ?


texts: How do I increase max fuel in Mass Effect 3?

texts: A trip between star systems could easily use up 500 units. How can I increase the maximum fuel capacity?


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I have a GamerTag on XBox Live that I want to change. The name I want to change it to is currently held by another account I own.

What's the best way to go about doing this? Do I have to change the second account to something else, then change the first account to that other one's name? Will that even work?

Or is there some way to delete the second account so that the name is freed up, thus only paying for one name change?


texts: Why two Zubats with same CP has diferent CP bar?

texts: In the following screenshots I have two Zubat pokemons with same CP, can someone explain why the CP bar is not in the same position?


texts: How are you supposed to win the first battle for the final chapter?

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The chapter starts and you're immediately met with a boss fight between a rather weak foe and my strongest character (the Necromancer). Sounds like a piece of cake — his units are undeleveled and I can deal 75% more damage with my units thanks to the Spider Cloak.

Things take a turn for the wrong when you complete a turn and the third row of your battlefield is outlined in orange circles. Basically, this guy destroys everything on your second and third line every other round. Even if I create a bunch of walls there, they get destroyed like everything else only for my units to advance to their doom one turn later.

I suppose that I'm supposed to rely on my rather awesome spell attack for this, but it takes quite a while to charge and, in the meantime, I'm being attacked with everything he's got.

What the hell is going on and how are you supposed to play?


texts: How do I ace the Rookie Test level in LittleBigPlanet 2?

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Whenever I play the Rookie Test level in the DaVinci's Hideout world, I get to a point where the game forces me to fall into a pit.  The only way out is to open my popit menu and hit the Retry button.  This allows me to progress and eventually finish the level, but the forced death prevents me from acing the level.

I'm sure there's something I need to do to bypass falling into the pit or open a safe path out, but I can't find it.  How do I ace this level?


texts: Why doesn't my mouse recognise this combination?

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When I play Fortnite I want to build quickly. I noticed that my gaming mouse doesn't recognize when I FIRST hold my left click and then I click on "back key" on the side of my mouse AT THE SAME TIME. All other combinations of clicking and holding works
I uploaded a picture to clarify:

I tried to test my mouse here, but this specific combination also doesn't work.


texts: What is the benefit of Aquatic Helms over regular ones?

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In playing Guild Wars 2 so far, I've only come across standard helms by way of the Trading Post. However, the filters also let you choose Aquatic Helms. When I first found this, there were none for my level. I figured it let you breath underwater for when I arrived at an underwater zone.

This doesn't exactly seem to be the case, as I can stay underwater seemingly indefinitely in the starter zone I'm in.

What is the benefit of an Aquatic Helm over a standard one?