texts: Do multiplayer games on the Xbox 360 require a subscription?

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I have been looking into the details of the Xbox 360 (I only own old school consoles and the Nintendo Wii) and one of the most touted features of the console is the ability to play online with friends.  I was looking at the details of Xbox Live on xbox.com and it says only the Gold membership allows you to "Play games online with friends."  This is appalling and goes against everything that makes PC gaming great.  I don't want to start a flame war here on consoles vs. PC, but this is just crazy talk.

Is this really true?  Is this enforced by all games?  How much does it cost?


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I know I'm playing this game a little late, but I can't beat Gears & Grenades (Second Boss Fight).
Any tips?


texts: Who is the Snake Eater theme being "sung to"?

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The incredible Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater theme has the lyrics:

I'm searching and I'll melt into you

and:

I give my life, not for honour, but for you

Is there a canon identity of the "I" singing and the "you" to whom they're singing?


texts: Is there any benefit to sticking with the same color,  Pokémon Black > Black 2 and Pokémon White > White 2?

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Since this is the first time a Pokémon game has had a direct sequel, is there any advantage to getting the same color sequel instead of the opposite game?

Or should this just be treated like any other new Pokémon game, and just pick one?


texts: What do i have to do in order to get my goblins to use the spawning pool?

texts: I cant seem to get my goblins to take corpses and filth to the spawning pool. i've toggled them on and off and tried ceasing all other production but they just won't do it.


texts: How do I permanently enable cheating with Deus Ex GOTYE (GOG.com Version)

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I've tried a few of the methods laid out in the Deus Ex Wiki, as well as others mentioned in another Arqade question.  However, neither seems to be working for me.

The Deus Ex version I'm playing is the Game Of The Year Edition, available from GOG.com.  The main menu shows a version 1.112.fm.

Particular things I've tried:

set DeusEx.JCDentonMale bCheatsEnabled True in the in-game chat.
Add bCheatsEnabled=True and set Tilde=type in USER.INI
Add -hax0r to the shortcut.

Despite all of these, the game still does not respond when I press the tilde key.  Another thing I've noticed though, is that the USER.INI file I'm editing does not appear to match my current game configuration.  Some of the other key mappings listed do not match my custom settings.

The USER.INI file I'm working on is stored in the following location:

  C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Deus Ex\System\User.ini

Is there perhaps a different USER.INI file which I should be working on, or is there something else I can do to enable these cheats?  Or, is it likely that the GOG.com version is specially altered in some way that (intentionally or not) prevents enabling of cheats?

EDIT:  I've just noticed that, even though I still seem unable to actually access the cheats console, my save games are still flagged with CHEATS ENABLED.  So, it seems that the game acknowledges I've enabled cheats but for some reason isn't allowing me to use them.


texts: Is it possible to load a save file from a game of another region (PS3)?

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I played Batman: Arkham Asylum (BLES) for a while and got almost all the available trophies (the PS3 equivalent of achievements). Yesterday I bought the Collector's Edition (BLUS) and I noticed that I could not use the same save file I used before.

I don't wanna to play the game from beginning right now, I just want to get every trophy and be ready to play Batman: Arkham City.

Does anyone know if I can do something to fix that?

P.S. BLES - European Game; BLUS - US Game


texts: Recording all player interactions for spectating/video recording later in Team Fortress 2?

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Short Question:

Is it possible to record an entire game/map, in order to  'playback' later, spectate around and record it?

Background

I have a TF2 cross-office competition coming up that I'm helping to organise, and I'd like to save all player interactions (kills/deaths/capture points etc) so I can re-run the game later and spectate around as if it were a live game.

The idea is to be able to record gameplay that my character wasn't directly involved in, and at a pace that I can choose, using both third and first person perspectives to put together a "This is how awesome our office team went" style video. This would obviously require the ability to jump around to interesting plays, funny moments, huge battles and more, instead of just showcasing my character's viewpoint.

I've thought this over and I've tried out a few things:

TF2's ability to record demos

Using console commands to start/stop playing, but this only really records my character's perspective (down to camera angles and everything).
There is a 'Drive' mode that allows for some amount of 'free roaming', but I have noticed that events that aren't taking place near my character aren't rendered - everything disappears from a certain distance onwards until I am in range.

Finding some third-party software for professional gamers.

I figured that someone had wanted to do a similar thing in order to playback certain maps in order to fine-tune their gameplay, but I haven't been able to find anything so far.

Currently, the 'solution' I'm working towards is to ask everyone participating to record the session using the 'demo' tool, in order to come back and collate later, but this seems overly cumbersome for something that I'm sure is just a simple configuration step.

Is there a proper way to record an entire server's worth of gameplay? I have control over the TF2 server we'll be using so if it's a server-wide configuration, that can be done as well.


texts: Is there any way to make the April Fools gravity modifier stay past April Fools? Now that I've nearly completed the game, and have mostly higher level gear, I'd like more time to, "experiment" with the zombies and have a little more fun with the modified physics.


texts: Is there a way to target the arrow from an OP bow via command block?

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I am trying to make an effect trail for a specific weapon in MC, a bow with power 120.  I want to use a command block to target any arrow with the damage it should be doing (63) and summon a trail of splash potions.

I also want to kill any arrow entities that have inGround=True

Is there any way to do this or do I have to come up with something else?

Attempt:

/execute @e[type=Arrow,damage=63,inGround=0] ~ ~ ~ summon ThrownPotion ~ ~ ~ {Potion:{id:potion,Damage:8197}}
/kill @e[type=Arrow,inGround=True]

Each unfortunately just affects all arrows.  Is this even possible?


texts: How to generate a predetermined number of pulses?

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Motivation: I have a grinder that spawns spiders which are then moved to a very small space. When they accumulate in big enough numbers, I pull a lever and let a piston crush them 11 times. Then I can kill them with one hit and harvest experience.

This becomes a problem once there are a lot of spiders - the game starts to lag and it is difficult (if not impossible) to have the precise number of hits.

Question: For some n, how do I create a circuit that generates n impulses before shutting down?
Or in this case, how do I make a piston hit exactly 11 times?


texts: What's the difference between the various red-dot sights in battlefield 3?

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I've noticed there are several different "red-dot" sights in battlefield 3:

KOBRA (RDS)
PKA-S (Holo)
Reflex (RDS)
Holographic (Holo)

and maybe some more, not sure. But all of the above are available for my M416.

Apart from slightly different reticles (eg circle or dot), are there any other differences that actually affects gameplay?


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On the new Vikendi map, you see that feet, cars and snowmobiles leave tracks in the snow (not sure if bullets also leave tracks in snow).
I read that these tracks disappear after some time, but is it known exactly how this works?

Do they disappear after a fixed time (if yes, after how long?) or does this depend on other factors (weather, player population in area, blue zone, car or feet)?

Do the tracks slowly fade or do they disappear at once?


texts: In which chapter does Final Fantasy XV become linear?

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Before Final Fantasy XV was released, the director stated that the game will become more linear later as you continue in the story.

IGN

  Final Fantasy XV has a gigantic open world to explore, but it doesn’t stay that way the entire time. Recently, director Hajime Tabata has discussed the fact that in later parts of the game, XV actually becomes more linear as players start to focus more on following the story.

I have not picked up the game yet, but I would like to explore the open world as much as I can before completing the story. With that said, in which chapter does the game become more linear than just open world?


texts: What is the strategy to maximize peace in Civilization 5?

texts: How to minimize total war casualties for all nations in Civilization 5? It comes to my mind that it is to have domination victory as fast as possible, but may there be other strategies?


texts: Does the new Serious Sam 3 DLC include new coop content?

texts: Serious Sam 3: Jewel of the Nile appears to include three new campaign missions. Are those playable in coop too? The description in Steam doesn't really mention it.


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While playing League of Legends, I read the word "frags" in chat. It was during the heat of battle so I couldn't ask my teammates, and I couldn't find anything on the League of Legends wiki.

What does this term mean?


texts: Which pipe would i use to pump my seed oil into carpenter?  I have seed oil in my carpenter and I have a waterproof cobblestone pipe connecting from the squeezer to my Carpenter.


texts: How to set up a new hard drive for a PS3?

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I got my grandson a new sata HDD for his PS3, as it as corrupted.

I can see where to download the PS3 stuff online, which needs to go to a 1GB flash stick (which I don't have). Can the download be put onto a disc and then used to format the new hard drive on startup?


texts: During some events, I got some rare items that seem limited to said events. But, I want to use more than just the few of them I obtained in decorating my home. Is there a way duplicate items in Animal Crossing:New Leaf?


texts: Testfor trigger isn't working as expected in command blocks

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So I have made a trigger objective:

  scoreboard objectives add Test trigger

I have setup 3 command blocks with this in each one of them:

  Command Block A - testfor @a[score_Test_min=1]

  Command Block B - testfor @a[score_Test_min=2]

  Command Block C - testfor @a[score_Test_min=3]

and each and every one of them has a comparator to test output.

And yes I have scoreboard players enable @a Test in repeat.

Now the problem is that it's not working as expected of _min.

(I'm going to say light up a lot meaning the comparator will activate)

When I run the command trigger Test set 1 it lights up the comparator for Command Block A but when I run trigger Test set 2, it keeps A light up, and then lights up B. I would expect A to not light up since I have a _min. This goes to same when I set the trigger to 3, then lights up all of them.

Now supposedly someone will say that just add score_Test_max but I did for all of them and what just happened is that, it doesn't light up at all. So it would be like this:

  testfor @a[score_Test_min=1,score_Test_max=1]

and when I set the objective to 1, it doesn't light up the comparator.

So is this just a bug? Am I doing something wrong? Please help me.


texts: Which items in EVE Online are classified as 'Meta 0' items?

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Basically, which items in EVE are considered as 'Tech 0' and thus have a purchasable original blueprint sold by NPCs on the market?

I know examples includes the standard 1MN Afterburner I

I can't seem to be able to find any resources with this information; basically, a list of Meta 0 items.


texts: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions - Ludwig's first attack

texts: Ludwig seems to start the fight always with the same attack. The blue fire that you can hit with hammers isn't too big of a deal, but rather the orb that slowly descends on you. You can't hit it and it does nearly 1000 damage on level 39. How big level is the game expecting?


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So I went across one of the few games the Nvidia's Ansel feature supports, and within the many types of capture type it provides, aside from:

  "screenshot", "super resolution" and "360º"

there's also

  "stereo" and "360º stereo".

What "360º stereo" do is take a screenshot and duplicate on top of it, resulting in two rows of the same screenshot being displayed in the same image. As for "stereo" is the same thing, but as two columns.

Note that if you upload a 360 screenshot on facebook, it will automatically become an interactive viewport to scroll around. But for STEREO 360s I can't find anything useful, not even when basically opening it from a casual photo viewer (such as Windows' integrated photo viewer). So what are the so-called "stereo screenshots" (or images) really for?


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This ingredient is mentioned in a scroll:

While I don't have a witch flower yet, I would be interested in how to make powdered grim cap. Maybe it is used in other recipes which I have not yet discovered. Adding different amounts of grim cap with/without flasks to the mortar did not give any results.


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I am thinking about getting a GameCube or a Wii, since it can play GameCube Games too.

I do not have any sort of TV nor did I plan on getting one, I only have a PC with a 16:10 ViewSonic Monitor (which does support 16:9 ratios but with black bars).

Optimum would be a solution where I can just hook up the GameCube to my PC entirely, including sound and displaying the video in some sort of software. What is the best solution for that?

I have found this, but I do not know how the software actually looks like, so I cannot tell if works or not. Do not mention emulators please, since the games I want most cannot be emulated.


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I was playing on a survival multiplayer server, when suddenly the following message appeared:

The player seemed to be very confused (and mad), saying that he has no idea what killed him.

Just the phrase "fell out of the water" makes no sense. I've looked up the death messages on the Wiki, but all I found was the death message being listed in death messages caused by falling, which also makes no sense, since the player said he was in the ocean at the moment.

What could've caused this death?

 Edit:

The player who this happened to said they were not even inside a boat, but swimming down to a ship wreck instead, when suddenly they lost all their HP.


texts: I've seen jungle Mundo a lot lately, and I usually see him lose.  I don't feel that his ganks are strong enough, and his counter jungling doesn't seem strong either.  Am I overlooking something?


texts: Does increased Sweeping Wind damage apply to each level?

texts: I have seen some items that give a damage bonus to Sweeping Wind.  Does this bonus apply to each level of Sweeping Wind or does it divide the bonus up between the three levels?


texts: How the heck do I deal with Advent Stun Lancers?

texts: They're super tanky, always seemingly manage to stay out of range of my squad's overwatch. The next turn, they seemingly are able to sprint across the map into range of my squad, stun one of them, then survive to the next round where they knock out another squad member into submission. If I get a successful flashbang, they default to their weapons with (somehow godly accuracy) and take down more of my men.  I've been restarting missions at least 43 times now, just because of 1 Advent Stun Lancer, and this is on Legendary, so I'd like to know, what's the best way to deal with an Advent Stun Lancer, especially on Legendary difficulty?


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At the top of a tool box I was looting, I saw 'Pickman's Blade' with a star next to it. Currently running a sniper build in the game, I was super excited because this was an easy find for something that would be super useful. I took the blade....and was given a Nuka Cola. Is this normal, or did the game glitch?

I received the 'blade' near the Museum of Freedom in a small campground next to the fire.


texts: Can I change back to my initial character after finishing adventure mode

texts: I had a nice survival world, playing with Wilson, then decided to start an adventure from that world. Now I finished adventure mode, I'm back in my good old sandbox, but with Maxwell. Is there any way I can get back to Wilson, while keeping the world ?


texts: How can I make it to where every player gets an item after killing an entity?

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I am using a PC, and was wondering what code to put to make it to where if a player kills a mob, they get a certain item, an example of this would be:

Kill a zombie=Get a gold ore
Kill a skeleton=Get a dirt block,
Ect.

I am asking this because I am making a server world, and want to add a reputation sort of a thing to show how many mobs someone has killed.


texts: In The Darkness II, where are all the 29 Relics in the single player campaign located?

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During the game, you can find several collectibles called Relics, which are worth a tidy sum of bonus Dark Essence. According to the Relic Hunter achievement, there are 29 of them in the single player campaign in total.

Where can I find them?


texts: How to factory reset PS4 without a dualshock controller?

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I have a PS5 and am looking to factory reset my PS4. However, I don't have a dualshock controller, only an @play wired controller. I booted the PS4 into safe mode and the controller worked there, but when I went to factory reset it and it says "Press PS button" it does not do anything. I also tried a USB keyboard.
Is there anyway I can get around this?


texts: How do I play a specific song on a command block without it playing other songs instead?

texts: I'm trying to select a certain song to play on a command block, but when I type in something like "/playsound music.game.creative @p", it will play a different song everytime I activate the command. Is there a way where I can select one of the songs without it playing a different one?


texts: How do you earn the "A Past Wreathed in Shadows" achievement?

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The achievement requires you to "complete the game without ever choosing a past." But what does that mean? I just finished a game with the Zeppelin ending, without choosing a past, but didn't earn this achievement. Then I re-loaded and tried retiring to my mansion; that didn't work either. For reference, this is the third captain in my lineage; one went NORTH, and the other found his father's bones. This is the first captain I've played with that didn't have a past.

What endings allow you to earn A Past Wreathed in Shadows? (Do only Ambitions count?) Do I need to start from scratch with a new captain with no lineage?


texts: I currently have 1150 dark side points, and 900 light side points.  How long will it take me to reach dark side tier 1?


texts: Where can I find some prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto?

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In order to complete 100% of the game, you must get serviced by a prostitute. The problem is, I can't seem to find any. The one time I did a message came up on the screen stating something to the effect, "You cannot pickup a prostitute in this vehicle".

What requirements must be met to pick up a prostitute?
If I recall, I only found this one at night time, can I find them during the day too?
How much does one cost?


texts: Question about different versions of Wolfenstein Youngblood

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I have two possible version available for purchase on Steam:

I assume the ~$50 version gives me the english version + the buddy pass.

On the other hand the ~$40 version gives me the english + german version but no buddy pass?

It just looks weird because looking at the packet information for the english + german version it looks like the $50 version is included:


texts: Does the fire rate for Bulwark of Harmony work if you're in an offensive war?

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Bulwark of Harmony is a defensive tradition. It's in-game text is below:

It seems clear that ship build speed only takes effect while in a defensive war. However, it's not really clear if the same restriction applies to the fire rate bonus. Is the fire rate bonus only active while in a defensive war or do you need to only be within your own borders?


texts: How can I increase the font size of names

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I currently have the problem that the names above the heads of NPCs and players scale very poorly. This makes the names impossible to read when fully zoomed out. (Screenshot for reference)

Note that I'm talking about the name text not about nameplates.

My guess is that this issue is caused by the addon(collection) ElvUI since I can change the font style there, however I can't find anything that changes the font size or scaling.

How can I fix the scaling of the names so they remain readable even when fully zoomed out?


texts: Can I fast travel when I would be over-encumbered except not because of a temporary effect?

texts: I am playing Skyrim and I have made some fortify carry weight potions. If I am carrying too much and drink a fortify carry weight potion, can I fast travel since this is only a temporary effect.


texts: Does the World of Warcraft character boost upgrade both professions?

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When you get a character boost in World of Warcraft - either by pre-ordering the expansion or by purchasing it in the shop - if you boost a character who is level 60 or higher, you get to level up "Primary" profession for free.

By this does it mean only one profession, or both professions?


texts: What's the lowest that you'll find lava in the nether?

texts: What is the lowest level where lava in the lava oceans will go down to?


texts: I found this statue. It appeared out of nowhere, and cannot be mined(pickaxe and sword both just go over it.) It also goes in front of the player, unlike anything ive seen.


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So ive been replaying Pokémon heart gold, and every time I try to save, it Gives me this error
Error saving data
The backup memory has failed.
Games may be played, but it is impossible to save.
Please turn off power.
How do I fix this?


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I am currently in chapter 7 and having issues with Maximilian's tank, Batomys.

I can always get to the spot where he crashes through the base but I cannot defeat it at this point. I'd appreciate any help or strategy to try.


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I just wonder what effects does a storm from Templar has under a spell cast by a dark swarm cast by defiler. Does it deal any damage at all? is the damage reduced.

I wanted to test it myself but its hard to control 2 races at once with both of the abilities researched.


texts: Can I compare items of both my main hand and off hand to a 2-handed weapon?

texts: I know you can perform a quick look at your off hand by pressing alt, but is there a  easier/quick method to compare both your main hand and off hand weapon to a two handed weapon?  (When I try compare them, it only shows it against my main handed weapon -besides doing some math)


texts: How to keep vehicles upgrades equipped in Jetpack Joyride?

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I have Jetpack Joyride for Android, but every time I start the game I have to equip the magnetic upgrades to all vehicles, except the teleporter, which is the only one already equipped.

I had once a game crash that undid my last 2 magnets purchases, so I ended up with only the teleporter and 20k less in cash. After that, I've bought every vehicle magnet, but still the only one that will remain equipped is the teleport.

Anyone already found some similar bug? How could I fix this, it's kinda annoying have to mannually enable 5 different upgrades every time I want to play.


texts: Can I transfer items between my characters in single player Starbound?

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Based on this question about a shared universe/planets, I began wondering if you can transfer items between your own characters without an intermediary on a server.

Currently at work and unable to test, but has anyone accomplished this and how did you do it without items despawning?


texts: How to save console options in Portal 2?

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I'm playing Portal 2 with my girlfriend, and she gets motion sick. We found out a console option to reduce the field of view, which drastically reduces her sickness (cl_fov_75).
However, this option is not persisted, so if we forget to input the command she'll get sick again. Is there any command in the Portal 2 console to make this persistant (either with another command, or by modifying some kind of ini file)?


texts: What's the difference between different quality pets?

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I was reading this first-hand account of Pet Battles in Mists of Pandaria and found an interesting question the author wasn't sure about.

  On the way back to Audrey, I caught a Black Lamb, a Squirrel, and finally the loathsome Stormwind Rat. The Squirrel is a rare-quality pet and the Stormwind Rat is a poor-quality pet, but I wasn't entirely sure what that meant.

What is the difference between different quality pets?


texts: I'm getting "Files different from the server" when playing Modern Warfare 2?

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So, I recently start to play my copy of MW2 for PC using Steam.

But every time I try to play Multiplayer I load the map up then and I'm sent back to the lobby with the error Files different from the server.

Can someone please help me? What could be causing this error and how could I fix it?


texts: You can actually "sign" a trade up contract in CS:GO with your mouse (draw stuff). Does this have any impact on anything?


texts: Downloading restarts every time after restarting Steam

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I've been downloading DoTA 2 for the past 2 weeks. When I first started downloading, my electricity was cut and my computer got shut down. The next day, when I restarted my PC, the progress has jumped from 45% (which was the point it was at when the power cut occured) back to 0%. From that day on, jumps back to 0% happened every time my computer was shut down from the power cut.

I have deleted and reinstalled everything (Steam and DoTA 2) many times.
Over four days, I have used 60GB of internet to download it and the points of progress it has restarted at are: 45%, 92%, 38% and 56%.


texts: Simply as that... What is Flux State? I am in the middle of the game, now, and I can guess a little. But Internet has no clear explanation of the thing. Is this a place, or ideology? Or maybe a place when certain ideology has been applied? Is the word used only around Berlin? The more information the better. Thank you.


texts: Max possible discipline boost from equipment

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Demon hunter cloak and quiver can have "Max Discipline" attribute,  but there are several other slots with legendary items that can have it such as Stone of Jordan.

I'm looking for which combination of items (including legendary) will result in the highest amount of Discipline.


texts: Build-Bot queue individual fluctuate rapidly but overall-sum locks at 601

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I am building a big base. Unfortunately the Build-Queue fluctuates for no reason.

I am expecting that the amount of buildungs left decreases but it does decrease and increase rapidly.

Do anyone know why the fluctuation? Maybe a technical reason? The overall-queue locks at 601 but the items and item-amounts are changing.


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I'm having lots of issues with ctOS scans in Watch underscore Dogs. I'm driving a fast car, but the scan areas are huge. If I use a jammer, it just spawns new scans that follow me in the direction I'm moving. If I switch direction, I'm caught in the existing scan. Whenever I seem to be in the clear, new scans just spawn around me and close in on me until I'm caught in a scan again. Hiding in the car doesn't help and I've already tried using all my jammers (about 10, crafting on-the-fly), chaining them properly.

How can I get rid of the scans for good?


texts: In Space Quest 1 VGA (not EGA) can you kill Orat with the Spider Droid?

texts: In Space Quest 1 VGA (not EGA) can you kill Orat with the Spider Droid, as you can in the EGA version? I know in both you can kill him with the dehydrated water bottle.


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In Blizzard's Hearthstone, you are given the option of "dropping" a quest one time per day.  This will replace it with a "random" quest.

The trouble is, some quests are worth 40 gold, others 60 and one is 100 gold.  My question is, if you drop a 60 gold quest, will you always be given another 60 gold quest, or could you end up with a 40 or the 100 gold quest?  (I have always been too fearful of losing 20 gold to test this out!)


texts: What is the correct formula for Timer Balls?

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I was looking into the mechanics of Poké balls, and there's a lot of conflicting information about how the bonus from timer balls is calculated.

Earlier than Gen 5, everywhere agrees that the bonus starts at 1 and increases by 1 every 10 turns, to a maximum of 4 at t = 30.
Bulbapedia gives a continuous formula:

C = (10 + T) / 10

but it's not clear whether that's supposed to be rounded down to the nearest integer.

From Gen 5 onwards, some places claim the calculation has changed to:

C = (1 + X * 1229/4096)

However, the majority of sites only mention the other formula.

So are these two formulae correct for their respective generations? Are either of them rounded?


texts: Why am I getting those weird glitches and how can I stop it? I've never had them before 1.5.


texts: Why doesn't Flash teleport me through/over walls?

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I have done this so many times that I don't even use Flash anymore. I'll be running to a wall or standing near one and I'll just flash into the wall and not go over it.

What makes this happen? Is there a target distance on Flash like Corki's Valkyrie or does Flash just not work sometimes? In the description it says it moves target champion towards the direction of the mouse, but why can't I get over the wall half the time?


texts: Is a Melee spec character viable in Silver/Gold difficulty?

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I usually play Human Vanguard in multiplayer, and Bronze difficulty is a breeze. Silver I can win with some difficulty, but Gold seems especially difficult as a melee-spec character.

I'm specced out for pure Melee damage and I usually carry a shotgun with + Melee damage so I can kill "weak" targets like Cannibals/Cerberus Troopers in one punch, but the top tier enemies like Banshees/Atlases are hard to survive, especially when there's more than one. Cerberus turrets are also a huge problem.

What I'm currently not doing much of is bringing weapons along (usually just a shotgun to keep weight low) or using Shockwave; the limited range doesn't seem to help much.

Is it possible to beat Gold reliably with a Melee spec character? Human Vanguards or Krogans in general are to my liking.

Should I just stay away from the big baddies like Atlases? On Bronze I take them out with a charge/Melee/Charge combo, but on Gold it gets me killed, and my Shotgun is mostly useful for Melee damage and hitting downed targets, it doesn't hurt the big targets worth a darn.


texts: Whats the difference between spinning skulls, stars, and birds when you get dizzy?

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In Street Fighter you have either spinning skulls, stars or birds when you get dizzy.

Is the animation random, does it rely on certain conditions which you get and are there any side effects?

I have read the following explanations, but neither is "certain":

It is totally random which animation you get
The animation depends on the overflow of the stun points. e.g. Stun required 900, 900-910 = stars, 911-920 birds, 921-? skulls.
The animation decide the severity of the stun (how hard it is to get out of stun by mashing buttons). Like: birds require less button pressing than skulls etc.

I have tested this in training mode. I can confirm that the animations are random, because I have stunned Seth with only sweeps for exactly 900 stun points about 20 times in a row and the animations were random.

But I do not know how to check for the stun severity in a similar objective way.


texts: Punkbuster support on Windows 8 developer preview

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I was wondering if there is any way to modify the registry or whatever to allow Punkbuster to accept Windows 8 developer preview as a legitimate build of Windows?

This is required for me to be able to play Battlefield 2142 and I've tried some of the old methods back when Vista betas were being release but to no avail.


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In FTB direwolf I have a setup of steam dynamos that put their power to a Tessaract. the Tessaract runs my quarries and I want to know how many dynamos it takes to power my quarries.

I want to calculate the difference between 80 RF and what that is in MJ.

I don't need to convert it because that is what the Tessaract is for.


texts: Pokemon Go: Power up a low CP Venusaur or wait to evolve a high CP Bulbasaur?

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I woke up very early in the morning today to try and be more productive, and when I checked my phone there was a Venusaur nearby! I didn't hesitate to go outside and find him. I was a little disappointed when I did. He had 32 CP (sigh).

I have 4 more Bulbasaurs, my strongest with a 299 CP. Is powering up my Venusaur or waiting to find more Bulbasaurs to evolve the strongest one the ideal choice?

(I'm having a hard time finding Bulbasaurs) :/
By the way, I'm level 13


texts: Audio Problems with Playstation 1 on Vizio TV

texts: I recently pulled out my old PlayStation and hooked it up to my LCD Vizio TV. When i started playing Croc: Legend of the Gobbos the audio worked fine on my dolby surround but later on it started glitching on and off and eventually barely worked at all. I switched the sound to stereo which worked for a little bit and then stopped. I tried Mono also with the same results. I then started up Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown and the audio rarely played on any mode (Stereo A, Stereo B, Dolby Surround). I then tried Colony Wars with the audio still glitching on every mode. If someone could tell me how to fix this it would be greatly appreciated.


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I'm aware that there are infinite missions. But is there a limit to the number of missions you can take at the same time?

Can you have an infinite number of active missions?


texts: Can I see which gym I put my Pokemon on?

texts: I went out last night and places several Pokemon on gyms. Now it is the morning and only one remains where I placed them, but I can't remember which gym I put this Pokemon on. Is there a way to get the game to tell me?


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I've only been playing Torchlight 2 for a couple of hours and I have seen my pet get stuck twice already, and both times in fishing holes. I find that walking away from my pet gets him unstuck after some distance, but that would mean roaming around alone for a while, which is not a good idea for some classes.

Is there a more reliable way to get a pet unstuck and immediately?


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One of the enemies in the game is a small floating four-pronged claw.  Despite my best efforts, I do not seem to be able to use the Arc Thrower against one.

Is it possible to capture a drone?  If so, what do I require to do so?


texts: I went through a couple of sources but could not find a solid statement on how exactly Railroad was founded and decided to stand up for the synths. Is there any more or less official info on this?


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In the Facebook game and mobile app WSOP - World Series of Poker. You can achieve higher status levels (and additional rewards) by gaining over a certain number of status points.

The only thing the game says about these is:

  Play & Purchase to earn points and reach the next status!

But what exactly constitutes "playing". Are higher odds better for getting status points? Is it number of hands based or time based or what?


texts: How can I identify the regional version of Painkiller Resurrection from the disc/cover art?

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It looks like there are no less than three different cover arts and two different disc arts for the game Painkiller Resurrection.

I figured that it is probably just a regional thing (eg North America release, UK release), so I tried looking up some information on what the differences are, but the closest that I could find was that one of them may be an Australian release (from a non-authoritative source).

Can anyone enlighten me as to the disparate cover- and disc-arts?

North American release?

European release?

Australian release?

European disc?

Australian disc?


texts: My daughter has a pet fox... Is it dangerous?

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My adopted daughter adopted a fox and fearing for her safety (before a quick-save of course), I killed the fox and said daughter was mighty pissed at me...

To avoid a potential re-adoption for my ungrateful daughter, I quick-loaded and now I'm here for counselling:

Is the fox safe to be a pet for my daughter? Will it grow in the near future and cause harm?


texts: How do I put out the fire of the second chest?

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In Taka Pass when you first enter it there is a cave you enter to make your way to Sakuya's Guardian Sapling. Beyond the spiral ramp where you would fight Waka there are 2 chest that are on fire.

One of the chest is by a pool of water which, using waterspout, allows you to douse the flames, further up there is a second chest on fire however I can't get the camera in a position where I have the water and the chest in view for me to use the Celestial Brush.

So how do I put out the flames of this second chest?


texts: So I have the starter edition of wow and have been playing this way for about 6 years well I finally have enough money to buy the game. I know that sub cards can be used for game time and to first buy the game but my question is, can they be used to buy the expansion? I want to but the digital deluxe version of legion and don't want to go through the hassle of trying to put money in a PayPal then risk that getting hacked and all.


texts: Is there a way I can transfer everything from one villager to a new one?

texts: I don't like the way my villager looks (made him before I found a face guide). I would start new but I've invested so much time and payed off a bunch of my home loans. Is there a way I can make a new person and transfer my house and items?


texts: Is there a Book within Skyrim that translates the Dragon Tongue?

texts: I'm aware of lore webpages dedicated to translations and education on the Dragon's Language in the game, but is there any in-game source that does something similar?


texts: How to hatch a Blue Fire Dragon on DragonVale

texts: I was trying to hatch a Blue Fire Dragon on DragonVale but had problems doing so. Does anyone know what my issue might be?


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Can someone please explain if the number of special attack blue lines (how quickly u can release a special attack) stay the same when you evolve a Pokemon?
I'm hoping I'm correct in assuming the single longest blue bar gives the most power attack...
Thank you!


texts: How did I just build the Shootbanger in Dead Space 3 for zero cost?

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I'm on my second play through of Dead Space 3 in normal difficulty, having used the New Game+ option.  I was just at a workbench, and saw that the Shootbanger weapon was listed for zero tungsten, semiconductor and scrap metal cost.  So I built it, and then its cost changed to 620/2450/3750 for those parts.  What's that about?  Did I earn some kind of perk that gave me a discount?  I had recently spent some ration seals to purchase the Epic Resource pack, but I don't remember that saying anything about weapon discounts.

If it matters, I'm in Chapter 7, at the Roanoke getting the parts for the flight recorder.  I noticed that after getting the parts and going to the workbench to construct it, the Shootbanger cost is now down to 300/850/1350.


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In Mario Kart Wii you could ignore drifting a bit, and I never learned. On Mario Kart 8 it seems more important. I noticed that sometimes my engine flares up randomly. Is this it doing a little auto-drift? When do you get the speed burst? It seems random to me, but maybe it's when you come out of a turn?

Should I always drift when steering?

Last night I tried to start drifting on turns. One course didn't seem to have turns big enough to get a boost from. Do you need to be selective when drifting? Only large turns? Is there any reason not to do it on every turn? Even just around pillars in a cave?


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I have a relatively new PS4 controller (one or two months old).

One day, I took it over to my mate's house to play some FIFA, when I can home later that day I went to plug in my controller and connect like normal. The light went orange to show it had been connected and so I pressed the PlayStation button, but all it does is flash with the white light? This is also happening with other controllers I try to connect... already synced ones connect no problem. I thought it may have been a random thing but it connects to other people's PlayStations, just not mine.

Any ideas what is wrong?


texts: How do you get past the board with the fly in Limbo?

texts: I can sneak up very close to the fly, but if I try to jump on him or get closer than where I am in the photo, he flies off.


texts: Do follower spouses still make money on their shop if they are out with you?

texts: I was considering getting Alea the huntress and use her to come out on adventures, but if the shop will close if she comes with me, do I need to find a better spouse?


texts: What's the most optimal team for Weekend Meowth?

texts: I'm interested in making the most amount of coins possible from the Weekend Meowth event each week. Which team loadout will help me secure as many coins as possible from the Weekend Meowth event?


texts: Why were the N64 analog sticks so inferior to those that came after?

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The Nintendo 64 controller's Control Stick seems to have paved the way for the analog sticks adopted by all major game consoles ever since. You can tell, too, because it really rather sucked compared to the others.

It wore out quickly, acquiring a large zone* where it could wiggle freely, usually within the stick's unresponsive dead zone, but occasionally exceeding it and causing undesired input. There was also that white residue that built up in the well it stuck out of, which I never could figure out whether was scrapings from the stick itself, or some kind of lubricant escaping to the surface of the mechanism.

It's obviously visibly different from most other analog sticks; the stick itself descended all the way down into the mechanism, while most others that came after had a small nub attached to a larger rotating sphere.

So if there's anyone out there familiar with controller design, tell me: What was it, mechanically speaking, that Nintendo didn't do quite right the first time? What all goes on  down there inside analog sticks?

* EDIT: I originally conflated the dead zone, where the stick doesn't respond to movement, with the "wiggle zone", where the stick moved freely after wear and tear. I've now fixed it above.


texts: Do you know if there exist a fancier user interface for Dwarf Fortress instead of the ASCII one?


texts: What are the consequences of leaving my chicken in a mine?

texts: Suppose I bring a chicken into a mine, and leave it there. What's going to happen to the chicken? Will it be automatically fed (much like how I don't need to feed the chickens who are left outside the chicken coop)?


texts: I am doing baal runs with my level 60 Sorceress in Nightmare. My merc is only level 50 and he gets way less experience per run than my main char. To get any levels in nightmare baal runs you need to be level 40. You stop recieving xp at about level 75. My Merc has the perefect range, why doesn't he get that much xp? He is always next to my sorc and should get full xp. Maybe because he is not necessarily in combat, since the enemies die mostly from my spell damage aoe and not from his hits.


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I am making a mini-game for my server, working with version 1.7.10, and using spigot/bukkit.

Is there any way to disable players from chatting, but still allow for any command outputs to still appear, for example, a command blocking executing /tellraw.

I want all players to be unable to use chat, including the /msg, /tell and /say commands.


texts: How do you reset saved multiplayer progress in Portal 2?

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Multiplayer progress in Portal 2 is saved to Steam Cloud:

Is progress in the coop campaign in Portal 2 saved?

How do you reset your progress to zero and experience the game from scratch with someone who has not played it yet?


texts: Weird pixels on the title screen on Windows 10

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I got a new computer with Windows 10 and I downloaded Minecraft (Vanilla). I have always had it on my computer but for some reason it looks like this:

What should I do?


texts: In order to get the Massacre achievement, do you need to kill all civilians as well?

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The description for the Massacre achievement for Monaco on Steam says

  Kill everyone on a single mission

On some missions, there are civilians as well as guards that you can kill. Now I know you can just go to a mission that doesn't have any civilians and then just kill the guards, but that still leaves the question; is it mandatory to kill civilians as well as guards in order to get the Massacre achievement?


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I am unclear on exactly what has to happen for a guard to subdue me and place me in handcuffs. Entire SWAT teams with heavy armor, riot shields, tasers, gas, and large automatic weapons can have me surrounded, but I'm free to run around and shoot them at will. At least, until they fill me full of so many holes that I have no choice but to fall down and bleed for a while.

But sometimes a lone bank guard will see me and suddenly I'm in cuffs. How is this happening?


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I've been playing Minecraft for a year now, and have had this weird problem where about 5 minutes after I start playing, the game gets jerky (will lag for a second, then be normal for 2 seconds) and after 5-10 minutes, it stops happening. I don't get why, this is my video settings:

It happens on any texture pack. My MacBook is a late-2009 model, 2.2 GHz, dual core, 4GB RAM. Anyone know why this happens?


texts: How can I get into the large area in the bottom-right of the Sundari Flatlands?

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I've been eyeing this area on the map (Republic only):

How can I get up there?  What's in that area?


texts: In Just Cause 2, when does Autosaving occur?

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When you die or load your game in Just Cause 2, you have to continue from the last autosave.  But it's not quite clear what exactly causes the autosave to occur other than checkpoints and completing areas.

Does autosaving occur after you clear part of a town, or can that progress be lost if you die?


texts: Can you reset perks and stats in Cyberpunk 2077?

texts: Is there any way to re-spec perks and stats during the game in Cyberpunk 2077?


texts: Is enabling Steam features possible for non-Steam copies?

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This is perhaps an odd or silly question, and it needs a bit of elaboration.

I have two copies of a game, one from Steam, and one from the developer's website. This is because I purchased the game before it became part of a Humble Bundle. In the case of Arkham Asylum, there is a mac version of the game, but Steam does not carry it. They DO carry Arkham City's mac version, though. Darned if I know why.

I've looked in the package content of Steam games before, and they come with extra files, namely on how to handle Steam integration. I'm going to try to replicate these files into my mac copy of the game, with all the symlinks. I want to see if this will allow Steam to track my data in the game, mostly, such as time played and achievements earned. If this is not possible, I won't be heartbroken. I know this is a stretch at best. I come here because I've scoured the internet in search of an answer to this, and this is the last place I can think of.

Has this been done before? If so, to what degree of success? Am I crazy to think that this replication might work?

Thanks.


texts: What happens when I complete A Helping Hand?

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In the Berlin scenario one of the objectives offered is called 'A Helping Hand'. If I remember correctly it is offered by a gentleman that runs a bus/tram maker.

The requirement for the objective is to purchase 3 new buses or trams, and no reward is listed on the objective screen, but after completing it the man says he 'will fix something up for me.'

What is he fixing up? Is he just saying that, meaning the objective was just to get me to buy his vehicles, or has something else changed?


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I'm hitting my head against the wall here. I'm running a vanilla Minecraft server (1.9) on a VPS server. Right now, it has 6gb of RAM allocated to it, and it's being run with Multicraft. When watching the RAM usage, it seems to be quickly climbing to 50% of the allocated RAM and then over the course of an hour it eventually climbs to 100%. It seems to be caching something, but I'm not sure what or how to fix it, and I believe the shortage of ram is what causes the block lag after it's been running for a bit (there's a direct correlation between the RAM usage and the block lag).

At the moment, I have a pretty bare bones setup with the command blocks, and I've tried re-working the command room a few times to help reduce the load on the server. I've tried disabling anything that isn't completely necessary for players (turning off a lot of the staff functionality) to see if it would help and it hasn't made any difference either way, which leads me to believe that it's not my command setup.

For the 1.8 server I had before 1.9 was released, I had mini-games, etc, on top of the basic command blocks and I was able to run the server without any issues with 4gb of ram and 5-15 players online at a time. I'd like to avoid adding a ridiculous amount of RAM as a workaround, as VPS RAM is really expensive.

As a work-around, I have the server restarting hourly to clear out whatever's being cached, but when there are a lot of players online, it's still a problem.

Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Is it 1.9 itself, or is it something that I should check out server-side that I'm not thinking of? Any configuration ideas that I could try? I'm at a complete loss.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Start another Borderlands playthrough

I'm about to finish my first playthrough of Borderlands. Apparently I'll be given the choice of restarting the game with the same character (playthrough 2), or continuing on playthrough 1. If I choose to continue, can I start playthrough 2 at any time? How would I do so?

Also, I haven't yet decided whether to get any DLC yet, but if I did I would like to be able to play it straight away. Do you have to be a certain level for any of the DLC? As far as the DLC is concerned, would I be better off in Playthrough 1 or 2?


texts: Splash damage to burrowed units in Starcraft2?

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In Starcraft 1 I vaguely remember that burrowed units wouldn't take splash damage (but would take damage from Psi-Storm), and units under dark swam did take splash damage, but you could avoid this by being burrowed.

In StarCraft 2 I haven't seen any information on if there are any differences between a burrowed and un-burrowed unit other than the visibility. Do burrowed units in SC2 take splash damage as normal? Does this depend on if they are detected or not? How about Glaive-worm bounces off a non-burrowed unit?

Cheers!


texts: How does breeding time affect the outcome of the species of dragon?

texts: On DragonVale Breeding Guide, the breeding times affects the type of dragon that will be produced. Say, how would I keep the dragons breeding for 32 hours? Or 24 hours? And how does time affect it?!


texts: Locking the mouse cursor to an Xbox 360 controller, on OS X

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Is there any way to lock the mouse cursor to an analog stick, on a regular Xbox 360 controller, in OS X?

Basically, I want the mouse cursor to move with the analog, but also conform to its constraints. That is, when I release the analog stick and the analog resets to the center position, I would prefer the cursor to also move back to the center of the screen.

I've tried out all sorts of things on ControllerMate, but maybe I'm missing something. This video shows another user using the same sort of feature I am trying to access.


texts: Does the Journal update for "fetch" missions?

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Mass Effect 3 has a wide array of "Fetch [X] from System [Y]" missions that can be obtained simply by listening to conversations overheard from people on the Citadel as you're walking past.

The problem with this is that the entries these missions make in your Journal are incredibly vague. For example:

  Citadel: Improved Power Grid
  A technician at Purgatory on the Citadel needs an improved power grid to keep things running. Find schematics for a new power grid and deliver them.

Unfortunately you pick up a lot of random stuff when scanning the various systems in the galaxy (war assets, fuel, salvage, etc.).

Is there any indication given via a Journal update to show when this (or any) mission item has been found?


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How do you make text appear in the chat, without the player pressing a button or stepping on a pressure plate, etc.

Confusing, I know, so let me explain.

Let's say in an adventure map, the player(s) will be fighting a boss, while they're fighting the boss, the boss will say something like "Haha! You'll never take me down!" But the player(s) don't press a button or anything.

Am I being stupid? I've been looking for the answer to this for a while now and I really want to know, as I'm attempting to make an adventure map.


texts: What is the difference between Affection and Friendship, if any?

texts: I've risen Pokemon Amie Affection to 5 hearts on my Riolo in the hopes that it will evolve as soon as it levels up, but I'm not certain that this is the same thing as friendship, and I'd like to not waste a level.  My question is this: What is the difference between Pokemon Amie Affection and the Friendship stat?


texts: Why am I getting a thaumite's infestation?

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In one of my late runs something really weird happened: nearly half of the monsters I slayed became infested with thaumites as soon as they died. I was running a skill setup without Golemancy, so I was wondering where they could come from. The run ended quickly enough to not let me investigate further, and it never happened again afterwards.

Is there something that can make it happen or was it just a random and bizarre glitch?


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There are two abilities related to time travel in a recent update to Burrito Bison. Their descriptions read:

Time travel to unlock this upgrade
Reach rift level 18 then time travel to unlock

How do I time travel?


texts: Steam updating game that does not have DRM

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At the moment Good Old Games have a special sale that has Witcher 2 enhanced edition.

If I get the game there which does not have DRM I don't think it will give me a key to activate it on Steam. So if there are updates on Steam then will the Witcher 2 be updated as well?


texts: How do I change my Sims 3 installed content and saved games location?

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Because my C: drive is just a 40gig SSD and space is an issue with it, I tend to keep games from saving files, DLC and screenshots there.

I've changed my 'Documents' target on Windows 7 to target a folder on my D: drive. However, Sims 3 doesn't seem to care about this and keeps creating files at Username\My Documents on my C: drive.

Could anyone tell me if its possible, and how I can get it to download store content, save screenshots, save games, etc., in a folder on my D: drive and not there?


texts: Where should I sell exploration data for the most benefit?

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I spend a LOT of time outside the bubble. (Both the Solar bubble and Colonia area.) Sometimes, I'll be out for months at a stretch and come back with tens of millions of CR worth of exploration data to turn in.

It seems like a waste to turn in all my exploration data at one place. Especially when I consider that there are certain stations where my data can earn me unique benefits. Benefits I'm aware of come in the form of advanced-level engineer access or system permits, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are more.

I would appreciate if anyone can provide a list of places to sell exploration data, which provide such unique benefits. Please include the following details for each place:

Client information

Name of the faction or individual the data needs to be turned into
Details (system name, celestial body name, station name, and pad size) of a station where the client can reliably be found
Location should be outside of permit-locked space, if possible

Benefit details

Type of benefit
How the benefit is useful
How much data needs to be turned in to reap the benefit (if amount is known)
What (if anything) needs to be done after turning in the exploration data to claim the benefit

Prerequisite information

What (if anything) needs to be done to unlock access to the client and/or the station
What (if anything) needs to be done to unlock Universal Cartographics at the station
What (if anything) needs to be done prior to turning data in, to ensure data is counted towards the goal

A couple examples of things I'd expect to see, just that I can name off the top of my head, are Felicity Farseer/Elvira Martuuk (G5 engineer access) and Sirius Corp (Sirius system permit upon reaching ally status).


texts: How do you name something that isn't in your inventory?

texts: While exploring the Gnomish Mines, I found a grey stone. I have reason to believe that this is a loadstone, and as such I want to name it without picking it up. Is this possible at all? And if it is, how is it accomplished?


texts: How can I make an automatic cobblestone breaker?

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Is there a way to break blocks with a redstone/piston system and then pick them up with a hopper in vanilla Minecraft. I want to make an automatic cobblestone breaker.

I know that I can break sand, I want to know how to break stone.


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My brother lost his Pokewalker and got a new one individually to replace it. I looked up about replacements here on Bulbapedia and tried the Up+Select+R thing.

It gave the Pokemon back, but if you try to connect to the new one, it says it isn't registered. What do I do now?


texts: How do I purchase DLC for Bioware games? Through Origin or Bioware?

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I am fairly new to using Origin. I was planning on purchasing the following games:

Mass Effect trilogy
Mass Effect 3 digital deluxe upgrade edition
Dragon Age Ultimate
Dragon Age 2.

I know not all the Mass Effect 3 DLC nor the Dragon Age 2 ALC is available there.

My questions are:

If I purchase all the games above, can I purchase the DLC from Origin? Or do I go through Bioware?
If I buy the extra DLC, does it get installed through the Origin client once I decide to install the base games?
If I purchase everything before running the install and play, will the Origin client automatically install the DLC if it has to be bought via Bioware?


texts: If I get a magma cube spawner and I place it in the overworld will it spawn magma cubes? This is on a server with the Nether disabled.


texts: Can I use a game controller to play Diablo 3?

texts: Can I use a game controller with Diablo 3? Since there are not that many keys that are actually used, can you map a controller to play? Or would this require some type of mod?


texts: How are you supposed to learn the order of the buttons in the pirates' tower?

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I'm playing through Lufia and the Fortress of Doom for the first time, almost three decades late, and I've come to something that has me stuck.
In the pirates' tower, when you need to rescue Professor Shaia, there's a door that you have to enter a code to open. The only hints I've gotten are that the top left button is probably first, and that you don't press all four buttons. This is clearly not enough information to determine the order of the buttons, and I don't feel like trying every possible combination. But I've scoured the whole tower, and haven't found any other hints. I don't want to just be told what the answer is, so:
How are players supposed to figure out the order of the buttons in this tower?


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I have a few questions regarding how the new frontier justice shotgun for the engineer works, especially regarding death:

If you have X revenge crits remaining and you die, do you respawn with any revenge crits ready?
If your sentry gets destroyed while you're dead, do you get any revenge crits?
If you have X revenge crits remaining, you build another sentry and then it gets destroyed, what happens to your remaining crits? Are they replaced with the crits you should have gotten from the newly-destroyed ones, do you get them as a bonus, or what?

Can anyone with any experience with this weapon help me with the above questions?


texts: I keep getting redirected back to kokiri village, and I found my way to the forest meadow once, but now I need to find it again and I can't. Is there a trick to it or do I just need to get lucky, playing on a nintendo 64.


texts: How could I check if a player is exposed to rain?

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I was looking for a way to check if a player is exposed (no roof or anything) for a project and ended up thinking of one, but I failed to create it.

I found out that spreadplayer will tp the armorstand to the highest block on the xz cords and used Pos[1](y cord) with store to store the Y value.Then, i'd subtract the armorstand score to mine, so if it's +, then it's above, and bellow is -.Then, to prevente lag, it would take sometime to refresh and repeat the process.
But I found bug and can't find a way to fix it. The problem I stumbled upon was that if the armorstand is bellow,it would get a - score value and die as expected, but after 3 times of killing itself, it would emit a positive signal (even though the score displayed as always -) and trigger as if it were above me.

  World download: World Download
   A little messed up but here is the chart: Print

Since I'm looking foward to use it in Multiplayer, creating a unique armorstand to each player simultaneosly is pretty hard.
 I found out that spreadplayer will tp the armorstand to the highest block on the xz cords and used Pos[1](y cord) with store to store the Y value.Then, i'd subtract the armorstand score to mine, so if it's +, then it's above, and bellow is -.Then, to prevente lag, it would take sometime to refresh and repeat the process.


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I have heard that there is also a secret level as a homage to id Software's game Doom, in their game RAGE.

Where can I find this level and what do I need to do in order to access it?


texts: Now that the 90kmph Speed limit is gone after the 1.4.12 patch, does anybody know which is the fastest truck in the game and what speeds it can achieve?


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Skull Grasp "Increase the damage of Whirlwind by 300–400% weapon damage."
The Wastes set has "Whirlwind gains the effect of the Dust Devils rune and Dust Devils damage is increased to 2500% weapon damage."
Helm and Boots can have "Increase Whirlwind Damage by 15%." for a total skill damage multiplier of 1.3
Whirlwind naturally does "340% weapon damage."
Without skull grasp, the calculation seems to be:

Whirlwind: 340% * 1.3 = 442%
Dust Devil: 2500% * 1.3 = 3250%

How does Skull Grasp factor in?
The most prevalent answer I've found is that it factors into both WW and DD additively:

Whirlwind: (340%+400%) * 1.3 = 962%
Dust Devil: (2500%+400%) * 1.3 = 3770%

But I've also seen reports that it doesn't affect DD damage at all. Can anyone confirm?


texts: What rewards are available in Fishing Tournament?

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I’ve encountered my first fishing tournament. I can get points and redeem them for a seemingly random rewards.

This raises several highly related queries.

Is the number of points redeemed linked to the reward? How many points should I aim for? What cool stuff can I get? Is there any way to turn off those ####ing eggs?


texts: Unepic: Where i can find the first healing tome?

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I bought one Healing tome but it says I need level 1 of healing to copy it in my spellbook.

Where i find the first tome to learn the healing spell?


texts: Can't beat GTA: San Andreas first mission

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I just started playing GTA: San Andreas on my PS2 and I keep failing my first real mission "Sweet & Kendl".

I have to follow my homies on a bike. However, I keep falling off the bike, and when I'm finally back on my bike, all my homies are long gone and there is no indication (arrow or something like that) which direction they went.

Am I missing something? Shouldn't there be some indication of where to go?


texts: Are there any Final Fantasy Spirits in Super Smash Bros Ultimate?

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At some point the game informed me that you get a small boost by matching your character with spirits of the same game series.

I mostly play as Cloud but have never obtained a single Final Fantasy spirit.

Are there any in the game?


texts: Can I use a removable hard drive from a normal Xbox 360 on a slim model?

texts: Can I use a removable hard drive from a Xbox 360 on a Xbox 360 slim?


texts: How does the custom house work in Freecol? I built custom house but nothing happens. Previously I played Colonization a lot where custom houses worked automatically, they sold available goods.


texts: How should I handle each of Acrid's damage over time variants?

texts: Acrid has access to two damage over time effects. One is called Poison, and the other is called Blight. What should I do to get the most optimal use out of them? Does one scale better than the other? How should I play around each of them respectively?


texts: Can I safely uninstall episodes I've finished?

texts: Can I safely uninstall episodes I've finished in Life is Strange: Before the Storm? Additional episodes are marked as DLC and are just staying there even though I won't play them again and I'll have to wait a month (or longer) to get the next one. I can just uninstall the DLC without actually removing the whole game but will it make me lose my progress, choices and graffiti collection?


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Yesterday I was doing some bounties when noticed that one of them was to kill  Vicious Gray Turkey. My thought was that it's related to Thanksgiving holiday in the US this week. I've searched a bit for details, but was only able to find this vague thread from 2014.

Are there any special quests/rewards/challenges for this or other holidays in game?


texts: How can I teleport one player to a random other player using a potion as the trigger?

texts: I am making a MC map and need help.  I want to make it that when someone uses a certain potion, that same person teleports to a random user on the map. I read another post like this, but I think it was unrelated. I can't use the @p thing because the other players might teleport instead.  I know to use the /effect code on command blocks and some other commands.


texts: Problem with execute command in minecraft

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I am trying to run this command:

execute @a[score_hammer_min=1,score_shift_min=1,score_attack_min=1,rx=74,rxm=90] ~ ~ ~ /summon LightningBolt ~ ~ ~

I have tried changing the variables around and taking away the forward slashes or putting them in different places but it's still not working.

I was trying to get the player to summon a lighting bolt depending on their rotation and a few variables, but it just says invalid entity UUID format.

Does anyone know what's going on?


texts: If I lay three fire traps in the same place, and a mob steps on them, does he take 3x the DoT?


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I just used my pyramid to teleport me into Cecilia's room, where she's calmly bathing. I've noticed her high skills in argument, and now am wondering:
Is it even possible to win the argument? If so, anything special happens?


texts: Do I need to open ports in my firewall to see LAN games on Minecraft? If so, which?

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Lately I've been having some trouble with Minecraft LAN games. Not with hosting them  or even with joining them exactly, but with seeing them at all. Here's the situation:

I am not able to see Minecraft LAN games on my multiplayer screen automatically
I can see them if I add them as I would a server on the internet
I can join them if I add them, or if I connect to them directly

Basically, I can join games but not find them automatically. It just says "Scanning for games on your local network..." indefinitely. My current theory is that while joining games obviously doesn't require opened ports discovering them might - is this the case?

As far as I know I can't permit specific applications through my firewall (I'm on Linux, and not that I'd care to just give a blanket permit to Java in any case) so I can't test this without having some idea of what ports would be required. It's also possible it's another issue pertinent to Linux or something else altogether, though.

This isn't a huge deal as I can just ask what port the server is being hosted on, but it's been bugging me. Oh, and in case anyone comes across this question with a similar problem, I'm just going to reiterate:

You can join the game by connecting to it directly, just ask for the port. The person hosting will receive a message with it when they open the game. Then you can directly connect to it at (probably) 192.168.#.###:####.

UPDATE: Hosting on LAN works fine, I just can't see the games others host. Additionally, I should clarify I actually mean opening ports on my local firewall, I said port forwarding but that was not actually what I meant.

For a further clarification, this isn't isolated to one person - I've tried with both my brothers, neither of whom is using any special security software that I know of. And they can see each others'.


texts: How to change the textures of blocks without other downloads?

texts: I know there are some similar questions to this already, but none of them are quite what I'm looking for. How do I change the textures of blocks without other downloads, using a command? Is this possible? For example, how would I change the texture of a Sea Lantern to have the texture of a Barrier? I am playing on 1.9.2, if it matters.


texts: How does the "shuffle back" mechanic work?

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Every turn you can "shuffle back" (or mulligan) up to 2 cards from your hands to your deck and draw another card for each. Actually, it put them aside, which means you won't see it again, before every other card is seen.

Since in Steamworld quest you've got a party of 3 with 8 cards each, I was wondering if the shuffle count only the character who is shuffling (1 in 8 you won't see for a while) or all the team (1 in 24).


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On my old playstation 2 i loved to play the mini game Tekken Bowl in the original Tekken Tag Tournament.
Is there any newer (also on other consoles) version of Tekken this mini game is implemented?


texts: If I have a replay in the new replay editor and I'm a Spy, how can I switch it so I show up as the actual class I'm disguised as? Even if I change to the enemy team from their view, I still show up as a Spy wearing a mask.


texts: Im trying to make a thirst thing, but I cant make a stat which tests for a player drinking water. Any ways around this?


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I've recently been hit with the desire to play old games.

Due to my past experience with old games, such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, which usually crashes a lot under Windows 8.1, I decided to set up a Windows XP VM (Virtual Machine) for exactly these kinds of cases.

I then proceeded to install Age of Mythology on the VM, but it refused to start, saying that my graphics adapter was not supported, and with following info:

  Video Card 0: vmx_fb.dll VMware SVGA II Vendor(0x15AD) Device(0x405)

I've played more demanding games on a Windows 7 VM before, so I know this error is just plain textbook defeatism.

How do I teach Age of Mythology to be a little bit more trusting?


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I'm trying to change my Minecraft username. I've logged onto my Mojang account, but can't find where to change my username.

When I log in, it should show me the games by Mojang that I own, as well as my username for them. However, it only shows me "My Gift Codes", and won't let me scroll up or down. I've tried videos, I went to the Mojang help site, and even my best friend isn't having this problem. Any ideas?


texts: What is the use of Dragon Bones in Skyrim?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What can I do with Dragon Bones and Scales?

I have recently been slaying dragons in Skyrim, and I keep finding Dragon Bones and Scales. However, I have so far been unsuccessful in finding out what to do with them. I can't sell them for some reason.


texts: How do I kill three juggernauts in Spec Ops: Survival mode?

texts: I have been playing the Spec Ops Survival mode map "Resistance" for a while now, and I keep dying when all the juggernauts start coming!  what is the best gun to deal with them quickly?  Some people say using C4 is the best way, is this true?


texts: What is this scenery object in Pokemon Red Version?

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This is a screenshot from Pokemon Red version.

Number 1 looks like a tree (I originally thought it was a rock until recently).  What is number 2 though?


texts: Is Soul Calibur V's online play cross-platform?

texts: If I get the Xbox 360 version and my friend gets the PS3 version, can we play vs each other online?


texts: Will increasing spawn area increase guardian spawns? [1.11.2]

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I've been building this Guardian farm on a Multiplayer server.
I cleared out all the water and removed the temple itself.

Then, I built the glass box in the middle and filled it with water.
Guardians do spawn a bit, but I want to higher the rates if possible.

And yes, I have lit up all nearby caves.

So I was wondering: will making the box bigger affect/improve my spawn rates?
Or does every temple have a set amount of spawns that will be concentrated if the spawning area is smaller than the temple monument.

Thanks.

Screenshots


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I bought a few games on the eshop today, and selected a few demos. I set them all to Download Later, and then I closed the lid of my 3DS. I figured that would work, as Download Later requires the 3DS to be in sleep mode - but 20 minutes later, all of the games and demos still are at 0% downloaded.

Is there something else I am missing here?


texts: Does one city have to pay for the entire Great Work?

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When you start a Great Work, can every city contribute to the cost, or is it limited to only one city's contributions?

EDIT:

I'm looking to see if the initial cost in simoleon can be shared between the cities, or if one city has to pay for it all.


texts: How do I add pixels to a specific character?

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Starbound worlds looks pretty amazing and it's time to build up something really big.

Can you, please, guide me how to add pixels to a specific character? Is there any way to achieve that with a command in-game or via any characters-related config files.

Any specific doc reference will be appreciated!

Update

Considering answer. I'm wondering if there a PC tool to edit character file.


texts: I have found several Enchanted books with 2 enchantments for different items (eg Power III and Lure II)  Is there a way to separate them and combine others for the same item (eg sword or bow)?


texts: Is there a point to completing Find Mii more than twice?

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I know that you have to complete Find Mii twice to unlock Find Mii II. There is also an "accomplishment" in the StreetPass Plaza if you complete Find Mii 5 times.

Is the accomplishment the only thing I would get for completing it that many times? Or are there more things to be discovered by doing it repeatedly even after I have gotten all the hats?


texts: If you blow up MegaTon where do you go to continue with the main quest?

texts: In fallout 3 my first time playing it I was suppose to find information about my father at MegaTon. Well, I decided to blow up MegaTon instead. (via that one guy from Tempenny Tower). Where do I go after I blow up MegaTon to continue with the main quest of the game(finding my father)?


texts: Is Call of Duty: Black Ops based on the same engine as Modern Warfare 2?

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I am planning to get black ops, but I need to know that my machine will be able to play it.  The typical system reqs that they have offered on steam are not quite decipherable to me, as I've got a Macbook Pro and despite my initial expectations, MW2 runs fine on it in bootcamp with xp-sp2.  I'm just curious as to whether or not Black Ops will run at around the same quality.

Also, I would like to know if they are based off of the same engine and if so, what modifications have been made? (which would answer my other question)


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How would I add half a hunger point to a player when they are in a certain area?

I have got the detection part right I just don't know how to add exactly half a hunger point. Here is what I have tried so far:
/execute @p ~ ~ ~ detect ~ ~-1 ~ grass 0 effect @p 23
but I know this is not the best way to do such a thing.


texts: Why am I not starting in My Career NBA2k14 PS4

texts: So a few games ago I got promoted to a sixth-man. Now it's been like 11 games, I play 27 minutes on the bench, but still don't start. I get a great performance rating every time, put up 30 points a game, 5th best pg in the NBA. I play for the Philadelphia 76'ers, and I got a better overall than the guy who is starting over me. So my question is why am I not starting yet? I've played like 45 games with them now...


texts: What player is chosen for the challenges before a match in career mode?

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How does FIFA 13 choose which player you get in the challenges before the match starts?
Is there anyway you can choose it yourself?


texts: If a minion is redirected by a misdirection on its owner who has a weapon equipped, will it take damage from the weapon? Will the weapon lose a durability counter (I'm not sure how are these called in english, the number of times you can use a weapon)?


texts: How do I sort my actual deck in the deckbuilder?

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When I build a deck in the deckbuilder, I can filter and sort my cardpool at the top, but not my actual deck, which always ends up sorted by colour and then by mana-curve.

Ideally, I'd like it sorted purely by mana-curve, so I can see how it'll curve out; is there a way to do this?


texts: Roblox won't launch for some user accounts on mac

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I can't get Roblox to launch under one user account on a mac.

Steps:

visit www.roblox.com in Safari and login.
navigate to a roblox hosted game such as meep city
Click the play button
If Roblox is not already installed, get prompt to download installer
Mount installer disk image
Run installer
Upon downloading the installer, the download prompt becomes a "Play" prompt with four instruction steps. Click Play.

Expected result:

Roblox launches and you play the game.

Actual result:

Safari loses focus as if an app were launching, but the application never launches.

Google turns up some info, like Mac: Troubleshooting at roblox.com and Can’t launch Roblox on Mac at devforum.roblox.com. They suggest uninstalling and reinstalling the app.

I have done this, deleting Roblox.app and RobloxStudio.app from ~/Applications, and also com.roblox.Roblox.plist and com.roblox.RobloxPlayer.plist from ~/Library/Preferences/. Still the game won't launch.

Note that launching the game from the Dock or from Finder, as suggested under "Other Things to Try" in the Mac:Troubleshooting page linked above, still did not cause the game to launch. Launching the game manually in this manner does all you to see in Console.app a long list of launching messages, ending in this error:

timestamp    Roblox     Command Line: Handling command line options
timestamp    Roblox     Command Line: No command line arguments
timestamp    Roblox     ERROR: Embedded application launched without command line options

Launching from the webpage in Safari also populates the console log with a bunch of entries that I believe are correlated with the launch attempt, but instead with process name com.apple.WebKit.WebContent or com.apple.WebKit.Networking.

Launching from Firefox instead of Safari did not help. Other user accounts on the same machine will launch the game just fine. But even deleting the user account and recreating it did not suffice to cause the game to launch properly.

It's a MacBook Air (2018), running macos 10.14.4. Roblox won't launch so it's hard to confirm the version number, but Get Info says it's 1.2.0.302070. It's a non-admin account, so the installer is installing the app to /Users/username/Applications/Roblox.app instead of /Applications/. It seems to launch fine from that location for other users.

Any further help would be appreciated.


texts: I had a couple of games on my old PC, and now switched to another one. Now, despite having only 4 games installed, the entry on the panel (aka Linux menu bar)(that thing with all games, the 5 major categories in Steam, etc) is spammed with 20 games or so. How do I remove them? I've heard of a way of doing it via the library, but they're not in the library. What to do now? Thanks!


texts: Is there an internal cooldown on the Reclamation rune for Mantra of Conviction?

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From Diablo 3 Database

  You and your allies have a 30% chance to be healed for 279 - 341 Life when using melee attacks on an enemy under the effects of Mantra of Conviction

Does this skill have any sort of internal cooldown, or limit to how many times it can occur in any way?

In other words, can I gain the effect of this rune for any potential hit on an enemy? This would make melee AoE attacks with many targets quite effective for self healing.


texts: If there is a Reinhardt on each team, and they both use their charge ability and run into each other, what happens? Do they both stop as if they ran into a wall, or does whichever one who started the charge first win the shoving contest, or something else?


texts: How can I compensate for a formicids permanent stasis effect?

texts: I've been playing DCSS trunk lately, and have been trying formicids out. Since they have a clear predilection for armor and not especially great spellcasting attributes, as well as the complete inability to teleport, blink, haste, or berserk, what are my best options for panic buttons? The usual religious melee user panics of Trog's berserk and Oka's finesse are not options.


texts: Will installing a game on Xbox allow me to bypass a location at which the disc becomes unreadable?

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I purchased "Batman: Arkham City" 7 days ago, and I was playing and it began saying "Disc Unreadable".

I proceeded to inspect the disc and noticed a sort of blur in the disc so it doesn't look the way it should in a good recorded disc. So I couldn't get past a certain point in the game because I would always get that message.

I would try to go exchange it but I purchased it in the USA and I live in Mexico and can't go again before the 15 days warranty expires :( so what I did was I installed the game on the Xbox and after this I was able to play normally (past that point where I would always get the unreadable disc message).

My question is, will this allow me to finish the game normally? It will be really frustrating if not because there's literally no way I can exchange it and I feel I just threw money down the drain if so.. :(


texts: Does the lumberjack in Clash Royale do anything special against the log?

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I've always wondered this and watched many many games trying to see it happen, but I've yet to see evidence of it.

Does the lumberjack do anything special if it meets an opponent's log mid-roll? Is he supposed to? The flavor text on the lumberjack card seems to indicate that it does, and it would certainly make sense. It says "He chops trees by day and hunts The Log by night." The Log is even capitalized as if to refer specifically to the legendary card The Log.

However, I've never seen any evidence that it does. When the lumberjack first came out, it seemed like the only reason to even use him, aside from the rage effect when he dies.


texts: Are shiny Pokémon more powerful than regular Pokémon?

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I've read that shiny Pokémon now exist in Pokémon Go.

See for example this article.

If I have a regular Pokémon and a shiny Pokémon,
both with the same IVs and attacks, are they identical in terms of battling strength?


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In Symphony, the player can choose music from his library to play, much like Audiosurf. But the game refuses to play any songs longer than 10 minutes. Sadly, some of my favorite songs are longer than this.

Is there any way to bypass this limit?


texts: How do I view the medal punchcards in Fortnite Battle Royale Chapter 2 Season 1?

texts: How do I view the medal punchcards? I want to know what I have to do in order to get them, but I don't know how to open them up.


texts: Is there any benefit to collecting treasure in Return to Castle Wolfenstein?

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I remember in the original Wolfenstein 3D treasure counted towards your score, as did kills, and at certain amounts you could get an extra life. Since Doom, the idea of "lives" in id games has gone the way of the dodo.

In the "reimagined" Return to Castle Wolfenstein they have carried over some elements, perhaps for nostalgia's sake. Playing through the first couple of missions, I cannot see any gameplay benefit yet to collecting treasures in RtCW since there is no longer any score or lives to be had. Is it just for bragging rights, then? (The game is far too old to have achievements.)


texts: Which Pokémon in Pokémon X/Y are banned in tournaments?

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When playing against buddies during Christmas I want to know which Pokémon are considered "too strong" or "overpowered". In the past generations of Pokémon there have been lists which are banned in tournaments.

I assume the following are:

Mewtwo
Xerneas
Yveltal

But are there others? In that case which might that be?


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There are "Defeat x Piranha Plants" objectives in Super Mario Run, so from that I assume that it must be possible to defeat a Piranha Plant. I just can't figure out how you would do it.

I've tried... jumping. That didn't work, so now I'm out of ideas tbh.

Is it even possible to defeat Piranha Plants in every case (like when they're hanging upside down)?


texts: Can't locate that salvage mission objective

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I just started the game. I've tried a few salvage missions, but I've found them very frustrating. In all cases, I get to the Nav beacon, then I'm told a new destination -- most of which are planets or moons. When I approach the moon, I'm told that the mission object has been found. I'll see a little blue icon popup but I always A) Overfly it and lose it or B) Lose it when I drop out of cruise drive.

So far I've yet to figure out how to actually approach and pick it up. Very frustrating!

Is there an easier way to locate them (like better scanners?)? How do I approach and pick them up?


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In Fable I ran a strength character with the Cleaver being my weapon of choice:

In Fable II I had great fun with Dextrous styles and a clockwork rifle.  Head shots for days:

So Fable III comes a long and I think to myself: time to give will a try!  No mana bar means I can spam will to my hearts delight.  Only one problem: I don't know how much damage I'm doing.

Every spell can be charged.  Based on the charge level it does more damage.

Every spell can be upgraded.  Based on the upgrade level it does more damage.

But how much?  I need maths


texts: Which rune is better for a Death Knight tank?

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I just hit 82 on my Death Knight and am tanking normal 5-man dungeons at the moment, with intent to move on to heroics in a few weeks.

My question is which rune is best on my weapon: Rune of the Stoneskin Gargoyle, Rune of SwordShattering, or something else.

Stoneskin Gargoyle looks awfully deceptive. 4% armor and 2% stamina sounds great when you hear it, but if I think about it for 2 seconds I realize that armor isn't all that wonderful when you already have a lot of armor. I checked my stats page and that armor boost only ups my total damage reduction by an additional 1%. Stamina is nice, but I'm not hurting for it and would much rather reduce incoming damage to keep healing consistent.

SwordShattering seems a little weird with that Disarm preventing, but the 4% Parry chance appears to be fantastic.  Looking at the character sheet, I can see it simply ups my total Parry chance by an additional 4%. This seems like it would reduce incoming damage far more than the 1% boost in damage reduction from the Stoneskin Gargoyle armor increase.

So generally speaking, which is better? Are there other runes I should be considering instead?


texts: During Diplomatic Immunity my Sneak skill stopped being effective

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This is an odd one. Up until the Thalmor Embassy, I was sneaking around happily, getting right up under peoples' noses, all the usual "Skyrim sneaking is broken as heck" stuff.

Then, while I was in the embassy, I noticed that the guards were spotting me easily. The guards inside the embassy spotted me the moment I was in their line of sight. The guards on the way to the interrogation chambers spotted me from clear across the snowy courtyard. Then I got through the next area without being spotted, and easily managed to evade detection while creeping up on people, so I didn't think much more about it.

I've now played a little further into the game, and I'm now absolutely certain that sneak mode is doing nothing to lower my visibility any more. I've done some testing standing at the edge of enemy characters' visibility/hostility ranges, watching them change stance as they see me, shouting insults at me to make me go away, that sort of stuff, and it's clear that my detection distance while sneaking is exactly the same as my detection distance when not sneaking.

I've read about an animation glitch that can lock players into standing mode and that sitting in a chair can break them out of an animation bug. That isn't happening as far as I can tell. Sneak is definitely engaging, the "Hidden" icon appears, the eye opens if I'm seen, my walking speed changes, all of that and if I can get a long bowshot to hit, I'll still get my sneak multiplier.

What I can't do is actually become less visible by sneaking.
I've tried clearing the state by standing, sitting, and using all kinds of interaction objects but no dice. The world of stealth is currently lost to me.

Is this a known bug? Does anyone know of a way to clear this status?

If not, I'm going to have to dump back to an older manual save and that's going o lose six hours of gameplay I'd rather not have to repeat.

EDIT: Actually, thinking back to the events in the Thalmor embassy, I suspect that I might've overflowed my sneak value, sending it to -255, or whatever.

I now remember a moment in the embassy, just after I'd gone through the kitchen and gotten my gear from Malborn, where I was sneaking around upstairs and almost ran into the Thalmor wizard who wanders around that building. I was within a foot or two of him, with him looking directly at me, and he still didn't see me. I wandered away and I think I remember my Sneak skill levelling up again at that point.

I next met the wizard as he was coming back up the stairs and he spotted me from a long way off; at that point, I hadn't started looking for sneaking problems and just shrugged it off, but that was actually a massive change in his behaviour, given that I'd almost smacked into him without being noticed only a minute or two earlier.
Similarly, the guards downstairs began spotting me the moment I walked into their lines of sight. The thing is, I had avoided their gazes completely up until that point, so it was the first time they could have seen me, so I assumed it was simply a feature of the mission (given that many points are made in conversation about the need for stealth and secrecy).

I'm off to work now, but I'll test things again when I get home.
I suspect that I'll find that night doesn't help me at all (because my sneak value will still be deep in the negatives), but throwing on a suit of heavy armour will probably reduce my sneaking skill enough that my effective sneaking value flows back under the overflow point and I'll start sneaking properly again.

I'll report back later.


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Where can I find the gears of war 2 toaster easter egg?
I heard there was one but I never found out where to find it.

I almost had the achievement but never got around to find that one.


texts: What emblems can you earn in ranked League games?

texts: The new ranked system in League involves, among other things, emblems that can be earned. The only two I've seen thus far are for winning 3 games in a row, and playing more than 100 games. What other emblems can be earned?


texts: Terraria: Is the Inlet and Outlet Pumps only triggered when the Switch/Lever is between both?

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I've been searching many guides about wiring, with my true intentions being figuring where the switch/lever has to be at allowing the inlet/outlet device to function (as one of my creations didn't seem to function). However, no guides have fully explained to me where exactly the switches need to be positioned at for the inlet/outlet device to function appropriately. Furthermore, additional information/links about the inlet/outlet device in particular would be deeply appreciated.

My issue could've been within the following:

I had already created another circuit which functioned well and transferred the water from 1 designated place unto another. Within this Circuit, I used red wiring and placed the switch far right, away from the inlet/outlet device.
However, I created my second circuit with blue wiring, clearly not touching nor trespassing the red wire at any parts. The switch is located far left and also away from both inlet/outlet device.

I understand it is hard to picture so I roughly drawn what I've done below.

Here's an in-game screenshot as well


texts: How do I test for items with nbt in 1.16.4 using execute command

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I want to execute
/execute if entity @p[nbt={Inventory:[{id:"minecraft:diamond"}]}] run enchant @a minecraft:unbreaking 3

except only if the diamond has infinity on it
ok
I use Minecraft Java 1.16.4 and optifine


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For the quest "Aria: Blue Suns" I'm supposed to deal with the Turian general Oraka, but I'm having a hard time finding the general as the journal offers no hint where the General could be.

Where on the Citadel is General Oraka?


texts: In what levels is the Green Demon Challenge possible?

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I've seen some youtubers do that challenge where in SM64, you trigger a 1UP that follows you until it gave you the 1UP, and then try to take all 8 red coins and the star before it reaches you.

Most people do it in Bob-Bomb Battlefield, but is the challenge possible to do in other levels? If yes, which ones?


texts: Can't find Gaius Maro's body after killing him in Solitude

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For the quest "Breaching Security", you're to kill Gaius Maro (preferably in a town) and then place a letter on his body.

I followed him to Solitude and transformed into a werewolf to kill him, to avoid the bounty. I then ran outside to transform back, planning to return inside Solitude then.

When I got back in however, the marker for his body seems to be underground, near where I killed him. It's not a door marker. Is this a glitch where his body has disappeared, or has his body been moved somewhere (like the Hall of the Dead)?


texts: Is it possible to put damaged item variants on armor?

texts: So I would like to add custom armor into my resource pack, but I don't know how. I know about damaged item variants (and have used it a lot!), but is it possible to do it on armor? Feel free to go technical.


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Credits are used to purchase things like additional levels (that I've found so far). You can get more through microtransactions though I'd rather avoid this option:

What in game actions allow you to earn credits?


texts: Is there a combat log in Heroes of the Storm?

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I realized that I could've answered my own question just now if I had access to some sort of combat log. So I Googled and I Binged, but found only a forum post that implies there isn't one. However, it also shows the problem of forums: it is dated July 2014, so the info might well be outdated without OP or mods being able to update the posts.

What I've also tried: going through all the Hotkeys to find a related option. The only related one seems to be "Observer > Toggle the Console": CTRL + W. However, in "Try" mode nor when watching a replay did that command do anything at all for me.

The existence of hotslogs.com suggests replays do contain at least some statistics. Perhaps you can view the combat log when opening a replay?

Is there a combat log in HotS?


texts: What are the odds of getting a character for multiplayer in each of the item packs?

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What are the odds of getting a character in each of the multiplayer item packs?

Those packs being; Recruit Pack, Veteran Pack, and Spectre Pack.


texts: Clone bay damaged crew dead but backed up with DNA backup can you continue game?

texts: I was in the format C version of the Rock cruiser and attacked the crew was killed and clone bay damaged had the Backup DNA augmentation. All the crew is suspended waiting to be cloned except there is no one to repair the clone bay! Aside from starting the game over completely is there a way to continue?


texts: Are hatched Pokemon affected by the Halloween special spawn rates?

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Between October 26th and November 1st, Pokémon Go's Halloween special has increased the spawn rate of the following Pokémon:

Drowzee
Hypno
Gastly
Haunter
Gengar
Zubat
Golbat
Meowth
Cubone
Marowak

I started an incubation of a 5km egg around the same time the event started, and the egg finally hatched into a Meowth.

Before my egg hatched I incubated another 5km egg, and since Eggs are predetermined, does my egg have a higher change of hatching one of the Pokémon with an increased spawn rate or are eggs not affected by the increased spawn rate?


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I have pSX v1.13 running on my computer, but when I downloaded CTR: Crash Team Racing from doperoms.com, the emulator comes back with the following error on the console:

iso9660: incorrect header

Anyone know a means of fixing this?


texts: Is it viable to tank with heavy armor without the Quen shield?

texts: I'm working my way up to being able to wear the Ursine heavy witcher armor in the hopes of being able to stop spending most of my stamina on casting Quen and use some more interesting signs, however even when fighting weak enemies in medium armor Geralt gets stun-locked easily as soon as Quen breaks or runs out. Am I going to be able to effectively use heavy armor without having Quen on all the time, or will Geralt still require Quen to not be stun-locked by enemies?