texts: How can I use two set of Donkey Konga drums with Taiko No Tatsujin?

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Taiko No Tatsujin works with the Donkey Konga drum on Nintendo Switch using a GameCube controller adapter. I managed to get this working in single player by pairing only the Joycons so I could navigate the menu, then once the game had started I switch to Change Grip/Order, paired the drum first and then the Joycons, then used the Joycons to navigate the Switch menu back to the game. The drum then worked as player 1.

I am now trying to use a second set of Kongas to play two player, but this seems fraught with problems. Here's what I've tried:

Pairing the two drums as players one and two, and the Joycons as player 3. But when the game starts, it changes the Joycons to player 2 (the lights on the Joycons change from two to three) so the Joycons are then player two instead of the drum.
Allowing the Joycons to change to player 2, and then once in the game using Change Grip/Order to change player 2 back to the drum. The game seems to realise this has happened, however, and drops you back to the main menu. The Joycons (now on player 3) will then refuse to operate the menu.
Pair the drums as players 1 and 2, and a GameCube pad as player 3. However, the GameCube pad is then unable to operate the menus.
Pair a set of drums as player 1 and a GameCube pad as player 2. Same problem as with (3).
Pair a GameCube pad as player 1 and a set of drums as player 2. Operate the menus with the GameCube pad. I can then get as far as the screen where the players select the control method. You can't do this with the drums, so I selected the control method for player one using the GameCube pad. I then tried hot swapping the controllers to see if I could change player two's control method, and then hot swap to the second set of drums. But as soon as I hotplugged the controllers, the game acted as though I had selected the control method, and then started freaking out as though buttons were being held.

So, to summarise: my question is, how can I use two sets of Donkey Konga drums in Taiko No Tatsujin using a GameCube controller adapter?


texts: What is the highest dodge chance I can achieve in game?

texts: Is there a cap for dodge chance in Payday 2, or is can I hit 100% dodge? What is the highest dodge chance I can hit in game?


texts: How do I rename or edit the name of my saves?

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I'd like to rename one of my saves in order to better understand what missions I had just completed and how far along in the story I was at that save's time.  However, I can't find anyway to either rewrite the name, edit the name, or simply overwrite with a new name.

I've tried using Load Save and Save, and neither provide the option to rename and older save.

How can I rename older saves? How do I rename any saved game?


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According to the game manual,

  In Expert mode, the distaff does not glow in response to musical threads (except the ones you spin yourself). Also, there is no musical staff to help you identify the threads you hear. You literally have to play the game by ear! Note: Players who dare to experience Loom in Expert mode are rewarded with a bonus animated scene near the end of the story. This scene does not appear in any other mode.

I completed the game on expert, but did not notice the bonus scene.

What is the bonus scene?


texts: Do I keep anything when I start a new game?

texts: If I finish the game and start a new one, do I keep anything like my hourglasses or hearts? Or do I have to start from nothing? I bought some hourglasses with real money, so I'd like to know if they're going to disappear!


texts: How much of a boost does Nano Boost provide?

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Ana's ultimate, Nano Boost, apparently:

  Increase an ally's damage and speed, while reducing damage taken

How much of a damage boost and speed boost are we talking here, and what is the damage reduction? How long does the boost last?

Does her damage boost stack with boosting abilities such as Mercy's Cadeceus, and does Lucio's Speed Boost stack with Nano Boost? Does reducing damage also factor in armor as well?


texts: How do I cover my IndustrialCraft cables with Construction Foam?

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I've been playing a bit of Tekkit recently, and while looking up stuff on the IC wiki, I came across this paragraph here:

  As of 1.70, CF [Construction Foam] can cover & harden around a placed cable, creating a block that functions as a cable but looks like a CF wall.

Would I like to cover up my ugly cabling with CF? Yes, please. This would also be great for patching up the weak spot in my nuclear reactor containment thing (output cable).

How do I actually do that, though? Placing CF on a cable doesn't work — it just places the CF like a normal block when I click on the cable (i.e., next to it, not covering it).


texts: Unable to play Multiplayer in Battlefield 3 (missing dlcs) PS3

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I recently purchased Battlefield 3 for PS3, and I tried playing multiplayer yesterday. I entered the online pass, but when I try to find a server, every server visible to me has an alert symbol with this message you are missing one or more dlcs played on this server.

I'm not sure what's going on, do I need to buy an expansion pack, or download the maps, or something else?


texts: Which ship is the best to begin the game with?


texts: Whenever I try to brew things in Industrial craft 2, I always get "Black Stuff". What are some brewing recipes that make things other than Black Stuff?


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Recently I have been playing a fair bit of Pokemon Go. I have noticed however that I am not really getting the items that I am low on. I am low on healing items like potions, yet I rarely see them from Pokestops and Gyms, along with gifts from friends. I have an abundance of Pokeballs on the other hand, and it seems that they are the only thing I am getting. Is the item drop rate skewed so that you do not get items you are low on? Is there an item drop chance formula or is it random?

I would not be too suspicious on my own, but my friend is having the opposite situation, where all they get is healing items and are constantly low on Pokeballs. We are both getting our items from different sources though.


texts: Are there any secret areas in Smash Run?

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I was looking at the Smash Run map and noticed that there are some hard to reach platforms near the corners of the map, and what looks like some hidden caves along the right side.

What hidden or secret areas are there in Smash Run? What are the benefits of getting to them?


texts: Where do I find an expert engineer or expert cook?

texts: In State of Decay, I have progressed to the point in construction and upgrades that it requires you to have an expert engineer or cook. Where do I find someone who is an expert or how do I upgrade someone to become an expert? I've noticed that the sheriff is a engineer, well at least I think he said so in a conversation.


texts: What is the key to a good sneak attack build?

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It's my second char, after a pure mage. It's supposed to be a one-handed/archer sneak attacker with Light Armor.

The build so far:

Race: Breton (for magic defense)

Level: ~18 (below 20, cant check right now)

Archery: 53, Overdraw 3

Sneak: 48, Stealth 3, Backstab, Deadly Aim

One-Handed: ~25-30, Armsman 2

The rest of the perks are in Alchemy and Speech for making money, to pay for level-up trainings. First I leveled Archery with Faendal to 50, then I got Alchemy to 50 for money and poisons. Next I want to get Athis as follower for free One-Handed training. I always prefer combat perks as they become available over money-making perks.

Equipment: Imperial/Elven Light Armor, Dwarven Bow/Arrows, no Enchantments so far.

Now the problem is, some enemies go down with 1, at most 2 sneak attack arrows. But there are many regular mobs (not to mention bosses) who have so insanely much health and/or armor, they can easily eat 10 sneak arrows, making for a very slow and tedious game. Additionally, one little mistake and it's reload time, since I cannot really stand against such opponents in open combat, even if they are already half-dead.

Coming from my level 40+ destruction mage who can obliterate most anything with one or two dual-casts at the second-highest difficulty level (first char) and who is practically immune to magic, I am very disappointed so far. I even had to turn down the difficulty to normal, with little effect.

So, what am I doing wrong, or is a sneak attacker always that weak around this level? What area do I have to improve most to one-shot most targets? Or do I have to start over with a new race and build?


texts: Is there a logic gate that changes a pulse into a steady state?


texts: My first two captains eventually went mad and were murdered by their crew. My current captain is doing okay, but making sure she isn't driven mad by the zee is still her most pressing concern. Food and fuel are far easier to come by than comfort, especially once you are no longer welcome at Hunter's Keep, and reducing terror at port (aka drinking my troubles away) is expensive and tedious. What else can I do?


texts: What does the padlock icon next to a name mean in staff management?

texts: I've just started looking at the staff management side of MGSV TPP and noticed a few staff members have a padlock and person icon next to their name.  What is locked and why?


texts: In FTL Advanced Edition, what can be gained from manning sensor or door subsystems?

texts: The Advanced Edition of FTL includes the ability to man your sensors and door subsystems. Why? What does it accomplish?


texts: Can I allow another PSN user to play my Terraria world with a different PSN account when I’m not online?

texts: We are both using the same console to play in split screen, but I created the world on my PSN account. Can I somehow share it so he can play on the same save with his account when I am not around?


texts: How do you view enemy unit attack ranges?

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In most, if not all, SRPG or turn-based strategy games you can put your cursor over an enemy unit, and press a button to view their attack range.  I know you can view their movement range, which helps for direct attack units, but I have to manually calculate ranged units.

So, how do you view an enemy unit's attack range?  Assuming it's possible, but I can't imagine that probably the most comprehensive SRPG of all time doesn't have that feature.


texts: In Wurm Online, what's the best way to get your Fight Skill up to 20?

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Use what weapons?  Use enchants?  Use practice dummies?  Use help from more advanced fighters?

What else can I do to improve my Fight Skill?


texts: Does Super Magical Chest replace the expected chest from the cycle?

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So it finally happened, after a rage delete and come back I finally just got a Super Magical chest.

What I was wondering, does that drop happen instead of the drop I was supposed to get in the cycle, or not?

For instance, if I was supposed to get a Giant at 51 but I got a SM is it true that the next chest I get won't be the 51 Giant chest, but instead the 52 Silver chest?


texts: Which Mass Effect 2 DLCs are relevant for Mass Effect 3's story?

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I'm just playing through Mass Effect 2 for the first time and loving it, and I was wondering which of the (tons and tons) of DLC for ME2 might actually be relevant for Mass Effect 3's story?

I understand that the SHADOW BROKER DLC was designed to be played at the end of ME2, with an eye for setting things up for ME3.

Is this true, and are there any other DLCs that are relevant for ME3?


texts: How can I make tables like in the NPC villages?

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In the NPC villages, you can see tables in some of the houses.

How can I create those tables?


texts: What causes my digi-clone's death to give me EXP?

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Sometimes, when my Digi-Clone dies instead of just having the skill run out, I get a seemingly fixed amount of EXP from it. ~312 or so, as a Level ~30 Zane.
And seems to happen only / most often, while fighting Badass-type enemies?
But it doesn't happen every time? What causes it?
I've got the Double Barrel... Might it be from the clone possibly killing itself due to me giving it Heavies?


texts: Why are Blasters always fitted with Caldari Navy Antimatter and not Void?

texts: All of the loadouts I've seen without fail use Caldari Navy Antimatter instead of T2 Void charges. Am I missing something? They seem to do considerably more damage and you more or less have to be upclose to use either ammo.


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Cloaked stealths are invisible to players (except the assault with his visor down, but that's not the point), but do they appear on the minimap?  Does alignment affect it? E.g. can I see allied cloaked stealths on my minimap but not enemy ones? Do I see all of them? None of them?

How does being cloaked affect minimap visibility?


texts: Table of SSBB Character Opponent Strengths and Weaknesses?

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I am looking for a comprehensive table or article on each brawl character's opponents they are strong against (Strengths) and opponents they are weak against.

For a given character give me other characters he/she is strong against and weak against.

It seems like this type of analysis should be easy to find and relatively easy to create if one knows the game inside and out. I also feel that it would be beneficial to the community to have such a table indexed and referenced.


texts: Is this a hidden scene in Minecraft Story Mode? If so, how do I access it?

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I've played Minecraft Story Mode a lot and finally completed Episode 4. I'm sure I didn't miss anything else. One day I was watching a Google Play commercial when I saw a scene when Jesse, Axel, and Rueben are having a snowball fight. I've never seen this before, and I know it's not going to be in Episode 5 since

   Reuben dies.

I think this video explains it right in 0:07 of this video:

Has this scene been in one of the earlier episodes? Does anyone know about this scene?
I played the game all over again and there was still no scene of this snowball fight.

Update: Found some images from here:

Update 2: I thought at first they were playing in a taiga biome or a snowy biome. But then I noticed there was ice on the left. I think it was an ice spike biome.

Update 3: I noticed that the corners were dark. This may be evidence that this is a flashback that's going to be in Episode 5. I'm not sure, but Google Play did spoil us. Image taken here:


texts: Are there any adverse effects to making a legendary beast faint?

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At a certain point in Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold, the legendary beasts start wandering about the game map and it is possible to encounter and battle them. Naturally, I want to catch them all, but they are really tough customers and I have to drastically whittle their HP if I aim to succeed.
The thing is, there is always the risk of accidentally depleting their HP, causing them to faint. Will this affect me adversely in some way, or will they simply respawn at some later time with restored HP? I am worried seeing how their HP remains consistent through all encounters with them, meaning they sustain the damage I've dealt them each time I've battled them and then had them flee?
I would rather you don't give any plot spoilers in your answer, if at all possible.


texts: What will I miss if I skip Pokemon Black/White and go onto Pokemon Black 2/White 2?

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I was going to buy Pokemon Black/White however I wondered if I should just skip to Black 2/White 2. As far as story goes... well its a Pokemon game not a novel most of the storys in game are just there to hold things together.

Anyway will I be missing anything important if I skip to Black/White?


texts: I want to pause Railroad Tycoon 2 with a different key than "Pause". Is that somehow possible?

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Most of the question is already in the title, so I provide some explanation why I want something like this.
I pause a lot in the game to micromanage my trains.
I'd like to play the game on my laptop.
My laptop does not have a Pause key.

Is there maybe a file where I can edit it? Any option welcome.


texts: How can I restore mobility to player in skyrim

texts: I was in the middle of a dialogue when i was arrested in skyrim and now I have no control of my character. I can still move the camera a bit and open the menus but I can't walk or quick travel. Also using the console command "enableplayercontrols" has no effect and does not do anything.


texts: Secret of the singing wall in Escape Lala 2

texts: I have now completed Escape Lala 2 twice and received 100% of the Steam Achievements but I still don't understand the purpose of the singing wall with four mouths and nine eyes. Is it a hint for some puzzle or does it have some other purpose or meaning?


texts: When I try to buy a lunchbox or some Nuka-cola. It says purchases aren’t allowed and can’t purchase this item right now. Why is this?


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During the quest "Scenes From a Marriage" you meet a pretty creepy and hostile guy identified just as Caretaker. This boss has some pretty annoying abilities, the worst ones being at least two different ways to heal himself.

I didn't do well against this one, he really punishes any mistakes I make by healing himself. I didn't manage to make a large dent into his health pool before he was able to heal again.

What are the weaknesses of the Caretaker? Which oil should I use for my sword? Any particular tactics that work well for him?


texts: Batman Arkham City Watcher in the Wings side mission is impossible?

texts: I have recently started the Watcher in the Wings side mission. I have found all four locations for Azrael and found his final location, but I didn't scan the symbol behind him. Now, when I try to scan the symbol again, it says symbol already scanned and it is now impossible for me to complete the side mission. I've tried restarting the XBox, but it didn't help. I really don't want to restart the game, since I have all Riddler trophies and riddles solved. Can anyone help?


texts: Where do I find game modes and how do I start games in them?

texts: I'm really new to Garry's mod and I've been hearing a lot about different gameplay modes in Garry's mod. Are these built into the game? If not, where can I get them? How do I create a game with a game mode running?


texts: I got on Origin today and saw that it was prompting me to preorder and preload Mass Effect 3. .  After pre-ordering it, I went to my game library to preload it, but the "preload" button is disabled!  Why would this be?  Does it have something to do with already having the demo downloaded?


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The guidebook says that several additional keys can be used with the normal yuhjklbn movement keys to affect their behavior.

http://www.nethack.org/v360/Guidebook.html#_TOCentry_8

These include the m and g keys which can be used as prefixes.

Do these keys work with the numpad movement keys as well? Thanks.


texts: How to turn off item-creation spam in chat

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Sometimes while playing minecraft I can't deal with the message spam of other people creating items on my server.  Can't see enemies through it, etc etc.  Is there a way to turn off -just- item creation messages
E.g.

  giving someUser 3 of Dirt

in chat?  The choices for chat settings currently are, unhappily:

chat: hidden
chat: shown
chat: commands only

So every option but the one I need.  Any other workaround?


texts: What sidequests can be done before getting Excalibur II?

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In order to obtain Excalibur II in Final Fantasy IX, the player has to reach Gate to Space, a room in Memoria in under 12 hours of playtime.

That obviously means that several sidequests will have to be ignored, and some areas left unexplored, especially because some areas are inacessible after Disc 3.

However (excluding sidequests that can be done after getting the sword) what quests can actually be done, without compromising the ultimate goal (Excalibur II). Or in other words, what sidequests could be done during a Final Fantasy IX 12-hour speedrun playthrough?


texts: How to delete worldborders in Minecraft?

texts: I know how to set the worldborders in Minecraft. But can I delete worldborders in Minecraft and if I can, how?


texts: What are the unmentionable enemies in Dwarf Fortress?

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My understanding is that if you dig down deep enough in Dwarf Fortress, you can run into an extraordinarily nasty type of monster. It also seems to be a tradition among players of the game not to mention these monsters' names on forums — they're too evil, like Voldemort.

I don't have the game, but my curiosity has gotten the better of me. What are these enemies called? Why are they so awful (both from how they fit into the lore and how they affect gameplay)?


texts: I have seen some people claim to have found Mewtwo in pokemon go. I don't really believe them since I've never seen one in the gyms, so if anyone knows if they exist in pokemon go.


texts: So I was achievement hunting Skyrim, and I have to buy 3 plots of land for one of the achievements. Dawnstar, Morthal, and Falkreath. I have to help citizens of all 3 of these holds. One citizen, “Hert”, is a citizen that works at Half Moon Mill. To help her, you must chop wood. However, for the Dawnguard quest line, I was required to kill her. I’ve saved up a little over 100,000 Gold on my current save, I’ve fully upgraded the Dawnstar home, and I’m at level 62. I killed Hert around level 13. So I don’t want to make another save just for 1 achievement. Is there anyway to become Thane of Falkreath if Hert is dead?


texts: Do different guard weapons have different abilities?

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According to the Invisible Inc Wikia, different guards have different types of weapons. For example, the basic FTM Security Guard carries a pistol, while the Elite Guard version carries an SMG.

Do these different gun types have different abilities?

The wiki page explicitly says whether or not an enemy has armor penetrating weapons (with regards to drones), but I didn't see anything like that for the human guards.


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I beat The Witcher 2 for the first time last week, and I'm looking to play through the game a second time taking Roche's path (whom I avoided the first time 'round).

I made my way through the prologue without any problems, got Aryan LaVallette to help me escape, and made it onto Roche's ship without problems.

However, as soon as I start chapter 1 and regain the items I collected in the prologue, I become encumbered, at some 333/300. No big deal, right? Just drop the five pickaxes I'm carrying, and I'm good to go!

However, I've now reduced my weight to 95/300, and I'm still stuck in the encumbered state, meaning no combat, no meditating, and slow zombie shuffling everywhere I want to go.

I've tried reloading the save, and re-completing the escape from the LaVallette prisons, but neither way prevents the bug from getting me stuck in the encumbered state. I didn't have this problem on my first playthrough... what's going on?

(I have updated to the 1.1 international version prior to beginning the new game)

Edit: This bug is still present. I updated to 1.2 and redid the prologue, to no avail. This time I wound up being 212 / 300, though I'm still stuck as being encumbered. I'm wondering if the bug is linked to the strong back perk itself, as I had no problems when I dueled Arayn (and thus missed the ability) in my first playthrough


texts: Progressive difficulty of leveling up skills - or not? (TES3: Morrowind)

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I've looked on the UESP Wiki and extensively DuckDuckGo'd for the answer to this, to no avail.

In Oblivion and Skyrim, skills "level up"/increase progressively "slower" - e.g., you need to make more hits to go from "Random Weapon" 99 to 100 than you need for 9 to 10.

However, as far as I can tell, Morrowind has each level require 100 "points", which are given statically (e.g., most weapons add 1 point per successful hit). Am I not seeing something, or is it really 100 hits to go from "Random Weapon" 9 to 10 and equally so 100 hits to go from "Random Weapon" 99 to 100?


texts: Why am I still gaining infamy even though I am wearing NCR armor?

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Am I misunderstanding how faction armor works?  It's my understanding that while you are wearing faction armor, NCR for example and attack another faction, Legion, in this case, I would not gain infamy.

To test that, I donned some NCR armor and fought some random Legionares.  After a few of them went down, my faction rep turned to hated.  I figured that waiting a little while and removing the armor would cause me to not be villified.  However, I'm still hated.

When do I get reputation changes while wearing faction armor?  I did have Boone with me, do companions affect rep gains as well?


texts: If I store books that I no longer need in the Arcaneum bookshelves (the ones that are unlocked), will those books still be there if I look for them later, or can they become lost?


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The Situation

Ninjas have the option of either doing a regular attack (blue squigglies) or a multi-swing move (yellow squigglies). Picking the appropriate response is simple enough when you have the squigglies to go by, but on New Game +, it's a bit trickier.

Solutions I don't really like

Jump over heads. This is an appropriate response to just about everything, which makes it boring.
Wait for the problem to go away. Story mode just doesn't have enough ninjas in it for your ninja-fighting skills to make a big difference.
Blade dodge when one ninja attacks and multi-counter when several of them come at you at once. A blade dodge against a single regular attack will become a counter, and multiple simultaneous attacks have to be regular swings. This is what I try to do, but I'd like to be more awesome.

The Question

Is there a difference in their movements you can use to tell what kind of attack is coming, so you can tailor your response to their attack instead of using tactics where it doesn't matter what they do?


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We just got an Xbox 360 for the kids and I bought an old cheap game: MLB 2K6.  My son was able to figure out how to start and save a season under VIP1, and we can go under Manage Seasons.  But he and I can not figure out how to load the seasons up so it continues playing. Do I need to have an Xbox Live account setup to do that?

What are the steps to load the seasons?  When he hits play it gives him the choices to pick two new teams to start a game, but those are not for the season.


texts: Why do I keep getting swallowed by black goo?

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This annoying black goo keeps sprouting up from the ground, engulfing me, and dumping me in a pit.

Why does it do this and how can I make it not happen again?


texts: Do the 'aura' abilities in the Vendettas campaign affect the player character too?

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I am playing the Vendettas campaign offline (singleplayer) as Inugami, and noticed that he has 'aura' abilities, like 'Dark Melee Aura'. It is described as "Players standing close to Inugami receive a damage bonus to their melee strikes."

Does this only affect allied players, or does this affect the player character too? Also, what about the other 'aura' abilities of Inugami and the other Vendettas characters?


texts: How do you use a strong attack with a PC keyboard in Witcher 3?

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I'm playing the Patch 1.12 version of Witcher 3 on PC using Windows 7 and an English input keyboard.

I'm having problems executing strong attacks with the default keyboard controls, specifically

Left Shift + Left Mouse Button

It works outside of combat, but as soon as I'm in combat, holding down Shift and clicking the left mouse button no longer works, Geralt just stands around doing nothing.

Is this a bug? Or am I not executing strong attacks correctly?


texts: What determines which religion the computer will found?

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When I play Civ V, it seems as though some religions are more likely to be founded by the computer.

For example, in Gods and Kings, it felt like Christianity was almost always the first religion founded. And in Brave New World it seems to be Catholicism.

Is this random? Is there a set "order" in which the computer picks them?
Or is there a "favoured religion" based on the particular civilisation founding them? (and thus, since most civs favour Christianity, I see this most often?)


texts: What is the best way to kill the Siren on Hard in Bioshock Infinite?

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I have been having a really hard time beating the 3 tears of Lady Comstock, I have been trying to kill her and her army of the undead with the shotgun, carbine, and a repeater/machine gun I pick from the corpses along with the Return To Sender, Charge, and Bucking Bronco.

Needless to say, even with my best efforts, I have been very unsuccessful in beating her after 2 hours of being stuck in a single tear, The Bank of the Prophet. Any tactics would be highly appreciated, since I have since gotten frustrated and finished the game in easy.

Thanks for the help!


texts: Which is better for progressing as quickly as possible in diablo 3, killing everything you can with a +xp gem in a helmet, or completing missions as fast as possible, while just killing monsters that you encounter along the way?


texts: Is there a good spot to farm Health plants?

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There are a few plants that when collected fill up the green bar at the top. This is some easily accessible health while in combat.

But I always seem to be running low on these. Are there any spots that have a lot of them, or is there somewhere I can give some metal shards to fill it up?


texts: In Minecraft, how do you play in Hard difficulty without depleting hunger?

texts: I've been making a Hard map in Minecraft, but whenever I test it, I keep getting hungry! The goal is to kill all of the monsters in the map, but I can't sprint, sleep or focus if I'm about to die of starvation. What do I do?


texts: How much CDR is required for permanent Vengeance uptime?

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In Diablo 3, Demon Hunters have access to the Vengeance skill, which among other things makes the Demon Hunter immune to crowd control and increases his/her damage by 40%.

With patch 2.4 adding a legendary power to the Dawn hand crossbow, which reduces the cooldown of Vengeance by up to 65%, how much CDR (cooldown reduction) is required to achieve permanent uptime on Vengeance?


texts: How can I get gold keys in CSR2 without paying real money?


texts: Cause of mysterious PS3 connection drops and lag?

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I'm having an interesting problem with my roommate's PS3. It was working relatively fine until I changed the router password. When I attempted to change the network configuration for the PS3 to use the new password, everything went to hell.

First, I had an amazing time trying to get the PS3 to even connect to the router (remember, the only setting changed was the password, same algorithm, etc). I ended up having to assign it a static IP (the previous IP was technically static - the router renews LAN addresses every month since only a couple of people use it), and manually forward all of the ports required before it would even pass a connection test.

Now it connects fine, reports a great signal strength, (hovers between 90-95%) and up/down speed, yet takes an incredible amount of time to retrieve game profiles and such. When my room-mate can get onto a server in Call of Duty/other FPS games, he experiences frequent lag spikes and connection drops.

The bizarre thing is that the only thing that has changed recently was the password and the PS3 seems to be convinced the network is fine. In fact, it reports a better connection than my laptop gets. Even the in-game network quality bar hovers between 3-4 bars (out of 4) despite the latency jitter. This problem confounds me since there does not appear to be any issue with the wifi and since it does work on and off. There can't be a port forwarding issue (since such an issue would cause consistent problems).

I have a cable modem which is bridged over ethernet(properly) with a wireless router (which acts as the access point) (Linksys WRT54G) running DD-WRT firmware. After I discovered the problem, I tried tweaking all sorts of settings which could possibly be related (i.e TCP/UDP timeout, beacon interval, MTU, cleared UPnP ports and restarted, forwarded every port I could find that was related to MW3 and PSN, etc), but to no avail.

Note that a few days ago, I set up a web server and forwarded port 80, but as far as I know, the PS3 does not have any services that listen on that port (only outbound). Besides, you'd think that if that was the problem, the connection wouldn't be intermittent, it simply wouldn't work. Either way, removing the port forward rule does not fix the problem.


texts: How to change the primary storage drive?

texts: I just installed an external hard drive. Is it possible to change the Xbox 360 to recognize the external drive as the primary drive?


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Occasionally the Jester (Junius Loosetongue) will ask if I want to gamble money on a game of Red Dwarf. He then rolls two dice and depending on the result I either win or lose.

After losing multiple times, I realized that the Jester never explained the rules of Red Dwarf to me.

What are the rules of Red Dwarf? What do I need to roll to win?


texts: What are the odds of receiving each "blessing" given by the statue?

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Once in a while you find a statue that asks if you will pray for it's blessing. 4/5 times I've gotten the Hedgehog's Curse, and as much as I like Sonic, this is so far the only "blessing" I've noticed to be bad.

Is each blessing given out with an equal chance or does the curse have a higher chance to appear from this statue?


texts: What's the best way to level my warrior?

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In Dragon Age 2, what Attributes and Abilities should I focus on when leveling up my Warrior?

I planned to keep him fighting with two-handed weapons and of course I know strength is important, but are there any things worth knowing, any attributes I can ignore completely?


texts: Where are the books that the templar wants from the Tomb of the Skeleton King?

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During my run through of the Skeleton King's crypt I found books with Loric's story (2) and several from the scribe.

The templar I met insisted that if we found any books about his order that they were his.

Further into the game, during Act II, he again mentioned books about his order and a willingness to share them.

I thought I did a good job of looking around, but I didn't find any books, did I miss them?

Are they strictly a plot device and don't actually relate to any game items?


texts: Can the counter be expanded so plays above 999 are counted?

texts: The counter stops at 999. Does anyone know how to get the counter to count above 999?


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According to the wikia's page on Marriage and Genes, reproducing and making a gene allow you to create a new character with "your current character's inventory and some bonuses." The page does not, however, mention what these bonuses are.

What are these bonuses, and other than having an easier start with a new race/class, is there any benefit to making a  gene?


texts: What is the most effective way to mock someone else's religion?

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In the full version of Desktop Dungeons, you can gain piety with your chosen god by desecrating the altar of a different god.  But doing so will cause you to suffer the wrath of the god whose altar you desecrated.

What are some good ways to take advantage of this ability?  It seems like the penalties for making a god angry are so great that I would never want to risk it just to gain a little bit of piety.


texts: Are GC aluminum wires better than leadstone (and better fluxducts)?

texts: In modded minecraft, the mod galaticraft adds aluminum wires. I do not have industrial craft 2 installed, and if you have that mod installed, it makes the wires bad (check the GC wiki). I have the mod thermal expansion, which adds leadstone fluxducts, and better fluxducts, that have a transfer rate limit (except the most expensive, which requires gelid cryothem, which is expensive, I haven't found a bliz yet). Does the galaticraft wires have a transfer rate limit that does not show up in game? If so, which "wire" is better?


texts: I've just landed on the moon of Palaven (after first going to the Citadel) and I'm told to 'find commanding officer' but I can't find him/her/it. Where do I go?


texts: Does my truck slow down when there are zombies on it?

texts: In Zombie Highway 2, the idea is that you kill zombies that hang on the side of your truck. Apart from the chance to flip over, are there any more downsides to let the zombies hang longer? I can shoot them to make them disappear as fast as possible, but I will run out of bullets. For example of downsides: do they slow down the truck?


texts: Do goods on tables and other stuff respawn?

texts: I stole a ton of ingots and stuff from the blacksmith in Solitude, and I really want to know if that stuff will ever regenerate or if I should just forget the place.


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My game is playing normally, but today when I play it, all sims (expect my Sim) can't be displayed, and I can't interact with them. My Sim can still interact with them automically. All objects act like there are other sims there (for example, the chairs are moving, fridge is openned, ... ). Sometimes I meet a Sim that has the body, but without the head!

Here is my computer hardwares (all drivers are updated): CPU Core i5, ATI Radeon 5700, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Pro 64bit. TS3 has World Adventure and Ambitions expansion pack.

Has anybody met this problem?


texts: How are the glyph hack bonuses calculated?

texts: Did anyone come across a formula for the calculation of the glyph hacks? There seem to be many questions and attempts at it but I couldn't find any definite answer.


texts: How do I deal with this 'gatekeeper' when I'm in promotion series?

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I've read about them on some forums (people who will intentionally lose the game just because they don't want you to go to upper tier) and it's really annoying because I've encountered them several times.

One can be the most optimist player could be but when the trolling starts, I just don't know how to deal with it.

Is there any remedy for this?


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My fortress has produced an artifact leather coat, leather shirt and gold bracelet. Can these be used for anything except selling them?

For example, could I specify that a dwarf can wear them?


texts: Is there a way to disable auto save in Mineraft PE?

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In Minecraft PE, I was building something with friends, and someone else joined and started blowing up everything. This is extremely annoying. How do I disable autosave in Mincecraft PE?

(I am running ios 8.1.1 and MCPE 0.10.4)


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I have 2 PlayStation Vitas each running its own copy of Minecraft.

When I connect them to each other in ad-hoc mode we get multi-player but only 1 of us can see the mobs. However, we can see each other and build.

Also, there is an issue where we both have the same player name tag. Any help in explaining why or a possible resolution would be of great help.


texts: How can I make 'Kulki' run on Windows 7?

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I would like to make this game playable on Windows 7 (compatibility with older OS doesn't work).

I'm pretty sure it should be possible using something like DosBox, but I don't know how to configure it.

Direct link to download this game.

Note: I'm not looking for a remake so no replacement suggestions please, this has to be that game.


texts: So if you have a frozen mallet and you attack someone (while you have red buff) or you use a slow like Nasus' wither, does it stack with the other slow?


texts: I want to change my Minecraft username, but I cannot find a way to do this anywhere. Is this possible? If so, how can I do so?


texts: Does anyone know the requirements for Pearscent rarity weapons in Borderlands 2? I am level 35 and don't have DLC. I'd love to know if I can get them earlier than level 50.


texts: As an assassination rogue what is the best stat to buff with food currently?

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It seems like the best stat to buff for Assassination Rogues changes often, so what is the best one to buff currently?  With cooking, I can buff a stat by 90, but should it be Agility, Critical rating or Haste rating?

Thanks.


texts: Why are my buildings and zones completely disappearing in Cities Skylines?

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I am completely new to this and have no idea of gaming lingo. I'm learning by watching 'You tube' and reading blogs, so if you are nice enough to answer my question please be kind. I'm also old.

I have built a really nice city in Cities Skylines and all is going really well, everyone is happy, no problems with traffic or pollution, water, electricity etc. etc.

So why are my buildings and coloured zones completely disappearing in front of my eyes? This is driving me crazy as I will never be able to build a decent city if it keeps disappearing. Because the zoning disappears the electricity fails to connect the buildings, so I go back to put in the zones again and they disappear as fast as I put them back!

There is an orange circular symbol with a line through it which pops up just before I lose everything. I have tried to find out what this is and why, with no luck. I am also only adding more zones when the gauge says so. Is there something wrong with my programme? I would really appreciate any help with this as I have checked all through the internet and no one else has written about this problem before .


texts: How do I get the elevator in the Wonder Tower Foundations to work?

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I've now defeated

  Rāʾs al-Ghūl

and on my way out of Wonder City, I noticed that the elevator in the Wonder Tower Foundations has now appeared. There is a panel with a green power symbol on the elevator that is lit up, but standing next to it gives me no "Use" option.

I've tried using my Cryptographic Sequencer as well, but it also has no effect. Its symbol hovers over the elevator control panel with a red circle with a slash through it (the typical "forbidden" symbol).

Do I need another type of weapon/hacking device (I don't have the one for TYGER panels yet) to use the elevator, or is it locked off until I hit a certain point in the plot?


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So you get the Metal King Armor from Metal Dragon's. According to Bestiary Guide 3.0 Metal Dragon's have a drop rate of 1/256. My question is...  does is matter in which order the Metal Dragon dies?

According to Monster Recruitment Guide in order to recruit a monster the monster you're trying to recruit needs to be the last recruitable monster killed. So if another recruitable monster dies after the one you're trying to get dies then you're guaranteed not to be able to get your desired monster. Do item drops behave similarly? ie. if you kill a monster that drops items after killing another one that drops items are you pretty much guaranteed not to get a drop from your desired monster?

For all I know it could be the exact opposite. You only get the item drop if the monster is the first one killed.

Related to this if you were in a battle with 3x Metal Dragon's would your odds of getting an item drop be 1/256 still or would it be 3/256?


texts: I am playing Minecraft PE on an old world with no tall grass, and I'm not sure how to get wheat seeds. I've tried using a hoe on grass, but it doesn't work, and there are no villages on the map. How can I obtain wheat seeds in MCPE?


texts: How can I heal my monk efficiently on higher difficulties?

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The monk has a dedicated healing Breath of Heaven, but that one has a 15 seconds cooldown and only heals me for around 20% of my current health on Nighmare difficulty now. I prefer to use Serenity with Peaceful Repose as an alternative, but it heals for around the same amount, and the 3 seconds immunity aren't enough in many cases.

There's also the mantra of healing, but that also doesn't heal for a lot on activation, and the passive regeneration is by far too weak to help in actual combat.

The healing spells the monk has access to don't seem to scale well, what alternatives are there to keep my monk healed on the higher difficulty levels?


texts: Does the Dusk Ball work in Dynamax Raids?

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Yesterday I failed twice in a dynamx raid battle to catch a pokemon.

Flapple
Coalossal

Both I attempted to catch with a Dusk Ball. I did not use a Repeat Ball on Flapple since I haven't owned one previously (sad pokemon shield noises)
Does the Dusk Ball work in Raids? It works best at night and in caves, so why not the long night?
Which ball is best for uncatched pokemon in dyna raids?
Is a Quick Ball more favorable than a Timer Ball?
Is a Net Ball for water / bug types always the most efficient?


texts: Do Dual Flurry and Duel Savagery apply to single attacks?

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Dual Flurry says "Dual wielding attacks are [X]% faster." Dual Savagery says "Dual wielding power attacks do 50% bonus damage."

Do these apply to repeated single-strikes if I am currently dual-wielding weapons? That is, if I click left mouse button, and right mouse button, and alternate (swinging one blade at a time), will those swings be faster if I have Dual Flurry? Or do these bonuses only apply to the two-weapons-at-once attacks (both mouse buttons at a time)?

What about Dual Savagery? Does it affect single-strike power attacks, or only the two-weapons-at-once power attacks?


texts: Geometry Dash Create Account: Email is Invalid

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I'm trying to create an account on Geometry Dash but it keeps saying "email is invalid" even though I have tried 3 different completely valid emails.

Anyone have any idea what to do?


texts: Do equipment bonuses count if it exceeds 10 in a S.P.E.C.I.A.L. stat?

texts: For example, if I have a dweller with max Perception (level 10) and I give him/her armor that boosts Perception by 3. Is his/her Perception level then counted as 13 or is it capped at 10?


texts: How do I set custom model/texture data of equipped armor?

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I've made an elytra that has custom model data, and the model shows up just fine in the inventory, there is no issue with the new textures as long as you don't equip the armor, but as soon as I equip the armor, it goes back to looking like the vanilla elytra (From F5, it still looks right in the inventory). What I'm wondering is how to set the custom model data for equipped armor as well, so it isn't just changed when it is in the inventory. I've seen a datapack that does that, but after looking through it, I wasn't able to figure out what they had done to get it to work.
Any help is much appreciated, thanks in advance!


texts: How can I keep the same colors during daylight cycle?

texts: I'm trying to develop a program to mine blocks based on color recognition, but when the color has been set during the day and it's night or vice versa the color changes just enough to not recognize it. Is there a way to keep the colors similar without changing the daylight cycle setting? (I have my brightness all the way up)


texts: What should I do if I can't fight my opponent?

texts: Scenario: You're paired up against an enemy who outclasses you and you're unable to do anything meaningful in lane. You can't harass, you can't farm, you can't get a kill and if you leave the turret alone it'll die. You can't sit under turret; you're being killed from full health under turret. What exactly should you do in this kind of situation? Especially if you don't have a jungler or anyone else who can help you?


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I couldn't find Karliah in the Ragged Flagon so I went to Snow Veil Sanctum and she was stuck trying to open a door. When I opened it she didn't do anything and she's not coming to the Ragged Flagon. I went back after a few days (in game) and she is just standing there.

Why is this happening, and what should I do to make her move to Ragged Flagon?


texts: How long does it take for militia to become good?

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Assume I set up squads of 3, give them space to train and set them to a full-time training schedule of 2 dwarfs. How long can it take for my dwarves to become competent at what they are doing? Danger rooms and hunting wildlife aside, is there anything I can do to improve their training?

On a related note, it seems that squad size is inversely proportional to training speed (bigger squads train slower). Is this a bug? Has it been addressed somehow?


texts: Does it matter if I open one or two doors?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Does air pressure equalize more quickly if the doors are open?

If two rooms, or a room and space, are connected by two doors, does it make a difference whether I open one or both of the doors?


texts: 8 Souls of a Great Champion while invading. Did I just get lucky?

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I invaded some world and got destroyed by the host + 2 friends they summoned.

However, while the host was summoning friends, I picked up what looked like a small bag made out of fabric from the ground near him (I was trying not do die and I was nervous, so don't trust my memory too much on what the object looked like).

It turned out to be 8 Souls of a Great Champion!

Why would they just be there on the ground? Should I be invading people all the time and looking for loot like that? Did I maybe just happen to barge in when they were in the middle of trading souls with another player?


texts: On the Wii Virtual Console version of The Legend of Zelda, how can you save a game in progress?

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In the original Legend of Zelda for the NES, there was a trick where you could (if I remember correctly) press ↑ and select simultaneously on the 2nd controller to bring up the Save dialog.

After buying the Wii Virtual Console version, I tried this trick and it didn't work.

Is there a way to save your game in-progress on the Wii version? (maybe I'm missing something obvious, like generic save state functionality)


texts: Sim does not go to work although car is waiting

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After my sim moved, he does not go to work anymore. When the car waits in front of the house, he simply does not get it. Even if I click on the car and choose "go to work", nothing happens.

Is this a known bug? How can I resolve this problem?


texts: Divinity 2 blessing the blood in bowl in the puzzle in Lucian's Tomb

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I am completely stuck and at this point I am not sure if this is a bug or my IQ is lacking (sadly chances are it's the latter)...

   I have managed to solve the pipe part of the puzzle and also figured out that I need to cast rain blood in to the central hole... however when I bless the blood it gets blessed up to the bowl so it does not work...

Am I missing something obvious here how do I bless the blood 'all the way'?


texts: Killing all entities except players and armor stands

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Is there a way to kill every entity except players and armor stands? I've tried with

/kill @e[type=!Player,!ArmorStand]

and

/kill @e[type=!Player;!ArmorStand]

But it doesn't work. How can I do that?


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I can't find where RAGE is storing its savegames. It's not in AppData, and not in my documents, nor in the installation folder.

Does anyone know where the save games are saved?


texts: "Kill the guards at the roadblock before they discover Bartolomeo's soldiers" - I get desynchronized?

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I'm at a point in the story where I'm with some 50 mercenaries disguised as French soldiers. My objective is the text in the title, and 3 targets are marked on my map as "targets". By that I mean they have a red bullseye icon on them. I'm given 20 seconds.

The problem is; the second I kill one of them, I'm desynchronized! It makes no sense! I'm told to go kill them, and I lose if I do. I'm not exactly given much time to ponder on the situation either. I'm on my sixth attempt now. Every time I fail I have to walk for like 2 minutes to get to the point I failed.

Any thoughts?

Edit. I've even tried to run ahead and poison all the targets way ahead of when I'm given the objective. They don't even have the courtesy of dying before the objective timer has run out and I'm desynchronized. THIS OBJECTIVE IS IMPOSSIBLE

And also, I've lost count of the number of times I've retried this objective now. It's over 20 times.


texts: Is it possible to both save Josie Thorpe and capture Zeke Sanders?

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In my second, more violent playthrough of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, I'm trying to both save Josie Thorpe (in order to get the weapons dealer discount from her husband) and capture Zeke Sanders (because I'm a dog of the Serif corporation). Unfortunately, when I choose to fight Zeke, I'm frozen to the ground while he shoots a bullet through Josie Thorpe's head, so my signature Jenson Mercy FacePunch lands just too late.

Is there any way to resolve this confrontation in a way such that I save Josie Thorpe and capture Zeke Sanders?


texts: Are the requirements for the Treasure Raider achievement limited to one save/playthrough?

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Whilst playing through Far Cry: Instincts Predator I have been collecting the secret vials for the Treasure Raider achievement.  I noticed that when you die and then reload a checkpoint the vial remains collected (i.e. doesn't reappear).

I was playing through the Jungle level and picked up the 3rd vial (outside the Japanese bunker).  I died shortly afterwards, so when I respawned I returned to the area to find the vial was not available.  I turned off the Xbox 360.

When I returned to the game, I continued towards the next vial.  When I picked up the vial I was told that I had collected 3/5 vials for the level (I was expecting 4).  I assume that somehow resetting the Xbox 360 meant I lost any vials I collected before hitting the next checkpoint.

My question is: Do I need to collect all vials on the same playthrough/save file to unlock the Treasure Raider achievement?


texts: How to aim and shoot with L1/R1 (PS4) in Battlefield 1?

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I started playing Battlefield 1 on PS4 yesterday, and one the first thing I did was attempt to change my controls so that I could aim and shoot with L1 and R1, like I've always been doing in other FPS games. I looked for several minutes in the controls menu, but didn't find that option anywhere.

Is it possible to change the controls so that I can aim and shoot with L1/R1 in Battlefield 1?


texts: Delete / Un-assign Group numbers to units in Supreme Commander 2

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While I love the fact that I can assign more than one group # (using CTRL + *number *to a particular unit or combination of units), I can't, for the life of me, figure out how to un-assign, or delete that group designation, from a unit.  And it drives me crazy.

Also, on the flip side, if anyone knows what secret combination of actions will let me change the group designation number without adding an additional group designation, that would be pretty cool as well.  Say if I wanted to change my WASPS from group 1 to group 3.

I couldn't find anything in the settings on how to do this, any help would be appreciated.


texts: Crippling load times and framerate drop in the PS3 version

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I have Skyrim for the PS3 and the PC. On the PC load time is no more than 3 seconds for anywhere Skyrim on ultra settings, no lag whatsoever and a much higher detail than on the PS3.

However, my PS3 version has the crippling framerate drop and much longer load times after about 20+ hours and a 8 mb save file (more than double that on PC and no problems), I no idea what the issue is. Could be a cache problem?


texts: How many levels do pokemon have in Pokemon GO?

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I know your trainer has a level from 1-40, but the game doesn't show what level your pokemon are.

I've seen charts listing pokemon levels go up to 40 or 40.5, and sometimes even up to 80. Some of them mention "half-levels".

What's the real answer?


texts: Is there a way to fight only the boss in a mission?

texts: Is there a way to skip right to the boss fight while replaying missions? Or do I have to go through the entire thing whenever I want to fight one of them.


texts: What determines the glow color/particle effects of a weapon?

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How are the particle effects (green glow, dark-reddish cloud, dripping blood, lightning, etc.) on weapons in Diablo III determined?

Right now I have 2 one-handed weapons equipped, and both have a red dripping blood effect. One is a sword, the other is a spear. One does holy damage while the other does poison damage. One has a ruby socketed, while the other an amethyst. The only common ground between the two is that they are very high in dexterity.

Could any of these factors determine glow color? Is it randomly assigned just like weapon and armor stats?


texts: What is the purpose of the Dragon Priest Masks?

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I've found some nice masks and held on to them. But is there any special purpose to the Dragon Priest Masks other than their magical powers?

The masks I'm talking about are:

Hevnoraak
Konahrik
Krosis
Morokei
Nahkriin
Otar
Rahgot
Vokun
Volsung


texts: What does the Power Save option do on 3DS consoles?

texts: If I go in to the brightness control on my 3DSXL, I see that there is a "Power-Saving Mode" that can be turned on or off. Presumably this reduces the power consumption of 3DS consoles, but how does it achieve it and how much of a boost in battery life does it yield?


texts: Is there any way to convert a Minecraft Map to Krunker Map?

texts: I've created a lot of maps in minecraft, and I took a look at how to create maps in krunker. I found some similarities between the two, but I'm not sure if that would make this conversion possible. Any ideas?


texts: I can't find anywhere to get quarried stone to build my house on the hearthfire expansion so I would like to know lots of places to get it.


texts: Game progress not showing logging in to 2nd ps4

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My son has a PS4 at his mum's place and at mine. He purchased a game on my machine which he started at his mum's, but when logging back into mine, the game appears, but the progress hasn't transferred (and he needs to start the game again).

How can I fix this? His mum's PS4 is set as his primary one. I've tried all options I can think of, but would have thought it should be possible to start where he left off wherever he logs in.


texts: How can I get around Agartha more quickly? Are there any shortcuts?

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Getting around in Agartha sucks. Sure, the various Solomon Island zones are varying degrees of convenient, but getting to the portals for Egypt is a hike, and Transylvania may as well be in, well, Transylvania.

Getting back to the city portals is easy enough (just fall), but heading back out into the field is a pain. Worse yet, the hike gets longer just as you hit the endgame zones from which you'll frequently want to be coming and going to do dungeons or use services in London, NY or Seoul.

I've heard rumor of 'shortcuts' in Agartha to the various portals, but am too dense to find them.

How can I get around Agartha more quickly? Especially to the Transylvania and Egypt portals?


texts: First person sneaking wounds block view. Any way to reset model?

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I was completing a quest at a foundry where I touched the molten steel.  I did not die, but my player model caught fire and burned for a few seconds.  I managed to save myself by taking a number of stimpaks.

Unfortunately this altered my players model seemingly permanently.  I did not notice it right away.  I have a number of permanent wounds, including most of my hip and waist region completely damaged and removed.  When I crouch in first person, most of my view is blocked with a bloody wound (presumably my face although looking at my face from the front shows no damage.

Does anyone know how I can reset my characters model?  I have tried using the console commands (sexchange, showlooksmenu) in an attempt to force a reset/redraw of the model, but the damage persists.


texts: My pet still attacks even when set to "Passive" mode?

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I am playing  as an Alchemist and my pet is a dog. I have already set its status to "Passive Stance", but it still attacks at times. (I think when it's getting hit by monsters). Is there a way to completely make him passive (no attacking at all)?

EDIT:
Just to clarify, the pet attacks regardless of stance (Aggressive, Defensive, Passive) it attacks even if the enemies haven't spotted us or haven't started attacking at all and are just idly walking around. I'm still looting on one area ten the pet runs off to attack enemies that aren't even on my screen yet. It's like he's stuck on Aggressive mode.


texts: how can I stop fizz from dancing around so much?

texts: Fizz drives me insane he jumps around the hits me then jumps around some more then siks his stupid shark on me and boom I'm dead.....Is there a way to avoid this champion, stop him from doing his lil dance or a sure way to counter him?


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I have a USB that I formatted to use with my Xbox. It worked fine, used it for ages, no issue.

Now though, I have not used it on my Xbox for quite a while, so I was wondering if I might be capable of copying the data from the USB, onto my PC for temporary storage, then format the USB once more and use that as per normal?

(I do realize I can simply copy the data off the USB onto my Xbox, but that is a last resort at this point - Xbox is packed up etc.)


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Which is better for supposed tanky heroes like razor, Axe, Cent or Viper?

The default suggested item for razor is Mekansm, and forums are mentioning that even AXE is better off with Mek. but the thing is you won't always have mana for other skills when you activate Mek(no mana for culling blade)

So why not vanguard? you can lead on with it and turn it into Crimson Guard. Looking at the stats though, all that guard has is 250 hp more plus sure block of 50 dmg when activated. Mek heals 250 hp as well..

In the long run is Mek all you need or does crimson Guard do a better job?

Ultimaately my question is this,  is it worth it to just stick to mekanism or go vanguard and invest until crimson guard?


texts: Can I actually do anything during the race?

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Is there anything I can do during the racing section that has any impact, or is it purely just for show?

I notice that when I press on the box containing the driver and car information it throbs, suggesting that it may have some kind of effect, but if it does I have no idea what...


texts: Are pictures of the Elemental arrows (fire, ice) required for the full compendium?

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I have been working on completing the Hyrule compendium. However, I am worried about getting a picture of the Elemental arrows, because I cant seem to get one! It would require insane timing to catch a snap of one with the camera!
Are the Elemental arrows required for the compendium, or am I just freaking out?


texts: Why does the DotA2 Treasure Key sell for more than $2.50 on the Community Market?

texts: The DotA2 Treasure Key costs $2.49 / £1.49 (~$2.48) / 1.79€ (~$2.45) at "retail". However, most of the listings on the first few pages of the Steam Community Market entry are around $2.60. It's not just a fluke: I easily sold four of my keys for $2.60 last night. Why would anybody buy them for higher than retail?


texts: What's a good way for me to find a Katana, aside from Zed's Demise?

texts: So I'm level 41 and I just got to the Jungle, but I haven't seen a Katana since level 30. I found a Frail Katana on the beach of the first area at around level 30 inside of a metal chest. Since then, I have been checking shops and chests and enemies and what-have-you, yet I still have not seen any other Katanas. Aside from Zed's Demise (I'm not that far yet), is there any certain way to obtain a Katana?


texts: Is it possible to get a map for all treasure chests?

texts: I bought all of the maps at the Book store, but I still sometimes come across treasure chests not on my map.  Is there just not a map for these chests, or have I just not found it yet?


texts: Does the Emperor achievement counter reset when you save and load the game?

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The Emperor achievement says:

  You have killed over two thousand units in a single session. You are a legend to both allies and enemies.

Does that mean single instance of running the Age of Empires? Or a single game? What exactly resets the counter?


texts: How far do I need to sticky-jump for the 'Highland Fling' achievement?

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I've been trying to earn the achievement 'Highland Fling' by sticky-jumping as far as I can, however the description is a little vague as to how far I need to travel:

So how far exactly do I need to travel? Is there a place/map that makes earning this achievement easier?


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How do games utilize the R2 and L2 buttons on a PSP?

One game in particular that comes to mind is Xenogears, it was originally on the PS One but can be played on PSP. While you're exploring the world you can quickly get in and out of your gear by pushing these 2 buttons simultaneously. But when I use the buttons on top of the PSP, they act as R1 and L1, thus it just spins my map around acting like it would normally on the PS One version.

I know there are other games that require you to use the R2 and L2 buttons, and these games are available on both the PS One and PSP systems. So how could you use these buttons to establish normal gameplay?


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With the recent release of the Buddy system, players can now earn candy for "walking" their buddy Pokemon.

I have noticed that certain Pokemon require different distances. Has anyone found out how much candy you get for walking them a certain distance? Is the amount based on the distance? Do some get more than others or is it the same no matter the distance?


texts: Is it possible to reset a Normal Mode playthrough?

texts: So, I accidentally left my game running in friends only overnight. Then, a rather irritating friend of mine came in with his level 35 Commando and finished from A Dam Fine Rescue to Rising Action,leaving me underleveled, gear-wise. Is this fixable or am I up some sort of creek without a bladed Jakobs sniper rifle?


texts: How to beat last boss in regalia of men and monarchs?

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I am playing on normal mode, so I cannot skip battles, I finally managed to get to the end of the game but the last boss is brutal.

   10k+ health and he gets 1k of shields per turn (at first one can take shields off by killing his soldiers).
 Apparently, there is a hack with Harieta to move the instadeath debuff to the boss, but I didn't pick her in diplomacy quests. The other suggestion to use Griffith as a punching bag does not work, since boss resists silencing...

What characters and strategy could I use to beat the last boss?


texts: How can I get my furniture back on freeplay sims?

texts: I was trying to turn a counter around and I accidentally sold it along with my coffee maker, is there a way to undo that?


texts: Should I feed the mill or dig a pond in the Lollipop Farm?

texts: I'm not sure what the pond does but my friend tells me to feed the mill first.


texts: What do the chances stand for in the overview tab when using the XVM mod

texts: In world of tanks when using the XVM mod the overview screen shows two chances listed. "m" and "k" What do these numbers signify?


texts: How can I be more comfortable being squishy?

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I've been playing DOTA and DOTA 2 for years now, but I've always had a problem: I suck with squishy heroes. Really, as soon as a hero is even a little bit squishy, I get under-leveled quickly and die immediately as soon as a team fight breaks out, no matter how far back I think I am. Whether it is a nuker or a support or whomever, I can't seem to stay alive long enough to contribute to the fights or a win.

Now the obvious answer here is to practice. But there are sort of 2 problems with that:

I've been doing this for years, and I have practiced quite a bit, but I still haven't really got better. I'm not sure if I'm just making the same mistakes or what ...
While practicing, if I'm with a team, often people will report me as being bad or be very vocal in their "disappointment". Whereas if I'm with bots, that can be kind of helpful I feel, but bots play very differently than most people do, so even when I get OK with a hero, going into a player match still gets me killed.

How can I successfully counter being squishy, especially early game? How can I get some good practice in without handicapping my team while I learn?


texts: Where do the third party stats sites get their data?

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Both sc2ranks.com and rts-sanctuary provide stats on starcraft 2 rankings.  where do they get their data? is it a special deal they have with Blizzard, or are they accessing a public feed that Blizzard supplies, or are they scraping the battlenet web site somehow?

UPDATE:
After reading the post linked to in my comment, maybe a rephrase would appease the masses:
Let me phrase my question as a question about the features of StarCraft 2.  "Does Starcraft II have a feature or API by which a player can download data about match histories for themselves and others?"  Hopefully questions about the features of games are considered on topic :)

ps - in an attempt to find out why people were voting for it to be closed, i accidentally voted to close it myself :).  And now I can't unvote.  oh well.


texts: Do you get experience for mobs your minions kill in Torchlight?

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As an alchemist or whatever the sorcerer character is called in torchlight, I purchased the skill where I have 3 imps and my pet cat running with me at almost all times. That means that I rarely feel like I kill mobs personally, as mostly I'm doing AOE attacks or buffing my minions.

Do I get full experience for mobs my minions kill?


texts:
I have lots of mods installed on my Minecraft client. How can I make certain mods only work in certain worlds?

For example, how can I make the train mod work only for one of my worlds not the others and have BuildCraft work for all my worlds except the one with the train mod?


texts: i have a problem. I mean its not a big deal, but maybe it's just a bug. Or my fault. So, i loaded custom firmware on my 3ds and used it to rebuild my ACNL city exactly like my old one. Everything works fine, but the Boat is gone. Is there a way to get it back or can i just never again visit the Island?


texts: What are the differences between the freemium and retail versions of Pokemon Rumble World?

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Pokemon Rumble World was originally released as a freemium game with micro transactions.  It has now been released as a retail game, that can be purchased in shops.

Presumably in the retail version they have removed the ongoing costs of play, but how has this been achieved?

Do you receive an infinite supply of in-game currency, and the same cool downs are applied?
Have those aspects been removed entirely?
Has another approach again been used?

Beyond the removal of in game purchases, have any other changes been made?


texts: Automatic sorting system. (Hoppers moves 64 blocks, instead of 1 at the time)

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I'm playing on a server where hoppers move one stack of items at a time, instead of just 1 item.
I want to make a sorting system, but because of changes to hopper mechanics, normal sorting systems don't work.
I've tried asking friends and other people on the server, and looking up different tutorials, but every time, I find the same problem.
Hope someone in here can help me. If you have any questions or need further details, i will answer/provide them, as good as i can!


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So, i used to have motioninjoy to simulate my ps3 controller on my PC.(Yes, that girl on tik tok with the overwatch song wasn't wrong, so she'll be able to play it)

I had a old version, that worked even with the motioninjoy page replaced by some chinese ads and fake facebook. But now, when i try to install the drivers of the controller, there are some errors, i guess the drivers packages are missing. So, do you guys know any software that i can use to simulate my controller instead of motioninjoy?


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Title says it all. Googled for about 15 minutes but got nothing. Inquiries in Ubisoft official forums and reddit are met with silence from everybody.

Checked GamerProfile.xml for "head", "bob" and "sway" keywords, nothing.


texts: What/Which beatmaps are bundled with osu?

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So, when you open osu! for the first time, it downloads a few beatmaps directly via osu!direct (regardless of being a supporter or not) that serves as bundled beatmaps ("pre-installed" with the game).

I'm currently away from a computer, so I cannot find out myself. Which/what beatmaps does osu! download that makes up the group of "bundled" beatmaps?


texts: Deadlock: Items needed to upgrade furnace need upgraded furnace to be crafted

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As of now, following items are needed to upgrade Forge to Atomic Furnace (wiki is outdated on this):

I bought the battery at Infinity Express, however they do not sell copper wire.

So I'm pretty stuck right now. What can I do? I found few copper wires in my chest, but I don't know where they're from and if I accumulated 15 over whole gameplay, I doubt I can quickly get another ten...


texts: Is there a way to speed up the game without physics getting wonky?

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If one uses the "sgtm" (set global time multiplier) console command and sets the global time multiplier too high, resting objects will start to bounce, bounce around the room, and even stretch. Particularly for the purpose of the rate at which one accrues Sneak XP by movement, what way is there to speed up the game without suffering those physics anomalies?

Alternatively, but a different question, what way is there to increase the Sneak XP that is earned by movement?


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I have made it so any one entering an area is switched to adventure game mode and then when he leaves the area he is switched back to survival.

How ever I am trying to do the same thing else where in the game but the code that is changing everything to survival beyond building one when they leave is affecting the code for building two when you enter.

What happens is the game mode is constantly changed indefinitely between survival and adventure mode.

The code I am using for the command blocks are:

/gamemode 2 @a[r=60,m=0]
/gamemode 0 @a[rm=60,m=2]

Bother buildings use the same code except the numbers are different due to the radius I am covering so building two has a radius of 30.

So what I'm asking is, how can I make it so I can enter and leave both buildings and have the game mode changed to adventure on entry and survival went vacated without the code of both buildings conflicting with each other?

Just to clarify that the command blocks reside below each building.

I'd be greatful if anyone could solve this for me.


texts: Are the waves on survival completely endless?

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I'm wondering if there is a limit to the number of waves in MW3's survival mode. I found this spot in terminal where if you sit cozily, you cant be shot at but you can shoot everyone else. After about an hour I reached wave 60 but made a mistake and died.

So is there be a limit? Is there an end situation like "you won, help has arrived"?


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When I run it, I cannot play in a window, but it just works in fullscreen.
When I am on the "Mojang" loading screen, it's automatically turned into fullscreen. While in-game, I can switch it back, but if I try to play it in windowed mode, I can see anything, I can hear the music, and everything else but it's just blank, sometimes black, or even transparent. I tried every solution in this question but it's not working.


texts: I have updated the game but I couldn't find the fruit jetpack anywhere. I thought that I could get it by completing a specific mission but I couldn't get it, the party, nor the water jetpack. How do I get the missing jetpacks?


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Previously, my city's population had a happiness of 100%. After some new building, their happiness dipped to about 90% (because there was no longer enough water or sewage treatment).

After fixing that (and creating more buildings) the happiness has risen to 99%. But, I cannot work out how to get that last 1%.

I have checked:

fire stations
police stations
parks
water
power
sewage
traffic

It all seems to be OK. EA answers did not provide any new clues.

Currently, my city is at level 13.


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You can water your plants twice a day, this increases how quickly they'll grow. On rainy days, your plants are watered for you (by the rain, obviously).

I remember that, in Tale of Two Towns, weather could change midday. If it rained in the morning or in the afternoon, you could get credit for two waterings. But if it rained the entire day, you'd only get credit for one watering.

Story of Seasons, on the other hand, has a "one weather all day" system. How does this affect plant growth? Do you get credit for two waterings on rainy days or just one?


texts: What Effects do the Different Player Attributes Have on Gameplay?

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When you start a new game of NEO Scavenger, you get to pick which abilities you want your character to have.  Each of them has a short description when hovered over, but none of them really tell you exactly what they do in terms of gameplay.  For example, I've noticed that 'Myopia' (description: near sighted-ness) reduces your chance to find look when scavenging an area, and I don't think it actually reduces your vision distance on the world map.

Does anyone know what quantifiable effect each attribute - both positive and negative - has on the game?

Here's a list of all of the attributes:


texts: Civilization 5 Elizabeth-specific achievement domain?

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The achievement specifically tied to Elizabeth (that's the English) is as follows:

Ruler of the Seas
As Elizabeth, sink and destroy 357 enemy naval units, across any number of playthroughs.

So my question is: do embarked land units count as naval units towards this total?


texts: Anyone know of a way to play the original Doom with surround sound? Specifically I'm hoping to use my 5.1 system, but 7.1 may work too.


texts: Are there optional squad members in Mass Effect 3?

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By "optional" I mean "you can complete the game without hiring".

In Mass Effect 2, you could finish the game without hiring Kasumi Goto (a DLC character), and I think Grunt and Legion are optional as well (you have the option of not animating/reactivating them), though all others were mandatory.

What about Mass Effect 3? Is it possible to finish the game without hiring one of the characters? (I'm guessing probably not, but I'd like to be safe). I'm not talking specifically about DLC characters, but any character that is possible to miss.


texts: In Civ 6 Rise and Fall, a religious emergency has been declared and I am game but where is the city...? I can't find it :/ is there a UI feature leading me?


texts: I made a character a few days ago on dungeon defenders and earned a lot of mana with him.  I then decided to start fresh and make a new character.  Then when I went to the tavern with that character I still had my mana (all 26 million of it :P)!  I searched for a way to delete my player data but could not find one.  How can I delete it?


texts: How can I restore GTA V PS3 online to working condition, before it was modded?

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I was playing GTA V on PS3 online, and suddenly modders did a huge money drop. Literally on my head & then raced off the map a few minutes later. I was kicked from the session. Ever since then, the online struggle started. I've tried everything short of deleting my PSN account.
I've scoured Google, Reddit - you name it. Even my new system didn't make a difference. It's just my GTA V account.
Every time I try to play online, it barely starts to load & freezes. I still have the money from the modders. I don't care about the cash, I just wanna be able to play online. How can I delete just GTA V & not my whole PSN.


texts: Does target designation override what targets are normally valid for a missile/rocket?

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If I'm flying a helicopter, there is an unlock that allows me to Laser-Designate ("Paint a Target") to be fired on by guided missiles.  I am able to paint many targets, such as enemy armor, enemy equipment, and even enemy aircraft (planes/helicopters).

My gunner is equipped with an Air-To-Ground Guided Missile.  Normally, he can lock onto ground targets, such as armor and equipment, and fire the missile at them.  However, he also is capable of locking his missile onto targets that others have painted.

Is it possible in this case for the gunner to lock his missile onto planes/helicopters, even though he cannot normally lock these targets, assuming that they have been properly painted by myself in the piloting role?


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This is in regards to the Imprism system that is used to capture monsters that you battle.

Generally I find that when you lower an enemies health down they will eventually show the animation that indicates they can be captured and the Imprism action becomes available on them.

However, I have bumped into a couple of monsters that I just can't get them into that state no matter how low their health. In one case the health bar was so low I couldn't actually see any health in the bar (it looked completely empty, like 1hp or something). I am not sure the name of this particular creature but it was a small bat type.

So, the questions is, are there some monsters that just cannot be captured?

Or is this a case where I don't understand the system, and lowering health isn't the only method?


texts: How do pigmen children become pigmen children?

texts: An earlier question I posted was about zombie children. However this is more annoying. How do Pigmen children become pigmen children? How can I avoid this from happening?


texts: Change my Xbox live Subscription to PayPal

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I have added my Paypal account to my Xbox profile, and I want to remove my existing credit card (where my live subscription gets paid) and move the billing onto Paypal. Does anyone know how (even if) you can do this.

With all the hacking attacks on big companies recently, I'm trying to remove as many saved cards as I can.


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I've seem the term "theming bonus" mentioned a few times, for example on the aesthetics social policy tree:

  Adopting all policies doubles the theming bonus you receive from Museums and Wonders.

And on the new France UA:

  Museum and World Wonder theming bonuses are doubled in their capital.

I understand it has something to do with combining great works, but will like to know more about this mechanism - what, exactly, does it do and how does it work?


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I'm finding conflicting sources.

Race does affect movement speed

From uesp:

  The movement speed of each race is dependent on its height (...)

This video showing a test.
Some guy on the bethesda forums did a test:

  Wood Elf (scale = 0.98) : 47.3 seconds to run the track.

  Imperial (scale = 1.00) : 46.35 seconds to run the track.

  Nord (scale = 1.03) : 45 seconds to run the track.

  High Elf (scale = 1.08) : 42.9 seconds to run the track.

Race does NOT affect movement speed

From elderscrolls.wikia:

  Without console command modification, the damage output, damage resistance, jump height, run speed, weapon reach, etc., for all races remains at a scale of 1.00, with the race specific scales being purely cosmetic only (...)

I was only able to find tests showing that race does affect movement speed, so is this the correct answer?


texts: Quelling Blade interaction with Sleight of Fist + Cleave

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For simplicity's sake, supposing that Ember Spirit has a Quelling Blade which deals 50% damage to non hero units, and Ember spirit has 50% cleave from whatever source, and that hypothetically Sleight of Fist does a static damage value of 100 to whatever unit it hits and this 100 damage is never reducted, if I hit a creep unit that stands beside a hero, how much cleave damage will the hero take?

A: 50 damage, meaning no Quelling Blade bonus damage added to cleave, i.e. creep is hit for 150 damage, but only 100 damage is accounted for cleaving purposes.

B: 75 damage, as the creep is hit for 150 damage due to the hipothetically 50% bonus damage of quelling blade.

C: None of the above.


texts: I'm working on a mob trap like the one shown here, but the slime just jumps out. I have decided to make a one-way trapdoor so that monsters can fall down into it, but it can't jump out. Please note I do not want farming techniques, I know this isn't the best, I just want to know how to make a one-way vertical gate.


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With the recent addition of the Alolan Exeggutor form, will Exeggcute evolve to the old form, or the new one (with a different move pool and types)?

It will not be like the main series, because it depends where (in-game) you evolve it. From Bulbapedia (emph mine):

  In Alola, Exeggutor has a regional variant that is Grass/Dragon. It evolves from Exeggcute when exposed to a Leaf Stone. All Exeggcute in Alola evolve into this form regardless of their origin.


texts: Is experience the same regardless of level?

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When you assign dwellers to a room like the Diner or the Power Generator, they accrue experience, and level up.

Does it take the exact same amount of experience to level up, regardless if the dweller is level 1 or level 50?


texts: What is the most efficient technique to spread creep across a map?

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Some background:
As a new zerg player, I've chosen to follow the Staircase method.  Step 0 of the Staircase method is to be able to successfully complete the "Creep or Die" arcade map (in "Staircase" mode): in order to complete the map, we must spread creep to 100% of the map while putting down expansion hatcheries and managing injects on all hatcheries.

There is no opponent (either human or AI) and the point is to simply familiarize oneself with basic Zerg macro mechanics.  The only way to lose is for any single Queen's energy to go above a pre-determined threshold (my threshold is 70 at the moment).

Where I am at the moment:
I've been able to finish the map (i.e., spread creep to 100% of the Daybreak map) in roughly 30-35 minutes at an energy threshold of 70 with 1 creep queen (or 25 minutes at an energy threshold of 100 with 2 creep queens) but both seem a bit slow, especially given some comments I've seen on other sites with people claiming to be able to do it in 15 minutes.

My question:
What is the most efficient technique for spreading creep (in terms of how to use creep queen and tumor placement to the fullest)?  Aspects of technique include: having 1+ dedicated creep-spreading queen, spreading creep tumors in groups of 2+, patterns of creep tumor placement, etc.

There are plenty of Youtube videos and forum threads which discuss these individual aspects of creep spread technique in isolation.  However, the point of this question is to understand the technique/combination of techniques which result in spreading creep across the map as quickly as possible.

To that effect, it would be great if answers could include the amount of time that their proposed method would take to complete the "Creep or Die" arcade map in Staircase mode.

A replay says a 1000 words (if not more) so that works too in case that's easier than writing out an explanation.

Edit:
In order to make this exercise more applicable to actual games, it would be equally helpful to see examples of techniques that rapidly cover 70-80%+ of the map in creep (because, in a game, it's less important to spread creep to every nook and cranny but, rather, to cover key battle-sites/expansions/etc).


texts: Can we skip naval part in Assassins Creed IV: Black flag

texts: Is it possible to skip the naval components of AC4: Black Flag?


texts: What is the best way to clean a cloth mousepad?

texts: I have a SteelSeries QcK mousepad (cloth), and I've notice that it's been getting dirtier and dirtier from regular use. What would be the best way to clean this using common household cleaning supplies?


texts: Playing on FTB:Monster and for some reason my last two solo games the Harvester is harvesting EVERYTHING, turning jungle and forest in to rolling hills, for MILES. The planters plant in their proper zone, the harvester thinks the planet IS its zone.


texts: Borderlands Pre-Sequel PC Weapon Swap Glitch?

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A few friends and I were playing BLands Per-Sequel, 4 Claptraps, and one of our players lost the ability to swap weapons; to be more accurate, a single weapon seemed to fill all his weapon slots. We've found nothing on Google or Steam about this error, y'all are his last hope. The error seems to be constant across all his characters.
Anyone got any ideas short of re-installation?


texts: How can I win as a wizard that can't do magic?

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Part 5 of the "Complicated Tasks" quest series instructs you to win the Berserker Camp dungeon as a wizard...  without using any glyphs.  The primary feature of berserkers is that when they are reduced to less than 50% of their health, they start doing double damage.  So the boss does about 200 damage when berserked,  and he has two levels of death protection to boot.  What can I do in terms of preparations, race selection, and general strategy in order to have a shot at surviving this as a magic-less wizard?

My random thoughts: Bear mace would help take out one level of death protection.  A badge of courage would allow you to survive one berserked blow.  But regardless of how high you get your damage, you need to survive at least two berserked attacks, so it seems to be required that you have enough hit points/resistances to survive a berserked attack.  Dracul  + armor?  Dracul's healing boon would also be helpful.


texts: Can I configure a Redstone Energy Cell to emit a redstone signal if it is full?

texts: I have Magmatic Engines powering a Redstone Energy Cell. Is there a way to configure the cell to emit a redstone signal once it's full, so I can use said signal to rurn off my engines so they dont waste lava?


texts: What do Human, Robot and Alien Resources do?

texts: I've unlocked the part where Human Resources has turned into Robot Resources, and I know that Alien Resources come up soon, so what do they do exactly?


texts: Keep Getting Reconnected to Same Server Time and Again

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I installed the game today and everything went fine. And then I joined a server, played for a few minutes and quit.

After about an hour or two, I again started the game and joined some other server. The round started and when I tried to buy ammo by using the , shortcut key, I got reconnected to the same server that I had joined an hour earlier.

This made me suspicious and I opened my "config.cfg" file to see a series of "connect xxx.xxx.xxx" to the bind command in the file. I deleted that file and made it a readonly after restarting the game. But the problem still persists. Is there someplace else that I need to look and make the file readonly?

PS: I also re-installed the game and made the config.cfg, userexec.cfg, and GameMenu.res files readonly before starting the game. But the problem still persists even after a clean re-install.


texts: How to survive the transition from tribal to a republic?

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I started a game as Pomeranian tribal in the early middle ages bookmark (Charlemagne). Things went really smoothly as a tribal, large armies and I easily defeated the neighbours. The biggest challenge is the succession system, but that can be dealt with by fighting a few wars every time after succession (a hassle but it doesn't destroy your state).

My goal from the start was to eventually transition to a republic and build a trading state that encompasses the Baltic and Scandinavia. This is proving harder than I anticipated. As soon as I transitioned to a republic, my number of troops decreased by a factor of 5-10! I had almost 5k troops I could raise + those of vassals as a tribal, now I have around 500-800.

This wouldn't be such a big problem in itself, as I can hire mercenaries, but since AI looks purely at the levy when deciding which neighbour is weak enough to be attacked, I am getting attacked by virtually everyone around me. I've become a target even for vassals of my neighbours. This makes it difficult to have enough breathing room to raise cash needed for the next invasion, let alone to develop my state and build up the levies. Not to mention prepared invasions where I seem to be everyone's target of choice.

Did I just transition too soon? One of my neighbours (Saxony) had already transitioned earlier to feudal and didn't seem to experience such a large drop in levies, so seems like it's possible to do it without being destroyed.

I worry that if AI wins the next election (which is likely since my treasury is always low due to having to hire lots of mercenaries) then my fledgling state is doomed.

How do I survive this?


texts: How can I get the tourism bonus for having the same religion as another civilization?

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According to the Civ5 wiki, your civilization gains a 25% (40% with Aesthetics) bonus to tourism to other nations that share the same "majority religion".

What does it mean for two civilizations to share a majority religion? Since each city within a civilization can have a different religion, I'm not sure what this entails.


texts: I am looking for a MARS (a software to run CoreWar warriors) working on GNU/Linux, but the only one I could find (nMars) crashes when I open or create a warrior file.


texts: Unhinged: How to have reversable storage of excess mercury

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After centrifuging a large amount of redstone, we're left with at least a stack of mercury cells. Is there anyway of emptying those cells and saving the mercury for later?

Any method that consumes the cells isn't acceptable, and we should be able to put mercury back in the cells later.

(Running Unhinged, so be aware that some things are more expensive than others. If the only answer is a liquid tesseract, I might just give up. :P )


texts: What does the full research tree look like for XCOM 2?

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In the same vein as this XCOM:EU question, I'd like to know which autopsies need to be performed first in order to get the tech needed to get better equipment down the road.  This would help me plan out when and where I need to get enemies in order to advance my soldier's techs.

What is the full research tree for XCOM 2?


texts: Remove donated troops during preparation phase

texts: Any one know of a way to remove the troops that someone donated during the preparation phase? One of the clanmates donated lvl 3 giants to everyone when lvl 5 wizards were available.


texts: Will I get the Walked The Path achievement if I complete a New Game+ playthrough on Death March?

texts: I changed the difficulty several times during my first playthrough. If I start a New Game+ from said playthrough and did not change the difficulty from Death March, then finish the game, would I get the achievement?


texts: Does breeding with incense affect the stats of a Pokémon's final evolution?

texts: So I'm breeding to get just the right Roserade for me, but now I am wondering if there will be a difference in stats at Level 100 if I start with a Level 1 Roselia instead of going with a Level 1 Budew and evolve it.


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This has been happening for a while, I've noticed that whenever I'm playing Minecraft with my brothers, (On LAN, I'm not sure if it works on public servers.) I can see my skin, but they can't. It's really annoying because I just finished my custom skin of myself, AND NOBODY CAN SEE IT! If you need more details just ask.

What do I need to do to make my skin visible ?


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While playing MW3, I have noticed a frustrating trend of random things exploding and killing me.  Not enemy lethal equipment, but map objects like cars, barrels, and what look like blown, sparking fuseboxes.  Each of these deaths (and occasionally kills - last night on Dome I happened to shoot through a wall when moving to cover, blowing up a barrel inside and killing two people) gets it's own kill icon, as well.

Usually these are triggered by some sort of damage (shooting a barrel, grenading a car, etc.), but as far as the fuseboxes, I have no idea why they explode (I've never even seen a grenade nearby when they exploded).

Is any quick way to know what will and won't explode?  Obviously most intact cars will, some barrels (probably a particular color) will, and I've learned that sparking fuseboxes are also apparently a deathtrap.  How can I tell?


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I would like to know what happens if I wear 2 or more items that reward extra experience per kill. For example, a helmet that adds 5% extra experience and a ring that adds 8% extra experience.

What is the final extra experience I gain? 5%? 8%? 13%?


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I am playing an assassin character. I focus on silenced pistols and eventually develop melee weapons as well.

My question is if any of you know if the sneak attacks stack with critical hits?

example: Let's say my silenced pistol does 50 damage and I have a 4x sneak attack multiplier (due to the Ninja perk). If I apply the critical hit to the sneak attack in VATS, what will the resulting damage be?

For the sake of argument lets assume I have a couple perks points invested which increase the critical damage by an extra 100% - raising the critical damage multiplier to 3x effectively.

I can see three scenarios but I am not sure which one applies to Fallout 4:

SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are added => 4x + 3x = 7x total damage amplification
SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are multiplied => 4x x 3x = 12x total damage amplification
SNEAK BONUS and CRIT are not stacked => resulting in either the 4x SNEAK BONUS or the 3x CRIT

How does Fallout 4 handle this?


texts: What happens to grudges when their targets aren't available anymore

texts: When playing as a Dwarf faction, what happens to grudges that can't be completed anymore? For example if there's a grudge against a faction and that faction is destroyed or a grudge against a lord and the lord is killed by another faction.


texts: Will water flowing directly downwards hydrate my farm?

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I'm living on an island and trying to play with all the constraints that entails - foremost being a lack of space to build things. I want to create a farm so I don't need to rely on mob spawns for my food but the lack of island space means I'll need to build my farm upwards rather than outwards.
If I were to create a series of 5x5 "shelves" of farmland on top of each other and connect them with a hole in the center would water flowing from the topmost layer of farmland hydrate the shelves beneath it?
From my experience I know that flowing water will hydrate tilled dirt it flows adjacent to, but I'm not sure if the situation is the same when the water flows straight downward.


texts: What is the purpose of the dice roll at level up?

texts: When a player levels up in campaign mode, there is a dice roll (2d6) before you are allowed to choose skills and/or pick an attribute to increase.  What is the purpose of that dice roll?  What happens if I roll double 1s or double 6s?


texts: My username on Steam is an old e-mail I no longer use.  Is there a way to change username?


texts: Can I loot the same item multiple times in raid finder?

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I recently started doing some raids using the raid finder feature in Mists of Pandaria.

I discovered that I can get items from boss using two different mechanics :

Automatically winning an item on the first kill of a boss for the week
Winning an item after using an Elder Charm of Good Fortune

However, I was wondering :

Can I loot the same item multiple times accross multiple weeks ?
Can I get an item I already looted when I use a charm ?