texts: What is the chance of getting a Bob-omb or a Mr. Saturn instead of a Turnip?

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I have seen Peach pull up a Mr. Saturn before, and I want to know the chances of that happening.

The Bob-omb I am referencing came from a Project-M Clip I saw, so it might have only been in Melee.


texts: How can I get a hat? I've been playing for ages, and haven't got a darn tootin' thing.


texts: How can I effectively murder these rather grotesque disembodied rabbits?

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In the original Legend of Zelda, what's the most efficient way to kill a Pols Voice ghost?

On the original Famicom, it was possible using the built-in Mic, but that method appears to be unworkable nowadays.

Regular weapons (ie sword and boomerang) prove rather ineffective.


texts: Best way to spend Allagan Tomestones Of Poetics since Stormblood?

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I am constantly at my Poetic limit of 2,000 but don't see any useful things I can get for them. The iLvl 260 (and 270) items are just weaker than the new lvl 60+ equipment.

So how I spend them?


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I have this problem in my server, let me explain it:

This Friday me and my friends bought a server on creeperhost.net, it's working great etc. We have been playing on the server now for two days on my laptop.

But then I switched from my laptop and started to play it on my new PC. The same server but now I'm having a weird problem. When I log in, I can't interact with the world, when I break a tree I don't get the log drop, whatever I do I can't do anything. 30 seconds later I get disconnected with the weird message "Internal exception: Java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out"


texts: How the hell do you get these? I've been on pretty big maps like Dunes, zoomed in all the way with my Spyglass, and the enemies I see are either too far away to spot, or when I do spot them, they are too close to count for 2000m. Any tips?


texts: When in AC: Syndicate does the song "Underground" play?

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Ubisoft recently posted the entire soundtrack of Assassin's Creed: Syndicate on their Youtube channel, UBILOUD. I've listened to the tracks and would like to know the context in which the track Underground which I like quite a lot, is being played.

I am perfectly okay with answers containing spoilers.


texts: Does your team's faction limit affect hero choice?

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In recent months, I've started playing Dota-2. However, when playing match-made, un-ranked games, I've been able to choose any character, even though, according to the in-game lore and the wiki page, the heroes belong to either the Radiant or Dire.

Is this intended? Does it change in other game modes? (I've been playing All Pick.)


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I just finished deploying dragons in a clan war attack when the connection was lost.

Looking at the replay, I see that the server only registered deploying the first few dragons, which resulted in 0 stars.

Is there anything I can do about this? Doesn't the game know that the connection was lost?


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Wow, I've just noticed a load of asteroids appearing in KSP's space center. My first thought isn't "What if they hit Kerbin and wipe out the entire Kerbal race?". It's "How much science can I get from them?"

Can I get science from asteroids?


texts: What are some designs for "safe" melon farms?

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I really like the wheat farms described in this answer, because it's impossible to trample farmland and harvested crops always bounce back at you.

Are there any similar designs optimized for melon farming?

I tried putting blocks directly above where melons grow, but then I can't get any slices that fall back to where the stem is.


texts: How can I pause this redstone wall rotator as nessecary?

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Back...with another Minecraft device.

First off, I remember seeing a device like this on Reddit/YouTube a long time ago, and I've since forgotton how it was done.

The way the device works ins shown in the first video, while the in-place build is shown on the second video. I want to be able to push a button and the pistons pules for 10 times and then automatically stop rather than having to flip the lever. In the example I saw before I think there was another set of blocks on the end that rotated, although some were made of glass so when it got to a certain level it would cut the circuit and stop the wall.


texts: Nearest unblockaded core province with a port. How is this computed?

texts: How does the game compute the nearest unblockaded core province with a port? I am playing as Ming and have cored and colonized Midway islands (picture below). However, the game still says my closest unblockaded core is in Gubbi Gubbi (Australia). How is this computed and why is Midway Islands not my closest port?


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Supposedly in Tales of Graces eating Ice Pops would grant (possibly temporary) stat boosts. There are Ice Pops in Tales of Xillia as well but they don't seem to serve any purpose.

Their description says they heal 10% of your health and give you a Win Stick or a Lose Stick. With a Win Stick you can get a free Ice Pop. I haven't seen any hint of them having any other purpose but after hearing about Tales of Graces I find it hard to believe that they do nothing.

So does anybody know if they do anything else?


texts: When is the Kritzkrieg preferable to the Medigun?

texts: When I play as a medic I almost always use the medigun. In what situations is the Kritzkreig more useful?


texts:
Is there an efficient way to tackle these guys? I've tried quite a few things and have resorted to running away and hitting them with throwing knives or bombs.

I can't seem to find the tutorial on how to beat them.

http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Janissaries


texts: Do you get different powers by being good or evil?

texts: I'm new to the game and am not sure which way to align myself.  What happens differently in the game if I'm evil than if I'm good?  Any information will be helpful.


texts: Why do I have to finish the prologue to get online if I've already beaten the game?

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I have already beaten GTA 5, and it was working fine. I was able to play online with friends without any difficulty.  A random error while joining a session caused me to go back to solo play, and when I attempted to go online from the pause menu, it said I have to finish the prologue.

I have already beaten the game, so I'm not certain why I should I have to finish the prologue.  Can anyone explain this, and is there a solution to this?  I would really like to be able to play online, again.


texts: 2 Xbox Live accounts signed into 1 console?

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I have an XBL account, have for awhile.

When my nephew comes over he is always playing on my account but he has his own account at his house on his xbox.

Is there a way for him to sign into his account on my Xbox? Can he bring it with him some how?  Will his data sync to his Xbox or whats the deal?


texts: Some of the sigils correspond to glass cases containing various items, which sink into the ground when completed. However, since activating a few of them, I haven't noticed any sort of change. What are they for?


texts: Rotating an entity 180 degrees around a specific point in 2D space

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My goal is to rotate an entity around a fixed point by 180 degrees. The following is what I have tried so far:
Rotating an entity by x degrees around a point a known distance away is easy enough:
execute positioned ~ ~ ~10 facing entity @s feet rotated ~x ~ positioned ^ ^ ^10 run teleport @s ~ ~ ~

If, as in my case, you want to teleport by exactly 180 degrees it is even easier:
teleport @s ~ ~ ~20

However, I haven't been able to come up with a simple method to rotate an entity around a fixed point in space. The above methods rely on knowing how far away the point around which to rotate is from the entity (in this case exactly 10 blocks down z, relative to the entity). To keep things simple, I stuck with just the xz plane.
The only working method I have found employs a systematic approach using AECs (again around the point 30.5 ~ 30.5):
#> the following is not optimized, purely for clarity's sake
summon area_effect_cloud 30.5 ~ 30.5 {Duration:2,Tags:["rot.origin"]}

# Calculate offset on each axis from Entity E to the AEC (looking down from above):
#  E-------------
#  |            |
#  |-----------AEC------------|
#               |             |
#               |-------------E*
# Then move the AEC by the offset amount on each axis so it ends up at E*
# Finally, teleport E to E*

# get the offset from the entity to the AEC
execute store result score @s pos.x run data get entity @s Pos[0] 1000
execute store result score @s pos.z run data get entity @s Pos[2] 1000
scoreboard players set @e[tag=rot.origin] pos.x 30500
scoreboard players set @e[tag=rot.origin] pos.z 30500
scoreboard players set @e[tag=rot.origin] offset.x 30500
scoreboard players set @e[tag=rot.origin] offset.z 30500
scoreboard players operation @e[tag=rot.origin] offset.x -= @s pos.x
scoreboard players operation @e[tag=rot.origin] offset.z -= @s pos.z

# move AEC and teleport
scoreboard players operation @e[tag=rot.origin] pos.x += @s offset.x
scoreboard players operation @e[tag=rot.origin] pos.z += @s offset.z
execute as @e[tag=rot.origin] store result entity @s Pos[0] 0.001 run scoreboard players get @s pos.x
execute as @e[tag=rot.origin] store result entity @s Pos[2] 0.001 run scoreboard players get @s pos.z

teleport @s @e[tag=rot.origin,limit=1]
kill @e[tag=rot.origin]

This approach is undoubtedly slow, even after optimizing the selectors into separate functions.
The closest simple solution I found was the following: the entity rotates around the point 30.5 ~ 30.5; but it again relies on knowing the distance to the player (note the 10 block offset):
execute positioned 30.5 ~ 30.5 facing entity @s feet run teleport @s ^10 ^ ^
This is a bit of a mess of a post, I did my best to share everything I've tried so far. If anyone has any ideas on how to this in a simpler fashion I'd love to hear your thoughts. Here is a brief summary of my intentions: Rotate the entity...

...around a fixed, known point; like 30.5 ~ 30.5
...when the entity is an arbitrary distance away, be it 5, 10 or 1412.2222 blocks, from that point.


texts: I want to remove Steam completely but I accidentley removed Steam uninstaller

texts: I recently tried to remove Steam so I manually started deleting files, including Steam uninstaller. There are a few files that can not be deleted because they're open in Steam, however I exited Steam already.


texts: My bed is elevated one block, my house is 4 blocks tall with a roof and whenever I die it says my bed is missing or obstructed. Is the elevation the problem?


texts: How do I get to the fourth world (Capital Cashino)?

texts: I know the fourth (4th) world is Capital Cashino from what I read online but I don't know how to get there. I've exhausted all the entrances and skill sets I have.


texts: Can I hit the dragon with towers while he's flying around the castle?

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In reference to the Summit map:

Playing solo and rushing back and forth from repairing my defenses to manning the appropriate ballistae is a bit more hectic than I'd like, but playing with friends increases the health of the dragon to such high levels that the battle is more of a long drawn-out war of tedium than it is fun and rewarding. As the apprentice, I generally wind up running around from tower to tower repairing rather than engaging the dragon, making the process even more arduous.

Is there any way I can place towers around the outside edge of the castle to shorten the length of the battle? If I build some apprentice towers on the edge of the castle, facing outward, will they hit the dragon as he flies past? Does it depend on range? Does it depend on missile speed?


texts: Will an EU copy of Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow play on an American New 2DS XL?

texts: What it says on the tin. I have an EU copy of DoS (specifically German, I think). It plays fine, obviously, on my regular ol' DS, since that ain't region locked. BUT. When I pop it into my New 2DS and try to boot the game up, I get smacked in the face with a message saying: "An error has occurred. Please hold down the Power button to turn off the system. Please consult the user manual". Or something like that. Now, I've seen some conflicting information on the nature of PAL DS games being able to play on non-PAL 3DS systems, so my question is this: Can the PAL version of Dawn of Sorrow, specifically, play on an American system? I ask because I need to know if this is a region-locking issue or if it's a malfunctioning "the universe hates me" kinda thing. Thanks.


texts: I lost my 3 guys like... the day I bought the game. I have the respawn timer at 1 hour (I'm in sandbox) and its been a week (real time). I've read other answers, but they don't help. How do I bring them back?


texts: Why does swapping .ctx files not fully convert the weapon?

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I wanted to mess around with TF2's weapons, so I extracted the files, and tried to modify the .ctx files. I don't have a converter, so I decided just to swap some around. I copied the file tf_weapon_bat_wood (the Sandman) into a folder under the "custom" directory, and renamed it to tf_weapon_bat (the stock Bat). When I started a local game as Scout with the Bat, it had 1 ammo, but I couldn't launch it. I then tried swapping the Wrench with the Gunslinger (couldn't use it), the Engineer's Shotgun with the Rescue Ranger (dropped Huntsman arrows where I stood), and the SMG with the Jarate (creates an SMG I can throw, but nothing happens and it doesn't recharge.)

Why is this happening? I thought the .ctx files were the entire weapon files, and swapping them would cause a full conversion. Did I do something wrong?


texts: How do artillery tracers work in World of Tanks?

texts: I've tried to do some Counter Battery today and it seems that either I'm doing something wrong or there are no artillery tracers in WoT. I've read a few guides and it seems that if my tank is facing in the right direction I should be able to see the tracer of an artillery after it fires. After playing 10 matches I've seen none regardless of spending the whole match looking for tracers in common arty camping spots. How does this work in the 9.12 (current) version?


texts: How many playthroughs do I need to buy everything?

texts: Since there isn't enough money to buy everything in one playthrough, and the estimated credits total in the game is at around 800k, I'm trying to figure out how many playthroughs I'll need to be able to afford to fully buy/upgrade everything in the game.  But how much is that exactly?  If you sum up all upgrades/shop items (lets assume I pick up everything in the missions), how much money would it take?


texts: How can I update Terraria to 1.2.4 offline?

texts: As the title says, how can I get my game version to 1.2.4? My current game version is 1.2.0 and I'm in PC. Or am I out of luck that it only updates online? Or does it even update while online?


texts: What are the chances behind what items you get in chests/boxes in Counter Strike: GO?

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Obviously people say it comes down to luck and everything, but there must be percentages behind what item you get. Otherwise, it will be completely random and valve may end up have people get more knife's than the more common items (Which in that case, make knives more common items).
So does anyone know or have some sort of a clue on the percentages on the rarities of an item?
Also, are you more likely to get a rare item at a less peak time or does that not have any effect on what you get? (What I mean by this is say if at 6pm everyone was opening cases, are you less likely to get a rare item at this time or does this have no effect on what you get?)
Are items decided on what they are going to be before you open the case? (So say I was about to open a case. Is the item that is going to come out going to be decided before I open it or chosen through the percentile method once opened?)
My Dream Knife. (Hoping to get it as Factory New, lol.):


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/summon EntityHorse ~ ~1 ~ {Tame:1,Saddle:1,Attributes:[{Name:generic.movementSpeed,Base:1},{Name:horse.jumpStrength,Base:2}]}

I've been using this command in my 1.11.2 server to summon a fast and high jumping horse but it isn't working, even if I use a command block.


texts: I just started playing for the first time since they added ambassadors. My yaks died pretty early on and I wanted to buy new ones, but no traders have turned up. I invited some ambassadors but they require a bed before I can trade with them.. I need a bone needle to make beds, and I need yaks to make bone needles, so I can't trade with ambassadors. Spring and summer has gone by with no merchants appearing at my market stall, despite my kingdom having a worth of 5000. I had a market stall before day 5 of the first Spring, but nobody turned up. Are ambassadors the only way to trade now? If so, it seems I need to start a new save.


texts: Guild Wars 2 - change crafting profession

texts: How much does it cost to change the crafting profession? It depends on your level? I haven't found something official... Also do you lose the crafting level of the previous profession?


texts: How do pirates behave towards you when you are not the current target of their raid?

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For example: another player, 'Player A', currently has the highest bounty, and the pirates are now raiding a planet or asteroid controlled by them.

If I also attack and send my ships to the planet or asteroid controlled by 'Player A' that the pirates are raiding, will the pirate ships there be hostile to me or will they not attack my ships, and only proceed to attack 'Player A'? What if I also have a bounty (but not the highest)?

Also, how do pirate ships or structures behave towards a player's ships or structures if that player has no bounty and is not being raided?

Note: I'm playing the Rebellion expansion.


texts: I bought Dark Souls 3 Day One Edition, and saw that it came with Dark Souls "full game". I'm asking from anyone that knows for certain that this DS3 Day One Edition comes with the Artorias of the Abyss expansion. I want to buy the DLC, but am unsure if I already have it in the game that came with DS3.


texts: Can you complete the Galactic Wars game?

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There is a simulation in game called 'Galactic Wars' which can be unlocked once you get the key to the 3rd house.

What is the purpose of this game? Has anyone managed to complete it because I get killed at Level 3 each time


texts: What levels in LittleBigPlanet 2 have four-player/x4 challenges?

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I've got some friends coming over this weekend, and am thinking about asking them to help me complete the four-player/x4 challenges in LittleBigPlanet 2. I still have two worlds to complete to finish the game. The only one I've encountered so far is on The Factory: Bang for Buck. I'd like to know, before my friends arrive, how much further I have to get in the game to open all the 4x challenges.

What levels have four-player challenges?


texts: What type of doors can a hacked Akuma drone breach?

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I noticed that hacked Akuma drones have a "Break Door" ability that costs 1 AP, which I assume allows them (and you) to break down closed doors with them.

What types of doors can be destroyed with an Akuma drone? Does it only work on regular unlocked doors, or can it also be used to break through locked level 1 red doors, or even locked vault doors?


texts: Is it worth it to use Great Person's improvement on tiles with ressources?

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I've played Civ5 quite a lot, and I was wondering if there's a time where it's worth it to use a Great Person for tile improvements on Iron or Salt (for example) ?

Usually I use Great Scientist for Academy, and put it on plains/desert/toundra. For Toundra/desert, I find it very worth it, and once in a while I discover Oil or something under it. I've got to use the ressource, but I never know if it's a waste, or not.


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I've just started my first game as the Ottomans, and my 10 regiment army is taking a long time to conquer Albania, so I sent some Light Ships, Galleys and Cogs over to help. They are in the sea next to the province, but I can't figure out how to have them support the siege or attack the one enemy ship present.

I selected the Light Ships and clicked the Detach Blockade button, but that didn't seem to change anything. The image of the city on the siege popup shows it's a port city if that matters.


texts: 100 bonus xp ??? Where does it come from?

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There is this "weird" bonus xp that pokemon go gives when catching a Pokémon. Doesn't say why either in the game.

So why is it given ?


texts: I solved the Cipher, why did the hack fail anyway?

texts:
I have failed hacking a Cipher two times even though I solved the pattern like this:

Why did it fail when it looks solved?


texts: How can I lose my trike in Death Stranding?

texts: I've just got the trike in Death Stranding, and logged out at the Garage.  However, how can I lose it? Will I lose if if I log out while standing next to it?  If I walk away to far?  If a BT grabs me while I'm riding it??


texts: Animated item's .mcmeta file in resource pack not accepting detailed frame animation properties

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When I use this code, the item shows up with the pink error texture:
{
    "animation": {
            "frametime": 5,
            "frames": [
                {
                "index": 0,
                "time": 2000,
                },
                {
                "index": 2,
                "time": 10
                }
            ]
        }
}

I'm fairly new to JSON, so I was going off the examples in the Minecraft wiki. Unfortunately, there weren't many examples so I had to do a bit of guessing. Please let me know if there are any errors in the code. The code below does make the item animated, fixing the pink error texture:
{
    "animation": {
        "frametime": 2
    }
}

Which leads me to believe that the issue is with the code within the "frames" block. This solution is less preferable because I'd like there to be small pauses on specific frames (frame 0 and 2) for a smoother looking animation.
Thanks in advance for any help, and let me know if I've made any weird formatting choices as it's my first post here.
ETA: I did also try using values smaller than 2000 ticks.


texts:
Is Flurrie from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door of the species known as Ty-Foo?
I have attached some comparison pictures:
Flurrie:

(source: mariowiki.com)
Ty-Foo:


texts: Why do some towns not allow anything to be built?

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In Might and Magic Heroes VI you can build all sorts of buildings in your main town. The most important buildings are the ones that generate new units to recruit.

How come even though I have conquered other towns, they do not allow me to build any buildings in them? The icon with the pick and wood simply does not appear in those towns. What do I have to click on to start building things there and make those productive towns?

It is very annoying to have my hero walk all the way to the beginning of the map to my only real town just to get more units.


texts: How do I combat mass Void Rays as Protoss?

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I play PvP games with a friend of mine.  Neither of us is very good, but he usually wins because he has played more than me.  Thing is though that he rarely does anything other than build a bunch of void rays and come have his way with me; he rarely rushes with anything else.

What should I be building to counter this? My inclination is to build stalkers but I am unsure of the exact build and I'm too much of a newbie to know when I should be building what.

Edit: Up until he attacks me, he keeps up a good defense at his base.  Last time I played him he blocked his ramp with cannons.


texts: I play with the Insect Glaive quite a bit and I'm stuck with the default Kinsects. Any idea as to how to get new Kinsects?


texts: Where do the Act 5 Unique monsters spawn for the Special Assignment / Irreplaceable You achievements?

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It looks like there is a great list for acts 1-4 here: Where do the enemies for the unique enemy achievements spawn?

However, I couldn't find a list for the new Act 5 achievements added in Reaper of Souls.


texts: Which companions return for knights of the fallen empire/eternal throne?

texts: So I just finished Star Wars: Knights of the Fallen Empire chapter one. And I heard that most companions will not be returning to the alliance. Which of the class companions will make a return for the story and join the alliance?


texts: /clear items with data tag not working on bukkit servers

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Trying to make something on my bukkit 1.8.7 server that detects a nether star in an inventory named "Nut Gem" with the lore "Gem used to summon Nut", which will then try to remove the nether star from your inventory.  For some reason it will not clear the item I need it to, but it does clear any normal nether stars. I am using

/clear @a nether_star 1 0 {display:{Name:"Nut Gem",Lore:["Gem used to summon Nut"]}}

Now found out that this is a problem with bukkit!  Not sure why but it works in single player but not in bukkit servers(at least this version).  Any info on how to fix this would be appreciated!


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Help! I backed up my "common" folder when I reset my PC, but now, when I try to copy it into "steamapps", Steam doesn't detect the files AT ALL. I have really slow internet, so I'd be looking at about a week of re-downloading my 14 games if I can't resolve this!

I'm on windows 10.


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I cannot find any good uses for Reave. From what I understand, it absorbs a little health and weakens them (and while they are weakened, I get a little bit of extra defense).

But it does not work on many things it seems, like Geth Prime. Normally when it hits, it gives me a glowing aura that represents my extra defense. But when I use it on say Geth Prime, nothing happens.


texts: What unown letters are available through the Aug. 2017 European event?

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In the current (August 2017) event going on in Europe, Kangaskhan and Unown are available in Europe, and in large masses. From Trainer Tip's Video I've learned that during the Chicago event Unown were also available, but only the letters that spell out "Chicago" ('a', 'c', 'g', 'h', 'i', and 'o') and he said that the same might happen in the current event (only certain letters of Unown being available).

Is this the case, and if so what letters are available and where (since the event takes place in many different cities across Europe)?


texts: I don't know what the green player is in warthunder

texts: what is the green player? I am new really enjoying the game but it can be confusing.


texts: How can I troubleshoot high latency issues with StarCraft:BW?

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A couple of friends and myself have been trying to play StarCraft: Brood War on Battle.net, but every time we try to join each others' game we always get a 'High Latency Issue' and full red bars next to the game name.

We've searched for answers, and tried opening our ports like Battle.net recommends but so far nothing has worked.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?


texts: What does the 'Enable Challenge Mode' check box on the ranked multiplayer Find a Match window refer to?

texts: The title says it all. How does the Enable Challenge Mode setting affect match finding or multiplayer game play?


texts: Why are Pokémon stacked on top of each other whenever I start?

texts: I have installed the game recently, and in the start, this happens. Due to this, I can't choose my starter. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?


texts: Can I displace a king in Mount and Blade warband?

texts: I just thought is there a way to displace a king, and get rid of him, so that I can take his place? I have conquered almost whole map, and I own only a few castles and cites, so I wouldn't like to leave the faction. However, I would want to do this without losing the lands I have conquered. Is there any way to do this?


texts: Do you keep your items from custom maps when you return to your world?

texts: On some custom maps in Minecraft they give you items. Can you keep these items to bring back to your main world?


texts: How can I set a player's scoreboard score to a player's coordinates [1.15.2]

texts:
I am creating a map in Minecraft Java Edition 1.15.2.
I would like to be able to get the X coordinate of a player and store it in a scoreboard value.
How can I do this?


texts: Highly frequent errors when playing Hypixel

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Recently, I have been playing Minecraft on Hypixel a lot. (I was doing skyblock, but that's not the point.)
However, a lot of times, when moving between servers, I get 1 of 2 possible errors:

An established connecting was forcibly terminated by the remote host.
An established connection was forcibly terminated by the software in your host machine.

I have optifine for performance, disabling it didn't help. I run 1.12 minecraft.


texts: I recently unlocked my first "memory" with Zelda. I would like to revisit it and pay attention to the conversation that happened in it. How do I re-play a restored memory with Zelda?


texts: If you buy dark elixir without a dark elixir storage what happens

texts: I have a level 7 town hall and I would like to get a  barbarian king. However, I don't have a dark elixir storage. What would happen if I buy a King ? I'm affraid to lose my gem so any advice would be great thanks.


texts: Is Chicken's "Hard to Kill" bonus useful?

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When Chicken's health reaches zero, she becomes headless for a small period of time where you can still attack and kill enemies. After that short period Chicken dies properly and you see the normal game over screen.

Is this just a fun bonus or can you do something useful during headless Chicken time?


texts: What are the possible calculations for the item sell values?

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I've been reading the PBE about Cull.

Now here's the thing. So far the item provides you 1 extra gold per each minion killed, and for a total of 100 minions, it rewards with an extra 300 amount, which makes it 400 gold reward, which is almost the same amount of money to buy this item.

Now, what if you sell it? How much is it worth selling? Would it be even less or more than the memorable early game item Doran's Blade? (440g buy cost - 176g sell cost)

Succesively I wonder, how does League calculate the sell values?


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I was having Ignis drive me to my next quest destination when he suddenly stopped to let about 10 beasts run across the road and said "It seems we've reached a creature crossing," to which, Prompto asked "Where do you think they're going?" Gladiolus replied "Why don't we follow them and find out?" In my 56 hours of playtime, this is the first time I'd seen something like this, so it struck me as odd.

I ultimately chose not to bother following them, but should I have? Would I have found some valuable item or weapon if I'd chosen to follow the herd or was this just added flavor to spice up my drive?


texts: How do I invite friends along the salvage droids?

texts: The tutorial states, that I can bring along friends to get better results with my free salvage droid. How do I add them? Sending the "?" bitizens on this level does not work.


texts: So I was bored and I tried to go assassin on all of the guards in Solitude and then one day, they didn't respawn anymore. I tried to spawn them via console but it doesn't do the trick they just stand on where I spawned them. I went inside Castle Dour where the city guards slept and only that guy named Istar Cairn-Breaker was sleeping! All other beds were empty. I spawned some in the room and all they did was sit and stand around looking at each other. Any help would be appreciated! CHEERS!


texts: How can I acquire "Arena Token" in War Metal?

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I wonder what the ways to get "Arena Token" in War Metal.
On wm.blem.org it says "Aquired from Arena"
I never got one from Arena fights yet.
Are there any specific things needed to get it?


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I usually render videos with Rockstar Editor, however rendering with everything on lowest settings and on 800x600 (bright side is I can play GTA V on GT820m) doesn't look that good. Changing all settings require a restart, which makes me restart game 2 times to render and go back to play. It takes some time to edit settings and restart so I just want to backup settings file etc.

Where is the settings files located?


texts: How do you beat the final boss in Zelda Wind Waker for Gamecube?


texts: Prison Architect- Prisoners won't leave truck

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I've tried everything I can think of to fix this problem, but I give up now. The delivery place is in the right location, I have no fences, it's not being blocked by anything. The delivery timer will countdown, and then..nothing. They keep driving. I've played for several in game days now, and no luck.

Now the timer won't even begin.


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By now, I've probably played a hundred games against the medium and hard AI. I've noticed that once an AI-controlled player discovers communism, it will not hesitate to switch to communism. Communism is the most advanced government in the technology tree. Democracy and republic are discovered before communism, and yet I have observed lots of AIs skip over republic and democracy. When the AI has switched to communism, it rarely changes governments any more. I've only observed AI changing from communism to democracy twice, and in both of those cases, the AI switched back to communism once it became clear that they could not defend their cities under democracy (due to lack of free unit maintenance).

Does the Freeciv AI really prefer communism? Is it because it is the most advanced government in the technology tree? Is it because of the good balance between free unit maintenance and low corruption that makes large empires stable? Or am I just seeing things wrong?


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I'm looking to get as up-close and personal as I can with certain hot stellar bodies. As such, I know I'll want to pack plenty of AFMUs and Heatsinks. But I would really prefer to avoid using those if I can.

So, how do I build a ship that runs as cool as possible?

What selection criteria should I use for each module, to ensure that it generates a bare-minimum amount of heat?

Are there certain modules that don't generate heat at all, or specific attributes of a module that can be ignored?

Are there certain ships that naturally run cooler? Is this due to some arbitrary value associated with the specific ship, or is it a general design element of the default build which could be replicated on other ships with proper module selection?


texts: Garry's Mod Server - Friend can't see addon contents in spawn list

texts: So I made a Garry's Mod server for my friend and I, and I got addons and enabled FastDL. The addons worked, but my friend couldn't see the addons in the spawnlist. He looked under browse and addons, but only saw his addons that he has gotten himself. How do I fix this so he can see the addons also?


texts: I am looking to buy a PS4 from the Sony Website. While I was browsing the internet, I saw mention of the PS4 Launch Edition - though I didn't see this on Sony's site. It seemed much more expensive, but I can't figure out why. What's different between the 'launch edition' and an ordinary PS4?


texts: Why my sister inherited the half of empire?

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I was an emperor of Britannia and a dozen kingdoms. The inheritance low was "Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture" (screenshot was taken after the emperor died).
When my Ruler died, he had two daughters. One was the heir and inherited half of the empire.
Somehow the second got literally the half of my kingdoms, including the duchy with the capital.
Question #1
Luckily she is still my vassal, but how did she get the half where the inheritance law was primogeniture?
Question #2
I guess I can cause her to revolt and revoke all kingdoms and the duchy, but I'm afraid counties' revocation may cause a lot of unrest.
What is the best way to get back kingdoms and my main duchy (Mercia, if it makes any difference)?


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I have entered the room outside of the Headmaster's office and there are seven statues arranged in the entrance:

How do I complete the statue puzzle and open the entrance to the Headmaster's office?


texts: Does collecting keys and dogtags have any purpose other than Trophies?

texts: Is there a specific reason to collect all of these car keys, or all of the dog tags? To put it simply, are these only in the game for those try-hard gamers that think they have to get everything in a game in order to actually beat it? (No offense to anyone)


texts: How are the Koopa Trace Walking and Picture Match challenges graded?

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In the Trace-Walking challenges, Mario must

  walk along a path, which he can no longer see after a few moments; if he gets a high enough score, he wins a Power Moon. For the Moon Rock bonus moon, he must simply earn a higher score on the same challenge.

In the Picture Match challenges, Mario must

  take the parts of a Goomba’s or his own face and place them on a blank face. If he scores high enough, he gets a Power Moon. Thanks to Moon Rocks, he can earn a second moon in these challenges by doing this again with nothing but the face’s outline helping him.

My question is: how are these graded? Toad in the Picture Match puzzles claims that it’s graded on accuracy, but that doesn’t explain how much is deducted for what type of errors.

I’m grouping these two challenges together because I’m assuming that, while each is slightly different, the scoring will be along the same lines for each, since both involve matching something to a disappearing background. But correct me if I’m wrong.


texts: How can I back up a saved game on Nintendo DS?

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My wife and I share a single Nintendo DS.  Many DS games permit only a single slot; one example is Etrian Odyssey.

I would like to be able to back up my Level 18 Etrian Odyssey party so that my wife can try the game without my losing the many hours I have put in.  I have heard there is a device called "R4" or "R4DS" which might make this possible, but I can't figure out which device to buy or how to set it up.

How can I back up a Nintendo DS saved game onto an external flash card, then later restore?


texts: How to make fighting-related quick time events easier?

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I am having huge issues fighting in close combat in Tomb Raider 2013. When it says "mash left right" I do that, and I think fast enough. But I do not know if I have to be just faster or exactly in the timing of the screen. I fail about 30% of the time.

Then, when I have to kick with the foot, I think I have to press once. I fail it 90% of the time.

If I succeed that one, there is a red hand flashing in a circle, and I do not even know what to do then. Press E?

I am currently stuck with a wolf assaulting me over and over. I switched combat to easy already, but I am afraid that these sequences are not even influenced by that.

Anyone has any hints how to either get around these scenes or how to master them better? I am normally not such a bad gamer, but this is getting ridiculous. I am not in the mood to listen to her scream and watch the death sequence 50 times over and over again just to time pressing some combination on the fraction of a second.


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I know you should never dig straight down but there are rare occasions where I don't really want to make a slow mine downwards. Sometimes I just want to dig down, find diamonds and come back up with the satisfying thought that I just found a vein of diamonds but half the time I end up falling into lava or a ravine to my death.

So, are there any tips to dig straight down so I can start branch mining?

I would also like the method to be efficient and less risky than digging a 1x1 hole down to level 12.


texts: How do I defeat the Gatekeeper as a Tank? (The 'Fortitudo' option?)

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I've completed all 8 Elite dungeons, and have Blue QL 10 Talismans in every slot! Obviously, the next step is Nightmare modes! But in order to run those, I have to first defeat The Gatekeeper. I'm primarily set up as a Tank (Blade/Chaos if it's important).

How do I defeat this mode? I've figured out that I need to keep him faced away from the green dude that's going to kill him for me, but he seems to periodically one shot me and I just can't avoid it. What am I missing? Are there further phases or mechanics to the fight?


texts: Are there certain badge acquiring strategies to follow?

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When the levels higher than L8 were introduced into the game I've jumped straight to L10 and I'm stuck there since then. My AP is more than 8.4 million which is enough for L12 but I'm still struggling to get to L11.

I've already achieved two black badges with recharging and guardian badges but as I'm an urban player I don't have the same portal density in my area as a metropolitan player does and so I can't get to the next badge levels as fast as they do.

Was it a mistake for me to achieve those black badges so early, and if so are there some other guidelines to follow to raise the badge levels more equally?


texts: Can you earn the "Everything we've been through" trophy on Survivor playthroughs?

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On Survivor playthroughs, you cannot upgrade your listening distance with
supplements, as the listening mechanic is absent.

Can you still earn the "Everything we've been through" trophy, which is for fully upgrading Joel's skills with the supplements, on a Survivor or Survivor+ playthrough?


texts: "You have nowhere to store this vehicle"

texts: I play as Michael and removed a car from the garage by driving out (garage is now empty). When I try to order a car through the internet, it says "you have nowhere to store this vehicle". Why? My garage is empty now. Do I need a extra garage for a racecar?


texts: Do Moltres and Articuno exist in Pokemon Leaf Green?

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I just lost Zapdos, after it got poisoned by my Nidoking and the Ultra ball didn't even stand a chance with it!

So, I wonder, do Moltres and Articuno exist in Pokemon Leaf Green?

I can imagine that the info is already in the Internet, but I fear it will reveal their location as well. I do not want that to happen, I want to explore, in order to find them. For example, some people in the game talked about these legendary birds, and I guy in the cycling road told me he caught his Voltorb in the Power Plant... ;)


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To be clear I'm not looking for any myself, but I had thought there were no PS4 cheats and yesterday a friend and I were playing, and a player was griefing us.  We shot him endlessly with rockets, grenades, mines, you name it... no effect.  I even hit his avatar directly (so not in a vehicle) with an RPG and he went flying, then simply stood up and killed me.  Seems like this had to be a cheat... no?
I would like to actually be linked to an authoritative source stating that PS4 cheats (serious cheats, not just silly cosmetic mods or whatever) do in fact exist currently in GTA Online for PS4.  I haven't been able to find any information that wasn't either really old, or for Story Mode.


texts: I have just bought a couple of extensions for Tropico 4, but I don't understand how to switch from one to another. It seems I am stuck in Modern times. How can start Tropico 4 with El Plantador instead?


texts: Can Terran Medivacs heal allied units? Can they heal Zerg units or Protoss units aside from themselves?


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Recently I've started having problems with graphics in some games.
No problems in these games:

  Payday 2, Just Cause 2, Metro 2033, Metro: Last Light Redux, Sniper
  Elite 3, Left 4 Dead 2

Problems in these ones:

  World of Tanks, Armored Warfare, Tomb Raider (2013), Just Cause 3

For example, here are a few screenshots from Just Cause 3:

Does anyone know what could be the problem?

PC specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 6700K
GPU: MSI Radeon R9 390X
RAM: 32GB


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Whats the point of upgrading the earthquake spell.
It is going to damage walls and buildings. However It is intended to be used for breaking walls.
Level 1 earthquake spell takes 4 spells for the walls to be destroyed,
on the other hand the Level 4 earthquake spell takes 4 spells to do the same.
Strictly speaking of task of breaking walls.
dark elixir spent in the research  =  30,000 + 60,000 + 90,000  = 180,000 Dark elixir.
also considering the cost(Dark elixir) increase per spell is from 125 to 180 = 55 dark elixir.
You spend 180,000 + 55 times number of spells created of dark elixir more than you could have spent without upgrading it
So basically you are paying more amount of dark elixir for doing same amount of damage to walls.
Is there any point in upgrading the earthquake spell ?


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The in-game description says:

  Type bonuses from city-states following your religion are 50% more powerful.

What does this mean? Exactly how does this work?


texts: Is it more profitable to let the new goblin types live longer?

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The new 2.1.2 patch introduces additional types of goblins to Adventure Mode.
These goblins include;

A green one for crafting materials and plans.
A red one for blood shards.
A silver one for gems.

Now the previous standard goblin would consistently drop small amounts of gold when chased, and when slain he would explode in a shower of gold and loot of various kinds. The gold he dropped when being chased and struck was never any amount of note however, usually 1-5 gold every few steps.

My question is, since these new goblins drop items of their respective kind when struck rather than gold, is it more profitable to deliberately chase them for some time before killing them or would it be best to kill them as soon as possible, or does it not matter at all? (For the purpose of acquiring additional crafting materials, blood shards, or gems)


texts: Are all weapon types viable late and post-game?

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I started playing Dragon Quest 9 recently, and i did some research on forums and other websites about what people say for weapon types in this game. There are some people who say that swords are the strongest and best weapons in the game followed by axe and spear and that other weapon types aren't even worth using in late and post-game.

Now that got me a bit worried. Even if swords, axes and spears are far better then other types in late and post-game are other weapon types still viable or would i have really hard time with them? From what Iv'e read some swords (falcon) are overpowered and so are some axe and spear skills, but i don't really care about being overpowered, I'd be fine with other weapon types as long as they don't get so weak in late and post-game that it would be very hard to play the game.

I'd appreciate as much information about this as possible as I'd really like to play with other weapon types then swords, spears and axes but not if they're utterly weak late/post game.


texts: What's the best technique for growing your army (FFA)?

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I'm getting swarmed by players with massive armies, way bigger than I'm able to amass in the same amount of time. I think I've played enough to not just be getting disadvantageous starting positions (although this seems like a real problem).

Is there a "best" technique?

Sit on the capital and amass a single large army
Capture territory, thinning your army, at first, hoping to gain larger armies over time?
Capture cities (and then sit on them or send them to your capital?)

Should I sweep up my territories as they grow armies or let them sit as a buffer between me and enemy armies?

For that matter, do territories grow incrementally or do they double or something?


texts: Do these two primate characters come from their own game?

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I've always wondered whenever I play Poker Night 2 where these two gorilla characters come from.

Do these two come from their own game/series?


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I have heard through the grapevines that there is a secret Half-Life 2D game that was released back before Half-Life 2 was officially available, that can still be installed onto Steam by entering  "steam://install/92" into your steam client.

However, I can't seem to make Steam accept this url - when I try to enter it as written, it just bounces me back to the cure and I can't figure out how to get this game in any other way.

How do I install Half-Life 2D?


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I just encountered the Mirelurk Queen, and she kicked my ass pretty thoroughly. I'm at level 17, and I really didn't expect a level 50 boss to appear in this mission. Everthing before went very well, I didn't have any issues with the regular Mirelurks before the queen appears.

One issue is that the queen does a lot of damage if she hits me, apart from evading better is there anything I can do to reduce that damage?

What are the weaknesses of the queen? I didn't have any weapons with me that could do more than chip off more than a tiny bit of health with each shot.

Any particular strategies that work against this enemy?


texts: How does Quick Scoping or "Feather" Scoping work in Modern Warfare 3?

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I know some may cry "foul" or "cheating" but I'm really fascinated by the people who seem to be amazing marksman in the Modern Warfare series via a quick scope kill.

Can anyone detail out the mechanics of quick scoping for MW3?

I'm on xbox 360.


texts: Who is Shiki talking to in one of his dreams in one of the Far Side Routes

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In one of the Far Side of the Moon Routes (I think Hisui's Route), when he falls asleep he has a "Dream". In it him (or SHIKI) encounter another serial killer who after the 2 have a drink together decides to leave the city believing that there would be trouble if the city had 2 serial killers.

I'm wondering who this other person was and if they too was sent by the same person who sent Nrvnqsr Chaos to kill Arcueid Brunestud (I remember reading about it the other day but I can't remember who, and I definitely know it wasn't Roa)


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I've just started playing and I got two lots of credits for some reason, so I bought two Bronze card packs, which seem to have cards which give bonuses and such, but the game doesn't explain what they are or how they work.

So what are cards? How do I use them and how do I see which cards I have?


texts: When is the best time to activate Glyph of Fortification on T3 Buildings?

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I was in a game where we got team wiped on the last team fight, and the enemy team was trying to take down mid Tier 3 Towers and Barracks. I proceeded to activate glyphs when the tower was about 1/3 health. Then one of my teammates said that it was the wrong timing and it should be used when they start trying to take the barracks. We later on won the game but that made me wonder, was my teammate right?

The Tower Argument

The way I see it, the tower gets 100% concentrated attacks from both enemy creeps and heroes and is the last line of defense before the barracks become vulnerable. This means that the glyphs would soak up more concentrated damage in that 5 seconds than the damage on barracks (which may potentially be split on the two barracks if the enemy isn't smart about it). The tower basically has twice the armor than barracks (more than 2x for ranged) and slightly more health, so to me, the better strategy is to preserve the best defense and block concentrated damage.

The Barracks Argument

On the other hand, activating glyphs on the barracks also seems to makes sense because it gives 5 seconds of blocked damage on weaker buildings where it otherwise would have melted in 3 seconds or less. Also the hope that they will attack separate buildings after the tower is gone is not a very good argument. So, which is better?

More Situational Context:

3 of us were about 15 seconds or less from respawning, so using glyphs was semi-viable
This would be the first T3 tower/rax take down attempt on our base (other lanes were still up)
Enemy team was 5 man during the take down


texts: Does a hard drive need to have an external power source to be compatible with the Wii U?

texts: The FAQ for the Wii U regarding external storage recommends that you use an external hard drive with a dedicated power source, but is the dedicated power source absolutely necessary? I want to know, because I have an extra external hard drive lying around that doesn't connect to an external power source, and I am wondering if it will work.


texts: Unable to change into first person camera mode

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For some reason I cannot change into first person camera in Skyrim.

I've tried reassigning the button to no progress. Is this a bug that can be fixed or must I deal with it?


texts: How smart are enemies on Hardened and Veteran difficulty on MW3 Campaign?

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I have been playing the campaign on normal difficulty, and even now, at times, I find myself reading war-related quotes.

I can imagine that enemies react faster and are much more accurate with increasing difficulty level.

What I really want to know is, the single-player experience is pretty linear and the enemies monotonous. They just don't move much and stare at you a long while before registering you stand right ahead

I'd like to see a bit more intelligence and tactics, like the Half Life marines. While some would suppress me with fire and nades, trying to get me out of my hide, others would try to flank me.

Is this what I am going to see when I up the difficulty to Hardened or Veteran, or am I going to just get shot faster from farther distances?


texts: What is a good strategy against the praetorian at Horizon on mass effect 2 insanity difficulty?

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My character is a soldier and doesn't have a good regenerative shield like the one used by krypton321 in the YouTube video. I am able to get around 50% of the armor down and then both my squad mates die. I had no med gel to start with, so that is another problem. Once the squad mates die, it gets harder to take the barrier down as well. What I have done so far is to run around the platform and then take a few shots.

A good shield would have been helpful. I think the soldier option was not very smart. Without a good shield, collector ship is going to be a problem as well.

Edit: I finished Horizon. Same strategy. Needed to run around the platform. Cannot expect much from the squad. I had Garrus and Mordin as squad mates. Mordin was useful to bring the armor down with incineration as long he was alive. Around 75% armor both of them died. I used rifle and heavy reave until the armor was close to 25% and then used the collector particle beam to take out the rest. Died way too many times. Key is to run from cover to cover and never get caught on the inside. Don't wait for the praetorian to get too close or you will take heavy damage if you don't have a good shield.

Edit 2: On the collector ship now. Completed 4 loyalty missions without any problem (Miranda, Jacob, Mordin and Grunt in that order). The ambush part doesn't look good at all. Died a few times already. May be I will try next weekend.

Edit 3: After 2 hours of trying I gave up on the collector ship as soldier. I also kept seeing the message "Sentinels are nearly indestructible. Tech armor gives additional layer of protection...". So I started a sentinel career on insanity difficulty. So far it has been good. I completed the horizon fairly easily as well because I could restore my shields often. Hopefully that will help on collector ship.

Edit 4: I have completed the collector ship with Miranda and Jack. Grunt kept dying. Tech armor helped a lot.

Edit 5: I have completed the game on insanity. Completing all loyalty missions helped with the upgrades necessary for the final battle. It wasn't hard with all that heavy damages. Took grunt and legion along at collector base because they have shields. Too many harbingers while fighting the reaper though. Used legions combat drones to distract the harbinger. Had armor piercing ammo (tungsten rounds) as the power. Again, thanks to the tech armor.


texts: How to get "Oh, That's How You Do It" achievement?

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Now I've gone through my share of Payday 2 achievements. However,there are still a few achievements which have got me stumped. In this case, it's the "Oh, That’s How You Do It". Essentially, you have to:

  Fire the Vulcan Minigun for 25 seconds without reloading or letting go
  of the trigger.

I have tried this several times. With a full magazine, when I just hold down the mouse button, it only fires for about 20 seconds thereabouts. In addition, there are no mods that can lower its rate of fire or increase its magazine capacity.

Is this achievement a troll? I really do not want to waste my time on it if it was.

Note: I play on the PC not the console versions.


texts: How to run a macro when pet battling in World of Warcraft?

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I found a macro to make it easier to cancel pet battles in World of Warcraft.

I put it on action bar. However, when I start a pet battle, my action bar is gone.

How can I execute a macro when doing a pet battle?


texts: Can I log onto an existing Tribes: Ascend account through Steam?

texts: Before Tribes: Ascend was added to Steam, I created an account and bought some items/upgrades.  If I download Tribes through Steam, will I be able to log into my existing account or link my Steam account with it, or would I be forced to repurchase the items and upgrades on my Steam account?


texts: I have steam on my windows 7 PC and I knew about the new UI for a while, yet I still have the old UI. Even when I check for new steam updates it say that steam is up to date. I also can't completely uninstall steam since I have many games installed. All I want to know is how to update steam to the new UI.


texts: How to choose race in World of Warcraft?

texts: Right after launching World of Warcraft for the first time I have to create a new character, when choosing a race, how are they different and what criteria should I use?


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I re-subscribed to World Of Warcraft yesterday and have been playing on a level ~20 character with a friend. I've seen references in quests and dialogue to the defeat of the Lich King, and several prominent figures from Northrend like Thassarian hanging out in the Eastern Kingdoms.

Has this progression in WoW's storyline had any effect on quests in Northrend? Will my level 20 gnome be unable to witness the betrayal at the Wrathgate and the assault/retaking of the Undercity? Does the Lich King no longer make cameo appearances during major quests? Or is the continent of Northrend surrounded by some kind of lore-protection bubble?

(I'm kind of hoping it is, because man, that stuff was cool.)


texts: Determine properties of items in PVP after scaling

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I recently tried my LVL20 free to play account again and noticed that when I was in PVP, I actually became LVL29. The item levels of my gear were also scaled to 34 or 35.
Now I am stuck with the following problem: because items change upon entering PVP, I don't know how to compare them anymore. For Items that I already have I could just try them all, but I just have no idea what to hunt for now.
So, my question is:
Given an item, how can I determine in advance how good it will be for PVP?

I have already looked for a guide or database, but didn't find one that took this mechanism into account. I have also not found any formula to use.


texts: Can I rob my own stores for challenge completion?

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In the Saintsbook, there's a list of challenges to complete throughout the game. Pierce wants me to rob 15 stores for one of them. However, I'm wondering if this is a challenge I need to complete earlier in the game rather than later, before I have purchased most, if not all, stores in the game.

To that end, I'm wondering if I can rob my own stores after I've bought them and have them count for the challenge, or if I have to rob the stores before I buy them?


texts: How do you reset your spawnpoint back to your bed after doing a stupid thing

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I did a stupid thing and accidentally set my spawn place to where I was lost.  I don't want to lose all my stuff but I went travelling with my boat and now I'm just really confused.  The java help pages and all that are completely impenetrable to me, how do I find my bed and then go back to get my stuff and then go back to my bed again.  (Please explain as if I'm a complete novice to computers.)

Also, where do you put coordinates in to go there and how.


texts: What is a simple way to uninstall Minecraft?

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I'm getting The Sims 4 on my computer, which takes up space. i've thought about it, and I think uninstalling Minecraft would free up space.

What is a simple and easy way to do this?


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The standard blocky, scrolling shadows are unattractive and distracting. Several resources advocate INI changes, but with little or no explanation for what they do, and I haven't seen any change anyway. I'm hesitant to try cranking up the quality, as well, because I'm playing on a laptop.

Or, if not possible to make them look pretty, is it possible to disable them entirely?


texts: Data migration from Xbox 60GB Premium to Xbox 250GB Slim

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Does the data migration kit stop the annoyance of having to redownload all my arcade games and map packs?

I've transferred stuff by USB but I have to be online to use it.


texts: Is there any reason not to bring about eternal darkness?

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I am a god and I can control the sun and the moon. During the day everything is nice and pretty, but during the night I can find buried treasure thanks to the shining rays of light showing me their location. Because of this I tend to keep the land in perpetual night, except when it needs to be daytime for a quest.

Am I missing anything by doing this? Is there anything that is only available during the day, like the light shafts are only visible at night? Animals, people, enemies, collectibles - everything seems to be available at night as well.


texts: Is the end of New Super Mario Bros Wii really the end?

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I finally did it, I just got all the star coins in World 9 of New Super Mario Brothers for the Nintendo Wii! (Wow was level 9-7 hard!!!)

The game said something like "Congratulations, you've done everything there is to do!"... But knowing Nintendo, I am skeptical. Without spoiling it, is there anything left for me to do, or have I really maxed out the game? (If there is some hidden thing to do, a hint would be much more appreciated than a direct explanation of what the hidden thing is)

FYI, My save game icon does have 5 stars on it.


texts: Change in Arc Position as Trainer Gains Levels

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I trained a Pidgeot to nearly full completion of its arc (~90%) and then stopped training for a while due to a lack of stardust and the game saying my trainer level wasn't high enough. While collecting more dust, I gained at least four levels (the minimum four were due to a powerleveling push with a lucky egg). I then when to check on my Pidgeot again to see if I could power it up further, and its position on the arc now lines up around three-quarters (75%) of arc completion. The stardust/candies cost for the next power-up hasn't changed.

I know this is an odd question, but has anyone noticed the CP range that the arc is supposed to indicate a pokemon can train through move or change due to gains in trainer level?

I know that gaining trainer levels allows a person to catch stronger pokemon (or pokemon with more potential strength), but does gaining trainer levels also allow previously caught pokemon to be trained to higher levels?

I wish I had pictures to back up this question, but I didn't think this was possible until I noticed this discrepancy. I'm now starting a test for this by taking pictures of pokemon to record any changes while not being trained as I gain levels, but I feel a little crazy for thinking this could be a thing.


texts: Does Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 contain any spoilers for Dragon Ball Super?

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I've waited to buy Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 because I didn't know if it contained any spoilers for the new Dragon Ball Super show.

Are there any Dragon Ball Super spoilers in Xenoverse 2?


texts: How to speed up the XP earning in Mechanic Simulator 2015?

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I just started and repaired about 8 cars, but I not even reach 1000 XP, while I have already requests for works that need at least 3000 XP.

At a first impression it seems that XP is growing very slow. Is there a way to speed up the XP earning in Mechanic Simulator 2015?


texts: Is there any way to overcome the glitch in Mass Effect 3 that results in Eve dying with Maelon's data available and prior missions complete?

texts: I've played through the game three times now on Xbox 360 with imported characters, and can't seem to save Eve, no matter what I do. I've saved Maelon's data, had all possible missions complete before doing "Priority: Tuchanka," chosen all paragon in favour of the Krogan, and tried both to talk to Eve on Normandy and to not talk to her (the second was a suggestion found online.) I've read in a few places that it's a glitch. Is there any way to resolve the glitch so I can finish the game without being P.O.'d that my choices weren't a factor in this particular outcome of the game? It's getting exceedingly annoying.


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I haven't played Minecraft for a while now, and I've forgotten an awful lot about commands blocks, redstone, and scoreboards as such. So I have two questions:

If a new player joins the game, how can I set them into a team, and then give them 1 xp?
If a player is in a team, and has 1 xp, how would I teleport them to a specific location?


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I have been hit by dart traps hundreds of times since 1.3, not to mention
boulder and bomb traps.

They were naturally generated, and on separate worlds and characters.

I have had no problem getting the other achievements (I haven't encountered any bugs), and yet I cannot seem to get this achievement (Watch Your Step).

How can I get the 'Watch your Step' achievement?

EDIT:
Okay, so funny story, the day after I posted this, I died to a plunger trap, and got the achivement! Go figure...


texts: How do I send Twitch.tv chat messages in Minecraft?

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A recent update allows Minecraft to natively stream to twitch.tv and the chat also shows up in game... however I can't figure out how-to respond in a way that the twitch.tv users can see.

How do I send Twitch.tv chat messages using the in-game Minecraft chat menu?


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In DOTA 2, I find it important to be in my lane to get as much XP as I can in the begining of the game. But it happens, that I get ganked early on now and then. Often due to no warning from the other lanes.

Should I use a Town Portal scroll to get back into my lane, or would the gold spend in this scroll just be a waste - or should I simply walk back into the lane and spare the gold?

My thoughts on this, is wether its useless to Town Portal back due to such litle XP loss - or wether its highly important to get back into the lane asap.


texts: Does Warlords of Draenor contain all previous Expansions?

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I own the starter edition, have played it to level 20, and now I want the full content. I want the entire game. I plan on going to the store and buying WoD and a time card. Is that all I need, yes or no?

If your answer is no, explain what I need for the entire game.

I know of the deals online and the battle chest, but I couldn't care less about it, so you don't even need to talk about it.


texts: How do I keep Ender men out of my end shop

texts: I play on a small Minecraft server where I’m working on a shop in the end however the shop is a big glass dome with a high ceiling and I would like to keep the endermen out of the shop. How can I keep endermen from teleporting in? (Btw I know I can use a floor made of transparent blocks but that is my plan B in case there is no other way and a short ceiling isn’t an option)


texts: Choose which lands goes to mana pool in Duels of the Plainwalker 2015 Arcade

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So the question is simple. I really don't know how to select which land I want tapped when paying to cast a spell or ability, I'm playing in Magic The Gathering Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015 arcade for Xbox 360.

P.D: I know some people have question this before, but as far as I check none of the question where regarding 2015 edition.


texts: How to start the "Icecrown-Citadel" raid with level 80?

texts: How do i start the "Icecrown-Citadel" raid with level 80? I read in some forums that it is possible to do the raid with level 80 despite the "Raid-finder" is unlocked with level 85. I'm relatively new to the game and would appreciate a good explanation. So...  Do i have to find other players and build an own group? orIs there another possibility?


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I'm trying to log into EVE Online but whenever I start the launcher it is stating that I'm currently offline and that no connection could be made to the server;

I can see from looking at EVE Mon that Tranquillity is online and I'm obviously connected to the internet.

What can I do to resolve this problem?

How can I play EVE Online when I can't get past the launcher?


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I noticed that there are two rooms in the game with a king's throne. One of them is nice and shiny and the other one is old. Easy of them has a code in front of the seat that you can see only when you use the 3D view (game+).

First room location on the map:

Second room location on the map:

Any ideas where to use these codes? I tried using them in the rooms I found them in (also vice versa), but nothing happened.

(system won't let me to post more than two links, I will add more images once I can post them).


texts: What's the maximum health amount I can have by using Hearts to upgrade my max health?


texts: How do you get past the four levers and gate in Harmugstahl?

texts: I tried to do one lever at a time but that didn't work. Then I tried many different patterns and nothing is working. It is one of the Trouble in Skyrim quests.


texts: How to install two different versions of Minecraft Forge?

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My child has a Minecraft installation and wants to play two mods:

Lucky Blocks
Orespawn

Currently, there is a profile,

which runs under Minecraft version 1.8 and
uses Forge 11.14.3.1450.

I installed Lucky Blocks and it worked.

But Orespawn requires Minecraft 1.7.10 and Forge 10.13.2.1230.

How can I install a second Forge for Orespawn, without compromising the already installed Forge for Lucky Blocks?


texts: Is it a good idea to have lots of small stockpiles?

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Considering only efficiency, is it better to have a lot of small stockpiles near the places where labourers work, or one or few larger ones near the town centre?

At first it would seem that having many stockpiles causes the workers who need resources to travel further to get it while barely lowering the labourers' walking distances at all.


texts: Send something to your alt character in Guild Wars 2

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What's the easiest way to transfer an item from my main character to an alt?

Coming from World of Warcraft I expected to be able to mail it to my other character, but this doesn't seem to be an option, giving me "Unable to find recipient".


texts: I'm playing Minecraft and I'm not sure how to save my items/stuff when I die. I always lose my house and I found out I have to commit suicide to go back to my home. But then I can't find my items. This is always a problem for me! Please tell me the command for saving my items and for my house. My compass always points to the place where I spawn I don't understand I sleep at my house and I don't spawn there, is my compass broken?


texts: Is there any difference if I grab or destroy the mask?

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One of the things to collect are mask of a serial killer. You can grab or destroy them. Does it make any difference to the reward?

EDIT:

Now that I've found 3 mask, I have the impression it is just that some mask can't be destroyed (can't fire underwater for example) and so must be grabbed, and other must be destroyed because they are too far away to be grabbed, if anyone can confirm.


texts: NoAi Chicken won't activate pressure plate

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I need help creating a device that sends "NoAI:1b" chickens over pressure plates to make music. Unfortunately, either the chickens are not technically touching the ground or some how the lack of AI really messes things up (or something else).
The chickens are teleported along a track that sends them over the pressure plate shown here:

And here are the codes to teleport the chicken forward, back to the beginning of the track, and to summon them. Respectively.
execute as @e[type=chicken,distance=..33.5] at @e[type=chicken,distance=..33.5] run tp @s[distance=..0.5,type=chicken] ~ ~ ~.25
execute as @e[type=chicken,name=nC] at @e[type=chicken,name=nC] if block ~ ~-2 ~ minecraft:repeating_command_block run tp @s[distance=..0.5,type=chicken] ~ ~ ~-31
summon minecraft:chicken 654 65 316 {CustomName:"\"mC\"",CustomNameVisible:1,Health:100,Attributes:[{Name:"generic.maxHealth",Base:100},{Name:"generic.knockbackResistance",Base:1f}],Silent:1,NoAI:1,OnGround:1b}
Any suggestions, tips, or recommendations on the script would be helpful. And I will be willing to answer questions about the design.


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Can anybody please assist me in furthering my attempts to get my Xbox controller properly synced with my Mac Pro? I'm using Snow Leopard and I have downloaded the driver software from tattiebogle.com.

The install went fine, it appeared to sync okay, but when it came to actual gameplay, the controller would not interact with the game and keyboard control still remained.

I've saved, then run a particular script in Terminal, but it could not find the file or directory. That's why I'm trying different avenues of Q & A.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Cannot get last remaining Dynasty member

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I'm stuck on finding the last dynasty member (currently have 6) and I need the final one for the final trophy to get the Platinum trophy.

I've found some forum posts mentioning that you can get a dynasty member in the start of the Colonial era and the Modern era (in Sandbox mode), after sending a dynasty member to Harvard university that gives you an option to take on a heir after a 'reckless night' done by the dynasty member.  I got one from the Colonial era, but did not get one from the Modern era.

I got a total of 6 in the campaign, but one was killed when I sent it off to negotiate with the rebels, so I was left with 5 when I finished the campaign.  Maybe this is why I'm stuck with 6?

I've also tried starting a new campaign with my dynasty members, but did not get the option to take on a heir after sending one of my dynasty members to Harvard.

Is there anything I can do?


texts: How to record long fight in Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

texts: So I'm really addicted now to Super Smash Bros. Brawl and I want to know how to record my long battles. Now, Super Smash Bros. Brawl gives you the option to record your fights if their under like one or two minutes, but is it possible to record my longer fights? I'm assuming that I'll probably have to put in a SD card but I don't know if it's possible at all. Could someone tell me how to do this?


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Registered on steampowered.com.
Downloaded the steam app, when starting it, just an empty app shows up :

When trying to run the /Applications/Steam.app/Contents/MacOS/steam_osx manually here's the output :

[2016-12-26 14:55:08] Verifying installation...
[2016-12-26 14:55:08] Verification complete
CHIDDeviceListSDL(): Couldn't load libSDL2-2.0.0.dylib, not enumerating devices
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomeintro.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomeintro.res', no such file
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccount.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccount.res', no such file
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountaccountname.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountaccountname.res', no such file
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountemail.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountemail.res', no such file
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountnamecollision.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountnamecollision.res', no such file
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatingaccount.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatingaccount.res', no such file
[2016-12-26 14:55:09] Background update loop checking for update. . .
[2016-12-26 14:55:09] Checking for available updates...
Errors in public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountprintdetails.res:
error loading file 'public/subpanelwelcomecreatenewaccountprintdetails.res', no such file

OS X El Capitan 10.11.6


texts: Is waiting for Baron Nashor's buff on enemies to dissipate still viable?

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When the buff still applies to the champions, it is okay to pass some time and face enemies without the additional stats.

But now, since the buff affects the minions, is it still advisable to wait for the buff to disappear if :

the enemy has the buff.
the scores are even.
both teams still have 3rd tower on all lanes.
considering that they're most likely to go all in 1 lane.

I mean should we defend and wait for the end of the buff or make some isolated kills to remove their buff?


texts: So a wolf attacked and I have a few dead people lying around. While I do have a cleric, I don't have a graveyard so they aren't getting buried. I don't really feel like spending resources on a graveyard at the moment, but what happens if I just leave rotting corpses lying around?


texts: How can I fix Error 8002F2F0 after formatting my PS3?

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I have a Sony PS3 Slim, CECH-2004A, and after formatting the hard drive I got the error 8002F2F0. I can enter on Safe Mode and re-format (Restore PS system, Restore File System, Etc ) the hard drive but after the restart I have the same error. Even with other Hard Drivers the same issue and even without hard drive the same error appears, 8002F2F0. I'm not sure about for the current firmware version but I as I remember is 4.81.
Even prior to the format it wasn't possible to update the system. Now, when I try in safe mode, I have the same error 8002F2F0.
Has anyone had the same issue before and knows how can be solved?


texts: What are the most beneficial ways to use experience boosters?

texts: I've recently purchased a digital copy of Guild Wars 2 that came with 10 experience boosters. Those grant 50% bonus experience for one hour straight. How to make good use of this bonus and maximise the amount of experience earned ? (i.e. Are there any quests that I should use those on ?)


texts: Is it possible to regain a "one time" spirit?

texts: Let's say you get a spirit from completing one of the challenges and you end up dismissing the spirit. Didn't happen to me, but I was just wondering, would the spirit be forever lost? Or does unlocking the spirit just add it to the regular rotation of spirits on the spirit board and shops?


texts: Why does armor rating decrease when I enchant an item?

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Why does the armor rating of my Dwarf Armor decrease when I enchant it?

It didn't happen when I enchanted the sword but strangely this happens when enchanting the dwarf armor and helm and probably for the gloves and boots aswell.


texts: Can I connect a normal RCA cable to my XBOX 360 E to get video?

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I want to connect my XBOX 360E to my TV that only has RCA(A/V) inputs and TV signal inputs. I lost my XBOX RCA cable. And I cannot buy a new XBOX one.
I bought a standard one but it did not work. I don't know if the cable is faulty or its just not compatible.
If it isn't compatible. Maybe I can make it compatible? How?
Update
If I insert the 3.5mm jack only partially into my XBOX I am able to get video. But the audio doesn't work. But I can get audio if I insert my headphone jack into it.
So might just be that its not compatible. Maybe if I changed the soldering in some way it might just work.
Where can I find the pinouts for the 3.5mm jack?


texts: From what I can tell, the CPU karts in Super Mario Kart basically aren't bound by the same laws of physics as the player's kart. They seem to turn without drifting without slowing down, blast me off the road even though I'm pretty sure I'm heavier than they are, and drive right through a road completely blocked by Thwomps. I'm aware that they cheat to make things challenging (which I'm fine with if it's not blatent, which it is), but this kind of stuff seems too cheap to be true, and given that I see myself driving through pipes sometimes I'm not sure what's up. Are the CPUs' physics really that different from the players'?


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I've had multiple times that shift tab isn't working.
This time, the game had to load for a long time, so after five minutes of staring at a spriggan, I decided to use shift-tab to spend my time looking at the steam thing.
I never had been able to actually click anything, but this time my cursor didn't appear at all. I started randomly clicking and moving my mouse and the spriggan in the background moved happily along. My cursor was still in the loading screen, but I was at the steam thing. After trying googling and trying everything I knew, I turned it off.
Not gonna do that again, but why can't I use the steam community?


texts: How can I remember Starcraft 2 counters?

texts: The military units in SC2 almost all have counters (i.e. Thor counters Siege Tank). There are a lot of military units, so it makes it hard to remember all the counters. Is there an easy way to remember what counters what?


texts: What does "If you play with them frequently, something good may happen" mean?

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What does the game mean exactly with this sentence from the World of Goo corporation description?
Full description, for reference:

World of Goo Corporation
Goo balls you collect in each level get sent here. If you play with them frequently, something good may happen


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Clicking on my Player Avatar I can see various stats about my trainer, including one that says 'No Team', which appears greyed out. Clicking on it does nothing:

I also can't seem to add them to a team from the 'Pokemon' screen either (although I can favourite them).

How do I add Pokemon to my team?


texts: Where can I find better armor / weapons in Skyrim?

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I'm level 14 and currently wearing:

Amulet of Talos (Looted of the guy that got executed in the Solitutude)
Elven Bow/Warhammer (Stolen from display cases)
Imperial Boots
Imperial Officer's Helm
Silver Amethyst Ring
Steel Armor
Steel Nordic Gauntlets

Now, I can't seem to be finding apparel that has more armor or weapons that have more damage.

I feel like I have been stuck on the same equipment for some days, how do I progress?


texts: I have connected all my settlement up and all lights are working fine however, when I set up my light boxes on a 1 seconds on 1 seconds off or so on, my light circulation do the same even when they are not connected. How do I keep my lights on, but put my light boxes on a timer with out it affecting the rest. ?


texts: Cannot receive my item in-game, because Steam client won't connect

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My 30 day Steam restriction until I am able to purchase items from the Steam community market is ending today.

On Google Chrome, on the Steam website, it says I am able to purchase, so I bought a TF2 item, but the Steam client won't connect so I cannot receive my item. The Steam client claims I have no friends list (I have 3 friends), I have no fund currency (I have $13.91) and I have not bought any game (I have bought 1 game).

I can see the item I have bought in my profile inventory, but because Steam client won't connect, I cannot receive my item in-game.

How do I fix this?


texts: Is it possible to remap LMB (shield) to Shift in Dark Souls 2 on PC?

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I find the game to be completely unplayable with the new keybindings - disappointing does not even begin to cover it (double left click and double right click, SERIOUSLY?)

I want the old DS shift to block setup. Frustratingly, in-game options give you a predefined list of absolutely pointless key combos for these things, but not any key you want.

Am I missing something simple here?


texts: What do the item colors in Torchlight II mean?

texts: I started to play Torchlight II few days ago, and I don't usually play this type of games, so I don't know how good are the "colored" items. I know that the white/green are the "basics" but not the other colors, so can someone tell me from the worst to the best (white, green...) colors?


texts: What's the best way to make money in Tiny Tower?

texts: Do you guys know the best way to get money and make everyone happy in Tiny Tower? It's very addicting and i need some help to get money fast and build more floors.


texts: Ive seen people who do Let's Plays of this game on YouTube do this cool shovel spinning thing in their digging action. Ive tried pressing different buttons to try to do this, but nothing works. How do I do it?


texts: When players leave in a public game, will new ones ever join?

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When playing in a public game, sometimes players leave and I never see anyone new join. Even when a new major quest starts new players won't appear.

Do public games have a high entropy rate in the sense that, once a player leaves no new ones will join?


texts:
In final fight, you can grap enemies by moving toward them.
The result varies.
Sometimes, Andore, Eddie, Rolento, and Abigail just slam me.
So under what condition I grab them and under what condition they grab me?


texts: In my Minecraft folder, I went into my Minecraft mob sounds folder named "enderdragon". I just assumed that that is where all the enderdragon sound effects are kept, and I was partially right. I found a file called "end.ogg". I clicked, it, and it played an eight second song about a person being a milkman. Is that some sort of easter egg in Minecraft? Oh and, I am using 1.8


texts: Which quests should I take starting Morrowind?

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I'd like to know which quests could I take in order to level up my character before starting the Main Quest. Since in this game most enemies are not leveled as in Elder Scrolls Oblivion, I got killed a lot of times when starting a new game because:

I was fighthing people or monsters stronger than me.
My skills levels were low, so I missed most of my attacks and spells.
Humanoid enemies had better armor and weapons

I have a fighter-oriented character now, I tried a roguish-oriented character with the quests of the Morag Tong and also a mage character with the Mages Guil quests but I couldn't advance properly.

Which side-quests are available early in the game which would contribute to a characters leveling progress?


texts: Is enzyme 42 dropped by the sea emperor leviathan juveniles?

texts: Am I right, that the sea emperor leviathan juveniles drop the enzyme 42 occasionally? I chased one of the juveniles for 4 in-game days and it didn't drop a single item. How often do they drop the enzyme? Does it fall down to the ground immediately or is it floating in the water?


texts: What's the max level for the Chibi Robo amiibo?

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Since every level seems to add new Chibi figures to get, it seems pointless to use the capsule machine until I have all of them unlocked.

My amiibo is currently gold at level 5 (after beating the game then and about half of the levels twice on top of that) and still leveling up, is 6 the max or are there even more levels?


texts: How do I extract Source Engine .vpk files?

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I'd like to use some Source Engine models and sounds, so I looked up how to extract them. Most methods say to use GCFScape, which I can use to browse and extract .gcf files. However, since the SteamPipe update, the .gcf files have been replaced with .vpk files.

Is there a way to extract the .vpk files?


texts: How can I start voting for a map in Counter-Strike: Source?


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I was carrying around a tripe ration in an effort to keep my dog close, when I found a nice housecat that was in need of a good home.

So I fed it my tripe ration, and a very happy heart appeared over its head.  I named him Katt, and he purred and snuggled against me because he was so happy to have a real home.

Then a few turns later, my dog attacked and ate him.  I don't know if it was sibling rivalry or not, but he just got angry at the cat and went to town.

Do pets not like each other, or was it something else?  Up until that point my dog had a nice and sunny disposition.

Aside from the bolded edit above, here are some more clarifications:

The dog had just killed and eaten a black naga hatchling
The cat was alive at the time, the dog simply started biting him.
I'm pretty low level still, I'm not wearing any jewelry of any kind.
The dog has eaten pretty well...I've been letting it take care of all lichens, jackals, etc so far.
Also no traps within the immediate area either.


texts: What can I do with broken (burnt) rooms?

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If you leave a machine without maintenance or endure heavy earthquakes, it's likely going to explode at some point, leaving you with a burnt room that you can't sell or rebuild.

Is there something to do with it, some way to pay to repair/rebuild it?


texts: What's the deal with Daniel's city level in SimCity Buildit?

texts: I have been playing SimCity Buildit for a long time, and I realized that the level of Daniel's city rises when I level up. Same for the population. For example, when I was in level 16, Daniel's city level is 25. But when I'm in level 20, Daniel's city level is 30. Is there a pattern for Daniel's city's level and population to rise every time I level up?


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Possible Duplicate:
  What are the characteristics that a champion should have to jungle?

I have been wanting to try jungling with some unconventional champions. My question is: What qualifies a champion as a good jungler?

I assume stuff like a Gap Closer, Stun, Speed boost, etc. I would like a good idea of things to look for when doing my tests with characters that are not widely played without gimping myself too much.


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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I find my follower if and when they leave me?

In Skyrim, I got Lydia and then I did the quest to become a companion.  Farkas replaced Lydia, and then when I was done with the quest, Farkas stopped being my follower, but Lydia never came back.  What happened?


texts: How does the mining beam's beam intensifier upgrade work in No Man's Sky?

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By "mining beam intensifier", I mean the upgrade that allows for faster terrain destruction. I believe this means the ability to faster mine massive nuggets of gold, Emeril, iridium, etc...

I can't make the upgrade myself, and don't wish to get a new tool to check the operation cuz mine's pretty good.

So what is "faster"? Shorter times between each disintegration? Greater volumes of rock disintegrated per second? Both?


texts: In Kingdom Hearts, what counts as "Items Used"?

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When I finish Kingdom Hearts (PS2 Greatest Hits release) on Expert mode, after the credits and epilogue cutscenes, there's a screen that shows various statistics, such as Heartless Defeated, number of times Sora took damage, etc.  One of these is "Items Used".

But what exactly counts toward this "Items Used" statistic?  Does it include:

Sora uses a consumable (Potion, Ether, up to Megalixir) from inventory, in or out of combat?
An ally uses a consumable in combat?
A consumable (which could be in inventory) is used directly from stock out of combat?
The party uses a stock-only HP/MP restoration object (Tent, Cottage, etc.)?
Sora uses a stat booster (Power Up, Defense Up, AP Up)?
An ally uses a stat booster?
Sora gives an item to a flower in Wonderland's forest?
An item is consumed by the "recipe" or "experiment" in Deep Jungle's Camp area?
Anything involving unique plot-related or puzzle-related items?


texts: What is the significance of the Tanaan-wide yell by the Bleeding Hollow Herald?

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Sometimes when I am adventuring in Tanaan Jungle (in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor expansion patch 6.2) I see a zone-wide yell:

  Bleeding Hollow Herald yells: The Blood Moon rises and strengthens our
  chieftain!  Rejoice Bleeding Hollow, soon he will be unstoppable!

What is the significance of this?


texts: Are Guild Wars 2 Gem keys region locked?

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I saw an offer online for a Gem key that you can activate with a code.

Now, it does say 'Region:EU' but I wanted to be sure and ask if I can or can not activate it even though I play on an NA server?

I 'assume' the answer is no, but hey, you never know, maybe someone tried before and it worked or just generally knows more about it.


texts: What does it mean to "promote a multiplayer character"?

texts: One of the ways to acquire the "Battle Scarred" achievement is to "Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War". What does this mean?


texts: How do I unlock a gold chest on a floating island?

texts: My floating island has a locked gold chest, and I've updated to version 1.2. How do I unlock it?


texts: I have a PC dual booted with Linux and Windows and Minecraft is installed on both. Now sometimes I play Minecraft in Linux and sometimes in Windows. I want to know if I could change the location where worlds are saved to a hard drive that is shared by both operating systems, so that I can use the same world on both operating systems.


texts: After accidentally killing 2 of my 3 horses from drowning I began to brighten up. Why are they drowning? Usually mobs will jump up in the water and that helps protect them. Do horses drown because they are weighed down by the saddle?


texts:
In The Witcher 3 you meet an influential spy called Sigi Reuven.
Having not played previous games at all, and noticing their mutual hatred for one another, what exactly has Geralt done to Dijkstra in the past for them to hate each other's company?


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So I found a village near where I originally spawned and I expanded on it.  I thought I could keep it safe by building a 3-4 block high wall around the village, unfortunately this didn't help (now all my villagers are dead!).  I still find mobs inside the city walls and inside of the university I built.  The university has a basement, and although I usually keep the door to it closed I'll still find the occasional spider, zombie, skeleton warrior or even creepers.

So my question is how do mobs spawn?  Does the presence or absence of light make any difference?  Are other factors involved?


texts: What does the eyeball button in the options tab do?

texts: When you open the settings in Jetpack Joyride on an Android device, you see an eyeball icon next to the Facebook icon. What does it do? Also, is it possible to restore your progress once you've reset your device?


texts: If you mute a player, can he still read you in the chat?

texts: After you've muted a player, can he still read you in the chat (and all-chat) ?


texts: "Mastering / crushing / playing" Steam game info for Borderlands 2

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If you try viewing game info of a person playing Borderlands 2, it will show you "Mastering 1-52", "Crushing 1-9" or "Playing 1-11" and also "Dominating".

The first number means the playthrough number, and the second is the current quest number. But what do the words Mastering, Crushing and others mean?


texts: What are the names of the Portal 2 co-op robots?

texts: Does anyone know the names of the Portal 2 coop robots or even if they have names?


texts: Good way to obtain all the 'Cooperative' achievements (Patch 1.4.1)

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I'm looking for a guide to obtain all the cooperative achievements in SC2.
The whole process is extremely time-consuming and it would be nice to do that in an optimized and quick way. There are many achievements making it very troublesome, for example:

Win 250 Cooperative games against Insane A.I. opponents.
Win 250 Cooperative games as Random against Medium A.I. opponents.
Win 15 2v2 Cooperative games in a row against Insane A.I. opponents.
Win 15 3v3 Cooperative games in a row against Insane A.I. opponents.

I have lots of questions about that task and I would really appreciate any advice you may have.

Knowing that 'Random against Medium' is required, is it good to play as Random against Insane as well? On the other hand, winning 15 games in a row may be difficult, so maybe it would be better to stick with Protoss and cannon rush? Are there any reliable strategies for Randoms for that particular achievements? Please share your experience!


texts: How does bonus experience on weapons work?

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I currently have a bunch of equipment that gives experience bonuses, but how do equipped weapons give experience? I have a sword that gives a +10 experience per kill, but do I have to use the weapon in the kill to gain the bonus?

Since I am using the Witch Doctor as my class and most of my kills are from a distance with magic, so I wasn't sure how that worked.


texts: Do PS Vita backups contain activation info?

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*By saying "backups" I mean the backup files created when using the "backup" option in the Content Manager.

I bought and downloaded some PS Mobile (PSM) games, and want to keep playing them. Now that the PSM platform is discontinued, further activations wouldn't be possible after Sep. 10. The real problem, however, is that I need to format the console to change accounts. I'm afraid that the activation info would be gone if I format the console and I would never be able to play the PSM games after Sep. 10.
Do the backups contain activation info, or more precisely, the PSM activation info?


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I need a flip flop that takes input from a single source. I need it to have three states (3-cycle) instead of the usual two. I want an output on every third input, but not on the other two.
It is easy to make a simple flipflop with two states, but I did not find any mentioning of more states.


texts: What are the consequences of "failing" a Guerrilla Ops mission by not killing all enemies?

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While undertaking a Guerrilla Ops mission in XCOM 2, I found myself in a hopeless situation where I was heavily injured and massively outnumbered by enemies, but I had already recovered the package that I was there for.

I placed an evac zone and got everybody out, leaving all of the mission objectives complete except for the one to kill all aliens.

The score screen said "Mission failed" and rated the mission "Poor"; but the Council man congratulated me on retrieving the package, and the relevant Dark Event was averted.

So what did I lose out on by "failing" this mission?


texts: Where is the 14th system in the Agrippina subsector?

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I am around round 67 and about to conquer Bellis Corona and investigate "Necron turncoat" in Reznor system in Chinchare. Yet, even after conquering Agrippina subsector (you can see that all the 13 dots are Imperial Navy Blue), the map keeps saying that I am missing one (conquered 13/14)

Where is the 14th system? I've unlocked and conquered Arilla Bay, previously occupied by Eldar Corsairs. Is it hidden and will be visible later or is it a bug?


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I haven't played Terraria in a while and it has changed a lot, so I want to start over again. What should I do to get some good equipment as quick as possible?
I don't need to have the epicest equipment available, but I'd like to be able to roam the world freely, mine where I want, and have some cash.

(I only have a little previous experience with the game. I mostly dug down, found a cave and explored it. Dug even deeper, which took quite a lot of time, found a big cave, died a lot, was too weak, died some more and then moved on to other games.)