texts: Can hostile mobs spawn on leaves in Minecraft Beta 1.8 or higher?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Do Minecraft monsters spawn on stairs?
  Will monsters spawn on top of trees?

Can hostile mobs spawn on leaves regardless of graphic mode (fast or fancy) in Beta 1.8.1?

I know this has been asked before for an older version of the game and the answer was yes if in fast mode, but since the game has changed so much since then, I'm wondering if the answer might be different now.

I'm asking because I'm building treehouses in the water in order to "ender-proof" them (as I don't like having to replace blocks the endermen stole/moved). So, do I need to add some light-source to the top of my trees or am I okay with just the regular tree-tops?


texts: Two short pulses generated when input goes high

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I made a mob grinder that is based on dark room, dispensers with water buckets and a fall damage:

What I need now is to generate two short pulses when monster hits the tripwire to quickly spawn and remove water and push them down


texts: Possible to have wheel and controller connected at the same time on xbox?

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I'm trying to play Forza Motorsport 7 with a Thrustmaster wheel and have the xbox controller connected at the same time to navigate the menus and also use the headphone jack that comes built into it. But as it is, whenever I have the controller connected the wheel won't do anything to the car. As soon as I turn the controller off, the wheel works immediately.

Can't I have both on (and assigned to the same player)?


texts: How far do you have to progress through Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon to access Mystery Gift?

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I have some of those “Mystery Gift” legendary codes about to expire, but haven’t had time to play the game.  Normally access to Mystery Gift is locked down initially and activates later.

How much progress do I need to make to be able to activate them? (That is, what event triggers access, and how much playtime is required to get there?)


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I talked to Steam Support about Steam Offline. I have been told:

  You can set up your Steam account to run in offline mode prior to connecting to your school's network […] you must allow Steam to complete necessary updates in order to enable Offline mode (you must establish a temporary connection to the internet for this reason).

So, I can't go offline while offline. I must remember to go offline while online, or I'm gently caressed. I don't always have this luxury, however.

I've tried using my mobile's internet connection for this purpose. However, much to my surprise, Steam now fails to connect through that as well. Why, thank you so much, Wind.

I'm thus left with two possibilities to enable offline mode while offline:

A VPN, or
The Tor network.

Does Steam work through either them? I just need it to connect to the network for long enough to realize that there are no updates, after all, and that it's okay to let me play my games.


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How do you get more heroes? I've got the original Rudo and somehow I wound up with Pahom. I don't know how to get the rest?!?

I bought the full campaign, but specifically I'm asking about heroes for online multiplayer. I think it's something to do with getting each hero's souls, but I'm not sure how?


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I'm currently new to Wow and have now the jobs herb gathering and glyph making, also the sub job cooking with which i cook the fishes a friend gets.

But by making the scrolls and the food i got buffs (i didnt knew this before...sorry xD)
and i wanted to ask if these "+3"-"+6" i'm currently making are worth it?

thank you for your answer i hope the question isn't to opinion based.


texts: What does each stat do in Dungeon Siege 3?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What do certain item attributes in Dungeon Siege 3 mean?

Dungeon Siege 3 is big on the loot. It seems you can't walk two steps without tripping over some loot or another (all of it conveniently usable by your character), and there are an almost dizzying array of possible stats with which to find on them; What is lacking, is documentation about what each stat does.

For instance, what are the benefits of +Block vs. +Warding ? What does Chaos: Fire do, and how is it different from Chaos: Lightning?


texts: How do you unlock the "Drift King" achievement in Rocket League?

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The achievement description states that you have to:

  Perform a 180 powerslide with both the Cristiano and Spinner Wheels

I played a few games with each, and made sure to powerslide a lot. I tried 180º, slightly over 180º, and up to 360º+ slides with both wheels, without getting the achievement.

Are there any special requirements for a powerslide to count towards this achievement?

Update: I got the achievement after a seemingly unextraordinary power slide in a game a while after writing this question. The exact criteria for the power slides to qualify are still puzzling me though.


texts: Can't get followers to touch the altar in Boethiah's Calling

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I listened to people when they said that mercenaries work the best for the altar. When I ask them to do something, I point it at the altar and press my action button(B). The menu would then disappear and nothing would happen. This has happened many times before.

What am I doing wrong?


texts: Where are the barrel roll locations in Season 2 Alps Classic?

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I am trying to get the last star on the Alps Classic map of Season 2 which requires me to perform 3 barrel rolls in a single game.

However, I am having difficulty finding the 3 spots required for me to perform the rolls. Where can they be found and are there any tips in completing the challenge?


texts: What frames are essential to a rep farm?

texts: What frames are optimal to a rep farm? What frames will I need in order to better support my team?


texts: What abilities allow you to break control impairing effects and other conditions?

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Occasionally, I've encountered opponents with the "Jailer" affix, and some bosses seem to have attacks that hold you still (though you aren't frozen). I've discovered the Wizard's Mirror Image, if cast while rooted or frozen, will allow you to escape sometimes, and a message will pop up that says "Broke Root!" or "Broke Freeze!"

This can often be the difference between life and death, so - what other abilities (for any class) allow you to break root?


texts: Is there a place to get/view pro replays on Starcraft 2?

texts: It would be cool if you could look at replays of people on the ladder, but until that happens can you download other people's replays? Is there a repository or something?


texts: Can't replace block with a Command Block

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I am making a Sell Shop, but I need to replace some things using /setblock.

For one of the replacements, I am using the command:

/setblock 579 62 1053 minecraft:command_block 0 replace {Command:"testfor @p {Inventory:[{id:"minecraft:log",Count:32b}]}",TrackOutput:0}

But it won't work! When I try it using a Command Block, I get this message:

  [19:14:38]
  Data tag parsing failed: Unexpected token 'm' at: minecraft:log",Count:32b}]}",TrackOutput:0

Is there any way I can fix this?


texts: I have an iPad and iPhone, can I use the same account on both devices? If so, do I need to be careful and frequently sync the devices to the cloud?


texts: I own Skyrim, now suddenly it won't load and tells me the game is not able to be played in family view. I have disabled family view in Steam, restarted but still no joy.


texts: I'm reaching the point where the opposing villages have hundreds of each type of unit, making it really hard for me to beat them within the 3 day limit.  Most of my fights end up being draws.  At this point, its also super expensive to buy additional units (4k gold per upgrade).  Did I spend too much time doing other things, what determines when villages increase their units?  I'm currently on year 8 if that matters.


texts: How do I recover my password in Pokemon Go?

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It never gave me the option to make a password, and now I can't even sign in. I've tried to click the link, but then it takes me to some website that doesn't help me at all!

How do I recover my password?


texts: Is there a specific meaning behind the bomb planting code 7355608?

texts: When terrorists plant the bomb during a round of counter-strike go, the activation code 7553608 is entered. This code is always the exact same. Is there any reason for this specific code?


texts: How do I change the language to English in Dungeon Defenders?

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So, Dungeon Defenders' localization is really not very good at all. Google Translate quality, in fact. In addition, it seems to completely ignore my default Steam preference of English.

How can I change the game's language to English? Usually, you can select the language via Steam, or at least a game option, but Dungeon Defenders seems to offer neither.


texts: where did my white mage called meremirmu go in the Heir to the throne

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I recently started playing battle or wesnoth and i completed the mission with meremirmu within the time limit (last turn) so that the white mage will join me. Miremirmu even tells me that he will join my team and I was exited to see him in the next mission. Yet when the mission starts he is nowhere to be seen. Is this how its supposed to be? does the white mage join you later on in game. It just doesnt seem right. Am i experiencing some sort of bug.

The reason why im asking is because I do not want to keep playing next missions just to realize i need to redo the old mission to get my white mage to come with me.

Does anybody remember if the mage goes to the next mission or not?


texts: How can I disable "Screenshot Saved" notification?

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When I take a screenshot my PS4 shows "Screenshot saved" notification, and I think the same happens for videos too. But it hangs there for some time, and if I want to take another screenshot this notification stays there, like this:

How can I disable these notifications? I want my screenshots nice and clean!


texts: What factors affect a unit's contribution to city defense?

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From what I've read, a unit garrisoned in a city has precisely one effect: the city's combat score is increased by a fraction of the unit's Strength (I've seen "1/3" and "1/5").  Its hitpoints are not increased, so rushing a military unit into a city that's about to fall is usually a waste of a unit.

Does anything else affect this?  Are there promotions which make a unit more or less suitable as a garrison?  Does a unit's presence in a city trigger attackers' bonuses or penalties against certain types of units (e.g., does a Pikeman get a bonus attacking a city garrisoned by a cavalry unit)?

A unit in a city can still attack, and then of course all the normal modifiers come into play.  I'm only interested in defending a city at the moment.


texts: Is it safe to use the Abandoned Shack for storage?

texts: Is it safe to leave things in the abandoned shack chest and dresser after you join the dark brotherhood?


texts: Are there consequences for delaying Priority: Rannoch to complete Rannoch: Geth Fighter Squadrons?

texts: I've rescued the civilian fleet admiral and Admiral Raan mentioned that it'd be super good to destroy the Reaper base ASAP, but she also mentioned that the Quarian civilians will snuff it if I don't take out the Geth fighters. Is this false jeopardy, or do I have to make a real choice here? If I do, what are its ramifications?


texts: How to get past the stone head in Karthspire?

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I'm in a room in Karthspire with this huge head. There aren't any obvious things to trigger except for several plates on the ground about the location where my character is located in the following figure.

Any ideas on how to get past this room?


texts: Are there any privacy issues associated with scanning the QR codes in Fez?

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I want to play and enjoy the game I paid for, but don't want any spam, or to be "tracked".

Does anyone have any insight on this?


texts: Why is my floating mob farm not working?

texts: The problem is like that, I built a standard mob farm like that high in the sky at 100 blocks, but sadly it is not producing any mobs. Why is that?


texts: What items turn into what when you salvage them?


texts: Is there any way to see the level and difficulty of a quest?

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I just randomly picked some open quests in the Hinterlands and went with my party to cross those off my list. I'm level 5 currently, and suddenly faced a level 8 mercenary leader. That one easily wiped the floor with my party, so I reconsidered my quest choice.

That second choice turned out to be a mistake as well, I actually managed to kill two level 12 enemies reasonably quickly, but then I noticed that this encounter was a rift and all the other enemies far above my own level spawned and wiped my party again.

I had assumed that the areas were roughly equal in level, but it seems that I was severely mistaken in that assumption. So now I'm wondering how I can quickly find out the approximate level of a quest or area? Preferably without killing my entire party in the attempt.


texts: Commander-type Heroes can gain the abilities of Inside Informant and Insight, which give some amount of "Leech" to Dust and Research, respectively. I assume this means they can take a little Dust or Research from other civilizations, but how is the amount calculated? Does it change if the Hero is a fleet commander or system administrator? Does the Hero need to be near the borders of another civilization, or orbiting around one of their worlds, or what?


texts: What's the advantage of Atlantean workers over other civilizations' counterparts?

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Personally I am a builder than aggressor. Before Titans came out I was quite happy with Norse. The only reason I play with Atlanteans is I don't have to worry about drop sites but I think their military is quite low powered compared to other civilizations.

Apart from drop site, are there any other advantages to Atlantean workers?


texts: How to play minecraft with friends without using LAN (Hamachi is too slow)

texts: So I have some friends who want to play minecraft with me. The thing is we don't want to play on servers, as others may interrupt. So  is there a way for me to play minecraft with my friends without Hamachi? If i have to create a server, then how? Note: I don't have a strong pc. Ths!


texts: What are the purpose of baby sharks in Hungry Shark for the kindle Fire? Do they have any bonuses that are useful?


texts: Is it possible to import a Witcher 1 savegame to the XBox 360 Witcher 2?

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So, my poor laptop can't play Witcher 2, not a snowball's chance in hell.  Is there any way to somehow import a Witcher savegame into the Witcher 2 on the 360?  Even if it means downloading a savegame for the PC version and somehow converting it to 360, or something else entirely.  I mostly want it for the equipment, though I don't know if the files for the imported equipment are even in the xbox version of the game...

Rather disappointing that the only curved silver sword in the game has to be imported... effectively barring 360 players from ever having it...


texts: Cannot buy stockpile items anymore – even if they are available!

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It really pisses me off!

I was just playing “Assassin’s Creed 3” up to sequence 9. Right now, I am exploring the map and making money by buying pelts from Myriam and selling them via a land or naval convoy. In the meantime, I am trying to produce as many goods as possible. But there seems to be a certain point, where there is some kind of horrible bug in the game.

So, I was trying to buy some new pelts from Myriam or sand from Norris, but I just couldn’t buy it. For example, there were 7 sand available, that is it said 0/7. I filled it up to 7/7 and pressed enter, but no sand was added to my inventory and it still said 0/7! However, the amount of money was subtracted! Same for bear pelts and some other stuff!

What is that?! That problem now occurs for the seconed time, after I have reinstalled “Assassin’s Creed 3” and played the game again – right from the beginning!

I don’t know how to deal with that problem or if there is any solution to it. I just found some sites, where the same problem is described, but there is no solution to it. Here is an example:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps3/621796-assassins-creed-iii/answers/352235-i-cannot-buy-items-in-stockpile-even-if-there

So, maybe I can find a solution here.

I know that there are some suggestions on how to solve that problem, but nothing works for me. Reducing my items below the amount of 1500 does not work, as well as accomplishing some missions. Also, many people do not seem to understand the question properly. That’s why I am posting this here, hoping to finally get a working solution.


texts: In Call of Duty Black Ops for the DS, I see others using an Explosive Tip online. I have unlocked all the weapons except this one, so where or how can I get it?


texts: Why does my car lose velocity when racing in GTA-Online?

texts: Sometimes I'm racing and my car loses a little velocity. Why is that happening, could it be a internet lag issue? The other thing that happens a lot is that for example I'm in the 1st position during a long straight route, and the car in the 2nd position reaches me. We both have the exact same vehicle (no custom allowed), and I'm going max speed, how come he can reach me?


texts: Does monster health scale on multiplayer accordingly to number of players?

texts: Does any given monster have <number of players> x <base health> on multiplayer sessions? Besides having multiple skills and buffs, will hunting with friends take approximately the same time as hunting alone?


texts: I want to /execute a command from the nearest gold block to a command block within a certain range. Is this possible and how can I do it?


texts: How to join Online Campaign matches with Split Screen mod?

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So we setup the Game-Banana/Game-MapsL4D2 Split-Screen mod and it works GREAT for local-play.  However it's a bit iffy for Online play and I've only been able to get it to work on VERSUS matches so far.  We'd like to play online CAMPAIGN-mode but I haven't been able to get it to work.

Here are the the steps I follow with VERSUS-mode:

If I don't already have the server-iP then I join as single player.
After joining I access console to acquire the server-iP using "status" command or just by scrolling up to find it.
Exit match to main-menu and in console enter the following command:
connect_splitscreen localhost "iP address + PORT go here" 2
If there's room when we come back in all is good, and we get to have fun.

I've been trying the same process for CAMPAIGN-mode and it just fails, every time the game starts it's single player not splitscreen.  I know my process above may be convoluted so if you know of an easier way please do tell, that and a way to join an ONLINE-Campaign matches in split-screen.

FYi: I have not tried any other Online Game Modes besides the two mentioned.


texts: The game says there's a booth upgrade available, and to press space to toggle inspection mode. I don't know where I should do that, though. Tried during the game and pressing space there apparently does nothing.


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At the end of Creepy Crypt, the door won't open no matter what I try. Pressing A seems like it should do something, but nothing happens. The progress arrow shows that I need to go through the door, but there is seemingly no way to do this. Backtracking isn't an option either; the gate blocks you off.

This is a known bug for the Windows version, but it exists in the Switch version as well, which is what I am playing.

I have looked around for a solution, but all I could find was "restarting worked for me." However, I spent over an hour playing this level to complete all that there is. I really don't want to go through all that again if there is no guarantee it will work the next time.

What can I do to progress without losing all that I have done?


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As the title says, what gives the most experience in Rift for Storm Legion leveling? I'm currently at level 56 and would like to reach level 60 prior to the Autumn Harvest event that starts later this week. So far my main method of leveling has been running instant adventures, however I'm not sure if specific dungeons, rift hunts, pvp, etc will give more experience at a faster rate.

Does anyone know what the fastest possible method to level in game is? I know that there are people who can go 1-60 in a single weekend so I know that it's possible to go 56-60 in a matter of days.


texts: Brutes are protected by thick, metal plates that can be shot off. Where are all the base armor plates? Does each armor plate require the same amount of damage to shoot off? Can the Brute pick up armor like the Cannibal?


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Alright, My game used to be just fine on my computer.

I used cheats a lot, so the "/gamemode" cheat I already tried it, and it doesn't work, just throwing that out there first.

Alright, well, I go into Survival Mode and I try to destroy a block, and I destroy it, and It disappears for a second and it comes back? Also lags..

I've tried, the cheats, I've gone into controls, I've completely erased all the data from the ".minecraft" folder, and then deleted the game, and reinstalled it. It's just not working, and frankly making me very angry.

What is happening?


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Sometimes, when I'm clearing minion waves and moving to the next tower, the minions suddenly run significantly faster out of nowhere, as if something sped them up. Only thing is, I have no sort of passive or aura that would make them do such a thing.

Is there a reason for this occurring, or am I the only one who has seen this occur?


texts: Will my data from the infinite warefare beta be saved for when the game releases?

texts: I have access to the Infinite Warfare beta when it starts but I want to know if my leveling and unlocks will be saved for when the game releases? Does anyone know this yet?


texts: How can I make sure that Ana's ultimate hits the designated target

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As a frequent Ana player I noticed that occasionally my Nanoboost doesn't reach the designated target.

Sometimes due to the fact that either Mercy flies by or a Tracer zips into my line of sight at the wrong time but mostly because too much going on during a capture.

Imagine Lúcio sliding from left to right, McCree rolling in and out of the frame, two Reinardts trying to bash each others head in and a Roadhog hooking people left and right occasionally blocking my line of sight to Reinhardt together with several other heroes.
How can I make sure my Nanoboost hits Reinhardt in this mess of people?

Is the target locked the moment I hit Q or can other heroes intercept my ultimate while I raise my arm to fire?


texts: Wheel Settings for F1 2012 with Logitech DFGT

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I have a Logitech DFGT and I cannot get it setup nicely for use with F1 2012 on the PC.  I played F1 2011 on the PS3 with no issues.

It feels like the car just stops turning.  I don't get a sense of sliding that I do out of GT5 / F1 2011.  And I can't get the saturation and linearity right either.

Does anyone have decent settings for this setup?


texts: In Minecraft, I created a church and made a solid golden altar. I typed up The Book of Matthew in a book and quill and then signed it. Can I place this on the alter so it can be read? Can I even place a book at all? Is there a mod that would allow me to do this?


texts: Split 20$ PSN gift card between 2 accounts

texts: I have 2 accounts on my ps4. One for me and one for my brother. If I buy a 20$ PSN gift card, will I be able to put 10$ in my psn account balance and another 10$ in my brother's account?


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I have an android phone and my sister has a Kindle fire.

When we play with our friends ( who both have kindles ) I can join their worlds and vise-versa.

But when I try to join my sisters worlds on her kindle I can't. She can join my worlds on my phone but I can't join hers on her kindle fire.

Is there anything I can do to fix this? And if so what is it?


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Are the chances to recover items from the dust swirls the same for all the items(particularly the type gems)?

And does the chances of what you receive/encounter from the dust depend on the cavern the dust is found in?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Can you rotate or otherwise change your viewpoint in Diablo 3?

I like looking at my character details, or the world around me, and was surprised that I couldn't zoom in with the mouse wheel.

Is there a way to zoom in on my character?


texts: Uploading Alien Swarm screenshots in Steam

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I made a couple of screenshots in Alien Swarm that I want to share via Steam screenshots collection. However, in Screenshot Manager I can't chose "Alien Swarm" game (it's not present in the list).

I was able to locate screenshot files in steamapps\common\alien swarm\swarm\screenshots, but I can't find a way to upload them in steam screenshots collections.

So basically I want to know if anybody can give me an advice on that - how can I upload jpg screenshots in my collection? Also, is this a bug in Alien Swarm installation that should be reported? If yes, what is the best way to contact Steam on the matter?


texts: On Terraria, when I open the app, it shows the supporters and stuff. Then when it gets to the title screen and I press "play", the game freezes and then exits out of the app. This was right after the new version of Terraria came out. (Easter update 2015 I think.) I double tap the home button and exits out of all my apps that are open. I retry to go on Terraria, but the same thing happens. I clear my one app that is open (Terraria). I then rebooted my iPad mini. I tried to get into Terraria again but it won't work. I will not delete the app and ALL of my iCloud storage is taken up, so that isn't a choice. Is there any way at all to fix this?


texts: What is required to unlock the Green Cities DLC climate research station?

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The hover hint says you need 5000 squares of farming specialization built to unlock the a Green Cities DLC Climate Research Station (CRS), but I don’t see the term squares used in relation to the industry Tools and info views.

For example, the farm-info tab lists a farm’s size in terms of cells, but as the screenshot below shows I have >8700 cells in just one farm (specialized industry zone from the Industries DLC) yet the CRS remains locked.

So to what is the hover hint referring?


texts: My PS3 controller is dead and the cable to charge it broke.  I bought a new cable and it charges a wireless headset, but when I plug it into the controller nothing happens.  It won’t even turn on.  Does this mean my controller is no longer useable?


texts: How do you get expedition points in New Pokémon Snap?

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After doing an expedition, you get points to level up that expedition.  How do they work?

Are they based on the picturedex score of the images you save?
If so, does that mean it could be beneficial to overwrite photos from another expedition, even when the score is lower?
If not, does this mean it's beneficial to take photos of poses you already have good scores for on other expeditions, even if you know you won't save them?


texts: Halberd durability PC version of Dark Souls 2

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I just bought Dark Souls 2 on Steam, I have been playing it on PS3. I just started the PC version last night and am building a strength character. I went home at lunch and went through Heide's Tower of Flame to the Dragonrider. I am using the Halberd from the FoFG. There are a total of 9 enemies in Heide's Tower proper, which I killed. My Halberd busted about 2/3 of the way through the Dragonrider. Luckily, I had the NPC summoned, which bought me some time to switch to my Club.

My question is this: I know the Halberd breaks easy but is breaking that easy due to the Halberd or due to the PC version?

I have read "rumors" that weapon degradation is much quicker on the PC version but I don't know that to be fact. My strength character on the PS3 version is using a Claymore +10 and Mastodon Halberd +8. The Mastodon Halberd breaks easy in that game too but I have never used a Halberd in Heide's Tower until now.

Has anyone used a Halberd in Heide's Tower on the PS3 or XBox and had different results?


texts: Where exactly do my blood echoes go when I die?

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I've died kind of a lot and I'm finding that relocating my lost blood echoes has been a bit unpredictable. Sometimes, they're laying on the ground where I died. Other times, I get them back after killing the enemy that killed me. Yet other times, I seem to get them back after killing a random enemy that wasn't anywhere near where I died.

How, exactly, does blood echo recovery work?


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I have found the Molag Bal boss fight impossible. I'm fighting with a VR1 Sorcerer and all combinations of food/potions/skillsets have been to no avail.

Is there something I'm missing that would greatly help defeating him and his army of ridiculous dragons? Should I wait until VR10 to do this? Have you guys been able to beat him at VR1?

I have, of course, gotten the "divine blessing" uber-duber buff beforehand. Please advise.


texts: With the new engineer update, some old tactics seem to no longer work against certain sentries.  Specifically I'm talking about a level one with a shield.  The only ways we found to bring them down was to send a spy in to sap then have an ubered demo lay a stickie nest around it and blow it all away.  Soldiers and heavies straight on ubered seemed useless unless they got on top of the sentry or we had a scout or something distract it.  Anyone else find anything that works?


texts: How to detect minecraft item (any fern) in correct item frame and in correct rotation (1.13)

texts: I would like some help in the use of command block on my adventure map. I would like to know the "execute if" command needed to detect if a fern placed at a item frame at a specific position is pointing rightways. And if it is detected emits a redstone signal


texts: If I buy Garry's Mod, will I need other games to play it?

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I've never bought anything on Steam, but I wanted to buy Garry's Mod.
So, after buying it on Steam, do I have to buy any other game? If yes, then which ones?


texts: Is there a way to make shopkeeper always heard?

texts: I really like the voice of the shopkeeper. Is there any way in Crypt of the Necrodancer to always have the shopkeeper's voice regardless of the distance from him?


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I have 4 failed quests at the moment.

Fake Papers
Bitter harvest
Defender of the Faith
The Gang of Novigrad

I was wondering if i will ever be able to try them again so i can still try to complete them (or only some of them). If so how can i manage to do this?


texts: I've completed all the missions for story mode in Grand Theft Auto V, and I want to use the feature called director mode. I've researched and tried everything, holding down the touch pad, dialing the 'Acting up' phone number (which results in just music), and I've looked for the Rockstar editing tab in the menu, which isn't there. I would really like to use this feature! Any help is greatly appreciated =)


texts: What dragons do I need to complete the "Every Last One" achievement?

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The achievement text says:

  Possess every dragon in DragonVale... all at once.

What is the complete list of dragon breeds needed?  I'm hoping that limited dragons aren't included, since that would make this achievement impossible at this point. I'm also interested to know if dragons in the Hibernation Cave count towards this achievement.


texts: Does it matter where I place my embassies and customs houses?

texts: Some buildings, including embassies and customs houses, do not need any workers and do not have any obvious effects on their surroundings. Does it matter at all where I place them?


texts: I missed the "Chunks of spacecraft have impacted nearby" message -- where did it happen?

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I did not click it in time.
The message disappeared and now I don't know where it happened.


texts: How does Berserker Rage interact with Boulder Toss?

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Berserker Rage gives 25% damage when fury is near full, and Boulder Toss uses your entire fury bar for huge amounts of damage. How does these two skills interact?

Do you get the large increase in damage from throwing the boulder near max fury work? Or does it set your fury to zero and then do the damage?


texts: Why didn't my total score increase by same amount that my high score increased?

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For example, in one level, my highest score was '96,850' and then I got a better score of '98,570'.  So that means my score for this particular level should be increased by '1,720' points.

However, when I check my rankings, I found that my total score (for Pig Bang only) was only increased from '1,925,475' to '1,926,145', which is an increase of '670' points.

There are other situations where I got a better score of about '600' points but the total increased only by about '400'.  All the scores were taken as snapshots on the new iPad, so I can do calculations with good accuracy.  Does anyone know why the scores increase differently?

Update: After some more playing, I just noticed that the Pig Bang level says I have a score of 1,961,015, with 90 stars out of 90 stars obtained, while if I go to the Rankings of Game Center, it says my score for Pig Bang is 1,959,240 -- and this score was updated as soon as I got higher score in one level, so it looks like this score is very up to date.  But why different from 1,961,015?


texts: /gamerule has stopped working on a server I manage after seemingly unrelated changes

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Resolved in the bottom edit!
Basic information: the server is running Spigot 1.16.5 on Shockbyte Hosting.
/gamerule has completely stopped working. Interestingly, it's still shown as an autofill when I type /game, but when I enter /gamerule, I get:
Unknown or incomplete command, see below for error
gamerule<--[HERE]

It was working perfectly (literally used it just a few hours before) until I started the server after making the following updates:
added:
AntiCreeper.jar, Parties-3.0.4.jar, MythicMobs-4.11.0.jar, waystone-master file folder (Later deleted; kept here for consistency, this one was from GitHub), Quests-4.0.2.jar
changed:
Default config: bukkit.yml: spawn-limits: animals: 10->35, ticks-per: animal-spawns: 400->375
EnchantsPlus: disabled-enchants.yml: excavation true->false
No idea what I did wrong, made changes like this at least ten times before. The one time we had a similar issue was with SkillsPro, which had config that broke for no discernible reason after the change of a single number; when that happened, the same occurred (shows up in autofill, gives immediate error after entered). So far I've tried manually removing or reverting each file one-by-one with a server restart after each with no luck, and Google has been no help (that I'm able to find, at least). I'm very new to running a server, doing my best to learn quickly - apologies if I've missed something small or done something stupid.
EDIT: /gamerule sendCommandFeedback was set to false. This has seemingly fixed the issue - /gamerule on its own still appears broken, but specific gamerules give output now. So, if anyone in the future comes across this issue, this may be the solution.


texts: How to spawn an entity behind another entity based on where it is facing

texts: I am wondering how to spawn an entity behind another one but it does it based on where the entity is facing


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My civilization has founded Christianity. Thinking I could corner the market on religion like I did in Civilization 4, I saved up faith to trigger another great prophet.

However, when the second great prophet spawned, there was no option to found a new religion:

In the founding city for Christianity, there was only an option to enhance Christianity.
In a city I controlled that had no religion, there was only an option to spread Christianity (i.e., the same option as a missionary).

The game continues to inform me that there are n religions left to be founded, but is it not possible to found more than one per civilization? If it is possible, what requirements are necessary to found religions after the first one?


texts: Do body styles from Pokemon have any effect on gameplay?

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Sites like Bulbapedia and Psypokes list Pokemon by body styles, but nowhere is explained when they were introduced or what their function is.

Are the body styles only a way to categorise species in the Pokedex (for example, you can organise Pokemon based on "shape" in Pokemon X/Y) or is there any more to them?


texts: Is there a way of predicting where the Mysterious Stranger is going to be?

texts: Is there a mathematical method to figure out what room the Mysterious Stranger will go into next after we previously got him?


texts: Where are Overwatch key bindings stored?

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Where are the Overwatch key bindings stored?

All I was able to find is C:\Users\xxx\Documents\Overwatch\Settings\Overwatch\settings_v0.ini, but those are only graphical/sound settings. I need keybindings, like W for "Walk forward".

I understand they can be in unreadable hex format, but still - where is the file, which saves all those settings? It should be somewhere.


texts: What's the purpose of my followers "focus"?

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With  level 18, you unlock a new item slot in your followers inventory:

However, neither the game nor much of goole makes any mention of this. What's the purpose of this focus?


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My first piece of information on this topic came from the inventory item "Weapon parts" that you got from dismantling weapons.

Weapon parts - used to upgrade and repair weapons.

There is also the same descriptions for the three armour dismantled parts.

My second clue was that after a while, I noticed that my cloak (on my Warlock) had become tattered and soiled. I had sworn it was nice and crisp a few hours beforehand.

So my question is, does your equipment actually degrade? I haven't seen anything similar to durability, so is it only aesthetic?


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On the default Android browser I no longer seem to be able to spend gold on upgrades. It's been like this since I got the academy.
Is there a way I can fix it?

(Game is currently version 1.0)


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I'm trying to test for a gold block that is on the ground. I want to use the on ground tag because if I don't, it detects the item immediately after I throw it. The command that I'm using doesn't seem to work, and says The dataTag does not match for 567f4056-607b-4382-9d08-ed6ffa91fdfb. However when I remove the {OnGround:1b} from the command, it works.

Here is the command:
scoreboard players set @e[type=Item] MINE 1 {OnGround:1b,Item:{id:"minecraft:gold_block",tag:{display:{Name:"Gold Mine",Lore:["Drop To Spawn A Mine"]}}}}

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks.


texts: How can I re-download games for Games for Windows Live?

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I have in the past purchased Street fighter 4 AE; I think I used to own a hard copy, but not anymore.

I logged into my Windows Live account on Xbox Live's website and I saw that I had Achievements in the game. Which means that my Windows Live account does have a Street Fighter 4 AE CD key attached to it.

How do I re-download the game if I haven't purchased it from the Windows live site?


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Question: is it possible to reset base attributes in Skyrim, or otherwise set them to a specific value (eg via the console)?

Background: I installed a couple of mods on Skyrim that lower attributes if you don't eat/sleep (No Rest for the Wicked and The Belly Rules the Mind). Both very good mods and I used them for a while.

I started a new game and decided to disable the mods. However, I stupidly waited until I needed food/rest before disabling them.

After disabling the mods and reloading the game, I noticed my attributes were all red and 10 points lower than they should be.

I tried reinstalling the mod, sleeping, eating, etc., but the values now seem to be stuck lower than they should be.


texts: During a riot, what do prisoners have to reach to get guns?

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From Alpha 17, if prisoners decide to have a little riot, the most dangerous prisoners will target your armoury and attempt to arm themselves with shotguns and the like.  I'd like to know a bit more about the mechanics of this (ideally without triggering an armed riot!).

In order to arm themselves, do they have to just reach a tile designated as an armoury or do they have to reach a gun rack?

I'm interested because I need to know if the following design is safe:

As you can see I have an isolation corridor and an internal armoury.  Unfortunately the 3*3 space assigned is not enough for my three guard lockers, equipment rack and table plus space for the three guards to rest.  In order to solve this, I considered designating the outside corridor as armoury too and place the required table and lockers there, leaving only the gun racks sheltered in the inner room.

That's entirely redundant, however, if the prisoners can just break in and arm themselves without going near a gun rack.  What's the mechanic here, do they have to touch a gun rack to get guns or is being in the armoury enough?


texts: What do the golden puzzle pieces you get from the goat herder do?

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In Nitrome's latest Icebreaker game for iOS, there is a goat herder in some levels. If you manage to move all of the goats in those levels into his boat, you get a golden puzzle piece that moves to the top of the screen and stays there. Once you've completed the level, there is no sign that you ever collected one.

Is there any way to see the number of puzzle pieces you have collected? Is there a certain use for them, perhaps later in the game? They just seem to disappear.


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I've been playing the story mode for GTA V PC and as Michael, I came across an Infernus and started driving it around. I probably started a mission and got an alert that my Infernus was impounded.

Later, after forgetting about this, I drove past the impound lot and noticed the car symbol (white) inside. I payed the $250 and retrieved the Infernus. I read that a car has to be modded or bought to be impounded.

Is this supposed to happen? Will it continue to become impounded until I buy insurance for it?


texts: Persona 5 - Does the Hawaii date lock in a romance target?

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In early August, you go to Hawaii, and as part of that you get the option to go on a date with one of a selection of the Social Link pool: Ann, Makoto, Kawakami or Hifumi - or not choosing any (or not having any available to you) and hanging with Ryuji, Mishima and Yuusuke.

Knowing that romance is an option in the game I'd like to know if selecting one of the girls causes any issues with the romance system, like locking that one in prematurely?

Or does this just play the role of a huge social link boost for a selection of girls to aid with later romancing? As I know hanging with the guys raises none of their social links.

Example: If I chose to go to the beach with Hifumi, will there be any issues if I choose to enter a relationship with any of the other romanceable targets later on? As I know there is a jealousy scene after valentines day if you screw something up with that.


texts: How can I identify a Taiga Biome so I can find a wolf?

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I'm trying to find a Wolf, and I heard that they spawn in Taiga biomes. Can anyone tell me where a Taiga biome is, and/or what they look like?

If you don’t know where the Taiga biome is, please tell me where the Forest biome is.


texts: Should I wait to discover places I see when travelling?

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When I'm travelling on the road, and I see a fort or dungeon in the distance, I am often tempted to ride to it in order to discover it, making it a handy travel waypoint for later and also a reminder to visit if I don't get it in a quest.

But I'm concerned that by discovering it, it will lock to my current level and thus be a trivial visit later and provide sub-standard loot. Does this happen? Or will it eventually respawn with things appropriate to my level, despite discovering it?


texts: Which plants are of type "weed" in the Garden?

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Some soils types affect "weeds" like Wood Chips that says weeds appear 10 times less or Fertilizer with 20% more. I am trying to select the best soil type to get Meddleweed to mutate.

So my question is, does "weed" include only Meddleweed or also some of its mutations?

The wikia talks about "plants", "weed" and "fungus" but does not specify exactly which plants correspond to each clasification.


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Unfortunately this game is not free of bugs.  In this case, markers disappear and never show on the map so it's hard to locate some targets or fast travel targets (forts, underground entrances, etc.).  One that is very annoying is one of the assassin liberation missions in New York Northern District.  There are three farmers that need protection but only two markers appear for them.

I've gotten two already and I believe they were here:

Where's the third farmer?

This mission is preventing me from getting my last assassin recruit...


texts: How can I support the murder-plot of another character?

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Thanks to my spymaster I recently found out that there is a conspiracy of nefarious plotters among my vassals who plan the murder of my beloved son. As a ruler and father I am outraged by their insolence... that they didn't ask for my help!

I think murdering him is a great idea! I was looking for ways to decimate my offsprings for years (damn gravelkind succession, damn lustful + midas touched wife), and these guys are doing it for me without me risking to get my hands dirty. So I would like to do everything in my power to have them succeed.

Is there anything I can do to help them? Can I somehow get them to invite me to their plot, encourage others to support the plot or boost the plot power of those already involved?


texts: Is there any way to force my initial villagers houses to become that villager's unique house?

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The original 5 villagers on your island all get very generic houses. For instance, on my island, Maddie's house is very generic looking with a normal wooden floor and walls and whatnot because she moved in with my second wave with furniture I crafted.

However, Maddie's house interior is normally supposed to look like this:

This looks way better than the generic house she's in now. Is there any way to force the game to update all of my early villagers' houses to become their unique designs?


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I am trying to testfor a donkey in Minecraft, but if I do \

/testfor @e[type=EntityHorse] {Type:2}

then it won't work.  The only way I can think of doing it is testing if the donkey has anything in its chest inventory, but I don't want the player to be able to assess the chest on the donkey, so would there be any way to maybe have a locked chest on a donkey?  Also, how would I testfor if the donkey was being ridden by a player?


texts: Can I use my Infiltrator intel on multiple ME3 campaigns?

texts: I bought Infiltrator to increase my Galactic Readiness and counteract its "decay" since my Internet is too slow for Xbox Live. (I use the Internet at my brother's house from time to time to update my console and to play multiplayer as needed.) I loved the game and got three stars on every chapter, which apparently unlocks a war asset in addition to the intel I gained.  I currently have 168 intel and am still playing for fun.  Can I use my intel and war assets from ME:I in multiple ME3 campaigns? If not, should I spread it out? How does 168 intel convert into Galactic Readiness? What ME3 war assets do I get from perfect scores on each chapter in ME:I?


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I want to record some of my Source Engine games, but when using Fraps or some third-party recording software, I see screen tears and FPS issues. I have heard of "demos", which is a built-in feature to Source Engine games that allows you to record your game with almost no issues.

How can I record a demo in a Source Engine game?


texts: How much loot do I get back from the new loot cart?

texts: In the latest update for Clash of Clans, you now get loot carts after you get attacked. Collecting them gives you some loot back, but how much do you get back, and does it affect the amount of loot the person who attacked you got?


texts: Where are Witcher 2 save game files located?

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Witcher 2 doesn't delete auto-saves, so I have a bunch of them that are taking up too much space on my hard drive, and I want to delete them in bulk through Windows Explorer rather than the clunky in-game UI.

Where are these save files located?


texts: I remember playing this game when I was really really young.  I think it was a flash game but I don't remember; I only have this screenshot of it saved from my old system.


texts: Does the difficulty you play on have any effect on gwent?

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This question got me wondering.

Does the difficulty you play on have any effect on the difficulty of gwent or other mini-games?


texts: Where is the Ancient Waterway in the Dahlgur Oasis?

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I'm in the Dahlgur Oasis and have to find the Ancient Waterway. I had previously explored the entire map, but I don't see where I should be going.

Any suggestions for where I should be looking for it?


texts: How can I ensure that my officers remain loyal?

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During a tactical mission officers that don't like you take actions on their own initiative; generally alerting the bad guys and causing a gun fight to ensue.

How can you make sure officers remain loyal?


texts: What does the "Enable Glow Effect" checkbox do?

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I'm about to render a replay, and amongst the advanced options in the modal dialog there is a checkbox to "Enable Glow Effect".

What is this, and what effects will it have on my replay if I enable it?


texts: Build defense or damage in order to survive against unique monsters in Inferno?

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My question is quite simple: what should I choose for my level 60 wizard to survive and pursue the game better in inferno, defense or dps ?

I can imagine that a tank wizard may not be a wise choice, but what about some defense instead of a 100% damage oriented character ? If so, where to do so ? In Armor ? Skills ? ..

I ask that because I'm currently playing a full damage oriented wizard, often in public parties, and even if still in Act1, sometimes unique monsters appear and that's just impossible for anyone in the party to survive, and after 10 minutes of try, one by one, we disconnect and reload a new game with hope that there won't be any unique like that this time.


texts: Can I return my XBOX 360 Slim for a new one?

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I purchased a new XBOX 360 slim from Amazon about 2 months ago.

It has started to freeze while I am using it.  I am not sure what to do, and to be frank I just want it to work.  (If I wanted to troubleshoot issues I would play games on my PC.)

Is it too late to return it?  Can I send it to Microsoft as defective?  Can I get a new one or my $$ back (to buy a new one).

In case you are interested here is the details of what has happened:

I have really enjoyed having my xbox, though I really only played one game (Oblivion) plus a few arcade games.

I recently decided to branch out to a new game (Force Unleashed) and it messed up my XBOX.  I ended up having to delete my system cache to get it to work.  I played it and liked it.

But now I wanted to go back to Oblivion and my Save Games in Oblivion will not work (it freezes while loading).

My Arcade Game Peggle has now frozen too.

Grrrrrrrrr


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I am currently in the process of finishing levelling one of each class before the start of the next expansion through a combination of questing and completing battlegrounds.

At the lower levels it is only taking me 10-15 minutes to complete each level and move onto the next one, however, I have noticed that I get removed from the queue for battlegrounds each time I level.

Why would this be?


texts: How to level up in xenoblade with 78 chars?

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I have a group with 78 levels, just before battle with AIHTIROL, but I'm stuck.

How can I level up 5~7 levels before this boss? Where can I level up fast enough?.


texts: Which sidequests need to be started before the end of the main storyline?

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It's recently come to my attention that some of the sidequests become locked and you can't start them at all if you don't start them by the time you finish the main campaign. As I'm likely not going to have the time to start a New Game+ anytime soon with all the fall new releases, I would like to finish all the sidequests before I finish the main story.

Which sidequests do I need to begin before the end of the main story? If you could put how/where I need to start them behind a spoiler too, that would be great.


texts: Why do people keep appearing in my village?

texts: Every night at the far right side of the base, a random 15ish people come out of a wall in my base. I don't know if it's a glitch or what, but it's really weird. I now have lots's of archers, and I'm wondering how I triggered it but I'd love to have this on other islands. Can someone tell me how this happened?


texts: Is it possible to link 2 different servers together?

texts: I am currently working on my new server and I want to link 2(or more) servers together. So I can have different gamemode on different servers. I would run 2(or more) server console at the same time so that player can join another server with executing a command. And for some reason, Multiverse and Multiworld plugin just won't work on my spigot server. Is there anyway possible that I can do this(Some people tell me before that this is possible, but they didn't tell me how.)?


texts: Is it possible to roll using the controller?

texts: Is it possible to roll in Star Wars Battlefront (the 2015 version) by using the controller on Xbox?


texts: How concerned should I be about fake art?

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I unlocked the ability to put paintings and such in my customers' homes, which is great, but the game warned me about fakes.

What happens if I put fake art in a home? How can I tell what fake art looks like?


texts: Can I adopt children before receiving the letter about adoption?

texts: I never got a letter about adopting children. When I go to the Honorhall Orphanage the girl keeps running around saying "Mercy!" because I killed Grelod the Kind. Can I still adopt children?


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My gaming room is just a bit too big. At the far end, where most of my couch space is, the Wii is on the limit of it's detection range, skipping from one frame to the next. I have heard there are devices on the market that can extend the range of the Wii sensors somewhat, but a search on Amazon has lead me to a million entries, impossible to tell one from the next. I should say, I don't want a wireless solution, I just as soon would keep my batteries, thank you very much.

So, two questions

Do these special bars actually work?
What is the best way to actually find one?


texts: After Pokémon Sun and Moon I was planning to play Black and White. This got me wondering. Which HM out of Surf and Waterfall is more powerful in Black and White and Black and White 2?


texts: How do you summon an entity with several tags?

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Like the title says, I want to summon a villager with several tags from the start. This is because I have several villagers with the tag extra, so I can't add tag CorpFred to a villager with the tag extra because then all villagers with that tag will also have CorpFred. So, how would you summon a villager with several tags? (Note this is for version 1.9.4)

/summon Villager ~ ~ ~ {Offers:{},Tags:["extra"],CustomName:"Corporal Frederickson",NoAI:1b}

If you could add the tag CorpFred to this /summon command, I would be highly grateful.


texts: My shop ran out of stock and 2 of the 3 employees went home. I have since restocked the shop but the employees are still at home. How can I get them back to work?


texts: Should I use my first SHT on Berneside plains?

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Currently lvl 6 and can't hunt anywhere besides Berneside, I just got a special hunting ticket from the story mode.

I don't plan to spend any money on the game, and from reading it appears that the higher level (and newer?) plains tend to have the better guardians. Of course, the flip side is that my current team is a pitiful group, two 3*s and lower ranked rabble :-) - so adding even 'ok' cards would be a great help.

Is it better to wait for lvl 12 and try hunting in Glaverow (or maybe even save all SHT for much later on), or does spending a few SHT not really matter much in the overall picture?

As there are significant differences between the two, please note this is for the Android version.


texts: Panzer Corps, Stalingrad - a loss with victory conditions satisfied

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I'm playing Panzer Corps campaign. For Stalingrad, "marginal victory" condition is to capture all objectives except three cities in Caucasus. I captured all objectives except Baku (furthest to the south) and got loss. This seems to be a bug.

Maybe it has something to do with capturing some cities with Romanian units, but on strategic map they still show as mine (grey).

So, why?


texts: Do the bad rewards from the quest Cacklespit's Brew have any hidden value?

texts: Cacklespit provides three very bad rewards... is there any way they are not as bad as they seem? Do they level up to become awesome? If you survive 13 minutes of the brew, do you get a prize? Should I even avoid turning in the quest? Cacklespit seems a right unpleasant bloke.


texts: Tekken TT2 - Using weapon items from costumes?

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In Tekken Tag Tournament 2, how do you use items of weaponry such as guns and grenades from the costumes? I can't really see the buttons there since it's so small. The items I'm talking about are the two items that the characters can carry on their Upper Body and Lower Body. It's not the clothing, it's the items.
You find these in the CUSTOMIZE section of the game.


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Ok, so I'm a mediocre 20K+ Gamerscore player, but I've always been interested by the names of the achievements.

My special favourite is Saboteur's "Pint and a Shag" cheevo.

In my years of playing, I've never noticed the same achievement name used for different games.

Are there any known regulations restricting developers choice of names?


texts: Is the bonus mana retained after upgrading to Archangel's Staff?

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The item Tear of the Goddess has the UNIQUE Passive:

  Each time your Champion uses an
  Ability their Maximum Mana will
  increase by 4 Mana, up to a maximum of
  twice in a six second period; bonuses
  cap at +1000 Mana.

When you upgrade it to Archangel's Staff, do you retain the bonuses gained? Or do you have to start over?


texts: How to set a command block with a command inside using the setblock command

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Does someone know how to set a command block with a command inside using the setblock command?

I have created this code /setblock <x> <y> <z> command_block {TileEntityData:{Command:"testfor @p[_=1]"}} but it doesn't works.

Do someone know how to do that?


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Anyone have any luck getting this to run on Windows 7 64-bit?

I grabbed the demo on Steam, and it won't run; so I am hesitant to buy actual title until i know the demo can run.


texts: Built upward staircases in Dwarf Fortress don't reveal tiles?

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When I dig an upward staircase it reveals the tile above so I can excavate it and make a downward staircase.

When I build one it doesn't reveal the tile above and I can't dig upwards.

Have I made a mistake or is this a bug? Is the only way around this to dig a new staircase?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Initiating companion quests in Fallout New Vegas

I cant seem to get Arcade Gannon's quest; can I still get it if I'm a member of the Brotherhood of Steel?


texts: How do I detect two different teams in the same area?

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Trying to recreate Zedaf's Proximity map in 1.13, but ran in the problem of making opposing team members visible on the same island. First, I thought to make an execute unless command

/execute unless @a[team=blue,team=red,x=-200,y=30,z=-600,distance=..10] run effect give @a[team=blue]

together with

/execute unless @a[team=blue,team=red,x=-200,y=30,z=-600,distance=..10] run effect give @a[team=red]

but that would be detecting someone on both teams. The main question is how do I make it where if two separate teams are in the same are in the same area then no more invisibility for the people in that area alone, but if only one team is present then they remain invisible.

I can only find answers with the testfor function which does not exist in 1.13.


texts: Is there a relatively easy and efficient way to spawnproof large areas in the Nether?

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Minecraft 1.13.1, Java Edition, survival single player.

I'm in need of a beacon or two, so I'm trying to build a Nether Fortress farm based on Tango Tek's design.  Following his directions, I found a Nether Fortress over a lava lake where I built the farm in survival mode.  However, the rates I was getting were miserable, no better than just wandering around the Nether Fortress as I found it.

I loaded a copy of the world in creative mode and found out where all the mobs were spawning using a command block to continuously apply the glowing effect to all entities.  It turns out that there were plenty of spawnable blocks within a 128 block radius around the farm, and so pigmen were spawning liberally in these areas and filling up the mob cap.  Generally speaking, there were two areas where the pigmen were spawning: the nooks and crannies in the nether ceiling below the bedrock, and the shores of the lava lake, which despite looking far away, were actually rather less than 128 blocks away from the edges of the farm.  Of course I could (in theory) find a different Nether Fortress on a larger lava lake, but it already took quite some time to find this first one, and regardless the Nether ceiling will always be a concern, since the Nether is only 128 blocks high.  So one way or another, to improve the rates of my farm, I need to spawnproof large areas.

Spawnproofing large areas in the Overworld is quite easy with an inventory full of torches and a little bit of cave exploration, but I haven't found the same to be true for the Nether.  Torches aren't an option, since pigmen and ghasts spawn at any light level.  Another common approach, flooding an area with water, doesn't work in the Nether either, since water can't be placed in the Nether.  So I tried a few other things.

My first approach was to mine out as many blocks as I could from around the farm, since an Efficiency V pickaxe insta-mines Netherrack and Magma blocks.  It quickly became apparent that this would be incredibly tedious despite the insta-mining, and also this doesn't solve the problem of the lava lake shores.  My second approach was to flood exposed ground in lava, similar to the water flooding approach for the End or Overworld.  I quickly ran into a couple problems with this approach: unlike with water, it's impossible to make an infinite lava source; and lava is quite dangerous, even with fire protection enchanted armor.  My third approach was to place slabs on all exposed areas, but like the instamining, it soon grew very tedious, and I had hardly even made a dent in the 128 block radius around the farm.  Based on the 15 or 20 minutes I spent placing slabs, I figured it would've taken at the very least 5 or 6 hours just to spawnproof with slabs, which seemed like way too much, since I had already grown bored and glassy-eyed after just those 20 minutes. Even using cheats - the fill command specifically - I couldn't find a way to easily spawnproof the region around the farm, since fill has a limit on the number of blocks it can place with a single command, and so I would've had to run hundreds of fills to completely remove all blocks in a radius around the farm.

Is there a better way to spawnproof a large area in the Nether (e.g. for the purposes of improving the rates of a Nether Fortress farm)?  Ideally something that would take just an hour or two of work in survival?  Or should I just suck it up and spend all day placing slabs?

Just one last note - since all Nether Fortress farms depend upon the same spawning mechanics, I would imagine that the ideal conditions for a Nether Fortress farm would be the same regardless of the specific design of the farm itself, so I assume that this question would be equally relevant to any Nether Fortress farm design.


texts: What are the differences between the options when accepting communication with hostile ships?

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Per my question on avoiding hostile ships, an update that is very briefly mentioned in the release logs now allows you to avoid hostile ships

Atlas Rises

  A new HUD has been introduced to improve the experience of space combat. This includes a communicator, which can be used to advance mission steps, or even to hail pirates before they attack.

Below is the screen that is displayed when the communication begins.

I know that...

Refuse - initiates space combat
Complying/Bargaining - pay your way out
Alert Authorities - Haven't found a Defense Chit yet, but I guess stops combat without paying?

I'm unsure of what alerting authorities does, and I know that complying and bargaining are ways to avoid space battles, what are the long term benefit differences between them?


texts: Best use of certification points in Planetside 2?

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What is the most efficient way or most useful way to put in certification points? Weapons?
Vehicles? Are there any essential upgrades?


texts: Is there a way to create a water item-slide from a creature-trap without chickens passing through it in Minecraft?

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I have created a vertical trap that uses water to drag unsuspecting creatures from the surface into a vertical pit, they literally fall to death.

Well, except chickens, and sometimes spiders.

Right now I have to open a door and enter the trap periodically to recover loot from the creatures.

I would like to set up a water "slide" at the bottom that would make items dropped by dead mobs flow with the water out of the trap and to where I stand. However, to do this I have to open one cube of the bottom of the trap for the water to flow through, and apparently that's enough for chickens to get past. I tried this, and when I got back from dinner, I had about 15 chickens flying around me, outside the trap.

I have created an elaborate drowning tool to handle chickens and spiders that survive, but this of course only works if the mob is still in the trap, and not roaming around outside, and I have to manually activate and deactivate this, so it's not automatic. However, if the spiders and chickens could just stay in the trap, I have no problems with activating this from time to time.

However, I don't want to go chicken-hunting in the cramped area outside the trap.

Is there any way I can set up such a water slide, get the items to exit the trap, without getting the outside of my trap filled with chickens?

Basically, the bottom of my slide, seen from above, was like this:

RRRR  <-- R is rock
R WR  <-- W is a water source, this will flow down and to the left
R  R
R  R  <-- vertical shaft is over
R  R  <-- this 2x2 area (the spaces between the rock)
R  R
R RR
RSRR  <-- S is where I stand

In this case, everything is covered up, except that the cube just above the S has to be open for the water to pass, and thus the chickens can escape.

Is there any way for me to get the loot, without opening up for chickens?


texts: How to test player movement speed in 1.8?

texts: I am wondering if there is a better way to track, or test, how fast a player is going, then activate command off that. So far I have: /scoreboard objective add Sprint stat.WalkOneCm Then, every tick I have that set to zero. /scoreboard players set @p Sprint 0 Then, after it resets 5 times, It tests to see if the players movement speed if in between 150 and 200 WalkOneCm score per tick. If true, then you get a speed boost. However, sometimes it fails, and tests when its at 50 or so. Is there a better measurement?


texts: Is the Crystal Cruiser quest guaranteed?

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I'm trying to unlock the Crystal Cruiser, and am on step 2 of the Ancestry quest, heading to step 3. I have already:

   (1) Found the damaged stasis pod and (2) repaired the stasis pod and had a Crystal alien added to my crew.

Happily, the very next sector for me is the Rock home sector, but no quest marker ever appears in that sector. According to the version 1.03.3 change log (which happens to be the version I am running):

   If you're carrying the Crystal alien from the stasis pod, the Rock Homeworld map will start with the appropriate quest marker for the beacon that leads to the Crystal sector.

I don't see that quest marker, and multiple attempts with this save file (which I backed up ... I know, I know!) have never given me the appropriate quest randomly. I should also point out that I have an active quest in the current sector that I am opting to skip. Could that be the source of my troubles?


texts: How can I change the location Steam saves games on?

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I want to change the location steam saves my games too.

How can I do that?


texts: Is there a way to see what games are using EasyAntiCheat?

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I can see the EasyAntiCheat is installed in my system by looking at the Services window (services.msc).

Is there a way to see what games on my system are using EasyAntiCheat?


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I'm at level 10 and buy "Shurikens" from store. I've read "Players can throw them by, pressing the I key" but I doesn't work.
How can I use Ranged Weapons?
If is important: I use OS X 10.10.5.


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I recently borrowed a copy of Pokemon White for Nintendo DS from a friend who bought it used, so there was already a complete game on it. I used down + select + B to delete the game but whenever I try to play it it would say:

  The save data could not be accessed.
  Please turn the power off and reinsert the game card.

I have tried doing this on my 3DS, as well as my old DS lite but when I attempt to play the game the same text will come up. I'm not very tech savvy so this might be some thing obvious and if so sorry for my ignorance.


texts: Do you get bonus points for unused items in Centipede?

texts: Do you get bonus points for unused items such as weapons and shields in 1998 PC version of Centipede? The reason I ask is because I'm trying to beat my old hi-scores on maps. If you do get bonus points for unused items then how many points do you get for each of the items? The only thing I know is that you don't get bonus points for unused shields. Any ideas? Links to back your answers would be beneficial.


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I need help to leave a Dota 2 game.

Someone left and never came back and therefore everyone left except me. It also says its safe to leave the game?

How can I leave a Dota 2 game?


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I am after completing Turkey Lurkey, part of the Pilgrim's Bounty event in World of Warcraft. I play as an Alliance and I am level 70. Also I am a Monk meaning I have a "free" teleport to Stormwind.

What is the most optimal way to visit all races' starting territories?


texts: What do differently coloured slimes drop?

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By breeding different slimes together, the child will have a mix of the parents' colour, with a small chance of natural variation. If the colour is different enough, the slime may gain its own unique drops, for example a yellow slime can drop gold ore.

Is there a full list of distinct colours with different drops? What are all of the known ones?


texts: How to successfully battle Revered Dragons?

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Yesterday I came across a Revered Dragon in Winterhold. This thing was hard and would consistently use its drain vitality shout on me which was, for it, very effective. I died multiple times.
My character is level 63 and uses melee weapons - mostly a one-handed ebony war axe and shield / skirmisher build. Her weapons and armour are all smithed to legendary quality.
This dragon landed just outside Winterhold. Normally when I swing an axe at a dragon it's dead in a few hits, but its health hardly went down. It was like chipping away at a rockface.
I have the Aetherial Crown which 'contains' the Atronach Stone, but apparently magic absorption doesn't do anything to drain vitality. I also have the Necklace of the Firewalker which gives me 70% protection against fire, but that's not that helpful when the dragon keeps switching its attacks.
How does anyone battle these things effectively?


texts: Is it possible to dodge a Tower shot after it has locked onto you and fired?

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Is there anyway to dodge a Tower shot after it has already been fired at you? I find myself Tower-Diving to chase an enemy down, only to get sniped at the last second by a heavy bullet that had been chasing me. Is there a way to dodge one after it has been fired after me?

I would prefer answers that can apply to many/all champions.


texts: Can I find all the Tetra Master cards in Disc 4?

texts: Simply as that, I just want to know if it is possible to find all the cards in the last disc or if I will miss some. Thanks!


texts: How long do I have to wait before I can craft another shit nugget?

texts: After crafting a shit nugget, you cannot use the same toilet again right away. However, sometimes you want to prepare for the upcoming battles. So how long is the cooldown of the toilets in the game or what triggers it to reset?


texts: Is there a way to get back the original empty Avatar background?

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When the agent avatars where first presented to the player community some did like it and change their avatars and some didn't. There was and still is a problem for those who did try the avatars but later wanted to revert back to the original logo. They couldn't revert back to the original clear faction logo.

Does anyone know of a way to clear the background to the original transparent faction logo on the avatar?


texts: Where can I find my squadmates on the Normandy?

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From what I remember of previous games, each squadmate I recruit will set up in a different part of the Normandy.  It's usually important to talk with them all between missions, but I find myself running to and fro trying to find each new member's quarters on the ship.

Is there a map or a listing of each of the squadmates/major crewmembers and where I can find them on the ship?  Something organized by deck would be ideal.


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My play-style is a ranged counter-attack, and my Mid Lane Champs matches my play-style. However, I find it hard to lane against mid-lane assassins, specifically LeBlanc.

How do I effectively lane against LeBlanc using each and one of these champs?

Here are my usual Mid-Lane Champs:

Morgana
Veigar
Zilean
Zyra

For those who are thinking if I use support as a primary role, the answer is yes. However I find it hard to shift from support to AP mid, some good tips would be greatly appreciated.


texts: What is the melee-attack damage of a roach and how does it upgrade? Is it splash?

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When a roach comes directly next to a unit or structure, he smashes it with his claws (or whatever), instead of spraying acid on it.

Does this attack have different damage amount than the acid attack? If so, how much, and how much does it benefit from each level of upgrades? Also, does it benefit from Zerg Melee Upgrades or Zerg Ranged Upgrades? Do both attacks have the same qualities in regards to light/armored units?

Also, does this melee attach deal splash damage? It sure looks like it, because roaches swing around with their claws, kind of like the ultralisk does.

And finally, is this of any interest while microing? Does it ever pay off to run up to the enemies first to make the roaches use the melee attack, or maybe the other way around?


texts: How to spend the 50 platinum? Can I get more?

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I've just started playing WarFrame and as usual in free-to-pay games there is some currency that you can buy for real money - platinum - of which I got 50 from start and I probably won't get more soon(without paying real money).

My question is:

What are the options of spending exactly those 50 platinum for person who just started playing the game or would you recommend keeping it for later use and why?

Also I've heard that I can get more platinum by trading stuff but is this only via the trade channel or are there any auctions etc? Or can I get any platinum from selling stuff to NPC/world/game?

I hope reformatting the question made it less opinion-based and it didn't make any of the current answers non-related.


texts: How do you change to a double skin in agario?

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I've noticed some people have a skin. When they duplicate, the second skin is different.
How do you get those?
Look at the player "Mexicano" in the picture below. His original skin was green but the duplicates are a mushroom


texts: What are the exact properties of weapon/armor enhancement in Dark Souls?

texts: I am at the blacksmith in the Undead Parish and I have already upgraded my armor and weapon a few times but I have no idea what it is actually upgrading (Strength,Dexterity, etc.).


texts: Are there any un-enchanted hoods that can be worn with other headgear?

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The Thieves Guild hood can be worn with additional headgear, and I've tested wearing it with the Archmage's Robes, Vokun/Morokei and an Ebony Helmet.

I couldn't understand why this only worked with the Thieves Guild Hood until I looked at my character: the Thieves Guild Hood resembles more a skullcap/coif and can be worn underneath any other headgear.

I'm looking for similar skullcap/coif headgear (un-enchanted) so I can place my own enchantments on it. Is there anything else like this in all of Skyrim?

My end-goal is to wear simultaneously two headgears with custom enchantments.


texts: Why didn't my quest get completed for the 100 diamonds after hatching the legendary monster?

texts: I finally bred and hatched the legendary monster but once hatched, the quest for it (and the 100 diamonds, which was the reason i tried to get the legendary monster in the first place) still remains incomplete. Is this a glitch in my game? Should I try breeding and hatching another legendary to try and complete the quest again?


texts: What are the biases of the new civilizations?

texts: This question is related to an earlier question about the various civilization biases I asked here (Why does Gandhi want to nuke me?). The expansion added numerous new civilizations so I was looking for an updated list of traits and biases for the various civilizations.


texts: Is there a way to switch from fullscreen to windowed mode in Neverwinter Nights in Mac OS X?

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I've decided to start playing Neverwinter Nights again and I was wondering if there is a keystroke to toggle from fullscreen to windowed mode (such as if I hit ⌘M or ⌘Tab in Warcraft III or StarCraft).

I've tried the instructions on the NWN Wikia and while it does put the game in windowed mode, I can't find any equivalent key combo to switch between the two.

My ideal is to be able to run the game fullscreen at my laptop's native resolution and be able to switch to windowed mode (at any other resolution) without having to restart the game.


texts: If you do the no huts challenge when does the script first change? I looked at many other websites but I could not find the answer.


texts: Do specific creatures/types of creatures have weaknesses to specific types of attacks?

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Do specific creatures have weaknesses to specific types of attack, e.g. I have both a fire and shock based destruction spells. Would one work better on some creatures, and the other better on others?

Also, are blunt weapons better for one type of enemies, while blades better for others?

And if so, are there any resources as to which creatures are vulnerable to which types of attack? Are there in-books helping with this?


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I have already beaten the game twice, but both times I have been unable to save Anderson. The first time I realized it was because

   I didn't have at least 4000+ effective military strength, but after returning to the scene on the Citadel with 5000+, the Illusive Man still makes me shoot Anderson, which leads to his death shortly after.

Are there specific dialogue options I have to make during this scene? Does a Renegade/Paragon quick time show up that I'm just missing? I have only tried picking the Paragon options.


texts: What do I do against the infamous "gank squad"?

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In League of Legends, a "gank squad" can loosely be defined as:

  a team of highly coordinate players who focus on demoralizing and map control as opposed to traditional tower pushing and lane control.

These are usually teams of 3 with bursty and/or stun-loaded champions (such as Singed, Vayne, Poppy etc), who sneak around picking off loan champions trying to jungle or hold a tower. This naturally causes a change in behavior for the opposing team to be more paranoid and lose ground as a result (usually due to their ally's doing the dirty work and failing pushes). This tactic has proven highly effective and difficult to coordinate against.

What strategies are effective to counter these "gank squads" to prevent them from demoralizing a team and preventing effective jungling?


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Some mods for the game 'Rise of Nations' make tanks much stronger against infantry. However, in unitrules.xml, I don't see where a 'rock paper scissors' system is implemented. You can view changes in attack strength and hit-points of units in the .xml file.

Is a 'rock paper scissors' system implemented somewhere in the game code outside the .xml file, or can you change unit behavior in the .xml file alone?
Where can you alter the text which shows in the in-game popup windows that tell the player that unit x is strong vs. unit y but weak against unit z?
Is unit strength controlled only by the hit-point and attack strength in the .xml file or are there hidden combat effects of unit specific code elsewhere in the game?
What are the specific effects of any 'rock paper scissors' settings? Does a unit strong vs. another unit inflict 2.5x normal damage or some other value?


texts: What are the likes and dislikes of the companions?

texts: It's pretty easy to see what Piper enjoys, as I'm currently lock picking my way into her heart. I haven't seen anything that she doesn't like so far. What things do all of the companions like / dislike, so I can make sure never to do those things.


texts: Once I tame a mantis what do i need to feed it?

texts: So I am planning on taming a mantis on scorched earth. I already know that it is a passive tame and requires deathworm horns (or is it called thorns). Now lets say i tame a mantis. What sort of food does it need to eat after it is tamed? The wiki was rather unclear and I am trying to determine whether the mantis is worth it or not.


texts: What effects do choices in Wings of Liberty have in Heart of the Swarm?

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As per my other question, I know that choices made in Wings of Liberty affect (at minimum) dialog in Heart of the Swarm.

What other effects do these past choices have on the campaign, if any? Are there any other choices that get carried through?


texts: Difference and meaning between "remastered" and "remake"

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Since there are currently rumors that Bethesda is make a "remastered" Version of one of their games(most say Skyrim), I was wondering what exactly is "remastered"? And what's the difference to a "remake"? Same thing?

Or are there certain criteria for either one of them?

What kind of stuff would be expected in such versions? Most of the time the title now contains an HD for HD textures, but I always found that to be a rather weak selling point if that would be the only thing. Are there other improvements too?

Maybe some examples from different games?

For example, related to the naming problem: we have Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster and Age of Empires II Remake.


texts: What Stats and Equipment increase damage from Hexes?

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I current have INT 16, FTH 26, and am using Resonant Soul with an Idol's Chime +1.

What do I need to level up, in order to increase the damage from Resonant Soul? Do I Level Up Intelligence, or Faith, or does reinforcing the Chime increase the damage.


texts: How to toggle and zoom in/zoom out on display that shows incoming missiles in Mig-29 Fulcrum (by Novalogic). Screenshot inside

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Here is the image:

Display that I need is in the right upper corner. How to toggle it on and zoom in/zoom out?


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Has anyone figured out how the room for "A Tome of Fire Or Ice" works, by chance?

I'm only on the third floor, so I figure it's not that difficult, but unless my Google-fu was just being weak, I didn't have much luck finding it.

I simply don't know what it is or does.

There are two pulsating orange-rimed tiles, two obvious ice and fire (left to right) wall decorations, and the book seems mostly useless and just mentions dishes.

Any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much in advance.


texts: Is there a way to reset player stats and league in StarCraft II?

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I haven't played StarCraft II for a long, long time and I would like to get back into it as a very casual player.

My problem is that I played a lot before and somehow landed in diamond league.

I lost all my placement matches and then about 10 more after that and I am still in diamond league.

My performance is so bad that my opponents don't enjoy the game either.

Does anybody know if there is a reset stats and league option or the best way to play against players around my skill level?


texts: Are Smash TV and/or Total Carnage able to be completed without continuing?

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I've played the Midway arcade games "Smash TV" and the sequel "Total Carnage" many times both in the arcade and through console emulations/releases.  I have beaten both, but not without using dozens of lives.

I'm a competent game player, but while both games are challenging, my experience has been that they are "quarter consumers", with gameplay designed specifically to require many "continues" as opposed to rewarding a skilled player.

Are (non-tool-assisted) skilled players capable of minimizing continues (or even performing a 1-Credit Clear (1CC)) in Smash TV and Total Carnage, or do these games truly treat the player "unfairly"?  I prefer an answer to focus on Total Carnage, since it has been my experience that that game is much more challenging and less forgiving than Smash TV.


texts: Is there a way to remove the status effect of other players in survival mode?

texts: Since the debug tricks don't exist in the Bedrock Edition, I was wondering if there was any way to remove statuses like invisibility from other players.


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Note: I'm using osu!droid; the android version, not the PC version, or osu!laser.
The PC location is <PC Location>\Songs\... (or literally drag it into the game window)

Where do I drag a beatmap to import it?
According to the instructions on the osu! Wiki, which simply states to drag the .osz file into osu!droid's folder, which (I may be wrong) is root/data/data/ru.nsu.ccfit.zuev.osu/files.
Am I dragging it into the completely wrong location or what? Every time I open osu!droid, it doesn't seem to detect new beatmaps to import... And the in-game map loader doesn't download anything due to the server's high load.


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I've already read this and came to believe it does not really answer the question, not more than any other guess.

So I ask here: is there, and if there is what is the purpose of the monster level in Final Fantasy 13 game? I don't think it's just random, but can't figure its meaning.

Thanks!


texts: Tiny Death Star Cargo Bay - Is There A Maximum Capacity?

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Is there a maximum amount of items that can be kept in storage there? I have about 10 big spenders, and getting ready to earn 15 more. I like to reserve those bitizens for my Imperial court every 12hrs to earn 80K+ coins by buying out Excecution
Thanks


texts: '/execute if entity' but with relative coordinates?

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I want to use the below command:

/execute if entity @p[x=-1856.5,y=122.0,z=-133.5,distance=..3.5] run tp @p ~-4 ~1 ~

but using relative coordinates to the command block instead of these specific ones.
Is that possible?

Edit: Also, could I compress various relative coordinates into one single command block?
What I mean is, for example (I'm not sure if the syntax is correct):

/execute if entity @p[x=~1,y=~1,z=~1] and [x=~2,y=~2,z=~2] run tp @p ~-4 ~1 ~


texts: How do I kill the high dragon in Dragon Age: Origins?

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I summoned the dragon with the gong in Frostback Mountains. My party consists of my assassin rogue, Alistair as the tank, Sten for off-tank/DPS, and Wynne for heals. All characters are around level 11 or 12.

The dragon is wiping the ground with me. The fight usually goes okay for a minute or so and then Alistair gets eaten and we're done.

I know I need to stack a bit more fire resist, but my biggest problem seems to be the dragon's bite. Is there a way to prevent/avoid/mitigate it?

In general, what strategy/approach should I use to beat the dragon? I'm cool with changing up the party if needed.

My options are Alistair, Sten, Morrigan, Wynne, Leliana, Zevran, and the dog, but I can go get others (Shale?) if needed.


texts: How do I change the location of the Killfeed in the HUD?

texts: I play Team Fortress 2 and I have a heads-up display installed. However, the kill feed and chat are in in the same spot. How can I change the killfeed position?


texts: Given that the rate of new dwellers via pregnancy vs radio room is staggeringly in favor of pregnancy, why is the radio room even necessary considering the risk (raider/deathclaw attacks) vs reward is completely unbalanced?


texts: Sometimes after I grant a title to a landless councilor, he becomes ineligible for the seat for a while: why?

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I've noticed several times that if I have a landless council member and I grant him a landed title, his seat becomes vacant and I cannot appoint him again.

After an unspecified amount of time he becomes eligible again.

Why is that? Is that a bug or is there a reason for that?


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If I place runes in the sockets of Wirt's Leg, can I still use it to get to the secret cow level? Or does it have to be "clean" for that to work?

Reason I am asking is because it is the only weapon that I have with 3 empty sockets, and I have (luckily!) 3 Tal Runes. These do +75 poison damage over 5 seconds. So I would get a minimum 225 poison damage before my other perks kick in.


texts: How do I delete people from the friend list?

texts: How can I delete people from my friends list? I have been researching for days, but haven't been able to find the answer.


texts: How does the dust reduction for the distance from empire work?

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I noticed that many of my systems have problems earning dust, and found the very negative factor "distance with empire" in the detailed dust report:

How does this mechanic work exactly? How is the distance calculated (to the starting system, or something else?). Are there any ways to reduce this, as it is pretty much crippling my economy even though the systems themselves are very strong.


texts: How to get the two "Statuette" quests done?

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I've already played The Witcher 3 three times, but I never could never do any of the two statuette quests: "The Nobleman Statuette" and "The Soldier Statuette" quests. Actually, I got the first one done, once but totally at random and I don't know how I did.

I must be doing something wrong in my quests order.

So in order for me to get both of those quests done, what quest line should I follow?

In my current playthrough, I'm currently at the second Novigrad quest, "Novigrad Deaming", I have the nobleman statuette, I go to Triss in her appartment, and she tells me to "decompress" it, but the only dialog option after that is "bye". I'm playing on PS4, if that has any kind of influence.

Side note, yes I know those quests are bugged if not done at the right moment, that's the goal of my question: at what moment do I need to do them to not get the bug?


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If you don't drink every day you become thirsty, if you walk for long in the desert, too. But how exactly does dehydration work?

I'm mainly interested in the corner cases.

Is the thirst from not drinking a day cumulative with walking in the desert? So if I start the day thirsty and then walk 10 steps in the desert do I get dehydrated?
Is the number of steps you can take outside before getting thirsty for one trip and it gets reset if you're in town or is it per day?


texts: Need to fire the mountain crossbow but I have no ammunition?

texts: I've finished Lord of the Rings War in the North, but now when I am playing it again with the same character I'm stuck in the level where I need to fire the mountain crossbows. In my first playthrough it worked without complaint, but now I can't fire a crossbow. I press "E" to use it but it won't fire an arrow. Do I have to find ammunition for it? Why did it work in my first playthrough, but not now?


texts: Ice Climber is a level 60 item. Is it limited to level 60 or does it also drop as a level 70 version? I found already three or four Fire Walkers but not Ice Climber at all. Fire Walker was originally a level 50 item but drops also as level 70 item. I am wondering if it is the same with Ice Climber? Does anybody have a level 70 Ice Climber?


texts: Does the duration of multiple PlayStation Plus cards stack?

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I bought a PlayStation Plus card for my account. A couple of couple days later, I bought my brother one. I didn't know at the time you can share online accounts. I had two 3 month ones; do I have 6 months of PlayStation Plus?

Do new PSN accounts come with a complimentary online period? If so, how long?


texts: Which variable of Counter-Strike 1.6 controlled the "Voice Transmit/Send Volume"?

texts: I know that voice_scale controlls voice receive volume, but which one is for voice transmit volume?


texts: What are the flags behind the animal king?

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In this image we see six flags behind the animal king.
I think I recognize some of them:
First - Argentina;
Third - Bulgaria;
Fifth - Sweden;
Sixth - Austria;

Am I correct, and which countries' flags are the second and fourth?


texts: Is there any way to tell what size a bug/fish is after it's in your inventory?

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Today's the Bug-Off and according to the advice given here, I should turn my bugs of the same type in ascending order of size.

Unfortunately, I caught all of my bugs last night in preparation, and I didn't realize as I was catching them that I should have written down their sizes in the process.

The only thing I can seem to do is either Release or Show Off outside, neither of which would help me. Inside, I can only Display, and that doesn't seem to give me additional information either.

Is there any way to check the size of a bug (or a fish) after you've already caught it and have it in your inventory? The Encyclopedia only has your record size.


texts: Will a Culture Bomb take a city in an adjacent tile?

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I understand how the basic Culture Bomb works. What I'm asking is if you own the tile adjacent to a neighboring city (other player or City State) and perform a Culture Bomb in it, will you take over that city?

In the picture below, the x's are your territory, the o's are your neighbor's, and the C is your neighbor's city.

x x o o o o
 x x C o o
x x(x)o o o
 x x o o o

If you bomb the (x) tile to change the territory like so

x x o o o o
 x x C o o
x x(x)x o o
 x x x o o

will you control the city C?


texts: How will Rock Band 3's new instruments work on existing songs?

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Rock Band 3 will introduce keyboard and vocal harmonies, as well as Pro mode.  It will also support the large library of existing Rock Band songs.  How will the new features interact with existing songs?

For example, if I have a player that has selected keyboard as their instrument, will it only allow selection of the new songs that include a keyboard track?  Are there any songs existing songs (from the base games or DLC) that will have tracks added for the new instruments?


texts: How does equipment scale regarding sidekicking and WvW?

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In PVE, in the process of leveling up, you find better armor and weapons, and those have better / higher stats.

Assuming you're level 50 with appropiate-level armor, what stats are given to you when you're scaled down? Does the stats given by the equipment remain? How does it scale?

Now, opposite case in WvW: since you use your PVE equipment but you're scaled up, how does the equipment scales? Having a full 80-set with appropiate stats is much superior to a lvl 50 character with appropiate-level equipment? How does that work?


texts: Hold LMB to attack or repeatedly click LMB?

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I've noticed from playing that you can hold the attack button [LMB] on an enemy to keep attacking, or you can repeatedly mash attack.

It seems that your abilities can't be activated if you are holding attack though.

Is it better to click repeatedly or hold down attack? Are there any benefits to holding attack, such as tracking fast moving enemies? Or is repeatedly clicking better to allow skill usage and better mobility?


texts: I just unlocked this skill which feeds on the life force of my enemies to increase my Intelligence by 30 seconds. When I activate it, a circle of light surrounds me. What's not clear to me is whether enemies need to be in this radius of light for the Soul Harvest to take effect. Or do I activate the skill and then kill my enemies to reap the effect's benefits and how can I tell if I am benefiting from it?


texts: Do zombie villager spawners exist in survival mode?

texts: I have been looking a lot for some information about the topic. I know for sure that zombie villager spawners are technically possible to exist in Minecraft. So I wonder if that kind of spawner can be spawed naturally. After some search on the internet I could not find anything about it. The only thing that I came across was that a zombie spawner has some % chance to spawn a zombie villager. So after a lot of brainstorming and testing/looking, I still have no idea if this is possible.


texts: Why does Astrid say "well done" when killed?

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This time, instead of killing the Khajit again, I decided to take out Astrid instead. And now her last words - "Well Done!" have made me paranoid and insomniac.

Did I play into her hands by killing her? Did the Dark Brotherhood leaders in previous games ritualistically say the same thing upon getting killed (I don't think they did in Morrowind, but it's been a long time since I played it)? Or is this something she would have said if I had killed somebody in her presence, only this time that "somebody" was herself (which means this is a bug)? Most importantly, for my newly wed bride awaits me: is it safe to sleep?

A lot of other people all over the internet seem to be expressing the same doubts and uncertainties, yet no explanation has come forth.