texts: What does the star that appears next to my Journeyman Craftables mean?

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Some of my craftable items have a star by their name, what does this signify?

Much like my last question, I searched and found no questions pertaining to this. Hopefully this one fares better than my last.

I see the star only appears next to the Journeyman Crafts. Whats a Journeyman Item?


texts: Do I get more medals on Easy/Hard mode or does it matter?

texts: I'm never quite sure whether it's easier to gain currency in hard or easy mode in games until I learn. In Lollipop Chainsaw do I get more/less medals by playing on Easy mode vs hard mode? If so, how exactly are they different?


texts: In the farm, there is a pig which I have the option of snuggling.  Every time I do so, it just knocks me down and runs off into the woods.  Is this all that ever happens?  I just want to be friends.


texts: My livestock is missing: where to find them?

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Recently I kept receiving announcements such as The Stray Donkey (Tame) has been missing for a week. At first I thought maybe they just strayed off, but I've lost six animals so far, and I think I'd better take some effort to figure out what's going on to prevent further loss.

The pasture is placed at the edge of the map. Usually my dwarves don't go to that area, which somehow contributed to the lack of witnesses. Currently I only have one ten-dwarf squad, should I station them near the pasture to monitor it?

Where have my animals gone? How can I find them back?


texts: I bought a Gun Mettle campaign pass a while ago, and, as far as I know, it's supposed to last until September 30th. Mine appears to have disappeared though; did I complete all the contracts I can so it expired?


texts: Fifa 15 on Windows 8, turn on Keyboard only controls

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I recently installed Fifa 15 UT on my Win8 touchscreen laptop via the Windows Store.

I started the game, but sometimes when I'm not pressing any action buttons, only the D-Pad, the character performs a random action, like a lob, which gives away the ball.

So I downloaded Fifa 15 on my Windows 10 Desktop PC via Windows Store, and when I started a game, I found the Keyboard Controls much easier to use. But when I went back to my laptop, I could not find how to change the controls to Keyboard only. Any way to change it to Keyboad Only, or fix the random actions issue?


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Is there any special task needed to run PUBG on RemixOS Android 6.0? I've downloaded and installed PUBG on RemixOS but after Tencent logo, a just black screen is coming. I've also installed Google Play Games properly on RemixOS.
Is something missing?


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It has happened a few times so I thought I should ask what this is and how to fix it..

Often happens when I try to Watch Game of a friend.. I click Watch Game, it goes to the Loading.. screen with Dota 2 logo, and then it crashes with ^that message.

Any idea what it is?


texts: How does snapshotting with regards to Bane of the Stricken and health potions work?

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A lot of people have been talking about using your health potion at certain times to do something with Bane of the Stricken.

This is becoming increasingly more popular with the higher level greater rifts and I was wondering how this "snapshotting" functions regarding this legendary gem.


texts: Is there a way to lane Poseidon as Scylla?

texts: I always struggle laneing Poseidon as Scylla. I was wondering (as hard as it is to believe) if there is a way...


texts: Is there any non-enchanted Staff in Skyrim?

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I´ve been willing to create a mage character, since there are some good looking staves in the game.

But, there is there any way to disenchant those staves ? If yes, is there any non enchanted staff in the game so i can enchant with my own enchantings ?


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When you bought/created enough particles of a certain species, a bonus is unlocked. Each has a tooltip with something like:

  Effect: +1% APS

Is this effect for the overall APS, or just for that one specific species?


texts: What exactly does lighting a bonfire in Dark Souls 1 do?

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I mean it changes how the bonfire looks, but what does it do as a game mechanics? For example, in DS3 you respawn at the bonfire you've lighted, but this is not the case in DS1 - you need to rest at it first. I believe you can't warp to a lighted-but-not-rested-at bonfire neither (or can you?).
There must be some reason developers added this action to the game.


texts: How to make resource pack textures for items?

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I'm new to this, so please bear with me. I've been trying to make a resource pack for a map I'm designing. I've been able to change the block textures, but when I try to change an item texture or one of a plant (wheat), it either gives me the pink and black texture error, or an annoying white block around the item.
Usually, If I do clinch the texture, the parts I wish to be transparent are not. I've tried several programs for adding transparency, but they've all returned the classic texture error. I'm really confused as to why. Can anyone help me understand, then fix it?


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This is probably a stupid question; I'm finding answers all over google but nothing telling me this though:

Where is the auction house?

I find links on the economy, how to make a fortune with astral diamonds, how to buy/sell... but I cannot find the bloody place in the game.
Any help would be appreciated.
(Note: I'm level 15; I got to the 20's a few years back but quit playing and started over. So I have access to the basic areas. I'm f2p, if that matters.)


texts: How do you get custom heads in Minecraft for Switch?

texts: I would like to use a custom head in Minecraft for Switch, like you can for the Java version of the game. How can I do that?


texts: Sharing the same controller without constantly USB syncing?

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I have a PS Vita TV and a PS3 but only one DualShock controller. Whenever I switch between systems I have to briefly plug the controller into the USB port of the system I wish to start using. This is becoming a bit annoying as I want to have the Vita TV tucked away.

Is there anyway to use the controller on a different system without having to re-pair it via USB?


texts: Why can't I pick up the Gauldur Amulet in Geirmund's hall?

texts: I can see the quest marker that there is something to pick up. But I can't see anything and can't pick up anything. I killed Sigdis Gauldurson at several places. First I thought the amulet piece was in the water/mud and that I couldn't see it. Then I reloaded from my last save point and killed Sigdis upstairs, so could see the fragment. But I read in previous post that it is a bug. Is it possible to fix this on a PS3?


texts: My internet is so slow Steam gives up downloading my stuff. What can I do?

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Well, I'm in a difficult situation at the moment. I'm temporarily apart from my usual internet connection, and forced to use a really shitty solution. It's slow in ways I can't even explain: sometimes Chrome gives up at loading simple pages due to timeout errors.
Going straight to the point: I've bought some titles in the current sale, and want to play some of them the sooner possible. The problem is I can't download any of them. In fact this happens with every program that implements its own downloading system - they just go corrupt or cancel in the midlle of the process.

Software specialized in downloading stuff usually do just fine for me, but Steam just won't. Is there any workaround? Perhaps some different configuration or external tool. I can login (after some insistence) just ok, but not download any game/update.


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So I think about a year ago, Gearbox had some tests running and eventually tripled the legendary drop rate for most items.

Very recently I've started a new playthrough with a friend and we've been coming to the OP-levels.

Before we did those, we killed the raid boss Dexiduous and actually got the Legendary Soldier class mod. Two of it. From one single kill just lying there on the ground.

The weird part about that is, that this specific class mod isn't even in the rare loot pool from Dexiduous, according to the wiki.

So we were really happy and then tried the Digistruct peak. While doing so the very first time we just got a random Mongol from a single non-badass skag.
Also we got reaaally lucky with legendaries in general.

So does anyone know if maybe Gearbox is doing some shenanigans with the drop rates again? Or does anyone else have had that much luck recently?

Because that would mean it's farming time.


texts: There are nine events in Act II: Restless Sands, Crumbling Vault, Prisoners of Kamyr, Shrine of Rakanishu, Lost Treasure of Khan Dakab, A Miner's Gold, Lair of the Lacuni, Rygnar Idol, and Guardian Spirits. I'm still missing the last few. Where are these events, and what are their spawn conditions? (If in a specific zone, what are their common spawn regions within that zone?)


texts: How do you defeat the Ancient Rock Wraith in the Deep Roads?

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Does anyone have any tips or hints on how to beat the Ancient Rock Wraith in the Deep Roads? I've tried battling him a few times and even hiding from his super AoE attack, I still get ground down by the minions, and then he nukes 2 of my team.

I'm running
Hawke - Daggers Rogue
Varric - Archer Rogue
Merrill - Elemental
Anders - Elemental + Heal

I think that I really needed to take a tank, but I ideally don't want to have to restart the Deep Roads section.

Does anyone have any tips on how to beat this boss?


texts: How does the "face import" patch work on Xbox 360?

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I've completed Mass Effect 3 and just started a second playthrough before learning that this patch was released.

How do I get my original Shep from 1 & 2? Do I need to start a new game with an ME2 import, or can I use the ME3 end-game import? I'm assuming the former, but would I then lose all my achievements and perks from the first playthrough?


texts: Out of 25 Steam achievements, I can fulfill only 20 in Duels of the Planeswalker 2013. How can I get the rest?

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Regarding Duels of the Planeswalker 2013, I see 25 achievements in Steam. I completed 20 of them, but I can't complete any of the five following though I met the requirements for some. Here's the list:

Guildmage (Defeat the Sepulchral Strength deck in the revenge campaign): not done as I don't see the mentioned deck
Auramancer (Win a duel controlling at least five Auras): done as I even built a deck specifically to get this achievement
Fury of the Horde (Win a duel controlling at least twenty creatures): done as I even had more than 100 with the Goblin deck, and on the same game, I got the Master of the Wild Hunt achievement (Win a duel controlling at least ten creatures) plus the Beast Within one (Win a duel controlling a creature with at least 10 power)
Near-Death Experience (Win a duel with exactly 1 life): done as I fulfilled this requirement several times already
Insurrection (Win a duel online using an expansion deck): not done as I don't see any expansion in Steam

How can each of these achievements be done?

Thanks!


texts: In the World War Hulk table, why does The Watcher appear randomly in the dot matrix window?

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What is the meaning behind the random appearance of The Watcher in the dot matrix window?
He appears more frequent the more I score.


texts: Are any conversation achievements missable?

texts: There are several conversation achievements (listen to every Blacksmith, Jeweler, Cain, Leah, Tyrael, Adria, town merchants, followers, etc.). Is it possible to miss any of these by not talking to them at a specific time? If so, which, and when?


texts: How should I be investing money so I can make more (without restarting the whole game)?

texts: Each player has about $55 Million, any tips on how to invest that so I can make more without restarting the whole game with the assassination missions in mind?


texts: Where do I place my nether portals so they don't collide?

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I am having trouble placing my nether-side portals so they connect to the correct overworld-side portals.

Note, when I started I wasn't aware that the Y-coordinate mattered; I figured the proximity thing was only based on x and z coordinates.

Anyways, first I built an overworld portal at -16, 196, 163. It's three wide so the actual portal blocks are -15/-16/-17, 196, 163. I then went into the nether via another portal and built one at -2, 51, 20. When they're both lit, they connect properly and no other portals collide. Praise the miners!

(The overworld portal would take me to the spawn chunks, you see.) Next I set out to build an Iron Foundry (Ethos' design, here.) It requires a small nether portal, which wound up needing to be placed at -14, 184, 210/209. I figured, build another portal at -2, 51, and 26 to make them line up nicely.

No digs. Now the nether side of the spawn chunks portal takes me to the over side of the iron foundry portal, and the overworld side of the spawn chunks portal takes me to the nether side of the iron foundry. Both iron foundry portals link to each other.

summary of portal locations:

overworld:

spawn chunks: -16, 196, 163
iron foundry: -14, 184, 210

nether:

spawn chunks: -2, 51, 20
iron foundry: -2, 51, 26

My actual question: where can I move my nether portals so they work properly? I can move the spawn chunks portals if need be, but the iron foundry overworld portal needs to be there (otherwise I might as well scrap the whole project.)

Thanks for any help!


texts: How to enable Survival Mode in Fallout 1.4 Patch?

texts: I switched the game difficulty to Survival however I still can fast travel and the ammo remains weightless. (PS4)


texts: How to play elite dangerous on manjaro linux

texts: I have just recently switched to Linux and I can't find a way to run elite on Linux so far. Does anybody have any solutions for this?


texts: What are the consequences of temporarily having no fresh water source?

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I am playing in a region where pools freeze up during the winter.

After freezing over I receive a lot of messages telling me that the task give water has been cancelled because the water source is no longer available. What are the exact consequences of not having a water source during a season?


texts: How can you cook a cow with a dispenser and lava?

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As of 1.6.2, what is the most compact way to cook a cow/pig/chicken with a dispenser and a lava bucket?

Or what is the most compact way to send two fast pulses in order to activate the dispenser and deactivate it fast enough so that the mob is cooked but its drops aren't destroyed by the lava itself?


texts: How do I warp to the original dimension in the 20w14infinite snapshot of Minecraft Java Edition?

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I was playing around with the Minecraft April Fools 20w14infinite snapshot, mainly using the /warp command to warp to other dimensions.

The Minecraft Wiki provides many different easter egg dimensions that can be accessed with a certain target string to warp to the easter egg dimension.

But however, there is no documented warp target string that will let you return to your normal dimension and spawn.

Is there any way using /warp to return to the normal spawn dimension without using /kill @s?


texts: What weapons are most effective against the different classes of enemy ship?

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There are a few main types of enemy ships (corvette, frigate, fighter, etc.) and many different types of weapons (flak turrets, scatter turrets, various broadside weapons, etc). I'm assuming each class performs about the same between different factions.

It's pretty clear that some weapon types are ineffective against certain enemies (ex. Flak cannons barely scratch a frigate). I believe the descriptions of some weapons give hints to that effect, but certainly all do not.

So my question is: Which weapon types are most effective against each of the different enemy types? (not Mk I vs Mk II of the same weapon type, that is obvious)


texts: What's the point of picking up the volume power up?

texts: This may sound a little silly, but what's the point of picking up the VOL power up other than obviously increasing the volume? And why would I want to increase the volume anyway?


texts: What are the unique benefits from each crafting skill in SWTOR?

texts: In SWTOR, the Cybertech skill gives you the ability to make bind-on-pickup speeders. This means that all cybertech crafters will have speeders which other crafters cannot have. Biochem crafters can use a special healing item which is not consumed upon use. Are there any other benefits to the users of those skills, and do other skills have similar benefits? If so, what are they?


texts: I'm trying to determine whether to sell or hold unused items. Only a few items sell for more than their crafting price. When crafting, do the creation and selling prices (in bells) ever change, or are these numbers static? (Similarly curious about the rotating marketplace item values.) Or do these costs fluctuate based on other factors?


texts: Can you complete Oblivion Walker if you've sold, misplaced, or otherwise no longer have some Artifacts?

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The definition for the "Oblivion Walker" achievement is "Collect 15 Daedric Artifacts".  However, this does not specify whether the player must simultaneously own all 15, or if they must simply at one point in the game have collected them.

For example, let's say I've completed The Whispering Door and obtained the Ebony Blade.  Later on, not thinking of this achievement's requirements, I decide to sell or otherwise dispose of the artifact, in a way which causes it to be non-recoverable to me.  Can I still gain the achievement if I go on to collect the rest of the artifacts?


texts: How much time do you have to accept the game?

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I was unable to find this information anywhere. When you're trying to join a game, at certain point the accept loading screen appears. You must click the accept button.

After certain time, if you or somebody else fails to accept, the group is torn away and the search for game continues. How long is that time?


texts: What should I focus on upgrading first in Dead Space?

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Specifically, this is a first playthrough on Medium difficulty. I've read that I should try to keep at least one Power Node on me at all times in case I run into a locked door. I am wondering what I should focus on increasing first for survivability: Rig, Stasis Module or my weapons (the only one of which I have is the Plasma Cutter currently).

HP seems like the obvious choice but I'm wondering if upgrading my Stasis Module first will end up preventing me from taking damage in the first place. I'm not sure how often I should be using my Stasis, but it seems like I should learn to use it well pretty early on. An extra 20 points in Energy would give me another shot I presume. I have no reference for how much longer 2 points of Duration will give me though. Is that just straight up 2 seconds? On the other hand, upgrading the Plasma Cutter might also help with the damage prevention. I'm not sure though.

I don't plan on going for the Plasma Cutter only playthrough yet because it's just my first run.


texts: In Dance Central 2's Crew Challenge, how do you change the dancer for a particular song?

texts: It looks like a second player will be represented by the crew's other dancer, but is there a way to choose which dancer is representing the player if there's only one person playing? My goal is to unlock alternate costumes for the dancers, which requires you to get 25 stars with that dancer, and it appears that only stars in Crew Challenge account for that limit.


texts: Will converting from disk to digital keep my saved files?

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I've been playing Witcher 3 with the disk version, but want to get the digital version of the game.

Will my saves transfer over after making the switch, or perhaps I will need to do something special in order to have my saves transfer?


texts: How can I get to the office when I've chosen the "try later" option?

texts: I had a bestseller and I had the option to move to an office but I wanted to wait. But now I am ready, how can I move now to the office? I can't find any option - neither in the pop up or in the main menu.


texts: Explain the different time scales in Train Fever

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I am quite at a loss how to interpret the different times and speeds given in Train Fever.

For example, I have a truck line with horse carts traveling at 15km/h (according to their info). There are two trucks on the line, the frequency is given at "5 minutes", but it takes the truck a few game months to actually go from start to end.

There seem to be three different time scales involved (The truck line does not seem long enough to warrant a few months travel time at 15 km/h).

How do they relate to each other?


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There's a number on Lucios HUD right under the crosshair. It seems to fluctuate between 1-5.

Couple questions: What is the number? Can I influence the number changes directly? Is a higher number better?


texts: Can I keep using DLC on a borrowed Xbox 360?

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I pre-ordered Fallout: New Vegas from GameStop and got the Classic Pack DLC as a "reward." I own a 360 Arcade and don't have an Xbox Live account. My girlfriend owns a 360 Elite and has a silver Live account.

Since I don't have Live, my girlfriend downloaded the Classic Pack to the Arcade. I started two games with Classic Pack items and they worked fine for a while. As far as I know, anyone can use DLC on the machine it's downloaded to first (in this case, the Arcade); only the downloader can use it on other machines (in this case, the Elite). Unfortunately, the Arcade red-ringed today; more specifically, it gave me the E74 error. (Details: go to the Xbox support website, click "one flashing light" and "error code E74.")

I figured, okay, no problem, I'll send the Arcade in for service — it's still covered by the E74 extended warranty — and use the Elite for now. But when I tried to load the game, I saw

  "Some of your downloadable content is corrupt and could not be loaded."

And that's the story of how I found out that licenses are tied to specific consoles, not just Live accounts or hard drives. (Ref: Microsoft license transfer FAQ)

Now, I could just load my game and go, but I'm afraid of losing my items permanently because of the last issue I had. I could also use up the annual license transfer to move everything to the Elite, but that could have unintended consequences for other savegames; if not mine, then my girlfriend's. I'm also not even sure that will work; would the Elite become the new "first" machine, where anyone can use DLC? Or would there be no more "first" machine?

In short: is there anything I can do to play F:NV for the next three weeks that doesn't involve losing my Classic Pack items?


texts: Are there any benefits to leaving trees, stumps, or shrubs on my land?

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Occasionally, trees, shrubs, or stumps will spawn randomly on my map.   If I have a worker free, I can spend some elixir and hope to find some gems in them once they are removed.

Is there any benefit to not removing them?

I do see workers (not builders) go to them and gather stuff from the trees / shrubs / bushes.  Is that just an animation or does that help my base in any form?


texts: No Subtle Essence or Fallen Tooth in the Gold Auction House

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I'm searching for Subtle Essence at the Gold Auction House, but nobody sells it (or that's what it looks like). Then I tried selling it myself but nobody buys it, I can't even find my own sale.

Why is this happening? Is it forbidden by Blizzard? Is it not profitable?

Ps. I have an EU account, and I have not charged money into my battle.net account yet.


texts: Does a PS Vita get powered by the charger when the battery is full?

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In New Little King's Story, to get the final end you need to rise the affection of all the princesses which can be done by scouting them and just waiting around. This is what I did with Corina while I was doing the Alchemy to get the Summoning Seals (which took 3 hours each)

During that time I kept an eye on the battery level so that if it got low on power I( would plug it back up and charge it, when I play any other game and I'm charging it I am normally pressing the home button to check the battery indicator and see if it's full (all green and don't have the lighting in it)

I do this as I am afraid of overcharging the battery however I am wondering, if I'm playing the PS Vita with the charger plugged in and the battery is full, does it switch to use the charger as the power source or am I risking overcharging the battery if I keep playing while it's plugged up?


texts: How can I make other empires like me enough to join an alliance?

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I know that much of the initial scoring is based on the traits (Xenophobes don't like anyone, certain traits rub other traits the wrong way), but what actions can I take to positively influence potential allies?

Many of the options available to me are mood killers, and are great for cajoling them into being hostile enough for open warfare (including just existing near their borders). By comparison I just don't seem to have the have the tools to push an empire those last few points towards accepting an alliance; I can only make so many lopsided trade agreements before it bleeds my coffers dry (and I'm not sure multiple such trades have much effect), and I have a limited number of embassies to spread around.

(This is not the empire that's only a few points away; that empire got snatched up by another alliance, and their 'acceptance rating' now has a -1000 attached to it.)


texts: Does it count against ghosting a mission if you're seen by a weeper?

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Ghosting a mission is defined as never even having been detected at the end of a mission. Weepers aren't exactly "sentient", really, but they have similar detection mechanics to the other, more intelligent enemies in the game.

If I'm detected by a weeper, will I lose the "ghost" of the mission, so long as no other enemies see me?


texts: How does Leechade interact with Bastion Bourbon?

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The description for Bastion Bourbon says "Health tonics fully restore health." For Leechade, it says "-66% Health tonic potency."

I know it sounds like a simple question, but does this mean that that with both of these active, Health tonics will always heal exactly 34% of my health? Or do they interact in any some other way? For example, does one override the other and have only its effect active?


texts: I know I can hit f and see weapon choices. 0 is my stimpacks found in the beginning.  4 is the handgun.  Thing is I do not want to waste bullets on cockroaches so how do I select fists? 1 or 2 or 3 are empty so I figured those but they do not work.


texts: Why didn't main characters continue to move in War In Middle Earth?

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A long time ago I played War In Middle Earth on the Commodore 64. As you played through you could somewhat recreate the events of the books. I took Frodo across the Misty Mountains, down through Mirkwood Forest, down towards Morder.

Very quickly my heroes would stop moving. Gandalf stopped moving half way through the mountains (perhaps because of the Balrog). After literally playing the same game over the course of a few years, I finally got Frodo within 3 spaces of Mount Doom. After that he simply refused to move anymore. Eventually all my troops were overrun by the increasing number of Orc armies wandering around.

Why did the main characters (and sometimes other random armies) just stop moving and sit in place indefinitely?

Note:

Looking at the Amiga and other versions, they appear to be significantly different from the C64 version. You only have two views in the C64 verison, the map view and the battle view.


texts: How do I improve my FPS without hurting game quality significantly?

texts: Which is the best in game configuration that gives the best looking in game aspect and the most FPS?! And what "tricks" can be made to improve the FPS without giving up at the quality of the game?.


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As a DD player, other DDs and CAs ask me to smoke-screen them, but never BBs. Whenever I proffer smoke to BBs player, they always decline and say that smoke for them is useless. But why? Is it worthless to smoke BBs?
If not, when ought BBs be smoked?

On Smoke Screens - Global wiki. Wargaming.net,  the only sentence that looks germane is

  Firing while in smoke increases the detection of a ship. While not firing, all ships are subject to a 2.0km detection radius, and will not be seen without the use of Surveillance Radar () or Hydroacoustic Search (). However, upon firing, a ship's detection will increase based on the caliber of its guns. For instance, low tier destroyers do not get any penalty, as their guns are too small. Yamato has a 20km penalty.


texts: SpaceChem: Why can't I advance to the next level?

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I recently beat a level in SpaceChem (I feel like I need a cigarette after I beat one - and I don't smoke!) and I was met with the following unpleasantness:

Why can't I select the next level? Did I forget to do something in the prior one? Is this a bug?


texts: What kind of alternate "games" are there in Starcraft 2? In the same way that WC3 spawned DOTA, what has SC2 spawned so far...?


texts: Multiplayer mode doesn't find any servers

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So I wanted to play The Last of Us multiplayer, but when I want to join a server it's not finding any server! My friend invited me to his private match, but when i pressed join nothing happened. I changed my DNS to Google DNS, and the same thing happens. I port forwarded my router and turned off the router firewall and the same thing happens. My internet connection has 250 kB/s download speed, and when I test my internet on PS4 it says all successful and NAT Type 2.

Can someone please help me to fix this issue?


texts: How to blow open secret hole in Brume Tower if I ran out of explosive carrying enemies?

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In Brume Tower, after the foyer bonfire, I was helping somebody as a phantom and I saw a hole in the wall after the first fume sorcerer that wasn't there in my world.

My research seems to indicate that the only way to open this hole is by exploding a barrel-carrier near it.  But all my barrel-carriers are dead beyond their respawning limits.

Can anyone confirm if there is any/no other way to open this hole?   Am I wasting my time trying to get the big demon guy to break it open with his hammer?


texts: In Dark Souls 2, What does this signal-emitting icon mean?

texts: In Dark Souls 2, what does the encircled icon below mean? I notice that it only appears while in online multiplayer.


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When panic level reaches the top in XCOM-adherent nations, they choose to leave the program, as it is notified by the Council.

My question is: it is possible to have them re-enter the XCOM program again during the story?


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To get better cards we need to combine two cards to get a strong one using 2 machines in the research area.

Since level 1 we can research 2 cards at once because we have 2 machines. At the moment I'm level 10 and still have 2 machines.

However, as you can see in this picture's background, there are 4 capsules.

Is there any way to unlock the other 2 machines?

Will they unlock after you reach a specific level? If so, which level?


texts: How can I determine the effective Protection from a shield?

texts: Is the block % and block absorption of a shield included in the calculated Protection value for that shield?  If not, is there an easy way to determine which shield will provide better average damage mitigation between one with higher armor and one with better blocking?


texts: How do I open a replay without logging in?

texts:
On some of the Day[9] daily streams Shaun mentions a tool that allows him to open replays without the need to login (or maybe while the client is already open).

Right now if I click on a replay file while the game is not running I have to login. Otherwise, if the game is running already, nothing happens.

Please provide me some information on this tool, or an alternative.


texts: I swear I didn't do anything. The Guards of Whiterun attack me for no reason. I don't know why. I don't have any bounty. Can anyone help me? This has happened in Solitude the first time I went there, but the guards stopped attacking me. Oh yeah, I'm not a Vampire


texts: Where is the guard that gives you the 'Blood on the Ice' quest?

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Susanna the Wicked is dead, and has been dead for a while. Her body is currently lying, haf naked, in the cememtary. The three NPCs I'm supposed to question are also surrounding her body, and keep saying the same thing over and over. They are always there commenting on her being dead, whether it be morning, noon, or night.

However, the guard is not there. I've gone up to guards and talked to them, but none of them will give me the quest. It seems the quest guard is missing in action.

Yes I did kill Nilsine for the Dark Brotherhood, but I believe I killed her the day that Sussana was dead, because when I killed Nilsine, the people were surrounding Susanna. But of course, the guard was absent and the people have not moved.

The Imperials have not taken over the city, and Tova has committed suicide, and I have taken the key from her body. It's been a few days in game, and I'd like to know what I should do to get this quest moving along.

I am playing on a PS3, so I cannot use commands. Is there anyone else I can talk to so I can start this quest or something I can do to fix this?


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I'm trying to unlock the Hardline Pro perk, but one of the challenges is not very clear. It says:

  Earn 7 killstreaks in one match while using hardline.

Does that mean I have to get 2+ kills in a row seven times (meaning it's more advantageous to die immediately after the second kill), or does it mean I have to earn 7 kill streak rewards (meaning it's more advantageous to purchase cheap rewards and try to stay alive)?


texts: Assassins Creed Revalations: How do i get the templars to attack my dens

texts: I have captured every den in the city and one of the assassins challenges is to win three den defences. I noticed this at DNA sequence 3. I am now at DNA sequence six and they havent even attacked one of them. Please help me.


texts: The actual location of Gyakuten Saiban / Ace Attorney?

texts: It's been bothering me for a while. English sources state that the game is set in Los Angeles, but I haven't seen it mentioned in the game/anime so far (although I'm not too far in the series -- I'm just finishing the first game and watching anime), and I couldn't find any information about the location on the Capcom Japanese site. So. Speculations aside, has it ever been officially stated in the original version where the game was set, or is it the localisation invention, or a fan invention?


texts: Does the storyline end exactly at level 50 or it goes on?

texts: I'm about level 40 with my character, and still in Act 2. I'm wondering if the storyline (Act 3 and Epilogue) finish pretty much exactly at the time you get the 50th level, or does the storyline continues for a couple of hours of gameplay after you reached the level cap?


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(I hope this is on topic, the help said that questions regarding gaming related hardware were OK)

I have owned the old style (4kdps) Razer Lachesis mouse for several years but have never worked out how to clean the top surface, it has been survivable for a while now but the top of the mouse has began to become caked in dust. I have tried rubbing it with cloths, cotton swabs and tissue, damp with water, alcohol and even dry, I have tried dusting it and even blowing highly pressurized air over it but cannot find any way that succeeds in cleaning the rubbery top surface. Dust seems to kind of stick to it and become very hard to remove.

I find either that with softer cloths and tissue that instead of picking up dirt, fibres of the cloth of tissue just stick to the surface, this is even worse when damp. Or if I use hard cloths they just scratch the soft rubbery surface but do not actually clean it.

Has anyone had success cleaning this mouse as it is really annoying having my hand covered in dust every time I use my mouse?


texts: What time do I have to beat for the crafting skills?

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In Fantasy Life you play a lot of minigames in order to create items. The time in which you finish crafting the item can alter its properties or give you multiples. What I am looking for is a list of professions that do this (I know Alchemy and Cooking do this at the least) and what their time limits are for which bonuses. For example, if you cook a recipe and still have 15 or 20 seconds left on the clock you will either get a superior or multiple of the recipe you were making. An exact time on that range and what the time limits are for the other skills are what I am after (that was not the time limit on Alchemy to get the same bonuses though it said it would do it)

Edit: Additional info from playing this morning is that the results seem to be both time based and skill based. The results of each action play into it as well as completing it on time. I could often get 3 extra ingots if I got Great! on every step and finished with 12 to 10.5 seconds left.


texts: Actions in Blue Lacuna feel like they have more narrative weight than they do in a lot of IF, suggesting to me that the story might branch at some point. I haven't heard one way or the other whether it does, though, and it feels like learning about the number of endings is probably the best way to find out. How many endings does it have? (I'm referring here mainly to "successful" endings wherein the story can be considered complete; if you can die a dozen different ways before the end of the story, I'd argue that that's at most one ending.)


texts: In TF2, how do resistances against dual-damage-type weapons work?

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For weapons such as the flare gun and the Detonator (which both have a dual damage type: namely fire and bullet), how is the damage dealt by these weapons affected by bullet and fire resistance?
e.g. What would be the overall effect of a flare gun hitting a Sniper wielding the Darwin's Danger Shield (15% bullet resistance) and the Bushwacka (20% fire vulnerability)? Would they simply stack additively, meaning that the flare gun would do +5% more damage to this Sniper?
Moreover, is the damage type split evenly? e.g. would an Engineer wielding the Southern Hospitality (20% fire vulnerability) experience 10% (half of 20%, assuming half of the flare gun's damage is fire-based and the other half bullet-based) more damage from the flare gun, or would it just receive 20% more damage?
I've tried looking on the damage page on the TF2 wiki, but I can't seem to find any information about dual damage types, and whether they stack.

If I'm not articulating myself properly, or am missing any details, please let me know.
Also, for the sake of simplicity, please ignore afterburn; I only care about the initial hit on the enemy.


texts: With most item types the items you find gradually scale with your level. You might find an iron dagger at level 1, but if you come back after the area/dungeon has been repopulated and you are higher level, it might be an dwarven or ebony dagger. Do soul gems scale in the same way? Are you more likely to find higher tier soul gems as you gain levels (apart from the fact that you are more difficult places)?


texts: Why does the chat bar show up when I right click on Minecraft P.C.?

texts: I am on P.C. and have been playing Minecraft recently. I play on the ihascupquake oasis mod and for some reason when I tried to right click the chat bar came up in the bottom of my screen so I pressed enter and it went away. I pressed another several times and the same thing happened (The chat bar came up when  right clicked.). In that time I couldn't break blocks as you can't do anything when chat bar is up. I went into chat settings and selected "Chat bar: Hidden" and the chat bar went away but I still couldn't break blocks. I left the game and came back several times - no change. Can someone please help me?


texts: Can use cd-key from retail version of Witcher 3 to download from gog.com or steam?

texts: I've just ordered Witcher 3 for PC from Amazon but I didn't realize that it comes on bluray (at least what the description says) and my PC does not have bluray reader. Will I be able to download it from gog.com or Steam using cd-key that came with the game?


texts: What effects does the blood moon event have on the world, other than respawning monsters?

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Aside from respawning monsters, how does the blood moon event affect the world?

I've heard rumours that cooking during the blood moon event causes a guaranteed critical cook. However, I'm unsure if this is true.


texts: How to become a king of a friendly dynastic kingdom?

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I'm the king of Kievan Rus and have quite a bit of territory. My goal is to become emperor of Russia. As a step towards is to become a king of Chernigov Kingdom.

My inheritance law is elective gavelkind, the good thing is that MANY dukes (Grand Princes in Rus terminologies) and the current king of Chernigov kingdom are all from my dynasty: Rurikid.

The current king of Chernigov can get around 6k troops and has 22k troops of potential allies... Also, right now he is attacked by someone from Persia (vassal of Seljuk's empire) and losing a war.

I can attack now and start getting counties and duchies, but it will be a lengthy and bloody process to take all his territory (as he has quite a few duchies).

Another option I thought about is to elect the king of Chernigov to be a king of Kievan Rus. The problem with this is that nobody votes for "an encroaching foreign ruler".

I also thought about marrying his and my kids so his son would inherit my kingdom and I elect my grandson as a king.... but that's a too long shot.

Are there any better options?

Please advise.


texts: Up until recently I used to be able to get a crawler by using explosives and gain some time to rebuild barricades and get weapons in between rounds. Now I can't seem to get ANY crawlers in Solo and I have tried many times with grenades, rocket launchers, etc. into large groups of enemies on levels as high as round 80 with no crawlers produced. However, I can play multi-player and get crawlers fine. Any ideas?


texts: How can the Panic Attack be used effectively?

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This Smissmas update introduced the Panic Attack to TF2 - a shotgun with a four-round clip that loads like the Beggar's Bazooka, and becomes more dangerous but less accurate as your damage goes up.

This loss of accuracy seems utterly detrimental - not to mention the awkwardness of loading and firing the gun already making it near impossible to hit with consistently, made worse by the increased bullet spread with higher damage.

How then is a person expected to use the Panic Attack with any sort of effectiveness?


texts: How can I play with a friend in another city?

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So how can I play with a friend on the same team against another friend?

We'll all be logging in on different machines in different cities!

Does FIFA 13 even allow co-operative play?


texts: Are there any special rules for Enchanting?

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There are some basic rules that we all know that apply to enchanting, such as:

"An item can't have more than two enchants, and can only have two with the final enchanting perk"

Sometimes in the game, I´ve found myself trying to figure out the rest of the rules that apply to enchanting.

For example, not every item with a magical effect can be disenchanted: there are exceptions, but what are those exceptions?

Mehrunes Dagger for example, can't be disenchanted for the aprox. 2.5% chance to instakill.
Masks, can't be disenchanted
Also, some masks DO HAVE 3 different enchants, also making itself an exception to an enchanting rule.

My question is, is there any place that I can find, or any player that have theorycrafted succesfully about what are those specific rules, defining once for all, what can and can't be achieved/done with enchanting ?


texts: Which items are useless and can be safely sold?

texts: Which of these fish, vegetables, minerals, monster loot, and artifacts are useless and can be safely sold?  Which ones are only used in bundles (which makes them useless to me, since I signed up with Joja Mart)?


texts: I just installed Gangstar New Orleans from Microsoft Store but it's loading forever!

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When I open the game, I see the logo of Gameloft in the middle of a black screen and the word "loading" is flashing in the lower right corner and that's it. The game never started.

I thought it's downloading a big file but I can tell that the internet connection is not used by opening the task manager.

I waited for so long but the game isn't starting. Would you help me please?

My specs:

CPU: Core2Due 2.33 GHz

RAM: 3 GB

Nvidia GeForce 710 GT

Windows 10

Edit: I updated windows 10 to the latest version but the same thing happens!

Edit 2: I tried to open it few days later after updating the windows and now it works. IDK how. Thanks anyway :)


texts: How to edit the assets in the jar version file in minecraft?

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I want to edit the assets, like the textures of the blocks, in the Minecraft .jar file. For example, I want to change the textures of bottles without using a texture pack, and directly change what Minecraft thinks the default is.

The process I've tried so far is:

turn version.jar, in this case 1.10.jar into a .zip file
unzip it into a folder, now just a folder called 1.10
navigate to 1.10/assets/minecraft/textures/items/bottle.png
edit that texture
compress the folder back into a .zip file
change it to a .jar file
replace the original version.jar with mine

But when I try to launch it, Minecraft refuses to launch it. Why, and how can I edit Minecraft correctly?


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I found all Enigma codes, thanks to PowerPyx' collectible guide. All I have to do now is solve them, but how am I supposed to do it?

Each code has 2 rows of 9 numbers ranging from 1 to 9. Each row determines the value of a letter ranging from A to J. I tried brute forcing the letters, but from AA to JJ nothing happened. Brute forcing the numbers is going to take forever, since there are one Billion different combinations for them.

Finding the collectible Enigma Codes only allows me to set a value for the corresponding number, but it doesn't look like there's a hint to solving it.

Exactly how am I supposed to find out how to solve this?


texts: Where are the maps I downloaded for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2?

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I downloaded the Uprising and Apocalypse map packs for Black Ops 2 but once they were done installing I could not find the maps. Where are they?

I am using a PS3 if that helps.


texts: Getting another opportunity to resurrect a ghost

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My partner died. I waited 3 days then I had the opportunity to bring him back to life at the science lab, but I accidentally declined the offer. Is there any way to get that opportunity back?

I really want him as a playable ghost. I researched it a lot but it seems I'm the only person stupid enough to have declined it.

I tried befriending someone and putting their needs on static once I moved them in. It's been a week. I have also tried working at the science lab and clicking to make all events happen and opportunities, but nothing works. I really don't want to give up.


texts: Where can I buy sawn logs for all the different plots in Hearthfire?

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You can buy land / build houses in Dawnstar, Falkrath and Morthal.

At each house, there are sources for clay and stone, but where can you buy the sawn logs for each plot?

I know only the source for Falkrath, which is Riverwood.


texts: What are the mechanics of campaign map reinforcements on Rome Total War?

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All I can find are explanations on what causes delays with them on the battle map. I'm wondering how you get reinforcements on the campaign map. I thought it was if an army was on a tile touching the attacked city/army, they'd be brought in as a reinforcement, but when the Brutii attack Corinth with my faction leader right next to it, they're not brought in as reinforcements:

What do I have to do for my army to be brought in as reinforcements when the settlement siege starts?


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Just had a 2 on 2 coop game vs hard ai with a friend of mine. It was ZnP(me) vs TnP. At first, I transitioned to 2-gate and we both defended the center with some minor hit n run micro with my few stalkers + his zergling swarm.

Having fended off the inital AI attack, I then tried to transition to a couple of void rays and tried to do in the zerg, but had to retreat since he already had some mutas and hydras when my Void ray arrived(yeah i'm slow sorry about that).

Anyway, I didn't know what to do after mid-game so I just did what I usually did in SC1: mass carriers. There I was sitting with lots a gold so I just built some proxy bases + 2 more gateways(for continuous supply of stalkers) and just spammed the carriers.

We eventually won the game but now I heard he's complaining I did a carrier rush. What's wrong with doing a carrier rush? I know I could've gone immortals and colossi but I still haven't got used to the BO for those and carriers were a bit 'easier' to transition after void rays. What did I do wrong?


texts: I am a long-time Rocket League fan. I love the game. However, I do not know how we are supposed to get Rocket Pass 5's Premium Tiers. This is because 10 Keys have been used to unlock Rocket Passes 1-4. However, the Blueprint Update, which will change the key and crate systems, comes with Rocket Pass 5. How do I get this?


texts: Where can I find electricity for this fuse box?

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The position on the map is:

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1189/senzatitolo2g.jpg

the screen is:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/1589/senzatitolo1jci.jpg

I can't find electricity for it though.

Also

I need the electricity for this:

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5522/senzatitolo3p.jpg

I saw one source of power on the far right side of metro, but it's seriously too far away.


texts: Do body bags count as medical waste? Should they get placed into the medical waste area if one exists, or can they be incinerated as usual?


texts: Are any of the quests in Fallout 4 time sensitive?  Will you fail the Quest if it's not completed in a set amount of time?


texts: Drinking worm blood doesn't seem to harm me, drench me or anything else except the screen starts pulsing. Is there some hidden effect to the worm blood?


texts: During my first visit to the Aether Foundation conservatory I engaged in a battle with an Ultra Beast.  It fled before I could attempt to catch it.  I'm wondering if it were possible to have caught it during that first encounter?


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Note: I am referring to the resource People, not Survivors or Heroes.

While putting Fortnite on the backburner for a little bit (to allow time for bug fixes, etc), I have made sure to continue checking daily to collect Research Points, grab my daily rewards, and send off Expeditions. However, after about a week of this, I've run out of People, which are required to send any expeditions past the first few that just bring back wood and stone.

I know that saving Survivors during missions grants 3 (possibly varies based on where you are in the game, but since I've started checking, it's always been 3) People per Survivor saved, but is there any other way to get People? I can do the Survivor missions solo if I have to, but it'd be nice if there was an alternative, since I tend to always find Survivors who ask me to find their medkits on the other side of the map.


texts: How do you uninstall Modloader for Minecraft?

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I was trying to install a mod for Minecraft, and it told me to install Modloader. I already had Forge installed, but I installed Modloader anyway, not knowing that the two mod loaders would clash. When I opened my Minecraft and logged in, it said Fatal Error, and it told me to uninstall one of the mod loaders.

I tried deleting Modloader, but that didn't do anything. I'm not really the tech-savvy type -- how can I completely remove Modloader?


texts: What is this floating green light in Vah Medoh?

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In my game, just inside the entrance to Vah Medoh, slightly above head level and before the column of rising air, there's a greenish column of light (video, image).

It appears fixed in space relative to the dungeon - I can look at it from different angles, etc. It seems like maybe it's only there at night, leading to some speculation that it might be a weird glitchy copy of the light from Mount Satori, but I'd really like to know for sure before I beat the boss, given that afterward I won't be able to get back in.


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Armor hit points reduce incoming damage, and shield regenerates. According to this reddit post, shield depletes before armor, and one reddit commentor describes this effect to be extremely useful:

  Torbjorn armor put on Zarya effectively turns her large shield pool into an armor pool, because shields deplete before armor, but armor provides the reduction as long as it's in your health pool.

But is this actually the case? It doesn't make much sense for armor to cause damage reduction to shields, however, if it does, that's definitely an interesting synergy.


texts: Can you have more than three game files on Mario Bros. Wii U?

texts: I have more than three kids and they all want to play. How can I have more than three savegames, so that they can all play the game?


texts: What does "up to X damage" exactly mean?

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When shooting, the game informs you the shot will do "up to" some number of damage, and sometimes it does a bit less. Does anyone know formulas and probabilities?

Also, I am seeing my Assault with Plasma Rifle "does up to 8 damage" while rifle itself should do 7. Maybe it's a Normal difficulty buff? Or is it because his nickname's "Psycho"? :-)


texts: What is the optimal Tech I sub-capital ship and fit to defeat an Amarr Interceptor?

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Recently, my two-person corp has been war-deced by a one man corp run by xManBearPiggx who often attacks with either of the Amarr Interceptors (or occasionally with a Catalyst).

To my great shame he's been able to take out a couple of my cheap cargo frigates. So I've decided to hunt or ambush my assailant.  The only problem is that I'm about a year behind my opponent in character skills, so I can't really use tech II or higher ships or fits.

But what I lack in character skills I can make for with a large trade income, so I'm trying to figure out how to buy my way out of this problem.  I'm not rich enough that I could afford faction ships, but I can afford just about any Tech I ship. Also,  I have a fair mixture of combat and piloting skills so it wouldn't take long to train for any of the Tech I ships.

So I'm wondering what is the optimal fit to take on a pirate in an Amarr Interceptor with tech 2 dual light pulse lasers?


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During many of the games I've recently played where we've attempted to stealth through a bank heist, it has become apparent that the guards seemingly follow rigid paths that change as you kill off each guard.

Is it possible to perform any action (being seen for a certain amount of time, shooting at walls, etc) that will attract a single nearby guard away from his path so I can put a bullet in him?


texts: How do I transfer items between characters?

texts: In Cube world you get a lot of class specific drops that you can't use. Is it possible to transfer good items to one of your alternative characters?


texts: How long does it take for my Prestige to update on my Player Card?

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I was playing Call of Duty: World at War yesterday and I reached 10th prestige.

However, on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops, my Player Card still shows the 9th prestige badge for World at War.

How long will it take for my Player Card in Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops to update to show the 10th prestige badge?


texts: Are Warlords and Beyond the Sword two separate expansions for Civilization IV or does the second build on the first?

texts: There are two expansion packs for Civilization IV, Warlords and Beyond the Sword. Are these two separate expansion packs with unique features not found in either, or is the second (Beyond the Sword) a further expansion of the first (Warlords)? Put differently, if you're new to the game, is there any reason you'd still want to play Warlords (or plain Civilization IV for that matter) instead of going directly for Beyond the Sword?


texts: In Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space, what does the "endurance" stat do?

texts: Every astonaut has a capsule piloting stat, which increases their chance of success during any capsule phase, a docking stat which increases their chances during any docking phase, a landing stat which increases their chances during any landing phase, and an EVA stat which increases their chances during EVA phases.  But what does the endurance stat do?


texts: Are there any consequences for not beating the Luca Goers in FFX?

texts: I've just started playing through FFX HD Remaster on my Vita, and I've been beaten by the Luca Goers, aside from my wounded pride is there any reason I shouldn't just carry on? I know I can beat them if I try a few times, but I don't want to if there isn't a good reason.


texts: Since I had not known killed horses were able to respawn, I had bought another, and now I need to store both, what to do?


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How much damage does it do up close, and what's the maximum range I can be at until the damage begins to drop off? How much does the damage drop off, and what's the max drop off?

Can the weapon be burst-fired to eliminate the high spread, or is the spread unmanageable at all?


texts: Is possible to know the design or color of a DualShock 4 (PS4 Controller) with just the sticker?

texts: Let's say that I have only the backplate of a DualShock 4 with the sticker intact. Is possible to know the design or color with just that sticker?


texts: How do you actually complete a scenario in Planet Coaster

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I have played Planet Coaster and it appears as if I've been rewarded a bronze, silver and gold star.
I need to point out, I'm not a gamer and this is the first game I've bought in years and years.
The issue I have is, the scenario doesn't seem to end and I'm confused if I've actually completed it!
I can see here, I have completed 3 out of 9 (what ever that means)

Yet, I can see I have all 3 stars for Pirate Battle but the game doesn't stop. I'd expected after I got the 3 stars, the game to show a "level complete" type thing.
How do I get to the next level?


texts: Is riding Roach actually faster than running?

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Sometimes I ride Roach to cross an area where I have easily done so on foot, but Roach has trouble doing it.

I haven't seen much difference between running and riding Roach. Is Roach actually faster?


texts: I have Shark listed in my pet list, but I can't find it anywhere to tame it. Has anyone found one yet and can you tell me where you found it?


texts: For the first time I bought a game from steam Age of Empires Online : All in wonder. The transaction was successful and I got the game listed under my account in the steam website but when I download the latest steam client and install it, there are 0 games listed under the library tab. I also raised a steam support ticket three days ago, but no response from them till now. Does anyone know how to resolve this issue? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.


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I took the first 3 tutorials and played a game. It went fine until I tried to colonize a planet. A neutral and perfect planet. But I couldn't colonize it there was no button for that. It was possible in the tutorial. But I can't do it in this game. Do I have to research the ability?

The wikia wiki it just said some of the capital ships could colonize.
I have a capital ship but the button isn't there.


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I've played with my friend a LAN game at his place. Unfortunately he lives quite far from me and I can't visit him on regular basis.

Can I use a save where we played via LAN to play with him via internet?


texts: What altitude do I need to be to register as being above a biome?

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In KSP, I can do science "from space just above Kerbin's Deserts" or "while flying over Kerbin's Water".

At what altitude do I stop "flying over" and start sciencing "from space just above"? At what altitude am I "in space near Kerbin"? In other words, how low do I have to be for the biome to register?

Moreover, for the Mun (or other biome-bearing body), how close do I need to get in order to register as in "space just above" or "flying over" the Mun's highlands, for example?


texts: At what time do the dailies refresh in Skyforge?

texts: Like many free-to-play MMORPG, Skyforge offers a daily login bonus. When exactly does the day end though?


texts: What does right clicking with the sword equipped do?

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In Beta 1.8, right clicking with the sword equipped angles it in front of you, while decreasing your walking speed:

What exactly is this doing? Does it provide any benefit to combat?


texts: What are the best defensive strategies in NBA 2K11?

texts: I would like to know what are the best defensive strategies to take on nba 2k11. Playing zones, man on man, double team traps, etc; or is it best to switch defenses through the game.


texts:
I recently started mining in the Raven Rock Mine. I went a little further into the mine, but now I can't move.  It looks like I'm stuck in a gap between first- and third-person view.

I can't move, open menus (except settings and quest), fast travel, reload, save, crouch, or look around. I set my saves to "manual" to avoid the glitch that makes the game freeze while autosaving.  Basically, it seems like I'm screwed.

Any suggestions?


texts: What are all the effects of hacking a system?

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I've noticed that the hacking drone sometimes provide additional benefits while hacking a system in addition to removing it from play for a while.

For example, hacking an medbay will cause the room to damage instead of heal.  Hacking a battery will drain power rather than provide power.

What are the effects of hacking on each system/subsystem?


texts: How does sethbling "steal items from air" in this video?

texts: Around 0:40, sethbling throws iron blocks at the huge villager statue, and they vanish. How does that work? And what version of Minecraft do I need to use to do this?


texts: I accidentally got pregnant, is there a way to become unpregnant?

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I am already at the population cap for my vault - 200 dwellers - but while I was switching dwellers around rooms, I left two very charismatic dwellers in their living quarters together for too long, and now one of them is pregnant.

Since I'm at the population cap, what happens? Presumably my dweller will remain permanently pregnant now?


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When I got my ps4 I couldn't create an account for some reason. I had 7 games on it. Now that I created my account, in my profile it says that I have only 2 games. How can I sync my profile with my games and trophies?

I could install an add-on for Tekken 7 but when i wanted to install a DLCfor Dragon Age it keep saying "Can't find application" and asks to search the store. What should I do? Will updating the game solve the problem?


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My SpEn had the pleasure of killing Azrael and part of his escort. However, this involved sticky flames, that burned off all of my scrolls and shattered a few potions. Luckily, my +2 robe of fire resistance helped survive me the experience. I do grieve the scrolls however, and it doesn't help that part of the escort was a mottled dragon, which now attached me sticky flames of its own.

How can I put sticky flames off myself?


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I have been playing a lot of this game and bought a few different mini-games now.

I noticed, however, that I haven't managed to unlock any new outfits for my Mii.

How do I get new outfits?


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One of my squad members seems to be permanently stuck with an alien-in-view alert. As far as I can tell, he always has one more alert than is relevant (he always sees one more alien than there actually are within his line of sight).

One the one hand, this is handy, since he's an assault class and I'm guessing gets bonuses for this, but at the same time, it's very annoying to keep hearing the "I saw an alien" audio alert, when no alien is anywhere within his sights.

Has anyone else seen this? Is there a work-around? I've tried reloading the game from save, but it didn't seem to help.


texts: What are the big stars after leaving a station?

texts: As you can see in the picture below, there are 3 big white stars (never mind my CPU temperature) pointed by the green arrows. What does those stars mean?


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Every time i start the game and join a server i get these annoying pop-up hints that won't leave until i have done what they want me to do, (zoom in with a scope, press 'e' to look at the gun).
So right now what i do is join a random server, do all the common things they tell me to and then join a proper competition server to play.
Is there a command line i can add to my configuration file to get rid of them ?


texts: How to use TSL maps for Civ 5 (making True Start Locations work)?

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Some maps for Civilization 5 are advertised as 'TSL', featuring True Start Locations. An example is http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=388696 . How do I make these work? With the map above, I've tried going Main Menu > Single Player > Set up game, and then selecting this map, and then ticking load scenario. But that doesn't work.

I'm using Mac G&K if that makes a difference.


texts: Why can't the minecraft resourepack folder be a symlink to elsewhere?

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Just a quick question, I tried to use a different folder for the resourcepacks so I could store them elsewhere and then use a symbolic link to the resource pack folder but minecraft doesn't see  zip files within the symbolic linked directory.
This wouldn't really be relevant, except that I am in the process of stitching a bunch of resource packs together so its nice to be able to test them after I make an edit.
Thanks if you have an explanation.


texts: Will my game restart if I join a friend's game?

texts: I am further in Borderlands 2 than my friend and I was wondering if I join his game, will it make me restart the missions I have already completed? Or affect my storyline in any way?


texts: Can I build a player activated fill clock in Minecraft?

texts: Is there a way to keep a fill clock deactivated, then have a player start it with say, a pressure plate or trip wire? It would be like a toggled off redstone clock, but with command blocks.


texts: I've once saw in one of the direwolf20's lets plays the armor stand which you can punch and it displays the amount of damage you make. I couldn't catch the name of the item in WAILA and don't know where to find it in the the mod pack. Who can say what is this item on the screenshot?


texts: What progress is synced between platforms when I log in with my Origin account?

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I recently found out that some versions of NFSMW 2012 allow you to sync some progress, and I was thinking:

What progress is synced between the different game versions and platforms?
What platforms are allowed to sync progress? (PS3, PSVita, Xbox 360, PC, Wii U, iOS and Android)


texts: How can I free City States and accomplish a Diplomatic Victory?

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I'm Venice on one continent, making good money at around musketmen are available. The Ottomans went nuts and went on a rampage, taking England and Russia, and started to absorb the City States that I've allied with.

Suleiman invited me to war with the Zulus, but I refused; and predictably, I'm the world leader, with the Forbidden palace, so I have influence that way.

What I wanted to accomplish is to liberate those Civilizations and City States to become my allies. The concern is this is right around the age where the Ottomans are pretty strong militarily (Janissaries and replacement Lancers). He's leading the pack in terms of soldiers, while I'm building up mine (and hitting the unit cap at the moment, but then I'm purchasing units, so the cap matters less).

How can I put pressure on him before going full out war?

Some things I've thought of:

Let the Ottomans and Zulus fight, and join the Zulus? (AIs are not known for naval warfare)
Bribe Ottomans into war with the Zulus, get them to fight, which would make him a known warmongerer, making subsequent actions against him easier?
Embargo Ottomans (done that)
Embargo Luxuries, making his life harder without as much luxuries
Hit him where his forces aren't ready - he's on the west side of his continent going for a CS rampage. I could probably use my Frigates to free Novogrod rather quickly.


texts: What does the number do on the "power-ups" in Inside a Star-Filled Sky?

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So, I've been playing Inside a Star-Filled Sky here and there for a couple days and I'm really digging it.  However, I'm wondering about the details of how to play.

The power-up tiles (not really power-ups) each have a number.  One thing this number does is increment down each time you go up a level.  It also seems to indicate the degree of power that you'll have in that particular ability.  For example, if you have a big-bullets with a six, then your bullets will be substantially larger than if you have a big-bullets with a two.

Is that what you're seeing too?  Anything else?

When you enter one of those tiles to change it's nature, how do the numbers work in your experience?

When you die and drop down a level, what do the numbers do?


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In KOTOR2 (using the restored content mod, if it matters) there are some items and lightsaber crystals that add bonus lightside damage or darkside damage.  There are also a few pieces of equipment that reduce damage from one or both of those types of damage.  Other than these rare pieces of equipment that mitigate this damage, what is significant about these damage types?

Do light side damage bonuses deal extra damage to Sith and darkside to Jedi?  Also, is Force Lightning an electric attack or a dark side attack? What about Stun Droid?

(This seems to have information on the personal crystal which has different damage types depending on your alignment as well as different amounts of that alignment-elemental damage depending on your foe's alignment: https://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox/920194-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-ii-the-sith-lords/faqs/34505)


texts: How to protect yourself from exploding electric ice wall?

texts: Whenever I try to cast this spell (EQRQRAS) with shift (to surround myself with it), I get killed every single time. I've seen people on youtube cast it, and stay alive so I tried casting this with various types of shields, but nothing helped, I just get instant death. Is there a way to cast this without dying?


texts: Meeting new nations: What determines the first contact diplomacy?

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When we meet another nation for the first time there appear to be three scenarios.

We say "It is an honor to meet you" then they will invite us to reveal their nearest city.
We can invite them to "sample our hospitality".
A variant of (1), i.e. "It is an honor to meet you" then they will offer to exchange information on capitals, presumably revealing the cities for both sides.

I was wondering what is the cause for each of these three scenarios to happen? I have three hypotheses:

a) it is completely random (my preferred guess so far).
b) it is dependent on whose turn it is, whether it is mine or the AI.
c) it is dependent on the distance to my or their capital/ nearest city.

Edit:

Thanks for Dallium's answer. I think he got it right. But please take note of the following screenshot. In this situation it played out as scenario 1, that is we said "honor to meet you" and Ghandi was like "please visit my nearby city". It was Ghandi's turn, though, and to me this looks more like we were meeting in the middle. We are also closer to Japan than to India.


texts: Is Commander Dorne related to Elara Dorne?

texts: While I was exploring on a Bounty Hunter, the class quest led me to the Imperial Intelligence HQ on Dromund Kaas. When I walked inside, I saw a man named Commander Dorne. Does anyone know if he is related to Elara Dorne, a companion of the Trooper?


texts: What speedup can I expect in modern PC games from switching to a 64bit OS?

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Forgetting, for the moment, the advantages afforded by more RAM being addressable, what performance gains are typical with say, vista 64 over vista 32?

Do all games perform better, or does it vary widely? Is there a list somewhere of games or game engines that perform a lot better in 64?

Update:
Thanks for responses so far.

I guess I'd assumed that by now, most of the major game engines (Unreal, Source, Cryengine, etc) had special versions, not only compiled as 64bit executables but also modified to take advantage of the increased power (I'm imagining some lower-level 3d graphics math or physics or something being faster because of techniques that take advantage of the larger address space and/or any new instructions). Thus some games would have a significant boost in performance. Is this not the case?


texts: How are there such ridiculously high numbers in the final scoreboard?

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I just finished classic Ironman and the final scoreboard is weird:.

The World average numbers shows about 146000 scientists/engineers. Same stuff for credits and few other values.

I mean, I'm sure someone sat there for a week and clicked "Mission" buttons for a month to get huge amounts of them from the council. But how come it's a 'world average'? Why are the numbers so high?


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In New Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. U, when a character gets stuck in a bubble (by dying or by hitting a ‘panic button’), the player could get the bubble to float to another character (faster) by shaking the Wii remote, allowing that character to free the trapped character. That doesn’t seem to  work in Super Mario 3D World.

Is there a way to move the bubble or otherwise escape from the bubble sooner?


texts: How do I get control over my character back?

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I'm stuck at BM:AC where Ras al gul keeps Talia under siege to provoke batman.

But I'm stuck at that scene. I can only move my camera, all other controls are gone.

I can acess the main menu, but the gameplay is stuck. What can I do so I can play on?

My PC has a HP core2 Duo, 4GB ram, 512 Nvidia gt9000 graphics.


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I am really struggling to stop convoys so that I can tag the supplies.

I've tried strafing the convoy with a chopper which is difficult, I've tried C4 and Mines, both of which seem to work, but the target vehicle still just drives away.

I've taken out both escort vehicles in the convoy, shot the tyres of the truck and still it drives away.

What is the secret to effectivly stopping a convoy in a clean and efficient manner?


texts: What is the name of the soundtrack on the Juiced start menu?

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I'm asking about an old game called Juiced.

I honestly have tried to look all over the soundtracks of Juiced, it is the first soundtrack you hear when you boot up Juiced on the Xbox/PC/PS2, I don't know what the soundtrack is called.

This page I looked at doesn't include the menu soundtrack - I put them all on YouTube and none of them is what I am looking for.

Can anyone name the soundtrack, I will appreciate it so much!

If you do not know the name of the soundtrack but you have a specific link e.g. YouTube, then that would be just fine.


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I completed the Institute mission A House Divided in which there is a stand off in the biosciences laboratory which you can solve a variety of ways, I solved it with words and got everybody to stand down.

Afterwards, Newton Oberly asked me how I wanted to punish those involved and I chose to restrict their access to quarters and non-work areas. Newton seemed surprised by this. Later during the Powering Up mission I bumped into one of those involved and he was also very surprised that he was still alive.

What is an acceptable punishment for mutiny? If I choose to execute everybody involved what happens? Does this have any negative impact on how the rest of the Institute reacts to me?


texts: Pokemon Platinum: Chaining in the old chateu

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So according to this wikihow page, Chaining is encountering the same Pokémon repeatedly to better your chances of finding a shiny version. You have to KO the non-shinies until you find what your looking for.There are also a few other things of note, like distance of the next chain and ways the chain might be broken. But this speaks of chaining in fields of tall grass with the use of repel and the PokéRadar.
But in Eterna Forest, there's the old chateu, inside aside from the Rotom which you only encounter in the TV in one of the rooms, you get only Gastlys
So unless i'm mistaken about the basic concept of Chaining, it should be rather easy getting a shiny gastly there - not needing repel or the PokéRadar. So can I chain for a shiny gastly in the Old Chateu?

Edit: Apparently you can find Hauntar and even Gengar, but they are very rare and only appear in certain rooms with certain conditions.


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I just got a ps4 from US. The ps4 110-240v however i am not sure about the power cord given with it can work in 220v.
Will the power cord work in Pakistan or not?
Pls help me, thanks.


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I find it very fiddly to embark and disembark, sometimes the ship just refuse to approach the land! does the landing site have to be allied land with a port facility or something...?
And  sometimes i click the troop to move toward ship and they eventually do board the vessel, but clicking embark does nothing at all.
Its very frustrating and fiddly especially combined with the huge slowdown. makes me wish it was turn based because i lose some conflicts trying to transport troops and clicking again and again to transport them on ships but by the time they eventually  (if ever) board and disembark I've missed the battle and lost again!
lol i lose enough without shipping megabug!


texts: ever since i installed forge my minecraft wont start

texts: ever since I installed forge my Minecraft wont start. I've tried everything to restarting mine craft to my whole computer please help.


texts: Profiling performance of minecraft functions in datapack

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On a server I play on, we suffered from quite severe tick lag when the functions in our custom datapack were turned on. Turning off the functions returned the server to a more playable state.

Of course we like the custom things we made, so we want to figure out if one of the functions is particularly expensive to run. Is there a way to profile the performance of individual functions of a data pack on the server side, either via regular Minecraft configuration or via Spigot?


texts: How are the saved game data and user profile data files related?

texts: Must you save and restore the two files simultaneously?  Or can I restore a saved game file without restoring the user profile?  What information is in the user profile?


texts: What carries over to New Game+ when loading from Clear Data after a finished game?


texts: Is there a reward for earning all of the gold medals in time attack mode?

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In Donkey Kong Country Returns, after beating a level, you unlock Time Attack mode, where you have to beat the level within certain time thresholds to earn gold, silver or bronze medals.  Earning gold and silver medas is insanely hard, requiring near-perfection.

Do I get anything by earning all gold medals as opposed to just earning any medal?


texts: How does armour damage reduction interact with other life types in Overwatch?

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As we know (for example this question What's the difference between life, health, armour and shield?), armour in Overwatch has a damage reduction property.

  Reduces incoming damage by 5 if the hit was 10 damage or more. If the damage is less than 10 then it is halved.

My question is the specific mechanics of how this interacts with other health types. Knowing this may not actually effect the outcome of any situation in game, but I'm curious as to how the system functions. Questions I have are:

Does damage reduction apply if you have a shield or overshield which would absorb all of the damage from a shot?

  Example: Armour: 50, Shield 30. I get hit for 15. Do I take:

15 damage to my shield  - no damage reduction.
15-5 = 10 damage to my shield - full damage reduction.

I assume 1. will be the case.

Does damage reduction apply to all, some or none of a shot when you have a shield / overshield which would block some of the incoming damage?

  Example: Armour: 50, Shield 5. I get hit for 10. Do I:

Take 5 points to the shield, then a full 5 to armour (no damage reduction).
Take 5 points to the shield, then 5/2 = 2.5 points to armour (damage reduction on the "remaining" damage)
Take 10-5 = 5 points to the shield (damage reduction on the whole incoming damage).

I'd assume it'd be 2.

Does damage reduction still apply if you don't have sufficient armour to absorb the entire shot?

  Example: Armour: 5, get hit for 15. Do you:

Take 15-5 = 10 total damage (5 to armour, 5 to life) - full damage reduction.
Take 15 damage (5 to armour, 10 to life) - no damage reduction?

I would assume 1.


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Each racetrack has two or more elements. If the racing dragon matches the track's element, it'll have a sight advantage.

Is there a disadvantage if the dragon is of the opposite element from the track element? For example, if I use a Blazing Dragon (air, fire) on the Cherry Road track (plant, earth, fire), it will have an advantage on the fire parts, be neutral on the plant parts, but will it be neutral or have a disadvantage on the earth parts, since air is the opposite of earth?


texts: How to check for something every tick, but only run a command one time when the condition is met?

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I'm making a Minecraft 1.16 datapack and I need to check if a player is in a certain location. I want to check for that condition every tick and then run a function when it is met.
I'm currently using this command: execute as @a[x = 10, y = 56, z = 42, dx = 8, dy = 10, dz = 0] run say Passed
The problem is that when the condition is met, the run say Passed part also executes every tick, which is not what I want.
When the condition is met, I want that command to only run once, and not every tick, while still checking the condition every tick.
But, I also want the command to be able to run again after a second or so.
Could I do this by checking the condition every tick, then running a function that has a timer that only executes a command if it was previously executed 1 or more seconds ago?


texts: Assign wired Xbox 360 controller as controller 2 on Linux

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There are a few co-op games I'd like to play with family/friends, but since it's not possible to use separate machines for all games and they do support controllers, I would like to allow the second player to use the controller (there is only one in the house, a wired Xbox 360 controller). But the problem with that is that most games force controller #1 to be player #1, but the keyboard and mouse would also be player #1. Thus, the controller and keyboard will be fighting to control the same player.

I have no idea if this will allow me to play local co-op games with only one controller, but if I could force the controller to become controller #2, I could at least experiment game-by-game what would work with that.

So can I, in Linux (Ubuntu 16.10 or Debian Stretch), force a single wired Xbox controller to be controller #2?


texts: Does Bozai show up before defeating Vah Naboris?

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Bozai is the NPC in BOTW that gives the player snow and sand boots. I am searching for him around the outskirts of Gerudo Town and I can not find him. I have also looked at the tent he would sit in. This has a comment saying he can appear before completing the Vah Naboris dungeon, I however still do not see him. Not sure if this matters, but I have not talked to Impa (thus not completing the Seek Out Impa quest).
Does anyone know if it is required for me to defeat Vah Naboris before Bozai appears?


texts: how to change attached PSN account on PS Vita

texts: I got this used PS Vita, and the account is still on it, and I need to sign into the account to deactivate it, is there anyway to get rid of the account through factory reset or anything?


texts: Why can't I destroy blocks or hit people in multiplayer and in single player on diamond dimensions?

texts: I am on Diamond Dimensions and I can right click a door or chest to open it, but I can destroy any blocks. I have tried everything, including re-downloading Technic launcher, but I still can't destroy blocks. I was on my friends world so I went to my world and it still didn't work. I made sure my control was on button 1 for attack, I made sure I was on survival mode and not adventure mode, and even tried dying to see if it works. It didn't. I can't even hit someone!! When a monster came near me I couldn't even hit him, I had to run away!! What else can I do?


texts: In the game Trove, how do you get recipes for the Haunted Workbench?

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I have decided that the lower portions of my Cornerstone tower should be decorated with doodads from the Cursed Vale.  I have built a Haunted Workbench, but only a few recipes are unlocked.

I have read that Recipe Dungeons are a source of recipes, but I can not find any Recipe Dungeons in the Cursed Vale biome even after an hour of riding around and hopping to new instances.  I was able to find Recipe Dungeons in the Fae Forest and learn a few of the decorations for that workbench, so I know what they look like on the minimap.

How do I unlock recipes for the Haunted Workbench?


texts: Are there any ways to recover hearts besides finding hearts in the field?

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I'm in the middle of the desert, clinging onto live with only half a heart, desperate for anything that can recover my life, and naturally, I don't have any bottles with me.

In what ways can I recover my hearts, or am I required to scavenge the desert for any hearts?


texts: Can you share Lunch boxes between vaults?

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If you get/buy a lunchbox in one vault can you open it in another?

(Yes I could test this myself but it only just occurred to me and I've left my iPad at home so that I won't play the game at work :) )


texts: Why don't my female dwellers give birth to children?

texts: I am playing Fallout Shelter on my IPad. There were some women who have already gave birth, but two female dwellers are carrying their babies for about 18(!) hours. I know that this process takes three hours, so this is not normal. What do I do?


texts: Do PS2 emulators support joypads with varying button sensitivity

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The PS2 joy-pads had variable button sensitivity. For example, in MGS3, slightly holding the square was used for aiming, and pressing it all the way to the end meant shoot. Does any Playstation 2 emulator support such joy-pads in a reliable/accurate manner?

I am asking this in the scope of the aforementioned MGS3 which I'd like to replay again and I remember that playing on a cheap, unoriginal pad was a pain.


texts: What mech types and variants are in the game?

texts: Navigating through the in game interface is a bit cumbersome, so I'm looking for a complete list of all mech types and variants in the game, including statistics like hardpoints.


texts: I've recently updated to Minecraft 1.7.2 and I've found out that the bed texture is somehow reversed on the side. I've searched here for a similar question but couldn't find one. Is it just me or is it a problem of the current snapshot? How can I fix it?


texts: Is there a Bukkit plug-in that will prevent Ghasts from spawning?

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We planned to create some big buildings in the Nether but to make it challenging on the earth too, we do enable enemies.

However, we don't want to enable Ghasts as we find them very annoying since they destroy everything.

Is there a Bukkit plug-in that allows me to disable ghasts?


texts: Just how important are resistances when going into inferno?

texts: I'm just about to start inferno on my barbarian, and I've heard that you need + Resist All Element gear, As the elite mobs are super rough to deal with. I was just curious as to how much do you need, and how important is it over armor/main stats such as strength for a barbarian like myself?


texts: Is there really that much of a difference between the 2D and 3D Mario Kart games?

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I have been playing Mario Kart since 1998. I can get all golds in Mario Kart 64 without hassle; I can place first in every race of Double Dash's All-Cup Tour somewhat easily, I get first for 32 consecutive races effortlessly in Mario Kart DS (without snaking), I have a VS rating in the 8000's in Mario Kart Wii.

I cannot get more than a few one-star ratings in Mario Kart Super Circuit (most of them being in the B-D range), and after getting Super Mario Kart on the Virtual Console last week, I still can't finish the 100cc Flower Cup.

So, what do both 2D games have in common that appears to put them in a separate class of difficulty than all the 3D ones? There are a few things like the coin mechanic and the controls that seem likely, but it doesn't seem like they're the only culprit.


texts: Minecraft Windows 10 - 1 game license 2 kids in same house want to play at same time - how?

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I am getting conflicting answers to my question.

We just purchased Minecraft Windows 10 (April 2020) for my son.  However, my daughter wants to play too at the same time and go into a realm to play with her brother.  Playing on 2 separate computers in the same household.  How can we do this without having to purchase another game license?

Some of my search suggests that this can be done without having to purchase another license, I just need to create a new account for her.  If so, what type of an account?  A Microsoft account or a Minecraft account?  And then how do we link it to the original purchase?  Note, we did not create a Minecraft account when we purchased the game.  We purchased it from Microsoft and downloaded it from there.

If the above is NOT possible and I do have to buy another game, then what about this...can I link the ipad Pocket Edition to the Windows 10 game so that my daughter can play on the ipad with her brother on the computer?  I purchased the iPad version as well.  They just don't like it as much.

Not tech savvy and gaming is not my thing.  So please help!  Thank you!


texts: How come mining elements sometimes yields no resources?

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I've been playing No Mans Sky on PC and noticed that sometimes mining elements yields no resources.  Typically, if I mine something near the base of whatever element, it yields no return even though it is clearly marked on the HUD as say "Emeril" when aiming at it.

Is my mining beam not powerful enough or is the game designed this way?

I have all patches currently downloaded for the game.


texts: What are all of the ways to raise/lower a city's loyalty?

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What I know,

Settling too close to another civilization can drop the loyalty of a new city.
As Lautaro's Mapuche you can kill enemy units near their cities to lower their loyalty.
Governors affect a city's loyalty (not sure in what regards fully yet).

What are all the ways a city's loyalty can be raised and lowered so that I (and others) may form strategies around this mechanic?


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Every time you create a world in Dwarf Fortress you can give the world some depth by generating a prescribed amount of history.

Is there any good resource or explanation of what happens during history generation?

Does the game do a complete simulation of the lives and activities of all the dwarves/elves/goblins of the world? Somehow I doubt it. I imagine something more like a random number of births and deaths are generated for each day and after your 250 years (or whatever) the resultant number of creatures need homes, so fortresses and roads are built to match their numbers.

What kind of information is out there about what happens during this simulation-only time in Dwarf Fortress? Is there any mod that lets me see what happened during history generation more closely?


texts: Why does terraria get stuck at "connecting to...."?

texts: I have a server running on my desktop pc for terraria that my brothers and myself try to play on.  They don't seem to have a problem getting on, but I have difficulties even though its my server.  I'll lose the connection and when trying to reconnect it gets stuck on the "connecting to " screen.  I can only reconnect after restarting the server.  I play on a laptop, so is this an issue with the IP I'm connecting from or just a network issue in general? I've done port forwarding for each computer's IP address and am allowing the game through the firewall.


texts: Is it more cost effective to gamble frequently with few chips, or infrequently with many chips?

texts: Is it more cost effective (as far as payout of bux per chip gambled) to gamble infrequently with a bet of many chips, or to gamble frequently one chip at a time?


texts: Where does the Calypso's Compass lead me to?

texts: I've gotten it only a couple times, but each time I try to follow it, I die in the harder areas. What does it evetually lead me to, and would I be able to find whatever it is without having the compass, just by searching every room of the castle?


texts: What advantage do I get by evolving my Pokemon?

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I know that if I postpone my Pokemon's evolution, I can learn certain moves earlier. For example, Mareep learns Thunder at level 55 while its fully evolved form, Ampharos, only gets it at level 79.

Obviously, Pokemon who change types by evolving get the benefits of their new type, but for everything else, why should I evolve early as opposed to waiting for good attacks?


texts: When is Pierce the Veil counted in your damage?

texts: Pierce the veil offers a 20% boost to my damage, which seems interesting. But I don't know when it is counted. If this is on my base damage, it is pointless because I get 1200% from intelligence. If it is after the intelligence boost however, it gives a much larger boost.


texts: Who are RedBelly parodying in Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel?

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RedBelly remind me so much of another two set of characters with a very similar repertoire, but I can't for the life of me place a name. I assume I'm thinking of some sort of '50s commentators.

I have read the Borderlands wiki, which mentions that RedBelly is a play on Ned Kelly, who lived from 1854-1880, long before radio was even invented. Secondly, Ned Kelly is a single person, who can't be the basis of a parody by two individuals (unless he had disassociative identity disorder).

Attributes of Red:

Either isn't very bright or doesn't want to fight, seen when he says, "tea?" And Belly has to respond "No, death!".

Attributes of Belly:

The more rational of the two. Tends to set the tone for both of them.
The only time he says something like Red is on an ECHO device when he says, "Red and Belly sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S... wait, that's weird."


texts: What are the advantages and disadvantages of being in human form?

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In Dark Souls, what are the advantages and disadvantages of being in human form?

In Demon's Souls, being in human form gives you a clear HP advantage, but attacks have lower power and you can be invaded (if playing online).

In Dark Souls, however, the advantages and disadvantages are less clear. What are they?


texts: Complex message templates in Dark Souls 3

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Occasionally I come across messages which seem to follow a template which I don't have available to me (for example, see the below screenshot).

How do you leave messages like this? Can you acquire more complex message templates somehow?


texts: Does the Civilization IV exe contain Beyond the Sword updates

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I recently bought Civilization IV Complete on Gamersgate and installed it.

After installation I got 3 start options.
- Civilization IV Complete
- Civilization IV Beyond The Sword
- Civilization IV Warlords

My question is if I start the "Civilization IV Complete" exe does that contain the add functionality of BTW and Warlords, or is it Civilization IV Vanilla.


texts: What are all the secret achievements in Paradise Island?

texts: In the game Paradise Island (Paradise Island: Exotic on iOS), what are all the secret achievements?


texts: South Park: Camcorders and bags on top of the building

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There are some bags and camcorders hidden on top of some houses and other buildings... I can't fire an arrow on them and there are no instructions on how to get those.

Does anyone know how do I reach those bags and what should I do with the cameras?


texts: Where can I find a Meteor Strike skill book?

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I'm trying to get the Meteor Strike skill. So far I haven't looted one, and none of the spell vendors seem to sell it.

I've heard people claim that the vendors in Silverglen sell it once the characters reach level 16, but that doesn't seem to be true.

I'm currently in the Phantom Forest region, completing the Hunt in Hunter's Edge quest. My characters are around level 17. I'm playing the Enhanced Edition on PS4


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So I've been playing this game for about an hour now and half of that time has been me struggling to figure out how to activate the heaters because I'm in some very bad weather. Thanks in advance.

EDIT: To elaborate, what I need to know how to do is use the heaters, one of the first research projects on the tech tree that lets you warm workplaces farther from your generator at the cost of 1 coal/hour. I can't find where to use them on the UI at all after they've been researched.


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I made an Xbox Account and I set my Bio and Moto and other stuff, but I logged in using my Outlook account and it automatically generated "ThirstyBench414" as my Gamertag.

How can I modify it? I am using Windows, and not an Xbox.


texts: Which blocks more damage, Antagonist or Blockade? And by how much?

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The Antagonist Seraph shield explicitly states its Damage Reduction on the card (49% maximum, I believe, with the right parts). The Blockade does not explicitly state its Damage Resistance on the card, but the Wiki gives at least one specific value:

  The resistance effect is currently bugged, and is equal to up to 38% (depending on the shield's parts and level) independently of shield charge, even when the shield is depleted.

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Blockade

Damage Reduction is potentially different from Damage Resistance. I imagine Damage Reduction is straightforward, but I cannot find any formula for Damage Resistance. So, which blocks more damage in the end? And if the Antagonist blocks more damage, is it better than the Blockade?