texts: I found a skeleton horse that had spawned(No lightning/storm), and I tried to ride/tame it and it doesn't do anything

texts: So I got on my mc windows 10 edition survival world and I found a skeleton horse that had spawned for whatever reason(No lightning/storm), and I tried to ride/tame it and it doesn't do anything. I don't even know why it spawned, I didn't use cheats or anything either. It did however spawn in my nether portal room so it could of possibly came out of the nether?


texts: What are the differences between the two game modes in Pandemic 2?

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When you start a new game, you can either play it casually or realistic

What are the differences between these two game modes? What does it mean that not all traits are available in relaxed mode? Why are games much shorter?


texts: If I didn't complete the 10 million challenge can I still complete it later?

texts: If I didn't accomplish the 10 million challenge of GTA heists, can I still finish it the next time I do the challenge? (and still get the 10 million)


texts: bit.trip runner dx9 failed to create full screen device

texts: When i try to run bit.trip runner I get this error: "dx9 failed to create full screen device" already tried changing settings in game.cfg yet no matter what settings i use i get the same error :/ Anyone know how to fix it?


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In The Guild 2, how on earth do I survive the plague?
As soon as it hits town, All my family members seem to get it. Before I know it, my entire dynasty has been wiped out.


texts: How do you dodge Sivir's boomerang ability?

texts: Whenever I lane bot against a Sivir, she hits me every single time with her boomerang, making me have to go back to the base a lot. The people on my team always tell me to just dodge her ability, but how do you do this? Does it just come with practice, or is there an easy way to predict where and when that boomerang is gonna fly at you?


texts: How do you get the achievements for the new Frontier DLC

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I've won several matches on Dig Site, Export and Haven, but haven't received any XBone achievements for them.

My player stats shows that I have victories on all these maps, and XBone smart glass is showing them as 100% complete but not awarded.

Is there some special extra criteria I need to pass? Those victories include some MVPs.

Is this a big on the XBone version and if so is there any way around it?


texts: Is there a way to see collectibles on the map?

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I've finished the main storyline and unlocked the upgrade that adds Gridleaks to the map. However, I'm still missing plenty of other collectibles (documents, recordings, bags, and especially electronic parts). The map will tell you how many are in each district, and how many you have found, but beyond that it's just needles in a haystack.

Is there any way to get the rest of the collectibles added to the map, or do I have to just search every inch of the city?


texts: Is there any reason to try to 'increase' something when it's already shown at 4 hearts? For example, if Questions is at 4 hearts, could I try to increase the Questions value or slow decay with Ask?


texts: Does each role have its own separate decay timer?

texts: With the advent of Season 9 in League of Legends, Riot has implemented separate ranks per role. If I am Platinum to Diamond in all of my roles, will I get a separate inactivity decay timer for each of them?


texts: Sometimes I burp after eating food in Minecraft (Java edition 1.13.2 on Linux in a singleplayer world). First, the food will be consumed as normal, restoring the expected amount of hunger. Then I hear a "burp" sound and additional hunger is restored. Since this usually happens unexpectedly, I don't know whether additional food has been consumed or not. What causes the burp? What are its effects? And can it be done intentionally?


texts: Where to start exploring from in Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues?

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I've attached it in the game launcher, but do not know where to start from. No radio signal or something like that? Where do I look?

Update: According to this video…

… it's at Mojave Drive-In, but I didn't get the signal. :(


texts: In Assassin's Creed 4, the weapon wheel is gone by default on the PC. This can create problems when selecting throwing knives, for example. In addition, those who don't have a scroll wheel have trouble selecting tools.


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With Valkyr prime soft confirmed recently, it got me thinking, who has the highest amount of effective health (health as it is affected by armor) including a maxed Steel Fiber and Armored Agility, and whatever mods for boosting health (ex. Vitality, Vigor, Physique, etc.)? I ask this particularly between Inaros and Valkyr, because although Valkyr has higher armor, Inaros has much higher health. Also how do their respective abilities (Warcry and Scarab Swarm) affect this?

Also, where would Valkyr Prime's 700 base armor and 300 base health put her?


texts: Share Steam games bought on parent account and computer to child account and computer

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We have a number of games that have been bought with my Steam account and installed on my laptop. My child is now to get his own computer.

Preferrably he would have his own Steam account. If we want to install the games on his computer, is it possible to link accounts so they will be visible to him?


texts: If I am going to marry someone, I need to make sure I am doing this right. How do I know if they like me and the gifts I am giving them? (For some reason this is the most confusing part of any Harvest Moon game for me.)


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A friend of mine has an old C64, it has a video output

and we are wondering how to connect this with an VGA or DVI computer monitor?


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I'm playing as Engineer, I leveled up mostly Brains/ Finesse, utility skills like Computers/Lockpicking/Decipher, etc. I also have some points in  combat skills like Pistol/Rifle/Blade. I've never put any points into Power or any Psionic skills.

The problem is I completely run out of ammo, I only have knife and blade, and I'm on floor 35!

My save is next to Transmogrifier and I'm wondering is it possible to switch to some other class to be able to continue game. I think, if I switch to Psion I might be able to continue fighting with him, but I'm not sure what happens with my skills.

Will any of my main stat points be reallocated into Power? Will any of my skills points be reallocated into psionics? Is it a good idea to use Transmogrifier?


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Spoilers for Willow Blue's death below

Usually when a character dies in The Sexy Brutale, their invitation can be picked up off their corpse. However, I haven't been able to find an invitation for the psychic Willow Blue.

Willow Blue dies at 7:00 after she hangs herself off a bell. While there's no way to reach her body once she has died, Willow gives a possible hint to the invitation's location at 2:15:

  Now, back to the tank... I think I dropped my invitation...

This led me to believe that Willow's invitation might be by the fish tank in the secret ritual chamber hidden in the painting room. However, I haven't been able to find the invitation despite my best efforts.

Where can I find Willow Blue's invitation? Is it by the tank?


texts: Can you craft badges or use card boosters for games you don't own?

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While you have to own a game to get card drops, drops are not the only ways to get cards from a game. You can trade them, you can buy them from the market or you can use a booster.

Do boosters work for games you don't own? Can you craft badges for games that you don't own?


texts: How to abort a siege assault without breaking the siege?

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When besieging an enemy castle, it is often beneficial to initiate combat, use up all ammunition that the attacking archers can carry, and retreat - repeating the action turn after turn, until the enemy is weakened enough to make scaling the walls easy or at least feasible.

When this is attempted in-game, retreating after the bombardment has been completed forces the besieging army to break siege and walk a few squares away on the campaign map. Until recently, I assumed it to be impossible to harass and retreat without breaking siege. However, a few months ago I read that it is possible to do it, either in Medieval 2 or a mod of the game.

In which Total War games is it possible to orderly withdraw as the besieger without breaking the siege on the campaign map, and if there is a game that allows the maneuver, how to execute it?


texts: How do I tp/give people at certain coordiantes?

texts: I'm trying to build a kit PVP, and to get money for kits you have to sell ores. I don't want to make a generator like in Bedwars because you don't have to stand there, and for coordinates I don't want to have pressure plates on the floors.


texts: In Tiny Death Star, is there any significance to an all zero skilled bitizen?

texts: Is there an Emperor mission or something with them?


texts: How do the effects from multiple Tiamats stack?

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Let's say I buy 3 Tiamats. How does that 50% (or 35% ranged) AoE damage stack?

Will minion/champions near my main target get 150% (or 105% ranged) damage?


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When I unlock achievements on Xbox LIVE, I get rewarded with Gold. Here is an example of Gold giving achievements in Wordament worth 10-20G:

Collectively, from different games, they accumulate on my profile:

Where can the Gold be used?


texts: Can I transfer my Xbox 360 copy of Grand Theft Auto V to Xbox One?

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Can I transfer my Xbox 360 copy of Grand Theft Auto V to Xbox One, so I can play it on my new console?

If so, is it a free service, or do I have to pay for it?


texts: How do I get into the caves (for collectables etc. ). I unlocked the rocky cave but can't find it again now. Also are some of the caves only got to by skell? I am too low level (16ish) to get skells and have only just completed chapter 4. The follow ball will not work for places, just missions.


texts: Do DotA 2 heroes have the same "fun" names as in WC3 DotA?

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In WC3 DotA, you would occasionally (1 out of 10 times) get little fun nicknames for your hero instead of their actual name (for instance, Puck!! for Puck, Clinkz Eastwood for Clinkz, YaphetS for Shadow Fiend, etc).

My question is, is this feature part of DotA 2?  If not, is anyone aware if Valve plans to add those names, or are some of them copyrighted by Blizzard?


texts: Is there like a console command to end a questline and have it count in the statistics? I have already tried to find if there was a console command for it but I couldn't find any


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When placing a vines, how long can they reach in height and width ?

Does it need to be on a wood or tree and near water too ?


texts: Does Bethesda still offer Daggerfall for free?

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A while back, Bethesda allowed free downloads of Daggerfall from the official website for The Elder Scrolls. However, the old website has been removed for Skyrim promotion and the page for Daggerfall is no longer there.

Do they still offer Daggerfall for free anywhere?


texts: Which prosthetic tools are associated with which shinobi/warrior/soldier in lore?

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In the game, the prosthetic tools you can find, collect and integrate into your prosthetic arm were all once used by other shinobi, warriors or soldiers. The ones with previous users I am aware of are:

The shinobi Orangutan originally used the Shinobi Axe of the Monkey, which becomes the Loaded Axe when integrated into the prosthetic.
The kunoichi Kingfisher originally owned the Slender Finger, which becomes the Finger Whistle upon integration into the prosthetic.
The samurai Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa once owned a spear, the dilapidated remains of which are now Gyoubu's Broken Horn. It becomes the Loaded Spear upon integration into the prosthetic.
Robert's Firecrackers were once peddled as wares by Little Robert and his father, the Armored Warrior. They become the Shinobi Firecracker when integrated into the prosthetic.

I would like to know which other prosthetic tools are associated with which other characters, and possibly also their intended function in lore if they have a special one.


texts: Which explosive guns can cause critical hits?

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When I wrote How do I use elemental effects in Borderlands 2? to the best of my knowledge Explosive guns couldn't critical; I've tested this with "grenade" Assault Rifles, Gyrojet Tourge Assault Rifles and rocket launchers, none of which are able to score a critical (that I ever saw). When using a Tourge explosive Shotgun today, I started getting Criticals just like normal for a shotgun.

Which explosive weapons can cause critical hits? Is there some reason some do and some seem not to?


texts: Math behind Minecraft Redstone Torches Burning Out?

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So, I know that redstone torches burn out, and according to the Minecraft wiki, there is some maths behind this. Unfortunately, the MC wiki isn't very descriptive (and mixes redstone ticks with game ticks), and I want to know this:

What are the conditions for a redstone torch burning out, and what is the probability (if any) that it will do so once the conditions are met.
What are the conditions for a burnt-out redstone torch recovering, and what is the probability that it will do so...

If you use "ticks" in your answer, please say whether you're talking about redstone ticks or game ticks, otherwise it'll get really confusing...


texts: How to delete entities if commands and third party programs won't work?

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I was messing around with commands without thinking and made a repeating command block that does /execute @e[type=snowball] ~ ~ ~ summon snowball, and now there is an insane amount of floating snowballs in my world.
No commands work, I cannot load the chunks in Universal Minecraft Editor, and I can't even load the world in NBTExplorer, NBTEdit, or MCEdit Unified. Also, it takes about 7-8 hours for the world to even save.


texts: Do items sell for more if they are socketed?

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If I have an item with sockets, if I fill those sockets does the item sell for more?

E.g.

Would that item be worth more if the specks were in the item or not?


texts: How many cards does a player get for a card collection match in clan wars?

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Players receive different numbers of cards for card collection matches when participating in clan wars. It varies by the player's clan's league, the player's trophy count, and whether the player won or lost.

What specific number of cards does a player get depending on the player's clan's league, the player's trophy count, and whether the player won or lost?


texts: I have just gotten my new computer, because my old one broke. On my old computer, my skin was fine; however on my new computer, it's lost the outer part of the skin. I have redownloaded the skin many times, and I get the same thing for any other server


texts: Possible to injure someone when penalties are switched off?

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I've noticed in many modern soccer/football games if you turn off penalties then injuries are also disabled. Essentially preventing people from having fun and beating the other team through injury.

Supplementary question; is this done deliberately? That is, has a game company ever come out and said we can't have this feature because sponsors or FIFA or license holders etc. won't allow it?

Main question; it appears it is possible in FIFA 12 because there are two separate settings for penalties and injuries. However I have just played two 6 minute games and couldn't manage to get anyone sent off due to injury. However if I set both settings to ON then it is quite easy (even if it costs me a couple of red cards) to at least get one person sent off injured. So is this possible in FIFA 12 on iOS?

I remember in early PS2 versions of ISS that it could be done, but I can't remember if that had official teams and players.


texts: Is it possible to complete Shelter without losing any cubs?

texts: I am completely new to this game and I just finished the first part. So now I am at the night part, but I lost a cub at the first part. A bird took it. I was wondering if there is a way that I can get past the bird without a cub getting caught, if so, is it possible to end the game with all the cubs? Cause I dont want to lose any cubs...


texts: Does Game DVR continue running when you unsnap it?

texts: If I, say, wanted to record my previous 5 minutes gameplay, using "End clip now", and unsnapped Game DVR as it was saving the footage, would it still save that footage?


texts: What is special about the 73-88% Barrows reward potential range?

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Something I've noticed about RuneLite is that the reward potential percentage color for the Barrows plugin changes at certain thresholds. Digging into the source code, the line that does this is this one:

.rightColor(rewardPercent >= 73.0f && rewardPercent <= 88.0f ? Color.GREEN : rewardPercent < 65.6f ? Color.WHITE : Color.YELLOW)

This line sets the completion percentage color to white below 65.6%, yellow between 65.6% and 73%, green between 73% and 88%, and yellow again above 88%. What, in particular, is different about this particular range, and how does this percentage factor into the loot roll?


texts: Galactic Command bonus for Star Fortresses

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I'm trying to find information on the Galactic Command 20% daily CXP bonus based on activity.

Will doing Star Fortresses while Galactic Command has "Flashpoints" as the daily bonus give me 20% increased CXP?  Or do Star Fortresses fall under a different category?


texts: How do I effectively chain a Pokémon battle?

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From this answer, it sounds like Pokémon are able to call for help an unlimited number of times. In addition, it looks like there are some Pokémon that can only be encountered when they respond to other Pokémon's cries for help.

How can I effectively chain an encounter to get Pokémon like Pikachu or Mareanie?


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Pokemon Bank has recently been giving me issues: it refuses to save the game. I may have screwed myself over - I restarted my game. Now the bank keeps saying to use the non-existing file because it didn't save properly.

I have asked Pokemon.com for help, but that was about 2 weeks ago and I have heard nothing from them.

The Save fail Error Code I'm getting is 006-0112


texts: So when I was playing dishonored, I'm on a non-lethal path btw which i did, the Lord regent died when I knocked him out while his confession was playing. is this a bug or something really suppose to happened. I've read in the wiki that when you've played his confession, the guards will take him into custody, while he try to escape, he will be killed. is this what happened?


texts: Can you benefit from the +maximal speed while gliding around?

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I saw that you can upgrade your maximal speed and the time needed to get to the maximal speed. Now if you obtain them, does this increase the gliding speed or just the running speed?

Could this in fact mean that you are faster while running around and climbing up every house than gliding through the air?


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I'm a bit clumsy with the UI/hotkeys so I have several items on my quickbar that shouldn't be there. Because they're duplicates or just the wrong item.

How can I remove or edit these items?

This is about the new quickbar that came in .17.


texts: Is the Machine Gun or the Spur better in Hard Mode?

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I'm not sure which weapon to choose, the Spur or the Machine Gun.  I've checked all over the place and the opinions are differing for the weapon of choice in Cave Story (Hard Mode)

I know that Machine Gun gives the extra range, but should I stick with MG or Spur?  Which is more effective against bosses?

Concurrently I am in the Sand Zone, and still in the process of getting the dogs for Jenka, which means I can still trade the Polar Star for the MG.


texts: Can I play "Brunswick Pro Bowling" without Kinect?

texts: Can I play "Brunswick Pro Bowling" without Kinect, with only a wireless controller on the Xbox 360?


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I wanted to go through the Railroad and Brotherhood quest as much as possible without killing each other before beating the game with the Minutemen. I can't start the Minutemen quest until I've failed Underground Undercover. So I killed a scientist but then nothing happens. I found out you need to complete Tradecraft, which I did. I tried to complete all the quests that come after that, but Mercer Safehouse was glitched because I have the Tactical Thinking quest open and P.A.M. won't talk to me. Since those quests aren't technically Tradecraft I don't know if they matter.

Is there a way to fail Underground Undercover under these circumstances, and is there a way to fix P.A.M.?

I also found a bug where you can't talk to Desdemona, and that may be part of the issue.


texts: Does the Demo data transfer to both the eShop and Cartridge Full Versions?

texts: The eShop's demo for Bravely Default says that some demo data and bonuses will transfer to the full version of the game.  But do I have to worry about buying the eShop versus the Cartridge version of Bravely Default, or will the demo data transfer to both versions of the full game?


texts: 5k eggs in my basket changing to 2k eggs

texts: On several occasions, a 5k egg in my basket has suddenly become a 2k egg. This has happened when both when my basket had an empty slot in it (just after hatching an egg but before getting a new one from a pokestop) and when my basket was full.  There seems to be no pattern to which egg changes.  I've reported this to Niantic as a bug, but don't know anyone else who has had this happen to them and can't find anything online about other people's experiences with this.  Does anyone know what is going on?


texts: How do I unlock the Tower Defense AR challenge?

texts: In order to continue the game, I have to complete the Tower Defense AR challenge, but it is locked until I pick up a downed enemy into a beat down move. How do I do that? Is there a place in the game I can learn this move?


texts: I seriously don't know what key I hit, but it turned off the hub for the gun in BF3. The hub located in the lower right corner is now gone, and I have no idea how to bring it back. I've pressed every key on the keyboard without luck.


texts: Are +maximum damage and +minimum damage enchantments factored into weapon DPS?

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For weapons that have +x minimum damage and/or +x maximum damage such as the Longshot, is the increase in damage already factored into the DPS that's displayed for the weapon?

As an example:

Weapon 1 is has +1 minimum damage and +2 maximum damage enchantments, and is listed as having 35 DPS in the tooltip.
Weapon 2 has no enchantments and also shows 35 DPS in the tooltip.

Does weapon 1 do more damage than weapon 2 because the enchantments aren't factored into the DPS calculation, or are they equal in DPS?


texts: When do you unlock each of Beep-o's abilities?

texts: When exploring an area, you often come across some environmental pieces you can't quite interact with. What do you unlock after each area and what do the abilities do?


texts: Unable to load saved career in Ashes Cricket 2017-18 PC

texts: One day as usual I loaded my last saved career, but it gave a message saying it could not load. After that the only option I have is to I can only create a new career, and I cannot load my previous career. I have the saved file of my career but it's not showing up inside the 'load career' option of the game. I took a backup of my existing career file and after that started a new career, saved it and replaced the new created files with my old files. Now, only the name of my previous career comes up, but when I click on it, it opens the career of the newly-created player. I want to get back my career in Ashes Cricket 17. Any idea on how to fix this?


texts: I've seen medals awarded for successfully completing a grab in ME3 multiplayer. So what is a grab and how do I do one?


texts: Deauthorize an op from using /kill and /tp commands

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I went on my realm and my friend was trolling me with /kill in command blocks and chat. He also kept teleporting to me so his head was inside mine, so I couldn't break his command blocks.

How can I stop him (without taking away his op)?  Is it possible?


texts: Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna (2003) not loading on WinXP SP3

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Legends of Aranna is the 2003 expansion for Dungeon Siege, and I have run this for years without incident.

Recently I exchanged my monitor with an identical model, and now DSLOA doesn't run any more. The game tries to load, but the usual partial line of dots appears at lower left of dark screen, "wait" hourglass appears, then absolutely nothing happens.

System info:

Compatibility mode: W98/ME.  I tried W95 as well but it did not help.
OS: WinXP_SP3
CPU: Intel quad core
Graphics Card: ASUS EAH4870 DK 1G Radeon HD 4870

I even performed System_Restore to the date when I had last played successfully (mid-August), but to no avail. Also, exiting internet connection and all malware blockers makes no difference. The game previously played perfectly well with those in operation.


texts: Why does my companion (Qyzen) have Aim as a primary stat?

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From what the in-game tooltip says about Aim and from what I'm reading online, it's primarily used to increase ranged damage and critical, however, Qyzen Fess doesn't use ranged weapons.  His only Weapon Proficiency is the Techblade.

Why would a Techblade user require Aim?  Why does Qyzen's equipment focus on Aim stats instead of Strength?


texts: Can I go back to Dreamy areas once I have rescued the Pi'ilo inside them?

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I realized after rescuing a Pi'illo from a Dreamy area that I missed one of the Attack Pieces, and kinda want to go back to get it because, well, having more moves is always good.

I only realized this much later, though, so I don't want to go all the way back to the area I was in if I can't get the piece I want - so is it possible for me to get back to particular Dreamy areas? Or are they closed off once the Pi'illo is rescued?


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Left 4 Dead 2 Crashes PC

After a recent video card installation, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) has been crashing my PC after loading a level.  This is not a crash to desktop, rather a complete system crash:  screens blanks and whatever sound was playing the background starts looping.

Reinstalling the game after deleting it from Steam and removing related application data in C:\Users did not correct the issue.  Completely removing all of the Steam’s games and associated application data, then reinstalling did not correct the issue.

No other game (Skyrim, ArmA II, Borderlands 2, et al.) seems to be having trouble.  Other Source engine games (Portal 2, CS:GO) run with no issues.

The drivers from ATI are the most current available, the operating system is up-to-date, Steam and L4D2 are updated dynamically.

These are the system specs from dxdiag:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
System Manufacturer: Gateway
System Model: DX4860
BIOS: BIOS Date: 04/07/11 10:18:44 Ver: 04.06.04
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2300 CPU @ 2.80GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 6144MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 6126MB RAM
Page File: 3080MB used, 9171MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
Display Memory: 3814 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1007 MB
Shared Memory: 2807 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: SyncMaster P2770HD/P2770(Digital)
Output Type: DVI Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1172 (English)
Driver Version: 9.12.0.0
DDI Version: 11
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 12/19/2012 15:08:04, 1151488 bytes
D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
DXVA-HD: Not Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

Any ideas?


texts: To view someone else's profile, I can click them and select "View Dota 2 Profile". My own profile doesn't show up in my friend's list though so I can't find a way to view it. I've tried clicking my avatar up above that, but it doesn't seem to do anything. Is there a way to view my own?


texts: Medal Of Honor Warfighter (PC) error-" DirectX function "GetDeviceRemovedReason" failed with DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_HUNG "

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After upgrading to Windows 10 I get the above mentioned error every time I die in an online match, and then the game crashes. It also happens when I try to see my platoon card in the game.

I tried every fix I could find:

Disabling Origin in game
Executing Directx setup
Disabling v-sync
Lowering the graphics to minimum
Playing in windowed mode
Lowering the GPU clock cycle

Nothing helped.

I reverted to an older driver 14.9 and it helped, but it made the booting time of Windows very long and it operated slow. Right now I use the 15.7.1 driver. I also tried the beta driver and the game didn't even start.

Some info about my pc:

Windows 10 64bit
Sapphire AMD r7 260x OC

If someone has a magical solution to this I will be glad to read it.


texts: What dungeon-based game has a mirror that creates a replica of your character?

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I had played a game once as a child and yesterday I encountered a picture of it (given below) so I want to know which game it is.

It was on one of those 'Only 90's kids will remember' posts on Facebook.

When I had played I guess I used to play using arrow keys to move and the shift key to attack, but I don't remember exactly. There was one level in which you go into mirror and then it creates a replica of your character and it runs and we have to chase through levels and there were spikes too which used to cause instant death.

That's all I remember. Can someone tell which game it is?


texts: Can I retrieve the position of an offline player in SMP?

texts: In Minecraft Vanilla SMP, having access to the server, can I somehow retrieve the position of an offline player?


texts: Can I rebind the camera drag to another mouse button in Starcraft II?

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In Starcraft II, when you hold the third mouse button and move the mouse you drag your camera.

But there are two drawbacks to this:

It requires me to remove one of my fingers of one of the main buttons.
The button results in an annoying click sound, which is not useful for room mates and casting.

I've figured out that the two buttons at the side of my mouse aren't used for anything.

So, how do I bind the drag action to one of these side buttons?

This is subject to two things:

It should not violate the terms of agreement, so I guess third-party software is not allowed.
This buttons have to retain their original functionality in other applications, e.g. browser.


texts: Alien races living in your empire - what are the effects?

texts: In Distant Worlds Legends, alien races may be introduced into your empire by migration and conquest. There are various ways to treat them. How will they affect the player's empire? What's a good strategy to deal with them?


texts: How can I access the Galarian Star tournament in Pokemon Shield?

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So, I've been playing Pokemon Sword and Shield, and I purchased the expansion pack in early 2020. On Pokemon Sword, where I had been Champion for months, ended most of the postgame, completed the Isle of Armor, and was currently attempting to fill the pokedex, I finished the Crown Tundra story up until the final legendary clue, which relates to the Ultra Wormhole that appears over the Max Lair. I went outside and got access to the Galarian Star tournament.
More recently, I tried to get the Galarian Star tournament on Pokemon Shield, where I was not yet champion. I completed the story to the same point, yet Leon never called me to invite me to the tournament. So, trying to find the cause of the issue, I became champion, completed the postgame, and completed much of the Isle of Armor. However, I STILL could not get to the Galarian Star tournament. I looked up the requirements to get to the tournament, and I think I've completed all of them, but I can't figure out what I need to do. What steps should I take to get there? If you have any questions about what I have or haven't done, please put them in the comments and I'll add the answers to my description.


texts: Fastest way to acquire Cracked red eye orbs?

texts: What is the best/fastest way to acquire cracked red eye orbs?  I'm level 150 and short of dueling other Brotherhood of Blood members I cannot find a way to acquire these.  Dueling doesn't appear to be a very good method because it often takes over five minutes to land a duel.


texts: Will Torchlight II allow importing characters from Torchlight I?

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Torchlight II is out, but so far I could not find any information if it will allow me to import my character from the first game.

Does anyone have better knowledge?


texts: So I'm going to for the all ground executions achievement. I want to make sure my execution saves so I can move onto the next weapon. I don't want to complete the full level obviously. But how does Hotline Miami autosaves work? Does it autosave when you die? Complete a level? Move onto the next stage?


texts: Can you get higher than a Sextuple Kill?

texts:
Let me describe a very specific situation to you,

Let's say you're in a game of Overwatch and you kill someone. Right after you get that kill a Mercy starts reviving them. While she is reviving them you are getting kills to perfectly keep your kill streak going. You get to a Quintuple Kill and then turn to the Mercy, you kill her to get a Sextuple Kill, but the thing is that she finished the revive on her teammate. You kill him just barley keeping the streak going.

What would happen? Would the announcer say that you got a Septuple Kill? Or would she just stay silent?


texts: What DLC is included in borderlands 2 season pass, and what is not included

texts: I cannot find a clear list anywhere of what exactly is and what is not included  in the Borderlands 2 Season Pass.


texts: How do you use the /setblock command to place down more than one layer of snow

texts: The /setblock command can place the snow layer block like so, /setblock ~ ~ ~ snow_layer, but how do you increase how many layers are placed?


texts: Do I have to kill sheep to collect wool?

texts: I just updated Minecraft to Beta 1.7.2, and now I don't get wool from hitting a sheep once anymore. Killing it only drops 1 block of wool. In Beta 1.6, it used to drop 1-3 when hitting it once. Do I have to kill the sheep now, or is there an intended way to collect wool?


texts: In the settings menu of the editor, there is a checkbox option titled "select filter." What does this do?


texts: What's the best strategy for conquering counties in Pocket Empires?

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I love playing Pocket Empires on my Android phone and I'm trying to conquer some neighboring counties.

I usually send my speed bumps (1 Paladin, 1 Hussar, 1 Militia) and then all my ranged units. But I'm wondering what would be the best strategy for conquering counties.

Should I add other units like Trolls or Demons to soak more rounds of damage?
How many siege weapons do I need and are the Battering rams of any use?
How many Lizards or Black Widows should I send to do the bulk damage without loosing too many?

Any suggestions for a solid strategy are welcome!


texts: What works with Vanilla Ender Chests in FTB?

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In FTB, lots of items interact with chests, such as Miners. Which, if any, of these items also work with vanilla Ender Chests?

Or conversely, which items do not work with vanilla Ender Chests? Whichever answer is smaller would be best.


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Auto director is a usefull feature in demo player which intends to catch frags as much as possible. I want to know if we can configure this. I mean I want to adjust:

Delay time (it has a delay time which helps to progress the game
    before we see)
Changing camera time (to choose how many sec. before an action
starts)
An option to make it show only mvp'ed players at that round (it may
    need to progress rounds one by one or whole game)
priority of players in an action. ( e.g. there are 2 actions in same
time. First one kills other player with an AR and second one kills
another player with an awp. I want to make it prefer awp kills in
this situations)
Slow motioning while a player kills

It may sound too imaginary but idk :)


texts: What is the correct syntax for checking CustomName nbt in a loot table condition

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I have 2 different "types" of zombie, told apart by different CustomName tags assigned at spawn. I want them to have different loot tables too, but my current code simply removes all drops from zombies instead.
(file structure and the rest of the code is correct because it works when I'm not checking CustomName)
Example: "Drop gold if zombie is named "I-drop-gold"
{
  "type": "minecraft:entity",
  "pools": [
    {
      "rolls": 1,
      "entries": [
        {
          "type": "minecraft:item",
          "name": "minecraft:gold_ingot",
          "functions": [
            {
              "function": "minecraft:set_count",
              "count": 1
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "conditions": [
        {
          "condition": "minecraft:entity_properties",
          "entity": "this",
          "predicate": {
            "nbt": "{CustomName:I-drop-gold}"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Why doesn't this work, what is the correct formatting?


texts: Is there a way to configure mouse controls on Minecraft pc?

texts: I have an Apple mouse that has one button but it senses whether your finger is on the left or right side when you click. The scroll wheel also is "touchscreen". When I'm playing Minecraft, it will randomly scroll through my hot bar because of this. Is there a way to fix this or should i just buy a new mouse?


texts: Is the Tech Pool still present in Borderlands 2?

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One of the hardest to grasp aspects of Borderlands 1 was the Tech pool. It was a pool of points that elemental "procs" cost. Confusingly this gameplay feature was never directly referred to in the game and it made understanding elemental weapons very complicated (and hard to explain). A key point was that there were different levels of procs; 2x,3x and 4x, each of which did more damage, had larger visual effects and depleted more of your tech pool.

I realized when writing How do I use elemental effects in Borderlands 2? I don't actually know if Borderlands 2 has this. BL 2 appears to have ditched this for a simpler "X% chance of elemental effect"; that makes sense, it makes elemental weapons a lot easier to wrap your head around. Best I can tell, the tech pool no longer exists; there don't appear to be different levels of procs; either a shot causes a DOT effect or it doesn't. Throwing lots of elemental effects down range doesn't appear to drain my ability to cause further elemental hits.

I haven't seen the noticable 4x procs that deal crazy damage and leave blindingly large visual effects. But the tech pool was so opaque I can't really be sure; I may simply not have noticed, or my guns may not be good enough to cause higher level procs.

Does the elemental tech pool exist in Borderlands 2? If it's still around, what are it's mechanics?


texts: How do I get the "Experience without Dying" portion of the monthly achievement?

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For experience without dying, what counts as dying? If I'm downed, but rally myself, does that reset the counter? What if I die completely, but someone else revives me before I return to a waypoint? And does crafting experience count towards this? What about quest rewards? Achievement experience?
I'm trying to figure out what exactly I need to do to finish up this part of the achievement, and what the best way to go about it would be.


texts: What are the white exclamation point icons for?

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I have circled them in fuchsia in this image.

I have cleared these rooms of enemies, and, as far as I know, completed any intractable objects, so I'm unsure what they represent.

Why does my dungeon map have these icons and what do they represent?


texts: So my cousin has this sword called a bad key brand sword and I want to know how to get it. Is there a crafting recipe? Do I find it in chests? Is it a rare drop?


texts: CoD 4 Mutliplayer "Error during initialization"

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When I open CoD 4 multiplayer it says

  Error during initialization: Tried to use a player profile before it was set, this is probably a menu bug

What is the solution for this? Can someone help?


texts: What are the differences regarding the first choice in starcraft 2?

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I recently reached the mission where you have to choose whether to cleanse a colony and side with the protoss, or try to save that colony and fight the protoss.

I chose to save the colony, that gave me +3 zerg research, and a nice cut-scene of the doctor leaving the ship and asking me to settle down with her.

What is the difference on that mission if one chooses to side with the protoss? Does this choice affect the story somehow? How does the doctor react?


texts: Does the MP-APS stop Gunship cannon rounds?

texts: Yesterday I was playing Naval strike and attempting to capture D objective on one of the maps that granted the gunship ability as their commander was spawnining them in as fast as possible. I got the flag neutralized but the gunship locked onto me and killed me on both attempts to capture it. Does the MP-APS protect against AC-130 cannon rounds or does it not have any effect? Could I drop a MP-APS down and hide behind it or does the protection angle not reach high enough?


texts: I'm relatively new to minecraft modding, and I want to automatically pull some values from the game that get displayed in the F3 menu, like the entity amount. Is there a way how I can easily get those values or the file location where they are saved?


texts: In Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is there any way to return to the home world?

texts: I'm attempting 100% completion and it looks like I missed a piece of artwork on the home world. Is there any way to return to the home world to collect it? If not, does the game have any new game plus type functionality to allow me to carry anything over between plays?


texts: How can I run the launcher without administrator privileges?

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This is pretty much a similar case to How do I stop the launcher bringing up the UAC prompt every time? but under Windows 8.

I tried to go through the steps and install the shims for the launcher, but somehow it doesn't seem to work.
So the problem I'm facing is that I need to be present whenever my son wants to run the game and provide the admin password. I don't want to give him admin rights across the board, but grant him rights to run the Launcher.exe
Is that at all possible under Windows 8 64-bit?

P.S. I have tried to contact Bioware's support, just to find that they don't know what to do...


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Sometimes (not sure what triggeres it), I see this icon next to my level (instead of the purple rank).

What does it mean?


texts: Is there a save point before fighting Bonetail in the Pit of 100 Trials?

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I've almost fully completed Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, with only the final optional boss fight with Bonetail to go.

However, he is at the bottom of the Pit of 100 Trials, which means you have to slog through 99 battles in order to get to him (more or less, as randomly you are able to skip a few levels).  Regardless, I am not eager to spend all the time getting to Bonetail, only to lose to him, which would force me to repeat the entire process.

I've been down to level 50 of the Pit and have not found a single save box.  Is there a save box right before the last level?


texts: Is there a List of Diablo 2 Mods that add quests.


texts: How do you trigger the Looker event in Pokemon x and y?

texts: I know you have to go to Lumiose City, but I'v been there a lot of times and Looker hasn't called yet.


texts: What is this block I keep seeing in Tekkit with Sips and Sjin?

texts:
I've watched nearly every episode in the Tekkit with Sips and Sjin YouTube series, and I keep seeing this particular oddly-colored block amongst the stone bricks that make up the bases of their facility buildings. I've taken a still image from their Christmas Special as an example:

The block appears to have a stone brick texture, but each of the 4 bricks in the block is a different color. I've never heard them make any mention of what this was or how they made it, and I've never come across it in the Technic item inventory. What is this? Is it an actual block you can create, or a special texture for some other block in the texture pack that they use?


texts: PS3 not reading DVD discs, but its reading blu-ray discs. Why?

texts: Having issues with my Playstation 3 not reading DVD discs, but its reading blu-ray games and not blu-ray movies. very odd issue. Does anyone know exactly what the issue might be? I'm thinking its either the lens or the drive board that controls the lens. Any insights?


texts: How can I stop Steam from loading when I start my computer?

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Every time I boot into OSX or Windows, Steam automatically starts.

Is there a way to stop Steam starting whenever I boot up my computer?


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I get a cryptic message every time I click on the horse. Example:

Other messages include

Gazing into the horse's eyes, you feel on the verge of understanding
a deep mystery.
You ponder the horse's speed, and are inspired to
quicken your own step.
The horse's calm in the face of danger steels your will.
The horse gazes upon you calmly, reminding you that patience is a virtue.
Peering deep into the horse's eyes, you feel you are not yet ready for its wisdom.
The horse fixes you with a withering gaze.

These sound a lot like the stat increase messages in ADOM, because they reference things like speed and willpower; however, my stats don't seem to be increasing on their own, and I get the feeling that the game might be just messing with me...


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How do you earn free loot?

What's the deal with essences and why are they so important?

What do the different options mean when dealing with Redeeming Rerolling Disenchanting and Upgrading?

How does it all work?


texts: How do you use the water cannon in Marvel Spider Man ultimate power?

texts: One daily quest I get in  Marvel Spider Man ultimate power from android to win a jewel, it's to use the water cannon. But I've passed many stages and I've never seen it. Where's that? Is it an item  you have to buy? Is it a secret item? How do you use the water cannon?


texts: How can I fix "Connection timed out" when connecting to a server after watching youtube or taxing my computer

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I have a major issue that just popped out of nowhere: After I watch Youtube or do intensive activity on my computer, when trying to connect to my favorite server I get the error

  java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: no further information: play.opcraft.net/31.220.14.118:25565

I have searched on Tom's Hardware and the Minecraft Forums for common solutions like adding inbound UDP and TCP rules for port 25565 but to no avail. Others said turn the chunk render down to a low setting, but that also didn't work. I'm honestly out of tricks and don't know how to solve it.

This just started happening about a week ago and its never done it before. I've tried to reset the .minecraft folder and it didn't work.

The only thing that does work is restarting my computer, which is getting annoying every day. If someone has a solution, can you please help me.


texts: How to repair a cloth item in Divinity: Original Sin EE?

texts: Normal armor and weapons can be combined with the repair hammer but this is not the case for cloth items like leather armor or head caps.


texts: What is the highest level of heat in Just Cause 2?

texts: In Just Cause 2 there is a heat bar. I want to know how high can your heat get? The highest level of heat I've experienced is level 3. What happens at that heat, and how can it be possible?


texts: Do only oil derricks cost electric power?

texts: I was reading this manual, it tells me one power generator can support up to for oil derricks, so that means other structure doesn't require power, am I wrong ?


texts: How to combine target selector arguments with OR, not AND?

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When multiple target selector arguments are listed, it selects a player who only meets all the criteria listed in the target selector.

How can I make it so that the target selector is valid if at least one condition is true, not all of them?


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The Masamune sword is featured in many games that I've played over the years, from Soul Calibur to Chrono Trigger to Final Fantasy.

It's a sword that is usually surrounded with some sort of magical property or regarded as something very powerful, yet mysterious.

Is there a specific origin of this sword? Is it based off of a real sword that exists today? Why do multiple video games use this same sword?


texts: After giving the key back to Nocturnal (I have yet to do this,  in case you can't get it back afterwards) can you retrieve the key via stealing or any other means? It seems pointless completing the rest of the thieves guild quests if you can't get the key back.


texts:
How can I unlock Super Bandage?

It's only item left to unlock Golden God.


texts: How to delete Fruit Ninja high score without deleting app?

texts: In Fruit Ninja (on iOS), I recently won the tournament blade and played with it. Unfortunately, it kinda ruined the other blades for me because I can't hope to match its score with anything else. How can I delete the high score without resetting my progress?


texts: Is there any important missable item in Final Fantasy X?

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I just started up Final Fantasy X again, I finished it a few years ago. Unless I'm thinking about a different game, I missed an item or items that where important for getting the best weapons(?) and it was past the part where I could get them.

I am right that there are some items that can be missed that you can't ever go back and get? If so, what are they?


texts: Can I pass my worlds on Minecraft Pocket Edition, on a iPad2, to a Minecraft edition on a Mac?

texts: I have an iPad2, with a Pocket Edition on it, but with an old iOs, and I can't play normally on it, because its a really old iPad, the question is, can I pass my worlds to an iMac Minecraft edition ?


texts: What's the difference between diamond difficulty and star difficulty?

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Assassin missions in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Assassin's Creed Revelations have a difficulty rating. On some missions it's displayed as stars and on some as diamonds.

What's the difference? Which one is harder?


texts: What do each of the powerups do in STRAFE?

texts: STRAFE just released a few days ago, and it's freakishly addicting. However, I'm still confused on some parts of the game. Scattered around the maps are small boxes that contain powerups that seem to add modifiers to your character. I don't know what any of these modifiers mean, though, so what are the powerups, and what do they do?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Where can I find specific dye colors?

I'd rather not pay the inflated Auction House price, but I can't find anyone who sells it in-game. If the seller dye stock is random, who is most likely to sell it, and in what difficulty? Where can I buy Lovely Dye (pink)?


texts: Playstation plus months, how long is that month?

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I have a 1 month subscription to playstation plus, and playstation plus refreshes every first tuesday of any month. Today is the last sunday of this month....
Does the subscription end on tuesday of the next month or will it continue to the last sunday of the next month????

Your help is much appreciated


texts: How does Rift's class selection system work?

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Can anyone explain the class selection system present in Rift?
I understand that there are 4 different classes. My main confusion lies within the "Souls". How are these souls picked? How many can we choose? Any further details would be great.


texts: How can you effectively sail into a headwind?

texts: Unlike in The Wind Waker, you cannot control the direction of the wind in Sea of Thieves. So if you need to travel into a headwind, you just have to deal with the unfavorable wind direction. What is the fastest way to sail into a headwind?


texts: How do I enable a cheat file in RetroArch?

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I'm using the core FCEUX ("FCEUmm") in RetroArch (x64) in Windows 10 to play NES games.

The problem I have is when I try to load a cheat file, the application breaks. You all know that RetroArch has the most annoying user interface you could find for an emulator and not well officially documented at all, so I'm not sure how to properly load a cheat, I tried to follow the steps shown in this video, however when I press F1 key to show the RetroArch's menu I don't have the same options.

The thing is, firstly I load a NEs game, I press the F1 key to open the menu, then I go to this section:

Then I choose the desired cheat file:

At this point, the menu just closes, the RetroArch's UI does not informs me about whether the cheat file was loaded right or what the hell happened to close the menu...

Well, supposing that the cheat file is loaded ok at this point, then I press F1 key again to search for the cheat codes that I want to enable, and here at this point RetroArch just crashes itself, the application closes completely.

I tested several amount of NES games trying to do these steps with different cheat files, always happens the same, this only could be a bug, or not?.


texts: Are skill increasing items better than backpacks?

texts: No matter how fast dwarves cut down blocks, the majority of time is spent going back and forth with items. Does an increased speed of block breaking ever pay off for forfeiting 1 more item slot?


texts: Why does my SNES console hooked up to flat panel monitor show incorrect colors?

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When I try to play Chrono Trigger (US) on my European SNES (with the help of a converter cartridge called 'UA universal adaptor expert version') that's hooked up to a scart-to-hdmi converter device that's hooked up to my PC monitor, I get completely messed up colors on the screen. It's like I am seeing 4-bit colors; red, blue and green ugly all over.
Just like when your SCART cable is improperly inserted on your old tv (remember?).
However that's not the problem because the SCART is inserted firmly into the converter box.

To troubleshoot, I tried hooking up my SNES console to my regular old TV through SCART only and there was no problem there. The colors displayed perfectly.

So what is causing the colors to be displayed incorrectly on my flat panel monitor?
Is it the scart-to-hdmi box that's doing this? Is it the monitor that's doing this?
My monitor works perfectly with everything else (xbox, PC, ..) even with the same HDMI cable used. From what I read, that converter box 'automatically' switches between PAL and NTSC signal.

Here is my setup:

My PC monitor:
http://www.asus.com/Display/LCD_Monitors/VK246H/
My scart-to-hdmi converter upscaler box:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCART-HDMI-1080p-HD-UPSCALER-Converter-Adapter-Sky-Wii-VHS-STB-DVD-HDTV-/300614927083
My SNES:
PAL European
Cabling:
I'm using a gold plated HDMI 3-star cable I think (regular HD resolution).


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I know officially the games ends at this date and it shows your score with your nation's history.

Can the game be played after this year (and unlock Steam Achievements) ?


texts: Minecraft: Super Secret Settings Black Screen

texts: So, it's come to my attention that whenever I press "Super Secret Settings" in the options menu, Minecraft goes black. I can click buttons, and stuff like that, but I can't see. I just restart the game, and it's fine. I've looked at a few little threads (including the official bug post), and determined that it's not an OS incompatibility issue, but Intel HD Integrated Graphics. I don't mind having to restart the game, but I do like some of the super secret settings visual effects. I really don't care what is causing this (although I suspect it's because of some kind of shader bug), and I just want to get it fixed.


texts: Does the white tanooki suit appear in the world 5 castle of super mario 3d land?

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I've went and done the lives cheat thing and committed Mario suicide like 25 times in the castle and it still hasn't appeared. I'm pretty sure I had it for the first two stars I got on that level though! (I have the 2nd & 3rd stars) Just need that first one as I'm kind of a dunce and missed it the first time around...

If not does anyone know a cheat to get past Bowser?


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As far as I can tell, a zombie has both a yellow health bar and a red health bar. The yellow health bar indicates the amount of stamina a zombie has left; once exhausted by taking damage it collapses. The red health bar indicates the amount of health the zombie has left; once depleted, the zombie "breaks", or dies permanently.

Still, the way that depleting the red health bar works confuses me, and I want to make sure that I kill zombies as quickly as possible to keep my weapons in tip-top shape. Do I deal less health damage to a zombie while it still has stamina? Will aiming at the zombie's head inflict more health damage, even when it's knocked down? Do certain types of weapons inflict more health damage compared to stamina damage, regardless of their base damage (for example, if I have a firearm and a blunt weapon with the same attack value, will the firearm inflict more health damage)?


texts: How do I interpret the weapon damage stat in Borderlands?

texts: In Borderlands when looking at the damage of weapons, particularly shotguns, it says stuff like 20x6.  Does that mean the true damage is 120?  Is there something special that must occur for you to get the times 6?


texts: My friend has a PE world and she wants to put it on my Windows 10 minecraft

texts: My friend has a PE world and she wants to put it on my Windows 10. Would there be anyway to do this


texts: How do Destiny 2 shaders work differently from Destiny 1 shaders?

texts:
Over the weekend I got into a discussion with another user of this site on Twitter about Destiny 2 shaders. He didn't understand why the fanbase is upset about them.

An example he gave was that in Destiny 1 he didn't see certain shaders at all, even though he played over 400 hours, and he considered the Destiny 2 method superior because you received a lot more shaders. The thing is, from my understanding, this time the Destiny 2 shaders are per slot (so you need more of them to fully shade your armor) and they're bound per item (so if you replace an item, you need to get new shaders). logically, this means that if you are trying to maintain a specific set of shaders, you still need to have the luck to get the shaders you want, AND you need to get them every time you replace an item. So if the shader you want is the one with a very low droprate, you could again be looking towards many hours trying to get that one shader.

So, How do shaders in Destiny 2 work differently from shaders in Destiny 1? Feel free to add why this has upset the community, but that's not the main concern of this question.


texts: Minecraft loads chunks very slowly even on SSD

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I clean installed Minecraft and tried to make a world. It starts saying "Building terrain" for about 30 seconds, then gets stuck on "Downloading terrain". The RAM usage goes to about 1300 MB during this process. I then finally get into the freshly generated world, but everything is all blue. I look around with a nice 200FPS, but I'm just falling into the void.

Before this, Minecraft would generate the world at a considerably fast speed, but hang when generating chunks very badly.

I have it running on my new SSD with an i7, R9 290 and 24GB RAM, so I don't think it's my hardware... I tried with Optifine, and without, both cause the same result.

This is all singleplayer.


texts: How can I play Age of Mythology on WMware Fusion with Windows 7?

texts:
Thanks to Google I found this video on youtube:

I followed the instructions that Nolnar posted - they are the same as those in the youtube video.

But now I get this error message from the AOM, telling me that the Graficcard is not supported, and will shutdown the program, leaving this note:

  8/26/2013 7.14.1.5025

I am running VMWare for MAC OSX v10.9.1

Can someone please help?


texts: When the reduced buddy distance events start, what happens if I'm suddenly over the required distance?

texts: If I've been walking a Lapras for a while and currently have, say, 4.5km out of the required 5km to get my next candy, what happens when the event that reduces the distance to 1/4? Will I have to finish that 5km before I have the reduced rate?


texts: How can I track which blocks players step on the most in Minecraft?

texts:
Is it possible to make a tracker of which blocks players step on the most time? By which blocks I mean the type of block (grass, sand, etc.). I had a nice idea - a survival map where you have to step on some type of block the most to win.

P.S.: I don't want to use mods.


texts: Does finesse-based equipment make it easier to sneak?

texts: Does finesse-based equipment (i.e. leather) make you harder to detect?


texts: Are statistics and achievements global or not?

texts: Are Minecraft statistics and achievement stored somewhere on Mojang servers, or are they stored only locally on my computer? For example - if I logged into Minecraft on my friends computer, will statistics and achievements be "synced" and visible there? If not, does someone know if it's somewhere on devs to-do list?


texts: How can I connect my PS3 controller? [Resetting, and changing battery doesn't work.]

texts:
I had this ps3 controller for a year. Now it won't connect. I plugged in the cable and pushed the PS3 main menu button but unable to connect the ps3. Tried with all the other cables too. I also tried reset button but still no connection to ps3. Then i thought it was a battery that need to be replaced so I replaced it. The result is the same. I dont know what the hell is going with my ps3?

*Also I changed the usb slot to see the result. So far there is none.


texts: Do dark Skylanders work with the light starter pack?

texts: My friend has bought the light Skylanders superchargers starter pack and has found a loose Kaos figure on Amazon from the dark pack. Would it work with her light starter pack?


texts: In Secret of Mana, did kicking stones to make them smile have a consequence?

texts:
I always wondered something about Secret of Mana (Super Nintendo).

Remember those stones everywhere? They looked like :(

And when you hit them with your sword, they looked like :)

I always wondered if they were some kind of switch, but never could figure it out.
Were they? Was there a trick there?


texts: Can I delete my Wonder Card and keep the Pokémon?

texts: There is a maximum limit on Wonder Cards to receive Pokémon at some events.  Is it possible to delete used Wonder Cards and keep the Pokémon they came with?


texts: How can I determine the bottleneck for block lag?

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There are some questions on this already, but many of them seem to apply to 1.9 only, or be caused by a broken version of Java. What I want to know instead is how to actually determine the bottleneck myself.

How can I tell if it's RAM? (And if it is, can a swapfile fix this?)
Do I have the Java -Xmx etc. parameters set incorrectly?
Is it the CPU, the network connection itself, something else?

I'm asking for a troubleshooting guide, not a solution for one specific situation or modpack
(which, in my case, would be a Hexxit server on a Raspberry Pi 3 with OSMC)


texts: Minecraft Loginh issues on both website and launcher

texts: So im using a minecraft account that i have no access to the email whatsover however i know the email and password. I have logged in before and played minecraft normally. However, suddenly today I was logged out of the launcher and my password would not work in the launcher. i kept getting the error Invalid Email or Password. is there anyway of me regaining access as it wont work at the minecraft.net website either


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If I have a bucket of fresh water and try to long press on a plot (which has no water), my character drinks the water. If my character isn't thirsty, it just does nothing. Is there a special technique to watering plots?

I also noticed that the plant, though dead, still produces fruits (although they seem to always be spoiled).


texts: Can Torment-only legendaries drop in Greater Rifts?

texts: Can "Torment-only" legendaries drop in Greater Rifts? If so, is it restricted to Greater Rift level 8 (the equivalent of Torment 1) and up?


texts: As a Heavy, who should I prioritize my fire at?

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Based on this question.

I'm aware that there are certian priorities in taking down particular classes in TF2.  Medics obviously are to be taken out first.  Engineers and their buildings are a high priority as well. Any high-damage class that can be taken out is great.

But, as a slow-moving, close-range, big buff tank, prioritizing the guys behind the lines and the guys jumping over my head seems like not a terribly good way to make use of my ammo.

So I'm wondering how I should prioritize my precious target-space when preparing to shoot at enemies.

At what range do different classes become a viable target?  Who should I try to focus down first?  Should I completely ignore scouts?  When should I switch from my shotgun (if I have one) to my minigun to maximize effectiveness against different classes?

In short, what class should I prioritize on my "Kill list"?


texts: Does installing a silencer affect damage?

texts: Does installing a silencer lower damage, as it often does in games?


texts: What weapon effects are useless for Wizards or Witch Doctors?

texts: Beyond the general buffs (intelligence, vitality, mana/arcane power), are the elemental damage bonuses (fire/cold/holy/etc.) tacked on to spells?  Are any weapon effects flat-out useless for certain classes?


texts: What causes [almost] instant missle tone/launch while flying?

texts: Several times while flying, I seem to get in the insta-locked-on-and-missle-fired situation.   I don't hear the locking tone (when someone is trying to lock onto me), so deploying ECM is a pain (as the missile is already sent to me).  As I perfer ECM over flares (more time to get away), but why does this instant locking/missile launched happen?   Is this a glitch?  I also tend to use the stealth perk.


texts: How do you use sprays in Team Fortress 2?

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I've been trying to hit the "T" key (also made sure it's the one designated as "Spray"), but nothing ever happens!

What am I doing wrong? Are there some prerequisite I need to fill?


texts: I have no religion, I'm beating a civ about to get a religious victory in combat - how am I able to hamper their religion?

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I have no religion, in combat I'm beating a civ about to get a religious victory.

I now have a bunch of cities with his religion - and the inertia may take him over the religious victory line.

I may not be able to completely wipe him out before he gets his religious victory. Can I remove his religion from my newly captured - or other - cities before he gets his religious win without having a religion of my own?


texts: What Happens If I Run My Advanced Pump Continuously?

texts: What happens if the Advanced Pump is left running continuously and the output pipe is full? I noticed it will continue to consume power, but does it stop pumping until there is enough room in the pipe to take more liquid, or does the excess get wasted?


texts: What happened to the Journal of Justice?

texts: The last one was released in July 2011 and I loved to read them. I thought the stories were in depth and you got to learn about a lot of the champions. Was there any information given on why they stopped producing them?


texts: How much burst damage can a miracle rogue do in one turn?

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Miracle rogue is still a popular deck, and after playing against two consecutively just now I was wondering just how much burst damage they can do in one round? I was reasonably sure in the second game that I was still in the safe range of health, but I didn't know exactly. I tried to think of the possible combos, and while I know the obvious shadow-stepped Leeroy, I'm not sure I can get all of them right as I have never played this kind of rogue.

So how much damage can a miracle rogue do in one damage, with how many cards and at how much mana? I'm not so much interested in a theoretical, but unlikely maximum, as in the combos that I can realistically expect to face in an actual game.


texts: Sometimes I come across chests that are far in the water. Not on the ground of the water, just very far away from land. If it would be an iron chest I could just use the magnet ability to get it, but this does not work with wooden chests. The only way I was able to get the chests was to repeatedly swim against the chest, but this only moves it extremely slow. Is there any trick to get wooden chest out of the water?


texts: I recently started played Dwarf Fortress, and not knowing that it wouldn't catch normal animals I caught some vermin from the Kennel. Now I have some rats and stuff sitting around in an animal trap on a stockpile, and I want to get rid of them either just be gone to free up space or release them to do something.(Maybe someone wants a pet rat/hedgehog/roach?) I've been trying to, but I just can't figure out how to. Can anyone tell me how?


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I was trying to create a way so when someone stands on an iron pressure plate, it says hello to them in chat.

The command is:

Command block 1:

testfor -87.643 65 -67.535 heavy_weighted_pressure_plate

Command block 2:

say Welcome

But when I stood on the pressure plate nothing happened

It says:

  [18:16:21] Entity '-87.442' cannot be found


texts: How do developing sequels work? When's a good time to develop one?

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I recently got an option to develop sequels:

When's a good time to develop a sequel? What are the advantages and disadvantages of developing a sequel to a previous game? What factors should I consider when choosing a previous game to develop a sequel of?


texts: What does Dark Souls 3's Season Pass do?

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I'm fairly new to Season passes and how they work.

Looking at Steam today, I noticed that there's a great sale on Dark Souls 3 and it's DLCs. There are two alternatives:

The base game and a Season Pass (which is cheaper) or,
The base game and buy the two DLCs separately.

My questions is: what does the Season Pass do?

It says on the Steam page that the season pass allows one to "gain access to 2 epic DLC packs at a discounted price". I assume this means that the season pass does not give me access to the DLCs and that I have to buy them separately?

Also the promised discount isn't included nor does it say if it works with the current sale.

Has anyone bought the season pass and tell me if its worth buying with the discounted price?


texts: I am re-installing BF3 Premium on my machine and I purchased a physical copy of the game. When I stick the disc into my computer to install, Origin seems to be downloading the game instead of reading off my disc. Is there some setting I need to modify?


texts: Is it possible to trade a Steam key / humble bundles?

texts: With the fourth Humble Indie Bundle I received second copy of the third pack that I already own. Is there any way to add the key or the games to my account as something gift/trade-able? Duplicate games don't seem to be rendered giftable (I already owned e.g. Super Meat Boy) so I don't want to risk spending the key by activating the third bundle a second time and simply wasting the key.


texts: Can I automatically join a server when a slot is free?

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I am playing Call of Duty - Modern Warfare in multiplayer mode on PC and play most of the time on a specific server that is often full. I have sometimes to hit Refresh during 10-20 minutes before I can join.

Is there a way to automatically connect this server when a slot is freeing?
By any mean, a software, a script in Call of Duty 4, a web app...


texts: How many wards do I have to use to make sightstones efficient?

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I know that wards are extremely important in League of Legends, and I know that often, people like to buy the sightstone. However, many times I go for straight up wards instead. The sightstone is not used enough, in my opinion, to be more beneficial than the cost of buying that wards themselves.

This may be because I am in bronze 2, but I am just wondering, how many wards do you actually need to use (and, how many times do you need to go back) for the sightstone to be worth it? I need to know, because if you have to go back so many times that you lose about 2 levels compared to your lane opponents, I will just buy regular wards.


texts: I currently want to get my second armor upgrade for my account on League, I was wondering how many games I need to win on ranked to get around 150 split points, or how many split points do I get awarded per win on ranked games?


texts: Can I get the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow in Skyrim without directly killing the Draugr Overlord?

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I'm trying a Skyrim play style where my character never kills anything directly. The character build is around Stealth/ Illusion and while my character might use Fury to make enemies attack each other the measure is whether the Combat Stats show zero across all kills.

It appears you need to kill the Draugr Overlord in Bleak Falls Barrow to get the Dragonstone which unlocks the dragon spawning.

Apparently it's possible to progress to Alduin's Wall without any direct kills - but I'm scratching my head about Bleak Falls Barrow.

My only thought so far is to get a follower and then have them kill the Draugr Overlord, but this doesn't seem quite true to the character I'm trying to play.

If anyone's interested my plan/ (personal challenge) challenge is to collect all of the Stones of Barenziah without directly killing a soul. I'm pretty sure I don't need the dragons active for this, but it doesn't feel like Skyrim without dragons.

Any suggestions for getting the Dragonstone from Bleak Falls Barrow without directly killing the Draugr Overlord?


texts: Will I miss out on anything major by skipping over the various Monokuma Theatres?

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I'm enjoying the game and am excited to be playing through it, however I have found the various monokuma/monami theatres and monologues to not add much value and be unenjoyable so I've taken to skipping over them for the most part.

Are these actually important at all?


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So i am playing in offline mode for some time i nearly finished everything and i am currently sitting at level 23. I must say i found some pretty op combinations related to ranged class. With leaping shot - skill which makes you jump backwards and shoot multiple projectiles + passive skill that lowers cooldown on each crit + very highly crit based equipment i managed to solo (Like with 1 character) strongest of 10 dragons under 30 seconds.

Now i know it may be normal for level that high but i fought the first dragon for like 5-10 minutes and thought it was an epic battle. Spamming leaping shot 15 times in 30 seconds(since no cooldown and leaping shot is really cheap on energy) and killing dragon this way really does seem op to me.

The leaping shot really is a nuke with this build. My question is, how does this look in the multiplayer version? Also im currently playing at default (second) difficulty.


texts: I am having trouble setting a clan tag. I don't have an internet connection on my PS4, so I just play offline on a LAN. After I type type the clan tag in it just disappears when I exit the menu, as if I never entered it. Other PS4 accounts can create clan tags, just not mine.


texts: How do I disarm enemies in Assassins Creed Revelations?

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I'm stuck in one of the master assassin missions - I'm only allowed to disarm enemies but I can't find a proper move in the game tutorials nor do I find anything in the handbook.

Anyone knows the necessary key on the keyboard?


texts: Do 'Locals' and 'Police' NPCs in the cities respawn?

texts: Do the generic NPCs in towns respawn? If yes - how long does it take?


texts: Getting a large sum of money in Assassin's Creed 3 is much different then previous version of the game. Gone are they days of buying every shop in town, and now we appear to have to actually do a little bit of labor for our money. What are some of the best ways of quickly earning large sums of cash. Are there some items that are cheap/easy to craft but sell for a boatload?


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I'm playing Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater in the HD Collection on Xbox 360.

The best way I've figured out to aim firearms is to hold down both bumpers, click the left stick to look down the sights, left stick to aim, and X to fire. This feels pretty slow and limited, and I'm finding it's just not cutting it for boss fights, The Fear in particular. Is there a better way to aim in this game?

Also, is there a way to move while aiming in first person?


texts: Steam downloading large files whilst I'm on mobile broadband

texts: I have a CD copy of Napoleon: Total War, and installed it from disc. Now when I try to play, Steam starts trying to download files for it, 5 GB's worth. I'm on mobile broadband so I can't afford this. I have uninstalled Steam / Total War and then tried re-installing both, but still the same problem occurs. Any solutions?


texts: Can I hide the "Format System Memory" option on the DSi?

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On a Nintendo DSi there's an option to completely format the system memory. It's accessed from configuration > format system memory and is so easy to select that even a 3-year-old could do it (and did!)

Is there any way I can hide this option, or make the darn thing more difficult to hit? Even the confirmation is touch screen, making it very easy to use by "accident" :-(

(Ditto for Wario Ware Touched's crazy "delete all data" option that was easier for the same 3-year-old to select than it was to restart a game - I had the whole thing unlocked as well!)


texts: Starting Grounded Mode+ on The Last of Us

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Is there any way to start Grounded Mode Plus without completing Grounded Mode first?

I really don't want to play the entire game twice in Grounded Mode. I heard that if you complete Normal Mode then you can play Grounded Mode Plus, but I'm not sure how this works...


texts: How can I make a functioning piston elevator in SMP

texts: I've recently been trying to build a piston elevator in SMP from bedrock to the surface. However, every design I've tried (some of my own, and some from Youtube) results in me getting stuck in a block part of the way up. Are there any ways to get around this? If it's lag related would slowing the elevator down by adding an extra repeater or two between each level be sufficient?


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I recently starting playing Guild Wars again after a lengthy hiatus, however, I can no longer recall how I change my secondary profession.

How can I change my secondary profession?


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I am playing as Illifer Mallister in the 7996 start date. I want to eventually work my way up to King of the Trident (a position currently held by Harren 'the Black' Hoare) and have led a successful league independence war against Harren. The AI Aegon the Conqueror used the Dragon Conquest CB against the Stormlands, and every newly independent lord in the Riverlands.

I am currently watching the Tully's and the Blackwoods and Brackens get their ***** handed to them by the dragons. Is there any hope to avoid swearing fealty? The Stormlands have fallen and half of the Riverlands surrendered without a fight. I have 8000 men including mercernary companies. How can I fight those dragons? Surely others have noticed how overpowered the Targ dragons are in this mod?


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I am using Minecraft 1.6.4, and want to start a LAN game.

When I click on "Open to LAN" on Minecraft, it says my game has been opened to my network on port 25565, but does not give me the IP address. What am I supposed to do now?


texts: What determines the number of dolphins chasing my unicorn?

texts: The "Dolphin Dancer" achievement requires that I get three dolphins to appear on screen.  It seems that the longer I run, the more likely I am to get more dolphins, but I'm curious what actually causes this number to increase.  Is it distance, number of fairies collected, number of stars destroyed by rainbow power, or perhaps some combination thereof?


texts: Which items have the highest enchantment values?

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I have a full set of Glass armor, a spell for Summon Gold Saint and plenty of Grand Soul gems. I was planning on create a "super-suit" with different constant effect such as Fortify Speed, Fortify Agility, Sanctuary, Fortify Strenght, Night Eye and Restore Health. However the enchantment values of the glass pieces are too low. I even downloaded a mod that increases the enchantment values for 10 times and still is too low, the best I could create was a couple of Expensive rings with Night Eye 25 points and Restore Health 10 to 15 points. I tried enchanting with Chamaleon and I can create a full suit with 100% but it will feel like cheating...

Looks like, after all my efforts, I can't create my dreamed overpowered armor for my assassin-thief character, so I'd like to know which items have the highest enchantment values? So far I can tell Expensive Rings. Thanks in advance.


texts: Is there anyway to stop someone from seeing I’m online when I’m playing Minecraft?

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I started playing Minecraft with my young nephew and then set up a second account for myself and from that I started a realm that we both play on.
I didn’t think this through very well, because we’re now friends on both my accounts but sometimes I just want to play on my own. He’s only 9 and quite immature in some ways so saying “sorry, I just want to play on my own” is not a good option.
If I unfriend him on one of my accounts will he still be able to see when I’m playing? How do I block him?  I don’t just want to block him from joining me, I want to block him from even seeing that I’m playing. (I don’t want to block him from the realm, just from seeing my other account is still active).
I really don’t want to have to create a 3rd account - I’m quite attached to some of my worlds.
I play on an iPad with whatever Minecraft version is on the App Store.


texts: If I get a Dota 2 beta key, will I get to keep the game after it's released?

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Since the recent christmas event, it's become rather easy to find a Dota 2 beta key, if you've got the right things to trade.  But, it's somewhat expensive, and it doesn't seem worth it to me if you don't get to keep the game afterwards.

So, has anyone been able to find anything about this?  Does the beta key entitle you to the full game?  Or perhaps, will the game be free-to-play?


texts: Where and when should I sweep early/mid to late game as a support and jungler?

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I am a jungle main.

Support is new for me and I do not know; where and when to effectively sweep with my red trinket. I use it as I would as jungler (mostly for a gank  tp/mid/jungle or for objectives and finally when we trying to set up an ambush). However I feel I am not using it as I should. So from both sides of the map when should I be sweeping and where.

The reason I ask is simple I have noticed a lot of the supports I play against usually have more ward kills than I do when watching replays. Even junglers have more ward kills than me.

So as both a jungler and support. How should I be using my red trinket and where should I be using it.


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There's a hidden Badass challenge in Arid Badlands that shows up as Undiscovered until you find it. Unlike every other challenge I can't find the details on youtube, wikis, and even after digging through a long forum thread of people trying all the absurd crap they could think of, no one seems to know what it is.

What is the Undiscovered challenge in Arid Badlands and how do I get it?


texts: Minecraft Command Block Remote Volume Selection

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For some reason they thought it would be a good idea for the dx, dy, dz parameters to only ever extend from the command block itself. Is there a way, maybe combining this with execute, to select a volume remotely?

The goal is to see if players are within a rectangular prism region.


texts: Microsoft recently released an SDK for the Kinect for Windows development. Does that mean if I go buy a Kinect, I can use it on my PC now? I'm a developer and would like to fidget around with it, but I want to make sure it will work on my PC first because I don't have an XBOX.


texts: Caesar 3 - Why don't I get any tax money from my senate?

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I am on the second mission. My wages are 30 denari and the tax of 7% is way over 30 denari, but I still keep losing money. My senate has close to 30 employees and 100% of the population is paying tax. Is this a bug? Any help is appreciated.

I downloaded the game from Steam and I am playing it on Windows 10.


texts: Why doesn't My Xbox 360 S update the clock when connected to Xbox Live?

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My Xbox 360 S won't update the clock to daylight saving time when I'm connected to the XBOX live service.

Why not? What could cause this?


texts: Why do I keep timing out on Minecraft multiplayer servers?

texts: Whenever I join a multiplayer server I get to play for around five minutes, it loads the chunk and lets me interact with furnaces, ect. but after some time it disconnects me and says 'Timed Out', my friends don't get disconnected to the server though. When I check my internet it says I'm connected. What's going on?


texts: Do melee mods increase biotic charge damage?

texts: In Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, do melee modifications affect/increase the biotic charge damage?


texts: "Play a friend!" Quest Minimum Time Required

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Recently Blizzard introduced the new "Play a friend!" quest, where a player is supposed to challenge another friend and play a game to get the 80 gold for both of the players. However, I've also heard that Blizzard has set a turn/time minimum quota as to prevent players from conceding at turn 1.

Has anyone been able to find out the minimum time/turn required to finish the quest, and if yes what is it?


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I needed the talisman o'namsilat, so I went into the Copperhead Club. This got me poisoned with the Ancient Annoying Serpent Poison. I've gotten what I wanted through other means, so I didn't end up doing what Shen Copperhead wanted.

Am I stuck being poisoned forever, or is there another way to remove this, without having to go through and do what Shen wants?


texts: Does Jarate apply to enemies under an Ubercharge?

texts: I was curious if Jarate covers enemies who are under Ubercharge. Has anyone done some experimentation with this and if so, does this also apply to the other 3 Mediguns' Ubers?


texts: By default Chrom becomes wed to Sumia relatively early in the game.  Marriage has the support rank of "S" on the Support menu.  When inspecting Chrom's available support options I saw that there are 3 other possible "S" characters.  Can Chrom marry someone other than Sumia?


texts: Are weapons and mods permanently missable?

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In Mass Effect 2, there was a chance that if you didn't pick up a weapon/upgrade during certain missions, then you could miss them entirely if you completed the mission without picking them up.

However, they also had the functionality where if you missed picking up a weapon in one part of the level, you could get a chance to pick it up in another part of the level before the mission ended.

Does this work the same way in Mass Effect 3? Or have they changed it so you'll be able to pick up weapons/mods in later missions if you missed them at your first opportunity?


texts: Is there a pause button in Chop Chop Ninja HD? This seems silly, but I can't seem to bring it up if one exists.


texts: How to give a mob smooth custom motion in MCJE 1.16

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I want to make a boss battle, and I wanted the boss to walk smoothly in a certain direction. I have tried:
/summon zombie ~ ~1 ~ {CustomName:"Zombo",CustomNameVisible:1,Motion:[0.0,0.0,-12.0], Attributes:[{Name:generic.movementSpeed,Base:2}

but the zombie does not smoothly move, it actually teleports. I thought of having a bunch of command blocks all in a row that kill the zombie and summon a new one every block, giving it the appearance of smooth motion. However, I would like something that I can run in just a few command blocks. Does anyone have experience with things like this? Thanks!


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In the skill tree for Jedi Sage, Psychic Barrier reduces pushback suffered while activating mind crush and telekinetic throw.

I haven't noticed my character physically moving backwards so I assume it's something else. Anyone know what this is?


texts: Does the level I'm on affect the stats of the Giraffe on a Treadmill survival reward?

texts: Is the Treadmill Giraffe you receive from beating level 25 on survival the same for all maps, or will I get a better one from playing on The Summit as opposed to The Deeper Well?


texts: What does it mean for a game to be a skinner box?

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I've recently seen the term skinner box thrown around more often as a derogatory term by reviewers for free-to-play games that use predatory practices to encourage players to spend more money than they actually intend to.
The term seems to originate from the research of a well-known biologist, B.F. Skinner, referring to a device that is used to train animals in biological experiments (such as training mice to solve mazes, or training a parrot to associate a colour with a button). See https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1998-06434-011 for an overview or https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347270800343 for an example. Or read the original paper here. The animal learns to respond in a certain way to a stimulus and receives a food reward for correctly doing so in a reinforcement learning process.
Some semantic change seems to have happened when this word is now used in the game (review) context. Games don't literally trap people in tiny cages and force them to do certain actions to stay alive (that would be a rather unethical experiment in many ways), so it clearly means something different here.
There are many techniques modern game designers employ in free-to-play (and recently, also in paid) games to encourage users to spend money, from the straightforward to the subtle. Some examples are (with an example game that includes this technique):

Allowing the purchase of actual straight up power increasing bonuses (skipping content or in multiplayer having advantages over those who don't), Example game: Maplestory.
Purchasing 'cosmetics', making the characters look aesthetically better in some way for those who spend. Example game: Dota-2
Unlocking 'more stuff' I.e. the gacha or lootbox system where spending money unlocks additional gameplay options via more available characters or items, but what you get is random. Example game: Genshin Impact.
Skipping some kind of progression system by spending money. Example: Bloons TD 6
Gating 'game time' in some way, requiring a resource necessary to continue playing and then making more of it available for real money. Example: Candy Crush.
Making things happen faster in simulation and strategy games when you spend. Example: Clash of Clans.

It's not entirely clear to me which of these techniques fall under the term, i.e. "which are skinner boxes, and which are not?",or if reviewers are using it more as a blanket derogatory term for those types of transactions they personally emotionally disapprove of. Is there an objective or reasoned definition of which variants/strategies generate the 'conditioned responses' Skinner has written about in his papers?

What does it mean for a game to be a 'skinner box'?
Specifically: What are the requirements?
Is there a generally agreed-upon definition?
Could it be that this varies from person-to-person?

Footnote:
How it could be subjective (conjecture): what causes addiction, which is very similar to a conditioned response in some ways, varies from person-to-person, thus which techniques qualify as sufficient conditions for a game to be included in the set of 'skinner box' titles are subjective if this is the correct definition for 'skinner box element':

a to the person reviewing it addictive or enticing element that
involves spending real money and conditions them to spend more


texts: I cant find the final propaganda mission

texts: Anyone having the same problem? I've done all the other propaganda centre missions but cant seem to find the last one. Any suggestions or coordinates?


texts: So I bought CS GO from a 3rd party website to add to my steam account. It is the only steam game I have as I am not interested in any other games at the moment. I have received a case and was wanting to buy a key to open it, however it says my steam account is locked and I cannot buy any in game items. I have tried multiple websites but I either says my account is locked or I have to reach level 1 on steam! Could someone please help.


texts: Why do some cheaper video cards have better benchmarks than other more expensive ones?

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I was looking for a video card and visited the passmark benchmarks page, now what puzzles me is that starting from top video cards to lowest in terms of passmark score you don't go decreasing in the price:
for instance a Radeon HD 7850 is only 180$ and scores 3,640 on passmark, while a Quadro 6000 is 1600$ and scores 3,425 and an ATI FirePro V8700 is 800$ while scoring a meager 1,255!!!

How is that possible? Am I missing something..


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So I have asked a question how to find the End city if I have updated my game from 1.8 to 1.9 and already killed the Ender dragon and generated the End island in 1.8 (see here). I got an answer from Antoine Hejlík (see in link) and he recommended to delete the files that contain the End data, so I can generate the End again in 1.9. I have already made a backup, but I dont know where can these files be found I just know it is in .minecraft/saves/myworld/???.

I would be glad if someone knew what should replace the ??? above.


texts: Do I need to restart my world inorder to receive new game content?

texts: Do I have to restart my world in order to get new features added to the game or does my world, before the update, gain the features on it's own?


texts: Rename Minecraft Advancements without removing them

texts: I want to modify the minecraft advancements in a way that changes the title but doesn't modify anything else. Is there any way I can do this? I'm working with 1.16.5 currently.


texts: Do you lose some of the "first win of the day" IP boost by playing in Beginner AI games?

texts: At higher levels in League of Legends, your IP and XP earned from AI games gets penalized.  Does this impact the "First Win of the Day" bonus though?  Some days I just want to mindlessly blast through a game and get the +150.


texts: How do I get the Cuirass of the Crusader back?

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I completed the Knights of the Nine quest in TES IV: Oblivion, and got all the relics. I use them as my armor all the time. A while back I got arrested and the Cuirass disappeared. I gave up on looking for it, thinking that I may have sold it or stored it somewhere, and I thought I would cheat myself another one.

I have been using player.additem 01000ece console command to get the first tier back. It keeps telling me that the object ID doesn't work. What is my problem here?


texts: Where can I find Rock Band instruments for Wii

texts: I've been searching for Rock Band instruments for the Wii and I cant seem to find anything. It seems that they aren't carried in stores any more and they only place i can find them is private sales on Ebay. Can anyone tell me where i can find instruments? Or does anyone know if more instruments will be released?


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I got a free Character Boost for pre-ordering Legion and I was wondering how it worked in conjunction with the new Class Trial feature. According the Character Boost support article, a character that is level 60+ when boosted will also have their primary professions and First Aid skill increased. However, the new Class Trial feature allows to test out a character at level 100 and then spend a boost to unlock it for regular play.

Does a character unlocked from the Class Trial feature have their professions boosted or do they start at the lowest skill level?


texts: Are there ways to reduce "Expansion Disapproval" besides research?

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I find that large fractions of my research times are spent trying to cope with planets striking due to obscene population disapproval, in the vicinity of 80% or more.

How does Expansion Disapproval work? A brief internet trawl claims that it's a factor directly on the size of your empire above two planets - does that mean that it's possible to have an empire so large that every single planet is on strike?! Or, are there particular actions that increase ED? (No jokes, please!) Does making colony ships from low-pop systems anger them? Does higher population placate them?

It just feels like I'm getting railroaded into a race for certain high-tier research because some of my systems are getting so angry about my expansion that they're starving themselves while striking. Lolwut.


texts: When I buld a nether portal and light it it wont light. The obsidian lights on fire but no portal please help me fix this.


texts: Which Base items are available without DLC or marketplace purchase?

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I want to farm for Base items, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I'm willing to slog through side missions, beat up mobs of AI for drops, or hoard cash for a specific vendor. I'd like to avoid paying any real money, either for the items themselves, or for DLC packs that open missions where the items are available, etc (I've already spent enough real money on other things in the game...for now).

There have been multiple DLC additions to DCUO relating to Bases/Lairs, and a lot of the Base items that exist seem to come from areas that aren't available immediately, according to this thread.

I'm not sure how complete that list is (I'm guessing not very), it's just one of the only sources I could find. But, it's hard to tell just by the location of the item drop whether or not the location is in a DLC episode area, an On-Duty scenario, or maybe just a mission-specific area I haven't reached. I don't want to go looking for items I'm not going to find, so I'm wondering what's even available for me, playing without a membership or DLC mission purchases.

What Base customization items (themed bundles or individual items) are available for purchase with in-game currency, in non-DLC areas? Are there any scripted Base item drops in non-DLC areas?