texts: Is the contents of a Mann Co. Supply Crate set before it is opened?

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The only items I can market are Mann Co. Supply Crates. And, if I have a look at the description of the crate, I can see a list of possible items:

Does this mean that if I try to open the crate a pseudo-random number would be drawn and one item would be given to me? Or is the item already set when I first got the crate? This is especially important for the "Exceedingly Rare Special Item"!

Strangely, if the draw had yet to happen, then I would have no problem selling the crate. But if the draw already happened, then I would like to know the result, and I would be a bit reluctant to sell the crate. It is all about psychology, because I understand there is no difference in fact.


texts: I have the crimson (NOT corruption), killed the WoF, but i only get Demon Altars. They have the graphics of Crimson Altars, but when i mouse over them it says: Demon Altar. I've destroyed a bunch of these crimson looking Demon Altars and all i get is Palladium / Adamantite / Orichalum. Why wont the titanium spawn?


texts: How do I stop Preston Garvey from being hostile to me?

texts: I pickpocketed someone in the group and now he is trying to kill me. He won't die. How do I make him non-hostile?


texts: In Pathfinder: Kingsmaker, is there a way to tell if a container or door is locked before trying to open it?

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It appears to me that the cursor icon when hovering a normal container is the same as a locked container. I would like to know in advance when I am trying to unlock a container in order to use Guidance on myself, first.

Is there a way to tell?


texts: What's The Significance of the House in "Crack in Stoney Port"?

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I just finished "Crack in Stoney Port", but I don't get why the house is there.  The notes said that I "felt that was the right place" and that "whatever was happening had something to do with this place", but it didn't appear to me to have any significance.

I found the house, dead-ended, then I

   went back to where the torches first started going inland and I followed the underwater glowstone path.

I could've finished it without ever bothering to investigate the torch trail.

What's the point of that house?


texts: How do I destroy the wooden blocks of underground rooms?

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I wanted to create a "hellevator" and tunnel straight down, but I encountered an obstacle in the form of a wooden room underground. My Nightmare pickaxe seems to be unable to destroy the wooden block perimeter of this room

How can I destroy these wooden blocks to continue digging down?


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So I was opening a classic pack in Hearthstone.

I dragged the pack to the center of the screen to bust it open
I got invited to Brawl a friend
I accepted the invitation without clicking on any of the cards
After the Brawl I went back to click on my cards, but they were gone
When I checked my collection there were no new cards listed.

Obviously I could have just gotten duplicate cards, but it has me a little concerned. Did I get duplicates or did I just lose the pack :O


texts: How often do you use your critical attack at the beginning?

texts: I was wondering how often you use your critical attack in the beginning of bit dungeon, because I was playing the game the other day and noticed that the attack came at seemingly unorganized intervals.


texts: Is the time for the Extreme Survival milestones cumulative?

texts: There is an "Extreme Survival" tracker which shows how long you have spent in survival conditions. Is this time cumulative or do you have to get it all at once? I noticed mine has been stuck at 0.5 sols for a while, even though I've spent time in extreme weather since then, though not usually for very long. I'm not sure how long a "sol" is, so maybe it just wasn't enough time to tick it up, or maybe it was because I didn't spend longer than 0.5 sols straight in extreme weather. If it is cumulative, does this mean you cannot even enter a building or get in your ship? What if the conditions are only intermittently extreme?


texts: Can you block Caitlyn's ult with neutral minions?

texts: I was wondering if Caitlyn ults you can you run behind neutral minions such as baron or dragon to block it?


texts: Why do Dwellers return from the Wasteland by themselves?

texts: In Fallout Shelter why do some Dwellers return from the wasteland by themselves?


texts: FFXV High Resolution Texture Pack relevant for 1080p?

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Yesterday I bought the Steam version of Final Fantasy XV. Today I saw that there is a high resolution texture pack for download. It says it enables me to play in high resolutions.

Are these textures only used when I play the game in 4K or will there also be better textures when I play in 1080p? (I don't own a 4K monitor) If so, would it be correct that there would be a bigger performance impact on the game with this texture pack? I have a 1070TI and an i5-6500. Currently, the games runs smooth on full detail on 1080p, with some minor stutters from time to time. Are the minimal hardware requirements shown on the steam page only for playing in 4K?


texts: Why are there lots of empty tiles in the city centre?

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What are the possible reasons for the empty tiles in my city centre?
The suburbs are fully filled with houses, but OpenTTD doesn't seem to bother to use the empty land in the city centre to build more buildings. Why?
I have waited about 80 years (in-game time), but the empty tiles are still unused.
If I reclaim more land by raising the water tiles, new buildings will be built, but OpenTTD will leave some tiles unbuilt on the new land.


texts: How do you tell the good inmates apart from the bad inmates?

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A fair bit of the side-quests I've started in Batman: Arkham City are given by political prisoners usually by themselves on some roof.  However, some thugs also like to sit by themselves on a roof, so more than once I've just walked up to them like they're someone nice then had to beat them down.

The run-of-the-mill inmate shows up as blue on Detective Vision, just like the political prisoners, so I don't see any easy way to tell them apart.  Their posture seems to vary as well, but both can slouch, etc.

Is this not really a problem as you continue on (they're so rare)?  Or rather, should I just assume everyone's bad and sneak up on them like a real Batman?


texts: Can I keep working on "do X Y times" achievements by replaying missions?

texts: In Metro 2033 if I repeat missions from the "Load" option can I still work on achievements like "Get 20 kills with a throwing knife" when I finish the campaign. So if I killed 18 people during my play through if I go back to a specific mission can I get 2 kills with a throwing knife and get the achievement? Or do I have to start the game again?


texts: I got Mineecraft Launcher on Windows 8 64 - Bit but it does not install, it always fails when I try. I also got the latest version of Java also. How should I install it?  Should I install it on other versions of Windows or should I do anything else?


texts: Divinity: Original sin Boreas Treasure room

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Just how much perception is needed to see the switch to disarm all sentinel in Boreas treasure room?

I have a character with perception 11 (3 buffed from equipments). Still cant see it.


texts:
I used to play older versions of Kerbal Space Program and I had this problem which is really annoying.
I place a probe with relay antennas around a planet or moon so that it can bounce signals for other vessels as they lose direct sight of Kerbin. Then when I'm done I focus on other things and run other interplanetary errands. Years later I go check my setup with the relay probe and... it's left the parent body.
I always make sure that the relays' orbits don't have them come anywhere close to moons (usually they just hang right over Jool's atmosphere). In fact sometimes I have them orbiting Laythe, for example. Yet when I go checking on these years later, I have relays orbiting Kerbol and not wherever it is that I had parked them.
I had thought this to be a known bug but I can't find anything about it. And I'm playing 1.11 now, build 3066, and this keeps happening. I just had a relay on Eve lost its orbit.
I'm feeling stupid now. Am I doing something wrong?


texts: I want to advance in the ranks of Senator Lavigny-Duval. How can I get merit points? I know I can participate in expansion goals, but is there a better way than that?


texts: What are the different routes to infiltrate Liberty Island?

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I am playing through Deus Ex's first mission, where the NSF have taken control of Liberty Island. My mission is to infiltrate my way in and make my way through the statue to find the NSF individual who is coordinating the assault.

I went in through the front door, which involved dealing with a variety of security bots, gun turrets and well armed guards. There was a fire-fight and many people were killed.

I would like to replay this mission but without resorting to wiping out a small village worth of people. What are all of the different routes you can take to infiltrate the statue of Liberty?


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How much culture is required for a city to switch?

For example, in my current game, a neighboring city shows 53% my culture, 46% it's original owners.  At what % will the city join my empire?


texts: Is the Xbox One controller compatible with Xbox 360?

texts: I simply do not have the finances available to test this out yet, so I am requesting help from someone who has the answer. I am aware of the original Xbox controller is not compatible with the 360, but does this hold true for the Xbox One controller on the 360?


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I'm a player that tries to get the most of his character and find crunching/analyzing numbers fun (weird I know).

Is there a combat log that is being generated/recorded in Diablo 3? Or is recording/review my only option at this point?


texts: Assassination missions dissapeared after completing the game

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I completed the game with Option C

  So that I could have all the characters survive

but now when I try to do the assassinations that I saved to the end for bigger profits, they do not show up on the mini map. They are not available to do and I have no idea on what to do.

How can I play the missed Assassination missions?


texts: What is the Drop Percentage of Green, Blue, and Purple Engrams?

texts: In Destiny you can collect three different types of engrams that randomly appear after defeating and enemy.  The green ones are uncommon, the blue ones are rare, and the purple ones are legendary.  What is the actual percent chance of an engram dropping from a defeated enemy and what is the chance of getting a legendary item from a blue engram and an exotic object from a legendary engram?


texts:
Okay, I've a problem. I need a command that tests for a player running a specified command.

For example, check whether a player is using /gamemode 1 (in order to reset them)


texts: How does CID help in combat when called to be a follower / homie?

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The Upgrades - Gang Abilities menu description for the 'HOMIE - C.I.D.' gang ability states that:

  C.I.D. can be called into the simulation using your HUB "PHONE" menu.
  The A.I. will help the saints in combat.

However, it seems that aside from having hilarious dialogue with some of the other homies and following me around, it seems that C.I.D. doesn't do anything to help in combat.

Screenshot of C.I.D. just looking at me while I'm being shot at by aliens:

I've searched and found the following posts asking the same thing but they currently have no replies:

Does the C.I.D. help in battle? | saintsrow.com
What does CID do in battle? | steamcommunity.com

What helpful things does CID do when called to be a follower / homie?


texts: What happens if you beat the 8-bit intro level in The End is Nigh?

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When starting a new game in The End is Nigh, the game's opening is presented as a Let's Play video of Ash playing his favorite 8-bit game, The End is Nigh.

The player is clearly expected to fail here, because soon as you die a single time the game crashes and renders Ash's cartridge unplayable. This means you only get one try to finish the level.

Is it possible to beat the 8-bit intro level? What happens if I finish it?


texts: What is the significance of II.9 in a Kingdom Hearts 3 scene?

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During one of the cut-scenes it shows Kingdom Hearts II.9

Is there a significance to this, or perhaps a chapter in the story?

I know Kingdom hearts is a complex story written over several games with history and back history and side history. So, wasn't sure if this was part of all that.


texts: Should I gift my squadmates Chocolates or Tennyson?

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I was in the Heurta Memorial Hospital on the Citadel when I discovered a Sirta Corp shop that sold miscellaneous items: Chocolates, Books, and collections of Poetry.

Judging by the nature of these, I'm assuming that they're intended to be given to Shepard's hospital-stricken squadmate in a "get-well-soon" gesture. I know from ME 1 that Ash has a soft spot for Tennyson, but I'm unsure about the effectiveness of other gifts, or what works well for Kaiden.

Who has a soft spot for elcor poetry? Yes. Elcor.

Which squadmate prefers which gifts?


texts: What's the quickest way to unlock a Sith, a Bounty Hunter and a small character in LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga?

texts: When playing a new game of LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, what are the quickest routes (i.e. smallest number of Story Mode episodes required) to unlock a Sith, a Bounty Hunter and a small character so they can be used in Free Play levels?


texts: Is the Bone Armour skill from Bone Barrier ascendancy skill tagged as "minion"?

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Normally skill gems tell you what their tags are so you know which support gems apply to them and whatnot, but since Bone Armour is granted as a result of allocating the ascendancy point for Bone Barrier, it doesn't seem like I have a way of seeing what the tags are.

What tags are on the Bone Armour skill? I was hoping that if it was tagged Minion I could use it in conjunction with "If you have used a minion skill recently..." effects.


texts: How to see difference between national and world wonders

texts: How can I distinguish world wonders from national wonders from the tech tree or production list? Do I have to go into the help?


texts: Minecraft launcher crashes right after opening

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I've been trying to open Minecraft for the good part of a day, and whenever I try to open the launcher it just crashes.

I am using a macOS 10.12.2 in a VM, trying to get portable Minecraft working. Even when I run the launcher without any special options, it crashes. Can anyone help?

Minecraft crash log: http://pastebin.com/raw/UQnJzXnQ


texts: How do I change th location of Steam games in my Start Menu?

texts: I find the default "ProgramName" or "CompanyName/ProgramName" scheme of Windows' Start Menu hard to navigate, and always arrange it in a category structure ("Media/Winamp" and such). Unfortunately, Steam does not offer a choice of where to put it in Start Menu, and even if I move it manually to "Games/Steam", newly installed games still appear at "Steam". Moving them every time by hand is a hassle, and probably causes problems at uninstalling as well. Is there a way to override this location in Steam configuration/registry/etc?


texts: Are Legendary Weapons levelled off the player's level or the enemy's level in Fallout 4?

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When a Legendary enemy is defeated in Fallout 4 they "drop" a Legendary item. These items are randomly generated but the "level" of items (ie. usefulness, value) appear to increase as the player progresses through the game.

Travelling East or South early in the game exposes the player to higher level enemies so it is possible to engage with enemies many levels above the player.

If a level 10 player defeats a level 30 Legendary enemy would they get the same "level" Legendary item (ie. usefulness, value) as a level 30 player defeating a level 30 enemy?


texts: I've finished Seiklus, but I'm still a little confused. Does the ending mean anything?

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Warning: Spoilers ahead! Don't read if you don't want the (kind of confusing) ending ruined!

  Okay, so I've finished Seiklus. I reached 100% completion, retrieved all the "cheese wedges of power", and assembled them in the "moon temple". Annnnd, the credits roll. I guess I won, but I was kind of expecting more.

Am I a clod missing some obvious hidden symbolism, or is the ending supposed to be vague and open-ended?


texts: I have noticed strange things happen right before dragons attack. How do I know when it's Time to grab my bow?


texts: How can I make another proposal after the merchant reject the offer?

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After I press T for trade in the trading Depot, and the merchant reject the offer. How can I do to make another proposal?
Or you only can do 1 proposal?


texts: How do you keep your inventory upon death in Minecraft PE?

texts: I play Minecraft PE on my tablet, and I dislike the fact that I drop all items in my inventory upon death. Is there anything built in or a mod that would allow me to keep my inventory when I die?


texts: Why is my charge blade's shield glowing?

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I started playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate recently. Being a primarily sword & shield user in previous iterations, I wanted to give the Charge Blade a try, as it seems to get most of the benefits of the S&S and add in a better source of damage with axe mode.

I understand the basic concepts of using the Charge Blade; charging phials in S&S and expending them in axe mode. However, on one hunt (probably due to some accidental button press), my shield started glowing red. Why/how did this happen? Are there any differences to fighting with and without this effect, damage-wise or in combo progressions?


texts: Will the same TNT pattern always give exactly the same blast pattern if ignited in the same way? Is there any element of TNT or other explosive's detonation that is random?


texts: Are Loot Midget locations fixed or do they spawn randomly?

texts: I was doing a mission in Frostburn Canyon and when i opened one green box a Loot Midget jumped out of it and started attacking me. So i was wondering are locations and boxes in which Loot Midgets spawn fixed or can they randomly spawn from any box on any map?


texts: How can I use the strategic map to ease macro in CoH?

texts: There is a nice strategic map popping up when hitting NUM0 that displays all available units of your own as well as points of strategic relevance and discovered enemy troops. This is already nice from a tactical point of view, but I heard it is also possible to use this map to gain an advantage by making macro easier. How?


texts: How do I access sprites from Carmageddon?

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I want the all set of the Max Damage sprites from the PratCam app (basically the same sprites there is in the game) for making a gif picture from it.

Are the sprites accessible in the game files somewhere, and if so, how can I copy them?


texts: What is new in The Witcher 2 version 2.0 (Enhanced Edition)?

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As this game is on sale today on Steam, I checked it out and I saw the following message:

  The Witcher 2 new & improved version 2.0 coming on September 29th!

What is new on this new & improved 2.0 version?


texts: Is it viable to use Riki like Reyn was early-game? i.e as an armour tank, a opposed to an agility tank like Dunban.


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I have the personal assignments from Garrus and Wrex, which activated through extended conversations with them. However, I've explored the whole conversation tree with Tali, and I still have not received her quest.

What do I need to do to acquire Tali's personal quest? Is there a certain sidequest I need to do? I've skipped over many of them because I'm only on my first playthrough and I'm saving most of them for my completionist run to get to level 60.


texts:
In this image, to the right there is a triangle of 3 portals with all sides linked, but there is no field created:

How did this happen?  I checked that none of the portals are actually two portals very close together.


texts: How to kill the Hunter Demon in DmC: Devil May Cry on the first level?

texts: I'm struggling on the first boss in Devil May Cry. Everytime he jumps on the Roller Coast he kills me. How do you avoid his grapple attack?


texts: Can't access server when with more than 2 GB of RAM available

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I made a server using forge, and me and my friends can play in the server without problems (i'm using Evolve, not Hamachi), but when I use a batch file to start the server and change -Xmx1024M to -Xmx2048M, the server runs without problems and I can access it, but my friends can't. I tried setting manually the ip for the server but it didnt work.

I'm using this batch script:

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Xmx2048M -Xms512M -jar server.jar nogui
PAUSE

Thanks in advance!


texts: How long it takes until all dragons resurrect?

texts: According with the game, Alduin is reviving dragons buried in the dragon mounds. So, how long it takes until all of them are alive?


texts:
After playing matches, in addition to experience and mission progress, there's a meter to the bottom right labelled "Fight!" that also goes up.

What is this used for? So far, nothing else in the game uses this meter.


texts: For a contract, I landed an asteroid on Kerbin, but it doesn't think the vessel landed. Is this fixable? (Pic attached)

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In Kerbal Space Program career mode, I was completing a contract with the following statement:

Bring a newly discovered Class A asteroid to Kerbin and land it.

Conditions:

-Have a newly discovered Class A asteroid in tow
-Land your vessel on Kerbin
-Maintain stability for ten seconds

After completing the daunting task of recovery and reenty, I safely landed my vessel with the asteroid attached, velocity and altitude at 0, on the water. However, while the first and third requirements are checked off, the second one is not showing to be completed.

Screenshot:

Is there something I missed or is there any way I could fix it? I'm not opposed to using some cheat to get it done.

Thanks!


texts: Why can't I play online after changing my profile name?

texts:
Yesterday, I changed my profile name. Now I can't play online anymore.
When I log on, it says

Account not authenticated with minecraft.net

and

Non-Valid Username.


texts: How to defeat the boss in chapter 9 of Dead Space 3?

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I'm playing on Normal difficulty and am getting hammered trying to defeat the boss in Chapter 9.  How are people defeating this enemy?

The IGN walkthrough just says it's "easier said than done", to stay out of its reach and use the quick sprint to roll out of its way.  All that is standard, I'm wondering more about the weapon choices people are using.  I'm using the Evangelizer and Negotiator.


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Best I can tell the slot machines are a poor way to get Torgue Tokens due to the high cost and infrequent payouts. Normal enemies rarely drop them. There's some re-doable quests (I think they give torgue tokens anyway) and the super boss Pyro Pete also gives them I believe.

Bottom line, I want some of those Legendary Torgue guns in the Torgue Token vending machine. How can I get Torgue Tokens in the most efficient manner? I'm level 50 so beating Pyro Pete the Invincible is possible but...hard. If he drops them in Playthrough 1 I'm wondering if that's a better idea; I hear he's easier in playthrough 1 but I'm not sure he still drops (as many) Torgue Tokens.


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Where is the casino located and how soon is it accessible?  Do I need to pass a certain story event or need an item to gain access?

I'm about ready to enter Nevermore, but I wanted to spent some time at the casino first if possible.


texts: Pressing specific 3 buttons at a time not working but other 3 combinations are working

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I'm playing Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 with Logitech K200 (with default keyboard settings) on Windows 8.1 Pro, and to sprint in north-west direction I'm pressing left_arrow + top_arrow + E and it is not working also to shoot in south-west direction left_arrow + down_arrow + A are not working together, but I'm able to sprint in north-east, south-east and south-west using the arrows keys and the E key.

So, some 3 key combinations are working some aren't working.

Please help me fix this so that I can play well :)


texts:
There is very little that I have found on this topic, like Pharros the Vagabond and Alva the Wayfarer.

All that is clear about the Embedded is the description of the Key to the Embedded:

  Sword that opens the Embedded's door.
  Shaped like a weapon, but is in fact a key.
  Plunge the key into the Embedded
  to bring a rhapsodic end to his fate.

  The once-human Embedded, realizing that he
  could never resist the temptation of the flesh,
  bound himself eternally with chains. Since then,
  he has awaited the day that somebody will
  find this key, and bury it within his bosom.

The whole thing is just disturbing, and just a touch Freudian. However nothing about it sheds any light on the matter. There are theories that he is Alva, and other theories that he is Pharros (though personally I think the theory about him being part of the Rotten makes more sense).


texts: Is your vault saved locally or in the cloud?

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I have the android version of fallout shelter and am logged in through google play. Is my save game data on my device or is it saved in the cloud associated with my logged in account?

The reason I ask is because the game is currently crashing in the loading screen (before I even choose vault) and I am wondering if it is safe to wipe it from my device and reinstall to see if that fixes or if I will lose my vault by doing this.


texts: Is there a page/wiki shows each items in the game (Hay Day) cost how many diamonds? I am currently trying to figure out the requested items in boat order list worth how many diamonds.


texts: How does the stat scaling on Ludwig's Holy Blade work?

texts:
I've got my Ludwig's Holy Blade up to +6, which says it scales B with Strength, C with Skill, and B with Arcane.

However, whenever I have the option to level up and I see what the affect would be of leveling up Arcane, it doesn't show an increase in weapon damage. It does, however, if I level up Strength or Skill.

Is it a bug that it says it scales with Arcane when it doesn't seem to, or am I missing something? And for this particular weapon, what's the best strategy for upgrading stats to maximize damage? Would I want to get Strength up first, and then Skill? If so, is there a soft cap on skills like Dark Souls had? What attributes should I be shooting for?


texts: Does the trainer you use make a difference?

texts:
I know each trainer can only train you up to a certain level in their skill:

Common: Up to 50
Expert: Up to 75
Master: Up to 90

Aside from this, does it make a difference which level trainer I go to?  Will training with a Master trainer give me more XP than a Common trainer?


texts: Can I give a portal key to another player in Ingress?

texts: If I have a duplicate key in my inventory, can I give it to another player?


texts: What determines which moves a Pokemon can learn?

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I am wondering if you can tell by Pokemon types/egg group/looks if they have access to an specific move or if it is just a fixed move set for each one.

For instance, does Electabuzz can learn fire/ice punch for any particular reason? Or is it just someone at gamefreak saying 'he can 'cause I said so'?

Rattata's Flame Wheel always puzzles me....


texts: At 0:52 of this video there is a scene where the vet and noob are in free fall due to a crashing airplane.  Is there a level in this game where this takes place?


texts: Jade Empire for iOS, are the romance sub-plots intact?

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I played Jade Empire on XBox long time ago, and now the iOS version of the game looks rather nice. I'm planning to buy and play it on iPad, but I have some reservations. I'm hoping for an answer from someone who has actually played both XBox (or PC is the same I guess?) and iOS versions and can confirm from personal experience:

Have they kept all the romance plot options, including the same-sex and threesome options?


texts: How can I create a two-way transfer system in OpenTTD without creating two stations

texts:
In OpenTTD, a feeder service can be created, as per the wiki, using the transfer option when giving orders. As the note at the top of the page notes, this won't work two ways, since the vehicle will simply pick up the same cargo again, resulting in the cargo moving in circles.

The normal workaround, again as per the wiki, is to use two stations next to each other:

This is, however, highly unsatisfactory in my situation, because I need to create a two way transfer system between a bank and a airport, and there's just no way I would build two airports just for this purpose.

Is there another method of accomplishing this?


texts: Testing for specific player a with command block

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So my Minecraft name is "JAMES_the_camel" (yeah I know, strange..).
So I was trying to make a door that only opened when it was me walking across the tripwire. The first block has the code:

testfor @p[1303,56,518,2,n=JAMES_the_camel]

It is impulse, unconditional and needs redstone.

The others use (repeated for all of the blocks):

setblock 1304 56 515 air

They are chain, unconditional and always active.

However the condition for the name doesn't have any effect. I tested it on 2 accounts and the door opened on both. Am I using the syntax wrong or is there something else I'm missing?

Edit - The problem has been confirmed as the pick block key saving all states correctly other than the conditional.

  it used to save the conditional state since it was originally saved as NBT. However, it was changed later on during the 1.9 snapshots to be a blockstate rather than NBT. The reason behind that is because changing the conditional setting via NBT would not prompt the client to render the block anew, making it appear as a regular command block instead of conditional. Changing a blockstate would allow the client to re-render it. Pick-blocking only saves NBT, so that blockstate is lost. – Skylinerw


texts: SRCDS not receiving connections on the public web

texts:
My Garry's Mod Source DS can connect over LAN, but not externally. Ports 27015-27016 are opened and directed towards the machine running it. I can telnet into it and canyouseeme can see it running, but the Source client can't connect for some reason. Any idea of what can be going on? I'm running it on Fedora Linux Server with the firewall disabled. What's weird is that I'm hosting a web server (UDP + TCP port 80) and Mumble server (UDP + TCP port 64738) on it as well, and both are publicly accessible.

Here's my server.cfg if needed:

"ip"                "[external IP]"
"hostname"          "memes"
"maxplayers"        "12"
"sv_password"       "[password]"
"sbox_noclip"       "1"
"sbox_maxprops"     "4000"
"sbox_maxeffects"   "4000"
"sbox_maxemitters"  "4000"
"sbox_maxthrusters" "4000"
"sbox_maxsents"     "4000"
"sv_loadingurl"     "[loading page]"

And the script I use to start it up:

./srcds_run -game garrysmod +map gm_construct +maxplayers 12 -authkey [authkey] +host_workshop_collection [some addon IDs]


texts: Where is Gnome #1 in the Stranger Things game?

texts: I am nearly at 100% and just need one more gnome! I can’t find gnome #1! Can anyone help?


texts: eShop version of Metroid Prime Trilogy freezes on WiiU

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I downloaded the eShop version of Metroid Prime Trilogy and played for a few hours.  I later moved it to a USB drive.  Now, I can get to the initial menus, pick a game, save file, etc., then the whole system freezes on the "now loading" screen.

I suspect somehow the game data got corrupted during the move, but I don't think the eShop supports anything like "verify game cache" on Steam.  Am I stuck deleting and re-downloading?  Can I do this without affecting my save data?


texts: What is hidden behind the scrambled text in the end poem?

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The end poem - displayed after killing the ender dragon and entering the portal - contains two sections that have certain words scrambled.

It worked, with a million others, to sculpt a true world in a fold of the XXXXXX, and created a XXXXXX for XXXXX, in the XXX.

Sometimes I do not care. Sometimes I wish to tell them, this world you take for truth is merely XXXXX and XXXXXX, I wish to tell them that they are XXX in the XXXXXX. They see so little of reality, in their long dream.

Normally, such text is obtained with Minecraft's formatting codes, in particular §k, and is unreadable for the player through any in-game means - for all intents and purposes it's gibberish and nothing more.
But if you look outside the game, the situation isn't as clear-cut. The formatting code works like all other formatting codes, by transforming the subsequent text. The only purpose for the text in this case is to determine the length of the displayed gibberish - through simple substitution;
§kXXXXX§r will produce 5 characters worth of gibberish, and the X can be replaced by any 5-letter text. With one special caveat: the displayed gibberish characters are the same width as the 'source' characters; §kW§r will produce a wider gibberish character than §kl§r.
But there is no inherent limitation on what the underlying text is in particular, and it is stored like any other text. It can be a secret message only accessible to someone digging through the game files.

I found the file containing the end poem. I checked what changes it underwent from 1.0 where it first appeared in an official release, until newest 1.17 snapshot. The only differences were a single one-letter typo fixed, and the name of the file changing from win.txt to end.txt. The contents of the entries remained the same - and just as baffling:

§3It worked, with a million others, to sculpt a true world in a fold of the §f§k§a§b§3, and created a §f§k§a§b§3 for §f§k§a§b§3, in the §f§k§a§b§3.

§2Sometimes I do not care. Sometimes I wish to tell them, this world you take for truth is merely §f§k§a§b§2 and §f§k§a§b§2, I wish to tell them that they are §f§k§a§b§2 in the §f§k§a§b§2. They see so little of reality, in their long dream.

The first thought was a disappointment. The meaning of §f§k§a§b§3 would be: §f - white text (sure these bits are white). §k - obfuscated. §a§b - two  dummy color changes (green and aqua) that are no-op; §3 return to the same color as the speaker's (meaning return to standard). In Java Edition the color change resets the special formattings. My thought was the extra color changes are there as a filler to produce the characters without putting any meaningful text behind them.
But it's not that easy. The sequences are the same in both segments, only differing with the last digit, to restore the speaker's original color - §3 (dark aqua) or §2 (dark green); there are no meaningful differences there. But the output differs. The words of the first segment are 6, 6, 5 and 3 characters respectively; the second's - 5, 6, 3, 6.
The way the 'gibberish' is rendered changed 4 times in Minecraft history, but as I checked videos of the ending from different periods, these word lengths remained the same - and they are not present in end.txt. It seems they must be somewhere else, possibly hardcoded - maybe as actual words, maybe just as character counts, or maybe even generated through some pseudorandom algorithm with a fixed seed.

So here is my question - what lies behind that scrambled text? How are these specific eight words stored or generated, as opposed to every generic §k entry everywhere else?

Note: I'm perfectly aware the text is not meant to be understood, and I fully expect the answer to be something pretty dull, like uniform strings like "aaaaaa" but I still want this secret uncovered.


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I had told dwarves to cut down trees in an area a good distance away from my base, across a river. After doing so they left the wood lying about where the trees had been, despite the fact that my wood stockpile was empty. I even tried creating another stockpile nearby to see if they brought the wood to that.

Things I've checked

I do have dwarves with the wood hauling labour enabled.
The area is accessible
I have not told dwarves to stay within any burrows, or created any for that matter.


texts: Does a species appearing automatically unlock the special bitizen (?) in TDS?

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I've noticed a few species in TDS that have appeared in my album, but it has not unlocked their special characters... I have noticed that once they appear the price to unlock them for Bux goes down to 1 Bux.

Does anyone know if these characters ever unlock on their own, or do you have to unlock them in the store for bux?  In other words, is it a special process by which these ? bitizens unlock in addition to the notification of the species unlocking?

As an example:  I have had both Mon Calamari, and Admiral Akbar appear in my TDS album, but I was not able to unlock the scene for the Mon Cala Aquarium until I paid the 1 Bux for the Mon Calamari special bitizen.

Here are photos as another example:  Look at the Toydarian in both photos, and just to muddy the water some, see that Snowtrooper?  I routinely get him as a ? bitizen.  Anyone have any idea WTF is going on here?


texts: I recently bought a 50" 4k Phillips TV, just plugged the PS3 into it to play Skyrim, but now when I look around the screen turns funnily, as if when I moved the stick it was set to snap to a certain degree turn almost. Anybody know a solution?


texts: How does anyone get above zero points when you lose 20 points on every loss?

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I understand how the point system works. My win/loss is roughly 60/40. When I win I get about +8. When I lose, though I always lose - 18-20 points. So I win 3/4 games and I still end up with Zero total points.

What am I missing? How in the world does anyone get 100 much less 1000 points?


texts: What does the blind effect do in Diablo 3?

texts: I've been playing a monk and I have him half way through Nightmare, however I'm still a little confused about what exactly blinding does to an enemy. Some enemies seem to wander around aimlessly while blinded while some still keep attacking me. What does this status effect actually do?


texts: Does the timing of a game release affect sales?

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I know that in Game Dev Story, the time you release your game can have a noticeable affect on sales (ex. early December). The in game hints and tutorials don't mention timing releases at all.

Does releasing games at a certain time increase or decrease sales?


texts: Is there a way to choose the party size/type you want to join in a public game?

texts: When joining a public game, is there any option to choose details of the party you want to join such as party size? Ideally I'd also like to also be able to only join games where my class is not yet represented, and where the game is fairly full. What options are available when searching for a public game?


texts: How do the start options effect your world?

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When starting a new game in Pixel Piracy, you have a few options how you want your world to be like.

What exactly do these options change? Or is this feature not implemented yet?


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SR Open Beta begins with Team Builder and Bot

  You can earn each icon by winning a game on each side of the map.  Win once on red side? Earn the red side icon. Win a game as the blue team? The blue side icon is yours. Win as red and blue both? You’re the new owner of two nifty icons. Do it at the same time somehow? You’ve broken the internet and your prize is the singularity. The icons will be available for the next several weeks.

Will you get them if you win against Bots or must it be in Team Builder?


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If you are in a team and finding a mission too tough, or just want to leave to start over, how do you end the current mission?

So far I have only found one solution which is to leave your team and then create a new team once everyone has left.

The other option, which I've not tried, is to literally run out of the mission. Retrace your steps all the way back to the beginning, but I have no idea if this would work.

The third option is to team wipe (everyone dies), but this just respawns you at the most recent mission checkpoint.

So if you're in a team and are midway through a mission, how do you quit the mission?


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At High Wall of Lothric in Dark Souls 3 you encounter a dragon (Lothric Wyvern). At least that was a case for me at the begining of the game.

I collected all loot near it, but I never touched the dragon (I am sure of this, because I have no idea how to lure it out and fight it with a sword and I don't use bows and magic). Then, at the end of the playthrough I decided to visit the dragon and try to kill it. But there was no dragon... Where, when and why did it go?

P.S. I wonder if this is the one, which comes from the sky to Lothric Castle bridge.


texts: Does it matter what order I do the missions on Tuchanka in?

texts: I'm orbiting Tuchanka, and there are several missions available to me, does it matter what order I do them in?


texts: The reason behind the Crestfallen Warrior?

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As the player first comes across the Firelink Shrine, there is a knight named Crestfallen Warrior sitting against a ledge of grass.

My question is, is he only a dialogue character?
Was there any planned reason for having him?
Is there some lore about him on how he got there?
I basically want to know what the point of including him is, other than the fact that he gives tips.

Much appreciated.


texts: Which Pokemon weigh less or the same when they evolve?

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Most Pokemon gain weight (and height) when they evolve. There are some exceptions to this, for example Gloom to Bellossom, and Cosmeom to either Solgaleo or Lunala. Which Pokemon lose weight or retain their weight when evolving?
There are some lists online, but they are all incomplete.


texts: When does Navi say "Try to keep moving"?

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Whilst looking in a text dump of the game, I saw this line:

<Player Name>...
Try to keep moving!!

I definitely remember Navi saying this but I can't remember the in-game situation when. Anybody know?


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I have two friends who play Age of Empires III and we've been meaning to play a game together. However, we've been running into some weird problems. I cannot connect to any game that involves one of my friends, and he cannot connect to any game I'm in. We've tried ES Online as well as LAN w/ Hamachi.

It doesn't seem to matter who is hosting the game, I just can't seem to connect when that one specific friend is already in the game.


texts: Am I subject to any disadvantages when sharing Steam games?

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Like most people on Steam I have stockpiled a large library of games over the years.  I recently found out that there is a Steam Family Sharing feature, which seems a great way of letting others make use of my games.

Specifically, I have a family member in the same household with their own PC and another family member in another city with their own PC.  I would like to share my games without limiting my own use of my games.

Do I need to login/maintain an account on these other machines?
If someone is playing a shared game do I get locked out of my game library until they are done?
If they do something stupid like obtain a VAC ban am I subject to the same punishment?
Are there any (other?) disadvantages to myself if I share my games?


texts: How can I get multiple lines in a Description Tag?

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I have a gun I'd like to name "xxx" with a Name Tag, which is fine.

However, the description I'd like to use is:

"xxxx,
xxxxx"

Is there any way to get two separate lines using a description tag, and if so, how?


texts: Do summoned creatures get stronger as I level up?

texts: Do the creatures I summon—like the flame atronach—get stronger when I level up, or do they remain the same regardless of my level or the level of my enemies?


texts: Which display ratio and resolution is best for Starcraft 2?

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I noticed that the view of the game differs a bit depending on your display ratio (16/9, 16/10, ...)

In which ratio you will have the most overview of the game?

And does it depend on the resolution too?


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How can I get statistics in Dota 2 such as hit/loss ratio, what skill level do I have (not the Battle Points) and such figures.

One very interesting metric would be the win/loss ratio in function of what items you bought for each hero.

Is there an independent website providing these kind of statistics ?


texts: Which is the best choice: health, attack, shield or magic?

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When leveling up, is there a clear best skill to select?

I tried magic at the start but it seems (from reading other forums) that it does not work well at higher levels.


texts: I cant see my brother's Minecraft LAN world anymore, I used to be able to see it but cant anymore, please help

texts: I used to be able to see the LAN world but today when we decided to play together, I couldn't see it anymore and it would say failed authentucation servers are down or something like that, ive tried direct connect, it didnt work, I've tried allowing Java to access firewall, it still didnt help, Please help.


texts: How do you give people prefixes for their usernames?

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How do you give people tags/prefixes on your Minecraft server? I have a server but I do not know how to make it say I am the owner in the chat.

Example: Owner Kieranpb7: <text>


texts: What are the differences between the Tower factions?

texts: I'm about to drop some glimmer on a class-specific item to start racking up reputation within a Tower faction, but I don't know what difference it'll make. Is there any difference between the factions (Future War Cult, Dead Orbit, and the New Monarchy) other than that their Tower outposts offer different items? Does joining a faction or rising in its ranks otherwise affect the gameplay? Is there any general non-cosmetic difference between the items offered in their stores?


texts: Is it possible to start a co-op/multiplayer cop chase? Can my friend and I evade the cops together? Are there  any cops at all in multiplayer?


texts: How do you summon chests with loot tables with command blocks in Minecraft v1.10.2?

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I was using the command below to summon it and already had put the loot json in my Minecraft folder, but it would still only spawn empty chests.

/setblock ~ ~2 ~ minecraft:chest 1 0 {BlockEntityTag:{LootTable:"mctools:chests/NorthDungeon1"}}


texts: How to get down the streets in Chapter 4?

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In Chapter 4, just after killing four guys in some wrecked building, Passos yells from a balcony that "there is a way down the street."  But the guy isn't moving and he's blocking the way out.  The only way I found to get outside it was by jumping on his left side. But after a short while, while going down the rusty stairs, I die without any reason, just like if some game script couldn't trigger properly...

Is this a bug or glitch?  Am I missing something?


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Okay, so in an update on Hogwarts Mystery, there was this Animagus Event that I obviously missed.

Anyways, according to what I read, the Event is available for Years 3 and above. I'm still at Year 2, so of course I didn't get the notification.

Now my question, is it still available? As in, I could get the side quest upon reaching Year 3?


texts: How do I complete "Supply and Demand" if I cleared Cragslane Cavern before starting the quest?

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I understand that disrupting the skooma operation is an essential step to being able to buy a house in Riften. Unfortunately, in the course of wandering through Skyrim, I found this cavern and killed all the bandits inside long before receiving the mission.

When I did receive the mission and returned to the cave, two bandits had respawned, but killing them was evidently insufficient slaughter to progress in the quest.  I don't have any further dialogue options with the Jarl, and can't buy a house or become thane in Riften.  Does anyone know if there is any way around this problem?


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The guides for Pit lord, the newly released hero on Dota2 suggest to play him as a nuker/support, but with his passive ability (Atrophy Aura) that allows him to gain damage per enemy unit killed around him in a radius, he should probably be able to win his lane.

I was wondering... since his right click damage is really high, Can he be played as a carry? If yes, what items would you build on a carry underlord?


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The first time I played on full screen it was great. The game took up screen 1 and screen 2 was available for other stuff, I could even mouse over to screen 2. On every other game start Screen 2 is blacked out. Now if I alt-tab in and out of the game a couple times eventually I get screen 2 back. Does anyone know a better, consistent, solution?

I tried borderless window but that just goes to the upper left hand of the screen and does not fill the entire screen.


texts: Preventing Startopia visitors from walking in circles

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Just after I took over an AI player's territory in Startopia sandbox mode, my visitors started walking themselves to the point of death or desertion.

They walk to the end of a line, then turn around and go back. The bunch by the roulette wheel does not move at all.

Does anyone know why this might happen or how it might be reversed? I've thought of bombing them and have already removed some nearby security columns to clear their way.


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I came home to the base at the church one day to find several NPCs arguing over whether to move to a new base or not. After that cutscene ended, I opened a dialogue with one of them, where I had the option to ask him to come and look for new home bases with me. He said he had a specific place in mind. So we went out and found this place, went inside, looked around, until I got the "potential home base cleared" message.

I have the required amount of materials and people in my group to build the new base. However, when I press down on the D-Pad, I only get the option to make this base an outpost, not a new home. I have around 150 influence.

Is the issue that I need more influence? Or does it need to be an outpost before it becomes a home? Or is it something else?


texts: Why was everything unlocked the first time I started Portal 2 coop?

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I was playing Portal 2 co-op for the first time. We were on PC in split-screen mode. When the game started, we were dumped into a level selection chamber, and a voice announced that all levels were now unlocked.

Why did this happen? In addition to not having unlocks, there was apparently an intro cut-scene and a tutorial level we missed?


texts: Do followers lose items when replaced with companions?

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During the companion quests, followers tend to be replaced with one of the companions without warning. When this happens, the followers say "I'll head back home if you need me", and start walking away.

When I finish the quest and come back, do these followers still have all the items I gave them, or should I reload a previous save, unload all their equipment, and then go to Jorrvaskr?


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The Zodiac Age's Bestiary tends to have multiple-paged entries for monsters and creatures in the Bestiary. These additional pages can be obtained by killing a certain number of the referenced creature.

Currently, the Mandragoras all have 12s next to their entries, indicating that there is more information to be had about them. Is it possible to encounter them again after your fight with them in the Sochen Cave Palace?


texts: Do cities under computer simulation continue building great projects?

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When I have a region cluster of 4 cities in SimCity, I logically start out by building one city, and then move on to build other cities in the cluster.

I move back and forth between my cities to gradually improve and perfect them.

In one of my cities, which is based on tourism, I have a massive cash flow and can therefore import materials needed to my great project - in this case, the Habitat.
This city will deliver the imported materials to the great project, along side the materials gathered from the recycling station (metals in the case).

If I go to one of my other cities, will the city mentioned above keep delivering materials to my great project?


texts: Why Vicente Valtieri is a cyrodiilic vampire?

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When you meet Vicente Valtieri and ask him about being a vampire, he explains he was stricken with the disease 300 years ago in the Ashlands of Morrowind.

According with "Inmortal Blood" and my knowledge on vampires in Elder Scrolls series, he should be a Morrowind-type vampire instead of a Cyrodiil-type vampire. So, why is he the second type?


texts: Are area_effect_clouds not affected by the [y=5,dy=0] selector?

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/execute as @e[type=minecraft:item] at @s run kill @e[type=minecraft:item,y=5,dy=0]

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud] at @s run kill @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,y=5,dy=0]

After running these 2 commands with the setup above, only the apple is killed. What am I doing wrong?

(vanilla, 1.15.2)


texts: How do you get to the boss protected by two underwater currents?

texts: I'm at the bottom of the ocean in blaster master zero, without the swimming tank or other power up for swimming, and the way back to the surface is blocked for Jason. There is a dungeon at the top left of an area only accessible by a swimming Jason, but it is protected by a leftward and downward current. Is there a secret way to get to the necessary item, or did I need to grab it before sinking so far?


texts: Minecraft (Forge) keeps taking more and more memory, then crashes

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On my machine, I'm running a private modded minecraft server running Forge 10.12.1.1098 for Minecraft 1.7.2. My fiancé can play without any problems on my server, however when I'm playing I crash after about 10 minutes of play, either Minecraft says it ran out of memory or it just freezes up and stops working.

After some observation in the debug screen, I noticed that the RAM usage keeps climbing even when not doing anything. This happens in Single and Multiplayer.

My server uses the following batch file to launch:

java -Xms2048m -Xmx2048m -XX:PermSize=128m -jar ForgeServer.jar nogui
pause

My client uses the following JVM Arguments:

-Xms2048M -Xmx2560M

The Java version in question is Version 7 Update 55

My server is using the following mods:

Mod                     | Version
---------------------------------------------------
Applied Energistics 2   | Beta 17
BiblioCraft             | 1.7.1
Biomes O Plenty         | 2.0.0.840
BuildCraft              | 6.0.15
CodeChickenCore         | 1.7.2-1.0.0
Extra Utilities         | 1.1.0a
Factorization           | 0.8.77
ForgeMultipart          | 1.1.0.282
IndustrialCraft2        | 2.1.478
Iron Chest              | 6.0.26.721
JABBA                   | 1.1.3
Mantle                  | 0.2.8
FurnitureMod            | 3.2.9.2 beta build 2
Natura                  | 2.2.0a3
Not Enough Items        | 1.7.2-1.0.1
RailCraft               | 9.0.0.0
Tinker's Construct      | 1.6.0.a14
Tinker's Mechworks      | 0.2.7
ThaumCraft              | 4.1.1.14
Toxic Rain              | 1.0.3
VoxelMap                | 1.7.2-1.0
WAILA                   | 1.5.2a
Witchery                | 0.18.4

I tried disabling Toxic Rain and VoxelMap, because I thought they'd use the most memory. But to no avail.

Does anyone happen to know why this happens?

Unfortunately, these crashes produced no crash log.


texts: Stardew Valley Traveling Cart inventory set at save time?

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I'm wondering when the game determine the inventory the traveling merchant will sell? Is it locked in right after you save at the end of the day or is it randomized when you get up.  I've tried reloading it a couple of times and it seemed like it won't change that way. (No save scumming)

I ask because I've noticed some meals I get in the mail aren't the same if I reload the save file.  If they are set in stone it would let you run there after waking up and seeing if there's anything worth buying (saving you time if there's nothing good).


texts: Would the gate in Path of Pain stay open if i saved and quit?

texts: I'm playing hollow knight on my switch, and one day i thought it would be a good idea to try and to path of pain for fun. I got about what i think is halfway (the chorus is singing in the background) and i hit a lever that made a gate open. However, i want to play other games on my switch now, but because theres no save points in Path of Pain, i was thinking i could just save and quit, and the gate would still be open when i came back. But i dont want to risk losing all of my progress on Path of Pain because... well... it's Path of Pain. It's hard.


texts: my xm bar is not full but can't collect xm

texts: What would cause a xm gauge to stop at 94% even when I am walking around so much xm?  I recently leveled up to level 2. I took over two portals. Then, I noticed that when I walked by XM it would only fill my gauge up to 94%


texts: How do I resolve a rivalry with my wife?

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How do I resolve a rivalry with a character, or specifically in this case, my character's wife? I bagged my character a duchess as a wife (and not matrilineal) which means that the first kid produced will be heir to that duchy - and since I have elective, I can easily set him up as my heir as well. Good, right?

Except that now they're rivals, the character's getting old and I don't have the time to resolve this in a lengthy manner. Help?


texts: Where is the save data location in Windows for Pokemon Uranium?

texts: I encountered an error trying to manage some save files in Pokemon Uranium. Since I'm somewhat technical, I'd like to look into this a bit myself but I'm not able to find where the save files are. Where is the location of the save data in a Windows environment?


texts: Got Destiny Legendary edition. Can't redeem those 3 weapons, neither the dlcs

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yesterday I got Destiny Legendary edition. It came with 2 folders. One with the taken king's code, and another one with 3 weapons. I redeemed them on PSN, I could "download" that 100kb something, but I can't find the 3 rifles in the game ( the orange ones ), neither the dlcs. Is this going to be unlocked after I reach some level in the game ??

I'm level 4 or 5 I guess.

I'm from Brazil, and my CD has everything in Portuguese ( the text ) so I think everything is from here.

Ps3 player here.


texts: Can you rebuild the special units from the Powerful Lords (preorder) DLC?

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With the preorder of the game come 2 special units, the Blade Master and the Imp-Advisor, which spawn at your city if you select them as perks when starting a new game.

If those Units die, can they be rebuilt somehow?


texts: How can I tell if a hidden stash or an enemy is within my honor range?

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There is a range within which discovering hidden stashes and attacking enemy camps will reward you honor points. This can easily be seen because the map around you is highlighted a light shade of red when you click on one of these stashes or camps. However, there are sometimes camps and stashes that fall on the border of this highlighted area.

Some of the times I have gotten honor but other times I didn't. I assume the ones in which I got honor was far enough within the border that it counts as being inside the honor range. But other times it looks like it might be far in enough but then I don't get honor. Is there a definitive way to tell if you will get honor for a specific hidden stash or enemy camp?


texts: Is there any downside to not recruiting my friends?

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Near the beginning of the game, you leave Ram Village. Gray and Tobin join your party by default, but I only discovered that Kliff and Faye were recruitable by talking to them.

Are there any side effects to choosing whether or not to take party members with you? For instance, are there negative consequences if I take them in or leave them behind? This game is already quite different from other Fire Emblem games I've played, so I'm not sure what to expect.


texts: Why does replacing my offhand crossbow with a quiver increase my damage? (screenshot)

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Possible Duplicate:
  How is listed DPS calculated when dual-wielding weapons?

Below is a screenshot of what I'm referring to. How does a Quiver with those stats increase my total damage when it replaces a one handed crossbow (in my offhand) that has 292.6 damage?

I know the damage calculation in D3 is somewhat complicated, but this doesn't make sense to me at all.


texts: Problem running Age of Empires III on VirtualBox

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I have a Ubuntu host and running Windows 7 as guest using VirtualBox.

I installed succesfully Age of Empires III, but whenever I try to run the game, got this error:

Initialization Failed Direct3D initialization failed.

In the log appears this line:

PreGame  6713:  nvCPL is unavailable.

I have tried all the solutions around the web to no avail.

Any help would be appreciate.


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In the manuals, certain units are stated to be "effective" vs other units, e.g. rifle infantry effective against other infantry, light tank effective against light vehicles, but what does this mean in practice? X% more damage?

The rules.ini doesn't help either; it only mentions what weapons each unit uses.


texts: How do I activate Kingdom of Amalur's online pass on the PC?

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It is well known that Kingdoms of Amalur is one of the many games that employ the online pass method of encouraging new purchases (and for making more off of used copies).

Snooping around the internet before purchasing the game, I noticed that on the Xbox (I imagine the same holds for the PS3) the code needs to be redeemed via the Marketplace as can be seen in the following instruction leaflet:

When I launched the copy I recently bought through Steam, I saw a "multiplayer" key code pop up, but it apparently has nothing to do with the online pass (and the game didn't prompt me to enter a code at any point so far).

On EA's own FAQ for the game, I found the following quote in regards to the availability of the N7 inspired armor in the game (the last sentence is phrased badly on the source as well):

  Your N7 armour in Reckoning is unlocked automatically with your online
  pass, available in all new copies of Reckoning, or by purchasing the
  Reckoning online pass on PSN, XBL . It unlocks with automatically with
  your PC registration code on Origin or Steam.

This possibly hints that there is no need for unlocking the online pass protected content on a new PC copy, but sadly the above is far from an explicit statement on the matter (all other mentions on the FAQ regarding the online pass are Xbox/PS3 centric).

So, how does one unlock the online pass content on the PC (specifically, with a Steam copy), if that is at all required?
Also, if such unlocking is indeed implicit, what is my online pass bound to? My Steam account, perhaps?


texts: How can I use my addons amx plugins for Counterstrike 1.6 kreedz/bhop in ubuntu 13.10 as the Windows version of addons dosen't work in Linux. Is there any other version available for Linux?


texts: How do I get the Balls Achievement in Deus Ex?

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How do I get the Balls achievement? I can't figure this one out. The description is:

Seems you like playing with balls, eh?


texts: What effect does changing the hub to night-time have?

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I discovered, mostly by accident, that you can switch from day to night at the hub by

   spinning the ship's wheel at the clock tower

Aside from the obvious of darkening the sky, what in-game effect does this have?


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In Pokemon GO each Pokemon has 2 moves, with a number next to them indicating what I assume to be the damage dealt by the move.

This damage dealt seems to be independent of the CP of the Pokemon, I have 700 CP Pokemon that do 5 or 6 damage and I have 100 CP Pokemon that do 15 damage on their basic attacks.

Does this mean that the 100 CP Pokemon actually does more damage than the 700 CP Pokemon?


texts: How do Secret Super Training Prizes get Rewarded?

texts: I recently got a Shiny Litwick, and I decided that it would look better as a Chandelure. I needed a Dusk Stone, so I went over to Secret Super Training and fought Aeigislah around 7 times. Each time though, I would get Star Dust or a Hard Stone. I checked the Wiki, and it says that the Dusk Stone is a high tier score. I always get it in over 2:40 Min remaining, what decides that I get a Dusk Stone instead of a lower tier reward?


texts: Can I run a Terraria server on one computer but play from another on the same Steam account?

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I have a desktop computer where I have a copy of Terraria server running a world.  Normally I just play from there and join to my own IP address.  Sometimes I would like to play from my laptop and join into the server running on the desktop. However, every time I have tried I get a warning that I'm already playing Terraria on another computer and it will shut down that system in order to play on the current computer.  It then attempts to shut down the other computer's steam login, but never succeeds.

Is there any way to accomplish this?  Namely, have one computer act as server but connect to the server via another computer, while both are using the same Steam account?


texts: How long does Smoke's gas canister last for?

texts: How long does the damaging gas last for? Would be helpful for to know as the particles still exist when it's no longer damaging and to know when to start gassing a near the end of the round.


texts: Does the Playstation 4 Camera work on the PS3?

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My PS Eye (PS3) just fell off the TV and smacked the ground hard, now its not working.
Where I live the PS Eye is a lot more expensive than the PS4 version, could I just grab the PS4 Camera for use on PS4 AND PS3?


texts: Dealing with barbarians early in the game

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It feels like in Civ VI barbarians have been given a HUGE boost.

They now spawn like rabbits very soon after the tile gets under fog of war; those camps spam units faster than my capital does.
Any tips on dealing with barbarians early?
This is on Prince, Continents, all-standard settings.


texts: Are there any in-game meeting places for players?

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Are there any well-established locations where players will meet up in the E:D galaxy?
Are there player-based groups (like the Fuel Rats, but more social) that regularly gather in-game? If so, where?

I listen to the very awesome Radio Sidewinder and they sometimes mention bars for pilots to visit and get some R&R, or markets that sell exotic goods (there are no locations other than stations in the game yet, so maybe the markets are real, but I'm pretty sure there's no bars yet). I assume these are fake commercials intended to give the station a more realistic feel, but it made me wonder, if I'm lonely and want some guaranteed humanoid interaction, where can I go?

I realise there are traffic hot spots, such as the Sol system, stations that sell discounted ships, expansion systems, etc. There are also areas where players gather to race, which I have no desire to try and I'm not sure how you could spectate really, but it's pretty cool.

I'm looking for a "player-designated" hot spot, if that makes more sense.


texts: Zaeed DLC Not Installing - Mass Effect 2

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So Mass Effect 2 is free at the moment, so I've decided to give it ago.

The problem is that after I downloaded the base game, the Zaeed DLC pack begins to download (which is fine) but when the installation stage comes, it gets stuck at 0%. I have tried to cancel the DLC from my queue but it won't allow me.

This problem isn't allowing me to play the base game.

Thanks in advance.


texts: What are all the locations of photo opportunities in Life is Strange Episode 1: Chrysalis?

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There are 10 optional photos to take in episode one of Life is Strange, but I only managed to find 3 in two play-throughs.

What are all locations of these photos? Is it possible to get them all in 1 play-through?


texts: How do I fight multiple enemies surrounding me?

texts: When I go up against a group of bad guys, I try and keep them in front of me so I can keep myself guarded with a shield, but if they surround me, I die every time. How do I stop this/combat this?


texts:
Can I lose spells by breaking Dark Souls's covenants?

To be more specific, I'm interested whether I can join Chaos Servant Covenant, offer 30 humanities, get Great Chaos Fireball & Chaos Storm by doing so, and then join another covenant and still have these two spells available for me afterwards?


texts: How to funnel Valkyries into the base core?

texts: I tried using valkyries  with giants and hogs and wizards and my strategy is usually to remove some obstacles in front of wall using archers and wiz and then drop giants so they go to the wall directly where I want them to, using wall breakers I create an opening and giants goes in but now if I drop valks in front of that opening they do not go in!! Instead they start circling around base and die without gaining any useful resources? How can I get them in with giants. My king and queen are enough to circle around.


texts: How do I transfer my previous Grand Theft Auto Online character?

texts: We have just purchased an xbox 1 for my son for Christmas.  On his xbox360, he has a level 90 character for GTA 5.  How does he transfer his progress to his Xbox 1?


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These just appeared. What's going on?!

They seem to follow me around, but appear patchily. What have I done?


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For most items the chance of an attribute is specified: Sky Splitter:

  15–20% chance to Smite enemies for 600-750% weapon damage as Lightning when you hit them.

But for some items it is not specified: Thunderfury:

  Chance on hit to blast your enemy with Lightning, dealing 279–372% weapon damage as Lightning and then jumping to additional nearby enemies. Each enemy hit has their attack speed and movement speed reduced by 30% for 3 seconds. Jumps up to 5 targets.

Which chance does an item have, if the chance is not specified?


texts: How do I deal with AI that endlessly tries to reach inaccessible water tiles?

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Suppose an AI player has built a dock, ship depot, or buoy next to a city. Suppose I now conduct a land reclamation project such that the dock, ship depot, or buoy is completely surrounded by land. This means that the dock, ship depot, or buoy is now useless because there is no way to reach it.

However, practically all AI players are unintelligent and would let their ships endlessly try to reach the inaccessible water tiles until the AI runs out of money and declares bankruptcy. This repetitive behavior is extremely irritating.

How should I deal with such AIs when a land reclamation is completely necessary for the continued expansion of the city?


texts: Should I craft golden copies of the cards going to the Hall of Fame?

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Blizzard recently announced that some cards from the Classic set will go into what they call the Hall of Fame once the new expansion comes out.  Cards in the Hall of Fame can't be used in Standard decks.  These includes the following neutral cards:

-Sylvanas the Windrunner
-Ragnaros Firelord
-Azure Drake

and the following class cards:

-Power Overwhelming (Warlock)
-Conceal (Rogue)
-Ice Lance (Mage)

Blizzard will be offering a pretty substantial dust compensation to balance the loss of those cards.  We will get a full dust refund (without having to disenchant) for each of those cards that we own, up to the number you can put in a deck (two for all except for Legendary, one for Legendary)

It is my understanding that they will consider Golden cards first.

Is it worth it then, if you don't already have them golden, to craft a golden copy of Sylvanas and Rag as well as two golden copies of all the other Hall of Fame cards?


texts: How do I enable Goblin sieges in a fortress that's not near a Goblin civ?

texts: I only have Elves and Humans to kill in my map and would like Goblins and/or Kobolds to show up as well.  My embark site doesn't have those features, but I'm on a really awesome map otherwise and would just like to go and hack some files to get more sieging.


texts: What are the parameters on the free seasonal sets?

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I know you get 2 set pieces in the new season for reaching level 70, what else do you have to do to get the other 4 pieces?

Can you get a free set again if you complete the parameters with a new character?


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I am trying to build a spaceship, however it seems I need a Ship Computer Core in order to finish building the spaceship and the Ship Computer Core requires an item called an AI persona core in order to build it:

Where can I find the AI persona core?


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I'm looking for way to grind some Pokemon to build a living National Dex. I found out about the Blissey Base method of powerleveling, and went through the steps to do it. I realized that I still had not fixed the time from DST, and had to move the clock forward an hour (since some timer resets at midnight, it was midnight locally, but 23:00 in-game).

So I changed the time hoping to be able to get access to the base. Nope. From what I've read, when you save the game, it also sets the system time somewhere, and if there is a discrepancy, or if you go back and forth between systems, the game resets the clocks, and you have to wait until midnight the next-next day.

I have two questions:

Is there a way to undo the setting of the system clock so that I can access the bases at tomorrow's midnight?
What happens during Daylight saving time? We have to manually adjust the times anyways, so do we lose 4 days per year of Secret Base stuff? Or should we just not touch the time at all?


texts: I want to explore Survival Mode maps, are there ways I can do it like split screen or Team Death Match?


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I'm at The Last Stand and about to make a strategic decision - either hit one extra beacon, get some more scrap but probably take some damage, or go straight to the Base and fight the flagship. What I do depends on the answer to this question:

Do you get free repairs when you get to the base?

I can't remember whether or not you do from previous playthroughs, and can't find any info online.


texts: Clash of Clans on wrong Google+ account when moving from iOS

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I'm having quite a problem with syncing iOS to Android...
So, I had an iPhone 4S that I was using, and I switched phones with my Dad, so I would get a Samsung S4 instead of my iPhone 4S. The thing is, I was wondering how to sync iOS to Android, so I looked it up and did it.
Here's where the problem starts.

My Dad had his Google Account logged on the Samsung when I linked the CoC account, so now it is linked to his account. Then, I put my own Google Account on the Samsung. Sadly, Clash of Clans only lets you synchronize to another kind of phone once, and when I tried to get the code again on my iPad (which was synced to my iPhone via Game Center), it wouldn't give me the code. So now my Clash of Clans is stuck on my dad's Google account.

How to get my account linked to my Google Play account, and not my Dad's ?


texts: Should I play the previous Far Cry games to understand the storyline?

texts:
I'm planning to play Far Cry 4 soon.

Should I play the previous games in this series to catch up with the story line?

Or is it an individual story of it's own?


texts: How significant is the difference between difficulty levels?

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I usually play Dead Space on the hardest difficulty setting (except the "limited saves" mode), but it's been a while so I started up Dead Space 3 on the second hardest mode. While I die quickly, it's not all that hard.

So what all is the difference between the difficulty modes? How significant is each step up? Is it just that you pick up less ammo and necromorphs take/deal more damage (which I believe was how the first games work)? Does difficulty affect those all-too-precious resource drops?


texts: How do you get "the Hustler" award in gta online?

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The Hustler award is given once you win 50K through betting.  If I bet a little on everybody on a single race, do my winnings net out or does it count the bet that I did win?  If I win 1000 one race and lose 1000 next race, do i need to earn another 50k or 49k to pop the award?

For example, here is my friend's progress towards the award compared to the amount of earnings from betting he has.  It doesn't add up.


texts: I can't work out how to protect city-states in Civ 5, or even how to offer to so.  Where is the button you press to do this?


texts: Precisely how does Rammus's movespeed boost (powerball) work?

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Rammus goes faster during Powerball. Unlike almost every other ability in the game, the tooltip for Powerball doesn't specify how much of a speed increase Rammus receives. Mobafire, Leaguecraft, and SoloMid don't appear to have specifics available, either.

Does the ability in general increase your movement speed by a percentage, or a flat amount?

Is there any credence to the hearsay I've encountered which indicates that powerball ignores the soft caps on movespeed?


texts: Using a ps3 controller to play Lego Star Wars on PC

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I'm trying to use a PS3 controller to play Lego Star Wars The Complete Saga on PC. I managed to use "DS3 Tool" to connect the PS3 controller. As far as I could tell this worked fine; I could bring up the Windows calibration dialog and calibrate the controller. But when I started the game and tried to use the controller it didn't work: the in-game controller select menu didn't react when I was instructed to press a button on the controller.

Any clues?


texts: How much progress can a new player make in a tower event?

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There is a new event starting soon, Hazy Moon Delight which is a tower climbing event. Let's say that I start a new account, with the assumptions:

No in-app purchases or buying premium features in any way
I manage to do the constant checking needed to maintain my progress as HP refills
Gameplay time is entirely devoted to tower completion and not spent on story

What is the highest floor that is realistically reachable by a new non-cash player, and the highest level guardians that I can hope to defeat?


texts: How do you deliberately wake up a monster in a den?

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In monster dens, I sometimes find a sleeping monster which I want to kill for loot.  However, stepping on him doesn't trigger combat.

I've tried using monster abilities like Roar, jumping on them, running over them, harvesting everything in the room, etc., but I have no idea what wakes them up.

How do I deliberately wake up a monster?  Or at least get into a fight with one and kill it instead of waiting around?


texts: How do I enable showing hotkeys in the game?

texts: On some Starcraft II stream I have seen bigger mouse pointers or some kind of overlay where the hotkeys are shown over each button, e.g. in the build menu. How can I enable that?


texts: Do Voodoo Demons spawn when The Wall Of Flesh is already defeated?

texts: I'm trying to figure out if Voodoo Demons spawn after defeating The Wall of Flesh? If Voodoo Demons do spawn, will their spawn rate be the same?


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I've created a FlatLand world in creative mode with the intention of creating my own terrain.  The problem is I wind up having village that lower in elevation than I want them to be.  I am trying to recreate the village by taking each block and moving it up the required number of steps so it is on the new terrain, but I am running into an issue - I can't find some of the items I need under the creative mode inventory system.  Some of the things I can't figure out how to move:

whatever block goes under pressure plates that make the appearance of a table leg, also used for wooden posts
chests
carrots
potatos
another crop I can't tell what it is, it sorta looks like bamboo

I know when I first started to play it would annoyingly tell me what everything I looked at was when I wasn't interested, and now that I am I can't figure out how to get this information.

Is there an easier way to move an entire village other than re-create it from scratch?  And where can I find the items I am missing?  I was hoping I could just take them out of my environment and into my inventory, but I can't figure out how.  All my experience is in creative mode building things and digging, so I am hoping I won't have to figure out how to actually craft or grow things!


texts: How can I be an effective support with Zenyatta?

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Zenyatta is a low HP, support class character.  I understand the basics of his abilities, using the discord orb for damage amplification, using the healing orb to support my team, and that his attacks are fairly effective from long range.

What strategy will help me play Zenyatta effectively, using his skills?  He feels very different from the other support classes.


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Along with the rest of the world I've been playing through GTA5. In my attempts to drive "well" I've been taking advantage of the sensitivity of the triggers and analog sticks.

However, I can't quite work out how many sensor 'points' there are. The trigger I think has only about two (half down or all down) as I seem to only be able to get the car to drive at a semi-slow speed or full throttle.

The analog sticks seem to be more sensitive, sometimes I'm able to get very gradual turning circles in the car.

Is anyone able to provide some more detail about the accuracy of the analog sticks and triggers in GTA 5?


texts: Using Mathematical Operations in /testfor command in Minecraft

texts: Say I have the objective test which is stat.killEntity.Zombie. I also have another objective test2 which is also a stat.entityKilledBy.Zombie. Can I make a new objective, which is a dummy, and the value of that is test + test2. Is this possible? If not, what is the best alternative?


texts: Do mini glaciers reappear on the same spots in the next winter?

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I haven't had the chance to live through summer yet, but I wonder if the locations marked with mini glacier icons on map will still point to them come next winter.

There are pengulls who are marked on map too, and they don't necessarily reappear in the same place, so I'd like to know if it's also a random spawn for mini glaciers.


texts: What can I do in Starcraft 2 after the campaign?

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I am a story person, and I played StarCraft 2 because of it's story.

Now that I've finished all of the StarCraft 2 campaign parts (Wings of Liberty, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void) is there anything that I can do besides multiplayer battles (fighting another person or an AI)?


texts: A lot of forums and sites about Hearthstone mention "3-star masters" decks. I assume it's top level of ranked, but can someone clarify if this true and are there any benefits from being a "3-star master?"


texts: Do I have to skip "good" quests with an evil party?

texts: If I have a party of characters who do not really approve of the good guy, do I have to skip quests like A Village Under Siege if I want to keep a high approval of Morrigan?


texts: Arcology construction supply shipments not returning

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As you can see in my screenshots, my alloy trucks tasked with delivering material to the arcology build site never return. It's been like this for days, with all of the them in the same spot, not moving at all. Bad thing is, since my shipment vehicles are stuck there, they can't deliver anything, meaning my entire trade system (which is the focus of my city) is at a standstill with only a few working vehicles. It's really hurting my budget (notice the ~$14.8k/hr deficit)

I've tried deleting vehicle garages at my trade depots and rebuilding them, but this doesn't seem to fix the problem. I have also tried logging off then back in with no avail.


texts: I just recently completed the missions with the robot that wants to be human. At the end of the last one he gave me a pistol called the "Earnest Fibber". It's weapon details are not really very clear at all. It says that it does +3,000% damage, which at first I thought was a joke, but upon using it, realized that it is actually extremely powerful. My question is, what exactly does this gun do when you shoot it? How many bullets does it shoot at once and does it have any elemental effects or anything?


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Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War was an abysmal abuse of releasing map packs on xbox-live.  Instead of Infinity Ward's separation of playlists (if you don't have the map pack you don't play with people who do), Treyarch mashed all playlists together.

This made world at war near unplayable for people who didn't have the map packs!  Treyarch's simple answer was boot the player and bring him to a screen where you can buy the map pack.

Does Black-ops handle players without the map pack like World at War?  Or have they learned from their ways?


texts: How do you get the 'Renaissance Man' achievement?

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Wondering how to obtain this achievement.

  Clear a stage by building all types and all levels of towers.

I understand what it says but I've tried what I have interpreted it is asking me to do.  If anyone has a videos or an explanation of how to do this it would be much appreciated.


texts: Is it possible to beat the main story of GTA V using only non-lethal weapons and tactics?

texts: Is it possible to beat the main story of GTA V with never having the character you are currently playing as kill someone?


texts: What are the most common Protoss Fast Expand builds and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?


texts: The game refers to "equipment items" in a rune and armor upgrade. Are they the weapon upgrades from the blue floating bots? Or items like grenades/chainsaw? Or something else?


texts: So I was playing Sims 2, and my 1st Sim is a witch. And she made a Lycanthropy Potion, and I can't get a Sim to drink it. How can I?


texts: How can I prevent my dwarfs from moving the barrel full of drink mats?

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One of my difficulties with DF is the need to constantly produce drinks. The main reason this is a difficulty is because my still constantly cancels producing drinks, complaining that it doesnt have drink-mat-producing plants. However, I do have plenty drink-mat-producing plants.

The issue is that they are all stored in a barrel, and when a new plant sprouts the dwarfs will take this barrel and move it to the farm plot to pickup the new plant. During this time, the still believes that there are no materials to produce drinks with. How can I avoid situation?


texts: What time of day is the best time to play Star Wars Battlefront?

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I just bought the game and this is my first time ever playing online multiplayer games. As I live in Asia, I am concerned about time zone differences. Waiting for a full game (before it can start) is time wasted since I can't alt-tab to another program to do something else in case I miss the start of the match, or get kicked for being inactive. I can do effectively nothing on the com staying on the same screen while waiting, so I want to minimise my waiting downtime during the timeslot I allocate to this game.

What timezones are you guys from, and what time of day is Star Wars Battlefront most active for you? Does the day of the week and whether it's a holiday matter?


texts: Minecraft Xbox - Golems only spawning with player in certain range

texts: I've noticed with my iron golem farm that if I am standing near it, iron golems will spawn. But the problem is, if I go to my house and wait, I don't get any golems. According to the wiki iron golems do not rely on players to spawn. I should add that when I test this, I always have the same amount of villagers.


texts: Using custom enchanted books in an anvil (Minecraft)

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I recently started building some things with command blocks for a Minecraft server a friend is hosting. Is it possible through commands or some other way to combine a tool with an enchanted book that is unobtainable without commands? Whenever I have tried, it just gives the tool the highest survival level.
eg: Diamond sword + Unbreaking 5 book -> Diamond sword with unbreaking 5


texts: How do I go back to playing the main game after having started the Epilogue/Origin?

texts: There's a couple of Angelics that I left for later but now I can't go back to try to perfect them.


texts: What is the tip received at each floor on Tiny Tower Vegas?

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While I really like the cute visual of exploding coins and (sometimes) chips when transporting a Bitizen up the elevator, unlike with Tiny Tower (coin = 2*floor level), I can't easily determine how much coin I'm getting for each elevator tip.

I do know that when you transport a Bitizen to a fully stocked casino floor, you will receive a chip. I don't know if that's above and beyond the regular tip you get for transporting them to their floor.


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I'm unable to get 100% completion on some islands, although I have

All achievements
All bloodstones (50)
All (visible) chests

Also reviewed several walkthrough guides to see if I missed something, but no.

Isands I'm unable to finish:

Great forest, 86%: unable to collect 4 coins in crypts (unacessable, not bombable)
Graveyard island 91% (2 chests, this is a bug)
Withered Lands 91%
Tikarel 85%
Sky Island 96%

Is this a bug?

EDIT

On Graveyard island the developers have confirmed a bug that you cannot reach 2 chests that should not be there

EDIT 2

Percentage changes after the latest update:

Hermit Island 113% (yes 113!)
Graveyard Island jumped to 100%
Great Forest 100% (1 more bloodstone below the boss ladder, got "Crimson Collector" with 54 Bloodstones)
Withered Lands 91%
Tikarel 100% (2 more bloodstones visible in crayfish cave)
Sky Island 100% (1 more bloodstone in the outside area)

Although I got 113% on Hermit Island and 91% on Withered Lands I have 100% overall progress.


texts: What's Aatrox connection with Tryndamere?

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Sometimes, when Aatrox meets Tryndamere, he says:

"Tryndamere, my greatest creation"

Why's that?


texts: What is the benefit of leveling up in Clash of Clans?

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Are there any benefits in leveling your account in Clash of Clans?

*Note: I am not referring to leveling/upgrading of buildings, traps, troops, etc. I am referring to the level displayed in blue in the top left corner.


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Let's say I'm playing in a public game with someone and we hit it off. I want to officially become his friend, so that we can intentionally group later on. How do I do this?

I know how to find the list of recent players. I know how to find the list of people currently on my team. But in neither place does there seem to be a context option to become friends with that person.

I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but how do you invite someone you've played Overwatch with to become friends?


texts: Are arrows the only projectile weapon that can pierce through armored helmets?

texts: The other day I managed to shoot an arrow through the glass part of a heavy's armored helmet which resulted in an immediate takedown; this was a lucky shot and wish I'd taken a screenshot. Been trying to do this again with a sniper rifle but it always shoots the helmet off first. Is this an arrow only feature?


texts: How can I get science from my space station to cash in the points?

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I have built a space station orbiting Kerbin with a lander, science Lab Jr., Mobile Processing Lab, Goo Containers, a "workhorse" multi-purpose ship, fuel depot, and living quarters. I currently have 13 Kerbals living there doing various missions.

The problem I'm having is that even if I process experiments via the Mobile Processing Lab, it only gives me 10-20% value, making the missions not worth the effort. The only other option I can think of is to have a kerbal gather all of the science and return it to Kerbin for full value. My question is this: Can this be done? If so, how?


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In Memoria freese, You have assist units tied to your main unit. these units apply a stat bonus to the unit(s) or debuff the enemies in the form of a skill. However, these units also have their own set of regular stats, like HP. They aren't in the battle though. So why would I level them up or release their status board?

Their stats don't seem to increase the Main Unit stats at all, unless I am misreading something.


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Just started playing Demon's Souls again. I played through the Tutorial area and then went to the Nexus. I didn't bother going to speak to her and just ran straight through right up to the Phalanx boss.

I thought I'd utilise my souls at this point and go back to the Nexus to make the battle easier. However, I can't find the Black Maiden anywhere to trade my souls. I have searched every inch of the Nexus that I am currently allowed.

I always remembered her sitting down on the stairs on the arch stone to Boletaria, or laying down on the floor on the opposite side?


texts: Can I build all ideology wonders in my original capital in Civilization 5?

texts: Can I somehow build all ideology wonders ( Statue of Liberty, Prora and Kremlin ) into my original capital in Civilization 5? I understand that I need two revolutions to change the ideology twice but I am wondering whether or not that would work in practice.


texts: How far do you need to play solo before you can do co-op?

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Supposedly the prologue of Destiny 2 is solo-only, but I'm not quite clear when it's officially over and you can do co-op. Once you get your ship or a bit later? The quip I found said

  In order to actually unlock the co-op feature, players will need to complete the Prologue mission and an additional level afterward.


texts: How do I get my AE system to move existing inventory to barrels through storage interfaces?

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I'm trying to offload some stuff that I don't really need to keep on drives to some barrels, and I'm using storage interfaces to do it. I managed to get quite a few things that I'll need eventually from running quarries off my drives for now, so I have the convenience of moving the barrels around as needed until I actually need the stuff.

This is what I did:

Put storage buses on each barrel, connected them, made sure they came online
Put one of each item I want to send to barrels in its respective barrel
Configured the buses using the barrel inventory, set the priority for it higher than the drive

This works, but only stuff that comes into the system after doing that ends up in the barrels. I want my AE system to put what it has on the drive in the barrels, and I can't figure out an easy way to make it do that. In order to coax it, I did the following:

Partitioned a drive just to accept the items I want put in the barrels
Put the drive in an I/O port, set to export items
Put the drive back in the I/O port, set to import items
Items ended up in barrels as expected

However this is a pain, as I have almost a hundred different types I want to move to simpler storage. Is there no way to poke my system into just dumping what it has on the drives into storage bus connected inventories without going through the hassle of taking the stuff out of the system entirely and then putting it back? Do I really need to use export buses first, and then replace them with storage buses?

I've tried fiddling with the bus controls, setting them to export only, etc - nothing seems to trigger my system into saying "Oh look, here's a place to put [item], let's put all of that there" - and that's what I'm trying to accomplish.

(AE2 on 1.7.10 / DW20 FTB Server)


texts: Problem with Minecraft map starting to be drawn from the very top

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I crafted a map, used it, then enlarged it by crafting more paper onto it.

However, the point from which I did this is right at the very top of the map, so it doesn't help me map anything much north of that point. Is there a way to avoid this problem?


texts: Help me run the numbers on a perfect IV ditto

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So I am currently playing Pokémon Sun version and am attempting to collect a ditto with perfect IVs. I’m using the SOS battle method with an Alola raticate that knows hidden power. It has only one resistance which is dark type because I know a hidden power from a Pokémon with perfect IVs is a dark move. So I’m calling any ditto using a hidden power (dark) a pseudo perfect ditto. Only after I check it in the computer do I know if it’s truly perfect.

So my question is this. Given that every ditto caught is guaranteed to have at least 4 perfect IVs and guaranteed to have a dark type hidden power, what is the possibility space? How many pseudoperfect ditto can I expect on average to catch in order to find a true perfect ditto?


texts: One of my friends told me that some crew members you pick up randomly on your journey can be a mentally unstable and may go on a murderous rampage and attack other crew members.  Is there any way to tell if someone is apt to 'snap' at some point?


texts: Will dragons only attack the location of the player?

texts: I mean without the use of modding or the console command, as I'm playing on my PlayStation 3. I ask this because I would love to see the Whiterun guards really wailing on the dragon along with my help.  just think it would be epic seeing a mass of whiterun guards firing at it in a combined effort. If you know for certain, that would be really helpful c: Thanks!


texts: Why are there no tanks in Fallout 3 / New Vegas?

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Is there a reason why you never see any tanks in Fallout? For a civilization constantly at war and so heavy on the weapons development they seem to focus on infantry all the time.

You could argue this was because of the fuel being scarce but there are so many nuclear cars around this seems a tad void (since military always comes before civilian toys). The closest thing to a tank is the Chinese chimera tank, which is a converted oil drill/rig.

All I've ever met in my travels are army trucks, and once a Jeep. I doubt I missed them so is there any reason for the lack of military vehicles?


texts: Is there a way to quickly toggle "per rest" in the AI script?

texts: The Pillars of Eternity AI script settings have a toggle for "use per-rest abilities". I generally have two situations: 1) don't waste resources, or 2) big battle. There doesn't appear to be any way to switch this except by going into each character's setting dialog, checking or unchecking, and making sure to hit "save". Is there a way I'm overlooking which will toggle this switch for the whole party?