texts: How can I eject a disc from the Xbox One remotely?

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So, on the Xbox 360 (and on pretty much every physical media player that has a remote control) I can remotely eject the disc from the console while I'm sitting on my sofa, and then by the time I step across to the console, it's already sticking out waiting for me.

There are multiple options to do this on the 360, either highlighting the default top-left tile and pressing Y, or pressing the "Open/Close" button on my Xbox Media Remote, or using Kinect I could say "Xbox Open Tray".

None of these methods seem to work on the Xbox One, I can't find any way to do it with the controller (I have tried selecting the disc tile in the bottom right and pressing the controller's menu button, but there's nothing relevant on there), there is no media remote, and nothing like that is listed in the new Kinect Voice Commands list.

Do I really have to stand up, walk across the room, and press the Eject button on the front of the console? Even my '80s VCR let me eject tapes from the sofa!

Edit: If you're interested in this, here are some requests on the Xbox User Voice site to vote on or keep an eye on:

Ability to eject the disc that is in tray using Kinect by saying "Xbox eject".
Disc eject using controller on Xbox One
Be able to eject the disc with the Y button
Eject button in smartglass


texts: Does the PSN+ free games require an internet connection to play on the Vita?

texts: I'm trying to decide if I want to give the PSN+ service a try since it offers a bunch of free games.  However, the only time I usually use my Vita is times where there is no network access (such as long plane rides).  Do I need to maintain a constant internet connection to be able to play the free PSN+ games?


texts: I was playing Dark Souls II on my pc a lot. After about 200 hours of ingame time I found that I cant summon or invade anybody. I tried new characters and reinstalling but it didn't help. So any tips, and reasons. P.S. I didn't used any cheats.


texts: I have seen town tours with golden roses. They are such beautiful flowers can you help me figure out how you get them so I can have them in my town?


texts: Xbox Skylanders upgrade deleted saved games

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We upgraded the characters  at the fairy in Skylanders for the xbox. When we logged back in, under the right profile, all saves were gone.

has this happened anyone else?


texts: Do you get full experience from kills to lower level monsters in Torchlight?

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Is the level difference between my character and the enemies in Torchlight important? Do I earn the same amount of experience independent of the level difference?

In Diablo 2 you can earn only a small percentage of the actual experience if the level difference is too high. Is this the same in Torchlight?

I'm currently level 58 and fighting level 68 enemies and I have the feeling that I only earn experience from champions but not from normal monsters.


texts: What is the highest amount of EXP I can get from any heists?

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Right now I have hit III-0 and would like to level up quickly. I hate doing small heists because they are tedious and don't net the best exp/time.

So what heist can net me the most exp? Including boosts, because I'm not sure how those work and how I can set myself up to get more exp.


texts: Can I unlock Crushing mode in Uncharted 2 after using a costume?

texts: I am playing a New Game on Hard, but I switched my costume once during my play-through.  Will this mess up my ability to unlock Crushing when I beat the game?


texts: At level 63, level 56 mobs are still green. When will they turn grey? I am also interested in the general formula for when mobs turn grey.


texts: Why am I only level 4 after leaving White Orchard?

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From what I can tell on some other posts on the topic, I should be higher level. (8+?)

I did everything possible in White Orchard. All side quests, everything on the one notice board (there was only one), discovered all locations, everything.

Yet I came out just barely above level 4, which is making Velen very difficult.

I am playing on Blood and Broken Bones if that matters.

I do have a handful of mods, but none of them should have any real gameplay effects, they're all mostly QoL and so-on. Here's the list:

Community Patch - Base (installed manually, the rest that follow were installed via Witcher III Mod Manager)
Community Patch - The Besserwisser and Nitpickers
Fast Stash Menu
Fix Red Wolf Armor
Friendly Meditation
Horse Camera Tweaks
Immersive Sound
Item Selection Grid Fix
Map Quest Objectives
Community Patch - Menu Strings
No Indignant NPCs
Community Patch - Shared Imports
Sort Everything
Thoughtful Roach
Unread Descriptions
Window Glass Distortion Fix

Nothing in here is an overhaul or really much of anything gameplay related. Just patches and minor tweaks. They were merged properly.

Apparently there is an effect where you get less XP for a quest if you complete it above the requirement, but that only kicks in 5-6 levels above the requirement. So there's no way that could have had an effect. Side note, there's a mod to fix that here that works with the latest version.


texts: How do I get all the bananas on level 21 without blind luck?

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How do I get all of the bananas on level 21 of the Jungle world in Blast Monkeys without just firing the monkey until I get lucky?

I've been trying for a while and the best I've been able to get has been 2 out of the 3 bananas, and that was just down to luck.


texts: How to workaround the Automaton unable to install the radar beacon bug?

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I am stuck on the Automaton quest line "A new threat" as I cannot install the radar beacon on Ada. There seems to be a bug if you build the robotic workbench directly after meeting Ada. I can only upgrade her legs.

As I am on PC, I tried looking for a workaround using console commands.

I found possible approach to reset the questline via:

GetStage  01000801
completeallobjectives 01000801
CompleteQuest 01000801

and to start the Headhunter questline via:

ShowQuestStages  01002833
SetStage 01002833 150

Yet it seeems that the quest ids do not work for me as the GetStage command only yields in Item '01000801' not found for parameter quest.

How to proceed the quest line using the console? I know that I can resort to a save, yet I rather not lose my current progress I made in between the Automaton quests.


texts: How can I map the camera in League of Legends to a touchpad on the Steam Controller?

texts: If you add League of Legends to Steam as a third-party shortcut, you can launch the game from big picture mode and configure the Steam Controller as usual. I'd like to move the camera smoothly with the left touchpad. I've tried assigning the arrow keys to it, but that doesn't allow for smooth scrolling and doesn't work in all 360 degrees. Does anyone know how to accomplish this?


texts: How to keep HRE at bay as a pagan (Old Gods)?

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In Crusader kings I am playing as Pomerania and as a matter of making my game more interesting I decided at the start to not convert to Catholicism and stay as a Slavic pagan until the end of the game. I have managed to cut Great Moravia down to size. However in 10th century HRE formed out of East Francia and controls far more than its historic region - they control Italy, South France (Occitania), Germany and Lotharingia. So their manpower is about 150k, mine currently sits around 45k-55k. None of the larger neighbours of mine are of Slavic religion (Suomenusko to the east, the rest Catholic), so no feasible alliance marriages outside the realm. I control almost exactly the area of the in-game dejure Wendish Empire (although I have not formed it). Also, I have reformed the Slavic faith.

In this context, HRE declared a holy war on me for one of the duchies in the west. With the difference in manpower and their humongous stacks, I stand little chance of victory in the conflict. Short of accepting the conversion to the Catholic faith (which ends the holy war), what are my short and long term options at keeping the HRE at bay?


texts: Are DLC fighters such as Piranha Plant included in World of Light?

texts: Title basically says it all. Are DLC fighters such as Piranha plant (and to be released ones like Joker) included/going to be included in World of Light? Are they on the map? Do you just have them unlocked automatically? What is the situation exactly?


texts: Ds4 controller, problems connecting to pc

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Ok, so i have tried literally everything that other forums, other posts, and literally what my witch doctor have told me, so i have taken the messure of going to the gods of the internet myself and try to see if someone can solve my problem.
So i have a DS4 playstation controller (2 in fact, and the same problem consists with them both). When i use them for my playstation, there is not a single thing wrong with them, neither with bluetooth or with USB-wired. But as soon as i want to connect them to my pc, my controller couldn't connect properly. it was just flashing orange, showing it was charging, but no connection.
For a long time, actually many years, i used DS4Windows as my ds4 controller tool, but all of the sudden, it didn't want to get connection. So i tried installing some other software called SCPToolkit. It worked for the most parts, but for some reason it would start vibrating uncontrollable, even with vibration turned off.
I then took to the internet to uncover this uncertain problem of mine, and i found people talking about the HID driver, talking about the unit under Devices and Printers, i saw people talking about blinking blue lights, which all lead to my problems.
I have tried reinstalling drivers, i have tried reinstalling the toolkits, i have tried disabling the driver, and enabling it again, since people said it for some reason was turned off for them, and that fixed everything, but it was never deactivated for me.
Then all of the sudden, my controller under Devices and Printers had gone from a controller device, to a sound device. Now consider me puzzled and i took to the net again, yet the fixes people suggested, which might as well have led to the salvation of the entire world, according to people, did not fix mine. i took to the messure to just delete the whole device itself, and reinstalling it, upon which it again, became a controller device.
Yet upon this, it did not fix my problems at all. Next i did, i tried pressing the reset button on the back of the controller, which now have lead it to just constant blinking its blue delighted light, upon which i have read, "just press the reset button, and that should fix it" which i now have done like 3 times, and was what made me be stuck in this position as i am.
I have read almost every single forum post on every forum talking about this problem with USB-connected controller to pc, but none of the solutions would seem to grant me my wish.
All i want is to play some of my games with my controller, but it seems that the entire world is neglecting this wish.
And now, benevolent gods of the internet, i beg of thee, please soothe this problem of mine with a solution to my problems.


texts: Why is my mob farm nor producing any mobs?

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I play 1.14.4 java edition with my friends in an Aternos server. I built a mob farm at y=105 with an afk spot at y=158. Its a standard single platform farm with a 30 meter drop. the platform is comletely dark.

The caves underneath the farm is completely lighted.

Even when I am the only one online in the server the farm doesn't work and moreover the number of hostile mobs in the over-world seems almost zero.


texts: I get 2-star cards by combining 2 1-star cards. Do I get more-star cards by waiting before fusing, or will fusing only happen between two cards of the same star-rank and increase the star-rank by 1?


texts: I know once you have purchased a home you can leave items in the chests inside for easy storage.  My question is regarding the surrounding tables and shelves - if I remember correctly from Oblivion you could leave items on the tables and shelves and they would remain. I'm planning on trying this with a not "super needed" item and seeing if it disappears but I just wanted to ask the community if they have tried this and what the results were.


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I'm looking to persist data from a script.

What are the pros and cons of both for persisting data?
Is there any difference at all?

From the docs it says that:

  The Storage variable is unique in that that it store data as string between saved seasons and recompile.

That seems the same to me for storage purposes. Am I right in saying that CustomName is tied to any block and is visible to other blocks while Storage is private to its programmable block?


texts: How can I effectively kill giants in melee combat?

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I read some good hints in this question, but I am a warrior. I don't want to run around the giant throwing him dozens of arrows, I want to fight him face to face, mace to mace.

I am level 25 now, specialized in 1-hand combat, shield and heavy armor. Is it possible to challenge a giant in melee combat and win? What equipment should I use that can help me against giants, or better yet, what skills can help me out here?


texts: Stuck in level 29 in samurai vs zombies defense 2

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I have been stuck at level 29, and I know I should be farming farmers, but I can't win. I have 1000 points, and I have already spent all of my coins, upgrading kunoichi to the maximum level.

How can I beat level 29?


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In Mario Kart 8, the player can pick up coins. Having never played the game (only watched You-tubers play it), I don't see the importance of these. But, the people I watch seem to make a big deal about getting as many as they can, up to a max of 10.

What is the point of collecting these coins?


texts: Crashing while Investigating Ivy's Plant

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In Batman: Arkham Knight, after...

   the fight with the Cloudburst Tank, when you go to Ivy and open her plant,

the game crashes. It freezes for 15 seconds and then a weird error message comes up. What should I do?


texts: Is the "default" story in Mass Effect 3 a direct continuation of the "default" from Mass Effect 2?

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If I start a new game in Mass Effect 3, without importing a save file, will the default story continue on with the same decisions that the default story of Mass Effect 2 had.

Obviously here I'm talking about the decisions that Mass Effect 2 made about Mass Effect 1 if you didn't continue on the save.

Things like whether Wrex is alive, or who died on Virmire, or whether or not the Rachni survived.

In Mass Effect 2 Wrex was dead, the opposite gender from yourself survived Virmire (Ashley for male Shep, Kaiden for female Shep) and (as far as I can tell) the Rachni were killed.

Obviously if I continue over a "default" Mass Effect 2 playthrough, then those decisions will also continue on (in addition to all of the Mass Effect 2 decisions I made) but if I start a new "default" Mass Effect 3 game, then will all those Mass Effect 1 decisions still be the same? Or will Wrex suddenly be alive etc.


texts: Can Army Helmets be modified? If yes, how?

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I spent some time modifying other gear leather/metal/combat armor, I got rank 1 of the armorer perk but the standard army helmet is not even showing up in the item list when I use a armor workbench.

What's going on there? Do I need further ranks or different perks? I didn't think so because other modifications are shown in the menu even if I can't craft them yet and other perks seem to be specific for other things like modifying melee weapons or guns.

Is it just that this item cannot be modified at all?


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I'm doing the Fishing Tournament quest and am attempting to catch all the fish. I have five fish marked on my map, and have caught all of them. The message I received upon catching the fifth fish suggests that there are more than five fish though.

How many fish can I catch on Floor 14, and what are their locations?


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I've found walkthroughs for all the chest locations, and I know how to see how many chests I've gotten from each location. But is there a way to know, without actually having to go check each one, which chests I'm missing?

Right now I'm at 12/20 chests, but I don't have a clue which ones I've already picked up - so that's a fair bit of time I could save if there's a way to tell.


texts: Can I keep warps when moving from Minecraft Paper to a mods preinstall?

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I administer a Minecraft server for my daughter and her friends on Pebblehost that is currently running Paper 1.15.2 with a few plugins, including Essentials. The community has created many warps. My daughter wants to be able to run mods.

Pebblehost offers preinstalls based on curseforge, technic, and ftb. My understanding is that I can't add plugins to these, or at least not Essentials. Is there any way to add mods without losing the warps?


texts: I made a storage room, but now I can't have my kid live in the house I built. Is there anyway I could change the storage room into a child's room?


texts: When I try to construct a floor in DF, it says that there is no material.  What material do I need?


texts: What commands can I give an ICBM in order to complete my turn?

texts: I'm playing my first game of Civ Rev 2 on iOS, and I've been given an ICBM for building the Manhattan Project wonder. Now that ICBM sits in one of my cities, and the game has stopped here. I can't use it, because I am a democracy. At the end of my turn, the game wants me to do something with the ICBM. If it were any other unit I could move it or fortify it or something to keep the game moving. But not this ICBM! Any ideas? I don't want to use it, I just want to keep playing!


texts: PS4 controller blinking white then goes orange

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The other day my ps4 controller fell into some water. I drained it and dried it off best I could. However, it won't connect to my ps4. One time I did get it to connect for 5 seconds before it shut off saying that the battery was low.

Is my controller done for or do I just need to buy a better cable? I tried resetting it and everything.


texts: What memory stick should I get for my XBox 360?

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I recently got a new 4GB Xbox 360, and I wonder if I should get some more memory using a memory stick. Are these fast enough to store game data on or should they just be used for backup?

Are there any limitations on storage size, transfer speed etc?


texts: Dungeon Defenders, how do i use the portal gun. pc?

texts: I have tried on every character that is able to carry the portal gun and if i shoot all i get is a weird noise and it will do nothing else. i have seen videos where it comes in to use like it would in the portal game but nothing has happened for me. any ideas why?


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I just started Batman: Arkham City, and I notice a lot of thugs on the streets. If I take a group down, will it respawn later? And if it does,

How long does it take it to respawn? Is it a matter of time, or do I need to advance the main plot or something?
Is there any point to fighting these groups if they just respawn?
Does it make sense to clean up the streets before embarking on something like the public phones hunt?


texts: How do I know if my plants are already fully grown in Plants vs Zombies?

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I still need to buy some upgrades, so I want to sell some of my plants from my Zen Garden when they are fully grown.

But how do I know when they are fully grown?

Attributes to Randell


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I have no idea how to face Vladimir - every time I face him I lose.

I normally play as Ashe, Corki, Lulu, or Brand, if that makes a difference.

The trouble I have is that he turret dives so well thanks to his pool. Is there anything I can do to counter this?


texts: Restoring game from multiple game backup files problem

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I want to use my friend's Steam backup files (he backed up multiple games into one folder), but I don't own all the same games as him. I want to backup a specific game from that file folder.
Is this something that is possible to do?


texts: Who is the girl with white hair that also wears a black thing over her eyes?

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She has white hair, a black rectangular thing over her eyes, and she's commonly found on the thumbnails of 'Gaming on Crack' videos

Here is an image:


texts: Can you get punished for cheating on a single player game on steam?

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I have some single player games that I want to skip the grind part and go straight to the end game content. Could I get VAC if the game has no online content?
For example, I got heat-signature and wanted to get more money ingame.
However, the new Shadow of War (releasing on Oct. 10) will have microtransactions to buy chests. The game being offline (maybe with online checks), could I get banned?


texts: Combat mechanism in Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

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I am playing Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for the first time and I'm at the point where Malik unleashes the Solomon's Army.

From the past experience of playing The Warrior Within and The Two Thrones I can see a huge difference in the combat system. The game severly lacks "combos" or am I unaware of it?

In Two Thrones and in Warrior Within we could "Block with the sword, throw the secondary weapon, attack while wall running, do a swirl with the sword, throw the enemies" and much more.

I cannot see any of this in the Forgotten Sands, if there are any so called "combos" then a detailed description would be helpful.


texts: Diablo 3 multiplayer and quest progress?

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There's plenty of questions here on multiplayer and questing, but I can't seem to find any answering this particular question.

I just joined my brothers game to give him some items, and afterwards I have to kill Belial again.

When resuming my own game, I was back at an earlier point in my quests, so I left the game, and selected the item to pick my quest start, and I could not pick a point after killing Belial.

Is there some definite information how quest progress is influenced due to multiplayer?

For instance, how can I know, say after killing Belial, that I'm at a particular point where it would be safe for me to join a player that hasn't progressed as far, without me loosing any progress myself?


texts: What causes ecological damage in Alpha Centauri (Alien Crossfire)?

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I have been getting a lot of Ecological Damage in my cities for no apparent reason. I have all the base facilities that help Ecology and none of the ones that damage it (like a Genejack Factory). All of my cities are surrounded with forests...in fact, the only terraforming I do (apart from roads) is planting trees.
What's really interesting is that sometimes I get Eco damage mid-turn! Insane amounts!
I'm not sure what causes it, because I checked the Help and I don't have anything that is documented to cause it.
There are 2 things however that I do and I think they might be related:

Nerve gas pods
Tectonic missiles

None of them are documented as eco-damaging, but I'm out of options here...
My question is: what are the undocumented sources of eco damage in SMAC?
Edit: The eco damage I get is from cities. I can see the indicator appear in seemingly random cities sometimes mid-turn. This means that I check all my cities at the start of the turn, and I see zero eco damage. Then at the end of the turn there is an insane amount...I summed it up and sometimes my eco damage goes over 100 total.
I can also share a save game file.


texts: Could somebody give me a physical description of what each button/connector does on the Game Boy Advance SP?

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I've just discovered that I still (somehow) have my Game Boy Advance SP console from back in the day. I'm totally blind, and whilst I used to spend hundreds of happy hours playing games when I first got the console I can't recall what the buttons/inputs do. Would somebody be able to give a breakdown of each button/connector so that I can have a proper play around?

In other words: all I need is the physical description of what's printed on the button/port.


texts: How can I calculate if something can land on an atmosphere-less body?

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As a part of a contract I'm bringing a surface outpost of ~10t to the surface of Minmus. I want to land that thing intact and for that I need to calculate how much engines/thrust/fuel I need on the landing device, so that I can bring impact velocity down to minimal numbers.

I would really like to bring some kerbalnauts on board, so trial & error does not seem a viable option.

How can I calculate how much delta-v/thrust/etc do I need to allow my craft to slow down fast enough?


texts: Why is my alchemy lab making the wrong potions?

texts: Ok, so I have been having issues with my alchemy lab in the game Skyrim.  I am trying to make potions of restore health, but it is making fortify health instead.  I am using wheat and blue mountain flowers, which should have both effects, restore and fortify, and i'm under the restore health tab.  Why does it keep doing this?


texts: Is it best to unlock a hero's potential to 5* and merge lower rarity heroes into it, or merge them into a 4* hero?

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When you unlock potential for a merged unit, all the merge bonus stats gets lost because you reset to the base stat of the new rank.

I have a few duplicate characters. I'm wondering if I should unlock potential to 5 star, then merge all the 3,4 star duplicates into the 5 star.

Or should I keep the best 4 star and merge all the other 3,4 star duplicates into that one?

I'm not sure what the pros/cons are in either case, or when it's better to unlock potential vs merging when I have duplicate units.


texts: Was Legion the first Geth that armed himself?

texts: I was wondering this because I noticed that when going through the server node, he seems to hint at the possibility that he was the first geth to arm himself. Does anyone have a solid answer to this?


texts: How can I update Kittens game without losing my village?

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I've been playing Kittens game for a while now, and I noticed that I am a few version behind the times (I'm on 0.9.6.9 according to the top right corner).

How can I update to the latest version without losing my progress? I pressed "Save" but that didn't have any visible effect.


texts: How Do I get back to the shooting gallery on the rolling ridge?

texts: I fell down to the base and now I can't get back to where the Goron Elder was or anything


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The description for the Finesse, Dagger-based "Shadow Strike" move mentions that it can be chained up to 5 times in a row.

When exactly are you supposed to press the attack button to chain the move? I've been practicing this on barrels, to little effect - usually my character just stops after the first attack, and no matter how many times I mash the button, I can't get anything beyond the initial attack.


texts: Where is my minecraft mod folder on windows?

texts: I have recently downloaded several mods and to install them it says simply put them in your mod folder under your .minecraft folder but, I simply cannot find it! Please help.


texts: Can't use the id command to summon riot armor helmet

texts: Ok so recently I got the scorched earth expansion pack for ark. I wanted to start the game off with some riot armor so I wouldn't be completely exposed to the elements. I got all the pieces I needed except for the helmet. I tried using the command but it would simply erase after I got done typing. If it helps any I'm playing this on the Xbox one. Is there another command to get it or will I have to learn the blueprints and actually craft it?


texts: Is there a way to use my European (PAL) XBox 360 on an NTSC TV?

texts: After bringing my European (Irish) XBox 360 to the US, I've found that my TV doesn't support PAL (except in black and white with PAL-60). Is there a way to make my XBox 360 output NTSC (such as by modding it, for example)? Alternatively, do converters exist to make this work?


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Playing a tile on Bloons Monkey City Mobile (on Android) later rounds don't seem to give me as much cash as I expect. Normally you get $1 per pop, but for eg on a tile with 29 rounds I am doing round 27 and popping hundreds of bloons, but my cash is only ticking up slowly.

To confirm I started round 29 with $538 and popped at least 12 MOABs, a lot of ceramics, and one ZOMG. I finished with $1099, which seems a lot less than it should be.

Is there some sort of diminishing returns at later rounds? Is it that certain monkeys don't give a reward for popping?


texts: Why do I need the Season Ticket for loading a Career Mode save state?

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I've experienced this now for the third time since I bought the game:

Every time I want to continue any Career Mode game this screen appears. It's in German, but it's telling that my Career Mode save contains leagues to which I've no access anymore. They suggest that I have to buy the Season Ticket or buy content in the FIFA store.

I'm able to play the Career Mode from the beginning. This happens on the first load of the save state.


texts: is it possible to move the Thermal Measurer in Don't Starve?

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I'm Playing Don't Starve and I have built up my base, but exploring I have found the Thermal Measurer.

My question:
Is there any way to move it to my base?


texts: How do I remove the Bouncy Creepers mod from SkyFactory 4 without breaking hostile mob spawning?

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I started a SkyFactory 4 modded world but now want to get rid of the bouncy creepers mod. However, simply going to the /mods folder and removing the BouncyCreepers-0.0.4.jar file will permanently break all natural hostile mob spawning when in-game afterwards. How do I safely remove this mod while still getting hostile mobs to spawn?

I've seen many encounter this issue, but haven't found an answer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/SkyFactory/comments/ellofq/sf4_remove_bouncy_creepers/
https://www.reddit.com/r/feedthebeast/comments/bfh5c9/skyfactory_4_hostile_mobs_not_spawning/
https://www.reddit.com/r/SkyFactory/comments/cuhhm2/bouncy_creepers_sf4/


texts: I saw a silver Shy Guy, and being a Yoshi, I figured maybe eating him was the way to go. I just got a normal egg out of the deal, so I am wondering if maybe eating him was the wrong choice. It's so sparkly! What does it mean!


texts: Does the movement reduction penalty  from Chilled and Crippled stack?

texts: The conditions Chilled and Crippled both reduce the movement speed of the target (by 66% and 50% respectively). Does the movement speed reduction for each skill apply, or does the movement speed from only one of the conditions apply? In other words, if a target is inflicted with both Chilled and Crippled, what will be their total reduced movement speed?


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Nearby my work, there is a small (i assume man-made) pond/lake thing. I know it has been said by Niantic that water pokemon will spawn near water sources, but I'm wondering, how big do they need to be?

I never get any water Pokemon near this body of water, save for when it rains heavily, and the occasional Tentacool appears (although finding it is another story...)


texts: How do I earn new cards in Mortal Kombat X?

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I just downloaded Mortal Kombat X on my android and have been playing it for a couple hours. Checked youtube for gameplays too. But I need to ask some questions regarding this game.

What I have not been able to grasp until now is that how do I earn new cards. I was given 3 cards namely Lin, Osh and Shirai and got Sonya Blade as some offer that is going these days. I have completed one tower in battle mode and one fight in Faction wars too. How can I get those cool ass cards is what I want to know?

Also there are 4 tiers like gold, silver bronze and more like light silver. What do they mean? Is card of one tier stronger than the other card? Also sometimes when I win a match I see those fatalities (slow killer moves) especially if I invoke an ally or with Shirai but at the end of match if its sonya or osh, why is there no fatalities or do I have to press some special button to see them?

I have under stood the stats written on a card but what is the meaning on symbols on card those small circles with drawings in them. Is it like class of a card as sonya has shooter class and thus pointing gun symbol. If that is the case, which class is better against which class, is there a chart like DH 5?


texts: Which mobs can spawn on snow-covered ground?

texts: Can pigs and other animals spawn on snow-covered dirt? Can creepers and other monsters spawn on snow-covered blocks?


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When opening a shortcut to Burnout Paradise from the Steam Big-Picture Mode, the size of the overlay is inconsistent.

Is there a way to set it to be a consistent size so it will always be small and never take up 1/4 of the screen with notifications?

I am using Windows 10 Enterprise Insider Preview with Steam Beta if that makes a difference


texts: What do I need to use an Xbox One controller on PC?

texts: What do I need to get to use a Xbox One controller with a PC? Just the controller and a long micro USB cable? Can I go wireless? If not, is the Play & Charge kit completely pointless for PC users?


texts: Unlocking smoke grenades in Battlefield 3?

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How do you unlock smoke grenades in Battlefield 3? You earn the M320 grenade launcher early on in the progression for the Assault class, and the M320 says in its battlelog page that it can use different grenade types. But it's unclear how you earn these alternate grenade types?

  A single shot 40mm Grenade Launcher, the M320 replaced the old M203 in service with the US Military. Initially developed for the G36 assault rifle, the M320 allows a larger variety of ammunition to be used with the weapon including Fragmentation, Flechette, and Smoke rounds. The M320 can be equipped on some Assault Rifles with the Underslung Rail.

In battlelog most weapons with unlocks show a progression, eg. the more kills you get with a certain weapon, the more equipment and ammo unlocks you earn. But there's nothing displayed in the unlocks next to the M320:

And if you click on it, no unlock progression. Compare with the progression with the DAO-12 shotgun which clearly shows different ammo types unlocking with a certain # of kills:

Conceptually this is a different ammo type for the grenade launcher weapon, but how do you unlock the smoke and flechette grenade types?


texts: Why are my horses clumping together in one spot?

texts: My sister asked me why the horses in her excessively large pen were all seemingly attracted to one small section of it in the NW. I couldn’t find any useful information on google about horse mechanics post spawning. The pen is too big for the render distance to envelop and it’s not square. Any ideas? This isn’t really a problem so much as a curiosity item now. This is the 360 edition.


texts: So I've done the mission at Sub Level 13 and got my E-gun. Now, I'm stuck at Titan Industrial Facility when I try to get back. All the doors out seem closed and I'm just running in circles with no way out it seem. Any one know how to get out? Story wise I'm on the mission Science and Violence.


texts: Where can I find the Pillars of Strength

texts: I've got a quest to find the Pillars of Strength for the Batarians.  It says to go to Kite's Nest, but I'm unsure of where to look once I get there.  I keep getting chased away by Reapers before I can find the artifact.


texts: Simply put, do pets have the chance to crit when they attack? If so, would the critical damage be improved by Infinity Edge if bought?


texts: Is there any significance of booze/getting drunk?

texts: I found some pirate rum and used it like a potion. The screen got blurry for a bit but then everything was normal. Is there any point to alcohol in this game other than just to make your screen blurry for a couple seconds?


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In all the missions I've done up to now, the S-rank method is different from what is needed to accomplish all the optional objectives. If I choose to one, I cannot have the other.

Getting the optional objectives has its perks and I was wondering what getting an S-rank will accomplish.


texts: Are there any disadvantages to 'fast travel'?

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AFAIK it takes the same amount of time if I run by foot as if I fast travel the same way.

Do you know any disadvantage to 'fast travel'?
Its' obvious that I can't collect any herbs or find some undetected treasures if I hop from one waypoint to another.

But do I lose something?
Or is there anything not refreshing during the fast travel time?


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I bought and hatched some farm animals for my colony, but now as I expand I realized the roof of my house is perhaps not the best place to put my cows excuse me, Fluffalos. None of the tools I've tried to use so far have had any effect on them, however.

Is there any way I can pick them up and move them somewhere else?


texts: How do I bring the Unusual Gem to an appraiser?

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I found 2 Unusual Gems (one I found in Kodlak's Room). So I got a quest to bring that gem to house mark near Riften. When I reach there, the house door is locked and only unlocked with key!

Am I missing something? What am I supposed to do?


texts: The 4 perks I've highlighted in Red, what is it called? Is it the battle order? Also how is it lost? I've sometimes kept this at 2/4 or 4/4 perks for several lives and sometimes lost it straight away. What affects its duration?


texts: What are the chances of a spy stealing your cities' information?

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I understand that in the espionage tab of the game, there are stars next to the your cities and that they refer to the potential that each city has. However, I have more cities with 5-star potential than the number of spies I have (I have 4 spies by the way). Thus, I would like to know how to calculate the chances of your cities' information to be stolen and eliminate the enemy spies that are camped in my cities.

Is there a way to calculate the chance of your cities information? For example, maybe via your cities population, the science, or maybe the difficulty of the game.

In case this matters, I am also using the Gods and Kings expansion pack and not the Brave New World expansion pack.


texts: What is the in-game origin of the terms Atronach and Atromancy? Do they have any realistic origin, or did they just come to be?


texts: I already bought the crafting diagram, but I could find a crafter in Floatsam to make them for me. Are there other type of crafters in other cities?


texts: Playing Gothic 2 without playing first chapter

texts: I'm going to buy Gothic 2 but I didn't play the first chapter. Is this doable? Will I miss a lot? Would you suggest me to play the first chapter before?


texts: Does the Jackpot II Merit Award Affect the Glim Reaper Trophy?

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I was awarded the Little Battler Experience trophy (awarded for winning 1,000 battles) what feels like at least a few dozen fights ago, but have yet to see the Glim Reaper trophy pop.  Since there are typically at least 2+ glims remaining at the end of each battle, I'm wondering if the Jackpot II merit award affects the count:

  Allows you to collect any glims that remain at the end of a battle
  automatically.

Do you actually have to collect these during the battle? Do the glims that you automatically collect at the end of a fight count or not?


texts: Best ways to kill shielded wallers as a demonhunter

texts: I am playing a Demonhunter and can kite a lot of the champion combos. Shielded Wallers however, are my gordian knot. I have no idea how to kill them and usually just try to walk around them. What is the most effective Skill combo to kill them? Kiting seems to be impossible...


texts: Can you choose who you disguise as when disguising as a class with more than 2 players?

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In TF2, when I'm trying to sneak up on an enemy's sentry nest, my favorite thing to do is disguise myself as a friendly engineer, so that they expect me to help them fix the place up, before breaking out the sappers and stabbers.

This doesn't go over so well when I show up as the engineer guarding the nest.

Assuming I know which engineer it is though, is there a way for me to change which name I use in my disguise, so that I can approach him without danger?


texts: In what order should hard mode bosses be fought?

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Now that I'm in hard mode, I'm wondering which boss to try and tackle first. In pre-hard mode, I fought the bosses in this order:

Eye of Cthulhu
Eater of Worlds / Brain of Cthulhu
Skeletron
Wall of Flesh

I have a full set of Palladium armor, and a Night's Edge as my primary weapon. However, I was recently destroyed by The Twins after they spawned randomly (a simultaneous Blood Moon event didn't help).

Is there a boss I should be focusing my efforts on first? Are the strategies for fighting bosses much different than in pre-hard mode?


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In the initial town of Boring Springs you can trade soap for a lock, which you need because someone callously misplaced another one.

But, where is the soap? I figure'd it'd be in the Gang's Hideout near the tub but I can't seem to find it.


texts: How can I run a Minecraft Server on multiple CPU cores? Mac

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How can I set my bukkit server on my mac to use more than 1 core? I set my server to use 12 gigs of RAM for now, considering that I will be adding more servers soon.

My iMac has these configurations:

3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4X8GB
1TB of PCIe-Based Flash Storage
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5

It uses mavericks.

Also, is it possible to use the graphics card for the server (considering that the RAM on it is MUCH faster than the standard 1600MHz RAM) when the card is not in use?

Thanks so much guys!


texts: Where do I get end-game gear for Warlords of Draenor?

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After reaching level 100, I picked up gear with item-level >= 620 from around Draenor.  I also got some from LFR and heroic dungeons.  But now I don't know what to do.  I've heard you can get even better gear:

Doing harder raids (How?  I don't see a difficulty-option in raid-finder)
"World bosses" (who and where are they?)
Buying with various currencies (How do I get them?  Who do I buy from?)

But I don't know how to do those.  And is there anyplace else to get better gear?

(I've seen this question which appears to be the same question by the title; but it's actually asking what stats to prioritize)


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I've never been past level 4 and now I'm on level 13... then something teleported me and now here I am stuck.  There is lava on one side and walls on the other 3.  The wall to the left is only 1 block and then a big room (where I came from).  I can't use earthquake because there are no squares next to me to target.  I tried the holy hand grenade, with no luck, as well as a steam bolt bomb.

I found some debug switch and tried it, but when I press "P" to go up a floor the game just crashes.


texts: How do I kill the goblins to get out of Gringott's?

texts: In LEGO Harry Potter Years 5-7, Year 7 Part 2 "The Thief’s Downfall", when Harry, Ron, & Hermione are on the Dragon trying to get out of Gringotts, how do you kill the 5 Goblins?


texts: Cannot get forge to work with minecraft 1.7.2

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Playing specific custom maps that need mc 1.7.2, and trying to use a mod with forge, but am failing.

I'm using forge version 10.12.2.1121, the recommended version for 1.7.2. Download and run the installer, which reports successful installation. I start MC and select the forge profile and try to run the game, and then nothing. The MC launcher just closes. No errors, no crash reports. It just instantly closes.

Using win7, latest Java version, a brand new Minecraft install with NO mods yet installed.


texts: Why am I not getting the listed prize money in Gran Turismo 3?

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Is this just a bug, or is there something I'm missing?

For example, in Amateur Ring, Turbo: Race of Turbo Sports, the (i)nfo screen lists 1st prize as 1,500,000, but winning Test Course I received only 1,200,000.  Does it pay out less each time you win it?  (I don't remember if it paid more before.)  Or is there something else that I'm doing that causes it to pay out less than the listed amount?

I'm playing the Japanese edition of Gran Turismo 3.

EDIT: I've won this race several times, and the prize money doesn't go down any more.  I don't remember if it paid in full the first time I won it, though.


texts: Is there a way to play the Headshot sound in CSGO competetive?

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I want to hear the play'headshot' sound from Unreal Touranemnt ( or whatever file I give ) in CS:GO competetive mode when the console says something like this:

  you killed 'x' with a headshot...

or

  'x' killed you with a headshot...

I know you cant mess with the game files i.e: you cant mod a skin because the game will kick you. I just want to play a soundfile when a headshot occours by me or on me. Is there a way doing this from the console or a .cfg file?


texts: What is this box that drops red bubbles when I try to get it?

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In some planets, there are those boxes (like the one with the discrete blue arrow) and when I try to grab them, they throw some red bubbles.

I tried to bring it to the collector but nothing happened.

What should I do with them?


texts: What command do I use to show the arms of an armor stand?

texts: I've been trying to make an armor stand's arms show so it can hold something. I'm trying to find out the command because I'm working on a battle scene with the battlers as armor stands, and to make it look as if they were actualy fighting, they would need arms.


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I'm really struggling with my budget.  I think the solution may be on the revenue side, as my expenditures are quite minimal.

The taxes collected obviously depend on the tax rate, but what else?  Do they depend on population or jobs?  Do they depend on land value?

What is the formula?

I'd be satisfied with the residential formulas, or even conversion ratios (1 rich sim = x poor sims)

I took an entire tiny map population of poor uneducated sims from low density, to medium density.  Even though the population more than doubled (6k to 14k), my residential tax did not go up.


texts: After getting pretty far into The Dusty Path on A Dark Room yesterday, I was incredibly disappointed upon opening the game today on the same computer and finding that all my progress had vanished!!! Can I not close the game without losing my progress? I'd rather not have to leave it open for days on end while I beat it.


texts: What happens if I pick-up an item I don't have space for?

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Since Skyward Sword has an inventory cap on items such as bottles, medals, and extra bags, there is a chance I could receive an item but have enough space in my inventory for it. What happens in these situations?

Also, if I open a chest which rewards me with rupees, but I don't have enough space left in my wallet for it, will the rupee be returned to the chest or will it simply be wasted?


texts: Multiclass penalty in Neverwinter Nights?

texts: I have a human fighter who is level 4. I noticed there were quite a bit of big chests that I was passing up due to not being able to pick locks. So I put 1 level into rogue and all points into unlock. So now I'm a level 3 fighter and a level 1 rogue. Is this going to cause me a multiclass penalty, and if so is that a big deal?


texts: Why is my storyline progress undone by playing multiplayer?

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I got Diablo 3 on my PlayStation 4 and I am very new to the game as I do not know much about it.  I played the regular solo campaign and then I went to quick match and tried to play with some people.
I realized we were doing a quest I've already done in campaign. So I quit and went back to solo campaign and it set me back quite some ways and now I have to re-do a bunch of quests?


texts: Can't find the activity or gang operations that will allow me to take control of territory in Loren Square, Steelport (Morning Star territory)

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I can't find the activity or gang operations that will allow me to take control of two territories in Loren Square, Downtown Steelport (Morning Star territory). I've driven all over the place but I can't seem to find them.

The two territories are the only ones not colored in purple, in this screenshot of the Loren Square map:

Anyone know the location of the activities or gang operations?


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McCree, the closest substitute for a broken clock, packs a mean kit that includes one of his deadliest abilities, the flashbang.

It seems there's no end to what the flashbang can do.  Reinhardt shield? Not a problem.  Groups of enemies? No big deal.  Just flashbang, fan that hammer, and enjoy seeing your name constantly being brought up in the killfeed.

Or is there? Are there alternative ways to deal with a competent McCree? Or is my only choice to accept my fate and eagerly await my looming death by this cowboy?

I know of some abilities that can totally mitigate flashbangs, like Genji's deflect.  But most times I try that against good McCrees, they bait that so hard I think, just as my deflect ends, "well, it was a good life". Are there other heroes that can best counter McCree's flashbangs, before the bang or after the bang?

Is there any hero that best counters McCree?


texts: What is the cheapest way to get the Showroom award in GTA Online?

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I want to get the Showroom platinum award in GTA Online.  I'm wondering what is the cheapest way to do so.  Which cars, buildings, and mods do I need to buy and how much is the minimum price of this award?

Edit: I'm specifically playing on Xbox 360.  But I'd be willing to try answers for any system.


texts: Who to battle when first able to access gyms?

texts: I'm level 6. All the gyms I find are held by players between level 21 and 24. How can I find someone of my level to battle, because it's not enjoyable to go up against these gyms - nor am I learning how to battle this way.


texts: What blocks pushable by pistons make comparators emit signal?

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Do any other blocks than cauldron, pushable by pistons, let comparator emit a signal?

I wanted to try making a 'program tape' encoding more than just binary signal through transparent/solid blocks, but I only found cauldrons can give only 4 values, 0,1,2,3. I'd love me something that can output more levels. It may be they are all there is, but I might have missed something (the Piston page of the wiki doesn't list all pushable blocks).

PC, Java Edition 1.13.2


texts: How do I access textual information about an enemy?

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The game says that each Eidolon has specific ways to defeat it. Also, in enemy information screens, there seems to be an area where text is supposed to be displayed but I can't see anything there. I tried this on multiple enemies (even used Libra several times on them) and I have checkmarks next to their names in the datalog but there doesn't seem to be anything.

Is there supposed to be additional information in the form of text or am I supposed to find it by trial and error?


texts: Is it possible to create an iron door which responds to levers on both sides

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In order to protect a portal in the nether I have an obsidian room with an iron door, which works off a switch in the room. The problem is that if I leave the room and someone else on the server closes the door from the inside I can't get back to that portal.

Powering red stone on the outside of the door doesn't seem to work, as the switch inside is already powering it, so I'm guessing something like an XOR gate will be the solution, however I am finding it difficult to see how to make this work in practice.


texts: With the new gym update, the defender bonus appears to have disappeared from the Shop. Is there still any way to collect coins through in-game activity, gym-related or otherwise?


texts: How can I make the mean goth kids talk to me and be my friends?

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The goth kids behind the school are jerks. But I want to be friends with everybody! And besides, they have pretty okay taste in music. When I try to talk to them, they blow me off because I 'look like a conformist' and mention an old dude by the U-Stor-It who sells 'clothes like theirs'.

I found the Hobo merchant in question, and was able to buy an Emo Haircut, Eyeliner, Du-Rag (which doesn't seem very goth, to be honest) and some gloves from him, but even when wearing all of those items, the goths won't give me the time of day. What gives?


texts: Do defenders have to be on payload for it to move back?

texts: On payload maps, the payload can reverse direction and move back towards the start. According to the Overwatch wiki (http://overwatch.gamepedia.com/Escort), "The payload will roll back towards the start if no attacking players are near it." However, I have often heard defenders on streams say "I'm going to get on the payload to move it back." Is this necessary? Or are they just confused?


texts: Why are mages sometimes played bot instead of traditional ADCs?

texts: In professional League of Legends, why did teams start playing mages bottom lane (not Support) instead of traditional ADCs? What is the reasoning behind this approach, and what balance changes contributed to this?


texts: Who can I sell the eyes of the Falmer to?

texts: Ok so a while back I sold one of the Falmer eyes to delvin and stole it back. But he will only buy that one eye once. So now I'm stuck with both of them. The eyes are worth 2500 septims each. Is there any NPCs who can buy them for full price?


texts: Why does unoccupied cart have so much higher friction?

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...or is it other effect? Kinetic energy cap vanishing?

I've built a test setup: six powered rails on the bottom of a 40-block incline of unpowered rail, and a short loop of rail on the bottom.

If I ride in a cart slowly onto the powered rail, it pushes me near the top of the incline, almost all the 40 blocks and after descent back, through the powered rail, the loop and the the powered rail again I get ejected a long distance from the top of the incline, with a plenty of power to spare - as if energy from descent and double pass through the powered rail accumulated.

Now if I push an empty cart onto the powered rail, it goes some 10 blocks up, descends, then goes around the loop, and back, 10 blocks up. The same happens if I push the empty cart down from the top of the incline.

Similarly, if I leave a long span of unpowered track on the bottom of a long incline, I can ride a long way after the descent, but an empty cart stops a short way from the bottom of the hill.

I'd think such a blatant effect would get mentioned somewhere in the wiki. Or am I doing something wrong? Need to release brakes on empty cart or something?


texts: How do you give friends admin rights without a password to the server?

texts: I was playing gmod with a friend and he couldn't use some admin items and I wanted to give him admin, but the tutorials we found said something about a password. We don't use a password when play; we just connect via ipv4 and the connect command. How do I give him admin rights?


texts: What is the easiest way to obtain all 3 starters in Pokemon Sun/Moon

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Forgive a newbie's question, last pokemon I played was Gen 3 Hoenn. Back in the day to my knowledge the only way to get all 3 starters would be to trade (more specifically I would 'New Game' the game 3 times and send the starter to a friend ASAP, then I would then receive the 2 starters from earlier runs back on my 3rd start).

Is there any other easier way to get all 3 starters?

Edit: The benefit of the method I've mentioned above is I get to start and use all 3 starters from the beginning of the game, and it is guaranteed/quick with relatively low hassle. (Don't have to deal with an auction house and find/wait for a trade).

Is it possibly to directly trade with a specific person online like the wired connections of the old days?

My other concern would be if the global trade system only becomes available say midway through the game.

Edit: I don't see a new game button like the old Gen 1-3 games have when you start the game.


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As of today, on a certain server I play on, I lag when I get onto the server. I'm able to break blocks and move, but not able to interact with the world. By this I mean that I won't receive blocks I have broken, I cannot use redstone devices, etc. Nor can I chat (so to speak, anyways). Through dynamap, I was able to figure out that others were able to see my chat, however I was not able to see mine or theirs in-game. Sometimes, minutes later, all the actions I performed (chat, block breaking/placing, world interaction), will all come through at once. This will just happen over and over again until I usually get a  "Read time out" error which is odd, since these errors only last for about 2-3 minutes for me, when they occur. (And this has been happening continuously, all day)

NOTE: This only happens for this specific server. All other servers have been acting generally normal, no issues like this. Even the ones that I have ridiculously high ping with (like 2400ms...) are acting normal.

Later, I checked the ping for the server, and it was generally normal, being at its average 240ms or so. I restarted my computer as well, and it still happened. I ran speedtest.net, as well, and received normal results (4.5MPBS upload, 19ishMBPS download).

Is this a problem with my .minecraft? Should I delete it and start fresh? Or is the just a computer/network problem? All help is appreciated.


texts: As a squad leader I can't set squad orders

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Since upgrading premium (PC about 2-3 months ago) I can still spot but I can't set squad orders. Has something changed or is it a bug? There have been several updates since then and I can't see anyone else reporting this problem.

When squad leader I aim at a flag/objective hit 'q' and nothing happens. I've reset my input settings, I've re-installed BF3 (I was reformatting anyway).


texts: I've got a couple thousand destiny points, but the Use Destiny button is grayed out; why?


texts: When playing through Fez there are many unlocked doors that you need only press "up" on to open.  I have noticed as I pass some doors they already appear open, apparently after I have visited that "room".  Does the door appear open forever after the first time I enter the room, or is the "appearing open" tied to something else like getting 100% in that room?  Once the door appears open, will it continue to stay open forever?  I ask mainly because this could be a very useful way of determining where I had already visited (all the doors start to get confusing).


texts: Does Soul Tear shout affect conjurations?

texts: I've heard that the soul tear shout is pretty rad, but it also resurrects the enemy if it dies. Will this resurrection affect my conjurations? If I have 2 thralls and soul tear someone, will one of my thralls die, or will I have 3 conjurations?


texts: Can't connect to Minecraft Server via Telekom Speedport

texts: I have problems to connect to a certain (Nitrado hosted) Minecraft Server. When I used my FritzBox Router, it worked perfectly. But now I use Telekom Speedport and I got the [Server Connector #5/ERROR]: Couldn't connect to server io.netty.channel.AbstractChannel$AnnotatedConnectException: Connection refused: no further information message. I already restarted my Router, Minecraft and my PC without success. I am not sure what else I should do, since other Servers are working perfectly.


texts: Which level designer created the map Q2DM1 on Quake 2?

texts: Just curious to know which level designer created the map Q2DM1 on Quake 2.


texts: How can I use an Xbox 360 controller to play Steam games?

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I bought BioShock 2 on Steam in the sale a couple of weeks ago, but I'm better at playing FPSs with an Xbox 360 controller than with mouse and keyboard.

Is there any way for me to use an Xbox 360 controller to play Steam games?


texts: What should I be doing to reduce loading times?

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I have been wondering if it's possible to reduce the time it takes to load game files on my PC, for example, in-between levels in Half Life 2.

I have just installed an SSD, and it's already significantly faster than my other, mechanical drive, but is there any other steps I can take that will reduce it even further?

For example, I have been thinking about enabling compression on the SSD filesystem. With a fast CPU on an IO-bound system, shouldn't this speed up read times as less data needs to be accessed?

Is there anything else that would help?

Other software tweaks in Windows
Hardware settings in BIOS / firmware upgrade


texts: How do I get out of this sewer pit in Thieves’ Guild?

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I found this pit:

So I jumped into it and found that large door/valve will not open. Now I cannot find a way out or back up:

How do I get out? The dark corner has nothing either.

I cannot use a Rope arrow, there's nothing to attach it to.


texts: Alvor keeps trying to kill me, can't advance the story

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I just started playing Skyrim yesterday.

I was annoyed enough by the opening cut scene that I didn't rush off to Riverwood as the game wanted me to, but instead ran around doing a little murdering and questing first.

I'm up to a level 6 wood elf who has a cool sword I found in a dungeon. I have murdered many bandits and others along the way.

But the time came to continue the story, so I went to Riverwood (or whatever it's called) to find Alvor. However, every time I approach the idiot, he and two others attack me! If I kill him, I'm allowed into his home with some Roman soldier looking dude. But the roman is boring, and I just end up killing him for being useless.

I have tried walking into the town without weapons drawn. And no matter how I run away and wait, etc, the jerk won't stop trying to kill me.

I want to get on with the story but don't know what to do after I am forced to kill the stupid hunk of meat. Nothing happens. I am able to get quests from other people in other towns, but I really want to play through the story.

I fear that I'm going to have to start a new character, and this frustrates me because I don't want to lose all my skills, my cool sword, etc.

Is there an evilness gauge or something that I need to bend the other way?


texts: Where does Demise expect me to fight him?

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So Demise has awoken and has given me the courtesy of putting my affairs in order before he battles me. He told me to meet him when I'm ready to fight, then went away. After buying some potions, I'm ready to fight him. But I have no idea where we are supposed to meet!

It's clear to me that Demise went through the time gate, given that Groose and Impa in the past are standing next to it and encouraging me, and "Granny" in the present knows that Demise has awoken. But I can't find him. I've looked all around the Sealed Grounds. I've looked in Skyloft and the Thunderhead. I've even asked Fi, the Fortune Teller, and even Levias and they just say stuff like "You're on your own, you know the path before you."

Well, no. I don't. Where are we supposed to meet?


texts: How long to wait between shots when using a deployed designated marksman rifle?

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In Project Reality (BF2 version) you have to wait between consecutive shots for the weapon to completely settle, even though there is (unfortunately) no visual feedback for this information.

For designated marksman rifles I know that I should wait ~2 seconds between shots in undeployed mode, but how long do I need to wait in deployed mode? I realize the answer might be different across different rifle types, I would just be happy for a rough number.

Alternatively, a link to anywhere that details the exact settle times for all weapons will also be welcome :)


texts: How to set hero build in Arcade game in Dota2?

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Whenever I create a hero build, I only able to see it under the "Learn" game, but not "Arcade" game. The same goes for other published hero build. Everything does not show up in "Arcade" game, only the standard Valve hero build. Any way to solve this?

I've tried the following:

Login to the hero build webpage from the Steam in-game web browser
Verify integrity of game cache
Reinstalling dota2

But all do not seem to work.


texts: How does Reputation work in Heroes VI? (Blood and Tears)

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In M&M Heroes 6, there seems to be a type of alignement, one side is called blood, and the other is called tears.

Am I correct in assuming this is an either/or choice and that you can only be on one side?

The spells you take also seems to be affected by this, and my main hereos passive abilities.


texts: In co-op what level matters for farm effects?

texts: If I'm playing the Hilltop farm in co-op - what farmer's mining level is used for the hilltop spawns?


texts: Locations of Empty Bottles in Wind Waker?

texts: Alright, so I'm looking for Empty Bottles in LoZ: Wind Waker. I've already found the first 2 from Medli and the Eskimo dude's assistant, but I'm having trouble finding the rest, and I'm assuming there are only 2 more judging by the fact that those are the only 2 empty spaces left in my inventory. So I would be really thankful if someone could tell me the locations and how to get these empty bottles.


texts: How do you teleport players at specific coordinates?

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I saw this question asking for the same thing and tried it on PE, but it didn't work. I put execute @a[x=11, y=4, z=0, r=1] ~ ~ ~ tp @p 11 4 -2 in a repeating command block, but it ignored the x=11, y=4, z=0 and r=1 and constantly kept teleporting me even though I was not on x=11, y=4, z=0. If it is possible, how would you teleport players that are on specific coordinates?

I am on single player and on version 1.1.5.


texts: How to set an image file as your emblem in Battlefield 4?

texts: The topic says it all. I have seen many people with custom images as their emblem and I suppose they uploaded it from their computers but I cannot find how. I know you can draw it from available shapes but I am interested in uploading a jpeg, png file.


texts: Does wearing hats make it harder for others to shoot you?

texts: So I'm considering selling my anger because every last sniper in tf2 has one, and I don't want to look like everyone else...I thought about buying a cold killer, but then I realized I want a hat that helps me. So, any hats that make you harder to shoot, or that at least don't put a big target on your head? (not including unusuals)


texts: Why is it that only select people DON'T attack a werewolf form?

texts: I have recently noticed after completing the Companions quest "The Silver Hand" That some people do not attack the Werewolf form, whereas the general masses, (e.g. The guards) attack a Werewolf on sight. Is this Lore based or is there a genuine reason for this? I have also found that it is usually Wanderers who do not attack Werewolves, so maybe it could be related to that?


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I downloaded a map and extracted the .zip, then I went into the MC launcher, went to edit profile, clicked on open game dir, went into my saves folder, then I transferred my map to that folder, reloaded Minecraft, went into the singleplayer menu, and now I can't find the map. Not only that, but the maps that I created are gone as well!

Does anyone know how to fix this?


texts: How do I build a stairwell through multiple levels in Dwarf Fortress?

texts: How do I build a stairwell through multiple levels?


texts: What am I doing wrong while mining in Minecraft?

texts: I'm new to this game. I'm mining in 12th and 13th layers by making 2x2 tunnels, and have made several 50-60 block long tunnels. The problem is so far I'm only able to find iron, redstone, coal, lapis lazuli, but no diamonds and only a little gold. So, my question is why am I not able to find reasonable amount of gold and diamond. Is the problem my technique of mining or am I searching in wrong layers? What is the best way to mine gold and diamond in Minecraft? What am I doing wrong?


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I've heard claims that the game is multiplayer, but the universe is so huge you will almost certainly never encounter another player.

That seems unlikely.  It's a lot of work to make a game multiplayer, so I doubt they would go through all that effort for a feature they didn't expect anyone to ever actually use.

So, what happens when two players are on the same planet?  Can they see/interact/communicate with each other?


texts: Inflict damage when player is hit by minecart

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Is it possible to test when a player gets hit by a minecart, then inflict damage on the person hit by the minecart based on the speed of the minecart? If testing for the speed of the minecart isn't possible, that's okay. This is as far as I got with this:

/testfor @e[type=MinecartRideable]

Obviously, this command block would be running on a constant redstone loop, and would feed into the command block testing for the player, then into the command block that does damage to the player, unfortunately, I just can't figure out how to test for the player in the same location as the minecart. Does anyone know how to do this? Is it possible? As always, any help is appreciated, thanks!


texts: Can't uninstall games with "Delete local content"

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I'm trying to uninstall Portal 2 from my local copy of Steam, using the right click->Delete Local Content menu option. Upon selecting this, a dialog is presented confirming the delete, followed by an "Uninstalling Portal 2" dialog that disappears after a few seconds. No error messages are presented in the GUI, but the game remains.

I took a look at the system log (tail -f /var/log/system.log), and noticed the following messages that occur every time I try to uninstall:

Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to create Service pipe
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to connect to Steam Service
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: Failed to load Steam Service
Sep 19 12:04:10 gladys [0x0-0x7d37d3].com.valvesoftware.steam[25900]: ServiceStart: failed to start

The game has been in, and remains in, "Download paused" state. It had been completely downloaded at one point, and played.

Can anyone assist me in successfully uninstalling the game?


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I've been playing slither.io lately and I've been wondering if my size matters. I can't see the impact of size in the game, except the leaderboards.

Does size of my snake matter?


texts: I've seen people talking about invincibility frames or i-frames, for example, Dark Souls 2. What are they and what do they do?


texts: I bought a disk without an AppId, what do I do?

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I've recently bought a disk copy of Civilization V, and whenever I try to install the game, it pops a message "No AppId configured", what can I do?

Notes:

This WAS a legal purchase, not a burned disk or copied program
I have installed Steam and created an account
I came here out of desperation, as Steam's support didn't have an answer


texts: I purchased a Crysis+CrysisWars+Crysis Warhead CD/DVD a long time ago (looking at around 10 years here) and now the key isn't working. I contacted the company and they didn't help me. What should I do?


texts: Minecraft 1.7.10 LAN randomly stops working, restarting does not fix

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I have minecraft 1.7.10 running on my desktop and laptop on the same wired internet connection. As of 15 minutes ago everything was working fine, then weird stuff happened.

My laptop lost connection to the world hosted on my desktop. I tried everything in MANY other posts about common lan issues and nothing worked.

Here is what I know:

-Both are running the same version of minecraft and are physically connected to the same router via ethernet cable

-The connection worked fine for weeks, so it is unlikely there is AP isolation

-I can ping test is successful both ways after I allowed it in my laptops firewall

-Disabling the firewall on both computers does noting

-Direct connecting does nothing

-Enabling all 4 of the different java things in firewall on public and private does noting

-Both computers are on the same subnet (?) 198.168.1.XXXX

-Shutting off the laptop, computer, router and modem. Leaving them off for a full 30 seconds, then starting. Did nothing

Fixed! Read answers


texts: Is it a good idea to invest time in the Unique card reward for a complete collection?

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In the game Evilibrium you control creatures which battle and gain levels. You can also evolve creatures to a next level. There is also a collection ingame, and if you get three stars on a whole line of creatures, you'll get an unique card. The requirements for three stars are the following source:

the creature has been in action – you must fight a battle, using the creature in your troop;
the creature has been upgraded to maximum; after being evolved, the new creature -receives a half of gathered experience points;
creature's skill has been upgraded to maximum.

It can be a bit confusing if you don't play the game, but it's very well explained in the beginning, so I understand that part (and any beginning player too, if he/she is following the tutorial).

Now is my question: is this wise to do? An unique card is very awesome and good, and cannot be obtained in any other way. But you have to spend a lot of time with lower ranked creatures. I am currently playing with a Common card (the lowest rank). The max level is normally 40, and I have been playing quite some time with it and it is currently level 23. It takes a valuable space in my load-out (1 of 5 places) and I would happily trade it for a Rare card. Is it wise to continue playing with this common card (and after that the uncommon evolvement) to obtain the Unique card, or am I better of equipping the highest possible cards, and farm crystals and buy creatures?


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I have seen a new case in market, Shadow Case (value around 11$) but I don't see anyone getting in game so is there any coin/pass to buy so we can get this case or anything else?

I have read here little bit info but I did not see anyone getting it, so how to get it?


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I have level-50 max-SPECIAL-stat character occupied with Minuteman Uniform and Focused Gatling Laser and still don't stand a chance against Super Mutant Behemoth.
Anyone --with successful story against SMB-- care to share their story?


texts: What is the purpose of the mysterious "wind" or "fan"-like platform outside Bazaar?

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Around the Bazaar, there is a flat indentation in the grass that looks like it has some sort of purpose, but I'm coming up on the end of the game and can't find anything to do with it.

It's basically a white square with rounded edges with a green clover-like imprint on it.  It looks almost like a fan.  Here's some pictures:

Does it have any purpose?  There are none other like it in the game that I have found.


texts: What happens if you don't have enough money to repair?

texts: After every match your tank get automatically repaired and ammunition refilled. If you don't have money and you did a bad game winning low credits resulting in having insufficient funds for the repairs... then you start with your tank bruised or with less shots?


texts: How can I have mods on LAN and realms servers?

texts: My friend and I want to do a play through and we can't play LAN but maybe but if we have the same exact stuff can we use mods on realms servers. How can I do this?


texts: Is there any way to find all the stockpiles I created, other than by pressing k and navigating around all the tiles that represent stockpiles? (Some stockpiles are adjacent to each other by mistake, so I actually need to touch each square to see if there's a stockpile I missed.)


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I was attempting to complete the new game type added, and I lost. So, to make sure I did not have to re-do the first 4 levels, I went to go force-stop the game (which resets to last save, so before I lost), but my finger slipped, and I un-installed the game. After re-installing it, I realized I had lost all 70 of my levels and all of my upgrades. Is there a way to get my save back?

I am playing on Android through Google Play, so I was expecting it to save my data.


texts: Can other players hear your horn in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online?

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When I first played Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, I quickly discovered that you can sound your horn by pressing L or ZL when you have no items available. I thought this was a great feature.

What's more hilarious than tooting your horn at someone as you zip into first place on the home stretch! Also, I loved seeing the annoyed looks of the other racers at I blared my obnoxious instrument right before a race would start.

However, during a match of renegade roundup I discovered that honking your horn when captured would send out a "Help!" message on the map. I observed that even though my teammates in the cage with me were sending out the "Help!" distress signal I could not see them honking their horn.

This leads me to my question. When you honk your horn in an online match (either a race or a battle) can anyone else actually hear it?

Note: In a local multiplayer online match (where two players use the same console), both player 1 and 2 can see, and react to a horn sounding.


texts: Is attack range independent of character height?

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I'm now playing Jade Empire(pretty old game, I know, but looks great). I wanted to use the "strong" character(Tiger Shen), but his plait(pigtail) thoroughly annoys me - that was a symbol of obedience and slavery of Han people under the oppression of Qing dynasty, and I don't like it.

Therefore, my question is, if I choose another character and customize him with the White Demon style, would his attack range still be the same? It looks dubious because obviously Tiger Shen is the tallest of all, and the White Demon style employs kicking... by legs.


texts: What does an aura around a selection icon mean?

texts: Recently, I noticed that when you hold your finger on the pokeball icon at the bottom of the map screen, then drag your finger to either the 'items', 'pokemon', 'shop' or 'pokedex' icons without letting go, a hoop appears around the icon you are touching. Is this purely for decoration, or is there some significance towards the gameplay itself?


texts: How can I delete Realm of the Mad God account?

texts: How can I delete my account of Realm of the Mad God?


texts: How do I see more rivals' best time in Super Mario 3D Land?

texts: I notice that in each level my time is being compared to a rival. I want to know who my rivals are, and if I'm the fastest one in the world in completing that level. Is that possible?


texts: What times do I need to beat to get Fly The Co-op?

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For the achievement/trophy Fly The Co-op you need to:

  Beat our time in versions of "Deal Breaker", "Hangman's NOOSE" and "Bomb da Base II"

What times do you have to beat?

My findings so far...

In-game I cannot see where these times are posted.  Scrolling down the posted times doesn't highlight anything to indicate the tag/name is a Rockstar employee/time.

The best I could find online (via numerous resources, mainly achievement/trophy guides on youtube and achievement/trophy guide websites) the following times are given:

Hangman's Noose: 2:32
Bomb da Base II: ranges between 5:32 and 5:34
Deal Breaker: 7:03

Unfortunately, the times in game also include milliseconds.  Scanning down a few people who posted over 2:32 on Hangman's Noose (e.g. 2.32.001 onwards) shows that they still got the achievement/trophy, but then some don't (as they didn't beat all 3 times).  It is pretty hard to track their scores on the other leaderboards (well, very time consuming).

Now, there are people who the achievement/trophy with scores at 2.33 onwards.  Some appear to be cheaters or somehow glitched the requirements.

I would say that the times are very likely in these ranges but cannot see the exact actual times you must beat.

Why is this question important?  Well, the number of skilled people have pretty much moved onto other games so it is very hard to jump into a random lobby full of people able to get near the times.  My time in Bomb da Base was 5:33:017 but not sure if I need to go back to that one.  It took maybe 3 evenings to finally get a group together to hit the time.  I doubt any more than 6 or 7 people are looking for a game at any one time so you are pretty much stuck with the same selection of people for a few hours.

Note - I'm not asking for specific help, rather the actual specific requirements (not a rounded up time).  I cannot see the exact times online in any official capacity. Maybe I missed the official word from Rockstar in some forum post or guide.


texts: Is there a way to determine how much money you have above $10,000,000?

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After your bank exceeds $10,000,000 the cash display in your inventory just stays maxed out at $9,999,999.  Many high-level items even have their prices displayed as $9,999,999.  Is there any practical way to determine the actual amount these displays represent?

Note:  I'm asking as a player on a PS3 - cheats or other methods specific to the PC are of no use to me.


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Seems the new dragons are coming fast and furious as I am trying to keep up.

What are the successful combinations in order to obtain a Steel Dragon? I would assume Metal with some form of hybrid (Bronze maybe?)


texts: How to block attacks in Street Fighter 3?

texts: In playing Street Fighter 3 (3rd strike), I see the opponents blocking my attacks all the time so it doesn't do any damage. What buttons do I need to press to do this myself? (i.e high punch, med punch, up, down, etc.)


texts: XCOM IronMan game break - how do I get out?

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I'm about 2 months into an IronMan game of XCOM on PC, and I hit what appears to be a game-breaking bug. I entered an Alien Abduction mission, and I don't have sight from any of my squad members. I can't actually see their models, but I can see the UI indicating where they are. I can't tell them to move anywhere, though I can put them on Overwatch (which doesn't help).

In short, I'm stuck.

I do have the option of aborting the mission from the ESC menu, but I'm not sure what Bad Things that will entail on IronMan.

Is there a way to fix this situation? Alternatively, if I abort, will I be able to get back in without penalty?


texts: I know getting 300 coins in a level is one of the requirements for 100% in a level, but can I use the coins for anything? When I am in the overworld, I see a total of my coins. Is this like a score or can I buy anything with them?


texts: How do I sustain Frenzy Charges for Flicker Strike?

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Been trying to theorycraft a flicker strike build for the upcoming Metamorph league, but I've been running short on ideas to sustain Frenzy Charges for Flicker Strike.   Here are some methods that I've known work for a long time but I don't personally like, for various reasons:

The Red Trail + The Golden Rule

My issue is that it requires either running a Malevolence + Watcher's Eye Bleed Immune mod, or speccing into the Slayer ascendancy to keep up its 100% uptime. This also includes taking on not as "useful" Slayer ascendancy nodes.

Apep's Supremacy + The Golden Rule

My issue with this is similar to the Red Trail, only that it requires that I invest in %chance to Poison nodes/mods

Blood Rage/Blasphemy-Poacher's Mark

At later game stages, including end-game, Poacher's Mark becomes far less useful. 35% mana reservation isn't exactly ideal for a Flicker Strike build when there are more auras out there that can carry this build into endgame.

Terminus Est

Just not a fan of 2H.  GGG has consistently made dual wielding 1h melees stronger than 2H weapons, and with the upcoming nerfs to Elder-influenced 2h melees getting a cheap 6-8L will be impossible.

Oro's Sacrifice

A lot more restrictive on damage gearing. Since this does mostly fire damage I'd have to gear my entire build around essentially that, fire damage, and this does low phys to start off with so there isn't much to scale off of phys.

And the deepest, largest problem for me:

Mapping really hurts this build. I essentially have to reroll over:

Phys reflect
Ele reflect
Cannot leech/mana

Each ascendancy has their own issue with the build

Trickster has access to Weave the Arcane for no issues with mana, but the skill tree starts considerably far away from the melee nodes I want to use the scale damage up.
Raider has easy access to Frenzy charge generation, so the question is answered, but it's seemingly tougher to account for the mana cost of Flicker Strike, and still has to avoid phys/ele refl and cannot leech
Slayer can scale crit for Flicker but also runs into mana issues, and cannot run ele refl/cannot leech mods.

Other than these, I can't really think off the top of my head if there's any other consistent ways of generating Frenzy Charges for Flicker Strike?


texts: Using Tracking with less than three cards

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Does using the card Tracking with less than 3 cards remaining in your deck cause you to take fatigue damage?

For instance, if you have 0 cards left in your deck, and use tracking. Do you take 3 rounds of fatigue? Or 0? Because you technically wouldn't draw anything. But you do go through 3 cards.

Context: I was a priest and I Mind Visioned a hunter who was holding a single card, Tracking. He had no cards left in his deck. I assumed he was holding it because he wanted me to think that he had a viable option for 1 more turn OR he didn't want to take more fatigue.


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So I want to download Hitman 3, but I'm don't know anything about the franchise so I'm worried if it is not appropriate for me, a 14-year-old. Here's a little background on what I can see:
I don't mind blood and action and stuff. My parents let me watch all 3 John Wick movies without having to cover my eyes in any scenes (just for reference). Also, mild swearing is ok, but not 24/7 non-stop swearing. What I am worried about is nudity. My parents do not allow me to watch anything relating to nudity.


texts: I want to create a floating tripwire hook trap that if anything fall on it , it will trigger the piston to close the water so anything that fall to it die by fall damage , i have read https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Transportation and know that fall speed does increase each tick , but the server i am playing on have very low tps (9-13 tps average) so im afraid the piston will turned on too late due to tps , so does my tripwire hook trap still work perfectly even with unstable tick  speed?


texts: Testfor specific items in player's offhand

texts: How can I use /testfor to see if a player is holding a bow with the name "Crossbow" and lore "It is powerful" in his offhand?


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So I have an issue (a common one) that if Skyrim goes over 60 fps, it will start to show issues with the game (for example colliding items, functions not working).

I am well aware that this is asked for the "old" Skyrim. Most of the people give you a link to a mod that does this for you. But as Skyrim SE is brand new, it still does not have this mod. (Kind of a shame this is still not fixed in the Special Edition)

I have also seen alot of solutions like using nVidia Inspector. But I would prefer to NOT use any third-party software to resolve this issue.

So what I would like to know if there is a solution for this.

Even though I can change the refresh rate to 60Hz (144Hz normally) this will become a chore after a while.

I am open for any Command Line solutions. VB.NET or C# is welcome too.
Any info is appreciated.


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Minecraft loads extremely slow for me and (as far as I know) only me. Since it's not actually crashing I could not get a crash report, but instead I have recovered a launcher log. Here's the pastebin.

From what I can tell, it's trying and failing to download something. Also, I think Minecraft is still working from an old Java version, though I'm up to date on Java.

Is there a way to get it going at normal speed?


texts: So, after performing the Restoration glitch, I now have over 15 million carry weight.  I do not want this.  I just want normal carry weight, and I have tried everything I can think of.  I waited 24 hours, I don't have any active effects fortifying carry weight, I have unequipped/reequipped all my gear, and restarted the whole game.  Can anyone help me with this?  I am on switch, if that has any bearing on it, and have no access to console commands on this file.


texts: Why is cp_gullywash on the Attack/Defense mappool instead of Control Points mappool?

texts: On the Attack/Defense playlist, there's a map called Gullywash. However, it has a control points format rather than an attack/defense format. Why is it on the attack/defense mappool rather than the control points mappool?


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So I found the answer to this question fascinating and it got me to thinking, "I wonder how this compares to other Bethesda games...?"

I've read quite a bit about the comparison being "bigger than" Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, etc, but I want to actually be able to do the math exactly to compare all the maps. The only sticking point is that I have no idea how big any of the maps are exactly in terms of "game cell" length and width.

For example, in the linked question, the answer states that Skyrim is 119 x 94 = 11186 in-game "cells". Those are the numbers I'd like to find for the other games in question.


texts: Archangel armor, available late game, gives a soldier the ability to fly. What are the considerations when deciding whether a soldier should be covering or hovering? Does one provider better offense or defense than the other? Does altitude affect anything other than line of sight?


texts: In GTA V can you get a legitimate job, like a taxi driver? I was looking for a way to make cash without getting the cops on me. Any ideas?


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I and some friends, we have a Minecraft SMP Server. We use the latest recommended Version of the Bukkit Server.

We dug a 40x40, 3 tiles high cave and placed grass at the bottom. Than we dug water canals and made a lava trap. The problem is that no mobs spawn there. Above the cave there is sand, but I think that doesn't really matter. The fact is that in other places on our server, mobs spawn. Does anyone know why they don't spawn in the cave?


texts: Is it safe to use an unofficial cable to power a console?

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I want to buy a Super Nintendo AC Adapter Power Supply. The original ones are rare nowadays. I've read on the web that originals adapter have a component that controls the current to avoid damaging the console while cheaper (generic) ones don't always have.

I'm skeptical and this is why I'm asking:

Is it safe to use an aftermarket / generic AC adapter cable instead of an official one (made by Nintendo), even if the voltage provided are the one needed ?


texts: In the game there is a stat of Strength and items that increase it, however, I haven't seen any influence of that stat. How does it affect death?


texts: Does using Spark of light affect the story?

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I am new to Destiny and I got a Spark of Light.

Will using it affect the story or will I be able to play through it, but at a higher level?


texts: What are the Odds of Receiving a "Mystery Decal" in a Crate?

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Each item within a crate has been designated with a certain rarity, with the "Mystery Decal" being the rarest object within a crate.

What are the odds of receiving this item in a crate? Does it vary between the different types of crates? (Ex. Player's Choice vs. Turbo)


texts: If I restart Fable 3, do I get to keep any of my weapons or equipment from the previous game?

texts: Since there doesn't seem to be a way to try alterante endings (without restarting and losing my save), do I at least get the benefit from previous run throughs?


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I'd like to roleplay an actual thieving character through BG, as in someone who breaks into houses, picks pockets, steals things, whether through skill or con artistry.

What is an actual good build for a thief character? I'm finding that Pick Locks skill works well early on, because there are plenty of difficult locks early in the game but nothing in NPC pockets. And I know there are some very powerful items that can be obtained via pickpocketing in the middle of the game.

I know that thief/illusionists are also great mid game, especially for the backstabbing/illusionist combo.

But what is a good build otherwise? I hear a lot of guides recommend thief/fighters, but that seems to be more geared towards assassin types, rather than 'pure' thieves. The extra XP cost of fighters also seems to limit it.


texts: Minecraft re-downloads "Resources" folder on each start?

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Strangely, with the new 1.2.5 update, if you ever force update or redownload the game to clear mods it doesn't download the audio files with at that point, it downloads them in the background as you play. But, with my setup, it downloads them again every time I start it! It's come to the point where I have to leave the game running at the main menu or risk sounds never coming back if my internet cuts off or something. How can I fix this? Is there a way to permanently backup the resources folder, so that Minecraft doesn't re-download them?

What makes this even weirder is that Mojang states the game can be played offline at any time as long as you have been online once to verify account is paid for. But lately people can't do that I guess, if I'm not the only one suffering this, as they would magically delete the audio files and require internet to get them back.

Maybe my game's bugged? I have'nt done a full erase of .minecraft in a while.


texts: What are all the special hotkeys in starcraft 2?

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I recently learned that pressing the w would select all my warpgates, and it changed my life. I also read somewhere that you can cycle through your nexuses with the backspace key.

What are all the special hotkeys in starcraft 2 (English version) for every race?

By special I mean not the ones used for building and performing actions with your units, as those can be learned by hovering the mouse over the button in-game (but you're welcome to include them in your answer if you like)


texts: 1.9 tellraw selector color showing as green

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I'm adjusting a tellraw command to use with 1.9 and the selector text is showing as green/not bolded, but the rest is displaying correctly. Is there something wrong with my syntax?

/execute @a[tag=!setup] ~ ~ ~ /tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"Welcome ","color":"gold","bold":"true"},{"selector":"@a[tag=!setup]","color":"gray","bold":true},{"text":" to the server!","color":"gold","bold":"true"}]}


texts: What rune words can I build at lower levels?

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I started a new ladder character and am beginning to find random runes in Act II (Normal).  What rune words can I reasonably find runes for and create while I'm still in Normal?

I know of Stealth (TalEth), but the words on the Arreat Summit aren't listed by level, rather alphabetically.  Is there a handy reference that lists them all by max rune level?


texts: Has the gift notification been removed from the game?

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The game used to display a permanent gift notification (domain names are censored)  during warmup:

The menu obstructed vision and as you can see it was widely used for spam. Has this notification now been removed entirely from the game?


texts: Minecraft server 25565 Refusing connection

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Here are the server properties:
#Minecraft server properties
#Mon Jan 11 19:37:17 UTC 2021
generator-settings=biomesoplenty
op-permission-level=4
allow-nether=true
level-name=world
enable-query=false
allow-flight=true
prevent-proxy-connections=false
server-port=25565
max-world-size=29999984
level-type=DEFAULT
enable-rcon=false
force-gamemode=false
level-seed=
server-ip=192.168.0.111
network-compression-threshold=256
max-build-height=256
spawn-npcs=true
white-list=false
spawn-animals=true
snooper-enabled=true
hardcore=false
resource-pack-sha1=
online-mode=true
resource-pack=
pvp=true
difficulty=1
enable-command-block=false
player-idle-timeout=0
gamemode=0
max-players=20
max-tick-time=60000
spawn-monsters=true
generate-structures=true
view-distance=6
motd=A Minecraft Server

I have made many servers before, and have had them working. But for some reason my forge modded server is not working. When I use "canyouseeme.org" it says connection refused on port 25565.
I have added exceptions in the windows firewall. Disabled the firewall and allowed all inbound and outbound traffic to pass through the domain, private and public networks. But it is still returning connection refused.
I am running it on my laptop, and when I go to my desktop I cannot see the server running. However I can connect using Minecraft's 'direct connect' feature and will be able to login to the server and play. But cannot see it is up, nor can my friends play remotely.
What is happening?
I have port forwarded correctly and tripple-checked, even tried different ports to the same avail.
Uninstalled my vpns (as they were blocking access to the router to port forward).
I have restarted the laptop many times.
What is blocking connections to the server? Any ideas?
Thanks!


texts: Why does all the Basic Commendation Gear from Vendors have no Defense?

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I am a Level 55 Juggernaut Tank and was looking at the appropriate Vendor for my class and specialization. I had to find out, that the Gear from those Vendors have 0 Defense on it, except 1 Belt and 1 Wrist Item.

Is there any logical explanation for that? Where can I get Gear of the same quality with my Basic Comms but with Defense and more appropriate Tank Stats?


texts: Crysis2 complains of Strict NAT and cannot find session

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There's loads about this online, but I've followed all the advice I've found so far.

My machine is on a static local IP.
I've opened all the ports in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\crysis 2\Support\readme.txt through my router.
I've set Norton Antivirus to Allow for Crysis2.exe.

My symptoms are as such:

I can never find a session. Ever.
Every time I try to log in it re-awards me my preorder bonuses.
Every time I log in it resets my unlocks and I get to choose what to spend my points on.

I can surmise that I'm getting inbound traffic from their server but not sending outbound traffic to let them update my account. I have no idea what not being able to find a session means.

The most perplexing thing is that I could play the Demo fine without setting anything up...


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Possible Duplicate:
  Person to Person Trading in Guild Wars 2

I cant seem to find the option for a trade. Where is it in the UI of Guild Wars 2?

The player menu has add friend and add to party, but the trade option seems to be missing.


texts: How to enable Cheat mode in NEI?(For Mac)

texts: I've searched for anything to help with changing the NEI mod from recipe mode into cheat mode, but none worked sadly, I use a Mac and most tutorials and related are for Windows and other stuff that aren't for Mac, so is there any way possible to change this?


texts: How do I find trustworthy players in EVE Online

texts: I see a lot of stuff about scamming in EVE and how it's allowed by the developers. How can I find trustworthy people to play with? Secondly why do they allow this sort of griefing activity that would get you a rapid ban in other games?