texts: Can no longer connect to private Minecraft server

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I set up a Minecraft server 1.7.10 on my personal server hosted on the Rackspace Cloud. The server is whitelisted, as it is intended only for my kids and me to play on. The server had been running fine for a couple of months. Then, we went away for the weekend, and when we came back, we could not log on. The server would send this message: "java.net.ConnectException connection refused".

So, I logged on to the host machine, killed the process, and re-started the Minecraft server. Still, no dice. I checked the whitelist - that looked good. I tried turning off whitelisting - still nothing.

Obviously, the client can reach the server - because of the Java message - so I don't think it is a port or firewall issue. I just can't figure out what the problem is, and why it would just start happening on its own. The only thing I can think of is that somehow the world got corrupted during a save at some point, and now something somewhere is garbled.

Anyone have any ideas?


texts: What is the secret to the classroom in the 8-cube door city in Fez?

texts: The room is located in the 8-cube door city-esque place. It has 3 walls with chalkboards on them and one with a blue/green picture of what looks like it might be a map of the world. I can't figure out the puzzle any help?


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Hello. When I log into Minecraft it says that there is an "error connecting to servers". When I see the error log, it says:

MagicLauncher 1.0.0
java.home: C:\Program Files\Java\jre7
java.runtime.name: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
java.runtime.version: 1.7.0_09-b05
os.name: Windows 7
os.version: 6.1
os.arch: amd64
sun.arch.data.model: 64
java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
    at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.readFully(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.InputRecord.read(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.readRecord(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.performInitialHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.startHandshake(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.afterConnect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at magic.launcher.ak.a(Unknown Source)
    at magic.launcher.z.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Error loading: .http://www.minecraftforum.net/rss/writ/1-news/: Connection reset
Error loading: .http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from%3Ajeb_: Connection reset
Error loading: .http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from%3ADinnerbone: Connection reset
Error checking for new version: Connection reset
Error loading: .http://reddit.com/r/minecraft.rss: Connection reset
Error loading: .http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=from%3Anotch: Connection reset
Error loading: .http://notch.tumblr.com/rss: Connection reset


texts: Is it possible to play the original and HoF campaigns within Tribes of the East?

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I would like to play the official campaigns from both HoMM V and HoMM V: Hammers of Fate in the Tribes of the East expansion/standalone. The only advice I was able to find about accessing earlier campaigns was to run the corresponding version of the game (original for the first campaign, HoF for the second one). However, I'm curious what the gameplay would be like with TotE patches and additions.

So, is there a way to find out?

Thanks in advance for any ideas.


texts: How do you know if your Pokémon has been traded in the GTS?

texts: Is there any way to tell whether the Pokémon you put in the GTS has been traded without actually going in and checking? Is there some kind of notification?


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I recently uploaded a prison to the Workshop, and am ready to upload a new version. I know there is a ChangeLog section where you can view updates, but I can't find a way to change the file. My Owner Controls section looks like this:

How do you update a PA prison on the Workshop?

EDIT: I found the same question here which has yet to be resolved.


texts: How effective are medium and large drones against smaller targets?

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Medium and large drones cause significantly more damage than small drones. But they are also much slower and have much worse tracking.

The Vexor can field a theoretical maximum damage set of drones consisting of 2x Ogre II, 2x Hammerhead II and 1x Hobgoblin II. While this gives the theoretical maximum damage, I'm wondering if the Ogre II can actually apply significant damage on cruiser-sized targets. If they could not, then using all medium drones might be a better idea for cruiser fights.

I'm ignoring flight time for the moment, as this depends a lot on the distance of the drones and is something I can calculate with EFT/Pyfa. I'm mostly interested in the effect of tracking on attacking smaller drones, and I can't see a way to simulate that with either EFT or Pyfa.

What are the minimum target sizes for medium and small drones above which they can apply most of their damage effectively? How effective would large drones be against AB-fitted cruisers?


texts: Do 'speed hacks' exist on Xbox Live Call of Duty?

texts: I've played with people that were moving way too fast to be legit.  Am I crazy, or is it possible to hack the xbox version of the game?


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Possible Duplicate:
  What items can be farmed fully automatically?

Is there any way to go from wood blocks to items without manual intervention?

I'd like to mine wood automatically without having to use my hands/tools.


texts: What's the exact name of the regeneration arrow to be able to use it as a custom recipe?

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I know how to create a datapack, but can't manage to find the exact name for the regeneration arrow as a result of a craft. Tried

"item": "minecraft:tipped_arrow{Potion:"minecraft:regeneration"}",

but didn't work.
Thanks for your help!


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I made 5 women pregnant, but only one gave birth. My vault can fit 34 dwellers and I only have 27 (31 if the babies would be born).

Why won't the remaining 4 women give birth?


texts: How effective is the Turbocharger for the Devotion LMG?

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So the tooltip apparently states:

  Reduces autofire spin-up time for compatible weapons.

I have only had one match where I even found this hop-up for the LMG, but still couldn't find a Deovtion LMG anywhere to test it out.  It's a Legendary rarity hop-up so it's probably rare enough to not be found commonly.

I'm wondering how effective this attachment actually affects the Devotion LMG.  To start with, the gun already has a painfully long spool up time before max fire rate is reached, so I'm wondering if it's even worth getting this attachment when it means sticking with the Devotion long enough to hopefully find it through the course of the match.


texts: Is the win/loss credit bonus awarded to all players?

texts: Is the win/loss credit bonus awarded to all participants in a round, or only those connected (alive/spectating) at the end of the match?


texts: How many sausages are there in Stephen's Sausage Roll? I have read that some people finished the game with 215 sausages, others with 220 sausages, but what is the definitive total?


texts: How do I give format/give nbt tags to items in achievement .json files

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I know this bit here is right
"item": "minecraft:lime_dye",

but I can't get this part is to work:
"nbt":"{Tags:{Damage: 1, HideFlags: 1, Enchantments: [{lvl: 1, id: "minecraft:depth_strider"}], display: {Name: '[{"text":"Dragon","bold":true,"color":"light_purple"},{"text":"_","color":"#993366"},{"text":"Experience","color":"#00ff66"}]'}}}"

(this nbt data already works as a give command, but I cannot figure out how to work with nbt data in general in .json files. any tips on this, or just in general for .json would be very helpful)


texts: What does 4X, 5X, 6X VALUE! mean in Special Offers in CoC?

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In clash of clans, there are some special offers, with 4X, 5X, 6X VALUE! in top as you can see in the picture.
Does this mean for example if we took Builder Potion we can gain 6 x 5 hours which mean 30 hours instead of just 6 hours? or what does mean exactly.


texts: What are the effects of sharing intrigue with rivals?

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One immediately obvious effect of sharing intrigue with an AI player is the diplomatic bonus you receive, but I'm curious if there are others. Can anyone verify the existence of any of the following when sharing military intelligence such as a planned sneak attack or impending invasion?

Does the attacker receive a diplomatic penalty from the target? If not, does this cause any change to their attitudes towards each other?
Does the target take steps to defend against it, e.g., building up defenses or moving its existing forces? This would make the most sense.
Does the attacker alter its plans strictly due to the sharing? In other words, does the attacker know that I've shared intrigued with their target and adjusts its plans immediately.

Clearly the attacker may react to any visible actions taken by the target such as moving units, but this point is strictly about the attacker responding to the mere hidden fact that I shared the intrigue.


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I don't want it to rain in my world, it is annoying and I always have to type /toggledownfall.

Can someone please tell me how to make it so that it doesn't rain unless I want it to? Like if I would like it to rain, I would do /toggledownfall so that it rains, but I want it to not start raining naturally.

How can I stop rain in my world forever unless I want it to?


texts: So I built mob farm, I've been building it since like 2 years ago and it always works, except now it wont, I read that if I light the caves under the farm more mobs would spawn in it, but I than found a zombie spawner right under the farm, think it has anything to do with why nothing is spawning in it?


texts: Is it possible to share wolves with other players on multiplayer servers?

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I have successfully tamed 4 wolves but of course my friends aren't able to "use" them. Is there any way to transfer ownership to other players?

I asked a friend of mine to feed two of them so that at least the baby wolf could be used by him, but even doing this the newborn is only usable by me


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When you become Green, the Fellowship and the Illuminati factions will arrive at your room to ask which faction will you join.

If you choose Fellowship, you will end up in a mission to find the Grindstone.

Per the description of the mission, you have to find the cave entrance.

Where is the entrance of the cave? I already searched everything past PAL and everything... still can't find it.


texts: What makes Vault Hunters so different from everyone else?

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Several times throughout the games, the PC is readily identified by NPCs as a Vault Hunter without so much as a word between them before-hand. Vault Hunters are also generally treated as if they were somehow superior to your average adventurer. The latter is further reinforced in the trailer for the new Telltale Games series, where Marcus tells a couple aspiring adventurers that they'll only get themselves killed in whatever they are trying to do because they are not Vault Hunters.

Vault Hunters seem to come from all walks of life - especially the DLC characters. So far, here's who we've got.

Brick (Berzerker): Large and in charge, he came to Pandora to find his missing sister.
Lilith (Siren): I can't find much in the way of specifics on her background in a cursory glance, but apparently there's a geek side to her as we discover in Tiny Tina's expansion.
Mordecai (Hunter): Professional sharpshooter since he was 17. Has a real attachment to his pet bird-of-prey, Bloodwing, which I'm not sure was ever really explained.
Roland (Solder): Again, can't find anything in a quick wiki glance, but he's obviously got some military background.
Axton (Commando): Former Dahl military. Came to Pandora seeking fame, fortune, and combat.
Maya (Siren): Raised and exploited by the Order of the Impending Storm, Maya has come to Pandora in search of knowledge about her background as a Siren.
Salvador (Gunzerker): A freedom fighter, native to Pandora, who found out about the Vault while interrogating a Hyperion soldier who had come to take over his hometown.
Zer0 (Assassin): Professional assassin with an overall mysterious past. We don't even know for sure that he's human.
Gaige (Mechromancer): A child prodigy who was expelled from school due to an incident involving her latest creation, Deathtrap. While running away from home, she stowed away on the same train that carried Roland, Axton, Maya, Salvador, and Zer0 to Windshear Waste.
Krieg (Psycho): Krieg is, well... a Psycho. With a sort-of stalker-y crush on Maya. Yeah, I think that's about it.

The only thing any of these people seem to have in common is that, at one point or another, they decided that hunting for the Vault seems like something they need to do with their life. So, what is it about Vault Hunters that really sets them apart? What is it that makes them stick out? What keeps everyone from assuming that anyone can be a Vault Hunter?


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During a Rocket League rumble match, a frozen ball began falling without any car touching it, and without unfreezing.  I know from personal experience that nearby demolitions and plungers can unfreeze balls, but there were no plungers or demolitions at the time.

An earlier answer suggested that it was because the ball hit the wall while it was in its freezing animation, but from my own testing, it looks like the ball still freezes properly in that situation:

What could have caused this frozen ball to drop while still being frozen?


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I was fooling around with gamerules, when I noticed this:

I guess I added a gamerule to the list?  I'd like to know more about this and how it can be used.

Thanks!


texts: How do I fix the situation where my chairlift has a long station, but only one car

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Recently, upon reinstalling Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, I was playing a scenario where I built a point-to-point chairlift that went from one end of my park to another. Much to my chagrin, despite having twelve tiles of station at both ends, there was only one car. I tried resetting the ride. I tried rebuilding sections of it. But in the end, the configuration only let me set one car. There were a few other people who had posted the same problem online, but no solution was provided.

So, how do I fix the problem where only one chair is available?


texts: Doom 3 BFG edition - cannot spawn characters

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I cannot spawn any characters using the console in Doom 3 BFG edition. This is what I see when I try spawn char_hazmat:

] spawn char_hazmat
Writing generated/rendermodels/models/md5/chars/hazmat.bmd5mesh
WARNING: file def/npcs.def. line 1021: Model 'models/md5/chars/hazmat.md5mesh' defaulted
....... Game Map Shutdown .........
...................................
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ERROR: gib model 'models/md5/chars/skeleton.md5mesh' has different
number of joints than model 'char_hazmat'
*******************

]                         D3BFG 1.1400.346456

Then I have to force the game to exit by typing exit.

How do I spawn characters?


texts: Can I purchase a PS4 in Italy and use it in Australia?

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i would like to buy a ps4 for my boyfriend that lives in australia as xmas present, but in australia preorders are for ps4 to come in february.
i live in italy and was thinking to buy it here so i can give it to him on xmas day, but a gamer friend of mine advised me about the possibility ps4 it may not work properly because of region locks. anyone can help me out? i don't have big knowledge of gaming, but i read that as ps3 also ps4 isn't region locked for games, but only for blue ray dvds...that means he could always use non blue ray dvds, or he wouldn't be able to watch movies on ps4 at all? many thanks!!! ale


texts: Do spells hit Hidden Tesla when they are underground?

texts: In Clash of Clans, spells don't effect Hidden Tesla while are hidden. However, in Clash Royale you can see Tesla from the time they are placed. Do spells, such as poison and lightning, deal damage to them while they are underground?


texts: the capability to use external hard drive on xbox 360 is unlimited?

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Hello I read in these questions:

Could I use a 1/2TB USB 2/3 external HDD with an XBox 360?
Installing a hard-disk on Xbox 360 4 GB

These  question explain than can only be used 16 GB (or 32 GB partitioned) in a external USB storage Device on an Xbox 360

Listen to co-workers that a new update for Xbox 360 allows you to use the full capacity of a hard drive, for example a 1 TB external hard drive, but I have not found anything on  the internet.

Is this true?


texts: Is there any story behind Dysley's bird?

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I've always wondered this from Final Fantasy XIII. You know, Dysley's white bird seems to play an important role during the game: it seems to spy the party during their adventures, and, ultimately, immerses in a pool and gives birth to Orphan.

I never understood what was up with such bird: did it have any meaning other than serve Dysley?

And also: why did it have to immerse into the pool to create Orphan?


texts: Is there a way to populate settlements without befriending them?

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I've been doing a playthrough where I'm not doing the Minutemen quests or doing anything with settlements. However, I would like to see the settlements built up as if I was doing those quests and managing the settlements, since they are a cool part of the world.

Is there a way for me to get populated settlements without doing Preston's quests or doing any settlement management?


texts: If I get Premium for Battlefield will I ever need to get it again?

texts: If I get Premium for the Xbox One will I ever have to buy Premium again for my Xbox One account? And if I get it for BF4 will it transfer to Hardline?


texts:
In Dishonored, can you complete optional tasks after completing a mission?

I've just killed the first assassination target and am about to climb in the boat, however there is an optional task for the old granny that I've not done yet.


texts: What happens if you call Lester in a place where you automatically get a wanted level?

texts: Like if you are in the military base and you are taking too much heat, so you would want to remove your wanted level. Could you walk around in there no problem or do you instantly get it back? Video or animated GIF proof would be nice.


texts: Is Blizzard's Battle.net desktop app mandatory?

texts: Does the Battle.net desktop app have to be installed to install, update and play Blizzard games or is the program optional such as the GOG Galaxy client?


texts: Does Riot offer any way to keep track of the end of game stats via an XML file or something similar? They show a score grid that keeps track of almost everything; gold earned, damage dealt, largest critical strike, etc. I'd like to pull that data and make a graph out of it. I know how to do it if I can get access to that data so I'm wondering if anyone has heard either way.


texts: I think about moving base to underground but am afraid of the earthquakes. Will they destroy my structures?


texts: How to get good socketed class-specific items in Diablo 2?

texts: I know that if I want to get more socketed items, I should have as few +magic find % as possible, but what do I have to do to get socketed class-specific items with better base bonuses?


texts: Many people are evolving their pokemons based on the CP. However, there's a growing number of people evolving based on Moves instead of CP. In other words, choosing pokemons that have the highest Moves to keep, even if it isn't necessarily the highest CP. I am new to pokemon and don't quite understand the difference between the two. Thus, which strategy is better?


texts: XBox 360 Wiresless controller play Flight Simulator X on Steam

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I picked up an XBox 360 wireless controller for windows and I'm having trouble getting it picked up in microsoft flight simulator x for steam.

Worth noting I'm running Windows Server 2k8 - so I copied joy.cpl from a windows 7 box and I can get the calibrate panel open (A) and calibrate, but the controller doesn't show up in the "controller type" menu of fsx (B)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.hipchat.com/10854/142047/0yqXrdmeawCynp0/upload.png


texts: How long will the dark events in xcom 2 stay active?

texts: Some of the dark events (e.g. Fast Response - additional reinforcements in Guerilla missions) become active after a while - how long do they stay active?


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Are these only available through the Salvage special events?

I just rescanned and Kashyyyk has disappeared from all scan fields, and Endor has appeared. Does that mean I can never get the Kashyyyk levels? I spent 250 bux trying, having only gotten one Worker (disappeared while in an elevator while switching apps), one crash on opening cargo, and a bunch of Imperial items I don't need.


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With their 360 degree "special sense" (not sure how it should be called), these little bastards are pretty hard to kill.  Is it possible to kill them with ninja gear (i.e. without any trap or external lethal elements) ?
Stealth kills won't seem to work on them, and I can't knock them out: they dodge most of my hits.


texts: Is there a workaround for the SMP map glitch?

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When exploring on my friend's server, not all of my map's pixels are filled in.  It looks like it's just the pixels around the corners of a medium-sized square around my position.

This bug is mentioned on the wiki page, but no solution is provided.

I've tried making new maps, but that didn't help.

Is there a workaround for this bug, or do I just have to wait for an official fix?


texts: Do Damage Bonuses Against Grineer work on Ghouls as well?

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I've found a few mods that give you damage bonuses against certain factions like Infested or Grineer.  I haven't seen one for Ghouls, but since Ghouls are just undead Grineer (I think?) I'm wondering if mods such as Smite Grineer or Bane of Grineer also give me a damage bonus against Ghouls.

There's a ghoul event on right now and this would be mega-helpful but I don't want to spend the Endo/Credits to upgrade the mods to a useful level if it won't work.


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I simulate all my games and just want to know how much the sliders in the game effect the outcome. In the game you can put the coaching sliders on aggressive or conservative. I haven't been able to tell if this truly changes anything.

Also on defense I need to know if conservative or aggressive would help give me more interceptions and sacks.

By the way this is for madden 06 and 07.


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Following on from a question asking about the effects of radiance I would be interested to know in the effects of Song of Flame. According to the description it reduces all cooldowns for nearby allies. Does it reduce it by the same amount as the warlocks cooldowns are reduced by or is the effect allies get reduced?

Also what is the range of "nearby"?


texts: What happens to Ezio's mother in Assassins Creed 2

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When Ezio takes his mother and sister to Villa, he tells his sister that mother "will come back to us". And throughout the game she just sits beside the bed.
Since I only completed the story missions and glyphs, I wasn't 100% synced.
Does being 100% synced treats the mother of Ezio? Or collecting all the feathers?


texts: Minecraft worlds on iPad have disappeared

texts: My son uses Minecraft on his iPad. He has a lot of worlds. All of a sudden all of those worlds are gone.  When I go to storage on the iPad I see the size of the game is 4 gigs, the worlds are still there they just won't show up when you go into the game to play. He is using 1.16. I did offload them all and reinstalled. Same result.  No worlds.


texts: How do I reset parental controls on a Wii system?

texts:
I bought a used Wii that still has parental controls enabled. How do I reset it?

I tried formatting the Wii system but it still asks for a pin.


texts: In Minecraft 1.0, is sleep changed to not require everyone to sleep?

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In the beta-versions of Minecraft that I played (up to 1.8.1, I only dabbled with 1.9), everyone on the server had to go to sleep in order for the game to skip ahead to the next day.

In 1.0 final, we noticed that when one of us went to sleep, the server skipped ahead to daytime even though the other person was still mining.

Is this a feature (so that we can rely on it), or is it a bug?


texts: I was doing the bail bond mission with Trevor and found the second character Maude requested but on engaging his gang members i accidentally killed him, I know there is a way to replay all the main missions, strangers and freaks etc but is there a way to replay this bail bond mission?


texts: Is it possible to scale an emulator's video to see more of the level?

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I don't know if it's possible, but is there a way to tweak the video settings of any emulator to see a level (e.g. Super Mario Bros) from the beginning to the end? Like here:

I know the image from above is photoshopped (I guess), but can an emulator do that, and then still be able to play?


texts: Found a Jamma cabled cabinet. Can I replace the board with a multigame one?

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I found an arcade cabinet. The seller told me he cabled it as a Jamma standard. It has an old CRT monitor and a pcb with one game running on it. I would like to replace this board with a multigame one.

Searching around, I found out the Pandora Boxes or some 60 in 1 boards. I guess these are some kind of emulators, am I right?

I read around that, at least the first ones, are chinese clones and might need some extra cable work. I believe someone referred them as "CHAMMA". I noticed these cartridge have a VGA output. I did not see anything like that in the cabinet. Is this for newer setup?

I would like to know if these boards are "plug and play" or not.
If not, are there any alternatives?


texts: Is asparagus staging still the most efficient method of staging?

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When I used to play a ton, I remember reading and hearing that the dry mass of fuel tanks in KSP is unrealisticly high, resulting in asparagus staging being more efficient than sequential staging by a large margin.  Is this still the case in the full release?

Edit: reading the forums and old posts about asparagus staging jogged my memory, I remember that there were 2 major factors in making asparagus staging more efficient in practice: the aforementioned dry mass problem and also the crummy old drag model.  Because total mass was (believed to be) the factor considered in drag, instead of the actual cross-section of the ship, asparagus staging was more efficient because it dropped mass much quicker than other staging techniques.  I'll be doing some basic testing later, comparing the two, and I'll update with my results.


texts: How can I pull a player's match data in Dota 2?

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I'm trying to compute somewhat advanced stats for my own match history (or, potentially any player's history), that would be include more than the regular information one can find on Dotabuff.

I already can pull "easily" my summary Dotabuff history via Excel, but it only contains the basic information (Outcome, Hero, Mode, Duration and K/D/A). I can manually add the other information I need (GPM, XPM, if I was in a party, whom I was playing with, my build order, etc.) by going into individual match pages from Dotabuff or through the game client itself, but I'm looking for something faster or more efficient.

Does something like that already exist ?


texts: Does the "speed" stat still not affect regular driving speed?

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In Mario Kart 7, the "speed" stat only affected your speed when going through boosts. Two different players driving in a straightaway with no boosts would travel at the exact same speed.

Is this still the case in MK8 or do we need to pay more attention to Speed in this game?


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I've just started Alpha Sapphire,  and I've caught a Wurmple with a Pecha berry!

That Wurmple is not as good as the one I've caught earlier,  so I wanted to put the berry in my bag,  and some how discard that Wurmple. I can see how to move items around, but no way to just claim the berry back.

I've looked in the Pokémon and the item screen and nothing looks like it'd work.


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I remember seeing this in one of the tips you get when you start a game, but I can't find it again.

You're supposed to be able to "save" an item to a hotkey, so that no other items get placed there, and items of that type will get put there automatically. Anyone know how to do that?


texts: Which is the criteria to show in the game log that you purchased an item?

texts:
Possible Duplicate:
  What items are announced to chat when bought?

Please, close it as duplicate. Thanks!

When someone purchases the item Frozen Heart (by example), in the game log, where we chat, a message appears like "Player ETC get a Frozen Heart" (I don't know the exact message because I'm using the pt-br version). What's special about that and another items, to be revealed in the message log with that message? I mean, Frozen Heart costs 2775g (650g), while Trinity Force by example costs 4070g (300g), it's a hard to get, expensive and phenomenal item, but messages about it don't appear when you purchase it in the shop.

Which is the criteria that game creators used to show that message then?


texts: Test if player is holding something but the specified item

texts: So I'm making a command block mechanism, but I need to test if the player is carrying something other than a specified item like testfor @p {SelectedItem:{id:minecraft:stick}}, whereas this instance it'd activate if the player is carrying anything but a stick. If that is impossible is there a way to test if the player is not carrying anything at all?


texts: How to give potion effects to everyone on a certain team

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So I'm making a kind of kit PVP game called classes, where you join a team, let's say, the barbarian. You can't hit any other barbarians, and it shows everyone else with the same class. But I want people with certain classes to have special effects how do I do that?

I tried:

/effect 1 1000000 5 @a[barbarian]

But it didn't work. I am running 1.9


texts: How to unlock the 4th world in Plants vs. Zombies 2

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How do you unlock the 4th world in Plants vs. Zombies 2 ???
I've got all 72 stars from the previous 3 worlds,
but I can't seem to enter the 4th world.

I think I was given a chance to enter the 4th world once,
but there was a warning that having more stars would be helpful.
I think I decided to earn more stars.  But now I can't find anyway
to enter the 4th world.

There's a star portal in the 3rd world.  And when I click on that star
it just goes back to the time-space taco map (shown below).

I'm wondering if this is a bug in the game.
Or perhaps, they'll update the app in the future with access to the 4th world.


texts: Why I encountered Diablo in The Forgotten Tower in Diablo II?

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I was playing Diablo II LoD recently with sorceress on Hell difficulty. Unexpectedly, when I got to The Forgotten Tower, instead of The Countess I encountered Diablo boss. Was not prepared for that and died. When going there second time everything was OK, The Countess was there. I haven't found on the Internet any information about this. All I found was Uber Diablo and Pandemonium Diablo, but it seems that they should spawn in another location.

Why Diablo was there? Is it some event, bug or maybe easter egg? I am playing with PlugY mod, maybe it did spawn Diablo? However, I haven't found anything related in its configuration file.


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My parents just sent me my old SNES and all the original cables, games, etc., so I'm trying to hook it up to a TV for my wife. I already had tried (and failed) to hook up her SNES to our TVs and just assumed the console was busted, but now I'm not so sure.

Here is the list of parts that I have tried (every combination of them I can think of):

Two SNES consoles, both first-generation, both thought to be in working condition.
Two different models of LCD television, one about 3 yrs old, one about 6 mos old.
Two original RF adapters - one from a NES, one from an SNES - that connect to the RF output on the SNES and the coax input on a TV.
One aftermarket RF adapter for the SNES/Gamecube that connects to the Multi A/V port on the SNES and the coax input on a TV.
One original (possibly a Gamecube) A/V cable that connects from the Multi A/V port on the SNES to the composite (yellow/red/white) or S-Video inputs on a TV.
Four separate games that I believe to be working correctly.

I have hooked up both SNES consoles using all 4 adapters, to both televisions, and I get the exact same behavior every time. The signal that comes across on the TV are thick bands of solid colors scrolling very slowly down the screen (mostly a big green bar that takes up 1/2 the screen with scattered bands of other colors) and an annoying hum from the speakers.

This doesn't seem to match the behavior I have seen reported when things start to go bad. I don't get a black screen, or static, or a somewhat garbled but identifiable signal -- I get this "test pattern" signal on every game I try, no matter what I do. This makes me suspect I have something hooked up wrong or configured wrong on the TV, but I can't figure out what.

Help?

EDIT:

Some additional information here.

The Composite video cable actually has an S-Video output as well; One of the TVs I am trying to took up to has an S-Video input, and it produces the same result. (And it's possible that this cable came from a Gamecube, as my GC isn't currently hooked up to anything, but I've been told that the SNES and GC use the same MultiA/V output hardware.)
The first TV I'm trying to use is a Vizio VA26LHDTV10T; the manual for it is online, and there's not much it can do in the way of manually adjusting the input signal.
When I switch the TV input source to AV, the screen tells me that the incoming signal is 480p SD. Does that sound right? Is the SNES really putting out a 480p signal and not a 240i?
This is the connector I'm using:
This is what I'm connecting it to on my TV:
This is what happens when I turn on the SNES:


texts: Will number of steps recorded on FitBit/any fitness tracker add up distance in PokemonGo?

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I have a FitBit Inspire HR fitness tracker. I play Pokemon Go on my phone. Will the steps that the FitBit detects, get added to towards the distance covered to hatch eggs in the game, if I do not have my phone with me when I am walking?

I have enabled Adventure Sync feature on my phone.

I know that the fitness tracker does not have built-in GPS. However, I see that it has connected-GPS; which means that it can detect the location via the phone. But since I will not be having my phone with me when I am walking, how will the distance be counted? And then, how will this distance be recorded in the game?

I am asking this question because, without the phone, the FitBit will not be connected to GPS and Bluetooth to record data. So, will the game be able to see the distance covered?

Without the phone, FitBit will count the steps. But then, after I connect my phone back to my fitness tracker, will the accumulated steps get added to the game? (Example: Say I left my phone at home and walked for 10 km. Then, when I come back home, the tracker automatically connects to my phone (since Bluetooth is on), will the 10 km get added in the game and get deducted/go towards hatching of the eggs?)


texts: How do I prevent my Sims from moving out because of their long commute time?

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I have a big city with 173,000 population and there are lots of abandoned structures caused by having too long commute times. I don't have any industrial inside the city because I have them at neighboring cities.

To lower commute time I put bus stops literally everywhere, but I still get long commute time. How can I fix this?


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After buying splitting rounds, I'd expect to see three projectiles from my gun and three bullet holes in the wall... but I still see just one.

Do the rounds split after they're shot?  If so, how far away from the shark do I need to be to ensure my bullets are splitting?
Do they split horizontally?  Vertically?  Randomly?  Is one of the three always traveling exactly where I'm aiming?  How much do they spread?
I heard each round does only 70% damage.  Does that mean each one of the three does 70% damage, or 70/3 = 23% damage?  If I hit the shark with all three parts of a split bullet, how much damage will it take?


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I was in the castle mission, and while travelling to the castle,something went off and the game got stuck for a second. Then everything turned green like in the image below.

Why did this happen? How can I fix it?


texts: When collecting Legendary gear from a dweller returning from the wasteland, is the icon also blue like a Rare item?

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Based on the question "Is it possible to find power armor in the wasteland?", it looks like I may have accidentally sold a set of Expert Radiation Suit (P3, E4) when collecting gear.

My question is, if your dweller returns with Legendary gear and you sell off junk, is your Legendary gear blue just like Rare gear?

I didn't particularly notice the sell price, but I wasn't expecting it so I didn't even check.

UPDATE:  I figured out where it went.  The dweller went out with regular radiation suit, and wore the new found suit, so I was not able to locate it when collecting gear.


texts: Will completing Dawnguard stop Vampire Attacks?

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Windhelm has had more Vampire Attacks than Whiterun which i have been in the most and i thinkl they're messing up the game as when i arrived to do the quest about "The Butcher", after killing the vampires i went to where the dead body was about however only 3 people where there and no guard came running up to me, one of the casualties of the Vampire Attack was a Windhelm Guard.

Given that i am also roleplaying in the game and have joined the Stormcloaks these attacks on Ulfric's City are unforgivable  so i am wondering, if i complete the Dawnguard quest line will these vampire attacks stop?


texts: Does your team's total level affect the amount of Exp gained?

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Does your team's level affect the amount of experience gained from a match on multiplayer in Mass Effect 3?

For example, If three people were significantly lower level than the fourth person, would there be any Exp or Credit penalty for anyone?

The reason I ask this is because it is the case in some RPG games. Do not forget ME3 is not only a shooter but an RPG too, and someone mentioned it as a possibility.


texts: Who should I give the Magic Healing Beer to?

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I've done it. I've finally completed a bottle of the magic healing beer Fiz. And now that it's done, I'm confronted with a choice. I can use it to extend the life of the already venerable convenience store magnate Edmund, who has promised me the worlds finest brewing equipment for doing so, or,

   I can follow through with my original plan, and save Gary Blau, at the behest of his not-sister, Zooey Blau.

I haven't been offered a reward for going with the original plan, but Z has been resourceful and provided me with goodies and helpful information before.

What's the gameplay impact of this choice?


texts: Does each player need their own portal to play Skylanders?

texts: Does each kid need their own portal for WII to play Skylanders or can they use one? New to this game and I haven't read anything that says you need two portals. Please let me know if I need to buy another portal before giving the game as a gift. Thanks!


texts: How does one obtain these achievements in Black Mesa: Source?

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  Quantum Capacitance: Overcharge it anyway.

  Remote Detonation: Kill a Barnacle with a Satchel.

  Unified Coupling Theorum: Help the Barnacle and Headcrab find true
  love. [0/10]

  Permeable Infrastructure: Use the alternative path in the Office
  Complex.

I'm having trouble with these four in Black Mesa: Source.  I have already completed all the other achievements, but these have stumped me.

What exactly is a Barnacle?  Do they mean Headcrabs?  I'm very confused.


texts: How to unlock the 6th world in Escape Vektor for the Wii?

texts: I've gotten a star in every level and all 5 worlds, but I am unable to unlock the path to the 6th world, which I believe is grayed out and directly above the first world.


texts: LAN port number is not 25565 and no-one can connect

texts: I made a world on Minecraft 1.7.2 the other day and I opened my world to LAN, but no-one could connect. I think it's because the port number came up as 54033 instead of 25565.  What went wrong?


texts: Is it possible to continue the Main Quest Line if I took Whiterun with the Stormcloaks?

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After taking Whiterun, Vignar becomes the Jarl of the city, will he help me like Balgruff did ? Will he help me to capture Odahviing ?! Thanks a lot !!

Phil


texts: In State of Decay: Breakdown, I used all of remaining outposts on the Snyder Trucking Warehouse. I want to have more outposts. Is it possible? (Even with hacks and mods.)


texts: What is this long black Nintendo DS thing?

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I can't seem to figure out what this is. I know at one point I bought it at one point because I needed it for something but I can't really remember but I know it was important. It looks like a cartridge extender or something. I haven't seen it in about four years so I honestly can't remember. I tried searching on Google but I didn't have any luck. It sort of looks like an adapter but this is for the DS Lite so I don't know what it'd be adapting.

Edit: I did a search for ROM/flash cards and I can't seem to find anything thats what I have. Just R4 cards.

Edit: here's an image I found which appears to have what I have. It's apparently a ROM/homebrew thing. I do remember getting it at Gamestop so I don't know why I got it:

And here's what I have


texts: Repair Corrupted Save or Restart New Game Plus

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I finished the first story play through in Arkham Origins and was moving along in New Game Plus when, after retrieving the Disruptor from the GCPD, I come out of the morgue and end up as Batman in Space:

Unfortunately, at this point the game decides to save so my checkpoint is hosed.

Is there any way to fix this corrupted save? Or is there any way to delete just the progress in New Game Plus and start it over (without losing all my progress from the initial playthrough)?


texts: How can I repair a Nintendo handheld device if there isn't a service center in my country?

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Disclaimer: I'm not sure if this is on topic but I'll try anyway. If not, tell me and I'll delete this question.

I have a Nintendo handheld console (New 2DS XL in my case) and the upper screen is broken. Obviously warranty doesn't cover this but I'd still like to get it repaired. Unfortunately I cannot find anyone in my country (Latvia) who would be willing to do it. I found YouTube instructions and 3rd party replacement parts on ebay, but I'd like to keep that as the last option. Seemed risky.

I tried contacting Nintendo in their support chat, but they're split in webpages for specific countries and I couldn't find a "global" webpage. So I went for the UK page (still close and speaks English), but they said they only repair devices from the UK and they cannot speak for other countries. So basically, no help there either.

Has anyone had a similar experience and have you found any solutions beyond self-repair or buying a new console?


texts: Problem setting up a 1.8.3 Minecraft server

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Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask this or I've overlooked something obvious, but I'm having some trouble getting a new server up and running.

It's a vanilla 1.8.3 server - ironically enough chosen as I thought it would be simpler with the current situation with Bukkit. I've tried all this with both the exe and the jar version. It's running on a Windows Server 2012 VM (hosted on a VMWare ESX server if that makes any difference). It has 6GB of RAM and I'm running JRE7u76. I have accepted the EULA, and the server is running without errors according to the logs.

The clients are running 1.8.3 as well, and can successfully ping the server by name. I've added server connections in the clients by machine name and IP, both with and without the 25565 port number added on.

I've added explicit firewall rules for 25565 for TCP and UDP, on the server and the clients.

They all just time out, and the server doesn't log any kind of error or failed logon attempt at all.

I'm basically out of ideas.. anyone?!

UPDATE: Looked deeper into the firewall as suggested by @Frank. I've enabled every logging option I can find on the firewall, and it would appear the server is not receiving any packets at all.

I've also done the same on the client, and can see no sign of that firewall either succeeding or failing to SEND any packets at all. At this point it looks like minecraft is simply not actually trying to connect to the server.

I've also added a well known online server (which is running 1.7.10) and connected without issue.

Just to be doubly sure, I've tried completely disabling the firewall on server and client to no effect as well.

Is this a 1.8.3 problem? (not that this makes much sense, as the client wouldn't know my server was 1.8.3 until it connected...)

UPDATE 2:

I've downloaded, compiled and hosted the 1.8.3 version of Bukkit, with much the same results.

However - when I run the server on the client machine and use localhost it works.

This means of course there is no specific 1.8.3 problem, and it is a network issue of some sort - but the server can see the client and vice-versa, and the problem remains even when I disable both firewalls completely.

Does anyone know of any other reason TCP access between the two machines might fail?


texts: What parts of Civ 5 scale with map size?

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Which parts of the game in Civ5 do (also) scale with map size? (As opposed to difficulty or game pace)

Necessary production?
Culture Border expansion?
Required scientific output?
City growth rate?
Unit mechanics?
... ?
(I am less interested in the score scaling that is mentioned in the manual.)

The only definite answer I have off the top of my head is: number of opponents :-)


texts: What abilities proc the furor enchant on boots? Will stuff like Shaco's JitB auto attacks proc it? Will Nidalee's bushwhack give you the bonus movement speed each tic of damage? What about Caitlyn's yordle snap trap? And what if Karthus uses his requiem when there is only one surviving enemy player?


texts: How do you get the monster masher achievement in the ipad version?

texts: I am close to getting all the achievements in the ipad version but I am having trouble getting the monster masher achievement. No matter what I try, I just squash 1 or 2 zombies. Has anyone got this achievement and can tell me how?


texts: Does Swiftness affect distance traveled?

texts: When using skills that launch the player (eg. Burning Retreat, Burning Speed, Ride the Lightning), does Swiftness increase the distance traveled by the skill or reduce the time it takes to travel the skill's distance? Or does Swiftness have no affect on the skill?


texts: Do you have to host a game to count as beating it?

texts: I mainly play Dungeon Defenders by just joining someone else's game. Does beating levels like that count or do you have to host them from your tavern? I ask mainly because I want to unlock skins and stuff, but if it doesn't count for achievements or something, that'd be nice to know as well.


texts: How can I see the XP amount of my assist and what is the maximum level they can get?

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I can't find anywhere a progress XP bar (like my character has) for my Assists.
How can I know how many times I need to summon them before they level up?
I want to prevent summoning them for nothing if they have already reached their maximum level.


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How do I make a teleporter that doesn't need a pressure plate to activate?

In other words I would like to execute a command which is executed when one steps in a certain location. For example, a command that would test if someone is somewhere and then teleport them somewhere else.

I have a few ideas, but I do not know how I know to complete the assignment.
Maybe these commands?

/execute <playername> ~ ~ ~ /tp <playername> ~ ~ ~
/execute <playername> ~ ~ ~ /fill ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ minecraft:redstone


texts: I found my mechanic in a dungeon and she died by angry bones. Now she won't respawn. I don't know if it was too late but i quickly built a house. I don't know if she'll respawn. Please tell me if she will.


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In the "Create new World" settings tab, you can change the richness of the enemy base.
I know that we had alien science pack in early builds of the game.
But does changing the richness of enemy bases affects the gameplay/enemies on the current (0.15.34, as of this post's date) build of the game?
If yes, what does it affect?


texts: I have installed the game for the very first time and still I can't make a single move to the game as when I open the game. It starts loading and while loading the error message suddenly pops up and then the game crashes down. I really need a fast fix for this.


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I'm playing the second episode of The Long Dark / Wintermute and my map has some cache locations marked on it that might have useful resources. However my experience of travelling in bad weather cross-country is that it is easy to get disoriented.

Obviously the map doesn't show you current location as that would be too GPS-like and electronics are all dead.

I guess that compasses are unavailable as they would be unusable due to the geomagnetic anomaly. This makes it impossible to work out which direction you are facing - apart from when a familiar landmark is in clear sight.

How can I find my way to a cache on the other side of the map without severe risk of getting hopelessly lost - especially if weather deteriorates.


texts: The city names no longer show, I can scroll but can't click on anything. I tried pressing every key to no avail. What's this...?


texts: Does a ultimate edition disc work even after I played with a standard edition disc?

texts: I have force unleashed standard edition on my xbox 360 (disc), and I want to buy the ultimate sith edition of the game (it include dlc's and stuff). Would the game work if I put the ultimate sith edition in even though I have the standard edition installed?


texts: Does only the character selected at the beginning get a long intro?

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I started with the knight character and he had an intro about an hour long with quests etc... Soon after I found another character and she joined the party after I played a very short backstory (no combat or quests and still level 1).

This made me wonder does only your starting character get a long intro or is it just dependent on character?


texts: I can't type § in minecraft for some reason

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So I try typing Alt+Numpad1Numpad2 (that's §) and  nothing happens and it wont copy and paste it ether
I'm trying to name a shulker box §2FOOD so it says FOOD in dark green, it already says 'Shulker Box' in dark gray and in the anvil it says '§7 Shulker Box' but when I try to replace the 7 with a 2 it just removes the § in fact when I try to change the name at all it automaticaly gets rid of the § but what i think the weirdest part is that I can add any other symbol such as ☺ ☻ ∞ and ╚ for example please help me because I cant find anything else to do


texts: How do I detect if a player is standing on a certain colour wool?

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I'm making a map for Minecraft and I want the player to teleport when standing on orange wool. I used this:

/execute @a ~ ~ ~ detect ~ ~-1 ~ minecraft:wool 1 0 tp @p[c=1] 0 0 0

But I constantly get an error

  [16:40:51] Failed to execute 'detect' as F1NN3RT

(F1NN3RT is my in-game name)

What am I doing wrong?


texts: How to effect entities with a potion effect in a certain radius in MCPE?

texts: So im trying to make a custom potion using an xp bottle, I'm using the command /execute @e[type=xporb] ~ ~ ~ effect @e[r=5] poison 5 2 true, I'm trying to make it where anything in a radius of 5 will be poisoned, so is it possible, or did I make a mistake when writing the command?


texts: How do I perform the basic move combos in training mode?

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In Street Fighter X Tekken there's a practice/trial mode. The first few trials are special moves which, ironically, are easy to do. After that come some "basic combos" which seem to be a lot harder. The first one I passed by sheer luck (button mashing), but the next one is more challenging.

Unfortunately the trial mode has no explanation other than an indication of the moves to be performed.

Take for example this one (Zangief trial #12):

⇨ Stand M Punch
  ⇨ Stand M Punch
  ⇨ Stand M Punch
  ⇨ Stand H Kick

Or, put in a screenshot:

How should you time these moves? I've tried several things to no avail:

Pressing move and punch/kick at the same time, i.e. execute every "row" in the screenshot as a whole
Keeping move pressed while doing the punch-punch-punch-kick sequence
Alternating move and punch/kick

At random I sometimes fill the first two rows, but I can't really find the trick behind these combos. Can anyone explain how to complete these?

This is the PC version, using an Xbox 360 wireless controller, should it matter.


texts: PS3 Controller wont sync wireless and tethered. Is recognised on PC

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I have a PS3 controller that will not function at all wireless or tethered. After looking at some troubleshooting I have attempted the reset button on the controller and also done this with console on and off with no success. I thought initially it was destined for the trash can as the only response I see is four lights that blink either 10 or 12 times depending on weather it wireless or tethered. However, when I attached this to my PC via I see it is immediately recognised as a PS3 controller. Just wondering if anyone had experienced anything similar? Or had any trouble shooting advice I can perform with the controller or maybe some PC software to see if it is indeed dead.

Installed motionjoy and ds3 and tested controller, well the vibration test built into the application and it responds. The device is being recognised but just not on the PS3. I have both another Dualshock 3 and 2 move controllers working on the same console so failing to understand where the problem may stand. Would assume it has an issue pairing but does not explain why it's not working tethered.


texts: I've sent two friends clan invites while they were offline.  They don't know where to find the invites that were sent.  Where do these invites appear in the menus?


texts: How does a Forged Alliance player learn to play FA Forever?

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FA Forever isn't just the lobby, it also comprises a set of community patches that change the game balance substantially. As a veteran FA player, I'd like to quickly see how FA Forever is different in gameplay terms: how units are stronger or weaker than before, and what the additions like the HQ factories do. The online unit database is a good starting point, but only shows each unit on a separate page, and doesn't compare units to the base game. OTOH, the patch notes are confusing to read, because they describe one change at a time instead of the overall change (some changes are modified further in later patches, etc.).

Is there a single summary where I can see the changes for each unit, ideally with discussion, so that I can start playing FA Forever effectively?


texts: Why doesn't Buddy help me survive the Ambush in in City 2?

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At the end of City 2 (Chapter 5) of Another World, after passing a pool of water and knocking a guard out with a glass ball, there is a section where you fall down a pit into an ambush.

After blasting open the right wall, I run to the right as guards blast behind me. Eventually I hit a dead end with bars blocking my path.

According to this walkthrough, I’m supposed to hold out until my friend Buddy pulls me up from the ceiling. However, even after surviving upwards of two minutes, I keep dying in this dead end without any rescue.

I should be seeing Buddy crawling in the ceiling while I run towards the dead end, but for some reason the ceiling vents are empty.

Why isn’t Buddy coming to save me from the underground ambush?


texts: Announce when player enters the nether in 1.14?

texts: I'm not very knowledgeable in mc commands but I had been trying to write a system that would announce if a player had entered the nether using execute and scoreboard, unfortunately the outcome was either it didn't work or it spammed chat, I eventually scrapped the whole thing out of frustration, is this even possible to do? If so what would you do?


texts: How can I stop the AI great prophet from running around my cities forever? (Civ5)

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Let's say I have two cities with one inquisitor and one unit blocking the road between the cities. In theory, if the two cities are far apart enough, the AI great prophet shouldn't be able to convert either city because it has to leave the road at some point and that's when I move my inquisitor from one city to the other. However, the AI doesn't seem to realize this and the great prophet never gives up and keeps running around my two cities forever (until I slip up). Is there a way to stop this behavior besides DoW? It's a little annoying to have to deal with the great prophet every turn until endgame. I know that the great prophet will leave if I have an inquisitor in every city but I think that seems a little excessive.

Also, in general, the great prophet seems to know which of my cities have inquisitors stationed (pre-spy). The unit itself has a very limited sight range. Is this a bug or is it an intended map hack?


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How do you get the red orbs in trial?
How do you get the red orbs in trial?


texts: soft blurry graphics on xbox 360 hooked to pc monitor

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i bought an xbox 360 today and hooked it to my monitor with an hdmi cable. everything looks good except when i get into a game, (madden for example), the quality is softish kinda blurry, the characters and everything. heres my monitor: http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-Pavilion-21-inch...
I'm running at 1080p. Ive tried using different resolutions but it still has the same result
does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?


texts: Do leader abilities apply for the entire encounter?

texts: Do leader abilities apply for the entire encounter, or do they stop if the leader dies?


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I just bought the ps4... I bought the legendary edition and expansion pack on the ps3. But for some reason I can't pass it over to the ps4... The answer is probably right in front of me. But I'd rather be sure. I've spent at least 140$ already on ps3

Ps. I DiD it on November or whenever it came out


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The book only gives limited information.

For how many seconds do I have to mix the first 100 candies?


texts: The Hero of Alcarnus achievement says to find all 13 prisoners in Alcarnus. I've found 10 in the main bazaar area. Where are the other three?


texts: Do units get the "multiple unit bonus" from Warlords?

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I seem to be creating a new tag, this is for Talisman:  The Horus Heresy.

I moved to a sector where my Loyalist Warlord would be attacked by a Close Combat 4 unit if he encountered the sector.  I'd actually meant to encounter the enemy Warlord there, who only had a Close Combat of 4 as well, meaning to try to get him injured and on the run, but accidentally clicked Encounter Sector.  No matter, the experience from the CC 4 demons unit (not a dataslate, in case it matters - one of the squares that always attacks Loyalists) would be enough to give me another point of CC....  until the fight started and the generic unit had a +3 to Close Combat!

Needless to say, I lost, even on the re-roll.  But where does a generic unit get a +3?  Does the Warlord add to generic unit rolls in the same sector?  I checked his character card, he doesn't have a power like that, but I could be misunderstanding a rule somewhere...


texts: How to effectively use explosive weapons against metal shields?

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As far as I can tell there are three things you can do with explosive weapons when fighting against an enemy with handheld metal shield(like nomads).

Shoot the shield directly
Shoot the nearby terrain to damage the enemy with splash damage
Shoot the enemy directly after flanking him

Basically what I want to know is which one does more damage than which or which ones does equal dmg  to which etc. I want to know what the best option is.


texts: Can the Jojo skin for Big Band be earned in online multiplayer with friends?

texts: I am trying to earn the Jojo skin for Big Band. Can I do it in multiplayer with friends? Or must I do it in more "legitimate" ways.


texts: Observer behavior in Minecraft version 1.11

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I'm playing Minecraft: Java Edition, 1.11 on PC. The reason I'm playing this version is because of the lack of OptiFine releases for the current version.
My question is concerning the behavior of Observers in this version.

I built a pumpkin farm as shown in the screenshot below. The farm works, but the Observer facing the pumpkin is only sending redstone pulses two times:
First is when the pumpkin grows and the second is when the piston retracts.

My question is, why the Observer is not sending a pulse when the piston extends? Doesn't that count as a block update?

If that's right, then the observer should send  a total of three redstone pulses, which would obviously break this farm. But that's not the case.


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So I noticed that I can basically connect any type of road to a highway, and this got me thinking. What advantages does using a highway ramp actually bring?

Is it just that traffic can leave the highway at higher speed? If so why not just use a highway to connect right to your road? Does the one-way nature of a highway ramp make it more efficient?

Plus it seems that highway ramps are single lane, which would make them less efficient for higher density traffic.


texts: Drops from hoppers are not going into the nearby chest

texts: In Minecraft on the Xbox One, the drops from the hoppers are not going into the nearby chest. How do you connect them?


texts: How to change a Minecraft Bedrock Resource Pack, Into a Java Resource Pack

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I have been looking at how to convert a Bedrock resource pack into a Java resource pack. All that I can find is how to convert a Java pack, into a bedrock one. What do I need to rename the files? Do I need to change the "manifest.json" I get an error saying that it failed to copy
   21:29:07] [Render thread/WARN]: Failed to copy datapack file  from C:\Minecraft Server\The Shire Texture\textures\misc\pumpkinblur.png.mcmeta to C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\resourcepacks
java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException: C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\resourcepacks\The Shire Texture\textures\misc\pumpkinblur.png.mcmeta


texts: What are viable roles for Leona besides support?

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Leona works best as a support in the current metagame, but can she be played in other roles such as an AP mid or jungler?

She has great CC and decent magical damage, can these aspects be capitalized on to fill any other roles on a team? If so what sort of build would be optimal considering runes, masteries, and items?


texts: How to unassign a 1.14 Minecraft Villager's career in survival, no villager farm

texts: Is there some way I can make something like a Farmer turn into a Weaponsmith or a Toolsmith? without creative or cheats?


texts: What to re-roll on weapon in order to optimize DPS?

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I have found this weapon:

Luckily, it already has a socket so I can re-roll other stats. The +damage can roll up to 1490 instead of 1347. But I can also re-roll the resource cost reduction to gain +10% damage.

Which one gives me more damage, an extra +140 or extra 10%?


texts: What happens when you pick up rune, when you already have one bottled

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I'm specifically refering to such situation:

Dota 2 Purge plays Bounty Hunter at (from 24:22 to 24:32)

He basically picks up Double Damage, waits a bit as he notices rune spawn time is near, then pickups Illusion. So my question is: Did the runes stacked in his bottle and he just activated Illusion to have Double Damage ready? Or perhaps bootle can store just one rune and when you pick up rune, while another one is already bootled, then it behaves like you have no bottle at all (ie: instantly activating a rune).


texts: What does the train symbol represent in the Snowplow map?

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I have been playing Team Fortress 2 for two weeks, and I often play the new map "Snowplow". At the bottom of the HUD, there is a train, which holds values from 10...100. It counts down during game play, but does not represent the progress of the train, itself.

Whats does this symbol mean?


texts: Which heroes get model upgrades at level 10?

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In HOTS, there are a lot of variant skins for all the heroes, but most of them are static throughout the battle.  However Dehaka regrows his arm at level 10, and Varian gains a shield, second sword, or just improves his 2-hander, to indicate which heroic talent he took.

Are there any other heroes that get model changes at level 10, either in general or just with specific skins?  Or are these two unique in that respect?


texts: Can I get Aela the Huntress to use the bow I give her?

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Is there any way I can get Aela to upgrade her bow?  I've managed to get her to use the armor and melee weapon I give her, although she does sit around the house in her underwear now and I need to take/give her something back to get her to redress.  She just keeps using the same standard bow she always did.

I didn't see anything I could take from her nor anything that I could 'buy' from her store.

thanks.


texts: How fast do you take damage when you're outside the circle?

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I feel like the impending orange zone of doom deals more damage to me later in the game than it does earlier, but I was a little too panicked to actually do any of the math.

How much damage does the orange area do exactly?


texts: How can you duplicate weapons in Borderlands 2?

texts: I want to get 2 identical Unkempt Harolds for my Gunzerker, and I do not want to Tourge token grind. I have one already, but I want to get another. How would I duplicate with the newest version of PC BL2?


texts: How do I transfer gold between factions?

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I've got a character on Horde and now a brand new one on Alliance (same realm).  Problem is that the Alliance-side economy doesn't seem to be as lucrative at lower levels as its Horde-side equivalents.

Now that Blizzard has apparently cut off bidding on your own items from the same account, is there any way that I can transfer gold between the two characters without using two different accounts or someone else as an intermediary?


texts: How do I change the active goal for Bioshock Remastered (PC)?

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I'm playing Bioshock Remastered for PC (via Steam). I'm in Acadia and I've just been given the 'Invent the Lazarus Vector' quest. This quest has two parts, and it helpfully flashed up a tutorial message indicating that this is a multi-part quest, and that you can set the active goal via the Map screen to track each individual part. It might have said more -- but I kind of just clicked through after getting the gist.

So I pop open the Map screen (M) and then I go to the 'goals' section. I see there are two parts -- obtaining distilled water, and obtaining enzyme samples. There are little arrows next to the 'Invent the Lazarus Vector' goal, which means (I presume) that it is the active goal.

However, there doesn't seem to be a way to actually change the active goal. If I click on either of the sub goals, I can see details about it, but there only available option on that screen is 'back'.

If I go back to the Map screen and click hint, it says 'No Active Goal'.

I did some googling, and the only forum post I found mentioning a potential solution involved plugging in an X-Box controller and using it to select the active goal using the controller key bindings. I don't own any console, nor controllers, so this isn't an option for me. Though I did double-check the keybindings to make sure there wasn't an unbound option that I had not set, but no dice.

How do I change the active goal?

(This is my first play through -- please no spoilers! I don't want a walk-through or explanation on how to solve the quest, I just want to play the game it was intended to be played.)


texts: Why am I not receiving some of the LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 trophies?

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I've played LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 through to the end.  I've got most of the trophies, but not all.  I think I've done everything required to get them but it just won't give the the trophy and I can't see how to trigger it.

The Student Rescue trophy should be granted when all students in peril are rescued.  The game is stating I've found 50 of 50 but hasn't given me the trophy.

The Dark Wizards trophy says I have to buy every version of Voldemort - I've got 167/167 characters and have bought everyone at Madam Malkin's.  Am I missing something?

I've been into Borgin and Burkes and got the last Lord Voldemort character - but to get that I had to find/earn all 200 gold bricks.

I've seen some walkthoughs that suggest there may be glitches that stop you being able to achieve all the achievements.  One recommended taking a back up of your save game regularly - but I haven't, I didn't realise till too late as I didn't look up the walkthoughs till I was stuck.

Have I really got a start a new game and play it through again if I want the above two trophies (and the True Wizard that would follow)?  That means replaying it entirely to get all the Dark Wizards (Lord Voldemort after 200 gold bricks!).


texts: Is there any relationship between Lorule and ALTTP's Dark World?

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Lorule, the "Dark World" version of Hyrule in A Link Between Worlds, bears an extreme resemblance to the Dark World from A Link to the Past.

(ALTTP spoilers follow:)

  However, in A Link to the Past, the "Dark World" was actually the Sacred Realm, twisted into an evil form by Ganon using the Triforce's power, and is later reverted to the unspoiled Sacred Realm (or "Golden Land") after Link recovers the Triforce, undoing much of Ganon's evil influence over the land. This is canon in A Link Between Worlds' world, as shown by the murals depicting the events of ALTTP in Hyrule Castle.

Lorule seems to have a different backstory as an "alternate version" of Hyrule, and even has its own princess.

(ALBW spoilers follow:)

  We know that Lorule has its own history, its own royal family, its own Triforce equivalent and its own Sacred Realm. Hyrule's Sacred Realm has none of these things, so it seems clear that Lorule is something completely different than ALTTP's Dark World.However, much of the geography of Lorule is near-identical to the geography of ALTTP's Dark World, including landmarks that aren't present in Hyrule at all, such as the Thieves' Village, the Skull Woods, Misery Mire, and so on. In addition, most of the monsters are identical to the ones found in ALTTP's Dark World. This is all despite the fact that from a story perspective, these two Dark Worlds are actually two different places, and seem to have no direct relationship.

Obviously, from a game design perspective, the two realms are designed similarly because A Link Between Worlds is deliberately aping A Link to the Past from top to bottom, including to its geography, dungeon concepts, monster design, items, and music.

However, from a story perspective, is there any official canon explanation for these similarities? Is there any direct connection between ALTTP's Dark World and Lorule, or is it just a "coincidence" that they share so much in common?


texts: Is there any reason to do all these pull-ups?

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After finishing the main storyline of the Citadel DLC, you get the option to invite certain crewmembers up to your apartment for a scene.  When you invite James in, he notices your exercise equipment as he's leaving.  At this point, you can interact with the pull-up bar and he'll challenge you to beat his record - 182 pull-ups.

You can indeed manually do these pull-ups one-by-one.  Is there any point or reward to completing this?


texts: What is the system of choosing games in Proleague?

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In a standard match of Starcraft Proleague, two teams compete in four different games, with players and maps chosen beforehand, and play out an additional "Ace Match" in case of the tie, with players chosen on the spot.

How are the players and maps for the first four games chosen..? There is definitely a lot of strategy to it, so what are the rules governing it..?


texts: How do I make peace between the Quarians and the Geth?

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I have an imported save from ME1 and 2.

I've saved Legion,
Tali was not exiled,
I destroyed the heretics,
I brokered a peace between Tali and Legion,
I completed Rannoch: Admiral Koris and saved Admiral Koris
I have 4 bars of Paragon

However, I still don't get the option to be able to make peace between the Geth and the Quarians.


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I tried to rob trashcan carla in Sanctuary but failed. Now she refuses to sell to me and won't leave.

That happened several in-game days ago, will she ever get over it?


texts: I bought a sword in Candy Box two. I expected to be able to clear the guy's cellar of rats, but I can't seem to start the quest, what do I need to do?


texts: Who will be the leader if 6 colonels are in the same squad?

texts: If I have the Officer Training School upgrade Lead by Example and I have squad of 6 colonels, who will be the leader of the squad?


texts: What are all the passive weapon effects in COD: Cold War (Zombies)?

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I noticed that some weapons have a passive effect when you Pack-a-Punch them. For instance, the Gallo shotgun has an explosive ammo effect which sometimes triggers on melee.
What are all the weapons that gain an effect besides increased ammo / damage when Pack-a-Punched (and what is that effect?)
I could not find a list on the wiki, and a lot of results returned are for earlier COD titles (at least at this point). There were weapons in other Black Ops titles that changed drastically when you PaP'ed them, most notably the ballistic knife and the crossbow, so I was curious if there was anything along those lines.


texts: Is there a way to make the initial block smaller when building a ship?

texts: When you start a new ship via your drone in Avorion, the initial block is quite big. I'd like to build with smaller blocks. Is there any way to make the initial block smaller?


texts: I was playing sapphire today as usual but when I sent my zigzagoon to battle I noticed that there are hearts flown around him when it just came out of poke ball not the usual animations of lines or dots. Why is that?


texts: What's with the crossed out trophy icon?

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I started the Computer Savvy challenge and, a few rooms into the run, I noticed a pretty weird icon:

What does it mean?


texts: I can't get Gunslinger Challenge kills to count while in Showdown?

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I'm using an Explosive Pistol, for Showdown, and trying to use the Auto-Crit-lock-on from Showdown to do the Gunslinger Challenge easier.
The challenge being, "Kill enemies with pistols shortly after looking down the sights."
But I can't get such kills to count while in Showdown? Or am I doing something wrong? I'm looking down the sights for an instant, before firing my bullets...


texts: Skyrim different addon configurations for two steam accounts on same computer

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My girlfriend and I both own Skyrim on Steam. I have the Dawnguard/Hearthfire/Dragonborn DLCs, she doesn't. I was wondering how Steam treats the missing DLCs on her account if we play on the same computer (not at the same time, of course.)

In particular: If she is logged into her Steam account on my computer with all DLCs installed, would she be able to accidentally start some DLC quest and corrupt her savegames so she can't continue on her own computer? Or would Steam correctly disable all DLC content if she is logged in?


texts: How do I get the fully-automatic fire for the Fazertron?

texts: I am just curious as to which garrison in Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the quest to get the full-auto upgrade on the Fazertron assault rifle found? Thanks!


texts: Where are Mass Effect 3 saved games located on PC?

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I'm looking to back up by saved games from Mass Effect 3, but I cannot locate them.

Where are the Mass Effect 3 saved game files stored?


texts: Will I level "too fast" if I clear each map completely?

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I tend to be a completionist, so I've been fully clearing each map and dungeon. (I've also run through some areas more than once due to disconnections.) I complete all the events and optional objectives. I read all the books.

Some of my friends have said they've run into difficult situations in Act 1.  However, I'm well into Act 2, and I haven't run into a single fight where I felt like I was in danger of death. I think I've only used one potion.

Now I'm starting to wonder if I'm just over-leveled for each area. Should I only be clearing maps until I find the quest objective? Or will clearing everything keep me on par with the local monsters?


texts: I have bought the Call of Duty Black Ops 2's Personalization Pack DLC, but I cannot view this pack on my gun, only on my calling card. How do I  equip it on my gun?


texts: Tips on helping Dogmeat survive until the end in Fallout 1

texts: On every Fallout 1 play-through I do, Dogmeat usually ends up getting either smashed to bloody bits by a deathclaw or ripped apart by a mini gun wielding super mutant whenever I try to cross the desert to the Master's lair. The farthest I got with Dogmeat surviving was in the Lieutenant's place, but even then he still manages to commit suicide in the most brutal way by running into a horde of super mutants with grenade launchers and flamethrowers. Is the bot controlling him supposed to be incompetent? I know there really is no reward for reaching the end with him, but it just feels wrong to let him die so horribly.


texts: In Ever Oasis I had talked to a number of the noots and eventually it said I have achieved "Greeting Master". I don't see this on any of my menu screens, what does it mean?


texts: I was on the quest to beat Guzma, trying to get Lillie and Cosmog back from Team skull on Aether Island, Guzma beat me, and I went to the nearest poké-center (Ula Ula Island Tapu Village), and I can't seem to find a way back. The boats from island to island are undergoing "fixing", and I can't use them.


texts: I am having a difficult time seeing what enemy units are ranged units (aside from graphical cues). Is there a marker in the enemy info sheet that shows that units have a ranged attack?


texts: What is the maximum number of skill points you can obtain?

texts: I've noticed myself getting skill points from completing certain quests and selling runes back to Ostegoth. Does anyone know the maximum amount of skill points you can get, and how you get them?


texts: Does the game punish for killing a defusing teammate?

texts: In low-level play every now and then a teammate kills a defusing friendly player to boost his own score (defusing the bomb grants 4 points) in the competitive mode. Outside of standard penalties for team-killing, is there any punishment specifically for this practice? If there isn't, killing off team players is beneficial for the backstabber and even "advised" on the last round before halftime.


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Sometimes I'll be somewhere where I have no internet whatsoever.

Trying to play Unturned yields the following message, regardless of whether or not Steam is in Online or Offline mode:

It always says "Sorry: Steam Not Found"

I've searched on the forums, and it looks like others have had this problem as well.

How can I play Unturned offline?


texts: Borderlands Xbox: I''ve just finished it...but outstanding medals to be won?

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Rather than being pleased I found myself quite depressed! Killed the big baddie and handed in the key. And now what? I'm level 36, but I've seen that some people are level 50+ - how?

I've realised that I've not earned all the medals - obviously I've been to methodical and not gone around causing mayhem and killing more people, spiderants, and opening more boxes, etc, etc, etc. How can I have missed out on so many medla when I have killed most things in front of me and have been everywhere, and opened as many chests as I can as I've followed the story line?

So, what's the next stage for a Borderlands fan?

Can I play it again with the same character; at the same level that I am now, but face tougher opponents early on?
Do I change character and try someone else? And would that start me from level 1 again?
Go online and have done with single player?
Buy bad company 2 or Dirt2?

Many thanks for any pearls of wisdom.

Mike.


texts: What character is depicted in the Heroes of the Storm Mage Wars Brawl portrait?

texts: Who is the character portrayed in the portrait awarded for participating in three Mage Wars brawls in Heroes of the Storm?


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Presumably the ranked play options match people based on their rank. Even then I know that isn't really true because I've been matched up with people of different ranks judging by the emblems next to their names. This happened more often at lower ranks to me which is particularly interesting considering I'd expect there to be more people at lower ranks...

The matchmaking algorithm is even less clear to me for unranked matches since my ability as a player playing a deck/hand is distinct from my ability to form a powerful deck, and both of those skill sets don't really matter if the deck/player combination I'm playing against can effectively counter my deck. All of this makes for difficult matchmaking, so do we know or have any clues as to how they do their matchmaking?

Anecdotally it feels like as I play longer my wins become more infrequent. It also feels like if I drop money into the game I also win more frequently. I don't have any hard data to support these observations. So this perception might just be driven by losses stinging more. Regardless this perception has been bothering me while I play.


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Is it possible to adjust the "look-around sensitivity" for when zooming in and not zooming in with a weapon in Destiny?

I know I can change the sensitivity for both but I want to have slow when zooming in and fast when not zooming.


texts: Does buying the Orange Box grant you premium status in TF2?

texts: If you are a free to play user of TF2 and you purchase the Orange Box, do you get premium status and the Proof of Purchase in TF2?


texts:
I was making a texture pack when I saw this:

What is this texture for?


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So the latest update to Starbound has kind of left me in a very awkward spot.  Exploring my first planet's surface, I've found an absolute abundance of Iron, a surprising smattering of silver, and an unheard-of abundance of gold!  And all of this would be great...except that I am completely understocked in Copper.

This lack of copper is not insignificant.  While I can handily make nice weapons for myself with my collection of iron, and I maybe have enough copper to construct a pick, I don't have nearly enough to create armor.

This is a problem, because every other type of metal armor relies on copper armor first.

I don't yet have enough pixels to create an iron bow to hunt very well (because the monsters are constantly killing me), so I'm in a bit of a bind.

How do I deal with this lack of essential copper early in the game?


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I'm on a server that has custom enchantments. One of them is Storm which gives players a chance to strike their enemy with lightning. Players all over the world are fighting and that thunder roaring is absolutely annoying.

Is there anyway to change or disable the thunderstorm sound without turning off all weather sounds?
Thanks


texts: How can a Mechromancer be optimized for Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode

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Salpe86's Assassin's Guide has been a great help in gearing my character up to better handle Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Since following his recommendations, I've gone from constantly fighting for my life and burning through handfuls of ammo clips when facing what should be the most trivial of enemies to killing even Badass-level monsters without having to reload more than once.

However, my wife hasn't been so lucky. She plays a Mechromancer and still has trouble even down to True Vault Hunter Mode. She only made it into UVHM with the help of my escorting her through the endgame missions of TVHM.

I presume the weapon selections recommended for Assassin will probably port over to Mechromancer fairly well, but are there any changes I should make to that - does the Mechromancer tend to handle some particular weapon types better or worse than Assassin? How about Shields, Artificats, and Class Mods? What skills are essential for a Mechromancer in UVHM?


texts: Do duplicants passing through a park in a pneumatic tube get the morale boost?

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Pretty much what it says in the title. Morale management is an important factor in mid-and lategame, and Parks and Nature Reserves are pretty beefy morale boosters to Duplicants passing through them.

However, since finding a good spot for them is very RNG-dependent and forcing pathfinding to pass through them can be a hassle or cut drastically into commute times, I'm wondering if it's viable to build a pneumatic tube that passes through the designated park area and still grants the morale bonus.


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The 1994 game Star Wars: Tie Fighter Special Edition requires both mouse/keyboard and joystick inputs to play (not at the same time). I have a utility which allows me to use my mouse to emulate a joystick, but this doesn't make for the easiest of controls.

I know that many modern games offer controller support, but since this is such an old game it isn't the case here. The game doesn't let you map the joystick controls to the Xbox One controller, and I haven't been able to find anything in the config files that will help either.

So is there any way to use an Xbox One controller as a joystick?


texts: Is it possible to obtain high-level enchantments in MCBE?

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I am playing on a Creative world in MCBE, and mess around with everything. I got the idea to obtain a Looting 32 sword using commands, but it errors out and says that the max level is 3. I tried using these methods, but all have failed:
/give @s diamond_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:21,lvl:32}]}
/enchant @s looting 32

Is there any way to obtain a high level enchantment using commands, without editing the game code?


texts: Force Unleashed - Vader just stands there

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I'm finishing my play through of Force Unleashed, and I've gotten up to where you fight Vader on the Death Star. I battle him in the hallway, then he goes into the back room, with the hot floor. I fight him there for a little bit, and then he just ... stops. He doesn't attack, he doesn't defend, he doesn't throw things, he doesn't walk around, and I can't cause any damage to him.

Is this a known bug in FU? I know it was widely regarded to be an EXCEPTIONALLY buggy game. I'm playing the PC version on Steam.


texts: How can I stop Steam checking for updates for an offline machine?

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I copied my Steam folder from my laptop to my PC in my attempts to try and get some of my games to work offline. I followed this answer in regards to editing the loginusers.vdf file but when I went to try and see if it worked Steam went to search for an updates, failing to connect to the internet and saying that Steam needed a network connection. correct me if I'm wrong but quite sure that's the opposite of being offline.

Before copying my Steam Folder I did boot up Steam just to make sure there were no updates pending for it so at the time of copying it it was up to date and I can't just connect my PC to the internet as it's too far away from the router for an Ethernet Cable (and there's ~6 years worth of Windows/Misc Program Updates since this PC has never been connected to the internet since I first got it).

So how can I stop Steam checking for updates for an offline machine?


texts: Startopia multiplayer crashes to desktop

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Starting a two player game (TCP/IP or IPX, doesn't matter) works great, but after ~10 minutes of playing the client (and always the client even when switching roles) crashes to desktop without any logfile left. A second, possibly related problem is that on the server one cannot get back to the game from the menu after hitting escape, so loading a previous game doesn't work either :-(
Any ideas what is causing this?
Tested configurations:

Server: win7pro, 64bit (=:PC1), client: win xp pro 32 bit (=:PC2)
Server: PC2, client: PC1
both client and server xp pro 32bit

The game runs fine on each configuration for single player (ok, CTDs occur too but after several hours only).


texts: How can I protect my pigs so they don't become pigmen?

texts: My pig has just turned into a zombie pigman. I have tried putting them inside, but they still turn into the pigmen!


texts: In Witcher 3 you need several "generic" mutagens in order to craft a greater mutagen, and I think I saw somewhere that you can dismantle them. For example, take a griffin mutagen and get a generic lesser green one. Or was I mistaken?


texts: Can I force Steam to use my Nvidia GPU instead of the integrated Intel card?

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I have 2 graphics cards in my laptop (Alienware M11X); the first is the default Intel graphics card, and the second is a high perf Nvidia card.

I would like to play my Steam games with the Nvidia card (namely Half Life 2, Ep1), but it keeps playing with the Intel card. This is what is shown everytime I start the game:

I have tried starting steam.exe with the Nvidia card, but that doesn't change the card the game uses. I have also tried setting the Nvidia card to the default card to use for all programs, but the game still does not use it. Is there a way for me to do this?


texts: Imaging XBOX 360 Profile USB Flash Drive

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My XBOX 360 internal drive is dead. And I use 16GB Kingston USB Flash Drive as profile.

Temporarily I need that 16GB Flash Drive.

I need to back up the 16GB Drive on my Windows 10. Delete the contents of the 16GB drive, reformat it and use it on Linux.

After I am done, I need to restore my XBOX profile from Windows 10 and use that 16gb usb drive back to XBOX 360.

Is this possible? How would I go about doing this?


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My poor H'ruth zealot - although very skilled in the culinary arts (Endure hunger, Butchery, Clean kill) - appears to have inherited a weakness to silver items from a recent meal. Now, this would not have been a problem since I can just unequip all the silver items... but here's the dilemma:

At the floor I am currently at (and 1 or 2 floors up & down), I have stumbled upon many many ghosts, and I fear that without my +7 silver spear, I might not be able to beat them. So, either I just run past them, or I try to fight them with a weapon that sears my hands.

I'm not entirely sure, but the trait was probably received from an Ice Devil (well, it's remains). There were many creatures present during that skirmish, but the Ice Devil was the only one to possibly be able to react to silver (as I know that zombies, grid bugs, luxes and more zombies dont usually do that).

So, for how long must I rest in my enclosed chamber in order for the weakness to silver to wear off, so I can once again wield my mighty spear and smite the innocent residents of... ahem ...the foul dwellers of this dungeon?


texts: How do I mod Baldur's Gate 1 (GOG edition) with the widescreen mod?

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I recently purchased Baldur's Gate 1 from GOG.com and would like to install the widescreen mod. I've looked all over the internet and can not find a decent tutorial on how to do it.

Has anyone out there done this before and if so, how do I do it?

I downloaded the widescreen mod and ran the script (on Windows XP) and was given a windows DOS screen with the error:

ERROR: Unable to find DIALOG.TLK in: dialog.tlk

Please run this program in your Infinity Engine game directory.

FATAL ERROR: Failure("Unable to find DIALOG.TLK")

Please ENTER to exit.

I also placed the script in the C:\Program Files\Black Isle\BGII directory where the dialog.tlk file is and got the exact same error.

Anyone able to do this successfully? I am running Windows XP and using GOG's version of Baldur's Gate 1.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.


texts: Are there places where I can sell items for a higher price than the merchants?

texts: Is there possibly a shop where I can sell materials and food for a higher price than regular merchants like Beetle? Or do they all offer the same prices?


texts: A soldier fires rocket or throws a grenade not directly at aliens, but at car they are using for cover. Will it still count towards this soldier's kills?


texts: ETS2 DLCs not installing to Steam Folder?

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I downloaded all the ETS2 DLC Map packs from the Euro Truck Simulator 2 site. The problem is now, when I run the installer and redirect the installer to my Steam directory where ETS2 is installed, it crashes and says that the folder is not valid. Why is this? None of my DLC map packs are installing.

The game is from Steam.

Many thanks


texts: I killed a goblin marauder directly outside my fortress door, which is great, except now my units will not exit the fort (this is the only entrance).  Is the corpse the problem, and what can I do to solve the problem?


texts: Transferring Minecraft PE from iPad to iPad mini

texts: I am trying to transfer Minecraft PE from my iPad to my daughters iPad Mini. I downloaded iexplorer and located the Minecraft worlds folder, but when I try and drag the worlds to my desktop (Windows Computer) it says Internet Explorer has quit working. How do I fix this?


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I have played this game a few times, and it's not clear what you need to do to score points.  So, far all I've managed to do is to stay awake for 2 minutes or so, and then punch myself into oblivion.

I assume based upon the controls, that there will be some movement in the line at some point?

Or is this just a big sociological experiment to see if people will play a game without knowing why?


texts: How do I sheathe my weapons in Dishonored?

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So I'm currently in the Boyle Estate party and people keep telling me to put my weapons away, but I've no idea how.

I've had a quick look through the controls to see if there is a way to bind a button, but there doesn't seem to be. It must be possible as after cutscenes your weapons are automatically sheathed.


texts: With the new Guild Wars ability to have full hero teams, where can I find good non-elite builds for teams?

texts: Can anyone tell me where to find good builds for a hero team (7 heroes) that don't rely on elite skills?


texts: What can I do to avoid fighting Whiterun?

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So I've joined the Stormcloaks because these Imperial guys kept attacking me.
Now Stormcloaks want to attack Whiterun but I like Whiterun. What do I do?

Turns out Whiterun likes Imperials... Hmm..


texts: In planetside 2, what support activities give experience?

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In particular:-

does a sunderer/S-AMS pilot get XP for providing a spawn point?
does an engineer get XP for resupplying ammo?
under what circumstances does a combat medic (or engineer) gain xp for healing (or repairing)?


texts: Purchase Xbox 360 content on Xbox.com without credit card on file

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Is there any way to purchase Xbox 360 content on Xbox.com without a credit card on file? I'm getting an error that says "You have no valid payment options on file" and my only options are Change Payment Options and cancel.

If I click on "Change Payment Options", I'm shown a screen that only offers to "Add A New Credit Card".

This happens even if I have enough of a balance in my account to make the purchase, and even if the content I'm trying to purchase is free.

It's probably worth adding that I have no such issues with Xbox One content.


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In Final Fantasy XV, there is a Hit Streak counter that increases every time you hit an enemy consequently within a certain time frame, generally without interruptions. In most battles, I will reach anywhere between a 5 - 10 Hit Streak before either the battle ends or it breaks due to either healing or being hit. In tougher battles, I can reach nearly a 100 Hit Streak when using Armiger.

Picture taken from Google Images

I have put many hours into Final Fantasy XV and I not seen any differences between a 5 Hit Streak and a 100 Hit Streak. Are there any benefits to reaching a high Hit Streak?


texts: Is Ornifex required to complete dark souls 2?

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So I accidentally killed Orniex in the shaded woods.  I'm a sorceror so having a look at the things I can buy from her, it doesn't look like I've completely screwed up.

How "game breaking" would my mistake be?  Am I still able to finish the game without too much trouble?


texts: Is it possible to automate the winding up of a Clockwork Engine?

texts: The clockwork engines in the 1.5.2 version of Forestry provide essentially unlimited power at the cost of winding them with right-clicking. Is there any way to automate these, maybe with turtles or some other contraption? I can see how this would be very overpowered if mass produced.


texts: What can affect a player's speed in Halo 3 multiplayer?

texts: Why is it sometimes in Halo 3 multiplayer one character will move slower than the others or two characters will move slower than a third. What things affect speed? Does damage slow you down?


texts: At what point in the story do Oliver and company gain the ability to travel quickly around the map, and are there any limits to the fast travel mechanic?


texts: In Evil Genius, how do I go about getting more henchmen to accomplish my evil deeds? Lord Kane is great and all, but one pair of hands can only get so much evil done.


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I am trying to summon a Skeleton wearing full Diamond Armor riding on an invisible bat, but it says:

  Cannot summon the object out of the world.

Here is the command:

summon Skeleton 0 ~ 0 {Equipment:[{id:minecraft:bow},{id:minecraft:diamond_boots},{id:minecraft:diamond_leggings},{id:minecraft:diamond_chestplate},{id:minecraft:diamond_helmet},AbsorptionAmount:20,Riding:{id:"Bat",ActiveEffects:[{Id:14,Amplifier:1,Duration:999999,Ambient:1}]}}