texts: Tactical map not showing in Company of Heroes 2

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I'm trying to use the tactical map in CoH2 and it's simply not showing.

I have a keyboard without a numpad, so I initially thought that was the problem. I remapped the tilde (`) key to numpad 0, but that didn't help. It worked in notepad because typing ` would result in a 0 (assuming numlock is on) or it would toggle insert mode (if numpad was off).

I then tried plugging in another keyboard - one that does have a numpad. And yet still the tactical map will not come up.

I also tried switching between the different key modes (classic versus non-classic) and the problem persists.

Finally, I tried classic missions because until then I had been trying Ardennes and thought maybe the tactical map wasn't available there for some reason. It still didn't work.

What the heck is going on? How do I get the tactical map to come up?


texts: What should I press on the Double Slides?

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This is the first time that I have played on Extreme, so I just learned about the the Double Slides that point either to the Left or Right.
Here is an example on Tell Your World, where there is a set of Double Slides pointing to the right.

What should I press when the Double Slides appear? I have tried all of the following and none of them worked:

L1 or R1 alone
L1 + Left Analog to the Left, or R2 + Right Analog to the Right
L1 + L2 or R1 + R2

I checked the digital manual and there is nothing related to the Double Slides.
Just in case, here is the button configuration that I'm using currently:


texts: How do I get the "Zergling Rush" achievement in StarCraft 2?

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I'm trying to get a lot of the battle.net achievements, but some of them seem quite difficult.

Specifically, "Zergling Rush" the 20 zerglings in 255 seconds achievement


texts: Can't solo the jewelery heist, because everyone gets alerted in the street

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I'm a bit new to this game but I can't even do this easy mission.

I take out the guards, but when I go into the main part of the store and tell everyone to get down, about 6 pedestrians on the street get alerted too and it's game over from there.

Am I doing something wrong?


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I enter the dialogue to give my adopted kid a gift, but the toy sword and child's doll that are in my inventory don't display in the list.

Admittedly they are stolen. Is this the problem? Should I fence them, buy back and retry?


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There are many weapons. I want to find the highest possible RightHand1 ATK weapon. So far, the dark sacret chime hammer +5 is my record.

This is without ring buffs.
Can someone help me find the highest possible right hand ATK weapon?


texts: Is a 9 or 10 cost minion hit by Freezing Trap unplayable?

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Today I was playing a game and had only my C'Thun on the board and my opponent (a Hunter) played a trap. I figured I was pretty safe as C'Thun would survive a damaging trap and I had an Innervate in my hand if he were to get returned. However, the Freezing Trap returned him to my hand and increased his cost by 2 (to bring it to 12) and when I played Innervate, it did nothing (kept my mana at 10 and did not allow C'Thun to be played).

It seems a bit overpowered for such a low cost trap card to essentially act as both a hard removal AND reduce your hand size by one (because you're then stuck with the useless 12-cost card in your hand), but aside from some sort of "Your minion costs are reduced by two" card, that seems to be the case.

Am I missing something? Is there a better way to defend against this aside from "Play a low cost minion, hope it doesn't die and attack with it first the next turn"?


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It is my first game of Civilization 5, but I have played Civilization 3 and 4 many times. Twice I have seen my capital having a stagnation for no apparent reason. From what I read food is the only reason a city would stagnate. I have even seen a city with more feed than required being in stagnation.

At this moment I have a source of 15 food and 12 are consumed by civilians, so this makes 3 extra food. As I understand it, there is no reason there should be a stagnation, but there is.
I guess there is also a happiness factor, but my happiness is well above unhappiness.

What could cause that? Could it be a bug?


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I found this item in a drawer in the early stage of chapter 1 of Leon's story in RE6 but I don't seem to be able to interact with it in any way.

It looks like a classic Resident Evil puzzle piece which makes me think I might need it for something but it could just be an Easter egg.

Does anyone know what I am suppose to do with it?


texts: How do you take down a helicopter quickly?

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So I got the chopper in call of duty and I throw it out, and almost immediately the chopper goes down... so is there a technique for that?  If as it enters the board, you hit it with a missile, it goes down?  Or what can you do for a fast take down on a chopper?

Thanks.


texts: What are the rules/range for chunk loading in single player?

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I wanted to try testing some contraptions in relation to my previous question.

In my test world (superflat, 1.13.2, single player) I created a redstone line that starts with a lever, goes east about 1000 blocks in one direction, turns south, goes a chunk south, turns west and returns 1000 blocks to end one chunk south from the origin, with a lamp.

The line is very simple - a repeater on entering the chunk, 14 blocks worth of redstone dust, and a solid block on the opposite side of the chunk, to be read by the repeater there again:

This was obviously intended to break, as under no conditions should the world in radius of 62 chunks / 1000 blocks around the player load and there should be nothing magical about powered solid blocks or repeaters at chunk borders. The signal upon reaching the border of the loaded chunks should stop and never return.

And against logic, it works. It takes some 12 seconds for the signal to complete the trip, but flicking the lever on one end of the 2000+ blocks long line reliably toggles the lamp on the other end. I even quit the game (closing it completely), then returned, starting at the lever so I'd never visit the area of the U-turn 1000 blocks away in this session - and it still worked.

Why?!

The origin is about 190 blocks south from world spawn, so it should be outside of spawn chunks, but even if spawn chunks were involved, they are only 16x16 - I made the line so excessively long to avoid this sort of issues. Also, I never experimented with /forceload or moving the spawn. Render distance - I tried with 22, 16, 10 - all the same.


texts: Is there any order to the Lorule dungeons?

texts: I just got to Lorule and have no idea where to go. Previous games had a kind of metroidvania type system where the item from one dungeon unlocked the next. Now that I can rent/buy most of the items, I'm not sure where to start. I made it into one dungeon, but it seemed like I needed some specific equipment to purges part the entrance and nothing I had aces to seemed to work. Is there any sort of order to the dungeons in this game?


texts: The terms 'n00b', 'nub', and 'newby' are all over gamer culture, but where did they come from? Did someone just decide we need a general word for someone who is unskilled? Is it a corruption of 'new' or some other word?


texts: How do multiple choice quests work in co-op?

texts: I have the option to return my bullymong hair to either Hammerlock or Claptrap for two different quest rewards.  I would like the former while my co-op partner would like the latter.  If I return the quest to Hammerlock can my partner return it to Claptrap?


texts: Are there any restrictions for finding Rare/Legendary loot?

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In Fallout Shelter, are there any restrictions for finding Rare/Legendary loot?

I am asking specifically about the recipes; but if there are restrictions for finding Rare/Legendary loot in general (like in the Wasteland or in Lunchboxes) this is relevant to my question.

For example, if I have crafting rooms, but I have not upgraded them yet (either because I don't have the dwellers or the caps), can I still find recipes, or will I only be able to find them once I have upgraded the room?


texts: How important is proper execution of QTEs in Fractured But Whole?

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I hate QTEs, especially if they are used as an integral aspect of combat. I've lost combat way more than I want in Stick of Truth because they introduced a new QTE and I couldn't figure out what to do in time.

I've started Fractured But Whole, played through until I started my origin story, immediately got faced with 2 QTEs and quit the game in disgust. Hell, even the "shitting in a toilet" minigame is something I never want to do ever again in this game if I can help it, because the keyboard controls are just horrendous.

However, I have a very morbid curiosity for the jokes and references in the game, so I want to continue playing. However, I'd prefer to avoid QTEs as much as possible, or at least only have to suffer those that are simple and don't have a big impact on my combat performance if I fail them. I'd preferably even avoid shitting in a toilet unless it's absolutely necessary to complete the game and all major sidequests (so no "shit in every toilet in the game").

Is this possible at all?


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My gnomes seem to bleed a lot and use a lot of Bandages. It is not like I don't have an excess amount of cotton, but I can barely keep up with production to satisfy they are need for treating their wounds.

How many bandages does a Gnome use up when bleeding?

Does he use 1 Bandage for each wound? Or 1 Bandage each time he is injured?


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I've just begun encountering ancient ruins, and finding artifacts ranging in value from common to rare.  In the Merchant menu for these resources, it describes them as "Used for selling for metal shards."

I'm wondering if there's a hidden reason to keep these items, or if I should sell them as soon as I can.


texts: How do I change what way a block is facing when using //set [Minecraft 1.16.3 WorldEdit]

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I have always used either WorldEdit on 1.8.9 or a less well known version of WorldEdit where I could just do //set 17:2 but when I try to do //set dark_oak_log:2 It says Invalid value for ('dark_oak_log:2' was not recognized) acceptable values are any pattern
I don't have much experience with newer versions of WorldEdit.
I am on Minecraft Version 1.16.3. and WorldEdit version 7.2.0.


texts: Error when trying to transfer Minecraft worlds from iOS to PC

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I am trying to transfer my daughter's minecraft worlds from her iPad to our PC. I created a new folder on the desktop, navigated in to my Apps in iTunes, then at the bottom of the screen click minecraft. Then I select games and click Save To and browse to the new folder but it keeps giving me an error that the game save can not be transferred because the selected folder can not be found. The iPad and iTunes are both up to date with the latest version and I have tried to transfer the game saves to several different PCs.

Is it possible to transfer the iOS minecraft world to a PC version?


texts: Does receiving possibly hacked Pokémon via trade hurt my game or mark me as a Hacker?

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If I receive hacked Pokémon from a stranger in trade, does it corrupt my game in any way?

A shiny level 100 legendary is easy to spot but what if I receive a less obvious hack like any legendary from older games non shiny?

Is it possible to weed out illegal Pokémon using the bank app? (which supposedly doesn't allow hacked Pokémon to be transferred), and
Does owning hacked Pokémon leave a permanent effect on my game?

I neither want to gather hacked Pokémon nor do I want to hurt my gaming experience by trading with strangers but for completing the Pokédex I was planning to exchange older legendary Pokémon from my other games for those that I don't have. Like circle trading one event Pokémon I legally received for others until I have them all in my Pokédex.


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I've been playing Ultima VII: The Black Gate and after a while, Iolo starts complaining every five seconds about being hungry. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to feed him. I tried picking up food and dragging it to him, but that just resulted in it being placed in his inventory.

How do I feed my party members? Do I need to feed myself? Can I tell how hungry we are or do we have to just rely on the complaining?

In short, how does food work in Ultima VII?


texts: Is it possible to automatically switch active unit in a group after cast in Dota 2?

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Suppose I have several units selected (ilusions, meepos, etc.). I want to cast an ability of first unit, switch to second, cast ability of the second, switch to third, etc.

Is it possible to make all switching here automatic? So I press cast-cast-cast-... only, not cast-switch-cast-switch-cast-switch-...


texts: Why their is no policy punishment for murder in this game? My assassin just end-up with the punishment for "agravated injury"


texts: If I use up the spaces in the Software Library in the Activity Log, will any other games I play after it is full be recorded?

texts: In my Activity Log, almost all of the pages in the Software Library are full. Will the pages of the book expand or will any of the games I play after I fill up the Software Library not be recorded?


texts: In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon when you step into a monster house what is the best way to defeat it or run away from it. Also how can you avoid walking into one in the first place.


texts: How to /give a written book in Minecraft Java 1.14?

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I'd like to give a player a written book, but I keep getting "invalid book tag" whenever I actually open the book. The wiki says to use a "serialized JSON object or an array of strings and/or objects (see Commands#Raw JSON text) or an unescaped string". I looked at the link but couldn't make much sense of it, so if anyone could give an explanation of what that means that would be extremely helpful. Things I've tried:

/give @p minecraft:written_book{title:"Magick Moste Evile1",author:"Herobrine",generation:0,Pages:["{\"text\":\"Testing\"}"]} 1
/give @p minecraft:written_book{title:"Magick Moste Evile2",author:"Herobrine",generation:0,Pages:[{"testing"}]} 1
/give @p minecraft:written_book{title:"Magick Moste Evile3",author:"Herobrine",generation:0,Pages:["testing"]} 1
/give @p minecraft:written_book{title:"Magick Moste Evile4",author:"Herobrine",generation:0,Pages:[{"{\"text\":\"Testing\"}"}]} 1

Some of them don't actually run without errors in the command chat, while others give me a book but the inside just has the "invalid book tag" error message. I've looked at other questions on this site and others, like this one, but they're all for old versions and don't work when I try to update them to 1.14. What is the correct format for the pages of a written book?


texts: Can affection be lost when the affection reward mechanism is triggered?

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When the pokemon has sufficient hearts in the new affection mechanism in pokemon-amie, sometimes events such as surviving with 1HP occur during battle.

When this happens, one heart floats up and away from the pokemon.

Is this a "spending" of a "heart resource" that after a certain threshold would cause one heart to be lost in the pokemon-amie?

I've stopped petting/feeding/playing with that particular pokemon to find out but I can't conclude anything yet because I've not triggered the in-battle event many times.

Has anyone lost a heart in pokemon-amie? Is it possible to?


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I'm struggling to find a way to reliably pass Uranium in Go Beryllium, Hard. I'd rather not use the shield because it can easily make matters worse, even when played to the beat.

I have, for example, found that at the start there is a short-lived safe spot at the top, right next to it that nevertheless helps me get by the first wave of... erm... radiation?

When I do pass it with enough energy, I don't have a lot of trouble getting at least at the end of stage three -- too many of my attempts, however, finish there.


texts: How to I get the  symbols out of my name? Also, how do I get a space in the picture below?

texts: So, I started a Minecraft server and just got the GroupManager plugin to work, so how to I get the circled < and > signs away? And also insert a space there? Whenever I do a space, it just doesn't work.


texts: What is a "seed" in a StarCraft II tournament?

texts: On several StarCraft II pro-gaming websites I read about "seeds" being invited to tournaments. What exactly is a "seed" as far as gaming tournaments are concerned?


texts: Does your team rating get taken into account in FUTs opponent selection?

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In FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) you can select players from different skill levels and leagues and people usually use the best players they can get their hands on, which of course makes sense.

But what happens if you select only players from your own or favorite team from a lower division, where all your players end up being silver or bronze? You would still have a proper morale, but a much lower rating (~65-70 instead of ~85). Do you get opponents doing the same or still the same high rating opponents? Does it even matter at all what team rating you have?


texts: How does the Realm of Diggle Gods DLC affect the original game?

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How does the DLC affect existing save games? Do I have start over in order to access DLC material?

What I understood from the description is that there are new levels and items, but what I didn't quite get was that are those DLC levels some where deep down in the end of the game or something? Or is it just that next level that I access can be from the DLC?


texts: How do I fix my color for the original Diablo?

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I'm going back with some friends to play through the original Diablo and it has been looking really oddly colored. It either has full on technicolor:

Or just random color particles on the edges of objects. Does anyone know of a way to fix this bug? I'm trying to run it on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine.


texts: In KOTOR and other d20-based games, how does the damage roll work?

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I've been investigating a few combat systems as of late to figure out how to develop my own for a personal project.

One of the combat systems I've been focussing on has been the one in the KOTOR games. To my understanding behind the scenes it uses what is essentially the d20 system - which I have yet to really learn, mind you. So far I've made sense of attack rolls and saving throws but the damage roll is something I'm still not sure about. I spent some time looking around on the internet and got a lot of information about what the damage roll is but not how damage is actually calculated, which is what I care about.

How exactly does rolling for damage work in KOTOR? More specifically, if a weapon has a damage of "5-12", how is that damage applied during combat?


texts: Are Diablo 2 Act II mercenaries affected by weapon reach?

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Act II mercenaries are capable of only using polearms, spears, and javelins.  Polearms are the obvious choice due to the number of good runewords that can be made (particularly Insight and Infinity).  The Arreat Summit lists stats for the rangeadder (the weapon-related portion of the melee reach calculation) of each elite polearm (with similar stats for lower-difficulty polearms).

Are Act II mercenaries affected by the weapon reach?  Against the same size monster, will my Act II mercenary have a smaller reach with a Scythe or Thresher than with a Poleaxe or Great Poleaxe?


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I bought an Xbox 360 more or less recently and I feel like I have trouble reading any kind of writing on the screen, and my eyesight is fine (at least with my glasses on) so I highly doubt that is the problem. I've seen the same problem occurring on what you'd call normal-sized font (for quests, tutorial, subtitles, etc.) in Assassin's Creed, Just Cause 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.

I'm playing on a rather old (~10 year) 51" television. Is it possible that it is too old for the Xbox and its rather high resolution? I tried fiddling with my TV settings, but nothing I did really helped. I have had no such problem with my Wii or, formerly, my GameCube, but they both have much lower video capacity.


texts: In the dungeon there are spike balls that are annoying! Can I destroy the blocks around it for it to be gone?


texts: Darksiders 2 transfer savegame to another computer?

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I played a significant portion at a friend's house, but then I didn't want to lose my save, so I copied everything out of the save file in My Documents->My Games->Darksiders 2 and Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\xxxxxxxx\50650
So fast-forward to now, when I just bought the game on sale. I tried sticking the saves in the same place, I tried creating a new save and placing the old saves in the same folder it created, but I can't get them to show up in the game.

How do I go about transferring these saves?


texts: What's the name of this game in the photo?

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This image is from a website that allows you play classic games in a browser. It appears on a video on home page. They didn't put the name of the game there.

Which game is this?


texts: Why can't I see a created map when selected in hotbar?

texts: I can't look at any map in my hotbar in minecraft. When I select it, nothing happens. I can't hold it in front of me. I can look at it on an Item Holder though. Any Suggestions?


texts: What are the advantages of bows vs crossbows in runescape?

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I was wondering what the difference in stats were (now this can simply be googled ( im aware ). But i noticed that a 2h crossbow does more damage than a shortbow (mithril 2h vs willow shortbow) (arrow damage remains the same). What situation would you prefer either weapon or at what point in the fight would you switch to the faster firing shortbow?

Example, a barbarian has 110 / 150 hp (depending on which barbarian). Most of the times i will be able to one shot the barbarian but for the sake of the question lets say that i dont. I hit him for 90 hp. This leaves him with 20 hp. Looking at the damage stats of both weapons i know both weapons will kill him (if i dont miss) would it be wiser to now switch to my shortbow instead of waiting for the (slower) 2h crossbow?

Related to this question would be: What determines how fast a weapon fires ( or strikes ). If the weapon says its an avarage speed. Avarage compared to?

Also if i fire an avarage speed weapon first, then switch to my fast speed weapon, does that second attack get the fast speed or the avarage (or both).


texts: Best way to force a Sectoid to lose Mind Control?

texts: Help, what's the best way to force a Sectoid to relinquish mind control on one of my units?   Bullets and melee are ok, but the % chance to hit is killing me as it's often that it misses and I take serious damage the next turn.


texts: Backstabs are just melee attacks done while sneaking. However, sometimes I also get a different animation than ususal when murdering someone from behind, although I've only managed to do it once, on a raider I just forced out of a power armor. Is there any way to consistently get a backstab animation? Does it only work on certain enemies? Is getting behind not quite enough?


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I remember when Feral Flare came out that everyone used to build it in certain junglers.

Then it got some nerfs and everyone stopped building it. Even pro-players. I never thought it was a huge nerf. I still think it is a good item.

Lately I've jungling more (I main Xin Zhao jungle) and I noticed even with other xin zhao junglers that they don't build Feral Flare. My build path with Xin Zhao normally goes:

Wriggles-Lantern -> Simple Boots -> Blade of the Ruined King -> Youmoos -> (tank items)

I have a pretty sick record with this build. I rarely lose with this. And as soon as Wriggles Lantern turns into Feral Flare the power spike really turns up a lot. I understand that if the game isn't going well it might not be good but I don't understand why people don't give it a chance.

Is there something I'm missing? Why the hate on Feral Flare? Why are the other items better for pros and people in general to build and in what situations?


texts: As a barbarian what are my [best] health regeneration options?

texts: Are barbarian health regeneration options limited to health potions and the occasional magic item that restores health at x per second?


texts: Are Assassins Creed 2 side quests worth completing?

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I recently got into Assassins Creed 2 (I realise I'm a little late to the party) and am at the point where I have just unlocked the Contract Side quests.

I imagine these side quests (contracts, races, beat up events, etc) don't play a huge role in the story. But I was wondering if there are any specific rewards that you get at the end of them that makes worth doing?

(I realise the Assassins Seal side quest is probably worth the effort for the Armour)


texts: I know minecraft armor and that half a armour bar stops 4% of the damage. But I dont quite understand how the equation is done. If someone could comment an example that would be great.!(Like the equation but answer it like you have diamond armour and a diamond sword)


texts: What are the 3D Analyse settings for Sands of Time?

texts: I want to play PoP Sands of Time but when it starts it shows a box saying "video card not supported". I have used 3D Analyse to play many games which I could not play before but I am still not able to play Sands of Time with it. Does anyone know the 3D Analyze settings needed to play it?


texts: How to save the replay of a previous played game using Xbox One?

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I've just played a nice match, and I'd love to store it to view it again. I know I can record videos with Game DVR, but my question is...

Does Destiny provide any option to see (or save) the last game? Just like in theater mode from Halo series, in where you could find some last played games.

Maybe the Xbox One provides something to retrieve something without previously putting it into record mode? (more than 30 secs)


texts: Failing the quest "Of Flickering Hearts"

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I am attempting to do the "Of Flickering Hearts" quest. En route, I am also doing the search for Tress.

After passing the red bandana to Phillipa, a mob of peasants wish to lynch the prince. Somehow, at that time I am notified that I have failed the "Of Flickering Hearts" quest. What am I doing wrong?


texts: Can I activate 2 Lucky-Eggs at the same time? If yes, is it working like x4 XP or what?

texts: I read that Lucky Egg gives you double XP for 30 mins. I just want to know if it's possible to activate 2 Lucky Eggs at the same time. If yes, what is its effect? Do you gain x4 XP or waste the second one?


texts: Terraria mobile key mold farm in the ocean

texts: Hey I'm trying to make a jungle farm for keymolds in the ocean but the only thing spawning are shaks and jelly fish. I have over 200 jungle blocks and the music is playing. Is it glitched on mobile?


texts: Some items have percentage life other items have vitality. What is an easy way of figuring out how much vitality the percentage equals and vice versa. Is it good to stack lots of percentage hp?


texts: How do you tell which way a planet rotates?

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I understand that planetary rotation can help me get in to orbit.

I've been told that some planets and moons rotate the wrong way or are tidally locked.

I'm not so much looking for a list, but a way to find out in game.

I'd rather not focus on an object and accelerate time because the time I need to work this out is just after entering a body's SOI, the later I leave it the more delta-v I'll need to adjust my course.

Also, I only use stock.


texts: How does a Terran player stop a cannon rush from Protoss?

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On a small 1v1 map playing Protoss vs. Terran, if the Protoss player brings the probe to build a pylon and forge in a corner of the Terran base, what should the Terran player do?

It seems like the probe is so fast that sending all the SCVs to kill the pylon/probe would slow down mineral gathering.


texts: Green pulse on left hand every so often - why?

texts: I was playing Bioshock Infinite and I noticed at one point my character took his left hand (I had possession ready) and a green wave pulsed over his hand. Is this just an idle animation or why did it do that? is it notifying me of something? I am not sure.


texts: Okay, I have no idea how one looks like, and what are the chances of finding one in a continuous game. Please advise. Cheers.


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I've assigned them with the right job and I've revived dead dwellers, but still all of them are saying "oh a corpse, isn't that pleasant.."

What should I do? All dwellers are alive, water, food, and all the bars are green. All of them are healthy.


texts: Do Zerg buildings heal automatically during the Heart of the Swarm campaign?

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When playing the last mission of the campaign my Hive was attacked by some flyers, and was reduced to red.  I finished off the attackers and thought my buildings would heal back up, but when the next attack came in a few minutes later my building was still bleeding and in red.  It just barely survived this time, so I parked a queen next to it for some healing, but when the next attack came in it didn't look like it had healed at all, and the queen had 100+ energy.  Manually transfusing the building seemed to work, but it would take a ton of queens to make this viable, so I think I must be missing something.

Do Zerg buildings heal?  Is there a way to make a queen auto-transfuse a building, in case I want to park one next to my Hive?


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Most of the commands you can do in the game are typed like this in the console: chats.tell{to:"John Doe", msg:"Hello World!"}

How can I do something similar in one of my script?

Give me examples.


texts: Why would I want to plant fungus in SMAC (Sid Meiers' Alpha Centauri)?

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The answer to this question got me to thinking.

When playing 4x games, I only ever play the faction which has an advantage in knowledge - which got me to thinking and asking this question

For a decade or so, I used boreholes extensively and was always overrun by mindworms.

Now I still use them, but then remove them as I develop other energy sources.

One thing I have never done, in twenty years, is to plant a single square of fungus.

I felt that doing so might be of benefit to the Gaian faction, but have never played that faction.

Would planting fungus help other factions? If so, how? Wouldn't doing this just spawn more mindworms?


texts: Walking glitch in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

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I recently tried to get back to playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on my PS3 after a year-long break and I've run into a strange glitch (as I think of it now, it might have been a reason I stopped playing the game).

Whenever I try to move my character he takes a couple of steps and just freezes mid-step, for as long, as I hold the stick forward.

Only ways to keep moving are:

change direction of the stick (not always works),
use dodge to tumble forward,
release the stick, and move it again.

Please note it's not the question of the game lagging or freezing; it's only my character that stops moving. I'm also sure my controllers (both of them) work fine - I have no problems in any other game with proper functioning of left stick.

I tried to do a search for possible solutions to this bug, but apart from finding some evidence of more people experiencing it, I had no luck. There were mentions of using a save from before the bug appeared, but it's not a solution, really.

Has anyone run across something similar? Is there a solution to this, that would let me continue playing my current save?


texts: Do more followers act the same as a multiplayer game?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Do I earn less experience or items if I have a follower?

In Diablo 3, when you are playing with more people online, the monsters are harder to kill. Does the same logic follow during single player action?

I am currently using the Witch Doctor class, I have a templar following me, 3 rabid dogs out helping during battle and sometimes get a quest where someone else joins me for a little while.


texts: I've gone fishing a few times now and have gotten a "Perfect!" a few times. Does this affect the quality of the fish I get? I'm not sure because each time I've gotten the "Perfect!", I only get a regular quality fish (not silver or gold starred).


texts: I'm playing as Brandenburg on EU4, just took a ton of provinces from the Teutonic Order and I want to core them but it says that they are 999999 from a core province with a port. I don't have any core provinces with a port so how can I core any captured provinces?


texts: What was the the original level cap on Baldur's Gate 2?

texts: I know that the newest Baldur's Gate 2 EE has a level cap of 40 and I believe in BG1 it was like 7. What was the original cap for Baldur's Gate 2 (before the expac/EE revamp)?


texts: What is the best way to kill Skeletron Prime in Terraria?

texts: I just got into Hard Mode and I have a Skeletron Prime summoning item. I was wondering how to kill him so I can progress. I will welcome any ideas.


texts: What happens with the Items in Corvo Bianco when starting a New Game+

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In the Blood and Wine DLC you become the owner of the vineyard Corvo Bianco.

There you have armor and weapon stands where you can put some of your gear on display.

When starting a New Game+ do you keep the stuff you put on display, or do you have to pick it up before starting a new game?


texts: Does setting up Mercer Safehouse as a settlement effect anything?

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I just completed the Railroad quest to set up Mercer Safehouse as requested by PAM, but I am hesitant to send settlers or place a recruitment beacon there. Is it okay to have settlers settle it or does its covert function mean that I should just leave it empty?

In other words, are there any reasons that I should leave Mercer Safehouse uninhabited (such as penalties or being locked out of quests) or can I go ahead and send some settlers over?


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I am playing final fight arcade via some means. It's my favorite game when I was a kid.

I look at how others play. I see that Hagar can jump backward.

How can hagar does that? And what's the point?


texts: Dragon Age Inquisition can't figure out what my character is

texts: I've imported a custom world state using Dragon Age Keep and I setup a character as a male elven wizard.  The game started off with rogue gear and I'm hearing duplicate spoken audio whenever a player gender reference occurs.  After the first combat encounter, my character is stripped of visible gear with a bow in inventory.  Clearly I've encountered some kind of bug.  Is there a known work-around for this issue?


texts: How do I find all the command blocks on a world?

texts: Someone on my friend's realm set up a constantly active repeating command block that does "/say Hello! How are you?" and it spams the chat so fast and makes everyone lag really bad, and we can't figure out how to fix it...


texts: Where are the Shards of Mehrune's Razor?

texts: I visited and cleared the Cracked Tusk Keep prior to getting the "Pieces of the Past" quest. Now that I've returned to the Cracked Tusk Vault to complete the quest, I cannot find the "Shards of Mehrune's Razor". They are not on the alter nor are they in my inventory? Where could they be?


texts: Does Deux Ex: Human Revolution run better under Windows than Mac OS X?

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I've got a macbook air 13" with an HD 4000 graphics card. Deus Ex runs just ok on it.

Is the performance on Windows better for this game? If so, is it enough to matter?


texts: How does Ditto work with regards to Pokemon Sightings?

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Ditto will appear as another Pokemon (Rattata, Pidgey, etc) until it is captured, including in the Sightings feature.

But if there is also a real Pidgey nearby, will the Sightings show multiple instances of Pidgey?  That is, if two Pidgeys were to appear in the Sightings, we could reasonably infer that a Ditto masquerading as a Pidgey was nearby.


texts: Can't launch Thief 2 on Steam because of resolution change

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I recently bought Thief 2: The Metal Age on Steam, and was messing around with the settings. I changed the resolution to a different one than the default and tried to restart the game so the change would take effect, and now it won't launch. Whenever I try it, I get this error message saying "Resolution in cam.cfg does not match that given in ddfix.ini". Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks


texts: I don't know if this can be asked here. But I just finished the AC series of games and I really enjoyed the characters especially Ezio. Are the books just copies of the games with more character development(if even) Or do they have more story and little reference to the games?


texts: Bloodborne locked door in cathedral ward

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Is this area accessible and the locked door openable in the following screens?

I am at the bottom of cathedral ward just beyond the large guys and giants. In particular the giant with a ball and chain.

It seems to be overlooking the bridge with cleric beast but not sure.

I am on Ng+ so don't worry too much about spoilers in answers but keep in mind others.


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The 1.4 patch introduced, amongst other things, canals.

Do canals affect the land value in the same way as shorelines do? I.e can I increase land value in an area by drawing some canals and building around them.


texts: If I left an item inside an item container, will it dissapear after certain time?

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It is known that dropped items dissapear after a certain amount of hours.

What if your item is stored in any item container (chests, bookshelves, etc)? Will those dissapear as well?

Question is mainly for Baldur's Gate, I'm playing the Enhanced Edition though so I'm not sure if they made a change about that as well. Does this apply to Icewind Dale too? (notice the tags)


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Is there gambling in Grand Theft Auto 5? I have searched all over and cannot find a definitive answer.

While driving around Vinewood Hills, I stumbled across a casino near the Vinewood racetrack (here is a picture I took using snapmatic):

I tried accessing this area but all the doors are locked.

Does anyone know if there is, in fact, gambling? If so, when can you gain access to the casino?


texts: What's the video game in the movie "Big"

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In the movie Big (starring Tom Hanks), he plays a video game involving a wizard on a couple of occasions:

What game is it? Is it just a fake game made up for the movie?


texts: Yesterday I came across this; a player with a 'flaming' head. Is this a pre-order bonus? Is there also a way to identify Bungie employees? (They like to stand out in the crowd).


texts: Should I spend my Mythril on Relics as soon as it reaches 50?

texts: I know Mythril can be used to heal a party and restore Stamina but it really seems to shine as a Relic Draw item. Should I pretty much never have more than 50 Mythril? Or is it something that should be saved for the REALLY good stuff that comes around? I have not been playing long so I have only seen an event that halved the price of an 11x draw to 25, nothing yet that required MORE than 50.


texts: If I have Xbox live gold will others on my system be able to play Halo matchmaking?

texts: I have an Xbox live gold account. If I sign in and start a Halo online matchmaking game will my son without a good account be able to join in?


texts: What are some good ways to get rare materials?

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In destiny, once you get past level 20, you shift from constantly battling the darkness to battling destiny's own loot system. My question is this: How does one get lots of ascendant materials, strange coins, motes of light, or marks?

I'm a level 29 Titan, and I've been playing destiny for a while, but I still haven't figured out a good way that is efficient to find or farm any of the above materials. I have loads of legendaries, and I would love to get some more exotics too, but I can't find any of the materials needed to upgrade or buy legendaries or exotics.


texts: I'm building a nuclear reactor with IC2 in the Direwolf20v1.023 modpack. I built the reactor, put in a uranium fuel rod with a heat vent below it, and it ran fine with an output of 5EU/t. I then decided to see what would happen if I put another uranium cell in. I put it next to the original cell but did not insert any extra heat vents. As you might expect, the reactor heated up. It triggered my redstone safety system at 150 temperature units (found using a thermal monitor). I promptly removed all the fuel cells in an attempt to cool it down. However, the hull temperture remains at just over 150 units and is not cooling down. How do I make it cool down?


texts: Dwellers aren't finding gears and weapons in Wasteland

texts: I've sent level 20-30 dwellers with high stats to the Wasteland for a day and they don't find any weapons or gears. They still collect exp and caps but nothing else. Is there a way to fix this?


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I have been wondering if there is a cake in portal 2 or not. I've seen this question raised on quite some forums but nobody seems to be able to answer it correctly. Some say there is, some say they don't. I've seen a few screenshots, but I'm not sure they are real, because most of them are just from portal 1.

So, is the cake real, or is the cake a lie?


texts: Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition - PS4 difficulty versus PC

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I am a long-time gamer of the PC version. Within the last month, I have acquired the PS4 version. After a great deal of time in the game, it is starting to feel like the PS4 version is naturally easier (across the board) than the PC version. A character leveled to Torment 4 capabilities would take months on the PC for me. Maybe not that much, but it takes a long time, a lot of good gear, and it's always hard.

On the PS4 version I was in Torment 4, and it's easy within a quarter of the time. Is the difficult different, or was I Just lucky with gear this play through?


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Lately while wandering the Plains of Eidolon I've noticed some hackable consoles connected to towers in some Grineer camps:

Hacking them produces no noticeable effect.  What does hacking these consoles do?


texts: Is "Life Recovery" from flasks the same as "Life Regeneration" from passives?

texts: For example: Would Zealot's Oath work with flasks or is it a seperate regeneration type?


texts: What is the proper way for using a special move that requires charging?

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I can't say I'm a professional (or even well versed) SF4 player, so pardon any terminology discrepancies I make.

Though I've had a copy of SSF4 lying around for quite a while, I've gotten into it only recently and came across an issue that has always bugged me in fighting games.

While some characters (such as Ryu) have very precise means of performing special moves, others (such as Guile) require charging directional input in order to pull off a special move. I find that this charge really gives away your intentions (unless you pull off the move during some insane combo. That's not what I'm talking about) and makes it difficult to react with a special move quickly.

When I'm playing as Ryu, my opponent has no way of knowing that I'm about to dish out a Hadoken, and if he happens to jump over me, I can counter with a Shoryuken without too much preparation.

However, when I'm playing as Guile and I want to pull off a sonic boom, then I either have to start backing away, or crouch back to hold my position, both rather obvious giveaways. Also, there's no quick way to react with a Flash Kick when someone is jumping at you.

Again, Guile is just an example, and I have these issues with most charge based moves. Is there a better way to use such moves that I'm missing, or do you simply have to use characters with such moves in a different manner when playing?


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Is there a way I can get the clue for the Fiz recipe? I can't remember what the old man said and can't find it anywhere.

I would prefer the clue (maybe a screen shot of it) but if not I'll just take the recipe. I have all the stuff for it just can put it together.


texts: Best way to get "last blow/killing hit" in LoL?

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I find it difficult to get my shot on the creeps so that to get the "last killing hit/blow".

I guess the problem is that the champion's attack is automatically ONLY when he/she stops - that's the tricky truth makes it hard to hit last.

I notice that in the "Game" menu, we can config to turn off "automatic attack". Though, that's not good to me since in most situation I want my champions attack on their own.

So my question is how can we make life easier to get "last hit"?


texts: What do I do if there are no new missions in Jetpack Joyride and I'm still missing one star to be able to level up?

texts: I just finished another set of missions for Jetpack Joyride , but oddly I'm still missing one more star to be able to complete the set to level up. I have no new missions, so I guess I'm stuck. What do I do?


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I'm casting a CS:GO tournament, and on my first day I had numbers on the radars that indicate the index of the player on the radar, for some reason the indexes has disappeared and i don't know how to enable it again, any ideas?

P.S.

I'm installing the server from scratch for each tournament day


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I'm wondering if someone knows the answer to more specifics of gem-forging than what's on wiki's:

Can I for square gems of all types and still get a square gem? Let's say 2 of them are wind attack, and other Damage Titan on slash.
If I forge 1 capped gem (+400 dark) and 2 basic ones (+1 dark, +85 light) will I get 400+ gem or a worse gem in the end?


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To get the Conquest Ending you need to view 3 "demon sword rumor" events in 3 of the towns. From what I've heard these locations are:

  Slayer in Lastation, Magicom Mama in Lowee, and Big Adventurer in Leanbox)

I've heard mixed reports of whether they show up before or during Chapter 5 (unfortunately my current save is chapter 5 but I have a backup in chapter 4), but I haven't been able to reliably find these characters before or after chapter 5. I've seen Magicom Mama before (I'd swear it was during chapter 5 actually) but now that I want to get this ending I can't find any of them in either chapter 4 or 5.

Is there some trick to getting these NPCs to appear on the Chirper or is it just random chance? If it's random, do I just exit/enter town until I see the NPCs or what?


texts: How to record League of Legends with OBS?

texts: I know how to record with OBS, but when I try to record my League of Legends games, the video just turns black with only the mouse icon seen.


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I have similar problem as had guy who asked "How do I resolve this error when installing the Forge source?". The question is resolved, but I can't find the mentioned fml/fml.py file. So please, where can I find it?

I have had no problems installing Forge, it installs fine, but when I try to run it I get an error message that some libraries couldn't be downloaded, and the game won't run.

I just need the path to this fml/fml.py file so I can edit it.


texts: Would a monitor with more Hz and a better response time help my game?

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I'm thirty-eight, and started gaming with a keyboard and mouse about two years ago. My reflexes will never be as sharp as the teenage whipper-snappers who pwn me, but would a 144 Hz gaming monitor with a 1 ms response time be likely to improve my game? Or am I too old to benefit from it, and better to just work on technique?

Currently, I have a 60 Hz monitor with 6 ms response time. I play BF4 and DayZ. I've been eyeing up a gaming monitor (144 Hz, 1 ms), but it's $400, and I'm not sure that it would really be worth it for an old codger like me.

Update, March 2014: I ended up buying a 144 Hz monitor, and cranked my video settings down to get 100+ frames per second. It hasn't made me a vastly better gamer, but I am getting higher scores. It has also made games perceptively more enjoyable, immersive, and easier to play, as games now react in real time, rather than behind a lag. I guess I didn't realise how just laggy my old monitor was until I tried a gaming monitor. For example, helicopter control is much easier, and I can maintain steadier flight paths and more accurate turns because I'm not constantly over-correcting for the visual lag. In driving simulators, the on-screen steering wheel moves in perfect synchronisation with the physical wheel in my hand, and I find myself having to re-learn corners. If you're wondering whether it is worth $400 to get this relatively slight improvement in gaming performance and experience, that would probably vary from person-to-person and from game-to-game. For me, the answer so far is yes.


texts: Is there an anti-air radar in Bwala ya Masa?

texts: Seems that I cannot get a chopper pick up here, but I cannot find a radar either


texts: How can I tell if jobs are Co-Op or not?

texts: Simple question, is there a way to tell if a job is going to be competitive or cooperative before jumping into it? Went through a nice set of jobs last night and it was hard to figure out which game play style they were before we were just running them.


texts: I made it through the game all the way up until Chapter 5. I also have done all the Sub-Quests up until this point. Suddenly I noticed that ALL the blue quests had returned. Why did they all reset, what does that mean?


texts: What do I get from playing a Seasonal character without RoS?

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I have recently started playing Diablo 3 again, and have discovered a "Seasonal" Character choice. Upon investigation, the main focus is to reward the player after achieving certain things within the game. However, 2 of these goals require the Expansion ("Adventure Mode"); which I don't have.

Without the Expansion, what do I get from playing a Seasonal Character specifically (that is not included in the base Expansion like extra classes etc)?


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As an aspiring Giant and Mammoth poacher/hunter I would appreciate knowing which hold has the most camps.

I know both Whiterun Hold and Eastmarch have large numbers of Giants, Mammoths and Giant Camps, but I was wondering which has the most camps?


texts: Where are the ties at the Gervason's Grocery store?

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I've turned the whole place upside-down and inside-out, and I still can't find a single lousy tie anywhere in the grocery store.

Where in the world are all the ties?  And why can't I find a single one?


texts: If I have an SD card with 3DS games on it, will putting it in a camera or laptop delete the games?

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I am not very experienced with SD cards at all, and I have some pictures on my 3DS that I wanted to put on my laptop, but I was not sure if the games on my SD card would be deleted.

Will inserting an SD card with 3DS games into a camera or computer delete the games?


texts: I have an old iPod and I started a clash of clans game on it. I want to link it to an iPad because it's so small. The problem is that it won't let me link it because the iOS version isn't 7 or greater. Is there any way I can link this old iPod to an iPad so I can play the game on the iPad?


texts: I am currently trying to get my hands on the new huntsman reskin. I decided that I would do a Sniper random primary weapon craft to try and get one. But, when I go to the page and insert the ingredients (1 Scrap + Class Token + Slot Token), it says un-known recipe. How do I fix this? I have used it before to craft Three Rune Blades and Mauls.


texts: How to increase FPS using console commands?

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On my laptop Rust is not running very well, probably because it is not yet optimized due to early alpha stage.

I found a couple of settings that can be enabled in console that increase the FPS a bit:

grass.on false
grass.displacement false

Are there other settings that I could use to improve Rust performances?


texts: Second Quest in Legend of Zelda for the Wii

texts: Does the Legend of Zelda version available from the Wii's Virtual Console service feature the "second Quest" that was accessible once you either completed the game once (or put ZELDA as your name when you started the game)?


texts: Do end cities stop spawning after a certain distance?

texts: I'm pretty sure that I heard that end cities stop spawning after a certain distance, is this true? If it is true, does anyone have any numbers for what the said distance would be?


texts: How to use /setblock to place a chain_command_block with arguments

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Normally, I just troubleshoot and look for solutions online, so I apologize if this has already been answered. However, I am getting confused on how to use the command /setblock to place a chain command block with the state of it being conditional, facing south, and with an argument. I tried this code:

  /setblock x y z minecraft:chain_command_block conditional=true facing=south {Command:"say south"}

The problem is that it doesn't face south, it faces north, as if it is ignoring the "facing" argument. I also tried:

  /setblock x y z minecraft:chain_command_block facing=south conditional=true {Command:"say south"}

This gives me an error, which I assume is because there is a specific order that I am violating. Am I doing this totally wrong? Could someone at least direct me to a response if it has already been given? I have searched and couldn't find anything.


texts: Is it possible to have a shiny event Darkrai in Pokemon BW or B2W2?

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I'm curious... My friend got a shiny Darkrai from some random user, and I'm wondering if it's real or hacked.
It's from France, is an event Pokemon (2011HVR), and has an OT of 11011. It says it came from Unova.
EDIT: This Darkrai is from Gen 5 and is now in a copy of Pokemon X.


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I was wandering around the first portal after the Citadel of Ricks and was stingy with serum before fights. Now one of my Mortys is dazed.

I tried to heal him with Serum, but it says that I "can't restore health to a dazed Morty."

I imagine that the Heal Center would fix him up, but I can't seem to find a portal back to the citadel.

How do I remove the dazed status from my Morty?


texts: Dream Jobbers for Med Bay or Cloth Fabricator?

texts: Has anyone seen dream jobbers yet for Med Bay or Cloth Fabricator?  When I was in the process of achieving Imperial Marches and of building Bongo Sandwiches I was receiving dream jobbers so it was fully staffed the moment it was complete.  With the latest two levels complete I have yet to receive someone to staff them.


texts: How do delete songs for StepMania 5 on Windows?

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I am relatively new to StepMania. I recently downloaded a ton of songs. Now, I want to delete a pack. When I look in %appdata%/StepMania 5/Songs, there are no songs, even though I remember putting songs into this folder.

Searching my computer reveals that there are files in %appdata%/StepMania 5/Cache for each song. However, deleting the cache doesn't remove any packs from StepMania. (The songs still appear ingame, and the cache folder will regenerate every time you launch the game)

How do I delete a pack in StepMania if the Songs folder is already empty?


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In Boom Beach, I'm trying to figure out the balancing between Zookas and Riflemen. Yes, Zookas are substantially higher in damage, but bear with me:

Riflemen stats (level 12):

Health: 295
DPS: 71
Size: 1

Zooka stats (level 12):

Health: 126
DPS: 228
Size: 2

So, by this logic, in a single attack with 6 barges of size 14, you can have 84 riflemen (at 5954 aggregate DPS, and 24780 total hit points), or 42 zookas (at 9576 aggregate DPS, but only 5292 total hit points).

Another way to think about it is that every rifleman can get hit essentially twice (vs once for a a Zooka), so they can shoot twice as many times.


texts: How do I input the motions for Ibuki's Ultra 1?

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i'm learning ibuki on Street fighter IV:AE and a book said that I needed to do the trails, so I did, but i'm stuck on level 5, I need to do a Yoroitoshi the commands are:

But it doesn't seem to work, I get the grap and then blue lazer's, and then I do a punch tree times, what am i doing wrong, can anybody help?

Thanks!

  Images from this website.


texts: Do all Playstation consoles use 3.3V for controller port signalling?

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I have read conflicting reports of what voltage Playstation 1 and 2 controller ports use. Some say 3.3V, some say 3.7V and some say 5V.

Does anyone know for certain that all official Sony hardware is 3.3V, or were some machines 5V?


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What is the most damaging Wizard spell to a single target?

Or well, it can accidently hit others as well but the mainpoint is; if I don't care about cost and I want to do the most damage possible to a single target; what spell should I use?


texts: Are you able to place Wind Turbines and Large Solar Panels onto large Storage on vehicles in Astroneer?

texts: I started a new game and while creating a rover to find a solar array I wondered if I was able to place wind turbines onto large storage fit onto trucks, if anyone can help please do!


texts: Increase population with Radio Station / Advantage over pregnancy?

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How do these Radio Stations work exactly? I built one and assigned a Dweller with 10 Charisma to it. There was a timer of 2 hours or so and I expected after this time a new Dweller to appear in front of my Vault. But nothing. So I assigned another Dweller but the timer did not decrease. I upgraded the Radio Station - it said it would increase the chances. After the timer ended: Nothing.

So is it really that with 2 Dwellers locked away for 2 hours in a full upgraded Radio Station there only has a chance of attracting a new Dweller? This seems like a big waste, since I can produce as many new Dwellers as I have female Dwellers and it only takes a few minutes until a women gets pregnant. Is there any advantage in using the Radio Station instead?


texts: Does Link Between World's Hero Mode impact the street pass battles?

texts: Does any aspect of a Hero Mode game affect the street pass battle feature of Link Between Worlds?


texts: In the "Subtlety Optional" assassination, what counts as a muscle car?

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In the assassination "Subtlety Optional" assassination given by Angel, he says to pull up to a certain gas station in a muscle car to lure out the owner/target.  I have tried several different cars like the Vortex and Raycaster, but none of them seem to be what he's looking for.  Admittedly, those are more sports cars than muscle cars, but I'm not sure I've come across any actual muscle cars.

What cars can I actually use to complete this mission and where can I find them?


texts: What's the deal with upward stairways in Dwarf Fortress?

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So I'm really new to this game, so please bear with me. I got this message: Digging designation canceled so I went on the wiki and discovered this information: The safest thing to do is back off several tiles, mine up a z-level then approach the location again.

And that's what I wanted to do but how can I mine-up a z-level without doing it from outside? Because I tried to build and upward stair with no luck so far. What am I doing wrong? On the wiki it's said: Up stairs need to be built below down stairs. Up/down stairs function as both up and down stairs at once.

So I know they have to be build below down stairs but can I build the up stairs first and then the down stairs.

If not how can I travel between Z-Level and the level above without going outside and mine a new entrance?


texts: In DF2014, what causes Traps to attack own dwarves?

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The wiki (currently) says:

  Stone-fall, weapon and cage traps will be triggered by most hostile
  entities entering their tile, with the possible exception of thieves,
  flying creatures and other occasional nasty fun surprises. Any
  unconscious creature will trigger traps, including your own dwarves.

However this does not seem to be true.

I had started a new fort,
Usually I would use wooden Cage traps, until I had my hands on some weapons,
then I would mix them with Weapon traps.
In this embark I had no trees.
so I thought I would start my trapping off with some stone traps.
Just in case.

So I got the basic traps near my entrance,
then I started to install a few more in crucial zones -- heavily trafficked corridors.
I noticed occationally a message would say "Urist McDwarf has been found dead".
At first I thought this was a case of me having a vampire (And that the Vampire death message had changed -- to make it less obvious.)

Then I thought I might check on the combat logs -- turns out my dwarves were being killed by boulders.
So I thought: Must be the stone traps -- I guess I will pull them out and replace them with Weapon Traps.

That was !!Fun!! instead of a simple death from a stone to the skull,
now the dwarves were periodically being sprayed across my corridor by the Spinning Discs.
The deaths were no doubt quicker, but more brutal -- and Horrified anyone who witnessed them.
In true DF fashion this sparked a tantrum spiral that claimed the fortress.

I never had a dwarf caught in my cage traps, but there were only 6, (half of which were in the almost untrafficed caverns.)

So something has changed in the way traps decide who to kill.
I don't think my dwarves were passing out periodically on top of my traps.

What is the new condition for traps to attack/activate on your own dwarves?


texts: What is an effective way to level Archery?

texts: Furthermore, how does Archery level? Does every successful hit on an enemy reward me with a set amount of experience, or does damage dealt also play a role?  Also, do I receive any experience for a missed shot?


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What are the highest levels you can obtain in DragonVale?
For yourself and for dragons?


texts: What does the arrow in the bottom left corner do?

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When watching someone's drawing bring drawn, in the bottom of the drawing area (above the letters) there are two icons.

I know the one on the right, which looks like two arrows around each other, shuffles the letters around.

What does the one on the left do? It looks like a curved arrow pointing to the right, but I've not been able to notice any function. I thought it might be to redraw the opponent's drawing, or to skip to the final result, but it never seems to do anything when I press it, either while the drawing is in progress or when it's finished.


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What is "custom range indicator" in this video and how to get it?

I tried search curse.com for "range" with no luck. Is it a part of some addon?


texts: I'm walking around the island with this annoying ghost following me. He asked me to take him to his house, which I found. Now, he's incessantly asking me to take home to his grave. I went to the graveyard and it doesn't seem to be there. Where is the ghost's grave?


texts: Does Rainbow Six Siege lag a lot if you play on Windows via VirtualBox?

texts: I'm curious to know as I have a Mac and I want to play Rainbow Six Siege via VirtualBox but I don't want it to be a waste if it lags too much.


texts: Which shiny variants can a Pokémon transferred from Pokémon Home have?

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In Pokémon Sword/Shield, there are two variants of shiny forms which have different types of sparkles:

Square Sparkles
Star Sparkles

Yesterday, I received a shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Home through the GTS. The Pokémon had never been transferred into either Sword or Shield (it had the question mark icon and displayed the warning message stating it cannot be moved back into it's original game). I continued to move the Pokémon into my Sword game. After sending it into battle, I noticed the Pokémon had square sparkles.

That got me wondering: Given the separate variants is a new thing in these games, can a shiny Pokémon that's never been transferred into Pokémon Sword/Shield from Pokémon Home have a chance of being either star or square sparkles, or will it always be square sparkles? If it can be either, are the odds the same as if you were encounter one in the wild or are the odds more even?


texts: I have the ships plugin on my server, and a floor of my ship is underwater. The problem is, is that whenever the ship moves, water fills in that whole floor. I want an effective way to keep the water from filling in that floor, while still being able to use that floor. I would use signs, but it's timely, and doesn't look as good. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.


texts: How do you kill the Turtle boss in the fire area?

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This boss went through 3 bottles with fairies. I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing.

How do you avoid his attack where he's under the grate, shooting up a constant stream of fire, moving towards you wherever you run?
How do you avoid his attack after he gets on top of the grate, where he spins around and moves all over the level? Is this just purely luck based?
How do you avoid his attack where the entire arena seems to explode or something I don't even know just that it wrecked me.
How many times do you have to hit him? I hit him in the head with what felt like 30 icicles and at least as many sword swings, and he just wouldn't go down.

What's the strategy for this guy?


texts: How exactly does Daruk's Protection work, deplete its charges, and recharge?

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So I recently earned Daruk's protection, and am excited to use it, but I'm a little confused about exactly what it does, and how often I can use it.

The explanation I got when it was granted basically told me two things, and one more is obvious:

It protects you from damage
It is activated by holding down LT
It has 3 charges

But I'm not clear on a how it actually works, and what "uses up a charge". Specifically:

What are the types of damage it can protect from? (Are any excluded, like falling, fire, etc?)
What are the limitations on using it? (Can I hold LT... forever? and why wouldn't I?  Can I swing a weapon while using it? does it work on a horse? Does it shut off after some amount of damage is absorbed?)
What actually "uses up" a charge, and how does recharging work? (I'm pretty sure I tested it right after I got it quickly, but it didn't deplete a charge. Is that because I didn't take any damage? Does it only recharge after all 3 are used, or does each one recharge? How long does it take?)

Note: I thought about whether these should really bemultiple questions, but I think the real question is "What are the core mechanics of how Daruk's protection is used?," and I'm fairly sure the answers to that will be more useful than breaking it up.


texts: In Civ 5 can you destroy missiles and planes based in cities?

texts: In Civilization 5 If I bomb an enemy city do missiles and planes based in that city take damage? Is there a way to tell which buildings are damaged or destroyed in an enemy city after bombing? Perhaps with a spy?


texts: Is there a way to make village info mod work on vanilla Minecraft server

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I have downloaded and installed the village info mod. It works when I tested it in a single player world. However, when I tested logging in to my own Minecraft server the mod does not display any info about the village when I press F3.

Is there a way to see the village info when running a multiplayer server? Ideally so that anyone with the modded client can see the village info. Have I made a mistake somewhere and it works for other people?


texts: Can't calibrate generic usb gamepad right thumb

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I have a Chinese generic USB gamepad using the driver that Windows 10 came with because the included driver is 32bit and whenever I use x360ce on 64bit games (such as Sleeping Dogs), the game crashes

Now, the horizontal axis of right thumb is off, it consistently registers a force to the right, so in games where right thumb governs camera movement, the camera constantly moves horizontally. As you may imagine this is beyond annoying.

I tried the calibration feature of Windows 10 generic driver but for some reason it doesn't work only on that right thumb calibration (dpad and left thumb calibration works fine). It asked me to move the thumb to both extremes but doing that changes nothing (the thumb is still registering as tilted to the right).

I played around with X360CE's "dead zone" values, but got no success. Anything I can do at this point to fix it?

I'd prefer to calibrate it via software instead of cracking it open, but I will do it if there's no avenue left.


texts: Why does everyone sound like a robot in ps4 party chat

texts: I logged on today and joined my friend's PS4 party, and everyone sounded like a robot with my headset on and with it off. I don't know what to do. I've turned the system off, I've unplugged and plugged in my headset, and I used a different headset. Does someone know what to do?


texts: How do I trigger Franklin's Grass Roots mission?

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I've almost completed the game except for the missions "Grass Roots - Franklin" and "Grass Roots - The Pickup". Franklin's mission never triggered throughout my entire time playing.

I tried saving game in new slot, quick save, calling, going to that location ("Grass Roots - Franklin"), restarting, but nothing worked. How can I trigger this mission?


texts: Are stone bricks stronger than smooth stone?

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Aside from the aesthetics, do stone bricks have any benefit over smooth stone? Will creepers cause less structural damage to my luxurious stately-home if I build it (walls and floor) out of stone bricks?

It's probably the floor I'm most concerned about. One-brick thick walls will probably sustain damage regardless of the stone type, but if I have, say, two-brick thick floors of stone-brick for my house and grounds rather than smooth-stone will that be more resilient to creeper damage?


texts: How do I avoid getting wedged between an outer water layer and the edge of the map?

texts: In Map Maker, I like to involve vast areas of water surrounding my solo/duo showdown map but when I play Darryl and role out into the open areas of water I seem to get wedged between the water and the edge of the map. Is there a way to avoid this? I can not place a wall on the outside because it involves a one block gap. How could I fix this water problem?


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While fighting through a tomb I encountered several flying opponents.  They were fairly quick and required some running away to deal with them effectively as a Demon Hunter.

They seemed to ignore Caltrops altogether.  Is this perception correct, do flying creatures actually fly and avoid the caltrops?


texts: Why can't I toggle these starred items? I have the accuracy IV unlocked for the AMCAR-4 and had it for one game. Now it's back to iron sights, and I can't toggle it back. It seems pressing X in the upgrades tree makes no diffrence.


texts: Does the ending to Watchdogs change based on your reputation?

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Recently I finished Watchdogs (Thanks EUW for being down a whole day!!) and since I'm pretty sure that you can't replay old missions or the ending itself I have two Questions:

After the Act IV last mission I noticed that

   They show news reports in the credits. Do those change in any way? I realized that mine was about a "Vigilante that helped the people of chicago" since my Rep was rather positive. What happens if you have full positive or even negative reputation?

And also:

   What happens if you kill/spare Maurice?


texts: When should I build a Stalker as my first unit over a Zealot, and why?

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I have been reading some answers here and it was reference that for the Protoss, a stalker is a more "recommended" first build over a zealot.

Why is this recommended or for what situations? Stalkers have less HP and Zealots are strong against zerglings and can overwhelm marines.

Please list 1v1 and 2v2 scenarios, and explain as though I am a beginner.


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When applying the fullscreen setting, the game does not go fullscreen. It will go to the specified resolution, but won't be fullscreen; it'll still be a window. I can change back to windowed mode and that works as a window, but fullscreen is not working after the latest patch.

How can I make this game fullscreen?


texts: What are main reasons for not connecting?

texts: I can't connect to many of my friends yet they can connect to me. What are the main reasons for people not being able to connect? Is it something to do with my Firewall? My Internet Firewall is low and I'm pretty sure my PC Firewall accepts the program.


texts: How do I scan an item and what happens when I do?

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I click on the scanner in my ship but I have no idea how to use it. How do I put an item in the scanner and what happens when I hit scan?

Obviously there are the "scanned items are destroyed" warnings at the top. But once I scan an item what can I do with it. Since it's a "printer" I'm assuming I can scan something to make more of it.

Is there a limit to what I'm allowed to scan/print, or a limit to how many times something scanned can be printed? Has anyone experimented with the printer yet?


texts: In the consortium, level 2 of Starfront Collision - how to get/pass the stealth'ed monsters

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Total noob question, but in the iOS/Gameloft game, Starfront: Collisions, I have just started it and in level 2 of the Consortium campaign, you have to take out/over a radar - but it's protected by some stealthed monsters that we don't seem to be able to attack.

Here is me getting wiped again.

The game suggests some lander vehicle but that gets wiped as soon as it gets near them.

Thanks in advance for any hints/tips.


texts: How do I increase my inventory space in Borderlands?

texts: Currently, I can store only 12 items in my inventory. How do I increase my storage space?


texts: Lowest possible Pokemon level to beat Lorelei in Pokémon Red/Blue?

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Since the AI in Pokémon Red/Blue was programmed to always use a "super effective" type attack, and Lorelei's lead-Pokémon Dewgong knows Rest (Psychic), which does no damage, this screams for setting up on Dewgong.

Since the type Psychic is super effective against Poison, I came up with this strategy:

Teach a Lv 2 Nidoran♂ the following moves:

Toxic
Double Team
Substitute
An attack - preferably one with high PP.

While Lorelei's Dewgong is out:

Set up 6 Double Teams
Set up Substitute,
Hit Dewgong with Toxic
Spend turns wasting PP from the 4th move until Dewgong is finished.

From there, keep poisoning the rest of her team with Toxic, keep Substitute up and heal with potions.

Is there another strategy that doesn't rely heavily on avoiding hits?


texts: Is it possible to modify this Minecraft contraption to make the cart leave if it is full?

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I have the following contraption:

I got it from this video, the only component not shown in the image is a redstone torch on the back side of the top stone block.
It works by stopping the minecart if there are items in the hopper, and letting the minecart go if the hopper is empty.
This works fine if I manually put items in the chest above the hopper and I'm careful not to over-fill it.
Now, I would like to have this contraption at the end of a farm, some distance away (but not so much that the chunks aren't loaded) from my storage building.
Can I modify the contraption so that the cart leaves if the hopper is empty OR the cart is full?
Alternatively, can I make it so the cart leaves only when full?


texts: Fire Emblem Warriors: Classic Mode vs. Casual Mode Incentives

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I just started Fire Emblem Warriors for the Nintendo Switch and came across the selection to choose between Casual Mode and Classic Mode. The game described the two modes as being able to revive allies vs not being able to revive them until a certain point, but it did not seem to mention any sort of reason or incentive to play on classic mode over casual mode.

I've searched the issue a bit and saw places like here where they gloss over the issue, but don't seem to come to any conclusion. There's also a post on Arqade here asking whether or not allies can be resurrected, but that doesn't really answer the question either.

So, is there any reward or incentive for playing on Classic Mode instead of Casual Mode in Fire Emblem Warriors?


texts: What is Orbital Coverage in Beyond Earth?

texts: I understand it has something to do with satellites, but not exactly how.


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I'm interested in learning more about where Tristana, Teemo, Rumble and the rest of the Yordles come from.

What is the name of their home city and where can I find out more about it?


texts: Do multiple pieces of chameleon armour stack?

texts: If I equip multiple pieces of chameleon legendary armour, will they have a greater effect than just a single piece?


texts: How can I take advantage of meeting myself?

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In Millennia Altered Destinies it's possible to run into an alternate version of yourself. When communicating with the other you's vessel, it's possible to transmit a numeric code. I've played this game many times but have never been able to figure out what to do in this situation.

The developers of the game (Take 2 Interactive) have this to say about the situation:

  You are in the fifth dimension. An anomaly of time travel is that on rare
  occasions, you will actually meet another version of yourself that is traveling
  from another time, outside the material plane. When you encounter this
  phenomenon you can use it to your advantage, if you are very clever. There is
  some information that we can't bring ourselves to divulge to anyone.

I'm hoping to be very clever by asking this question here and getting the answer that way, not knowing what to do here has been bugging me for the past 15 years.


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I'm playing on a Survival world with cheats on, "easy" difficulty, and at night in-game. I didn't have a sword or anything to make a sword with, and I was starving, so I switched to Creative to give myself a stack of food and a bed to set my spawn point. When I switched back to Survival, I couldn't destroy or place blocks. I'm on single player, and my Internet is fine, and I can destroy blocks still if I switch to creative. I've tried resetting the button one, and reloading the map, and it still doesn't work. I've even tried deleting everything I gave myself in Creative. This happened before on a different world and I ended up deleting it.

This only happens on this world. How do I fix it?

If I know I'm in the correct game mode, what else can cause this?  Are there different causes in multiplayer?


texts: What is the fastest way through the early phases?

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How would I get past the private beta and public beta phases faster?

Is it based on 'surviving' for a number of days?

Is it based on getting several stats at a certain level of stars, or does it weigh certain stats more heavily than others?


texts: I've heard rumors that there's a secret "Armor Pencil". How do I get it?


texts: How do I execute command for villagers with certain NBT tags?

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In Java Minecraft 1.14, I tried to use the execute command as basics. And on some NBT Tags, it works (e.g. XP: /execute as @e[type=minecraft:villager] if entity @s[nbt={Xp:0}] run tp @p), but for most, it does not.

I especially tried to run commands for villagers of certain professions, and my best attempt was /execute as @e[type=minecraft:villager] if entity @s[nbt={VillagerData:{Profession:farmer}}] run tp @p, but - as far as I understand - it detects no entities at all, no matter what entities exist (because without the run part of both commands the first one tests for all villagers that meet the conditions successfully with - logically - one detected, but the second has just no output whatsoever).


texts: What do I do if my F3 button doesnt work on minecraft?

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About a month ago, I noticed that my F3 button stopped working. I need to be able to press it so I can figure out what level I'm on and thus hunt for diamonds.

I tried Fn+F3 too, and it didn't work either. What can I do?


texts: Is it possible to lock on to enemies in Epic Mickey?

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The game manual does not mention locking on, nor does the in game video that describes combat.  However, numerous reviews mention the fact that they found the combat difficult / annoying until they learned of the lock on feature.  On the other hand, just as many reviews complain about the lack of a lock on feature.

Does such a feature exist?  If so, how do you lock on to enemies?


texts: What bind-on-equip items exist in Diablo III, if any?

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None of the equipment I've found so far in Diablo III is "bind on equip" (to borrow a term from World of Warcraft), in the sense that once it's been equipped it can't be traded to another player.

Is this true of all gear, or just the lower-level stuff I've seen so far? Are there any rarer items that are removed from the economy once they've been used?


texts: How does attack rating compare to damage in Diablo 2?

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I have two bows for my companion, one having higher damage (100, but in poison, so it takes effect slowly) and 5% life steal (with other stuff) and another with lower damage and 7% life steal (with other stuff) AND +attack rating based on the character, which currently is more than +1000.

Now I don't really know how attack rating works and if there is a cap or the +1000 is going to waste or not, but somehow that number is so big, it makes me want to keep the lower-damage-higher-rating bow for my companion.

Can somebody explain to me how attack rating is valued against damage? Am I doing a good thing by choosing the higher rating one?


texts: Is there way to turn-off auto-tagging of enemies in Far Cry 3's minimap?

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Right now, whenever an enemy fires at me or gets near me, they show up on the mini-map, as if they were tagged with the camera. With this effect on, not only do I always see exactly where they are, but also the direction they are facing:

Even worse. Enemies that were "auto-tagged" like that become also semi-visible through walls.

I can live with camera tagging, because that, at least, requires me to scout the area with the camera. This auto-tagging, however, spoils all the surprise ruining the game for me. I always know where the enemy I was fleeing from is and how far away they are.

Looking through options the only option that seemed even remotely relevant was "Weapon tagging" in the Gameplay options alas it doesn't change the "auto-tagged" behavior.

Is there any way to fix this behavior without using a patch to turn the mini-map off completely?


texts: Quick way of selling at the trading post?

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Is there a way to quickly sell goods at the trading post in GW2? I know there is the sell at trading post option by right clicking the desired item but that loads up the trading post every time and can not be considered a fast method to say the least.

Lets say i went exploring and came back with bags and bags full of stuff i want to sell.

Loading the trading post is fine but having to load the trading post every time over and over again takes a long time to do. I am aware that i dont have to close the window of the trading post every time but simply selecting the next item and selling it makes it take a long time for the trading post to come back with the prices.

My question today: Is there a quick way to sell stuff at the trading post besides right clicking.


texts: Can the Wii U Remote Plus be used to play Wii games?

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I have a Wii U console. I ordered The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess from Amazon to be able to play them on my Wii U, since I never owned the Wii previously, and therefore couldn't play them.

Can the regular Wii Remote Plus be used to play the wii Games I just mentioned above? Such as this one here: http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wii-Remote-Plus-Black/dp/B0094X28J0/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1405732521&sr=1-1&keywords=wii+remote+plus


texts: I recently switched to Linux and would like to play some Diablo II Lod with Plugy. I checked out wine and I'm pretty confident, that it will work on Linux. My problem is that I play in single player with mods like Plugy and the maphack/loot filter from slashdiablo. I'm concerned that those tools won't work. Did anyone got Diablo Plugy working on Linux?


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I played Darksiders 2 first and Death was trying to rescue his brother War. But in the ending of Darksiders 1, he wasn't imprisoned or anything.

Did a time skip happen after his fight with Abaddon?


texts: How do you perform fatalities that involve the use of jumping (up arrow)?

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Say I want to make Freddy Krueger's fatality, which is called Welcome To My Nightmare

  down, up, left, right + block

When I finish pressing the buttons, it didn't do the thing, since I'm already in the air when I press up and fatalities must be done on the ground.

I have no problem when the jump is right at the end of the combo, since it's the last directional button I have to press plus any "hitting/block" button.

But I always considered fatalities that involves the up button, the ones which are not at the end of the combo, as the impossible ones... unless there's a trick for them. Does someone know?


texts: What TF2 weapons deal Damage over Time?  What DoT effects are in game (ie fire, etc.)?


texts: How do I apply custom heads in Minecraft?

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I am trying to help my son add a custom head in Minecraft (PC, Java edition 1.13.2). According to this site I enter a command into a command block, for example,
/give @p minecraft:player_head{display:{Name:"{\"text\":\"Ice Block\"}"},SkullOwner:{Id:"192dbe7b-1309-4c27-a496-5878d81cd1f8",Properties:{textures:[{Value:"eyJ0ZXh0dXJlcyI6eyJTS0lOIjp7InVybCI6Imh0dHA6Ly90ZXh0dXJlcy5taW5lY3JhZnQubmV0L3RleHR1cmUvYTI2NDQwNzFiNmM3YmJhZTdiNWU0NWQ5ZjgyZjk2ZmZiNWVlOGUxNzdhMjNiODI1YTQ0NjU2MDdmMWM5YyJ9fX0="}]}}} 1

My understanding Is that the player’s head should change, but when I do this the command seems to be accepted but nothing changes. Am I missing a step?


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I'm trying to create an elevator where you can't see any of the redstone or pistons while in or outside of it since I want to make an actually nice-looking one for a hotel or something.
Anyways, this is my setup for one which may be impossible unless I can either use a command to move blocks (and the player) up, or activate the pistons without having to summon a redstone block:

P=Sticky Piston

D=Dirt or solid block

1=Redstone torch

(I have it set up already so the lever can switch the torches on/off and activate the outer ones, but I'm having trouble with trying to get an elevator that's larger than 4x4 blocks to raise two blocks up or higher without a ridiculously complex or confusing system.

Side view:

DDDD

PPPP

PPPP

1111

DDDD

1111

Top view (in layers)

DDDD

DDDD

DDDD

DDDD

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

PPPP

etc. I'll be very greatful if I can get some help with this!


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I know card packs supposed to give you 8 cards but are they the same cards you get when buying the cards out the regular way. Last time i bought an 8 pack I only received one dragon. Are certain cards, like the dragon cards, limited in the possible maximum amount you can get?

If different than buying regular packs; what is the more or less percentage distribution when buying a card pack?


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I play private/solo play sessions in Elite Dangerous with friends and was wondering if there were arch enemies in game?

I was randomly attacked by an NPC while docking - I was not wanted in that system and didn't have any illicit cargo. In the middle of docking an NPC named Jorggs blew me to pieces. I thought maybe it was a bug or something, but I've noticed now this same character follows me from system to system, interdicts whenever he can and tries to initiate combat. I've no clue who he is but it says mission target under his name when I scan him. I didn't have any active missions at the time so... I'm wondering if this is a new thing? Maybe I called his mom a spaceslut or something and now he's got it in for me?

Anyone else have a Jorggs of their own?


texts: World of Warcraft: Efficent Archeaology Fragment Farming

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I'm planning on doing a lot of archaeology farming towards a specific faction.
I used to be very active in Cataclysm, and I am only starting to get back into archaeology with Warlords of Draenor.

I have noticed that my garrison sometimes gives out fragment hunting missions, but those are so infrequent that I cannot rely on those.

I would like to solve either Warlords of Draenor or Pandaria fragments, ideally for the crates. The faction I'd like to target is heavily mixed with other factions that greatly out-number the faction I want.

For example, If I want to gather Tol'vir fragments. It would be horribly inefficient to fly all over to do night elf dig sites when you can just solve for a crate and get Tol'vir fragments slower but more reliably.

Is there a better way to obtain specific fragments besides farming Warlords of Draenor or Pandaria world dig sites?


texts: I just added Rotary Craft to my 1.4.7 world. I placed a steel shaft, and later tried to break it with my power tool, but it wouldn't break. Was i too impatient or are diamond grade tools not enough to break Rotary craft blocks? How do I break these things?


texts: How can I install Sims 3 via Steam on a Mac?

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I had a PC laptop and had The Sims 3 installed on it through Steam.

I figure that Mac and PC have different platforms, but is there any way to have the game installed on my Mac?


texts: What's the easiest way to reach arena rating 2000?

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I hope this question fits in the Gameplay strategies and tactics because it is a question about an actual "problem" I face.

My son told me, that what I want from him is about as difficult as to achieve arena ranking 2000 in WoW. (His current ranking is around 1700).

So we agreed: if and when I reach arena rating 2000 with some classes that he plays, he will start doing some things. :) ;)

Now I know - that was a bad deal for me, because I need to level up a character to 90 and start arena PvP.

Today I spent some time to learn about arenas in WoW and fortunately found one good friend (similarly aged peer as me /50+ years/) who plays WoW (unfortunately mostly PVE) with the following characters:

restoration/elemental shaman
affliction/destruction warlock
monk (dont remember specs)

I should play one of these:

restoration/balance druid
frost/unholy DK
warlock (any)
mage (any)
priest (any)

And because I have a deal with my son, I don't want cheat (so I don't want to buy some level-boosting service) but really want to reach the rating myself.

To clarify: I don't looking for some long answer about the WoW - I've already found a zillion good sites and I know than every class is viable and +/- equally powerful. But hear some limitations (like my friend classes and classes what I should to play) - so looking for an simple recommendation.

The questions are:

what character should I level up and learn with a goal to form the easiest 2v2 arena team with any of the above friends characters (in his preference: shaman/warlock/monk) and (in my preference: druid/DK/priest/warlock/mage)
do I really need to buy some "special" keyboards and/or pads/mices to reach rating 2000?
It is really "so hard?" :)

Can someone give some advice?


texts: What determines the frequency (and type) of acquiring special items?

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The special items that were added with the gen 2 Pokemon are really hard to get.

I have hit hundreds of Pokestops and have only gotten a total of 3 special items, and a max of 2 at a time. I used the metal coat and then a few days later I got metal coat again. I also have 1 dragon scale. My husband has gotten only 2 special items and they were different from mine so it's not location specific as to which items you can get.

Has anyone looked at the code surrounding special items?

Has anyone had more than two at a time in their inventory?


texts: I see references in youtube videos to "lava casts" which seem to be large, quick-to-build, wedge-shaped structures made of cobblestone, often used for griefing on anarchy servers.  I can't find a good reference to what they are or how they are built.  Can anyone elaborate?


texts: Legendary Difficulty same as Thunderstorm Skull?

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I'm trying to understand the difference between Legendary difficulty and using the Thunderstorm skull modifier in Halo 4.

From O.M.F.G.:

  The Thunderstorm Skull is a doozy.  It promotes all enemies to the highest available level, making combat much harder.

I'm not sure I get what differs between this skull and the highest difficulty level.

Thanks in advance!


texts: Can blacksmithing/enchanting skill be completely replaced with potions?

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It really does not sit well with my role playing fantasy that my light-armored assassin who actually sneaks great and shoots well - is also a master blacksmith and an enchanter! In a real setting, such a person would not have any time to waste with forges and enchanting tables.

While wishing that Skyrim provided a way to give 'orders' to blacksmiths/mages to custom-smith or custom enchant my weapons and armor (I'd pay a mountain of gold to Eorlund or Festus Krex if they can just upgrade my Daedric bow to legendary and add a couple of choice enchantments), and idly surfing the 'net, I found information about the atronach forge!

I can make Daedric weapons now without having to waste perk points on heavy armor smithing. However, I would like to know if wearing enchanted smithing apparel (bought from radiant raiment), and downing a blacksmith's elixir and going to work on the grindstone, will give me the same level of improvement as having the perk point for Daedric artifacts? If it won't, will the gap be too large to ignore despite having the entire archery tree?


texts: Is a tank required for groups to be successful?

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My friends and starting to play Diablo 3 and are deciding which class each of us wants to be. One thing factoring into our decision is if one of us will need to be a tank for us to be successful.

Will one of our players need to play the role of a tank, taking most of the hits for the team for us to succeed? Or is the game balanced to work with any combination of classes/roles?


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I was playing A Hat in Time, and suddenly the game crashed. When trying to load the game up again I get the following message:

  Failed to create the D3D9 Device! This can happen if the desktop is locked. Exiting...

I have ran dxdiag which says everything is hunky-dory.


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How do I teleport a player based on their score? What I want to do is if a player goes below zero (money) on the score board they will be teleported to a certain location. I’m on bedrock 1.16 - here's my code so far, but this does not work:
/execute if @a[scores={money=..0}] run tp 1908 64 -1293


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I see this mentioned in the tip text lots, but I've no idea how to actually make it happen. Anyone have any ideas how I can combo skills properly?

I've tried running with Fenris, who can stagger, but when I backstab or anything similar, nothing happens.


texts: Can we defer using cards after seeing them in a lunchbox?

texts: Sometimes I'm not in need of food and get +50 Food card from a lunchbox which is a waste (or similar case for other resources). After we 'open' a lunchbox, do the resources have to be immediately used or can we hoard them for later use?


texts: What makes people want to go on shopping sprees?

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Every so often one of my residents glows yellow and goes on a shopping spree.

Is there any way to get them to do this more often? I like earning money!


texts: How to change the time of Sojourner medal?

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In ingress I can hack along all the day. So the sojourney medal was not a problem, but in a few weeks I will be able only to hack in the morning, between 8.00am -10.00am.

The problem is that my sojourney count to me at 19.30/45 more or less and  I don't want to loose the day.

My question is: How can I "move" the count time to the morning (8.00/10.00 am) without loose the medal?


texts: I can no longer access quests in Candy Crush?

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I can no longer access Candy Crush Quests with Airplane Mode turned on and Facebook off from my iPad mini.

Why is this? Is there a way to fix it?


texts: I am just starting out and it's expensive to buy guns just to find out that I dislike them. Where can I test weapons in Call of Duty: Black Ops?


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If Sonic stays underwater for too long without surfacing or finding an air bubble, "danger" music will start playing alongside a countdown leading to Sonic running out of air and dying.

According to an IGN guide, Sonic could stay underwater for 30 seconds in Sonic 2, but I'm unsure whether this applies to Sonic Mania. (Or any other Sonic games for that matter)

How long can Sonic stay underwater before running out of air?


texts: If an item has the effect "XXX per 5 secs" is the effect over 5 secs or is it exactly on 5 secs?

texts: This mostly comes from the effects like HP regen and MP regen, is the amount spread over 5 secs or after 5 sec exactly?


texts: Can I get Mehrunes' Razor after sparing Silus?

texts: I saved Silus now I want the razor :P Because my character turned bad. I have PC so console commands would be cool :p


texts: Skyrim - Companions attacked me for no reason?

texts: So, I was using Eorland Gray-Manes forge without causing any harm and all of a sudden I see loads of red dots on my map and it was the Companions and then even Eorland started attacking me. The Guards didn't do anything but cheered: "A Fight!" I even saw Vignar Gray-Mane attack me too. I have a bounty but it wasn't in Whiterun.


texts: How to teleport Minecart with chests above a players head?

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I've been having trouble making menu GUIs in 1.16. My best idea so far was to create a command making it so when ever there is a nether star in my inventory it teleports a minecart with a chest in it to me. But the problem is it teleports it to my feet, and not my head. Here are the commands I used:
/execute if entity @p[nbt={Inventory:[{id:"minecraft:nether_star",tag:{display:{Name:'{"text":"Menu"}'}}}]}] (to find a nether star in my inventory)
/teleport @e[type=minecraft:chest_minecart,y=3] @p (to teleport the minecart)


texts: Does dyeing your clothes in Assassin's Creed 2 have any effect on your character?

texts: Just wondering whether the different coloured dyes have any effect on the way people interact with your character in Assassin's Creed 2?