texts: How is the sequence of animals in the stone room on Riven supposed to be found?

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To get into the Age of Tay, you have to solve the puzzle of the room with a circle of stones by pushing down in the correct order the stones bearing the image of certain animals, specifically these (spoilers!):

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(source: mystjourney.com)

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(Source for pictures.) I know these are connected to the spherical rollers scattered around the Jungle Island - each roller has a number and a sound. I can understand the connection of the last four sounds to their animals, but the #1 roller (in the office) just makes a scraping sound. I guess the picture isn't filled out like most of them are, so the animal could be gutted, hence the scraping (like with a knife)? That seems like a very tenuous connection.
What am I missing? How was I supposed to solve that puzzle?


texts: Important and recommended skills for a pilot just starting out?

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I have just started playing EVE Online and I was wondering is there are any skills that I should learn as soon as possible that will open up more of the game and/or increase my survivability in New Eden.

In particular I'm looking for skills I should pick up, but anything else that I'm missing is also welcomed!

In general I'd want to just fly around, make some money and learn the basics of the game, I don't have much of an understanding of the game but so far I have been doing the exploration career missions and will probably be looking towards doing the Industry or Business missions once I have finished the ones I'm doing.


texts: Why do rechargers sometimes not offer their services?

texts: Oblivion has a number of NPCs who can charge weapons, for example Ita Rienus. However, sometimes when I talk to them the recharge option is not available. Why is this?


texts: How do the Blutsauger's and the Amputator's passive health regeneration modifiers stack?

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The Medic, by default, passively regenerates +3 health per second.
The Blutsauger decreases this: –2 health per second.
When active, the Amputator increases this by +3 health per second.

Now, I usually have both the Blutsauger and the Amputator equipped at the same time, meaning that my passive health regeneration should be +4 per second with the Amputator active, and +1 per second otherwise.

However, in reality, I notice that, sometimes, if I switch to the Amputator and then switch back to my Blutsauger, I will passively regenerate +4 health per second (despite the fact that the Blutsauger is the active weapon, and not the Amputator). Even stranger, I sometimes regenerate +6 health per second when the Amputator is active (as if I didn't have the Blutsauger equipped).

This begs the question: what are the criteria for the Blutsauger's –2 passive health regeneration per second (i.e. does it have to be active in order for this effect to apply), and, similarly, what are the criteria for the Amputator's +3 health regeneration per second?


texts: After I beat the Kayran, what can I do with its corpse?

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After a long struggle, I managed to beat the Kayran. Great! Now I have a neat Kayran Trophy, a Kayran Hide, and other Kayran bits to round out my loot.

I know the Kayren Hide can be crafted into either Kayran Hide Armor, or a Kayren Hide Armor Enhancement, and the Kayren Trophy is already useable as-is.

But what use are the rest of the Kayren bits, specifically the "Kayran Tissue" and the "Kayran Eyes"? Are they just useful as relatively rare alchemical ingredients (contains Vitriol!), or are there more recipes involving them that I'm not yet aware of?


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I just installed the new free version of StarCraft from Blizzard, which comes with a new update to version 1.18

When I started the installer, it asked me for the language, and I picked "Italian", but now I notice that all the keyboard shortcuts are "italianized"!

Since I would not want to re-learn them all, is there a way to change language to English without the need to uninstall and then re-download the whole 1.60 GB package?

Also, if I do re-install, will it ask for the language again, or is that choice perhaps saved somewhere in the windows registry?


texts: A while ago, I let my friend sign in to my Minecraft account on his lap top for about a day and he claims to have signed out. I for one don't know if he really did because when I tried to play Minecraft again, it wouldn't let me connect to any servers. When I started Minecraft back up, it made me sign back in, which I understood why but I don't understand why I can't play on any servers. I already tried reinstalling Minecraft, shutting my computer down and even restarting my wifi, nothing seems to work and I still seem to be getting the same message when I attempt to play on a server, which is "java.lang.NullPointerException: group" Any help would be appreciated, thanks!


texts: Is there any way to speed up gem crafting in Diablo 3?

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I found that crafting gems yourself is actually cheaper than buying it from Auction House (considering that you found the starting gems and Tomes of Secrets yourself). But the biggest problem now is that crafting the gems takes such a long time. It's just EXTREMELY time consuming. So I was wondering if there is any way to speed up that process?

I know that you can disable the pop-up that warns you when you try to salvage rare items, but is there anything like that for speed crafting gems?


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Where does my horse go after I'm arrested in Dragonsreach? I've looked everywhere within reason and can't find my horse. I was riding it when arrested and it wasn't stolen, any help? I cheked the stables were i had bought him and near buildings, the horse was alive when i was arrrested becouse i was riding him.

......After traveling to winterhold on foot i found my horse just standing there... it was the first time i had EVER been to winterhold......(wtf)


texts: World of Tanks redownloading everytime I log in?

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I recently logged back onto World of Tanks on the Xbox 360. I downloaded the recent update, as normal, and played for some time. When I logged back on the next day, it started removing the content from my local storage and redownloading the game all over again! Surely Wargaming can't release so many updates one after the other?

I have no idea how to combat this problem, and it is driving me mad!

Thanks again!


texts: What do all weapon augment modifiers do?

texts: There seems to be a lot of augments that modify the ammo of the weapon to things like electricity, plasma, plasma seeking, etc.  What exactly are their bonuses and drawbacks?


texts: How do I unstack the Morningstar effect?

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The Morningstar's voice (and critical effect) can transfer ("merge") with other weapons during the course of usual weapon manipulation (e.g., switching and reloading). The voice can be annoying, and if the Morningstar is switched to multiple times, the effects can stack multiple times, amplifying the voice.

How do I cancel this when it has already occurred, aside from quitting the game?


texts: Save files missing after restarting the game

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I recently found a zapper installed on my computer. The game runs fine but at the end of each level i get a msg. (the msg is in russian) I am assuming the msg says that the game cannot save my progress. As soon as i turn off the game i loose all my progress and the game starts from beginning. this doesnt happen on my brothers computer.

print screen comes out all black :/
I run windows 8 on my machine


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Before the 1.6.3 update of Castle Cats, the level of the quest was based on the activate cats. For example, if you had only level 10 cats, you'd get mostly high leveled quests. With a couple of lower cats, you'd had some lower leveled quests to match their strength.

However, after the update, every cat can be chosen to go on a quest (instead of only the active ones). How is now the level of quests determined?


texts: Animal Crossing Leaf New: Messed up time to see the new year

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Okay, I have a serious problem guys! I messed with the system settings to go back a day in time to be able to see the new year event since I was actually at new years with my family, but I screwed up, and it sent me FORWARD a year as well! I got to see the 2015 new years event in the game. I turned off the game without saving, and reset my date settings on my DS so I'd be at the 2014 event, but the game still thinks I've been gone for a year!

I've got bed head, my fields of flowers are gone, weeds are everywhere, and god only knows what else has changed!

How can I fix this!?


texts: Is there a hotkey for the general "Next Move" button?

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I'm looking for a keyboard hotkey for the generalized "Next Move", "Choose Research", "Unit Waiting for Order" button in the bottom-right corner of the interface.

Unfortunately there isn't one listed in the tooltip like for other UI elements. Is there one?


texts: Does shooting the enemies on their heads in dead space making them more unpredictable?

texts: Does shooting enemies' heads in dead space making them more unpredictable?


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According to the wiki, there are no events that can completely destroy your ship (ie, taking it from full health to zero health), however, there are events which can reduce the health of your ship.

Can these random events destroy your ship, or can your ship only be completely destroyed while in combat?


texts: What are the differences between you and your clone?

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In the last battle against Diablo, you face a clone of yourself (or of your party)

What are the key differences between you and your clone? Is it based on your stats/equipement, or is it just a mob with fixed stats that changes depending on your class?


texts: Getting Oregon Trail II (2) to run on Windows 10 64 bit without DosBox

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I've been struggling for the past 3 hours to get this game working without dosbox or a VM, and so far I've managed to work out every kink. The game is working fine, minus one thing:

Quicktime

The nightmare that is Quicktime has utterly crippled me. Anytime I try to cross a river "FATAL ERROR: Failed to Register Quicktime Window" hits, and it goes down. If I delete the movies folders, it just stalls out where the movie is supposed to play. Newer verions of Quicktime have no backward compatibility and installing QT32 from the disk works for playing the files, but does not correct the issue.

However, since I can get the correct version of Quicktime working, and the game itself is working, I'm sure it's just some hook location looking the wrong place or similar.

Does anyone have an idea on how to fix this? Or an alternative for 1998's version of quicktime? Or some small trick that I'm missing, anything. I'm so close I can taste it, it's just Quicktime crippling me.


texts: What is this original version of Tetris called?

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I'd like to play the original Tetris I played near the end of the 80's, the Arcade game:

Does anyone know exactly what this version of Tetris is called?


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The description for Archon reads:

  While in Archon form, your normal abilities are replaced by powerful Archon abilities

But no further information is provided. What does that mean, precisely? Which abilities are replaced, and what abilities replace them?


texts: I keep having to unlock the same things over and over again for Battlefield 3

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I was playing Battlefield 3 and my friend said that he lost his progress and some unlocks when I left the game (he didn't leave early).  I laughed at him because at the time, it wasn't happening to me.  Now I am really close to leveling up to level 24, but every time I leave at the end of the match, I'm back at being a couple thousand XP away from level 24 and most of my unlocks are gone.  I have had to get to 24 for the 4th time now and I have had to unlock the same sight for a gun 3 times.

What could be causing this?


texts: I have a multiverse fight for which my opponent has the "Unstoppable" perk which seems to give them a purple aura. What does this do?


texts: In the new patch for diablo 3 you can supposedly change the monster power at the quest screen, but I am unable to find where you can do that. Does anyone know where to do this?


texts: Can't collect XMP while walking or standing

texts: I can't collect XMP while walking. I am standing on top of it but can't collect it. Any solution to that?


texts: I would like to join the Free Worlds, but I don't know how. Tried shooting down Navy ships, they became angry to me of course, but the Free Worlds didn't invited me to join. I really want to be part of this story.


texts: How can I run a Minecraft Server on multiple CPU cores?

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I am working on setting up a Minecraft server on a machine I have at home. This particular machine has two quad-core CPUs running at 2.0Ghz so I would like to take advantage of the number of cores and run a server with 4 or 6 of the cores. My server of choice is CraftBukkit, the latest version of which is craftbukkit-1.4.7-R1.0 and launched with a start-up script of:

"C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe" -Xms1G -Xmx8G -jar craftbukkit-1.4.7-R1.0.jar"

The Minecraft Wiki says:

  Minecraft servers, as of 1.1.0, can use multiple cores, so now they will not sit idle.

but does not really expand on this.

My questions, then:

Is it possible to set the number of cores the server uses?
How do I do it - via start-up options, or other methods?
Is it really worth it and would it make that much of a difference with a lot of players?


texts: How many times moab maulers or moab shredder is required to pop a zomg?

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Some says

http://bloons.wikia.com/wiki/MOAB-SHREDR_Spikes

14 of these are capable of taking down an entire Z.O.M.G and its children.

14 if what? 14 stacks? 14 pieces? A stack is 10 of these things.

MoabMauler takes 64 hits to bring down BFB. What about ZOMG?

How many hitpoints the outer layer of ZOMG have?

How does damage of Moab Mauler and MOAB Shredr computed?

Each moab mauler do 10 times damage to MOAB. 10 times of what? How much each explosion worth?


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I obtained Coralcreep seeds as a quest item. I am supposed to farm them and deliver the crops.

After I planted seeds on standard watered tilted soil, they popped out instantly. I figured maybe it's an underwater plant and needs to grow under water. So I made this pit:

I assumed that the plant will be fine underwater. But if I try to plant it, the blueprint glow is red, indicating I cannot place it there:

This is even though Starbounder wiki seems to suggest that underwater is where this plant belongs:

  Coralcreep seeds must be planted in water onto tilled soil. The planted Coralcreeps will return to seeds once they touch the air.

What am I doing wrong?


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In HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft, Argent Squire is wearing Tier 7 paladin gear and holding a weapon from World of Warcraft.  I thought it was a Naxxramas weapon like the gear but I am unable to identify it.

What weapon is the Argent Squire holding?


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I started up TF2 and was playing, when suddenly, my sound cut out. I've tried snd_restart however it also effects YouTube videos in the background.

I can hear sound fine when TF2 isn't running.

I don't know if it's related, but when I use Voicechat my game lags as well.

I am using a Mac if it matters


texts: What's the difference between Aion The Tower of Eternity and Assault on Balaurea?

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I can purchase 2 versions of the game: The Tower of Eternity and Assault on Balaurea.

One site lists Assault on Balaurea as an expansion but the NC Soft page only sells Assault on Balaurea. Is The Tower of Eternity required?


texts: What is the most efficient way to gain fame?

texts: With all the bonuses that Realm of the Mad God offers, in what order should I gain each achievement?  What is the most efficient way to gain the most fame in a lifetime?


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When I summoned the Wall of Flesh, it came with no eyes, mouth or Hungry, but the Wall still gave the tounge Debuff, how to I get rid of this bug or glitch or avoid it? This is also Wii U 1.2.4.1 desktop or better known as 1.08 update.

Sorry, I can't get a screenshot, but I can tell you that I would summon it the regular way you would summon the Wall of Flesh.


texts: Why do the cars my soldiers are hiding behind keep exploding?

texts: On most maps I've seen so far, cars are a pretty common form of cover. However, they seem to have a tendency to explode, killing my soldiers. Some of them it's pretty obvious why they exploded, as they were on fire at the time, but twice I've had cars explode for no discernible reason, both times losing me soldiers and once causing me to fail a mission. Why are they exploding, and is there any prior indication that they are going to do so?


texts: Offworld trading company placing HQ on top of resource?

texts: Are you supposed to do it or not? What are the benefits / downsides?


texts: How can I duplicate and upload an already uploaded mario maker course?

texts: So I'm on Mario maker 2 3.0, and I just uploaded a short course I want to expand on, and perhaps upload the expanded version on a later date. So I selected my course, selected "save as" to duplicate it, but the new saves course says it's already uploaded so I can't upload it. How can I modify and upload the course without removing it from course world or starting from scratch?


texts: How do I fully uninstall the Diablo 3 beta for Mac?

texts: The beta doesn't have an uninstaller, Blizzard's directions are (by their own admission) not thorough. Where are all of the D3 directories and preference files, and what is the most effective way to zap them?


texts: How to determine if it is a kinetic, energy or power weapon?

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I'm about to choose between 3 different exotic weapons as quest reward.

For me it is very important which of them belongs to what slot, as that is highly dependable for my decision. But I can't figure out what the type of the weapon is from the quest reward dialog or item inspection.

Am I missing something? Or might there be a way to figure it out?


texts: Error turning on PS4: "Cannot access system storage"

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There are reports of PS4s not working out of the box with the following error:

  Safe Mode

  Cannot start the PS4.
  Cannot access system storage.
  Press the power button for 1 second (until the system beeps) to turn off the PS4.
  (CE-34335-8)

Is there something I can try to fix this myself before returning the PS4 or sending it in to Sony?


texts: Where do I get tier 3 (Survival affinity) promotion item Forest-Honey Cake?

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I've been trying to promote both my Wookie and Tarentatek to tier 4 but they both need Forest-Honey cakes to promote.

As Forest-Honey Cake is only a tier-3 promotion item (green color), I've played the Survival Promotion Mission (epic difficulty) in Special Missions multiple times but yet to come across a single Forest-Honey Cake, but have had repeats of other green promotion items.

Has anyone gotten a single Forest-Hony Cake from the above mission? If not, where did you get the promotion item?


texts: Can you get the "second-best" ending if you've already completed a neutral run, without needing a True Reset?

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Lots of spoilers ahead, no way to avoid them, so here's a warning that is hopefully long enough to fill up the preview from the main page AND make sure everyone sees it.

So I'm specifically talking about the "Toriel - Family" ending, a.k.a. Flawed Pacifist.  I know you have to befriend both Papyrus and Undyne - and if you kill anyone after befriending Undyne, you'll get the "Toriel - Betrayed Undyne" ending instead, and if you kill anyone before befriending Undyne, you can't befriend her.  There are two branches to the Family ending, one where Alphys is even more withdrawn and depressed - if you don't date her - and one where she's happy and looking for a way to help monsters escape the Underground without having to kill humans - if you do date her, and the ending I want to get.

So, backstory out of the way...  If I don't kill any monsters at all, and I befriend Papyrus, Undyne, and Alphys...  won't I get the Pacifist ending instead?  Do I need to do another Pacifist run to enable a True Reset so I can get the Family ending?  Or is there a way to befriend all three of those characters, not kill any monsters, and still get the "best" Neutral ending?


texts: What do I do if I don't have a META-INF folder or minecraft.jar?

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I have looked all over the Internet for solutions but I have got nothing.

I want to install the minepainter mod but I need a META-INF folder and a minecraft.jar.


texts: Is there a secret mission in Heart of the Swarm?

texts: In Starcraft 2 - Wings of Liberty there was one hidden mission (details here), does Heart of the Swarm also contain a hidden mission, and how do you get to it?


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I now have access to 'Kenways Fleet' and am busy sending out ships to do trade missions. However most of the routes seem to top out at about 700R in 4 minutes.

Are there any more profitable trade routes? Do these routes require certain types of ship?


texts: What are efficient ways of killing heavies quickly?

texts: I'm using the bow at the moment, and I find that it takes several arrows unless I'm using incendiary ones. What are some efficient ways of killing them quickly?


texts: How do I defeat the Eye of Cthulhu? I got him to half health with just a gun and a broadsword, but it became daytime.


texts: Controller issue: How do I see "More Info" in Xcom Enemy Unkown

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I'm playing XCom Enemy Unknown on a PC using an XBox 360 controller. For some reason, I'm unable to see the "More Info" dialog. The keybinding shows up as LS, which I assume is the Left Stick. See screenshot below:

The LS is used for navigating the soldier to a location, so I can't use it. When I switch to keyboard/mouse, I can see a nice button for More Info.

Is this a bug, or am I missing something obvious?


texts: How can you test if a player is holding an item with a specific name in Minecraft?

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I don't know how to test if a player is holding an item with a specific name, but I know it's something like
/testfor @e[type=Player,SelectedItem=example_id,Slot=0], but I probably got it totally wrong... Can you guys help?


texts: Which method of backtracking to an Orb of Yendor is more viable?

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In hyperrogue, once you find an Orb of Yendor, it activates a beacon that directs you towards its key, which seems to always be exactly 100 spaces away.  Having just acquired my first key, I was a bit disappointed to find out there's no return beacon to direct you back to the orb you need to open.  Given the infinite hyperbolic nature of the map and the fact each key opens only its Orb, this makes the key I got pretty useless.

Now, I'm trying to plan out a strategy for my next run through as to how to get back after getting the key, but I'm having trouble figuring out how I'm supposed to do this.  So far, I've devised two at least theoretically possible approaches.

1) The prize orb from the dungeon, the Orb of Recall, warps you back to where you came from a certain number of turns after its use.  Repeated uses increase the duration without resetting the anchor, so it should be technically possible to set up a recall anchor at the orb and then pick up additional Orbs of Recall along the way.  Since keys don't vanish even when you use an Orb of Safety, this should get you back to the Orb of Yendor with it's key.

2) The prize orb from the graveyard, the Dead Orb, can be dropped, marking a space.  With enough of them, an elaborate trail of breadcrumbs could be made from the Orb of Yendor to its key, and then followed back.

In strategic mode, obviously, the first option is better since you'll never have enough Dead Orbs to use the second one, and since you can store up your orbs of recall to use all at once.

Generally, though, I play the classic mode, and I'm not sure which option is better in that case.  Assuming I'd get equal Necromantic Talismans v.s. Slime Mold, which option gets me to a reasonable assuredness of a 1000-step-long backtracking distance faster?


texts: Minecraft Redstone delay that only works if active for 5 seconds but turns off when not active

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The image here is my example. the command block to the left places a redstone block on the quartz. the command blocks on the side remove the Redstone block and replace the repeaters. this method still doesn't work.
Edit: so the problem is that with is method even with the repeaters getting replaced, somehow the signal still moves. I think the problem is that I set the repeaters to a delay, so the signal still moves.
So if I were to stand on a pressure plate, how would I make the pulse wait but as soon as I'm not on the pressure plate, the pulse stops?
even when I set the repeaters with a 2 tick delay, they still moved the pulse a long.

I've tried having the pressure plate hook up to a command that places a Redstone block then removes it when it isn't active, but that still makes the output still activate even when I'm not standing on the pressure plate.


texts: I’ve gotten 4 anti cubes, but only three of the are from the clock (I think). I know how to get the anti cubes, but now my clock only has ONE HAND... I don’t know what that means or what I should do...


texts: Squirtle vanished from my Pokemon Go list?

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I know and understand that Pokemon Go has major issues right now, in regards to server overloads etc with its grand opening. However, I am currently freaking out because two of my Squirtles have vanished from my captured Pokemon list! I caught one 2 days ago and one earlier today.

What's stranger is that my Charmander has magically changed its own name to Chinchilla somehow as well! I've only noticed it now after managing to log on (after a few hours with the servers being overloaded).

Has anyone else experienced this? Should I relax and wait till tomorrow to double check?

Updates:

I have the same situation as last night. I've learnt to accept it but I'm hoping to maybe find another Squirtle some day... And I renamed my Charmander back. Only my partner lives with me and he doesn't use it so I doubt he would have played around with it.

Squirtle appeared again, and I managed to capture one to make up for the missing 2, and luck would have it that I managed to catch a Wartortle too!


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While exploring the Howling Plateau I encountered Fuad the Cannibal in his very small cellar.

I can get the fight going well but when he hits me he gets a massive healing bonus.

Is the strategy simply to deal massive damage and wipe him out or is there some trick to defeating him?


texts: How to fight in close quarters without alerting the guards?

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When I fight in close quarters, right before I land a blow, soldiers will always turn towards me. Since one bonus is to not to enter reflex mode, this means I will lose this bonus.

I always approach my target from a dead angle and crouching so I do not understand why this happens.


texts: Are the strategic cruisers worth their price?

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Among all the EvE players, everyone knows the Tech3 Strategic Cruisers... but most of them doesn't want to even think of flying those, so it's pretty hard to find some relevant information.

For starters, on the PVE side, I don't see what a strategic cruiser would bring on the table that a much cheaper battleship (or drake) wouldn't.

On the PVP side, instead, I don't see the advantages of the tier 3 cruiser on the tier 2 dedicated ship.

I guess I must be missing something! Maybe there's a specific version of this cruiser that shines in its own particular way?

I'm thinking in particular about the Proteus cruiser. Since the evil gallente nerfbat (hybrid weapons), does the Proteus still have any value as a gunboat? Is it possible to have a decent non-theorical dps whilr using the interdiction nullifier and covert reconfiguration subsystems? (Viable ship for missions lvl5?)


texts: Can Xbox saved games/profile on a flash drive be backed up to another flash drive?

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I store my profile, saved games and even some arcade games on my USB flash drive (16GB). It makes me really nervous that this flash drive could just die one day, then I lose all my game saves.

So the question is, is there any way to make a backup of this data that could later be restored onto another flash drive?


texts: Why are my support members alpacas and what do they do?

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I'm getting Alpacas as support members from daily login bonuses - but the problem is that I can't find any way to use them. They don't show up in my member tab, I can't put them on a team and I can't use them to idolize my other members.

What are all of these alpacas good for and how do I use them?


texts: Pokemon: Super Mystery Dungeon uses a quiz to determine your starter. The answers you give directly impact which starting Pokemon the game assigns you. What answers map to which Pokemon? How can I get a riolu?


texts: How do I get down from the floating ledge in the arch room in Fez?

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In the early, blue-sky area of the game, there's a room with a stone arch and two treasure chests. One of the chests is on top of the arch, but the other is on a floating ledge far to the side. This is the room Gomez enters at 3:35 in Polytron's trial gameplay video, though the ledge doesn't appear in the video (I guess it's only in the full game?).

Once you get over to the floating ledge, how do you get back down? It looks like all the ledges you can jump to are too far down to survive, and this room doesn't have water.


texts: Will Freeciv AI ever use nuclear weapons?

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I've been playing Freeciv against the built-in AI (easy, normal, and hard levels), and it seems that the AI never builds or detonates nuclear weapons (even long after the Manhattan Project world wonder has been built). Is it true that the AI will never build and/or use nuclear units?

I tried to give the AI players nuclear units using edit mode (Ctrle), but the AI players never seem to use them (I checked by periodically sending in spies). I am interested in knowing so that I can adequately prepare against nuclear attacks, and to make calculations to survive nuclear winters.


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I've joined the BOS, but I have not yet started the Shadow of Steel quest.

Ever since I joined, though, Vertibirds have been appearing, frequently right as I start into an area filled with enemies.  Brotherhood soldiers then launch and incredibly unsubtle frontal assault.  Not only does this cause the enemies to go hostile (I prefer to approach with stealth, and snipe, assassinate, set traps, etc., before engaging in a "spray-and-pray" finisher for the area), but the troopers frequently kill enemies, seemingly robbing me of the experience I'd gain for killing them myself.

I feel like its detracting from my enjoyment of the game.

How can I get the BOS out of the Commonwealth, or at least stop their troops from ganking my kills?  What is the shortest path to accomplishing this?


texts: I've noticed that some zombies tend to stay down, while others keep rising a bunch of times before giving up (temporarily?). So barring an exploding head, do they keep doing that with varying intervals? Is there a way to make sure they don't?


texts: Transfering already installed steam games onto another drive

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Ok so I've seen the other questions about installing games onto another drive(SSD) and I've already done that properly for any new game that I have been getting.

However I want to know if there is a proper way to transfer games from my old drive over to the new drive without having to uninstall and then re-download them.

I already tried copying the folders over but all that does is make steam not know where the games are anymore and I'm not sure how to change the location that it looks for a particular game once it is already installed on my C drive.

Thank you!


texts: Insured car destroyed, insurance company not picking up the phone

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My insured car was destroyed by an online player but when I call the insurance company  they do not answer. When I call my mechanic, the car is there but in brackets it says (destroyed).

Is there any possible way for me to get it back?


texts: How are there Pokedex entries when I have not encountered the Pokemon?

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When I updated Pokemon Go to the latest version, Version 0.41.2, I noticed my Pokedex contained additional entries that were not there before.
Yesterday I had an 89/90 ratio, but this morning was displayed an 89/91 and Dragonite appeared grayed-out. I have never encountered a Dragonite in the wild, so there should not be an entry; even grayed-out.

Is this a bug or was there something else that I am missing?


texts: Can you get Anomen back, if you fail to investigate his sister's death?

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I am playing BG2:EE on the iPad, and its wonderful to relive some of the stories and battles that I have when I originally played it as a younger teen. With Anomen, I had forgotten that some quests are truly time sensitive, so he left the party while I was in the middle of exploring a dungeon, and the quest log indicated the quest as a "Done quest" for Anomen, noting that he simply went back to his home in the Gov District to investigate his sister's murder.

My question is - is there any way that I could get him back in the party so I could continue this story line? I searched through many forums about his quest for knighthood, but it doesn't seem like many people were stuck at the murder stage?

Thanks!


texts: Is there a shortcut to the Executioner's Chariot?

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Seriously.  It's kind of ridiculous.  I'm assuming (hoping?) that there's some shortcut between the Huntsman's Copse - Bridge Approach bonfire and the fog wall leading to this boss.  The rope bridge is right above the bonfire, so it's not that big of a stretch, right?

Please tell me there's a way, or my playthrough might just end here.  Haha.  I don't know if I can keep going through them over and over in order to even try and figure out how to beat the Chariot.


texts: Does Mega Jump download personal data from your iPhone?

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Does anybody know if Mega Jump is one of these free iPhone apps which downloads sensitive personal data from your iPhone?

Is there a site where all the apps are listed where privacy concerns have been reported?


texts: Why did Tokyo Jungle just exit mid game?

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I was playing Tokyo Jungle and while playing it i was getting a console message at the top corner saying that

  This content will expire in # Minutes

i first got it just after i did the tutorial saying 30 minutes, then 15, 10, 5 and all of a sudden while i was playing the main game the game just exited and put be strait back to the PS3 Dashboard. When i went back into the game there was no progressed saved.

I know what i downloaded wasn't a trail because games like From Dust and Raymen 3 where It lists a trail download and a much much smaller game download because Tokyo Jungle is listed as a PSN Game

and I got Tokyo Jungle from my PS+ Subscription (which is still active and i was logged in) and in the checkout it didn't list that it was a trail

as you can see the purchaser date in the download list is incorrect, i did not get it with my Tales of Hearts DLC which i did buy this year

so since my game wasn't a trail, why did it exit like it did?


texts: Which NPCs detect when Jensen is using Social Enhancer pheromones?

texts: I keep hearing that several NPCs detect when Jensen is using Social Enhancer pheromones to sway them, but I can't find a list with them anywhere. Has anyone tried to use pheromones on a NPC and was detected?


texts: In Dwarf Fortress, once my marksdwarves have fired off all of their bolts, is there a way to get them to reload?


texts: Why do guides take Ambush Snipe for Nova?

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I read a lot of guides on how to build Nova in Heroes of the Storm. They all recommend taking Ambush Snipe for level 1 talent over Psi-Op Rangefinder. However, Ambush Snipe only gives bonus to while cloaked or 1 second before going into cloak. This becomes almost useless in late game since at level 16, Crippling Shot gives a 25% to damage boost and it is recommended for all the guide I read.

The rotation opens with Crippling so you get the 25% and now Ambush Snipe is not active anymore. The early game lasts only so long, I don't understands why Ambush Snipe is highly recommended when 20% range in the late game is much better


texts: Can I be in character as the Silver Shroud and still complete the optional objective?

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I am on the quest "The Silver Shroud".

There is an optional objective

   Save Kent

If I progress in character as The Silver Shroud, make all of the choices as the Silver Shroud would, I am unable to complete the optional objective.

Is it possible to complete the optional objective as the Silver Shroud (in character)?


texts: Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack DLC broken?

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I recently downloaded the Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack, but it appears to be broken: I have no new MP maps and can't even choose the maps in a new custom game.

I've already tried downloading the content again.

Any ideas how I can fix it? Is this broken for anyone else?


texts: Why are there green pulses surrounding me at apparently random times?

texts: Fairly often while playing I see green waves apparently emanating from my character.  I can be running, standing still, etc. and I see no obvious reason for it.  What does this mean?


texts: In Terraria, If I log in to the game, I log back in at spawn, which means that I have to find my way back into any cave I was in the middle of exploring when I left off. Is there any way to make it so that I log back in where I left off?


texts: Nintendo Switch Pro Controller acts as a mouse instead of a gamepad on PC?

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I have switched from playing Fortnite on my Switch to PC. I have to use my controller wired because my PC doesn't support BlueTooth.

However, I've got a problem: when I use my controller, my PC reads my inputs as mouse inputs. For example if I move my joystick around, it moves the cursor. I have watched dozens of videos on YouTube but none of them helped and because I played with my Steam settings, the problem has gotten worse.

Does anybody know how to reset Steam settings or how I can solve my problem?


texts: What is the difference between Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y?

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I am playing Pokemon X and have two Charizard. One has the Pokemon X mega stone and one has the Pokemon Y mega stone (I got it by trading).

Both mega evolutions are great, but one thing bothers me: is there a difference between the mega evolutions? Besides the color, is there anything different about the Charizard mega evolutions?


texts: Do the ship missile expansions actually do anything?

texts: In Metroid Prime 3, you can collect a handful of Ship Missile Expansions, which supposedly add one to the number of missiles your ship can carry.  Does this actually do anything?  You really only use your ship to bomb targets a few times throughout the game, and I never had problems with the ship lacking firepower, so this power up seems kind of silly.


texts: Can you tell if a wild Sinistea is Phony or Antique before catching it?

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Sinistea has two forms: Phony and Antique, often called the fake and real forms, respectively. They can be distinguished by either:

The item required to evolve it. Phony form requires a Cracked Pot, and Antique form requires a Chipped Pot
A mark of authenticity. Only the Antique form has this. This mark is on the bottom of the cup, appearing as a grey seal inside the rim at the cup's bottom.

The mark of authenticity is difficult to spot, so often the first is the easier way. But this requires catching Sinistea.
If you find a wild Sinistea, can you distinguish the two forms apart in the wild? For example, can you see the mark of authenticity on wild Sinistea as the battle camera changes?


texts: Will uninstalling a game on my PS4 remove it forever?

texts: On my PlayStation 4, I bought the Evil Within (digital only). If I uninstalled the game to save disc space, will I not be able to install it for free in the future and have to rebuy it?


texts: Not receiving any new missions in grand theft auto 5

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I seem to be stuck in a part of the game, no missions are showing on the radar.
I have just finished a mission with a plane and a submarine,

Then in the next heist as Trevor I took masks,a garbage truck,and uniforms.
And now there are no missions to do.

What do I do?


texts: Lost Connection to the Network as soon as game loads

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I have just started playing Bloodborne today, and for some reason, as soon as I load my game, I get an error message:

Lost connection to the network. Returning to title menu.

I was playing this same game last week with no problems, I currently have not internet connectivity issues, but for some reason, when I select online mode, the menu comes up, I can check when the next maintenance will occur (at time of posting, scheduled another week from now - and also mentions that the option to play Online will not be available), but when I choose to "continue", as soon as the game loads, I lose connectivity,  and am kicked back to the title screen.
Whats causing this?


texts: I can put a Pumpkin on most plants to protect them from damage. But Cob Cannons are too big for Pumpkins, and so the expensive Cob Cannons keep getting eaten by the Imps thrown by Gargauntuars.  How can I protect my Cob Cannons?


texts: If I lose/drop the master sword, how can I get it back?

texts: If you lose the master sword by unrecoverable means. Let's say to dropped it down a cliff with no bottom. How can you get it back?


texts: Can you play Portal 2 Coop with one Windows PC and one Mac?

texts: Is it possible to play coop with a windows computer and a Mac? Just wondering before I buy the game.


texts: Do I need my Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty disk for Heart of the Swarm?

texts: I understand that I need to own Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty to play Heart of the Swarm, but I'm not sure where my disk is. If I can't find it, do I need to buy WoL again before I can play HotS?


texts: simcity nuclear meltdown even at level 4+ education

texts: My nuclear power plant just went in to meltdown, even though I have a high level education. What am I missing?


texts: Differences between playing the same game on Steam and Origin?

texts: What are the differences, however minor, of playing the same game on Steam versus playing it on Origin? I bought a Humble Bundle pack a while ago that provided me with unlock keys for both Steam and Origin and did not restrict me to use one or the other. As far as I can see, some games on Steam will include Steam achievements, and vice versa on Origin. Otherwise, is there any real difference between which platform I use?


texts: If you have different accounts on ps4 do you have to purchase internet cards for each account or will one work on both accounts

texts: My boyfriend purchased a PlayStation internet card for the PS4 for his account. Just wondering if it would work on my account or do I need to purchase my own subscription for my account?


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Is there a simple way to spread units out without retreating in StarCraft 2?

What I want here is to make it harder for splash damage to occur on units, but also easier to select my own units if they need to attack specific targets.  For instance, when attacking a structure with marines they will surround the structure in a some radius away from the structure.  Is there a way to form up this line before the engagement?


texts: What do these abbreviations mean in Rise of Nations?

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I sometimes don't understand the slang in online games what do these mean?

ATM
DMC
BKAM
FSR
LISG
BCG
BCA
BCwN
FLT
FRT
SEM
CIA
Beemer Flight
Heavy Rain


texts: How to stop bats from spawning in minecraft

texts: So i'm trying to build a Five Nights at Freddy's 2 map on Minecraft but bats keep spawning I tried to kill them but there are to many to kill and I tried this command /gamerule Domobspawning false but that didn't work and /kill @e[type=bat] I have no idea how to get rid of bats


texts: Baldur's Gate II config utility not working in Windows 7

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Downloaded the BGII demo, just to see if I could run the game. Turns out that the configuration utlility shows up like this:

As you can see, the window is too small for the info contained. So not only can I not select the options to make it run optimally, I can't get the game to run at all, because the wrong options are default. I can't resize the thing (not even through right-click->maximize), nor can I tab through the different areas, nor can I highlight and drag to get the rest of the window to show. Any ideas?

UPDATE: This the non-enhanced original version of the game from 2000.


texts: Is there a way to turn off the ad popup that appears when you close a Steam game?

texts: After you're done playing a game on Steam, there's an annoying popup that appears advertising other Steam games.  I'm perfectly capable of finding my own games that I would like to play.  Is there a way to disable this popup?


texts: If I buy a game on my PS3 such as Chrono Trigger that is Compatible with both the PS3 system and the PSP/Vita system. Will I be able to play on both the PSP/Vita and the PS3? If so, can I transfer saves


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If I play the card game 'Gwent' in the beginning of the game (Lvl 3 or 4), what exactly can I gain or lose?

Will I gain or lose money?
Do I have to pay for a lost round or game?
Will I a lose one of my cards?
What is the impact on the further story?


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I currently play battlefield 3 on the PC though have played it on the Xbox 360 where you can toggle the sprint when the left thumb stick is pressed down, and you will sprint until you stop moving forward. On the PC version if you want to sprint with the controller you have to hold down the thumb stick until you want to stop running, as this is starting to cause wear on my controller I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make this toggle.

Thanks


texts: How come EDI can blow things up, but I can't?

texts: So both EDI and I have incinerate, and I'm currently running through the Rachni Quest line. When I tell EDI to incinerate a Gestation pod it burns in a glorious explosion. However, when I do it, sometimes, but not all the time, it just fizzles and doesn't do any damage. Why is it that EDI can always destroy gestation pods with her explosions, and mine just fizzle? And why is it that mine just fizzle some of the time and not all the top? Please, help me perform.


texts: Tales of Vesperia's AI fails to recognize enemies' resistance attributes

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I have been playing Tales of Vesperia for a while now and I noticed that it's a huge nuisance to have Rita in the party while fighting enemies with a resistance against one or more elements.
Even though an enemy has been scanned using a Magic Lens, Rita keeps using spells of their resistance attribute(s) on them, which is really annoying because it renders her attacks less effective and - most importantly - it decreases the Grade I earn from the battle(s).
Manually disabling the artes that conflict with the enemies' attributes is not really an option because switching artes around all the time just adds to the nuisance.

I don't remember facing such an issue in Tales of Symphonia.
I recently started a new ToS savegame and found that on a desert scorpion Genis diligently uses Icicle and never Fire Ball, whereas on desert thieves he also uses the latter (both enemies were scanned with Magic Lenses).

So, my question is: Am I missing something in Tales of Vesperia that I need to make the AI handle enemies' resistances intelligently? (Rita is the one who most often uses artes with elemental attributes, but it's essentially the same issue with every character, albeit to a lesser extent.) Or is this a bug or a case of "removed a cool useful feature"?


texts: Do both players need to own Legacy of the Void to play co-op missions?

texts: I want to play the Co-Op missions with my friend, but he's on the fence about getting LOTV. I know back when HOTS released Blizzard added a feature that made anyone in your party "own" your expansion for purposes of multiplayer. I'm wondering if that still applies to the Co-Op mode.


texts: How do I make stone bricks in minecraft?

texts: I did it according to this from the wiki, but it does not work. I'm in survival mode. Can this be the problem?


texts: Dragon Age: Origins - Strength modifier vs damage

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I got one question. I just found two 2-handed weapons:

Battleaxe (Red Steel) tier 5
Damage: 14.00
Strength Modifier: 1.10
Maul (Veridium) Tier 4
Damage: 11.70
Strength Modifier: 1.25

Character Strength: 32

My question is, what is Strength Modifier? Which weapon is better in terms of damage? I am thinking of testing both weapons, but armor penetration stat makes the difference, so I still won't be sure, its better to have high modifier, or higher weapon damage.


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Mob spawning is affected by Local difficulty, which considers time inhabited in a chunk.
How can I measure the time inhabited in a chunk? According to the chunk format it is stored in NBT data for each chunk, but I want to know if there's a way to check (possibly with external tools) that does not involve an NBT editor.


texts: Where can I find a large number of fish?

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Nearly every crafting/carry capacity upgrade needs fish bones/skin for the final, end-game items. I want to stop carrying animal bits as soon as possible, since my inventory is full of stuff I may or may not need from every animal in the game.

So, where can I go fishing? Are there areas on the map where Trout spawn in greater numbers?


texts: Can I change the region on my American Nintendo 2dsxl to European region

texts: I have an American 2dsxl but European games won’t play. Is it possible to change the region?


texts: Do the characters in Left 4 Dead have different attributes?

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In Left 4 Dead, and also Left 4 Dead 2, does it make any difference which character you pick? Do they have different speed, toughness, accuracy, etc, or are they identical?

In single player, do they have different AI (weapon preferences, more likely to use or share healthpacks, etc)?


texts: How to select entities by name in Minecraft?

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I am pretty new to JSON in minecraft and I wonder how I can teleport my dog named Jack S. Eye to me? I was thinking something like /tp @e[name=Jack S. Eye] @p, but it doesn't work (I understand that I probably need some kind of quotation around the name). And please answer in detail, because I don't know anything about this kind of hardcore in-game programming.

I have tried /tp @e[name=Jack_S._Eye] @p, /tp @e[name=Jack S. Eye] @p, and /tp @e[name="Jack S. Eye"] @p. I don't know what I am doing wrong?


texts: Is there a way to make mobs invincible? I have already spent a while looking for it on google, but all I get is people telling me to give it a resistance potion effect. I am sure there is some attribute that I can give a summoned mob to make it invincible, but I don't know how to do it. How can I do this?


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Age of wonders 3 has a ton of customization options for the leader. And in the previous version I was always able to save it and load my previously saved customization.

There is a checkbox to save the customized leader, but I can't find the option to load that saved leader.


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I've been building up my photo album, and I have photos of almost everything, save a few enemies, a weapon or two, etc.

But I was wondering if it is possible to get a photo of an Ancient Arrow? I don't think I've ever seen an enemy drop them, I've only received them from chests or from purchasing them from the Lab, and you cannot hold or drop arrows. Is it possible?


texts: Where can I most efficiently buy all items for the "Shut up and take my money" achievement?

texts: The "Shut up and take my money" Achievement requires that you buy one of each item from merchants.  There are a lot of items on the list that my class doesn't use, and I am unfamiliar with.  Is there one vendor, or a short list of vendors I can go to in order to buy one of each of these items types?  Also, since I plan on just selling many of them right back since they are of no use to me - generally, where can I buy each item the cheapest?


texts: creating a floating (streaming) water layer on a stationary layers of water

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kelps are efficient for reusable energy & bone meal production &
max height of a kelp can be 26 blocks.
So my design aim:

have 26 (height) layers of stationary water for kelps to grow.
make the 2nd layer from bottom slabbed to be able to break all kelps
from their 2nd breakpoint whenever you wish.
let the design makes broken kelps reach to the surface eventually by
buoyancy of water
27th layer must be a floating, streaming water layer (width of 8) to
transport the kelps to the edge in the flowing direction.

please see the sketch attached (sorry it's layout is improper :(
L : layer

width : I said 8 since 1 layer of water can transport items upto 8
blocks. Your solution proposal of course may change this.
height: I said 27 since max height of a kelp can be 26 blocks + 1
layer of floating water become 27 layers. Your solution proposal of
course may change this. (if >1 layers needed after 26th layer)
len(gth): I said 5 since one may break farest kelp if slabbed layer is
only at 1 side. If slabbed layers are at both sides then length can
be 2 * 5 = 10.

I tried:

filled 25 layers with stationary water
filled 26th layer with a solid block
made a flowing (streaming) water on 27th layer
broke the solid blocks on 26th layer
dived into water and tried to fill 26th layer with water again

I encountered several issues at my different trials:

kelps did not go up (buoyancy of water failed)
kelps stucked at edge (hoppers couldn't pull them or they didn't
fall)

may you please help me?

is this achieveable?
how to achieve this design idea?

thanks, regards


texts: Several bosses have different color circles around them. On one loading screen it said that the orange causes fire damage to you, and I've fought a few things with a blue-ish one that drained my focus, but I've seen others that I can't figure out. What do they all do?


texts: GTA 5 Online not detected my Wi-Fi to login in online GTA

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I remember an error that I had for a few days, WiFi never goes online. I clicked to join but it doesn't. I checked the Store and it says no internet so I went to Windows Firewall and ticked everything for GTA 5 to work but the same thing happened when I restarted - I got the same error.

What's going on? I need join to gta online!

imgur link


texts: There are some tech stations around town that activate a team boost for three BluGlo. I've found health, building, and speed boosts. Do they always work for two minutes, and what exactly is the perk? Does health regenerate or building cost less? How much faster is the speed?


texts: There are ways to detect if a player is far from a command block or villager but how do you give an effect to a player who leaves a certain radius from another player?


texts: Is it possible to make piston flying machine that bounces?

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I allways dreamt about making a piston device that can push itself. Now, with the addition of slime blocks, my dreams came true.

The only flaw of these machines is that they work until they hit some wall, then they get stuck. I was wondering if there's a possibility to make a design that changes shape by hitting the wall and continues in the opposite direction...

Is there anything in minecraft that would make such design impossible?


texts: Where can you obtain a scythe in Candy Box 2?

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How and where do I get a scythe in candy box 2?

I think I need it to defeat the teapot in desert fortress.

I currently have the summoning tribal spear, enchanted octopus king crown, knight's army and red gloves. I'm at the desert fortress level.


texts: Does the RepairedOnMe command work? If so, what's the point of it?

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One of the obscure Morrowind script commands is RepairedOnMe, which the UESP documentation says works as follows:

Returns 1 if the calling object is repaired by given object, or 0 otherwise. For example,
 if ( "banhammer_unique"->RepairedOnMe, "repair_journeyman_01" == 1 )
checks against a Banhammer being repaired by a journeyman's hammer. Obviously, the ObjectID should be a valid repair item and the calling item should be a weapon or armor.

Does this command even work? A talk page user said that the example didn't work for them, and I don't have a Windows machine to test myself.
If it does work, what's the point of RepairedOnMe? Do any mods do anything useful with that call? None of the vanilla scripts use it, so I'm wondering if it does anything useful.


texts: Is it possible to rearrange a heroes skills?

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I'm not sure if this option doesn't exist, or if I'm just being dense, but I'm not able to re-arrange the order a heroes skills appear in the skillbar. I could have sworn I did this a few months back when the game was still in early access, but I can't figure it out now.

Can I rearrange the order of skills in the skillbar, and if so, how?


texts: Invite people not on friends or recent list (without adding them)

texts: Is there any way to invite specific people to your game if they are not listed on the social tab (Friend/Recent lists)?


texts: Say I would gift a weapon to add a socket, then roll the socket into something else and then gift it again. Are there restrictions as to how often you can gift a weapon? Has anyone been lucky enough to get to test this?


texts: Can I single-fire a Dahl sniper rifle or cancel burst fire?

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I've got an awesome sniper rifle with a great rate of fire and good damage. It's perfect except it's Dahl; it fires in a 5 round burst when I'm zoomed in. This is extremely unnecessary and burns my ammo very quickly.

Can I fire less shots with a Dahl gun or am I doomed to burst fire sadness?


texts: Differentiating between free PS+ games and purchased games

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I recently was given a promo code to redeem a game on my PS4, and before redeeming it, I checked my library and noticed that the game I was about to redeem was already listed there. I can't remember if the game was one that I purchased, or downloaded for free through my PS+ subscription.

Is there any way to tell, on the console itself, if a game in the PS4 library was downloaded for free through PS+? Or is the only way to look through one's purchase history online and pick out the ones that cost nothing?

I ask because if the game is from my PS+ subscription, I'd like to still redeem the code, as I would like the game to be available after my subscription has expired. Otherwise, I'll hold off on redeeming the key.


texts: What is the nature of reaper destroyer weapons?

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Are they nuclear? Because the radiation from that can kill/mutate the next cycle of evolution, so they wouldn't want that.

Is there any intel on how their weapons work? Is it simply thermal destruction with laser power?


texts: What exactly happens when you change your 3DS region?

texts:
In the 3DS' System settings app, you can try to change your region settings (Country and State/Region). If you attempt to do this, though, a warning is displayed which basically says anything related to the e-Shop won't work any more. Here's the warning:

  If you change your country settings, you will no longer be able to use services that require a Nintendo Network ID, such as browsing Nintendo eShop or posting to Miiverse.

My question is, what exactly will happen if I change that region? Will my 3DS be "disconnected" from my Nintendo Network ID, will my downloaded content disappear/be uninstalled, will I be able to create a new Nintendo Network ID? Will I be able to restore the previous state and connection to my Network ID by changing back to the original region?

Note that this is not about the market region as in region-lock. This is about the thing you enter when you create your profile for the first time.


texts: Is there a way to change my race in Skyrim: Special Edition on the Xbox?

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When I first bought Skyrim: Special Edition for my Xbox One and started up a new game, I chose the Argonian race. It was nice at first, but certain gameplay and visual elements of the Argonian race started to annoy me after a while, like the big, ugly tail, facial features, etc.

Is there a way to change my characters race, in game, without starting over?


texts: How to view regular tribute of our faction to/from another one in Rome Total War?

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In the game, when making a diplomatic deal with the enemy, we have the option to offer/demand a regular tribute e.g. paying 100 denaris for 4 turns.

My question is after we offer/demand and get accepted, where would we see the history list of all regular tribute items?


texts: What are the requirements to have the option to sign a Pact of Research with another Civ?


texts: What are the chances of an Unown spawn in a neutral biome?

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So, I've been catching Pokemon for ages now, but I've only encountered one Unown. I still think I am very lucky to have even seen one, but what are the chances to have an Unown spawn in a neutral biome?

  A neutral biome is a biome which a Pokemon may spawn according to the probability of spawning without regards to its location.


texts: Disable attack cool down in Minecraft Vanilla 1.9/1.10 server?

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I'm running a small server (in 1.8 at the moment) and am thinking about upgrading to 1.9 or 1.10.

But the most important thing: I don't want to have any kind of "cool down" during attacking.
Is there any way to remove it in Vanilla?

Might there be a better way than this youtube tutorial?


texts: How can I quickly level up in World of Warcraft?

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I've been playing for months and I'm barely at level 40, while my classmates play less than I do and have multiple lvl 80 characters.

Is there a better way to level fast in World of Warcraft than just completing quests?


texts: How do I replace an uploaded level with a newer version?

texts: I tweaked one of my levels to prevent some cheese, but it wouldn't let me upload it again without deleting the previous level.  Unfortunately doing so lost all my previous likes and maker points associated with that level.  Was there any other way to 'refresh' the uploaded level?


texts: Make train wait for X days since last train of the same group left the station in JGR patch pack

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I want my trains to space out in a specific way so they are evenly distribured across the network. Therefor I want to b able to set waiting time according to the last train of the same group to leave the station.

For example now I have 2 trains of the same group which enter the station almost at the same time they will also leave at the same time. I've set a time for the trains at each station in the timetable but times are set for each train.

Is there a way to make it so a train waits for X amount of days after the last train of the group has left the station?

I'm playing on the JGR patch pack. Inside this pack you can set the timetable to automate but I've noticed that it doesn't work well if distances are long and it also tends to mke trains stop at waypoints which I don't want.


texts: How to effectively level in Heroes of the storm?

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In Heroes of the Storm there are two things to level, your character that you are currently playing and your player profile. I've noticed certain events gain set amounts of XP. For example, a win nets 50,000, killing a Fort generates 800, etc. I also notice little purple xp text when you kill minions, but it doesn't show how much. Playing with a friend also gives you 50% more XP at the end of the game.

Obviously winning gains a nice one time XP boost, but there was one map I played where the map XP was greater than the 50,000.

What actions do you get XP for and how much XP do you get? Do different map objectives provide more/less XP?


texts: Can I make my low CP pokemon the top defender of a friendly gym?

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When I tear-up enemy gyms, I always select my favourite pokemon as the initial defender. He has only 500-CP. Sure, he is defeated soon after, but that is ok. He is my buddy. I want him to have the glory. And, I have no clue about how to defend gyms... it seems to me that picking a high CP pokemon makes no difference and wastes potions.

So, can I make my low CP pokemon the lead defender of a friendly gym? If I battle with one of my 2000+CP pokemons and defeat everyone in a friendly gym, could I make my 500-CP the top defender? So everyone can (briefly) see him at the top? Or, is the order of defense only based on CP? Ignoring HP is ridiculous, but whatever. CP decides the order of defense?


texts: How can I configure Diablo 3 to remember my health bar settings?

texts: Every time I launch the game, I have to turn this setting back on.


texts: PAYDAY 2 "This is a butcher mod pack item" bug?

texts: I just bought the $40 dlc thing in the store which includes all the extras for the game and when I go to the OVE9000 Saw it still says 'NOT AVAILABLE'. I don't know what the problem with this is because I already purchased the pack and it's still not available.


texts: Is there a way to skip the cinematic when resonating with a blade?

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I already know you can skip the "presentation" cinematic of the blade once you've finished resonating. But I'd like to skip the previous cinematic when your character is resonating with the core crystal, so is there a way to skip it ? I didn't find any option or button to do so, did I miss something ?

I'm asking this because it seems that you might want to chain resonating at some point to get blades with specific field skill that you might be missing or just complete your roster with specific element and it takes so much time.

My question extends to the "pause" which let you know which level of field skill you used and from which blade which takes forever as well.


texts: What are the differences between XBOX 360 Consoles?

texts: How many versions of Xbox 360 consoles exist, and what are the differences between them?


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I recently noticed in Black Ops that Jammers are the bee's knees for flushing out campers. If you can't reach a claymore with a flashbang, then just set a jammer somewhere close.

I noticed though that I didn't get shot by a Cobra while in the radius of my Jammer(and I didn't have Ghost Pro). So does the Jammer disable ALL enemy equipment including kill streaks? Also, does it disable RC-XDs?


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I found out that on the MCPE 1.2 update, Mojang added components to commands. But when I try to enter

/give @p diamond_sword 1 0 {
display: {
    Name: "Sword of Ethania",
    Lore: [
        "Legendary",
        "The Guardian Sword that defends Ethania"
    ]
},
ench: [
    {
        id: 16,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 17,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 18,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 19,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 20,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 32,
        lvl: 1
    },
    {
        id: 34,
        lvl: 1
    }
],
HideFlags: 1,
Unbreakable: 1
}

then I get this error message:

*Line 1 Column 2
Missing '}' or object member name

Please help me debug, I have found nothing wrong in the command.
Minimized Version:

/give @p diamond_sword 1 0 {display:{Name:"Sword of Ethania",Lore:["Legendary","The Guardian Sword that defends Ethania"]},ench:[{id:16,lvl:1},{id:17,lvl:1},{id:18,lvl:1},{id:19,lvl:1},{id:20,lvl:1},{id:32,lvl:1},{id:34,lvl:1}],HideFlags:1}


texts: Does (accidentally) opening the console make achievements unobtainable?

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I know that using console commands disables achievements. However, there are moments where I am not intentionally cheating, but accidentally pressing the tilde key, which is close to the 1 key. (Side note: My #1 favorite weapon resides there.)

So, here's my question. Does opening the console, rather than invoking the console commands, make the achievements unobtainable?


texts: Do any background walls allow teleporting back to ship?

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It gets annoying that you can't teleport back to your ship from your house because of the background walls.

Are there any blocks that allow beaming up when used as the background?


texts: What is the most optimal use for Mister Handy?

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How can I use my Mister Handy in most optimal way?

Options that I see are:

Send it to collect caps - This does not seems efficient enough for me. Not sure if its worth sending out.
Just leave it to fight disasters/raiders.
Let it auto collect resources. - I have all my resources separated in different floors.


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I am creating and adventure map and I have this shop to where players can teleport to by pressing a button.

So when they press the button it activates two command block:

/tp @p 1016 56 -4060 # Teleports closest player to the shop

/setblock 1015 57 -4063 command_block 0 destroy {Command:"/tp @p[r=3] 1019 56 -4068"}
# This is supposed to create a command block connected to a button in the shop that lets the player go back to their last position.

However, the last command never runs and the Command Block is not created. If I remove the radius limitation, though, it creates the command block, but instead of it having "/tp @p[r=3] 1019 56 -4068", it has "/tp Edoreld @p[r=3] 1019 56 -4068", where Edoreld is my username. What I would like for it to do is not to expand my username. Is that possible?


texts: How can I stop Civilization 5 from asking me twice which DirectX mode to play in?

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I (pre) downloaded and installed Civilization 5 through Steam, on Windows 7. When I start it, Steam asks me if I would like to start:

Civilization 5
Civilization 5 (DirectX 9)

Then, Civilization "starts" into its menu program and asks me if I would like to start:

Civilization 5, DirectX 9 mode
Civilization 5, DirectX 10/11 mode, recommended

Can I disable one or both questions, and if so, how?

ie how can I make the game always start in DX10/11 mode without asking me again?


texts: Minecraft SMP randomly teleporting to a set location

texts: I run a minecraft bukkit server, 1.7.10-r3 with a handful of plugins. There is a specific location that players get teleported to at random times, sometimes it's only once in a few hours, sometimes several times per minute. There is nothing in the server console, I dug a hole down to bedrock under this location so that when players get teleported there they die, allowing me to see when it happens exactly. There is absolutely no pattern whatsoever as to when this happens and it's extremely annoying. Any ideas?


texts: Which champions have abilities with reduced cooldown on 'failure'?

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In League of Legends, when Caitlyn's ultimate, Ace in the Hole, "fails" - that is, the enemy champion you're targeting dies before you charge up - the cooldown is only 4 seconds, instead of the full 90.

Are there any other champions with skills that act like this?


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So i've been sitting here for like 10 minutes watching this old codger dance around in a barrel waiting to unlock this achievement because I am an achievement junkie.

Does anyone have this achievement know how many different sayings i have to go through? Or if it unlocks automatically or do i have to break him out eventually?


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When in a battleground, what things will grant experience? At my current low level, killing a player doesn't seem to give anything. Capping a flag in WSG or a base in AB will. Anyone know of anything else?
All in all, it seems to be really slow, like 10% of a level in a 20 min BG. Will this improve when I get to higher level?


texts: How can I reset the Blood on the Ice quest?

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I was roaming around Windhelm and I went into a house and it started the Blood on the Ice quest. It just has a blank desk and 1 objective that says "Look for clues." It looks like Susanna has already been murdered.

I'm playing Skyrim Legendary Edition with no mods. How can I fix the quest?


texts: Is it possible to get all Spell Lantern Upgrades?

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I've just started playing Legend of Fae and I'm trying to figure out which path I want to take in regards to the Spell Lantern Upgrades. However, I have no idea how many parts total I'll end up getting in the game. I don't want to end up with a less effective build because I've split my upgrades across 2 or more paths or the like. There does seem to be a Reset ability, but it also says it will cost one of my total spare parts in order to use.

I can hover over each locked item and it will tell me the cost, but I'm unsure if spare parts are something that I can end up grinding for or if there is a fixed amount of spare parts you can get in any given playthrough. Can I unlock the entire Spell Lantern, or will I be forced to choose a specific path?


texts: What happens if you use the 'you are special' book when all of your stats are at 10?

texts: What happens if you use the 'you are special' book when all of your stats are at 10 or higher? I saw a question asking about the highest level you could get your stats to, but this specific condition was never addressed. Does it do nothing? Raise your skills higher than 10 or 11? I've already messed this up, and seeing as I have the ps4 version it would probably be faster for someone else to test this on the pc rather than starting my character over without touching the book.


texts: What is the significance of this horned creature that appears sometimes in Bejeweled Blitz?

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Sometimes when I'm playing Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook, I notice this deer/elk thing show up on the left side of the screen:

It's not there when the game starts (at least I've never noticed it), and I can't figure out if it has any effect on gameplay or what triggers it showing up. Maybe it's random and has no meaning! Does anyone know?


texts: How to track kills in World of Warcraft?

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I frequently see people saying, for instance, item X dropped after Y kills of mob Z.

What is the simpler way to track how many times you have killed a certain mob in World of Warcraft?


texts: How can I convert a classic .lvl file into a modern Minecraft format

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I have tried opening .lvl with the latest version of MCEdit, and I get random stuff. No sense of order at all. I am not entirely surprised because it was not a supported extension in the Open dialog.

What program would you recommend to open this file?


texts: Where should I practice parrying/riposting, with what, and and optimal way (controls) to do it?

texts: I am wanting to learn how to parry people/npcs/enemies. Is there a good location to practice? What are some good starting weapons or shields I should use for both Dark Souls 2 and Scholar of the First Sin? What are some good ways to parry, with controls?


texts: Does playing with a bad guest player damage my stats in MW3?

texts: If I have a friend join in for co-op muliplayer online splitscreen in Modern Warfare 3, and he does badly (as the second player, not the first) does his bad game effect MY stats?


texts: Oculus Keeps Saying I Don't Meet Minumum Requirements

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I have had my Oculus Rift S for a while now, but today it started saying in the main menu that my computer does not meet the minimum requirements. I have a Radeon RX 580 graphics card and an AMD Ryzen 5 2400G CPU, which is above the minimum requirements. Is there any way to get rid of the message? I talked to technical support and they said:

I understand that your AMD Radeon RX 580 is included in our supported in our current supported graphics cards.
However; the Ryzen 5 2400 is not supported by our software. This can cause compatibility issues and may limit functionality.
To resolve this you would need to swap the Ryzen 5 2400 with a supported graphics card.


texts: When do you start buying wards, and when do you stop?

texts: I just recently started playing ranked, and a lot of people keep on telling me to buy wards. What's a good time to start buying wards, and at what point of the game do you stop buying wards?


texts: linking old account to new phone for pewdiepies tuber simulator

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How do I get my old tuber simulator account on my new phone? I don't have access to my old device!
I've tried everything I can think of! How do I fix this?


texts: What happens when you exceed 999999 points in Super Mario Bros.?

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I am implementing a replica of the classic Super Mario Bros. in the Unity game engine. The problem is, I do not have a Nintendo Entertainment System.
I somehow found out that getting 100 coins will get you an extra 1UP (life), but what about the score?
There are 6 available decimal spots for the score:

So what happens if the score exceeds 999999?


texts: When trading, is the "What would make this deal work" button the optimal trade?

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When trading with an AI civilization, I often use the "What would make this deal work" button as an easy way to see what the AI would like in exchange for a resource I want.

Is the proposed deal always the most optimal (profitable) one, or there is a possibility that the AI will accept something of lower value?
(Less gold, less  resources, different resources etc.)

I did some tests, but I was not able to make a different deal than what the AI proposed, other than offering even more gold/resources.


texts: Will I receive achievements for Steam games when using mods?

texts: I know that using console commands will disable steam achievements in some games. Will using mods in e.g. Fallout new Vegas disable achievements as well?


texts: How to check an awesomenaut characteristics?

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Is it possible to check an awesomenaut characteristics (like max health, attack speed, etc.) during the game?
There are number of effects, which increase health after a kill for example, so I think there should be a way to check how much health you get already. But I can not find it.

And second question would be, is there in The internet info about awesomenauts, that is up to date? gamepedia gives numbers quite different from those I see in the game. The official site doesn't show any numerical characteristics at all, or may be I missed the page.


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I was reading up on the PS4
Arstechnia via Slashdot

And the new PS4 controller is getting rid of the "analog face buttons" that were on the PS3 controller. What is that referring to? The Start/Select buttons?


texts: Can't view played game list from my dota profile

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When viewing my profile (or other's profiles) there's usually a button/link just above the commendations section that takes you to a list of all your games. I know longer have that button. Is that from a recent update or did I inadvertently change some settings to cause that ?

I also noticed that if I click 'View Heroes Played', that does take me to the performance list, but the filter no longer works. The filter shows you a list of games played by that hero.


texts: Minecraft gives 'Unable to update the Minecraft Native Launcher' when updating to v1.9

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Minecraft was working perfectly fine until I tried updating to the new 1.9 update. It appears to finish the update but then it pops up a message:

  Unable to update the Minecraft Native Launcher.

Here is a screenshot showing the error:

I looked around on the Internet and found no support for my problem so I decided to try this website.

I recently updated my computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and I believe that this may be related to the problem but I don't know how to fix it without reverting to Windows 7.

Please help me with either updating or reverting back to a previous version of Minecraft, as I don't really care about this update and will probably not use it. I prefer to play on Minecraft 1.7.10 because it has a lot more mods for it.


texts: Can you remove all scoreboard tags from a player at once?

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In Minecraft, to remove a tag from a player (or entity), you use the command

/scoreboard players tag <player> remove <tagName> [dataTag]

If I potentially have multiple scoreboard tags on a player, is there any way to remove them all with one command? As far as I can tell, there's no wildcard for the above command: using * for the <tagName> tries to remove a tag called *.


texts: How do PSN accounts and primary console work?

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I just ordered a PS4 Slim and was wondering how PSN and primary console accounts work. I'm a PC gamer and I've never really touched a console, I mainly bought this PS4 for my SO since she can sometimes get bored during the (rare) longer sessions I spend in front of the PC. She enjoys "casual" games and said she prefers the PS4 controllers over the Xbox controllers. So here I am.

We have thought about what happens with the PS4 if we split up, obviously she gets it since I probably wont have much use for it but what happens to the games we buy? I basically only want Horizon Zero Dawn and I'll be dammed if she gets it if we split up for some reason. So how to the PSN accounts and games work?

I assume you need a PSN account to even use the console? So let's say she creates PSN account A and buys game A1 with her account. I then create PSN account B and purchase Horizon Zero Dawn. If I understand this correctly, I cannot play game A1 with my account (B) unless she sets our PS4 as her primary console on her account (A), is this right? The same goes for my account and Horizon Zero Dawn? If I set my account (B) to have our PS4 as its primary console then she can also play HZD or whatever game I purchase with my PSN account? And I know you can only have one primary console on your account but can a console be the primary console of multiple accounts?

Also, if I buy a game with my account (B) but don't download it then she can't download it with her account (A)? Even if the console is my primary console, only my account (B) can actually download the game? And do accounts have users or are you just logged in to your account? Say I log in with my PSN account, do I only have one user which is my actual PSN account or do I log in with my PSN account and then create a separate user for my account?

I hope I didn't lose you in the text but if I did, here is a TL;DR of my questions.

A console can be the primary console of multiple PSN accounts?
We can share games if we both set our console as primary on our PSN accounts?
Do PSN accounts also have users or are you just logged in as your PSN account?
If you have users under the same PSN account, I could just create a user under her PSN account instead of logging into my own PSN account if I wanna play a game she has? How do save files work in this scenario?
Is it a hassle to switch between PSN accounts?


texts: How do you select or unlock plane variants?

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In Battlefield 1, there are three classes of plane: Fighter, Attack, and Bomber.  But each class has 3 variants, see this link: http://www.bfcentral.net/bf1/battlefield-1-planes/

For instance, the Fighter class has Dog Fighter, Bomber Killer, and Trench Fighter.  If I choose a Fighter plane, by default Dog Fighter is selected.  To select one of the two other variants, do I need to unlock with War Bonds, or are they selectable in some way from the menu?


texts: How can I avoid getting chased down by an enemy UFO?

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I've been expanding my influence in XCOM 2, but I'm still very early on in the game so my characters are not very powerful nor do I have high end gear. I've attempted the battle that occurs when you encounter the UFO, but it's absolutely brutal at this point in the game. I tried reloading a few times but no matter what I do this UFO seems to chase me down in a few days. What can I do to prevent this from happening?

A dark event claims to cause the UFO to not seek you out anymore, but I did that event earlier and I'm still encountering this.


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Is there some organized group or community who like to play custom maps instead of normal melee?
I know there are some sites like sc2mapster, but it more about mapmaking, not playing.


texts: How do I get Syndicate members to betray each other more often?

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As the title implies, having betrayal members betray one another, causing them to be rivals, allows for Betrayal encounters to be more rewarding.  The more members are rivals, the more Betrayal members you can encounter in a single division attack.  However, it seems as of late I've been depending on RNG, or just not optimizing my Betrayal board, as it seems I am getting less of Betrayal options, and more stuff like:

+# to division intelligence
Drop a veiled weapon/unique weapon/currency/div card
Swap positions with one another
etc.

Essentially, what should I be doing to be maximizing the board so they no one is trusting one another? Do members need to trust each other before betraying each other?


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So I have reached paragon 701 with my Crusader. I have a complete Ancient Roland Legacy set, and I have very good weapon (Fate of the fell, ancient, 4320 DMG, +1400 STR, augmented +315 STR etc. Compass rose and Trav.pledge, DPS 2,6M.

I have followed the build Roland + Sweep, but I am too weak, not even beating G.Rift 50-55.

What is the key? I am killing a skeleton 30 seconds, while a player with way worse gear and paragon comes along and kills it with a single shot..


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I bought Raft on steam earlier today, and it seems to crash every time I start it.
It passes the Published by and Developed by screen, then it just hangs on the background for about 3 seconds before it closes.
My graphics card is Intel Graphics 620 and it seems to be around the same as the system requirements.
And to add on top of that, multiple people with worse systems than me seem to run it fine.


texts: Why can't I be summoned in Dark Souls 3?

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There was server maintenance done to the game about 2 days ago. I gave my girlfriend my copy of Dark Souls 3 because I also had a digital version and I planned on helping her through the beginning area however ever time she tries to summon me it says failed to join session. We have tried the following things to no avail:

Restart either Xbox
Restart either router
Change covenant
Move summon sign.

We also tried to see if I could summon her and for me her sign won't even pop up.

A couple of side notes, we are both able to summon other people with ease, and we are able to be in each others parties.

Our setting are:

  Cross-region play: Matchmaking ON
  Password Matching: DOOM
  Summon sign visibility: Unrestricted
  Voice chat: Allowed
  Player Name Display: Gamertag
  Launch Setting: Play Online.

EDIT: I tried to play with her on another console and it let us play together.


texts: How do I get a lot of Stunt Driver points?

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I've been driving around in Just Cause 2 like a maniac at full speed but I very rarely get any stunt driver points. I'll occasionally get one - or, rarely, two - when I drive into a sharp incline that makes my car jump into the air, but it doesn't seem to work consistently. Very often I won't get anything. In 20+ hours of play I've only got around 15 points, so getting the 'Stunt Driver' achievement seems a long way off.

Are there specific types of stunt that are rewarded more? Do certain vehicles make it easier (fast ones, I guess)? Are there prime 'farming' spots?


texts: Are there always enough lockpicks in a level to satisfy all of the level's locks? For instance, if I pick a safe before a door in a level, is it possible that I'll run out of lockpicks and be stuck, or are there always enough scattered about a level to accommodate?


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Now that I finished the game I wanted to start training for a speed run but I'm not sure how I can time it.

Is there a built-in function I have to activate?

Is it just timed "manually"? If yes do the cutscenes count or not? How can you time it so precisely, for example this guy (for portal 1 though) has it down to the millisecond.


texts: F.E.A.R 2 freezing issues when on loading screen

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I'm having a problem with my FEAR 2 copy on my PS3, the game works just fine, I'm just past chapter 9/10 where I'm looking for Keegan, anyway, when the game is loading on the loading screen, no matter how long I wait, it always freeze on 84% loaded.

Now there's one problem, I cannot find any game data to delete, except game saves which I'm not risking to delete when it probably has no relevance to the freezing issues.

I checked the disc of my copy, it doesn't seem to be scratched or anything so this isn't the victim.

When the game freezes on the loading screen, I cannot access to the PS screen (when pressing the PS button on the controller), so I'm risking to turn it off, when it's turning off, I hear 3 beeps and it's still on... no matter how long I wait, it still won't turn off.

How can I fix this issue?

EDIT: I got the copy of FEAR 2 from LOVEFiLM.


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You're probably expecting a 'rage' post about never getting Rare's, but it's the contrary.

I've been playing for the past few days with a friend, and I seem to get a rare item on an average of 10 minutes per piece. Whereas my friend only gets rare pieces when it comes to boss levels.

Being a DH, and my friend a Monk, is there any class that by default gets rare pieces more frequently than others? Or certain levels, bosses?


texts: Bit.Trip Runner crashes immediately on boot

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I'm having trouble with Bit.Trip Runner on my laptop, installed using Steam.  I try to open the game, it tries to do its "initial install", then thinks for a moment with a black screen, before failing with the Windows error runner.exe has stopped working.  (So useful!)

I've asked a friend of mine to try loading the game, and it's working for him, so it appears to just be me.  It's also worked in the past for me, so it's probably either an update on my end or theirs.

I'm well and truly into the "throw solutions at the wall and see if any of them work" stage.  Things I have tried:

Deleting the downloaded files and redownloading them
Verifying the game cache
Updating DirectX
Downloading the "Offline installer" for DirectX and installing from that
Updating the Visual C++ Redistibutable, both x86 and x64
Updating OpenAL to the most recent version I could find
Repairing the .Net framework
Uninstalling-reboot-reinstalling most of the above
Replacing the files in the game's dependency directory with the latest versions
Running all Windows Updates I could find

None of which seems to have made the slightest bit of difference.  Has anyone else had this problem?  Is there some magic solution I might not have tried as yet?


texts: How are the Battle Points you earn calculated?

texts: What in game events affect how many points I earn? Is there a cap to how many I can earn in one match? Do I get points regardless of winning or losing?


texts: How do I finish the puzzle in Just A Little Bit Shy?

texts: The puzzle in Just a Little Bit Shy involves moving yellow blocks to interrupt lasers. I have tried this puzzle several times and it seems clear that there are not enough yellow blocks to open the door. In the picture below, every yellow block is covering a laser and the door is still not open. What do I have to do to solve this?


texts: Which vehicle has the lowest fuel consumption?

texts: If I were to travel exactly one mile by vehicle, which vehicle would consume the least amount of fuel? I'm asking this as I really don't like walking, but I don't like using up to much fuel either.


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If I try to drop off a bitizen at any level they don't want to be at they simply won't get off the elevator. However if I deliver a bitizen to the interrogation level they will always get off... And then vanish shortly after.

What happens if I deliver a bitizen to the interrogation level?

Will i ever see them again? Do these people DIE?


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I am playing minecraft feed the beast with the Direwolf20 pack, and I got all settings maxed.
With this settings I get with an AMD R9 290 around 100/200 FPS.
But even with this much fps, it looks like 20/40 fps, although fraps says 100/200.
What could be the problem?
I got the latest version of java and drivers.


texts: Is Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road the first game to implement paid upgrades?

texts: I went to the arcade recently and played Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (long name) for the first time. I noticed you could put tokens in the machine with the purpose of buying upgrades for your truck. Is this the first game to implement this sort of thing? I can't find anything online that says otherwise.


texts: Can I view a game's ESRB rating through Steam?

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This shocking news report about portal 2 confirms the awful truth of the game -- it calls itself an educational game, and indeed, is rated for everyone 10 and older, but it cannot hide the fact that the game is brutally prejudiced against adopted children who may be playing it.

While local news reporters continue to maintain that the sky is falling, I was actually curious about their second point -- that Portal 2 is rated E10+. While this was easily confirm-able by going to www.esrb.org, I wondered where (if!) this information was stored somewhere within the interface of the steam store itself, as I couldn't find it.

Genre, sure. Player count, yes. Merchandise? Two companion cubes is enough for me, thanks. But ESRB rating? Nowhere to be found.

Does Steam list the ESRB rating of the titles they sell? If so, where can I find this info within the client?


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I'm desperate to know how to hide this health bar, it just appears from nowhere, and I tried all keys possible but it still remains:

How can I hide the upper left health bar?


texts: Queuing for Heroic Burning Crusade in WoW Dungeon FInder

texts: I started playing WoW again after 10 or so years and the Dungeon Finder is kind of new to me, so help me out. I'm level 80. I can use the Dungeon Finder to queue for Burning Crusade Normal, Wrath of the Lich King Normal and WotLK Heroic... but I can't queue for Burning Crusade Heroic. Why not? I want to run a Heroic BC dungeon to build some rep, but the BC Heroic section doesn't even show up in my options.


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I play AoE3 fine on my laptop, using my 1080p as my primary screen at home (at 1920x1080) however when I try to run it at school (again on my laptop), I get an error stating:

Initialization Failed
Direct3D initialization failed.  Possible causes:
Old or corrupted graphics driver.
Direct3D improperly installed.
Hardware acceleration disabled.
Starting the application with the workstation locked.

Please check the log file for more information.

Anyone have any ideas?

I can run the game at just about max settings just fine with my 1080p screen....


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I just finished AC Brotherhood. Not with the full sync though. Here is what I don't understand (with spoiler tag markup):

  At the end of the story when Desmond pickup the apple he kills Lucy! Why?  The alien that was controlling Desmond with the apple gave some vague explanation, but I did not understand it.


texts: What is the Market of Time supposed to do?

texts: One of the original scenarios in Heroes of Might and Magic III, Titan's Winter, contains a strange map structure on the final piece of land, the "Market of Time". This is the only scenario containing this structure, and when I visit it with my hero, nothing happens. What is it supposed to do, or is it just something akin to an Easter Egg?


texts: How can I fight the wall of flesh without killing the guide?

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I'm nearing hardmode, but I have moral objections to sacrificing the Guide in order to fight the Wall of Flesh. Even in a silly video game I don't want to be that evil.

Is there a way to summon the Wall of Flesh without sacrificing the Guide?

I'm not interested in solutions like "accidentally kill a voodoo demon over the lava", I want to actually not kill the Guide.


texts: What are the limitations on catching pokemon in the Pokemon Dream World?

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I used the Pokemon Global Link website for the first time the other day, and I left with a few of my questions about how it works answered but with many more new ones.  I can probably figure most of them out through experimentation, but there was one concern I had above all the rest.

When Fennel was explaining the board inside your house (where you have a picture of the Pokemon  you caught while going over the rainbow bridge), she said something along the lines of "If you have 50 pictures on the board, you can't cross the rainbow bridge any more!"

Does this mean that there is a hard limit of 50 pokemon you can ever catch in the dream world?  Once you catch an aggregate of 50 pokemon over all your visits, you can never catch another?  If not, how do you clear out the board so that you can catch more?

If so, I'm going to be more judicious in which ones I catch and which ones I just pass over.


texts: Everytime I dismiss a roommate a different roommate is in my apartment

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So since I decided to plan to move into an the apartment with 2 adults, 1 baby and 1 kitten. So, my family went to their apartment and there was someone living there trying to go to bed. I dismissed the roommate but 2 seconds later a different roommate is back again! I can't even turn off roommate services and the button is gone too.
Do I really need a roommate?


texts: Can i copy a game from my friend ps4 to mine without download it from my account?

texts: I purchased a game from the ps store from my account, the size of download is 118 gb, my friend has the game downloaded, can i copy the game from his ps4 to mine?