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OK so a lot of questions like this have been asked but none of them help me out. So it isn't spam or anything. The WHOLE screen flickers, including the unity taskbar.

So, whenever I'm playing minecraft on my Ubuntu computer, the whole screen flickers. And when I have OBS opened, it flickers even more in the preview.

Specs that might help:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit, system up to date.
Intel Core i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz x 8
Intel Haswell Mobile graphics
16 GB RAM
HP w2207 monitor

May not help, but it doesn't happen on my other screen..


texts: How does the difficulty scale with more players?

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I noticed that while fighting the Wall of Flesh that if more people were on the server that it would have more HP.

I assume that this is to make it more balanced when more people play, otherwise 20 people could all just long on and kill any boss super easily.

But how does this scaling work? Is it only for bosses? Does damage increase too or only health? Is it a set amount? A limit to the max health? What if someone is at the other side of the map does it still count or do they have to be near the boss when it spawns? What if someone joins the server after the boss has been spawned?

And mention any other changes that occur due to more players, maybe spawn rate?


texts: How do I unlock the lock at the end of Sputnik Eyes?

texts: After the letter planets, there is a locked planet. I finished the last planet but it is still locked. Do I need perfect completions? To finish all levels?


texts: Once Operation Bloodhound ends will I still be able to level the Operation Coin?

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I bought the Operation Bloodhound pass last night and I'm trying like crazy to get the gold coin instead of silver, I know I only have to get 14 stars and in total play 30 missions, currently I'm at 10 completed missions but I was wondering....

I heard that Operation Bloodhound was going to end soon and when it does, can I continue playing missions to get the silver/gold coin?


texts: Why is my closed off space lit up in Minecraft?

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I just built this mob spawner, one of my first, and while I was headed back up to check on it the light glitched out and went from completely dark to completely lit. I've attached a video and some stills to demonstrate the problem.

When I first entered the room and sealed myself in.

A minute later, when the sun had begun to set.

This is a free standing, above ground structure. I made sure that even the entrance I used to get in was completely closed.

As you can see, the light from the sun is shining through the stone, despite completely closing myself off. It even responds to the sun's setting.

I've had something like this happen before. A small area of grass that was completely lit up at night without any light source having been there.

I've tried a range of things: putting up and taking down torches, adding more blocks, breaking parts of the ceiling and closing it up again. Nothing does anything. Does anyone know what glitch is causing this or what can be done to fix it? or am I going to have to tear it down and build a new one?

A couple of notes: I am playing version 1.7.9, vanilla edition, single player, on a mac OSX.


texts: Janna's Monsoon is not that big of a heal, and if used poorly it can be a bad thing. How should it be used in team fights?


texts: Can you play all the HD remake collections on Vita?

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I just bought the Jak HD collection and I was wondering if it's playable on the Vita in any way?

If not directly is there some remote play function?


texts: So, I cannot seem to open a chest in Minecraft Pocket Edition. I tried clicking on it, which resulted in the chest breaking or not doing anything. I haven't run into that problem on the PC.


texts: Should all of my palicos have equipment?

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When you have your first stringer squad, you can give them equipment, but you can only take one other 1st stringer with you and your main palico on quests.

You also can't send first stringers out as "meownster hunters".

Is there any reason to have your other first stringers besides your sub and main equipped for combat?


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After reading about Development Hell and the unburied Jay Wilson, I happened to stumble upon the Quality Well (on Nightmare) whilst clearing out Old Tristram. Upon my decent into the dark murkiness of the well, I found it populated by all manner of foul, lurking beasts: Blizzard QA zombies.

Is there any other purpose behind the Quality Well, other than to show off the undead QA team?


texts: Does Malphite's E (the ground smash) work when his enemies are airborne?

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Malphite's ult temporarily makes the target(s) airborne. During that time, will his E (the ground smash) damage them, or would it only work if they are on the ground?

I would hate to think that I've wasted all these E's because I triggered it right after ulting.


texts: How are No Man Sky Expedition initial appearance/equipment randomized?

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The recent No Man's Sky update introduced a new gameplay mode called Expedition.

Introducing a whole new game mode: Expeditions. Each of these events starts from a fixed point in the universe, bringing the whole community of travellers together to embark on a shared journey.
Each expedition is structured around a series of Milestones. Complete these unique exploration goals in any order as you earn rewards, meet up with fellow travellers, and experiment with new ways of playing No Man’s Sky.

Expeditions are assigned to separate game save slots. Apparently, Expeditions start from a fixed planet in the galaxy, and should follow a specific path, visiting specific "Rendezvous Planets"

Special Rendezvous Planets along the Expedition route create dynamic hubs of activity. Reunite with other travelers on the same journey, group up with the community to build a settlement, or simply wave hello as you pass through.

That said, the initial info I got mentioned that each Traveler would be assigned a random starting appearance, ship, multitool and so on. After the patch dropped I briefly tried the new mode on a separate user account on a Ps4 console and my initial appearance was an anomaly type.
A bugfix patch later I have started the Expedition. To my surprise, even after restarting the mode multiple time I always got the same initial configuration - a Vy'keen Traveler with red armor and red multitool... Must be an Atlas sponsorship.
Yet if you look at this Let's play video

you can see that in this case the player seems to start on the same planet but with a different appearance from the one I got.
Since starting the expedition multiple times without saving always gave me the same character, I am wondering. How are expeditions seeded? It is the initial player appearance tied to the current console user playing the game? And in that case how are appearance randomized on the PC version - Windows user or  something related to Steam maybe?


texts: Xbox One Wireless Controller turns off on Windows 10 PC

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Previously the two Xbox One Wireless Controllers worked like charm on Windows 10. Now, as I try them, they stay on for 5 seconds and then turn off.

This is not a battery issue. Rebooting computer helps, and I can then again play without problems until I again disconnect one controller. After that, all the controllers get again disconnected after 5 seconds when being on.

The controllers work well if they are wired (USB) to the PC. I have updated the controller firmware to the latest.

I think this issue started after Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Any possible fixes for this? Thanks.

EDIT: I just reinstalled Windows 10 (Anniversary) and now the controllers always disconnect after 1-5 seconds. No matter if I reboot the computer. So I cannot play wireless anymore!

EDIT2: The same problem was also mentioned here: "Installing the Windows 10 Anniversary update caused our Xbox One pads to briefly sync with our PC's Xbox One wireless adapter, then automatically power down."


texts: Test if an nbt string contains another nbt string

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Story
So I’m trying to make a searching system in Minecraft 1.16, and need to be able to get search results.  To get search results, I can test if the search query is contained in any of the possibilities, and add all the search possibilities that had the search query contained in it to an array for processing and whatever. That is where I’m stuck.  I don’t know how to test if a string is contained in another string.
What I’ve tried
I’ve thought about splitting the search query and search possibilities into 1 character strings stored in an array.  So this is what one of the split strings should look like.  [“s”,”e”,”a”,”r”,”c”,”h”].  Then after that I loop through one of the possibility’s array, testing for a sequence that is our search query array.  The only problem is that I don’t know how to split strings in Minecraft.  ExpertCoder14’s question was the only thing I could find about splitting strings.  If you do solve my problem with splitting strings, then please answer the following question on the splitting strings.
How to split an NBT string into two strings?
Your Task
Find how to split a string, or find another way to test if a string is contained in another string.
Update: I have found a datapack for string manipulation, and will see if it will work.
Update: The datapack I found works, and I am working on a tool that will do what I was trying to do.  Just know that my tool is coming soon!


texts: Can a building destroyer destroy a screw pump from the z level above its impassable tile?

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If I build a screw pump in such a way that its only exposure to outside is the top surface of its impassable tile, can it be destroyed by a building destroyer?

The exact setup is:

z-level +1:

F F F
F I F
F F F

z-level 0:

O O O
O I P
O O O

...where "F" is a floor, "O" is open space, "I" is the impassable tile of a screw pump, and "P" is the passable tile of a screw pump.

The building destroyer does not have any other valid path to the screw pump on its own z-level (I know this matters for destroying locked floor hatches from below).  It is approaching from above the pump (z-level +1).


texts: Is it better to go for armor sets or different armor parts?

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As a new Monster Hunter player, I recently learnt that skills are obtained through: armor, talismans and decorations and that these three elements should be chosen in such a way that the desired set of skills is obtained.

Now, when it comes to armor specifically, I know that armor sets (e.g. the Tetsucabra armor set) come with specific features (good and bad). My hunter currently has the "Rathalos Armor Set" and it grants me Attack Up (M) and Recovery Down. But I read some articles posted by hunters who actually were going for different armor parts that were not from the same set (e.g. Rathalos Helm, Tetsucabra Vest...). So my question is: "Is this the optimal way to do things?"

This question is bothering me, especially since I learnt that a skill becomes active only if it has 10 points from the different pieces of equipment.

Thank you for your response.


texts: Does the size of the blue stars mean anything?

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I noticed that there are various different sizes of blue stars - some big, some very small, and all things in between.

Does the size matter? Do I get more points for a certain size of star?


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The Super Mario Maker book (also available on Nintendo's website) has a number of pictures in it with a key icon followed by a 4-digit number.

I assume these are used in-game somewhere... but what are these numbers used for?


texts: Why did I lose stats when rubbing a card in Monster Monpiece?

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I just unlocked the "rubbing" feature which I thought was supposed to strengthen cards. However, I just LOST 1 attack and 2 HP off a card (Snow Owl) after rubbing it. It still has  it's original high mana cost, so the cards are basically useless now. Elevating it to level 3 did not fix (or further harm) the stats, and I don't have enough power to raise it to level 4 yet.

If it matters, I rubbed the whole stack of cards at once. I'm not especially good at the rubbing game yet but I did complete it and had some time left. Why would I lose stats when "upgrading" a card? Is it random, or do certain cards just always get decreases in stats or what's going on here? A couple other cards DID increase in stats.


texts: Bug with a Steam Game; Motorsport Manager, unable to find the source of the bug

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this issue is seemingly very complex, I am open to any suggestion. Even from those who have no played the game.
I started playing the game Motorsport Manager from Steam the other week. After completing my first championship I decided to delve into modding. Modding for the game is done via .TxT documents that the game references. I edited the documents and all worked fine, however a few days ago, a game ruining bug started.
The bug causes the AI to never have fuel in their car at race start.
The game is made in unity and coded in C#.
The game hasn't been updated since 2017.
Currently I have tried;
Reinstalling the game.
Manually replacing the files with files from the base game downloaded to another PC.
Using my account on another PC with cloud sync (Which it worked fine on).
Manually deleting the 'active mods' file.
Deleting all cloud sync data.
Resetting my PC to factory settings and reinstalling windows.
I have also verified the files on Steam.
None of these attempts worked. On my PC the game is broken but not on anyone else's PC.
If anyone has any suggestions I am open to try anything. Thank you in advance.


texts: Are dynamite shocks specific to Angry Birds Space Level 1-27?

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In Angry Birds Space level 1-27, the shock of blowing up the dynamite box on one side of the planetoid immediately causes the dynamite box on the opposite side to blow up also, without anything falling on it first. For example, see this walk-through video .  I've also hit the opposite dynamite box first and it works the same way on this level.  As an avid Angry Birds player this behaviour surprised me because it was unexpected considering classic vicinity triggers for dynamite.

Is this shock-wave behaviour level-specific to Space 1-27, or does dynamite have that effect in general in AB Space physics?

As a comparison point, I can have two dynamite boxes in much nearer vicinity on the same plane in classic Angry Birds and they won't trigger one another to explode immediately.


texts: What Is The Most Effective Way To Earn Money Without Raiding Villages?

texts: I need to know what the most effective way to earn money is in Mount and Blade for a brand new character is.  I don't want to raid villages however and wouldn't like to have to lose honor for it.  Thanks in advance.


texts: Not able to complete Service to the Empire

texts: It does not appear that I am going to be able to earn the droids or the additional level before time runs out on Service to the Empire.  Will I still be able to obtain these through playing the game normally?


texts: Is it possible to detect in which way the player is facing at exactly and store it?

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I have been trying to find out if you can store the direction a player is facing and maybe use it to summon an arrow that shoots in that direction.
I want to make a gun but it would take years and very many command blocks to make a system that will detect every single direction and then shoot the arrow in that direction. That's why I'm asking if there is any way to do it.


texts: How to use /give commands to create a written book in Minecraft Pocket/Bedrock (iOS)?

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I am running the latest version of iOS Minecraft. Education mode and cheats are enabled.
I've got command block and trying to apply the following command there -
give @p minecraft:written_book{pages:["[\"\",{\"text\":\"The art of rituals is of vital importance to the player.\"}]","{\"text\":\" It is a matter of life and death,\\na road either to safety or to ruin.\"}]","{\"text\":\"Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.\"}"title:"Magick Moste Evile",author:Herobrine,display:{Lore:["Of the Horcrux, wickedest of magical inventions, we shall not speak nor give direction —"]}}

But it doesn't work. I get the following error -

Syntax error. Unexpected "minecraft:written_book" at "/give @p >>minecraft:written_book<<{pages:[''["

(some other commands like teleport work well)
What could be wrong here? Are there some limitations applied to iOS version?


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I have multiple layers of water in a cavern; it is connected to the "rest of the world" (map edge), so if I use the water up somehow, it is replenished by more water from the outside.

I want to get rid of it all - mostly to be able to cut down all the trees, but also as a fun (mega)project by itself.

How can I do it? Will I have to use magma, or would some arrangement of bridges be sufficient?


texts: Which attacks from enemy heroes makes it possible to deny allied heroes?

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When playing HoN I often deny ally's when they are have Dots (Damage over time) on them. As an example you can deny if a hero got little HP and have Slithers "Q"-Spell on them...

But yesterday i played and i couldn't deny an ally that had Blood Hunters Ulti on him.(less then 10% HP when i tried to deny). So that made me wounder.

Which attacks/dots from enemy heroes makes it possible to deny allied heroes?

EDIT:
Still the question remains which spells counts as a dot, is there something that distinguishes regular spells and dots.(Something that would be visible, or is this more of a "general knowledge" question)


texts: What exactly are the effects of Aiming Down Sights in apex legends?

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Scoping = ADS bellow:

Does the accuracy change (i.e. is not scoping in any way less accurate than the exact same aim/tracking with a scoping?)
Does the spread change?
Does the recoil change?"
Are there other changes (except markings, zoom, thermal)?
To which weapons do whatever changes (if any) apply?

If the answer to the above is no to everything, then are people seriously crippling movement just to get a mark on their screen!? I am asking because I generally hate scoping, except when totally necessary... but sometimes, I feel like I'm aiming great, but I'm not hitting anything without scoping, wondering if there are specific weapons which genuinely become inaccurate without scoping?


texts: Does World of Warcraft Cataclysm Collector's Edition have a separate key for the exclusive in-game pet?

texts: The title says it all. However, I will explain. Are there two keys in the Cataclysm Collector's Edition box? One key to upgrade the account to play Cataclysm content. Another key that is used to retrieve the exclusive in-game pet only available with the purchase of the Collector's Edition?


texts: Is it possible to play New Leaf on multiple systems with a cartridge?

texts: If my brother and I each have a 3DS or if someone has multiple systems, is it possible to play it on both systems, assuming you have a physical cartridge of the game?


texts: I know I can buy games in Steam, but what are the benefits of doing so over purchasing a no-DRM version of a game? What features does Steam provide to an average gamer to improve their gaming and user experience?


texts: What is the math behind Plague Inc DNA points?

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This is a two part question. The reason I am asking them in the same question is because they are both part of a broader question: What is my DNA point income so I can effectively ration which upgrades I am going to buy?

How many DNA points do I get naturally, in the two waves of infecting people?

All difficulty levels. This is almost, but not quite, a duplicate of Why doesn't population death yield DNA points?; this question is about the actual number of DNA points I get naturally. It's certainly not a function of time, because of the long pause you can get between the "infection phase" and the "killing phase".

What is the mathematical effect of the different game start DNA upgrades?

Again, for all difficulty levels. Specifically, what is the Expected Value of DNA points for the different Genetic Code upgrades:

ATP Boost

Get bonus DNA at the beginning
Seems to be 9-10 or so

Cytochrome Surge

Get more DNA from popping orange, DNA bubbles
I've gotten what seems to be +7 DNA from a single orange bubble, where the highest is +3 without this upgrade. The +7 was on normal though, I don't recall getting this on Brutal.
Side note: what governs when orange bubbles appear?

Metabolic Jump - Get more DNA from popping red, biohazard bubbles

I'm not even sure what this upgrade does. I know sometimes I get 2 points from a bubble, other times 1, and without this upgrade I only seem to get 1. I've only played with this upgrade on Brutal.

Catalytic Switch - Get bonus DNA from popping blue, cure bubbles

This can be a lot of DNA points, but obviously only in late game.

Metabolic Hijack - Orange and red bubbles are automatically popped

Obviously worth zero.


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I'm stuck on a 15-keystroke puzzle in Level 10:

My register contains:

My keyboard of available VIM commands is:

I'm concerned I made this puzzle impossible by doing other puzzles in between: I come out exactly one keypress over par, and if I had the ability to re-yank the text I need and put one in the "" register I'd be good. Sadly this text comes from a puzzle where you had to delete the text rather than yank it, and there's no place you can free-form paste your text; so I don't see a way to change where it sits in my registers.
The best sequence I can arrive at is:
0"3Pj"3pj"7pj"4p
This comes out to 16 keystrokes which is one over par.
I can't think of a way to optimize the motion commands, and I can't think of a way to shorten the pastes without rearranging my registers, which I don't seem to be able to do.
Any tips for what it is I'm overlooking? Or have I messed up my save file?


texts: How to get past broken bridge in Sunken Valley, not involving animated event?

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After performing certain actions, you can

   kill Great Serpent in Sunken Valley,

which, after certain animated event, places you right on the other side of the destroyed bridge. Yet, I've managed to screw up, and fell into the water. No I have no idea how to get there second time, as

   Great Seprent is already dead.

So, is there any other way to get on the other side of this bridge?

If there is no way to get around, at least tell me, what item I'm gonna miss due to this.


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An old item set for the Spy, the Saharan Spy, was added to Team Fortress 2.

The set bonus said:

Reduced decloak sound volume
0.5 sec longer cloak blink time

What does "cloak blink time" mean?   Is this the time that you are still visible while turning cloaked, or is it the time you appear when you get hit or bump into something?


texts: In World of Tanks on an Xbox 360, how does one change out ammo while in battle?  Or how do you change it period?


texts: What is Steam rating and what does it do?

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I just noticed that apparently Steam has a rating and mine is 0.6:

0.6 what? Is that good? Bad? Should I be forever embarrassed for having posted a screenshot?


texts: What happens when all the cards of your deck have been drawn in Hearthstone?


texts: How to earn SPECACT in Battlefield - Bad Company 2

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There are SPECACT Insignia and also certain SPECACT Efficiency/Excellency PINs to achieve in Battlefield Bad Company 2.

How can they be achieved?

I guess this question includes a metaquestion: "What is a SPECACT?"


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Armed Assault is a really tough game.  I was in the Army and I still think it's tough.

I'd really like a good walkthrough for Armed Assault. Does anyone know of one?


texts: Is it safe to delete The Witcher's save games from Windows?

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I want to remove most of the old save games from The Witcher that I'm constantly generating while playing (quick saves, autosaves, and manual save points) as I know I won't restart playing from these, and they take quite a lot of space* (20+ MB/save).

Removing them from the game is nice because I get to see the thumbnail plus location plus save date, but it's a chore with many of them as you have to select and delete them one by one.

So my question is: can I safely remove them from Windows Explorer, or will it raise issues later with the game (if there is for instance some sort of index)?

Note: I'm not really worried about running out of HDD space, but I have an automatic backup running over the enclosing folder (the whole path is C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\The Witcher\saves) and I'd rather not disable it.


texts: What is the console command to skip quests?

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I know you can skip a quest by using CompleteQuest  but that doesn't work for me.
It will go away from my quest tab but still be on the map, and I can't continue.

Is there another way to skip a quest?


texts: On Skyrim, if I marry the girl that owns the veggie stand in White Run, then will her kid become mine and I give it stuff? Like as if I adopted it from the orphanage?


texts: How to detect an entity with same name as player?

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I want to make a map where you can morph into entities and fight other players with that, and for this map I need a way to teleport an entity that has the same name as a player to said player.
How can I do this?


texts: How to make a citizen take a certain job

texts: I want to make a certain citizen take the open doctor job at a clinic, in which I fire her at her current job (farmer), but she always goes to being a teamster/farmer. I checked her education and she qualifies (college) but she wont go become a doctor at the clinic. I actually have two clinics (3/4 slots open). Clinic salary is also > than teamster/farmer salary. I wish there is a way to "drag" citizens to open work slots at certain buildings (think: dragging actors in the game The Movies). Or is there a way of doing this and I just havnt encountered it yet? Also, if there are no ways of doing this, does location of current house of the citizen affect her job choice?


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My Xbox 360 has been freezing regularly whether I'm playing GTA or FIFA. Today when I was playing it froze, so I tried to restart the console, and it gave me 3 red rings.

So, I unplugged everything because this has worked in the past.

When I restarted it, the light was green, but, the console wouldn't turn on.

So, next, I opened the disc tray, and it froze giving me 1 red ring.  Now it gives me no rings and it just doesn't start up.

I am going to leave it unplugged over night and see if it helps. But, does anyone have any other ideas?


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I've read the documentation and everything I can find on this subject, but I'd like to know:

What Bukkit does that vanilla Minecraft Server does not
Why people decide to use it over vanilla Minecraft Server
What plugins do/are for

Background: I've only used vanilla Minecraft Server before, on my own machine. I can't quite grasp what Server Mods or Wrappers actually do, so this may be the source of my confusion.


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One of my Dwarves just died of bleeding. He isn't anywhere near any enemies that I can see. How can I find his corpse to help figure what happened?

Note this is version 40d.


texts: Should I use Oscuro's Oblivion Overhaul when playing Oblivion for the first time?

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I'm rather happy playing Morrowind*, but now I decided to finally have a look at Oblivion. I read lots of criticism from Morrowind fans (yeah, obviously it's not Morrowind 2) and now learned about OOO. Since I don't actually have the time to play both vanilla and OOO exhaustively, I'd like to know whether I miss something by skipping the vanilla experience.

What sounds good about OOO is the removal of the levelling enemies, and more items probably won't hurt. However, I enjoyed exploring in Morrowind and didn't like the Morrowind Comes Alive plugin being a bit too generous with additional hostiles (even in cities!) so I'm afraid OOO's "more challenge" could result in having to fight most of the time when I was just enjoying the landscape ;)

So let me repeat my question:

For someone who quite liked Morrowind, can you recommend starting to play vanilla Oblivion or OOO?

(I don't ask which way Oblivion is more like Morrowind, since the answer then is "Play Morrowind, it's perfect* already")

(* using some of the great plugins and MGE, but considering vanilla enjoyable as well)


texts: How do I retrieve the special vehicles from my garage?

texts: The game says that I can collect my vehicles from there, but how?


texts: level.dat_old appears to be corrupted, any way to fix it?

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I have a Minecraft world that won't show up in the "Singleplayer" saves list. I tried creating a world with the exact same name and replacing all the files in that folder with the files from the broken world, and through that, I've narrowed it down to one file: level.dat_old. I don't know how this level.dat_old can be so important to the game (I'd think level.dat would be more important, and _old wouldn't even be used by the game, a kind of emergency backup).

If I replace everything except that level.dat_old, the save shows up, but when I try to play it, it loads the new world I created, instead of the one I'm trying to rescue.

I've also tried copying the level.dat, and renaming it to level.dat_old, but that results in the save not showing up in the list.

I even tried pulling down the files from a backup I had, but I think they might have already been corrupted.

Is there any way I can fix this? I thought about trying something like an NBT editor, but I'm completely unfamiliar with those, so I don't know how that could possibly help.


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I find the iOS game "Plague Inc" pretty easy since the same tactic seems to work on every level.

I simply evolve air and water transmission along with cold and drug resistance until every single human being is infected.
After that I just evolve coughing, "immunity something" and the next one giving me total organ collapse. The bodies hit the floor after that and the DNA points given during the downfall of society is invested in mitigating the effects of the cure.
This tactic never fails me (I play normal difficulty) but it never seems to give me a better than average score (3 / 5 biohazard symbols).

My question:

What is the score based upon? Time to complete the level? % cure developed? If I completed the level with minimum evolution? Something else? Everything above?

If you don't know the above; Do you get higher scores? How?


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In Find Mii on the 3DS, you can win various hats that you can apparently put on your Mii.

I tried going to the Mii Maker to see if that was where I could use the hats but I didn't see an option there.

How do I put the hats that I have won on my Mii?


texts: What rules are used to decide if a new item bought must replace an existing one?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Why does my Sapphire Crystal disappear when I purchase Catalyst the Protector?

This game gives you 6 inventory slots, but for me it's not clear what rules are used by the system to replace an existing item when I buy a new one.

For example if I already have 2 swords, buying a third one replaces one of the two  (I hope the game chooses the less powerful one...) instead of adding a third sword to the inventory. Makes sense, I guess.
However 2 swords with a dagger are allowed and for orbs I cannot even recognize a pattern.

So, how can I understand which item (if any) will be replaced when I buy new gear?


texts: Unable to craft MV-Transformer (Industrial craft 2 experimental + GregTech)

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I have my custom mod pack with following mods: mods list. The problem is I can't craft MV-Transformer - NEI recipe looks strange:

... and, of course, doesn't work. And when I try old known recipe - I get nothing:

How can I craft MV-Transformer?


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Since 1.05, I can't make twice an alchemy recipe.
Including mutagens and alcohol.

Do you people face the same issue or know how to make multiples upgraded mutagens ?


texts: Is there a quiet way to take out a drone without causing the enemies to start searching?

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Throughout the game, there are many flying drones that can spot you and alert the rest of the Nazis.  I'm finding it difficult to move pass them, and even more difficult to take them down without causing the rest of the nearby enemies to begin searching the area.

Are there any effective ways to take these drones out without causing the nearby enemies to start searching for me?


texts: How does Indestructible interact with Akarat's Champion Prophet?

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Indestructible

When you receive fatal damage, you instead become immune to damage, gain 35% increased damage and gain 107284 Life per Kill for 5 seconds.
This effect may occur once every 60 seconds.

Akarat's Champion - Prophet

Explode with the power of your order, increasing your damage by 35% and increasing your Wrath regeneration by 5 for 20 seconds.
Prophet rune: Gain 150% additional Armor while Akarat's Champion is active.
The first time you take fatal damage while Akarat's Champion is active, you will be returned to full health.

Which triggers first?


texts: How to handle the crabs in Adventure Time - Time Tangle?

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What's the best way to handle giant crabs in Adventure Time Time Tangle? You can't jump over them, you can't punch through them and you can't go around them.
Actually, you can jump if their claws are down, if you land the punch at just the right time you come to a stop long enough to maybe get around.

At present if I come up against a crab it's 50/50 if I'll get past or lose a heart.

Interestingly in the gallery with hints, this 'baddie' is greyed out so you can't get to the tips - which are sometimes helpful.


texts: What redstone machine can be used as BUD

texts: It is widely known that by powering a piston diagonally or two blocks above it will make it a bud. But apart from pistons, what other blocks can be used as BUDs?


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I'm trying to figure out how tunnel, both horizontally and vertically, through large bodies of water — preferably a method which can be used early in the game and which can be done with on-hand materials rather than a lot of setup.

In earlier versions of the game, water was permanently destroyed by blocks placed in it, allowing tunnels to be easily created by placing blocks, then hollowing them out.  As of Terraria 1.1, however, blocks seem to "store" the water they were placed in, which is then released when they are mined.  The official wiki doesn't yet describe any techniques for dealing with this change.


texts: When does the Xur (Agent of the Nine) appear?

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I recently discovered this fellow in my Grimoire

Has he made an appearance in the game yet? I haven't come across this individual yet, so is his appearance triggered by story events?

The wiki says

  Xûr sells extremely rare goods in exchange for Strange Coins and only appears on weekends. Xûr's coming and going depends on the planetary alignments.

This seems inconsistent, does he appear every weekend or just when he (Bungie) feel like it?


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I do NOT want to hide games marked by those tags. I want to hide the tags themselves.

Some tags are too broad in my opinion and appear on many hardly related games. Some cover distinction I will hardly ever care about. But being popular, they push out of view other tags that I'd like to see - at least in discovery queue, but maybe in other places in UI too.

So, can I somehow hide some tags to give way for other tags to display?


texts: How important are Harbors in Civ V really?

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I remember Harbors were quite crucial buildings in Civ IV, but they don't seem to be anymore in Civ V. They only provide a 25% production increase for building sea units and establish a trade route, if one doesn't already exist. Usually one or two advisors are picking the Harbor as the next important building to build, and insist on their choice for centuries.

If I already have an established trade route through roads and am not particularly interested in building sea units though, am I missing out on anything important if I don't build one?


texts: Sluggish walking, no sprinting and airboat doesn't accelerate properly in Half-Life 2

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I just reinstalled Half-Life 2 on this system,
movement in the game is sluggish compared to what it was the last time I played it.

Here are the symptoms that i've noticed:

The sprint doesn't make me go any faster, but it still drains my AUX-power.
Moving through vents and other cramped areas is almost not possible
as Gordon is moving about an inch per second.
The airboat doesn't accelerate properly in water or on land.
whenever it's on land it's moving as slow as I did in the cramped areas.
However, it accelerates
properly when I reverse.

Solutions as mentioned in the post below have all been tried out.
Gordon Freeman runs way too slowly!

Here's a list of things I've tried:

Entering the value "sv_alternateticks 0" into the console.
Manually unbound the sprint key and rebound it using the console,

Tried binding it to other keys and it made no difference.

Pressed the "Use Defaults"-button in the key bindings menu.
Changed the steam overlay key binding in a way that shouldn't interfere with any button used in game.
Alt tabbing.
Tried toggling V-Sync.

Tried limiting FPS to 90 and 60 using the "fps_max" console command.

Checked if VR settings was still active, which the menues indicated that they were not.

I play this on a Windows 10 Pro 64-bit system, that has tried playing this game in VR before.

How would I go about diagnosing and fixing these issues?


texts: Why can't I place a portal shield on a portal?

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I have a portal shield in my inventory, and on a portal I have placed 8 resonators.

How do I place the shield on the portal?

I have checked the upgrade menu and I can't see anything about the shield.


texts: Which women have "romance" options in The Witcher 2?

texts: I'm remembering that in the first game there were quite a few women that Geralt could pursue. So far I've only found Triss as a romantic prospect in the second game. Are there any others?


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As a Heavy, I have in my posession what is arguably the most powerful close-range weapon in the game.  One that can shred through an enemy in fractions of a second.

I am also in posession of the biggest 'guns' in the game, them being my massive fists of doom.

Which seems redundant, given the large number of boolits I can shoot with my mighty mighty gun.

So when is it a better idea to spend the time switching to my fists for a good punchfest, over holding out my minigun and preparing for a mowdown?


texts: If I 1-star or 2-star a base in Clan Wars and it later gets 3-starred, do I still get credited the stars I earned?

texts: If I get 1 or 2 stars on a war attack and someone later gets more stars than I do, do I still earn those stars/do they still go to my rewards and stats?


texts: How to make a dedicated server work on a remote server without a GPU?

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The dedicated server which is bundled in the Civ5 SDK doesn't work, how do I make it work?

There are so many thing wrong with it, it's a real adventure. If you run the SDK and select DEDICATED SERVER, many people get no response as it silently fails. If you find the server executable and run it, it has various DLL fails. There is a "fix" out there to copy the server .exe file to the game folder, which gets the server interface working but can't connect.

There is also a rumor going around that you need a GPU to run the server.


texts: How to set up for tributes as Zheng Jiang?

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I can't force factions to pay me tributes. I'm around turn 70, I'm checking most turns for tributes (in the quick deal menu mostly) but so far I only managed to do it once. And the faction turned against me and stopped paying a few turn later anyway (I think it was vassalized). They all are strictly refusing without any room to negotiate.

I tried crushing factions and leaving them with only one or two territories after defeating all their armies. Even sacked all their territories to try. They still refuse.

I read tributes are for big factions, annoy them by taking or looting a few settlements and beat their armies; they may be ready to pay tributes to get you off their back. So I tried once but without success.

I read that you can't ask tributes to vassals, so as Yuan Shao vassalized half of china already, it may be the reason.
The early game was harsh, and I had a single army constantly fighting while recuperating. So I may not have been very imposing, but a lot of time there were factions way weaker than me that still refused.
I entered a coalition with Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo's heir (which are powerful factions in my game) but it made no difference.

What are the favorable/unfavorable factors in asking for tributes ?

edit: A bit after turn 80, I had managed to raise a second army and crushed again a neighbor. Took five of his ten territories, beat his 3 armies and he was open for a tribute this time. The turn after, another faction (that I could not even see on the map) was open for a tribute... I didn't want to disappoint them so I accepted.
I think you don't solely need to be a threatening force relatively to your target, but also globally. Right now there are a few factions with similar strength (and allies strength) as me, but none superior.


texts: Green Flag in The Great Maze (Super Smash Bros Brawl, SSE)

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So, as you probably already know, in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the Subspace Emissary, there is a crown on a level if you have gotten all the gold boxes in a level.

I have double, triple, and quadruple checked against 3 different guides for gold boxes in The Great Maze in SSE. I have gotten all of them. Yet, I still have a green flag in the bottom left corner of the Great Maze. I don't know WHAT I'm missing. Could somebody help me? Thanks!

I have also beaten the game, so I have access to all rooms.


texts: Is it possible to back up a PS3 via a network share?

texts: Is it possible to use the Sony built in PS3 backup utility to do it's backups over a network share, or is it only possible through a direct attached USB storage medium?


texts: How do I unlock higher difficulty levels in Diablo III?

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I know that there are four difficulty levels in Diablo 3 as follows:

Normal
Nightmare
Hell
Inferno

Can the difficulty level be changed manually or does it automatically increase on subsequent play-throughs (i.e. moving from normal to nightmare, nightmare to hell) as in Diablo 2?


texts: Is it possible to automatically (without intervention) unload an animal from a minecart without destroying the animal or the minecart?


texts: Will playing offline affect trophy acquisition?

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I'm picking up Demon's Souls again so I can play through it before the servers close. However, while trying to plan for a trophy run and somewhat efficient playthrough, everything I've read recommends playing in offline mode in order to make it easier to get Perfect White/Black World Tendencies.

If I play offline, will I still be able to get the trophies? I'm wondering how exactly this works if I need to be signed out of PSN in order to play offline. If I don't get them while playing offline, it partially negates trying to go for an optimized run in the first place...


texts: I seem to have a phantom follower that won't let me enlist a follower

texts: I had Faendal as a follower, and he disappeared somewhere along the way. Found him back at his house. I asked him to follow, but he says I already have a follower. I killed the dragon, but Lydia says the same thing. Is there any way to reset it back to no follower? I really don't want to start over.


texts: How do I play "Splattack!" in Squid beats 2?

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Before I watched playing Splattack in Squid beats 2, but I thought it doesn't exit in Squid beats 2.
How do I play it?
(I'm a Japanese player, so if the gamemode's name is incorrect, please edit this post)


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How do I get Steam games on the Windows 7 Game Explorer?  I have a few games installed in Steam that I'd like to appear in the Game Explorer.

Yes, I know I can create a desktop shortcut and drag that over. But they just don't look right compared to other games that install themselves "properly" to the Game Explorer, and I'd like to keep it looking tidy.


texts:
I have a dwarven bow of frost and ancient nord arrows.

Dwarven bow - 20 damage
Frost enchantment - 10 damage
Ancient nord arrows - 10 damage

Would it calculate 20+10 to give each arrow 30 damage (ignoring enchantments for now)? Or does it take an average of them, giving each 15 damage? Or does it take the highest, thus 20 damage?

Is the enchantment calculated afterwards (and would it be affected by the sneak bonus/critical hits)?


texts: I've looked around and I couldn't find her house.  The only place I find her is the Jorrvaskr.  I have even tried following her, and she still doesn't go to a house.  Where does she live?


texts: Cannot accept invitation to realm due to "incorrect privacy and online safety settings"

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I am experiencing a problem where I am unable to accept an invitation to a friend's Realm on Minecraft for Windows 10.

Whenever I attempt to accept the invitation, I get the message

You cannot play online multiplayer through Xbox
Live because of how your account is set up. This
can be changed in your privacy & online safety
settings on Xbox.com

I have checked through my Privacy & Online Safety settings, and have verified that my Join multiplayer games option is, in fact, set to Allowed. Despite this, I am still unable to accept the invitation.


texts: Staggering giants with Unrelenting Force

texts: For some reason I am not able to stagger giants while trying the first version of this shout. I hear the word and see the blue light that appears but nothing happens to my enemy. I tried this on Anise and it works but not on a giant. I should also mention that I havent gone to Hrothgar or Ivarstead yet. Are giants resistant somehow or is there something I need to get from the Greybeards before this will work on everyone?


texts: So, I'm trying to play on a LAN server with my sibling. When she or I click "Open to LAN" in the pause menu, it works, shows the port number. But I can't find it in the Multiplayer tab on the very bottom. We are both using a Mac. Help??


texts: Billboards should distribute jobs to multiple workstation of the same type. I now place all my billboards in the same room as those workstations, but sometimes they take up precious space. Is it possible to place billboards somewhere else (for example, a distant 'billboardroom')? I never caught an employee looking at the billboard. Will the machine input zones work well with this solution?


texts: Does a Hazmat Vest make your soldier immune to Chryssalid poison?

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Hazmat vest grant your soldiers immunity to poison, but does that also apply to the special poison that Chryssalids use?

I know you can cure Chryssalid poison with a Medkit (just like normal poison), but I wasn't sure if it worked the same way for Hazmat vests.


texts: What is the most efficient strategy for winning in Campaign mode?

texts: I have access to Barbarians, Archers, Goblins, and Giants - but I still tend to have my entire army wiped out pretty quickly when playing the campaign.  I am stuck on "Brute Force" and "Gold Rush", and I can't seem to progress past them.  I'm sure there must be some strategy for how to use each unit, but generally mine just get cut down by the cannons - and typically they don't even fight back, instead focusing on looting other buildings.  What is an effective strategy for using units in Campaign mode?


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Throughout your careers in either Poker Night at The Inventory or Poker Night 2, your 'nickname' (something like Ziggy Flophouser or whatever) will consistently change depending on your stats throughout. I've been wondering, however, what the different stats are that determine all the nicknames.

What are all the available nicknames in the two Poker Night games, and what are the criteria for them?


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I've been building up a village in Minecraft PE and it started spawning iron golems. I was killing the golems for their iron and I injured a few villagers while mining now the golems won't stop attacking me.

My difficulty has been set to Peaceful for as long as I've been working on the village.

I've tried the following:

Exited to the main menu
Force quit the app
Killed all the iron golems in the village
Stayed away from the villagers and iron golems for a long time

I kept the villagers and golems fenced off while I did a lot of work
I didn't leave the village chunk or its adjacent chunks, though

They don't chase me very far and, on rare occasion, I can walk right past them without drawing aggro.

Is there anything I can do to stop them from attacking me?


texts: Civ V bug in Linux - Free Thought policy is not available when it should

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I am playing the Linux version of the game from Steam.

I have adopted Rationalism after fully completing Patronage and tradition. In rationalism I have adopted secularism and humanism. At this point Free thought should be available but it's not.

It says: "This policy may not be adopted yet because prerequisite Policies have not been acquired."

I look the web and found the wiki on social policies which also seems to have inversed secularism and humanism. It is writen here that Free Thought needs Humanism when in the game the tree clearly indicate that you need secularism. Inverselly, Sovereignty in the game tree indicate that you need Humanism but in the wiki, it says you need Secularism.

Since it doesn't work in the game, I wonder if the wiki is correct! Can anyone confirm this.

Here is a snap shot of what I see in the game. (note that you don't see that I had Humanism and Secularism because when I decided to go for Commerce since this tree wasn't working, I lost all my policies in the rationalism tree! Probably another bug...)


texts: How do I get the achievement "A new you." in the Elder Scrolls 5 Skyrim?

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When I was in the achievements looking for Skyrim's Dawnguard DLC achievements, I noticed there is an achievement called, "A new you" and the description is to change your face. It appears on the second bar in the picture below.

In the beginning of the game you get to make your own face, and now I heard you can change your face. So how do I change my face?


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I've been playing the game for about a week without issue, but all of a sudden today it stopped earning credits while I am away from the game. My stores are stocked, the game is properly counting down time (projects are getting completed), but the only time the game earns credits/has sales is while I'm actively playing it.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Note: I have the game for Android, and there might have been an update today


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So far I have only found the hobo which doesn't sell anything high level and the starting store in Kyle's backyard which only sells up to level 10 gear IIRC.

Is there going to be another store for 11+ items?


texts: Trapped in an ocean Temple in Minecraft?

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I've found myself in a horror movie. I was exploring an ocean Temple in Minecraft, and to protect myself from Guardians, I barricaded myself in completely. However, they are still inflicting mining fatigue on me through the blocks, and they're regular enough with it that I can never run out the timer, so I cannot break blocks. I've just built myself into a tomb.

The game is on easy mode, so I can't starve to death. I don't have any milk to debuff, so I can't dig myself out. I don't have any water, so I can't drown myself. I'm trapped.

At this point, I'd be glad to die and revive back in my village, but I can't figure out how. Can anybody think of anything?


texts: How many crew members sit inside each unit in Homeworld and Deserts of Kharak?

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At times, it seems like there is only one crew member operating each unit, aside from the main units like the Mothership or Carrier. Other times, small units say things that suggest there might be multiple crew inside. Smaller units may even be remotely operated from larger ones.

In the first missions of Homeworld, we save large pods with people counting several thousands. It seems like a lot of those people are not crew member material and are just regular folks who don't take part in battle.

One of the first Deserts of Kharak missions explains how we must stall for Rachel S'jet  and her crew to do their stuff. In the cinematic before she was the only person to sit inside her vehicle, so where are her crew coming from?

Is it said anywhere, maybe in the big manual, how many people man each unit?


texts: What does the 'man in the hole with two arrows' icon in the top left do?

texts: In Dota 2, in the top bar, the fifth icon from the left is a man in a hole. Clicking it seems to do nothing. What is it supposed to do?


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I've been playing Overcooked 1. I attached a Bluetooth keyboard to my laptop. This means 2 players can play (using different keys but at least we're not restricted to sharing a single keyboard). In other words, player 1 will use ASDW keys to move, whereas player 2 can use the cursor keys.

I've just bought Overcooked 2 and was hoping to do the same - what I've read shows it's possible and designed to be this way!

In the game, I press Esc to load up the menu, open the controls screen and choose 2 keyboards.

I load the game, and I see 2 characters. However, only 1 of the characters has a blue circle underneath, and both ASDW and the cursor keys move a single character.

If we press CTRL (I think it's CTRL), the selected chef changes, but we only get to control 1 chef at a time!

What am I doing wrong? We'd like to play locally, 2 players, using 2 keyboards.


texts: Is there a way to select all items in a list?

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For example, when I go to drop items, put items into a chest, or pick up items off the floor, is there a way to select all the items visible in the list, rather than just quickly typing "abcdefgh..."?

I know sometimes I can choose categories of items but that seems just to filter which show up.  I would like a shortcut to select everything in the list of specific items.


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Ok, in this question I am obviously asking for SPOILERS, so be warned.

I recently finished playing Venetica, and I really enjoyed the game. However, it seemed to me that I messed up the final confrontation with the heroine's brother Leon in the Doge Palace. Once the fight started, I lost sight of him. When I had finished the guards, he wasn't in the room anymore, neither alive nor as body. Also, he is never mentioned again for the rest of the game.

So my questions are: What exactly happens to Leon at the end of Venetica? Are there even multiple outcomes? What are the player's possibilities to influence Leon's fate?


texts: What is the difference between teams and squads?

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I have been enjoying this game, but slightly confused with online play.

I know, for example, when playing Squad Deathmatch, you can usually have 4 teams of 4 playing, correct?

But sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. Right after the game ends, it will say 'Your team lost' or 'your team won'. Is there a difference between team and squads?

I ask because I have seen the 'your team lost' show up, but then get a badge on the next screen saying 'be a part of a winning squad'. Also, when talking to others on my squad, I saw 'your team lost' on the screen but they were saying that we won that match.


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Where can I pick up a Telekinesis Spell Book in Skyrim?
I haven't looked too thoroughly, and am just now interested after watching an episode of "Things To Do In ..".


texts: What effects do city specializations have on buildings in your city?

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According to http://www.simcity.com/en_US/game/info/city-specialization, city specializations will influence the look of buildings in your city.
For example, it says
"Plop a university and residences will transform into frat houses filled with partying Sims!"

Has anyone actually seen anything like this happen in the game?  I haven't.


texts: How do you jump the gap in Threat Level Apricot?

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I'm trying to get over the gap just after the zipline in Threat Level: Apricot, but no matter which Bro I use, none of them can make the jump.

How do I get past that gap?


texts: How do I transfer Starbound characters from a Mac to a PC?

texts: Would I need a usb and/or the computers to be side by side in order to transfer my characters? I want to transfer my characters from my mac to my pc.


texts: What are some of the ways to increase the Respectable quality?

texts: So far the only way to increase it for me is a monocle that I found somewhere along the way that gives +1 to the quality. I just encountered a storylet that has an action that checks this quality for success rate. How do I increase the Respectable quality further?


texts: Do guards respawn like they do in Oblivion? I'm guessing NPCs don't respawn but I want to check that too just in case. Guards are fairly easy to kill making them an easy way of getting Dark souls so long as they do respawn.


texts: I didn't get the Pacifist ending, what went wrong?

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What am I supposed to do to get the true Pacifist ending? I spared every monster I met but then when I got to the ending Toriel didn't come and save me like she does in the true pacifist route. I restarted my game but I found it really hard to complete up to where I got to previously.

What did I do wrong? Why didn't I get the true Pacifist ending?


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I bought Borderlands 2 some time ago. I was playing recently when I saw a new menu entry labeled "Downloadable Content". On clicking it, I saw 3 DLCs that were purchased, but not downloaded. I pressed enter to download, but was redirected to an instance of the Steam browser on the home page. No reference whatsoever to the DLCs.

How can I download them?

Update


texts: Is there a Minecraft command for changing biomes?

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As the title indicates, is there a command in vanilla Minecraft to change the biome of an area like /fill except for biomes, like so:

/biome ~ ~ ~ ~70 ~-50 ~70 savanna


texts:
I just got Diablo 3 for PS3 but I cant figure out how to play online or connect to battle.net

Are there instructions for this anywhere?


texts: Which metal does the most damage when crafted into a weapon?

texts: What is the order here? Which metals are best for weapon and armor crafting? What is the progressing in that sense? I would suspect Steel to be more effective than Silver, but real life logic does not apply always to video games.


texts: How can I fix the Xbox 360 error code 03-57-00?

texts: I got this error code 03-57-00 on one of my Xbox 360 games, but all my other games work fine. The disc looks a little scratched up. I have tried Microsoft's suggestions, and cleaned it with a solvent. Is there any way to fix the disc or should I replace it?


texts: How can I insert a radio stream in Euro Truck Simulator 2?

texts: I've barely discovered the radio streaming function on Euro Truck Simulator 2 and want to put this in the stream along with this, but have had no success. I've done the "stream_data[xx]: "linkforstreamhere|name|genre|language|" format, but it won't work. Is there something I'm doing wrong or can I not use these links?


texts: Minecraft skins for Windows 10 and Pocket Edition

texts: My granddaughter has been playing Minecraft on her iphone/ipad for quite a long time now and has accumulated a ton of skins.  She just got a new laptop for her birthday and I purchased the PC version of Minecraft for that as well.  I understand that they are two different platforms of the game however, the pocket version gives you the option to export skins.  My question is:  can the skins be exported from the pocket edition (on the iphone or ipad) to the PC version?  I am thinking no but it doesn't hurt to ask those that know more about it than I do!  Thanks!


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I'm starting to acquire quite a few gems, and I know there was a mechanic in the original where a few of one level could be combined to create one of the next level, like in Diablo.

Is there any such mechanic in Torchlight 2? How does it work? Where can I do it?


texts: Passing install parameters for Steam game from Windows command line

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I play Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DXMD) on an AWS EC2 spot instance using Steam streaming, following this tutorial to create an AMI. From experience, I found that I can install Steam but cannot install DXMD in the AMI. When I do, DXMD won't work; it hangs when attempting to run. (if someone has suggestions on fixing this, then I won't need to take the steps below).

As a workaround, I install the game after the spot instance is created. I'd like to automate this process. From the Valve dev guide, I've managed to start the install process.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -login <myusername> <mypassword> -applaunch 337000

where 337000 is the application ID.

At this point, Steam requests an installation directory, asks me to confirm reading the license agreement, and then proceeds. How do I pass the install directory and license agreement parameters via command line? I've tried running steam with the -dev flag, which adds the console tab at the top of the GUI, so as to set the default install directory, but that doesn't help.


texts: Are there any bonuses for using an authenticator with your Diablo III account?

texts: Attaching a Blizzard Authenticator to your Battle.NET account gave you some stupid Core Hound pet in World of Warcraft.  Other than the greatly enhanced security, are there any similar (trite, cosmetic) benefits in Diablo III?


texts: Where do I put my downloaded Trackmania maps so I can play them?

texts:
I recently downloaded a few extra maps for the free version Trackmania, called Trackmania Nations Forever.

Where should i put these maps so that i can access them from within the game (through the browse option). I will also like to host them in a LAN environment.


texts: How do you share Threat Plates profile imports?

texts:
I am looking to share the Threat Plates WoW addon profiles to other people in my guild.

I have some guild members who have really nice Threat Plate and we want to be able to share the pre-set settings, but I cannot figure out how.  Is there a way to share these profiles?


texts: Whats the best way to remove a ton of buildings?

texts: I'm preparing to move my living quarters which means that I need to remove a ton of beds, cabinets, chests and doors. I really dont want to go to each building and press x. Is there a way I can set an remove buildings from an area? Similar to remove construction.


texts: Xbox 360 PDP Controller not working with Ouya

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I recently bought an Ouya, and a second xbox 360 PDP Rock Candy controller (my girlfriend liked it and it was cheap hahah), but I can't get it to work.

I plug it in, and halfway through it lights up, but then it simply turns off and I can't get it to do anything at all.

This thread on ouyaforums was dealing with the same problem, and solved it with a firmware update. I just barely bought my Ouya and it updated when I first used it, and I even re-checked it to see if there was something like that going on, but no updates to be found.

Should I just return it? I'd rather get it working!


texts: What do I do with Indaryn's Gold Necklace in Skyrim?

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In Skyrim, I have "Indaryn's Gold Necklace". It's marked as a quest item so I can't drop it. What do I do with it?

A google search for the item name yields zero hits. All of the Skyrim wikis seem to be completely silent on the topic. Does anyone have any idea?

This is Skyrim on PS3, with all the latest patches at the time of this posting.


texts: Is the Sacrificial Dagger like the other orbitals?

texts:
The wiki description for the Sacrificial Dagger is:

  Dagger orbits Isaac, very high damage.

Does it also have the projectile blocking property of the other orbitals(i.e. Meat Boy or Halo of Flies)?


texts: Count vassal gained independence from conquering a duchy in war

texts: Is this supposed to happen? Why would conquering a duchy in war via claim work differently than usurping the title (if a count usurps a duchy and you are king they stay your vassal normally)?


texts: How to replay story (and optional) missions?

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I am about 4/5 hours into the game and managed to get an S-rank on four missions. However, I have an A-ranked (story) mission that I would like to replay to get S-rank on. I could not figure out how to do it.

Is it possible and if so how?


texts: I believe this achievement is bugged. Is it normal? Shall I ticket Blizzard about this? Or is there something I miss?


texts: Teleporting player around a corner that face a specific direction

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I want to build some kind of non euclidian room in minecraft, where a player should be able to go 2..infinite amount of times around a corner, until he went full cyrcle. But it should only work in one direction. For example it might take 7 corners if you go clockwise and 4 corners counterclockwise.
Here on 0:42 you can see what i want to achive:
non euclidian geometry
In order to achive that i use command blocks to teleport the player on a point A, where he faces positive x direction, relative to his own offset to point B, where he faces positive y direction:

I tried using this command:
execute at @a[X=A,Y=B, Z=C, distance=0..4] run tp @p ~-10 ~ ~-10 90 0

I am facing now three problems :

I don't know how to check which direction the player is facing at given coordinate.

When teleporting the player back while he is moving in x direction, the movement towards x
stays after the teleportation. In my case i want him, if he moves in x direction before teleportation, to move in y direction after
the teleportation.

Since all rooms are exactly the same, the player should be teleported to the previous room facing now the previous direction. But after
teleportation the position is slightly off. Imagine if you move in X direction, there are 4 possible Y coordinates to be teleported(Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4). Depending on which one you get teleported you should get to a different X coordinate
(Y1 -> X1,.., Y4 -> X4), so the distances to the walls are the exact same. But how it now works is, that it doesnt matter in which Y you are, you will always get to the same X.
For that reason I created a little formula, that would keep the distances to   the walls the same, after teleportation. But i cant use the formula nor can I store the result and use it for the teleportation

Any suggestions?


texts: When and where is the earliest possibility to receive a Mystery gift Pokemon in game?

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On a fresh save (restarted game for example), when and where is the earliest possibility to receive a Pokemon sent to the game via Mystery gift?

It says Pokemon Center, so I'd assume it's the first Pokemon Center you come across, but where is that located?


texts: What affects how long it takes me to respawn?

texts:
While playing lockdown, I've noticed that sometimes I respawn in 5 or so seconds, and sometimes it takes me upwards of 20.

Why is that?  Is it related to how well I'm doing?  It seems to go up when I die a lot.  Is it some kind of balancing?  How can I keep my respawn time low?


texts:
I've been mulling this over for a while now, and am unable to get all of the information I require to make an informed decision.  My life hinges on my decision, and I'd appreciate some input.

The thing is:
I know smoking is bad for my health, but can I die because of it?

...now for some context

Among the various "beneficial" (debatable) pickups in BioShock, is the pack of cigarettes.  Grabbing one of these replenishes a small amount of EVE (magic, basically), but drains a small amount of the player's health.

So, if I managed to get myself almost dead, and then smoked up, would this health drain kill me?


texts: So on GTA 5, I already know that you usually are only able to save outfits when you have an apartment/house. However I was wondering whether you are able to save outfits into your base outfits  without having to buy an apartment.


texts: Do my flowers have a higher spawn rate if my friend waters them?

texts:
I recently stumbled upon this Google sheet sent to me by a friend: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nI2JcIls4JnDZthCV88xx_X800h3wopKuV8yzqyVO1E/htmlview#gid=0

The claim is simple. Plants watered by your online friend seem to have more than a double spawn rate than ones you watered yourself.

I figured if this was accurate I'd be able to find talk online about this, bit couldn't find anything.

Does anyone know whether this true or not?


texts: How can I tell if I'm infected with zombie-virus?

texts: In NMRiH, it is possible to become infected with zombie, but because there is no/little HUD (can't see health, can't see ammo remaining without ammo checking, no minimap), I have been infected in the past without realizing it, which is really a shame because even on full health, after a while you will simply drop dead (without phalanx pills). Is the slight "cracking" shader around the edges the way to tell, or is a certain attack the only way that zombies infect you?


texts:
I've been playing for about 4-5 hours with a friend and he's levelled a full level above me.

Is there either any way to ensure we level equally or any way I can catch up with him without taking our quests out of sync, like farming mobs not related to quests or any mods that could help?


texts: Are there any taunts that can be used as an attack?

texts: In SSB4, I heard there was a taunt that could hit, which ended up being Luigi's down taunt, I think. I do not play this game really often, so I was wondering, are there any other taunt attacks? I have seen some that look like they should be attacks, but I haven't quite tested them out.


texts: Switch split screen game views in Portal 2 PTI

texts:
In the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative (the map builder) you can test out your maps by going to the Game View. If you're building a co-op map, the Game View is automatically split screen, each controlled by one robot. How do I switch control of robots to test my map? Currently I can only control Atlas, but I need to switch over to P-body to complete the map. He's just sitting there, stuck at the beginning of the level.

I've tried using gestures, pinging, and keyboard shortcuts, but nothing has worked so far.


texts: What is "Bonus DPS" feature for Vikings?

texts:
On teamliquid wiki page about viking there is two bonus features:

Bonuses:       +4 vs Armored air
Bonus DPS:     +2 vs Armored air

I understand that Viking do +4 more damage to armored units (comparatively to non-armored), but what does "Bonus DPS" mean?
Thanks.


texts: Why is my character pool empty after installing War of the Chosen?

texts:
I just booted up X-Com 2: War of the Chosen for the first time, but my character pool is empty, and there's nothing in the "Import Character" tab but a Developer Pool.

Where did my characters go?


texts: How do I clear all 45 waves in Big Time Gangsta?

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Has anyone cleared all 45 waves in Big Time Gangsta? I'm playing the game without buying any credits (I think that model is silly) so I can only purchase items that do not require credits.

I have come up with some fighting strategies that help my to clear the first 10 waves without too much effort or loss of health but I think beyond that I'll have to stock up on equipment like health kits.

What does it take to clear all 45 waves?


texts: Where can I find effects and clutter to decorate my house?

texts:
In what category are the magic effects located in the Creation kit?

I would like to decorate certain things in my game as though they're imbued with magic power.
I already have Jaxonz Positioner and would like to use it to place blood magic, runes, lightning balls, etc. on objects as though they're imbued with powerful magic.
Can someone give me some advice?

Also: where do I find dishes such as platters, cups, plates, etc.?


texts: Do I need to feed my cow every single day?

texts: I noticed that I put fodder down for my cow, and there was still fodder there the next day. Do I need to feed them every day? The farm guide says that a fodder is good for 10. Does that mean it will feed 1 animal for 10 days (or 2 for 5, or 10 for one, etc.) or should I be putting down fresh every day?


texts: In Grand Theft Auto V, in what situations will your character leave the engine of a vehicle running when exiting?

texts: When playing GTA V, I've noticed that when exiting a vehicle my char will sometimes leave the engine running - I know this because I can still hear its engine/radio sounds, and when re-entering and closing the door I am able to start moving pretty much immediately without having to wait for the engine to start. Are there any certain events when this is automatically done, or can it manually be triggered?


texts: Why is the gym icon color on my Pokémon different than my current team?

texts: I'm mystic team so it's always blue but that Gligar is always red does someone know what is happening?


texts: Counter-warding: how to know where wards are?

texts: Pro players seem to have some sixth sense when counter-warding, but I always seem to fail. For observer wards, you can try the usual ward spots (runes/rosh/hills).... however, if your five-man push fails because the enemy saw you coming, there are a lot of possible ward spots you may have walked by. And how about countering sentry wards to protect a riki/gondar/brood?


texts: Do I need companions to follow me for the companion perks to work?

texts: Will the companion perks still work if they are not following me or if I'm with different companions?


texts: Mounting a time-limited rescue mission for kerbal inbound to Kerbin

texts:
I have a poor kerbal who, due to poor planning by mission control (erm, me), is returning to Kerbin, but does not have sufficient fuel to enter orbit.

The situation:

She has 84 days of supplies left, so I'll only get one shot at a rescue.
Her current trajectory enters Kerbin SOI in 76d 0h 50m, reaches a Periapsis of 1.97 Mm at 77d 4h 56m, then escapes Kerbin at 79d 3h 2m.
She has 334 m/s deltaV remaining to work with.
She's in a lander can with no heat shield (the intention was to dock with a space station upon return), so I'm not sure how safe it would be to aerobrake.

Is it feasible to mount a rescue mission to intercept her as she passes through?  I'm thinking I would need to treat it like a rendezvous in solar orbit by escaping to a higher orbit, waiting for her to catch up, then coming back into Kerbin and matching velocity upon intercept.  I'm uncertain how to get the timing right, though, as all my other intercept missions have involved multiple phasing orbits and simple Hohmann transfers.

Any suggestions on how to figure out the calculations?  Is this even viable or is she just doomed?  Can I just throw raw delta-V at the problem? (sounds like a good Kerbal solution...)

The solar orbit:

Near Kerbin:


texts:
A villager has been kidnapped and brought far from his village, and has been placed into a farm. I hope for him  to break and replant potatoes, but he does not break the crops or plant any.

Does the farm need to be inside a village? It is a few hundred blocks away from the nearest one.


texts: I built a drone backwards in Drone the Game.  It would be a pain to try to rebuild it!  How can you rotate it, instead of having to rebuild it?


texts: Can I setup a PS3 to use a PS4 Dual Shock 4 controller without a PS3 controller?

texts:
So I just bought a PS3 Slim but it did not come with a controller. I couldn't find any PS3 controllers so I got a Dual Shock 4 instead.
Is there any way I can use the Dual Shock 4 with the PS3 console without a PS3 controller?
(I'm a Xbox user so I don't know much about this.)


texts:
In comments to another question, user Marc C posted a very interesting contraption:

[Animated version]

This device manages to separate two mixed belts with copper and iron plates into 4 belts, two having only iron and two having only copper. It manages to do this without using any filter inserters. How exactly does this work?


texts:
I have seen videos where Tails grabs Sonic and is able to fly carrying him. I have tried several key combinations but am unable to get it to work. How can I do this?

This is what it looks like, although it can be done besides this boss battle:


texts: I just completed level 135 candy crush and am not offered quest option. I am not logged into Facebook. Help!


texts: What happened to the Dancer of the Boreal Valley after I defeated Aldrich, the devourer of souls?

texts:
I defeated Aldrich, lord of souls, and after placing the basin of vows on the beheaded soldier, was immediately engaged to battle The Dancer of the Boreal Valley, who defeated me quickly.

The thing is: when I went back to the room in Lothric castle to fight her again, the room had changed and she was gone. There was now a lift on either side of the front of the room and the lift led to a small room where I received the sunlight princess ring.

I checked online for information but could find nothing. I can't find her to fight again and the ladder that would lead to the king's garden (the next and last level) is not there.

Please help me understand what I'm missing?


texts: Where can I download the demo of Total Tank Simulator?

texts:
I saw many people playing the demo and and making videos about it. I wanted to download this demo myself over at Steam, but when I go to the demo page, it just says that the game has not yet been released. Where the demo button should be (according to tutorials), it's asking if the game is relevant.

Where did these other people get the demo?


texts: I just found a spacebar item called "Breath of Life", with the description "Invincibility at a cost." So what exactly does it do, and what is this "cost?"


texts: How can I get Sam & Max Hit the Road working on Windows XP?

texts: The kids picked up a copy of Sam & Max Hit the Road, but I can't get it to install. What do I have to do?


texts: I am playing through Omega Ruby and have recently found Nameless Cavern. I went in and encountered Mesprit. A few hours later I encountered Uxie. I captured both and encountered Azelf. I then dropped my 3ds and the game came out. Me, being forgetful, had not saved since halfway through the Delta Episode, which I had recently completed. I went back through and recovered most of my progress. However, upon entering Nameless Cavern, I discovered no response at the times Uxie and Azelf should appear. I reencountered and recaptured Mesprit, but I can't reencounter Uxie or Azelf for some reason. I have met all the friendship requirements, so why can't I fight them? Please respond as soon as you find this.


texts: Did I forfeit 'Foxiest of the Hounds' if hacking a turret set an alarm off?

texts:
I'm on my first non-Pacifist stealth play trying for the Foxiest of the Hounds achievement.

I'm inside the legendary FEMA encampment and I made to that one room where there are like 5 guards in a row in front of a turret.

I let Zeke live, so I know the login/password to the security terminal is "spaxxor"/"neuralhub", so I can set the turrent to friendly and just murder them, but this seems to set off an alarm. It wasn't my fault the turret set the alarm off, but I am assuming that this disqualifies me. I can't even tell if I lost the Smooth Operator bonus until I get to the boss.

Am I right? Did I lose my shot at the achievement?


texts: When do I spin up my rocket's second stage in KSP?

texts: I designed an orbital rocket, with a liquid-fueled first stage, and a solid-fueled second stage. I want to have the second stage to be spin stabilized. Because the second stage will be still in the atmosphere when spin-up starts, I will have to activate the engine before spin-up ends. The Sepratrons that spin up the rocket are at the stage's center of mass. However, I do not want to lose stability or velocity during spin-up and second stage ignition. How do I solve this rather annoying issue?


texts:
I've searched a long time and try out many possibilities but I never managed to get it worked.
I'd like to make a jump parkour map for minecraft and I need to make areas with command blocks to teleport a player to a fixed position.
The areas need to be extended on two axes (only x and z) to be a plane zone. By this way I can use it to make some barriers which will be able to get the player back to his spawn position if he fell down after a miss jump.

I tried on multiple minecraft versions  : 1.7 1.8 1.9

I tried to use :
Simple tp area with 'radius' :
/tp @p[r=<value>] <x> <y> <z>
or /tp @p[dx=<>, dy=<>, dz=<>]  <x> <y> <z>

Btw I always have this error: I can't find a way

the entity uuid provided is in an invalid format

Hope it there a solution ;-)
Best regards,

Alpha

My researches :
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Command_Block
http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Tutorials/Command_block
and a lot of more french websites..;


texts: With Hell mode, I have grown accustomed the yellow icon signifying breaking or broken gear. Durability appears as a stat on almost all items, but what is its effect? Are the item's stats reduced as durability decreases, or when the yellow broken man shows? Is there any incentive for keeping everything repaired? Are completely broken items totally useless until they're repaired, or do they have partial effects? And how fast do items lose durability under normal use?


texts:
I encounter Chocobos rarely at the start of a fight before they run away, in various regions such as Mi'hen Highroad, Calm Lands, Bikanel Desert etc. Based on the teams I'm facing, it should be a Medium size fiend.

Trying to set SP traps with Bird type a few times hasn't helped so far, nor have I captured one in my M-size traps. Is it possible to capture it during Chapter 1, and if so how should I raise my chances of doing so?


texts: How can I play a SNES through a VGA monitor?

texts:
I was just given a pile of SNES games, and have no SNES to play them on, so I intend to purchase one. The problem is I have no TV - I play my consoles on a monitor. This should be fine, except that for the cost of the necessary adapters I could buy another console.

I'd like not to spend this much money. Is there an easier way, or cheaper adapters to output SNES video to a VGA monitor? (I don't care too greatly about quality loss, I just care that I have freaking video), or some kind of card I can put into my PC with software I can display the video with? My monitor is VGA.


texts: The title might be confusing but what I am trying to ask is say that you have two diamonds. One of them is named "Blat". How do I clear only the item that isn't named?


texts:
What social skills are important to militia captains?  The ones I think might be, but have no way of confirming are:

Leadership
Organization
Teacher

Are these used by militia captains?  If not, are any social skills at all?


texts: How can I find the cars I buy on my character's cell phone? What garage do I go to to get the car?


texts: How does UUID least and UUID most effect the UUID of the mob you summon in

texts:
How does the UUIDMost and UUIDLeast tags affect the UUID of the the mob you're summoning in? I've looked all over and the best in-depth (from what I can see) wiki on it is in German, and frankly google translate doesn't translate good enough.

This is the link to the German wiki: http://minecraft-de.gamepedia.com/UUID

So can anyone give me info on this? I have like no info on how to use it properly.


texts: Where's the Critical Hit spot on Abaddons? Found in Bounty of Blood?

texts:
Where's the Critical Hit spot on Abaddons?
Is it their mouth? Doesn't seem like it... Or is it just really tiny?
Or do the Mounts have different one from the regular ones? Not like I've found the point on those either.
Or are the one of the rare enemies without one?
Or is it on their tail??


texts: "Invalid Session (Try restarting your game)" Minecraft online-server error

texts:
I use the standard launcher, there is NO second session open. I have to close the game TWICE and relaunch to MAYBE get into a server (standard, vanilla servers), but if I leave the server with the game open, and immediately go back into it, it gives that error as well. Without me having closed the app.

This only began happening since the 1.8.1 update, and every time I open the launcher, I have to sign in again for some reason. I can only sign in with my email, because my username (I changed it a few days ago) is considered "invalid" if I attempt to log in with it. Although, when I log in with my email, my new username is the one that ends up being used when I play.

What's going on? I checked Task Manager (I use Windows), and there are no other Minecraft or Java's open. I'm tired of having to relaunch repeatedly, AND logging in constantly for no reason. I have uninstalled and re-installed Minecraft twice since this began happening.


texts: When downloading a Wii U eShop game together with the physical copy will it get you twice the save files?

texts: With games like The Wind Waker HD, New Super Luigi U and others, you have at least 3 savefiles.  But if you download a new game digitally (through the Wii U eShop) and also buy the physical copy of the game, does it create a separate "channel" for the other version of the game?  Thus allowing you to have twice as many save files?


texts: My WoW account was hacked! What should I do?

texts:
Recently a player named "Blizzardi" whisperd me saying there were security problems with my account and I had to visit a webpage or my account would be banned. There was a [GM] tag next to his name...

You guessed it! I fell for the trick and gave away some of my account data on a site that was EXACTLY IDENTICAL to the Battle.net interface. I am new to the game so I expected it to be something necessary for an update or something.

My highest level character was 50 and had around 350g which is not really worth stealing, but my characters do not matter to me. What matters is my account and private information!

Once I realized that I got hacked, I wrote a help ticket about account recovery to Blizzard. They responded earlier this evening. They told me, that I had to send them another ticket containing my new information (account name, email etc.). I just got done sending them my new stuff and realized that the tickets I send weren't showing up in the "tickets" tab. (Is it because the hacker turned of my communication feauture?)

I did some research and found out that "Blizzardi" is becoming a famous threat on the WoW forums.

Another strange thing that I found out was that all of my characters were gone. Only one remained...one i didn't create. Guess what his name was? "Blizzardi", a level 1 Warrior -_-

Please tell me what i should do now in order to recover my lost account and data.

Thank you in advance dear stack-gaming community! <3


texts: In Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, what is the difference between the Wits, Fists and Team paths?

texts:
In the middle of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, I'm given the choice of three paths that I can proceed down: Wits, Fists and Team.

Are the three paths significantly
different?
Is one path easier than
the others?
Do all of the paths
lead to the same ending?


texts: Which postcard is needed for the achievement "Shoplifting"?

texts:
There is an achievement in The Cave called "Shoplifting". The achievement text says:

  Saw a postcard stolen from the Gift Shop.

I assumed it meant the postcard you could pick up from the Postcard Display next to the Gift Shop Clerk.

However, I took the postcard from said display, carried it around with me for quite a while, and never got the achievement. This leads me to believe I either a) did something incorrectly, or 2) mistook this postcard for one later in the game.

How do I get the Shoplifting achievement?


texts: How can I prevent units from wandering after enemies?

texts: My army tends to get destroyed because the units go on long treks after individual enemies, even villagers (25 hit points, the weakest of all units). For example, the army may split to several (non-organized) groups, all of which get quickly killed leaving vulnerably units exposed.


texts: I have noticed that in the multiplayer, the weapon customization meters are not reliable. For instance the harrier rifle on level one has a decent amount of damage per second when the weapon customization chart would indicate otherwise. Is there a way of actually quantifying the damage like the powers. Is there an online source like a wiki that has this information?


texts:
What is the most efficient technique used to gain altitude with a fighter or any other plane? I have seen many ways of doing it, the simplest being a standard climb by accelerating forward at a slightly upward angle.

I have also used a series of Immelmann's to achieve the desired altitude.

Are there any other techniques that use a different game mechanic to achieve a certain altitude the fastest?


texts: Is there a reason to do a second trial if you got 7 wins on your first?

texts: I just played my first Expeditions run in Legends of Runeterra and was lucky enough to get 7 wins. I still get the option to do my second trial, but since 7 is the most possible, is there any reason to? Will I get more rewards if I get 7 wins again?


texts: I'm just wondering how to get the camera so far away when inspecting a weapon:


texts:
I would like to have some spoiler-free hints for Micron level 49. (Micron is a puzzle game available for Android, iOS and Steam.)

I believe I must hit all 4 switches at the same time in order to open the door. But I only have two simultaneous bullets. So I may need to "buffer" some bullets to release 4 at the same time. But maybe I'm just over-thinking.

Don't give me the solution right away! I want some kind of spoiler-free hint, just to nudge me in the right direction.


texts: Can the Potion of Life be muled to provide a character with a steady stream of +20 to life?

texts: If I have a main character who as completed all 3 difficulty levels and received +60 life from the 3 Golden Bird quests and I have another character who has completed the same quest on normal, can the potion of life the lesser character receives be muled to the main character (for a total of +80 life) or does some game mechanic prevent this?


texts: How can I kill those nasty noximanders in the blacksmith's cellar?

texts: In the very back of the blacksmith's basement (Who am I kidding it was a dungeon!) I ran into these horrible creatures that bite you and leave you to die in seconds from their poison. Any ideas on how to properly kill them?


texts: Which shops are best for buying/selling in Star Trek Online?

texts:
I have an inventory and bank full of items and I have gone back and forth between various traders... however... there are just too many traders and I have seen so many different prices.

How can I know in advance where I will get the best price for items?

Are some traders better for some and others better for others?

And next, buying - again, too many traders to know! ... I have managed to find one site/guide that lists various items, however, is there any general advice I should know?


texts:
I've noticed that the Whack-A-Gnoll minigame is phased, meaning that all participants see different phased units (eg. the gnoll barrels). I assume this is to avoid players stepping on each others toes while attempting to achieve their objectives.

Which other Darkmoon Faire games are phased, if any?


texts: How can I recover lost tmodloader world and characters?

texts:
I wanted to see my old character so a friend told me to click view integrity of files then my heart dropped when I saw the world and character I had when I was playing with modes disappear. Are they lost forever? Also note that I put my last character on steam cloud but it never popped up.

I see all the tmodloader stuff still in the file I just don't know if its all there, tmodloader practically stopped working. I cant see mod browsing or anything like that when I open up terraria.

Anyone else have a problem like that?


texts: How to alter the speed in Dwarf Fortress?

texts: How can one increase/decrease the speed of Dwarf Fortress?


texts: How do you get the Premium Collectible Pack in multiplayer?

texts:
I've seen people talk about a Premium Collectible Pack in multiplayer. The mass effect wiki shows it as this:

Premium Collectible Pack (Free, single-use) - A special bonus for dedicated Mass Effect fans.

But does anyone know how to get it?


texts:
I've found that I prefer the close-up view when driving. Unfortunately, when I get in a car it always defaults to the next furthest out. I looked in the settings but couldn't find anything to change it.

Is there some way to change this default, or am I going to have to choose between changing the view each time I get in the car or just sticking to the one it gives me?


texts: Custom names and lores in Minecraft 1.7.2?

texts: I have heard it was possible to change the names and lores of Minecraft items WITHOUT the use of third-party programs like MCEdit. Given the things that my friends have told me, and from the information gathered online, my guess is that, since Minecraft has started using JavaScript, /give @p 35 1 14 {name:"Red Wool",lore:"bob"}. Whenever I run this command block, all I get is a piece of Red Wool with no Lore, nor a name. I also get no errors in this process.


texts: How to play games on MacOs installed on VirtualBox?

texts:
I was able to install games from App Store, but I'm getting the same error:

System Integrity Protection: enabled

Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000000
Exception Note: EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY

Termination Signal: Segmentation fault: 11
Termination Reason: Namespace SIGNAL, Code 0xb
Terminating Process: exc handler [559]


texts:
I have many of my colonies configured with "Automation: On", but in some cases, they don't build a building in cases when that is obviously needed?

For instance, a colony has 7 unemployed workers, 0 available jobs and housing. It is logical to upgrade a few buildings to make at least clerk jobs or increase amount of free housing. Why doesn't the AI take care of that?


texts:
If I apply two or more target painters to the same target, is their bonus stacked additively or multiplicatively?

For example, the M4 target painter provides a signature bonus of 30% without training Signature Focusing. If I apply two of these to a frigate with a base signature of 100m, is the resulting signature bonus 160m or 139m?


texts:
This has never happened to me before in the game. I came in to hunt for shiny Zekrom again but I found that it was stuck on "A mysterious ring is floating in the air...".

I have a level 100 pokemon in my party, and I have not messed with the time on my 3DS, so what gives? I did just recently download the latest update to the game, could that have done it?

I'm not really sure what it is I did wrong. Any help is appreciated.


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If you shoot down a UFO, does it matter at all how long you take to send your strike team there?

Will the Aliens kill more Civilians or spread around on the map more if you take your time?

I get the impression that sometimes the enemies on a map were all still close to the space ship and other times they are really dug in already (i.e. hiding on rooftops), and I was wondering if that is entirely luck-based or if it's a matter of how fast you get to the crash site.


texts: What determines which 2 guns you pull out when gunzerking?

texts: I now have more than 2 gun options, and some are better than other for Gunzerking.  It seems I can't change weapons once I am Gunzerking, and I always pull out a 2nd weapon to compliment the one I already have drawn.  What determines the 2nd gun I draw?


texts: Does Battletag change concerns the numeric ID?

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Will my numeric ID change if I change my Battletag?
Let's say my battle tag is tag#1234. After I change it, will the numeric ID will stay the same, tag2#1234, or perhaps, will it generate a new numeric ID, tag2#4321?


texts: Are there any negative consequences for taking the Memorex

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After excavating a dig site I found the Memorex, a device that erases memories and gives some nice stability and jobs output bonuses.

There is an option to not take the Memorex, are there any negative consequences when taking it?


texts: Removing Lightnings's extra damage by fire?

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So, I would like to summon Lightnings on players so that they receive roughly 2 hearts of damage.

With my current system, it looks like if you stay for a moment in the fire you receive double damage.

I don't care to remove all fire blocks from the map in order to fix this...

Here's how I set up the command blocks:

/testfor @e[type=Item] {Item:{id:minecraft:nether_star}}

comparator with repeaters to add a delay and then

/scoreboard players set @e[type=Item] Light 1 {Item:{id:minecraft:nether_star}}
/execute @e[score_Light_min=1] ~ ~ ~ execute @a[r=6] ~ ~ ~ effect @p fire_resistance 6 1 true
/execute @e[score_Light_min=1] ~ ~ ~ execute @e[r=6] ~ ~ ~ summon LightningBolt

As you can see I tried giving the hit players fire resistance, but they still get that weird damage right after the get struck by the bolt...


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I hear there's a limited-time Solstice Dragon that looks like the Sun Dragon for the Summer Solstice. There was no in-game update referencing the dragon at all.

How can I breed a Solstice Dragon?


texts: How can I gain Curie's approval quickly?

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I went with Nick Valentine as companion for most of the time, but now that I completed his quest I switched to Curie. Valentine was easy to please, but I'm having a much harder time rising Curie's approval.

What exactly does she approve of? And what is the quickest way to perform many actions that raise her approval?


texts: Tekken: What is the fighting style "Mimicry"?

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After doing some research on Tekken (5:DR) characters, I found that Mokujin, the wooden trainer "dummy", has a fighting style called "mimicry". However, I am unable to find out more about mimicry.

The name would suggest that he adapts his fighting style depending on whom he is fighting. I cannot find evidence on this however.

What is the fighting style "mimicry" in the Tekken series?