texts: Is HDTV expected to lag when hooked to a computer's DVI?

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I just hooked up my computer to a Sony Google TV via a DVI-to-HDMI cable and at the same time my monitor is still hooked up, so I'm on dual-display now. The video, the graphics, and the resolution all look great and crystal clear on the HDTV. The problem I have though is that its responsiveness is slow.

I don't know how that's possible, but any mouse or keyboard interaction I do, I can feel at least a half-a-second delay until the HDTV displays my input. For example, if I click on an icon, I can visually see it selected after at least half a second.

So I wanted to see how much that would affect gaming, I fire up WoW and it is so difficult to play with that lag. Moving around, casting spells, and clicking buttons are all on that same 500ms delay.

Make no mistake though, I don't see a lag in graphics -- I get the normal 60-75 fps just fine, but it feels like it takes a while for the display to display.  And the weirdest thing is that if I move over the mouse to the normal monitor, the responsiveness is absolutely normal.  Move it back to the TV, and it's on that lag again.

So the question is, who is the culprit?

The DVI-to-HDMI converter cable?
The graphics card?
The Sony Google TV itself? Any special settings I don't know about?
Is it just HDTV being HDTV and this whole thing is expected?  (I don't like this answer).


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I'm 15 hours into the game and I'm playing quite thoroughly.

Approximately how many hours should a thorough player get out of the game?
If you focus on only the main missions, how quickly could it be done?


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I play an Outlander and have invested in passive Shadowling Ammo and Poison Burst, both of which may produce an effect upon enemy death. Let's assume I have a activation chance of 20% on both.

How are the effects evaluated?
Is it separately, meaning it is possible to have both the effects occur in a single event instance? [I.e. killing an enemy produces a poison burst and a shadowling.] That would also give me a 40% chance of at least one effect happening, and a 4% chance of both happening, I guess.

Or is it consecutively? If yes, it'd most probably work by evaluating one effect and only evaluating the other if the first failed. There are other possibilities, but from my observations I'd guess this be the case.
Or is it something else altogether?


texts: Can I level to 60 as prefered if I buy shadow of revan expansion?

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Simple question, I will be going back to preferred status tomorrow, but I would like to continue the game to level 60.

If I buy the shadow of revan expansion, will I be able to play the hutt cartel and new expansion without being subscribed.


texts: How can I create a "master" switch with redstone?

texts: How can I create a "master" switch with sub-switches all connected to the master switch? When then master switch is turned on, it allows power to go to all the sub-switch (when the sub-switches are on). When a sub-switch is turned off, its output cannot receive power.


texts: Dragons stuck in Breeding Cave in Dragonvale?

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My kids are playing Dragonvale on their iPod touches, and they have dragons stuck in their breeding cave and they won't come out:

They've got the most recent update from the app store
They've waited for over 4 days, and there's no indicator of the breeding completing.

We've tried the following with no luck:

Reinstalled the app
Logged in and out of game center
Tried it on another iPod touch

Any suggestions on how to fix this? They have 2 breeding caves, if it matters, and both are stuck.


texts: Is griefing by mobs in Minecraft really random?

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When a creeper settled on the only part of rail in miles that had powered rails, I shrugged it off. When two creepers dropped on me from above without giving me a second of chance, just as I was passing over a lake of fire, I thought "bad luck". But when I ran naked at night, after a respawn, to a shelter with iron door, chased by a crowd of mobs, only to find the one specific block with the door button removed by an enderman, I began suspecting there's more to it than "hide in random dark place", "move blocks at random" etc.

Is there a specific code in Minecraft, responsible for mobs trying to damage critical infrastructure on purpose? e.g. an enderman preferring that one block with a button on it versus 300 other blocks of the house?


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What's the cost to construct and operate the Space Center? What are the benefits and how do they work? How does it increase the "tech level" of nearby buildings?

The information across the web is very sparse on the Space Center so I'm asking this question in hopes for increased community knowledge on it. I plan on answering it with everything I've observed myself to create a more detailed guide on Space Center similar to the Arcology guide.


texts: How to pump mercury into Industrial Grinder?

texts: I've tried everything I can think of to put mercury in the Industrial Grinder.  I'm using FTB Ultimate.  I have a setup that pumps water in just fine.  I have been unable to pump in liquid Mercury, or export mercury cells using AE, or even use a router to insert it into cell 2.  Any suggetions?


texts: Is it possible to activate and play Mortal Kombat X in Germany?

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I'm wondering if it's possible to activiate and play Mortal Kombat X over Steam, in Germany, even though I would have to get it from another country.

I know it's against Steam's rules to use a VPN or Proxy to activate a game not available in your country.

So you have to use a VPN to activate a (virtual) key, but how does it work if you order the box version of the game from another country and try to activate it then?

May it be possible to do so without breaking Steam's rules?


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I'm on the second run in with Ophilia's army and I'm having a bit of trouble dealing with her Reapers.

In addition to killing me when I get with in 30 feet, they also seem to be just as effective against my other troops.

How do I manage that situation?


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Is it possible to play the game without joining the Minutemen?

What happens if you don't join any factions? Are there still quests to do?


texts: What creatures and generic NPCs can be reanimated with each of the 'Conjuration - Reanimate' spells?

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The 'Conjuration - Reanimate' spells you can get improve as you level up your Conjuration Skill:

(Conjuration - Reanimate Spell, Conjuration skill level requirement, and the spell description)

Raise Zombie - 0 - Reanimate a weak dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds
Reanimate Corpse - 25 - Reanimate a more powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds
Revenant - 50 - Reanimate a powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds
Dread Zombie - 75 - Reanimate a very powerful dead body to fight for you for 60 seconds
Dead Thrall - 100 - Reanimate a dead body permanently to fight for you

Based on these descriptions, it is hard to know what exactly the spell will work on. What is a weak dead body? A more powerful dead body? A powerful dead body? etc.?

Skyrim classifies creatures and NPCs into generic classes as enumerated on the pages below:

List of Creatures (from UESP)
List of Generic NPCs (from UESP)

Within each of these classes, there is also a breakdown of more powerful types of those classes that are added as the player levels. So within the Bandit class, there is the initial Bandit, then the Bandit Outlaw, then the Bandit Thug, etc. From this information, it seems apparent that the weak, more powerful, and powerful descriptions may be related to the type within each creature or NPC class as the types themselves do not scale to the player's level with the exception of boss-types. The Reanimate spells' qualifications of power may relate to class as well.

From http://uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Leveling#Effects_of_Leveling :

  ...all leveled enemies are generated more like leveled creatures in Fallout. For example, Bandit NPCs are always a fixed level for their name (Bandits are level 1, Bandit Thugs are level 9, Bandit Highwaymen are level 14, etc). The player's level affects the range of possible bandit types generated within a bandit dungeon, and probably the frequency, but does not seem to affect the resulting stats except in a few rare cases. Lower variant bandits remain reasonably common even when more dangerous bandits are available.

To optimize magicka consumption, it would be useful to know the minimum level of reanimation spell necessary for a given class and type of enemy. So, what is the minimum level of reanimation spell needed for each type of each creature and NPC class? It would be nice if there were a set of general rules such as "regardless of class of creature or NPC, if they appear after the player is between levels X and Y, then you need at least the level Z conjuration spell" or "these classes of NPCs and creatures all need at least the level Z conjuration spell."


texts: How to give Minecraft server members permissions for plugin? (server provider: aternos)

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I want to use the waypoints plugin but I need to give me and other members permissions. I was recommended luckperms but since I am doing all this for the first time I was only confused by their explanations. I tried the discord but they only told me to google... is there anyone who can explain it a bit more specifically? I've never done anything like this before ever. Just googling it didn't help, this is why I tried asking people...
the waypoints description says:
waypoints.command:
This permission is required to use the /waypoints command
in case anyone here needs to know that to help me.


texts: I can't figure out what the limitations are for trading technologies to my human ally.  At first I had a large list of techs to give him.  Since we are doing a co-op vs AI we decided to research in different trees and just trade each other new techs.  After several turns of this the game stopped letting me trade him tech even when I had just finished something that I knew he didn't have.  Can anyone shed some light on this?


texts: How much are the bonuses for each choice at the end of Act 1?

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At the end of the raid on Loren's tower, you're given a choice to either set off the bomb or disarm the bomb.

For setting off the bomb, you get a permanent Respect bonus. For disarming the bomb, you get a permanent Cash bonus.

How much are each of these bonuses? Are they a one-time deal, like X amount of Respect/Cash at once, or are they an increased percentage of what you earn, like the perk you can buy that gives you 5% increased Respect earned?


texts: Killing zombies with weapons in Die2Nite

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How do weapons work in Die2Nite? I'm interested in the game mechanics, the manual is a bit terse on that point.

Do you need APs to kill zombies with them?
How many zombies can you kill with one?
How do weapons differ from each other?
Which weapons are effective, and which should I ignore?
What are the risks of attacking zombies with weapons?


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I'm playing the glitch-riddled Fallout New Vegas. I'm on the Deathclaw Promontory and managed to kill one while sliding down the side of a rock. I'm now INSIDE the rock. I can run about, i can see back out the rock but i hit the "invisible" rock edges and cannot move out from within it!

Please dont say i have to load an earlier save?

Is there a way of getting out of a rock glitch!


texts: How do I cross the inside of the Great Tree?

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I'm inside the Great Tree.  In front of me are two floating platforms, hanging from ropes.  I can leap across to the first platform, but can't leap to the next, or to the ledge on the left.  How in the world do I get to the second platform?

I've tried running back and forth to get the platform to swing.  I've tried doing a spin move out of the water, but can't get high enough.  The only result is more stillness.


texts: How to make a 6v6 custom match on Ecopoint: Antarctica?

texts: I wanted to make a custom match that was 6v6 on Ecopoint: Antarctica but I can't seem to adjust the settings right. Is it possible to do this?


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I've been away from FF XIV for quite some time, the game has changed a lot.

I want to check out Heavensward content before the next expansion drops but I'm not a high enough level.

Is there a known routine to quickly level up classes in FF XIV?


texts: How can I change the position of mob limbs?

texts: I'm in need of changing the position of the Enderman's legs when it is in the sitting pose. I have tried searching the files but I couldn't find them so asking here.


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I've just recently started finding S+ soldiers on the battlefield, which I've eagerly extracted so I can get them to work for Mother Base.

However, aside from the S+ and S++ soldiers I've received for finishing missions 31 and 46, I have not a single soldier above S rank, not even in the Brig. Also, when I complete my mission after extracting S+ enemies, the highest ranking soldiers I see in my new staff report are all S ranked.

I get the feeling the game is artificially demoting the soldiers I extract when they're above S rank. What am I doing wrong and how can I finally get some fresh S+ blood?


texts: Are there multiple active spells in Smite?

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I just started playing Smite, so I may not be using the correct terminolgy.  During the games, I used the F and G "spells" quite often.  The F spell restored mana, and the G spell gives a speed boost.

I compare these to the summoner spells in League of Legends where you have a handful to choose from before the game.  Does Smite have spells to chose from as well, or is it currently just the mana restore and speed boost spells?

I looked on the smite wiki, and all I found was the Controls page, where it labels the F and G keys as Store Active 1 and Store Active 2 respectively.


texts: How to spawn a named, enchanted, unbreakable sword?

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I am building a map based of a simulation world and I am trying to build an OP sword for myself as a test runner. I have part of the command, I just need help sticking the {Unbreakable:1} into the command

Current command:

/Give Hydrotronics diamond_sword 1 0 {display:{Name"Valkyrie's Lance",Lore:[The Ragnite Hums As The Lance Rests In Your Hands]},ench:[{Id:16,Lvl:200},{Id:19,Lvl:3},{Id:20,Lvl:13},{Id:20,Lvl:13},{Id:17,Lvl:30},{Id:34,Lvl:10}]}

I tried removing Id:34 (Unbreaking) and replacing it with {Unbreakble:1} but the Unbreakable didn't come through.


texts: How do grey-background words differ (other than colour)?

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There is a Flash game called Typing Maniac. It involves typing words that are falling from above.

There are some special words that are given a different background colour, usually meaning that they'll reward a special which is a special power. Words with backgrounds coloured other than (off-)white usually have a special effect and appear more less commonly.

However, some words have a grey background, instead of yellow, red, blue, or purple which reward specials. Words that have a grey background appear as infrequently as words that reward specials. Thirdly, words that have a grey background do not reward a special.

What do grey-background words do?


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Steam want to validate the cache of Team fortress 2, everytime I launch it, pretty darn irritating.

Frag at 0%, Running it in Win 8(VHD)

Any way to skip it?

P.S:-It is nowhere related to HDD failing in my case, though it might indicate data corruption in your's, see SMART data.


texts: Minecraft scoreboards: how do I track how many times a player kills another specific player?

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So I'm trying to create a scoreboard that tracks the kills of players, but I only want it to increase when they kill a specific player, in this case just the player IGN would do.
I was thinking it would be something like:
/scoreboard objectives add (scoreboardName) minecraft.killed:(player)

but I haven't got it working.
What command should I use?
Btw this is in 1.16.4


texts: Making mutations on "Mighty Morphin'" mission

texts: The directions in this quest ("Mighty Morphin'") are really poor. I'm stuck on "injecting pods" at the waypoint area, but there is nothing to interact with. I saw videos online of fighting "mutated badass" varkids, but they aren't in this area, and the varkids in other areas just die. I don't see any pods. What do I need to do to collect this garbage for Hammerlock? (And, specifically, how can I make varkids mutate?)


texts: I know 9999 coins maxes out the coins display, but do coins accrue beyond the 9999 even if they don't display? For example, if I have 9999 coins, find 10, and spend 10, will my display register as 9999 or 9989? Trying to determine whether I would immediately need to spend down the number or else risk wasting coins.


texts: Is it possible to convert common resources into a sellable form?

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Common resources, such as: dirt, mud, ash, and stone, cannot be sold in the game. But can you convert these items into others through crafting which will allow you to sell them?

If this is the case it will be more beneficial to keep things like these to sell later on.


texts: Is it possible to charm/intimidate The Illusive Man on Mars with only an imported ME2 character?

texts: I just started my second playthrough of ME3 with a second ME2 imported character, and on Mars, I still didn't pass the rep check for The Illusive Man.  My Paragon bar was basically full in ME2 (I passed the Morinth check).  I started with total rep slightly below the first tick, which I assume is what's required to pass that rep check, and quickly surpassed it during my first visit to the Citadel.  My question is how can I make up the difference before speaking with The Illusive Man, or is it even possible in my case?  Is it only possible with an imported ME3 save?


texts: How to test if someone died twice and then put them in creative with invisiblite x in command blocks

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I am doing a minigame map, and there are a couple events I want to set-up:

If someone dies twice they will be eliminated and put into creative with invisibility X
If all of a persons wool is captured, and placed on an enemy stand, the owner of the wood is eliminated.

I do not have a scoreboard set up yet, but if someone could tell me how to do what I said above that would be great.


texts: How do I get into Potema's Catecombs for the Dawnguard artifact?

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I'm doing the Dawnguard radient quests that send you to three random locations for three random artifacts, and I've been sent to recover a hammer from Potema's catacombs. However, I've finished the Wolf Queen quest ages ago, so the entrance is once more behind an unpickable lock.

Since the dungeon is on the radient quest's location list, I assume there's supposed to be a way to get into it for the quest, but I can't figure out how. What am I supposed to do to get through this locked gate into the catacombs?


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In Fallout Shelter, is it possible to remove the elevator at the entrance to the shelter and replace it with a room, or is it there to enforce depth growth?

Can it be done if I send everyone out to the wastelands and remove all the rooms?


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This is the description of essence reaver:

  +65 Attack Damage
  +20% Critical Strike Chance

  UNIQUE Passive: +10% Cooldown Reduction.
  UNIQUE Passive: Gain
  increasingly more Cooldown Reduction from Critical Strike Chance
  provided by other sources (maximum +20% additional Cooldown Reduction
  at 30% Critical Strike Chance).
  UNIQUE Passive: Critical strikes restore 3% of your maximum Mana pool.

I wanted to know, if the critical chance of the item itself (20%) is getting involved here as well. When I for instance have 10% critical chance through runes and would buy essence reaver, would I gain 30% cdr instantly?


texts: Do any items or skills boost weapon switch speed?

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I enjoy fighting with some elemental effects on my side but they're not always the most powerful weapon I have on hand. Sometimes I like to start with some potentially weaker but elemental gun then switching to a higher DPS variant to finish the bad guys off... particularly with slag weapons (for obvious reasons).

Maybe it's just the fireaxe Pyro in me, but I feel like my weapon switch speed is way slow and not suited to this type of play. Is there any item or skill that I use to bump the weapon switch speed a bit?


texts: Does shooting a creature's head do more damage than shooting its limbs?

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In Dead Space, you're encouraged to blow off creatures' limbs instead of just aiming for the body.  Usually taking off 2 or 3 limbs will kill most creatures, but most games reward head shots more than limb shots.  I'm not sure if that is the case with Dead Space, because of the importance of dismemberment in the game.

Are any of the creatures more vulnerable to head-shots than limb-shots?


texts: How to find path for the mazes in Metal Gear (NES)?

texts: I just played through Metal Gear (NES) again for the first time in ~23 years. A good game. What I don't understand though, is that it seems as though we HAVE to go through the mazes in the game in order to complete it and I can't remember finding any information ingame on how to get through them. Is that correct? We HAVE TO go through the mazes AND there is no ingame information about the correct path? Just... trial and error?


texts: XBOX 360 not booting up after update corrupted files

texts: So I have an XBOX 360 slim that I don't update all the time, I don't have internet where I live, so I have to update it at friend's houses. (Why do you hate poor people, Microsoft?) Someone gave me Batman Arkham Origins for Christmas, but of course to play it I had to update the console. I did that and my profile was corrupted. I tried to delete the corrupted files and it froze up on me, so I tried powering it down. Now it literally will do nothing. It makes that bing noise when I push Eject or Power, but no light comes on. It just bings and sits there.  Any thoughts? I mean other than "buy a new one" because that isn't going to happen unless gold crapping mole men from Titan set up shop in my back yard.


texts: If I create a new Nintendo ID, can I still play my games I have downloaded to an SD card?

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I Was wondering if I am able to keep games that I have downloaded to an SD card if I create a new Nintendo ID.

I  dislike my Nintendo ID very much. I had not chosen it, and it is offensive to me.


texts: Are there any strategies for getting better weapons/items in Realm of the Mad God?

texts: I am constantly dying in this game, and I would like to be able to equip myself better/more swiftly. I haven't found any rhyme or reason to the way enemies drop weapons yet. Are there any specific ways I can go about finding better items/weapons?


texts: Minecraft bukkit plugin for maintaining a separate resettable mining world?

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A friend told me that he had played on a server that had a plugin or something that maintained a separate world he could teleport into, which was rich in minerals.

Every so often, that world was dropped, and thus recreated, and was ever-fresh every day with new minerals.

Does anyone know the name of that plugin, or how to set up this system?

We have bukkit on our server, but not much else other than "bukkit essentials".


texts: Witcher 3 PC DLCs taking up too much space on hard drive

texts: ill be quick, downloaded/installed all patches and dlc with no prob. game is working 100%, but all 13 Dlc's are marked as 27gb space each as the game itself on the HDD,making it full .. what i did wrong? Thanks in advance...


texts: No picture or sound from SNES, newer-ish tv?

texts: I just bought a SNES on eBay and I was pretty disappointed to open the box and see that the port for the power cable  is busted (missing the actual port, just had two wires left) anyway, according to other websites I should still be able to make it work. I have the red light shinnjng on the Nintendo console, and have tried putting in different games and resetting, etc. Nothing seems to work. On my tv channel 3 and 4 just show up as black screens with the message "no input". The video and hdmi channels are black too, no sound either. So you think it is because of the port or is the actual Nintendo console dead? I will probably return it but I was super stoked to get this so I thought I better give it a last ditch effort.. I will try to upload some picks of how I have everything set up.


texts: During the mission "Hunting the Archon", what is the impact of choosing to save the Salarians over the Krogan?

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Near the end of the mission "Hunting the Archon", while you're aboard the Archon's ship you're contacted by the Salarian path finder who has found more Salarians cornered off and unable to escape, while simultaneously being contacted by a team of Krogan scouts who had turned up uninvited.

Due to the long history between the Krogans and the Salarians this choice seems like it would be one that carries significant weight and has lasting repercussions.

What is the impact of choosing to save the Salarians over saving the Krogan?


texts: Do Minecraft save files use a Python interface?

texts: How do Minecraft save files work? Is there a Python interface?


texts: Once something has been sold to a merchant, does it disappear?

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I am quite sure I have sold the first dragon priest mask I found, to a merchant.
I'm not entirely sure which merchant though. It happened a long time ago, now.

Can I find the merchant and buy it back, or will it have disappeared, once the store was re-stocked?


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I’m playing a bit of hardcore and I’m building a farm. My problem is that sometimes when I go to plant one the ground refuses to take my seed.

This is unacceptable! Resources are short. Sometimes walking a large distance away changes this though.

So I’m wondering is this an in-game mechanic I am unaware of or is this a bug? The wiki has no mention of this as an in-game mechanic. I am using Java version 1.14.2.

Here is a screenshot of one of the affected areas:

I have tried removing the block, re-hoeing, and attempting to sow the seed again. Nothing worked. I even tried the soil in different states (wet or dry).


texts: How do I configure a plasmid to a keyboard key?

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I just got the Electro Bolt 3 plasmid and would like to set it to F1 (my previous Electro Bolt plasmids were set to F1), along with my other plasmids which set keys I also want to reconfigure. When I got it, the game by default, set the Electro Bolt 3 plasmid to F4.

I went to a Gene Bank to ensure that it is in the first slot, thinking that that will set it to F1:

However, the game still sets the Electro Bolt 3's keyboard key as F4, and the other plasmids  aren't in order too:

How do I configure or "force" a plasmid to a specified keyboard key? Is there a workaround here?

Note: I'm using the default keyboard configuration.


texts: How do you increase the amount of attack hits?

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At the moment, in chapter 4, with a job like Ninja or Hunter, i can hit 10-11 times with each attack.
I have notice that if i change to a job with few levels, the amount of hits are capped.
Dows anyone know how this works?

There is a skill that doubles the number of hits. What is the maximum number of hits?


texts: How to get the circus troupe merchant to show up?

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I'm trying to round out my early game Gwent deck. According to multiple sources, there should be a Circus troupe encampment northwest of Carsten, west of the Vegelbud estate. There I want to find this merchant who sells multiple cards. However, when I go there the area is completely empty.

Does the camp only appear later in the game, or during a particular quest? Or is there some other condition to unlocking him?

I have the Steam GOTY edition with all DLCs installed.


texts: Can you throw a teammate in the brig to get them aboard the ship faster?

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I'm watching some streamers/youtubers play Sea of Thieves, and I'm wondering something:

If a team mate falls off the ship, or is far away on an island; could you vote him into the brig then vote him out to teleport him to the ship (instead of waiting for him to make his way to the ship)?

Would voting a player of the crew into the brig teleport him aboard, or are there limitations to the vote into the brig system that would prevent this from working?


texts: What is the range of a Mage's Alter Time?

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Alter Time
Alter the fabric of time, causing the caster to return to their current location, health, mana, buffs, and debuffs, when cast a second time, or after 6 sec.
Effect negated if the caster dies within the 6 sec before the effect occurs or moves too far away.

When looking at the spell or the buff for Alter Time, neither actually mentions the range that counts as "too far away." How many yards away from the casting position is a Mage allowed to move before Alter Time no longer works?


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I quickly clicked through an interface - it sounded like the weapons merchant is capped (his tools are not good enough), and there is a quest somewhere in the "northwest mountains" to unlock higher level weapons.

i can't seem to find this quest, though. Where is it/where do i go to find him metal for his tools?


texts: I am kind of struggling with defeating red helmets in unepic. Although I managed to get 5 of them down one by one for the quest to get frost magic I am having a hard time solving the quest where I should rescue some frost/water monster which is located in a room with like 10 of these nasty little creatures. So any tricks or a bullet proof strategies out there?


texts: Darksiders 2 - DE on PS4 pro: freezes, crashes, etc

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As a PS Plus member, I downloaded Darksiders 2 DE earlier this month to play it on my PS4 Pro.

Except the video introduction, the game is freezing / crashing almost every minute I'm playing.

I try a lot of things, including:

disabling high quality shadows
disabling damage indicator
disabling Boost Mode (on the PS4 settings)
disabling subtitles

That's too bad, I played for 5 minutes and it seems to be a fun game.

Any tips or help?


texts: I just started playing Trove today and I was editing my plot. I removed my crafting bench thinking it would pop into my inventory so I could place it elsewhere but it didn't. I can't find a recipe or instructions for how to build or buy a new one.


texts: How would I test if a player has an air block underneath their feet? (1.14)

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I'm attempting to make a "midas touch"-eqsue system where the block underneath the player's feet will turn to a gold block. However, I found that'll be troublesome if I don't detect for air blocks, since that will basically allow for the player to jump and walk in mid-air.

My command is currently this;
execute as @a at @s unless block ~ ~-1 ~ air run fill ~ ~-1 ~ ~ ~-1 ~ gold_block

Oddly, it's not looking for any (or simply isn't finding) any air blocks at all. It will detect other blocks and refuse to run there, eg. I replaced "air" with "diamond_block" and it worked in not turning diamond blocks, but it refuses to work with air.

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


texts: Accessing DLC in Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition (PC)

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I'm having trouble accessing the DLC in Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition on PC. I completed the game and then installed the DLC from disc 2. I then re-inserted Disc 1 and loaded all of the files for the "Data Files" option in the launcher window.

How do I access my DLC? when I load my most recent save nothing pops up saying new quests or options are available. I've tried starting a new game and I've searched through the downloads option in the main menu but to no avail.


texts: How did the Flood survive the activation of the Halo array?

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I was watching Halo Legends on Netflix, a kind of Animatrix for the Halo series, and a couple shorts talked about the early history of the Forerunners, Flood, and purpose of the Halo array.

From the shorts and games, I know that the Halo array was meant to scrub the galaxy of sentient life, and in so doing remove the Flood, which parasitized sentient organisms. It seems like it was super-effective, so how did the Flood survive?


texts: How do I run multiple Minecraft server instances on a single physical server?

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I am running a Minecraft server (using Docker) on a physical server. So far, everything's working.
Now I would like to run a second server using a second Docker container, with a different configuration, but on the same physical server. The reason for this is that AFAIK a Minecraft server can only host one world with one configuration, and I'd like to have one server in creative mode, and another one in survival mode.
Now, I need to set up ports for those servers. Is it enough to map port 25565 to another port, and the client is then able to access it, if I provide the IP address / port combination? Or is there anything else I need to watch out for?


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So there is 1st ending when you

   complete whole upper part of the mountain.

2nd ending when you

   complete the gate-based enviromental puzzle

I would expect 3rd ending when you complete all obelisks, but once I've done it I haven't been able to find any trigger. Completing all 523 puzzles didn't help ether. Is there any 3rd ending? Are there any changes after completing all obelisks besides their color and fountains?


texts: Are there multiple animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy's 3?

texts: I've been watching videos about FNAF3 and my friend thinks the only animatronic is Springtrap. In the videos I saw the player got killed by Phantom Foxy but he still doubts me. He backed himself and said that the other animatronics are just hallucinations made by Springtrap. I'm kind of confused if they are hallucinations or if there is multiple animatronics. Can somebody who actually knows tell me if there are multiple animatronics in FNAF3?


texts: Skyrim ctd after a short playtime, help!

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my problem is that my Skyrim crashes after a short playtime each time I play.. There is no specific place, action or thing that causes this (a least as far as I can see). Though sometimes a certain action crashes it each time. An example: Was ctd in arcanaeum each time after reading a few books (got past it by disabling enb). Now I'm in dwemer ruins and one of the I get a ctd when one of the mechanic spiders explodes after I kill it. Note that I can kill all the other spiders up to him without a ctd.
the problem started soon after I bought a new, better laptop and transferred my Skyrim there, copied it instead of reinstalling it. As it was a better laptop I augmented the appearance compared to before. I activated shadows and added enb. Though I ended up deactivating the enb cause it slowed the game too much and made the ctd more often.

Here are infos:
211 hours in the game (don't know if it's relevant)

Laptop specs:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7300HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz
Video Card Intel(R) HD Graphics 630
Video Card #2 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
RAM 8.0 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 (build 15063), 64-bit

Modlist and INIs:
https://modwat.ch/u/peindora/plugins

MemBlocks log:
logging of blocks enabled
logging max values only
Timer disabled
Block1 Block2
512MB 256MB
85 8
85 8

Please help me find the problem and thanks in advance


texts: Does the "Conditioning" perk improve sneak and stamina?

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I have a warrior/mage build, and I am specializing in heavy armor. I'm doing this because I tend to die easy and light armor doesn't sound like enough protection (despite what others say).

I was wondering: if I get the Conditioning perk, will this help with my sneak and stamina?


texts: Do the shields of Magic Weapon Deflection and Dominance stack?

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I'm using Magic weapon Deflection and Dominance (passive) at the moment but I'm not really sure whether they stack. In other words: Do I get more shields this way, or is one skill just wasted here?
Please provide some form of prove with your answer, I'd like to be sure, not to speculate/discuss.


texts: What does the treasure chest icon indicate on the map tooltip for Shrines?

texts: What does the treasure chest icon on a Shrine's tooltip (next to the Shrine's name) mean? Does it indicate that there is an unopened chest remaining, or that you have found all the chests?


texts: Anno 2205: How to build a Desalinization Plant?

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I have just bought a game named Anno 2205, set basics like minimum difficulty and started a new game.

The problem is I shall build a Desalinization Plant, but it requires Coastal Building Site and I can't figure out literally in several hours as to where I can find one.


texts: What does the arrow mean when you pick up a weapon?

texts: When I pick up weapons/ shields, then on the right side of the screen, you see it, but with a red/green/gray arrow pointing up, down, and sideways. what does that mean? I can pick up a fresh new weapon, but it still has the red down arrow on it. Other times, it's green, but it's already used. What does that mean? I'm really confused.


texts: What is the easiest way to spare Mettaton EX?

texts: I'm stuck on the Mettaton EX fight. Is there an easy way to beat him in a Pacifist run?


texts: How do I move redstone signals vertically (for a vertical sticky-piston door)?

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I'm trying to make a variation on the sticky-piston hidden door, in which two sticky pistons are activated by a pressure plate in a corridor to reveal either a hidden room, or a treasure chest, or trap, or anything else.

Stepping on the pressure plate would turn off the circuit so that one sticky piston pulls a block up into the ceiling, and the other pulls a block down into the floor. The resultant opening is one block wide by two blocks high.

The problem is I don't know how to wire the redstone vertically. A basic sticky-piston door is easy, as long as the blocks slide left or right but are harder to hide, which is why I want up-down activation. I just can't figure out the signal transmission.

I got half of it working - the down part - after I first posted this. It's getting the current to run up that is giving me trouble. I tried mirror-inverting my system for down to up and it didn't working

I have shredded Google trying to find a tutorial for vertical piston doors, but have failed to find anything. Can somebody give me a step-by-step or the link to a video tutorial in which this has already been done?

Thanks!


texts: How does the metric for Most Successful Heroes differ from "Performance" in Heroes Played?

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On my profile page, the Most Successful Heroes list Silencer, Spirit Breaker and Mirana.

However, on Heroes Played sorted by "Performance", there are heroes that I have a better performance with:

How do these two metrics relate?


texts: How to make simple autofire work in Mame 2.2.6

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I am using Mame to play Final Fight.
I always want simple auto fire for punch button.
How to do it?
1st I have to turn on autofire plugin right?
Then I open final fight rom and go to plugin
I saw this

Okay I am very confused here.
First I want to get rid the existing autofire buttons and start over. How do I do so? Where is the setting saved?
Then how does it work? I want punch button to be autofire.
Should I use some front end? Can I do this with Vanilla Mame?
How does it work anyway? We press the autofire button and then we press the correct button?
Can I have a button for normal and autofire to be different buttons?


texts: Will this Instant Repeater design work reliably?

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I'm currently looking into the mechanism of redstone in minecraft. For one circuit, I need an instant repeater, and reading Minecraft wiki, the smallest one so far is the 4x5x3 instant repeater by sethbling.

Experimenting a bit, I found the attached circuit to repeat instantly as well (both noteboxes activate at the same time, at least more synced compared to a one tick delay introduced by a repeater).

Is there any fault with this circuit? I am suprised that I couldn't find this solution googling for instant repeaters as its even more compact (3x3x2).


texts: Finding 'The Five Tenets' Dark Brotherhood book?

texts: I'm trying to find interesting books to put in my bookshelves so they're not all... empty and stuff. I saw a reference to a book named The Five Tenets, a Dark Brotherhood book. I looked at the wiki for any locations of it, and it's only found in the two sanctuaries. I can't seem to find it in the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary though and I don't want to put everything on it being in the Dawnstar Sanctuary without knowing for sure that it will be there.


texts: What/where are the treasure maps that I can find?

texts:
I was just browsing through some of my statistics for the game, and when you go into Options > Stats > Exploration the first thing listed there is Treasure Maps Found and I have a 0% there. When I first saw it I thought of the Smugglers missions in The Bayou which revealed a bunch of treasure chest locations, but I've already completed all of those and this still says 0% next to it.

Where are these treasure maps I can find and what all do they actually reveal to me?


texts: How do I deal with Terran harassment as Zerg?

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http://sc2rep.net/replays/starcraft-2-replay-z-atnmardow-vs-t-naama-delta-quadrant-09-06-2010

How can I win this game as Zerg? First zerg gets harassed by a bunch of hellions, so you must get a couple of zerglings and roaches. When you tech towards those units, you have invisible banshee killing your queens/drones. So you must quickly tech up to mutas/hydras, but when you have 2-3 mutas finished and you take out those banshees, you now have MM ball with tanks in front of your base, because that terran was all the time massing these units. And because you were forced to tech in this early stage of game, you don't have much units. And GG is inevitable.


texts: Are there any links to data on Offense vs Defense win/loss ratio for various maps?

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I am curious to see which maps in Team Fortress 2 favor Offense or Defense.  I know that Steam collects massive amounts of data on player statistics so they probably have the data somewhere.

Does anyone have a link to statistics on which maps have had more offense wins vs defense wins or vice versa?


texts: Are the class requirements different in Final Fantasy Tactics for the iPhone?

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I bought the iPhone version of Final Fantasy Tactics, and I just levelled my Thief to 3 and my Monk to 3. It was my understanding that at this point the Thief could upgrade to a Lancer and the Monk could become a Geomancer.  I looked up the level requirements and I was right. Yet, when I go to change their classes, the option for Lancer or Geomancer do not show up.

Are the level requirements different for the iPhone?  Is there something I may be missing?


texts: Can I search games by estimated play time?

texts: In the Steam store, is there any way to search for "short games", e.g., games with an estimated completion time of less than 1 hour? I did not find such option in the advanced search link.


texts: Fallout New Vegas Hidden Weapon Extra Ammo

texts: Somewhere along the road to Jacobstown in FONV, if you turn right and keep walking, you will find a crashed UFO. There are aliens and if you kill the alien captain and loot him you will find an extremely powerful energy weapon. There is a special type of ammo used only for this plasma weapon. If you know what I'm talking about, is there any more of this special ammo anywhere else in the game?


texts: Do I have to complete another map to make progress on my Mann Up tour?

texts: So I'm doing the tour called "Operation Mecha Engine" and I have completed one map, and now my progress is 1/3. And so I was wondering do I have to complete the other 2 maps to make progress, or do I need to, or can I play and make progress on the same one I already completed?


texts: What's the tile distribution in Words With Friends's Fast Play mode?

texts: I'm creating a AI that plays Scrabble / Words with Friends. I'm familiar with the tile count distribution in standard versions of both games (this list is one example), but Words with Friends recently released a new game mode in which a smaller board is used with fewer tiles. Does anybody happen to know what the tile count distribution is in this new mode?


texts: I have seen people in some videos changing weapons from right hand to left hand. I know that this is a console command, but I dont know what the command is. Can anyone tell me?


texts: Are new levels becoming available without any announcements in-game?

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Yesterday I received an in-game notification that there were two new levels available for me to build.  One was a food level (Bongo's Sandwiches), and the other a residential level (Chiss Apartments).

Those were initially not available for building, and I waited until this morning and they were available (presumably due to a bug fix on the developer end).

Just for amusement, I started tapping on other types of floors and discovered that there was a new recreation level (Planetarium), ANOTHER residential level (Talz Apartments), and a new Imperial level available (Blaster Repair).

None of these three new floors provided any notification that they were available for building.  I know I didn't miss them being available previously because I have tapped on things randomly before, too without getting new levels.


texts: Do I get experience if I flee from King Slime?

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In the King Slime fight, the one in the Well, I believe it is a hunt as well

Can I kill a bunch of the summoned slimes then flee with the party and get exp? Do I still get the exp if I fled? I already killed in my game but I would like to know for NG+


texts: What is the "Heavies" mode in Halo multiplayer?

texts: In the Master Chief Collection, this mode is currently a part of the action sack playlist in at least Reach. I presume that the mode is a variant of the big team battle with a higher amount of vehicles and/or increased vehicle spawns, but can't say for sure. The player health seems identical (Elite slayer has more resistant shields).


texts: What is the best way to defend White Forest in Half-Life 2: Episode Two?

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I always have a hard time defending the White Forest base against the oncoming Striders and Hunters. My problem is that I cannot kill the Striders as long as the Hunters are alive as they always shoot the Magnusson Devices before I can attach them to the Strider or before I can shoot them to blow up the Strider.

For this reason I always kill the Hunters first before I take on the Striders. The problem with Hunters is that they are somewhat tough. So I usually resort to running them over with my car. This is, however, not as easy as one would hope because the map is full of obstacles and Hunters sometimes move in the last seconds before I can run them over. Also they are often very close to their Strider so that the Strider's legs get in my way. This means I frequently have to reverse and try to hit the Hunter again and again.

Hitting the Hunters takes up most of the time I spend on the entire battle. This is a very lengthy process which means I usually end up losing all buildings on the map and towards the end it is always a very close call whether I can hold the Striders off from shooting the base.

I was wondering what your tactics are to take care of the Hunter issue. Is there some better way that could kill them faster? I am aware of the secondary fire mechanism of the AR2 but I usually have only 3 shots of ammo for that and that is not going to be sufficient for the about 20 Hunters that will need to be killed in the course of the battle.


texts: Why do my stats not always increase in Call of Duty Black-Ops?

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I've been in the process of shooting down spy planes for the Ghost perk.  I was checking the challenges menu after each match, but the number of aircraft shot down doesn't always increase. For some it did, but for others it didn't. Has anyone experienced that?  Maybe it is a delayed process and will add to the count later?

I had it happen again with playing demolition; I needed 2 plants to get to Ninja Pro, I got 5, and it gave me credit for only one.

What's causing this to happen, and is there something I can do to fix it?


texts: Civilization VI Resolution on Mac Retina Display

texts: I recently bought Civ VI and am running it on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with an Intel Iris Graphics 6100 graphics card and a 2560x1600 display. However, my game seems to be stuck at 1280x800, and there are no higher resolution options (the only other option is 1024x768). How do I reach these higher resolutions?


texts:
In Fallout 4 (PC), is there a way to switch to play as Nora, mid game, after you've already been playing as Nate?

Will this break anything?


texts: How does Diablo 3 local multiplayer work?

texts: I know that I can play solo but if I want to play with friends over at my place, do they need to bring a USB stick with their character over? Can I make them a separate character on my account?


texts: Can you change your doctor after you choose one in Dr Mario World?

texts: In Dr Mario World on the iOS app, I chose Dr Mario after clearing level 10, between Dr Mario, Dr Peach, and Dr Bowser. However I want to change my mind and choose Dr Bowser, or preferably choose freely between them when I want. Is it possible to rechoose my Doctor?


texts: Is the exclamation sign on the settings icon a bug or am I missing something?

texts: After the latest update (version 1.45) an exclamation mark did appear on the "settings" icon in the main screen. I can't find what it points to. I have entered all of the submenus in the settings screen but this icon doesn't disappear from the main screen. I've thought that it was there to inform about the new aircraft and began to collect the pink parts but it didn't change anything either.


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Title says it all. My google-fu is apparently insufficient to answer this question for myself.

Who performed the works of John Adams for the Civilization 4 soundtrack?


texts: Why does the player's soul explode upon death, when the other children left intact souls?

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Many of the adversaries in Undertale want to kill you so they can take your soul. But when you die -- even to Asgore, who appears to know how to preserve souls -- your soul cracks into pieces. This is different from the intact souls of the other children, and I take it to mean your soul is permanently destroyed (or it would be if you weren't able to SAVE). For example, Flowey's attack on Asgore's soul makes it shatter the same way yours does and that seems to be permanent.

Are there any in-universe or out-of-universe explanations for why the monsters were able to preserve the other children's souls, but not yours?


texts: What configuration would I need to set up a minecraft server on a VPS by XEN or OpenVZ?

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My friends and I want to set up server for 5-10 players. So I was wondering: what configuration would I need to set up a Minecraft server to run VPS by XEN and what configuration would I need for OpenVZ?

OpenVZ is cheaper than XEN, but it has more memory usage, so I'm afraid of losing money on this.


texts: What are the differences between saves in Skyrim?

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What's the difference between "Quicksave", "Autosave" and a standard "save"?

Can I use the keybind to "Quicksave" instead of opening the menu to save the game every time I think its important?

Will I be able to "Load" the quick saved game just like any other?


texts: Is there a pattern to the order of bosses in the Thunder Dragon's Boss Rush?

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I just took about six or seven tries to get the Hylian Shield in Hero Mode. I didn't prepare with Guardian Potion or anything; I wasn't that desperate yet.

I started with Demise (just for fun) three times. Twice, the second boss was the final Imprisoned battle.

I then started with Tentalus three or four times. On all but one of the tries, the second boss was the first Ghirahim battle.

I find these coincidences a bit too unlikely to be due to random chance. Is there a pattern to the order of boss battles depending on which one you pick first? Perhaps for each boss, there are more and less likely bosses that follow that one? Is it perhaps possible to choose a boss that will more likely yield an easy sequence if you're only going for four or eight victories?


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As one of the loading-screen tips state, searching the wasteland can yield some rare and useful plants, such as the Night Blossom or the Comet Bloom.

Unlike other crafting components, I have never seen any of these plants for sale at any of the merchants, making the items you can produce with them quite invaluable.

Is that really the case, or do plants actually grow back where you pick them after a period of time? Or perhaps there is a merchant selling plants that I simply haven't gotten to yet?


texts: How do I find out what items belong in which groups?

texts: I noticed that items fall into certain categories (e.g. Tar Fruit is Fuel). Say, for example, I want to search for all (Ore) items. Is  there anywhere I can look that lists all (or as many items as possible) by group?


texts: Unable to switch primary location in demense upon inheritance

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So have a weird situation going on in my ireland game. Have the duchy of leinster and meath, has it so the eldest son inherits everything. I gave all the sons mayoral titles while they wait for dad to drop dead.

So dear old dad finally drops dead. The eldest inherits two duchies, four counties...and the mayoral title. The problem is it keeps complaining that the county that the town is in, is the wrong type to have demense wise. Cant' give away the mayoral title, nor switch the castle and town for being primary location in that county. Best part is now it says that instead of my son that would inherit, it's the chancellor that isn't even connected to my family tree at all.

So is my game buggered, or is there a way to fix this?


texts: Can't evolve in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

texts: I beat the main storyline, and I unlocked Luminous Spring. The first time I went there, they told me I couldn't evolve due to some space related shenanigans, and the second time I went, the narration told me to leave. Is it true? Can I not evolve at all? The Pokemon I wish to evolve are Eevee and Riolu. (Already have Frozen Rock and Sun Ribbon)


texts: What does the turns required to build a unit / building depend upon in Civilization V

texts: I'm new to the Civilization series and currently playing my first ever game. I've 3 cities and building a unit in each city seems to require different number of turns - why is this different ? What reduces the number of turns required to build a unit ?


texts: Where were we taught the mechanics needed for Swamp Yellow Puzzle 4?

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Last night I finally got to the point where I just had to cheat in The Witness. The answer (provided by IGN's Walkthrough) sent me through the roof. Where were we taught that we could manipulate the shapes in this manner?

My spouse pointed out that Green Puzzle 3-2 (using IGN's numbering system) manipulates the shapes in this way, which could be true, but could also not be true if you just place them on top of each other, which is how I imagined it when I solved it. Am I just not seeing it right?


texts: How do I repair armor with similar armor in fallout new vegas?

texts: I searched everywhere for methods on repairing armor and people said that you could ask people to repair armor for you but it's too expensive. Then I saw people saying you could "cannibalize" armor, and by that I mean using similar armor to repair the primary armor set. But I don't see the option to do so. I went to my workbench but it didn't say anything about repairing my armor.


texts: Running MS-DOS games with long file names under DOSBox

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I'm trying to play a DOS game under DOSBox that uses long filenames. Here's the ISO as seen from macOS:

The ISO as imgmounted inside DOSBox:

I'm trying to start install.bat but I can't figure out how to do it. Based on the fact that it's a DOS game and it uses long filenames, I suspect that it was made for MS-DOS 7.

How do I install and run this game?

Edit: I noticed something odd. When I extract the ISO's folder structure and mount them, the directory structure looks normal. But for reasons beyond the scope of this post (the soundtrack being one of them), I need the actual ISO for the game to function properly.

Here's the directory listing if I just mount the extracted contents of the ISO with mount:


texts: Is there any optimal number of trees to spread skill points?

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I started the game as an sneaky archer, thinking that I could only "choose" 2-3 skill trees to invest in.

At the moment I have high skill in Archery, Sneaking, Conjuration, Illusion, Smithing, Enchanting, and Alchemy.

Is there any formula or, optimal number of different trees i should spread my points, given that i have only 80 to spend ?


texts: Does the sentry's Guardian Shield protect units from ranged attacks if the attackers are inside the shield?

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Let's say army A has 5 stalkers and army B has 5 stalkers and a sentry.

If the sentry is in the middle of army B and throws up a guardian shield while army A is still well outside the radius of the shield, obviously army B will take reduced damage from A's ranged attacks.

If the A stalkers sacrifice the time and health to walk inside of the guardian shield, literally standing right next to B's stalkers, are their attacks still reduced by the sentry's shield?


texts: Are there any benefits of a bigger Champion?

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Related Question: Is Feral Warwick skin bigger?

In the related question, I learned that different champions have different sized "hitbox." I also learned that Chogath, Nasus, and Renekton's ultimates can increase the size of these hitboxes. I also assume surge, greater relic and Wild Growth will also increase this hitbox as it increases the size of the Champion.

My question is, other than the direct benefits that is gained, are there any other benefits of a bigger Champion? To me a bigger Champion means a bigger target to aim for by enemy skillshots.

By direct benefit I mean the skill's direct active buffs.

Nasus Health Gain, AoE and AD increase
Renekton Health Gain, AoE, and Fury regeneration
Cho'gath "permanent" health gain
Surge's AS and AP increase
etc...


texts: How to download Black Ops 2 DLC that is not showing up in Xbox Live Store?

texts: I want to buy all the Black Ops 2 DLC on the Xbox 360. But when I searched the Store for the DLC Packs, the Packs simply were not there. So I tried the Game itself, and that didn't work either. However, when I checked the Store via PC, the DLC Packs were there and ready to be downloaded. How is this possible? and more importantly, how can I buy the DLC on the 360 if it is not showing up in the store?


texts: Does it make sense to keep class 1 airports open with few airplanes?

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I'm about level 17 or so on Pocket Planes, and I have been mostly opening class 2 and 3 airports now that I can afford to. I'm noticing that I have a ton of jobs now that I can't fulfill; I only have 11 airplanes. Does it make sense to keep class 1 airports open, if they're just going to generate jobs I can't fulfill? I can make more money with larger airplanes going to/from the larger airports anyway.

Of course, some of them would remain open as waypoints between cities so that the smaller planes can still fly from city to city.


texts: Can you use a bow to shoot specific arrows? (1.8.9)

texts: In 1.8.9 I was wondering if you could make a bow shoot like special arrows with a name or something. I wanted to target only arrows shot with a specific bow in my command blocks. Is that possible? And if so, how?


texts: Usually when there is an artifact set introduced, when completing the set, the reward is some kind of hat to wear.  The rings, masks, critters, floral, Christmas, Valentines, St. Patricks, Easter, July 4th and the recent Halloween articacts all follow this pattern..  I collected all the Thanksgiving items but there was no "Congratulations, you have earned a hat, would you like to wear it now?" message as is typical.  Has anyone seen a hat reward for the Thanksgiving artifacts?


texts: So heists are finally here in GTA Online. With this update came a lot of new masks. I know myself and many other players have asked R* to put in face bandanas. Now they're here, but you are forced to wear a hat with them, and i just want the face bandana. I've removed it before but it comes back when I enter a new game. Is there any way to permanently remove the hat?


texts: Cluster Arrow+Loaded For Bear=low dps, what should i do?

texts: Every time I use Cluster Arrow with the Loaded for Bear rune, my DPS drops from 41K to 16K. what is happening and what should I do?


texts: What do the symbols on the Fatigue gauge mean?

texts:
In The Long Dark, pressing F (on PC) brings up the status page:

This includes the Fatigue gauge:

Sometimes there's a yellow exclamation mark on top of it, and sometimes part of the meter is red - what do these indicate?


texts: What Is The Best Weapon (Base Damage Stat)?

texts: I Was exploring a factory where there was a lot of death claws so I got ruined. What is the best weapon on the game because I heard there is a nice bit of loot in their.


texts: What purpose does experience serve after reaching summoner level 30?

texts: After a player reaches level 30, does experience earned do anything for the player?


texts: So I was just asking if it was possible that items on the ground got random damage values or that when you pick them up your items gets a value. My goal is that I want the player to only be able to have 1 item per slot. I think this is possible by changing the damage value on the items so that they can't stack. But they all need to be random or not the same number for that to happen. I tried with taging every slot in my inventory to a seperate tag name and then the tag name would give it a damage value but I could not find a to get the command blocks to give the items a damage value. There is a way and it's to give each and every item in every slot a diffrent tag but that would take a very verrry long time. So any ideas?


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There are a number of people in Skyrim that are willing to train me in various skills in exchange for some money. There is a counter "times trained this level" in the dialog for the number of times you have trained, so it seems the number of times you can train is limited.

I'm not really sure what the "Times Trained This Level" counter means, can I only train this skill 5 times? What are the exact limits on how often I can train skills?


texts: What increases your chances of finding shiny pokemon?

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Does it have chain combo like in Pokemon Let's Go where the more you battle the same Pokemon in a row the higher the chance of spawning a shiny?

Does the Masuda method work?


texts: How do I stop my settlers stealing my weapons and armour?

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After clearing out a location I travelled back to Sanctuary Hills, where I keep all my spare power armour and my fancy weapons, and it was under attack from super mutants. Before I knew it Marcy Long had taken a Fatman and all my mini-nukes from the cabinet where I store them and wasted three mini-nukes on mutant hounds, and another settler had stolen one of my power armour suits and 21 fusion cores!

The strategy guide says settlers will only take things left out in the open:

I think they can also take things from the workshop, so I stored all my good stuff in a cabinet next to the power armour repair frame. Apparently that isn't safe, because Marcy helped herself to that cabinet!

I loaded an earlier save and when I arrived in Sanctuary Hills the first thing I did was take all the ammo and cores from that cabinet, to stop anyone stealing them. But when the mutants attacked one of the settlers still stole a suit of power armour! I think the settler must have brought a fusion core with them when they arrived in Sanctuary Hills. Usually I trade with new settlers to take nice loot from them and make sure they have some ammo and a bit of leather armour, but I must have not done that for this guy.

Apparently you can get NPCs out of armour by talking to them, but after the mutant attack everyone just said "thanks for the help, pal" and "you arrived just in the nick of time" (over and over and over, if I hear it once more I'm going to feed them to the next super mutant attackers). The thief wouldn't get out of his armour. I eventually pickpocketed the fusion core back (which took lots of reloading because I only had a 7% chance to succeed) but I don't want to have to do that again.

What is the best way to prevent settlers taking your "personal" gear, and how do you prevent settlers from taking power armour if they have their own fusion cores?


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I've been playing Plants vs. Zombies 2, and have made it to the end of Far Future. I've beaten all 75 prior levels of Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, and Wild West, and the 24 levels leading up to the turnip of Far Future. The path from the turnip to the 25th level is missing. Is something wrong?

I thought completing it might unlock the blacked-out medieval-looking castle world.

For your information, here is how I went about my gameplay:

Downloaded Plants vs. Zombies 5 days ago (April 6th, 2014) - I say this because research shows the Far Future update hit in March 2014.
Defeated all of Ancient Egypt (level 25).
Unlocked Far Future with Key from Ancient Egypt.
Got Key from Far Future and unlocked Wild West.
Got Key from Wild West and unlocked Pirate Seas.
Defeated Pirate Seas (level 25).
Beat to level 20-or-something of Far Future.
Defeated Wild West (level 25).
Played Far Future to level 24.

Android O/S.


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I want to play Beast online with 4 others on insane but every time I try to play the difficulty is always set to normal.  I have already beat it on normal and want to move on.  Is there a way to set my difficulty level when playing online?

I just want to play with 4 others online that are not on my friends list.  So I can join a match or host one.  But I have not been able to figure out how to get the difficulty to be set above normal.


texts: Is it possible to change the difficulty mid game?

texts: If I start off on peaceful, can I get mobs to spawn later if I want them to?


texts: Is the Minecraft Java edition still available for Windows 10?

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I purchased the Java edition 6 years ago, but after some time I uninstalled it. A few weeks ago I wanted to play again. When I went to download it, I got a message that I have a free code for the Windows 10 edition, so I downloaded that edition, but I didn't like it (among other things, you couldn't press F3 to view your coordinates). Today I wanted to download the Java version again, but it seems I cannot; when I go to "Download", it says "You already own Minecraft" and I have an option to download it on Windows 10. Whatever I try, I always seem to end up with that message.

Is it still possible to play the Java edition on Windows 10?


texts: Fortify alchemy/fortify enchant stacking?

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Is it possible to enchant a set of Fortify Alchemy equipment so that it allows you to create a more potent Fortify Enchanting potion than using the potion to recreate a more powerful set of alchemy equipment?
Can you repeat this to continually increase the power of the enchanting potion?
Has anyone tried this?
What kind of increase was seen between alchemy sets?


texts: Is there any other reason to Historical Lock buildings?

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when you click on a build there is a checkbox near to the bottom saying "Historical" which appears to prevent the building from changing when it upgrades.

so far the only time i needed this is when there was a Bux reward for having 2 Water Towers in a city which came from Service Zones and to stop the first one changing when upgrading i needed to use that Historical Lock.

But is there any other beneficial purpose for this Historical lock?


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This has been really frustrating for me: My units don't actually move when I release the right mouse button, but when I end the turn. (If I tell a unit to automate its movement, it moves during my turn.) How do I get them to actually move when I tell them to?

This makes attacking enemy units incredibly difficult because my units just move onto the tiles as they move away!


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The previous generation of games introduced Challenge Mode and Easy Mode, which had to be unlocked in Black 2 & White 2, respectively.

Is there any similar mechanic in X & Y, either as a mode to start in or enable mid-game? All I have seen is speculation from before the games were released.


texts: When I give away a newly acquired county title, then give away the holding titles, the holding vassals are automatically transferred to the new count vassal. Is this intentional? If it is, then why do the holding vassals stay my direct vassal some of the time?


texts: If I store a Refinery module with minerals in the bins, do they stay there?

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Pretty much what the title says, really.
I have a Refinery module in my ship, with 4 bins containing between 20% and 85% of a mineral. If I swap the module out for something else and put it into storage, do the part-resources get stored along with it, or are they lost?


texts: can no longer Buy fire or explosive arrows in Far Cry 4

texts: I just got done doing the Himalayan mission for the CIA guy and after that mission I cannot restock any of my explosive arrows or fire arrows in Far Cry 4 for PS3. What gives?


texts: What is the best way to get rid of mobs in minecraft with mods?

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This is a follow-up question to a previous question I asked earlier, only I want to know what the absolute best way is to destroy mobs with mods automatically.

I would really like to protect my house from all the baddies at night, if that clarifies. If possible though, drops would be nice if there is a mod for that!


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What are the contributing factors to the marked 'Difficulty' level for a quest? I've noticed that the various difficulty levels that the game presents are;

Very Easy
Easy
Normal
Hard
Very Hard
Devastating

What determines the marked difficulty level?


texts: Does Dark Souls 2 allow random online mode?

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I've been playing Dark Souls 2 on XBox 360 for over a year now and have logged over 150 hours. I do not play online and I do not have XBox Gold. Every time I start Dark Souls 2 I see a message, "You do not have privileges to be in online mode" and then I play though in offline mode.

But, every now and then, I get to start in online mode. This weekend for example, I started the game and I was online. I could see all the messages, bloodstains and I was even invaded and participated in the PvP arenas.

I reset the game a few times throughout the day and each time I came back I was still online. But yesterday (Monday) and today, I was unable to go online or participate in the online features like invading or dueling in the brotherhood of blood arenas.

This has happened a few times over the last year and even happened in Dark Souls 1 once.

So does Dark Souls allow everyone to play online every now and then or is XBox 360 temporarily giving access to gold features for a weekend promotion or something? What is allowing me to participate in online mode when I clearly do not have access to online play?


texts: I just got this game, and I picked Fennekin, the fire Pokémon as my starter. Is there a way to get the other two starters too, or am I limited to only getting one?


texts: Where do I find bobbleheads, after benching the bobblehead stand?

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I had a full bobblehead stand, and I put it in my workshop. However, now I can not find my bobbleheads. Even the bonuses are gone.

Perhaps it is a glitch, but where can I find my bobbleheads?


texts: Is the Guide the ultimate crafting guru?

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In the Guide's crafting help menu, you can give him an item and he will show you what you can make with that item and which crafting station you have to use to make it.

Does the Guide know all of the crafting recipes? Are there any 'hidden' recipes that you have to discover for yourself by collecting all the correct ingredients and approaching the correct crafting station?


texts: Second Cyfer Quest wyrm hunting licence?

texts: Stupidly sold the Cyfer Quest Wyrm Hunt licence, but now Maximillian won't talk to me in game because I don't have it. Is there any way to get a new one without starting over again?


texts: Configuration of the radio on urban terror?

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I want to change the voice commands on my charater's radio... but I lost the page where shows me where to edit...
Actually I found it once but now I want to edit it again:

bind F1 "vote yes"
bind F2 "vote no"
bind F3 "ut_radio 9 9"
bind F4 "ut_radio 9 1"
bind F5 "ut_radio 3 3 Requesting medic. Status: $health"
bind F6 "ut_radio 7 4 // Base overrun"
bind F7 "ut_radio 7 5"
bind F8 "ut_radio 3 7"
bind F9 "ut_radio 2 6"
bind F10 "ut_radio 9 4"

F3 one is thanks, F5 is medic and so... but I want to see the other options.


texts: How do you set a default song to play in the helicopter?

texts: In Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, when you take-off or land, you can set a default song to play. How do you do that?


texts: Unlocalized SC2 version for localized server

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Can I use the English version of Starcraft 2 to play on a localized server (for example Russian)?

If yes what should I do for it? Where can I download an English version of Starcraft 2?


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I have leveled up to the point where I can barely be summoned as a Blade of the Darkmoon anymore, and in order to get the "Master of Miracles" achievement, I need to turn in thirty "Proof of a Concord Kept" to the covenant leader. To obtain these items, I have to farm the silver knights in Anor Londo, using items such as the Covetous Gold Serpent ring and the Symbol of Avarice.

How does having a phantom in your world affect item discovery? For example, if a friendly phantom kills a silver knight with the Symbol of Avarice equipped, then does the resulting item (if any) take their item discovery into account, or mine, or some mixture of the two?


texts: How can I use a Wamo Pro gamepad in a desktop Windows PC?

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I have a Wamo Pro which is a gamepad mainly aimed at iOS and Android mobile devices (it works fine in my Android phone), but despite being also advertised as being compatible with PC, the instructions never say anything about how to use it in a PC.

I've searched the Internet and all I found was articles about using it in mobile devices. The only thing I've found about PC usage is a video which shows the Wamo Pro working in a PC, but no indications on how to do it. Why going through the effort of recording a video and uploading it to YouTube only to not tell how you did it? That's unhelpful.

Anyway, does anyone know how to get this gamepad to work in a PC? (my current OS is Windows 7 and I already have a USB bluetooth receiver which works fine with a WiiMote). Thank you!


texts: Is there a way to reveal invisible characters in Awesomenauts?

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Some characters in Awesomenauts can become invisible. Is there a way to see them until they actually go out of stealth from their own decision? So far, the only way I see is to actually bump physically into one, because it blocks you.

Is there a skill from one of the characters, or something to do to reveal an invisible player?


texts: How do I find the name of a player(s) within a certain area?

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I am trying to make a PvP mini-game and I'm trying to make it so that when a certain amount of players are left, it awards the players inside of the arena.

I have already managed to make the player counter for the area using some command blocks and a comparator, but I only know how to find the amount of players with testfor, not the actual names of the players.

How can I find the names of the players inside the arena?


texts: How many times should I rotate the gear wheels?

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I'm at level 3 in the tree at floor 3. I should rotate a gear wheel in an Astrolabe to line up 3 gear wheel. I tried many times, but I can't. How can I fix it?
I fill the guide circle, but it doesn't help too.


texts: Is there a faster and more reliable way to install a mod?

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I'm trying to install the Pet Bat mod for my kid. After installing the mod twice, I still can't get it to work. Is there a way to auto-install a mod from a zip file? Once I've installed an existing mod manually, is there a way to confirm that it is installed, like a command line tool inside Minecraft?

So far the manual process either doesn't work, or the mod isn't working and I have no way of figuring out which it is other than trial and error.


texts: Advice to not completely suck with a Lore-Master on LOTRO

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I played the game for a couple of weeks a while ago and would like to start again.

I really like the lore-master class but apparently it's one of the more difficult classes to play.

What knowledge can you share with me that will make my group not hate me?

What would be expected of me in a fight? What is a lore-master best at? What should I never do?

Any advice is welcome...


texts: What is the best way to get a merc with freeze aura, or is there a better way to use the mercenaries when playing with necromancer (main attack: bone/spirit spear)?


texts: I see a lot of people talking about ELO in Smash, (bronze, gold, plat, etc.) but I never understood what it meant. Does anyone have any answers on how to get an ELO? Like is there a competitive scene I haven't found yet? If someone could tell me it would be greatly appreciated. :)


texts: Worms Armageddon lags during game play on Windows 7

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Worms Armageddon is installed and all menu options work except the drop bars, they are blank (not including during gameplay)

****The worst is during game play, it lags so bad it is impossible to play.**** (does not lag in menu before a match)

I have tryed the other technique posted for other problems on here (other than installing an earlier windows version) but there has to be a way.

I need the wisdome of the WWW to set me on the path to enlightenment. please help :)


texts: How can I play vs A.I. on a set difficulty on a random map?

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I use to play a lot of 2v2 and 3v3 with random people vs A.I. on hard or very hard slowly working my way towards the Supreme Command achievement.

But with Heart of the Swarm they changed it so that when you choose to play vs AI from the Matchmaking menu it sets the difficulty depending on how you preform vs A.I.

I do not want to play every other game vs Elite AI and some times I just want to relax a bit and only play vs Harder A.I. but I still don't care about what map I play on or with who as long as it counts towards my achievement.

Is there a way of looking for vs A.I. games as it was before HotS where I can set my race and the difficulty and play 2v2 or 3v3 with random people on a random map?


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I have seen my follower use Healing potions, which is nice, but any other potion I give them, including poisons, remain unused.

Do followers use any potions other than healing potions?


texts: Without mods, is it possible to filter items in hoppers/droppers/others?

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I'm new to Minecraft, and finally out of my "build a log cabin and try not to die" phase. I just completed my second useful machine today, a dropper-vator from level 14, up to the top of a large(ish) tower I'm building. I googled the design, I don't know that I'd ever have figured it out on my own.

It feeds into an automated furnace (did come up with this on my own), so that I can send buckets of lava as fuel (either from my nether portal, or just lava pools). But I still have to bring the empty buckets back down for refilling.

Everything on the internet says there is no infinite lava (or I could just suck that up with a dispenser, I think)... so I'd like to make this as painless as possible. But buckets keep getting dumped in with the smelted ores, and I only want to bring buckets back down.

It occurs to me that I can arrange two (or maybe even three) dropper columns around the circuit column, so I can send fuel and ore up, while bringing buckets down... assuming I'm not sending all of my iron/gold back down with them.

Is there a fancy way of only choosing a particular item to be moved in one of the Minecraft doohickeys? I've tried searching and either come up with mods I have no interest in installing/playing, or a few comments from years ago hoping hoppers would eventually include that feature. I feel like it's obvious and I'm just not seeing?


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I've built a rail system for some minecarts to transport items from my mineshaft back to my base, with a load/unload system. However what I'm trying to achieve is to get two minecarts working on the same single run of track at the same time.

To achieve this, at the mineshaft end of the track, I'm trying to use detectors to detect an approaching minecart returning after unloading from my base (B), and launch the loading minecart (A), and prevent them from colliding by switching the track at the junctions.

The image above shows the basics. I've used a powered rail under the loading minecart (A), and a detector on the track which powered the powered rail. I've tried all sorts of combinations of junctions (using detectors to switch them), but all my attempts so far have been fruitless. Can anyone suggest a solution?


texts: What do Potions have to do with hatching eggs?

texts: When I tap a Potion and swipe left, I see an incubator icon on right bottom. Can I use a potion on an egg?


texts: Which Realm's crown laws apply for creating an antipope?

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I finally have an empire large enough to rival the papacy. I want to create an Antipope, but I've hit a snag. I changed the investiture law in my Empire, but was not able to appoint any bishops as the antipope.

I discovered later that all of my bishops have a +100 opinion of the current Zealous, Crusading, Charitable pope, so that could be a part of why the diplomacy option doesn't appear. This can be seen from the religion interface, which is where you need to go to actually make an antipope.

Screenshot from game version 2.4.2

This made me wonder, which crown law or laws apply for the condition "the realm is under Free investiture law"?

For example, I am the Emperor of Britannia, and I hold the Kingdom of England title as well. If I want to appoint the bishop of Canterbury an antipope, does the Empire or Kingdom or both have to have Free Investiture?


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I recently installed the phoebus tileset for Dwarf Fortress on mac.

One of the changes it made is disabling the game's sound. I've gone back into the init.txt files and changed it so it reads [SOUND:ON] but this hasn't made any difference, sound is still greyed out in the escape menu.

any ideas?


texts: How can I move things across dimensions?

texts: I have some barrels with a lot of stuff in them, and I need to move them to my new base in a different Mystcraft Age. I have already tried Portalguns from the Portalgun mod, but they seem to dislike Mystcraft. I could normally move barrels with the Gravity Gun, but I can't since portals don't work. How can I move my stuff without disassembling the barrels? This is using the FTB Direwolf20 pack.


texts: What game (isometric perspective, showing buildings and trees) is shown in this newspaper snippet?

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In my local newspaper there is a blurry picture of a game. They didn't mention the game at all.

What game is shown here?


texts: What determines whether a portal will drop a key as a result of an xmp blast?

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Sometimes after a powerful xmp explosion an attacked portal drops its own keys.

What determines whether a portal will drop its key as a result of an xmp blast (and how many keys will be dropped)?

Today's observation: L6 xmp explosion near L1.5 portal caused the portal to drop 3 keys, 6 of 7 resonators were destroyed at once.


texts: How to constantly count the numbers of players within an arena?

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I'm using Minecraft Java version 1.12.2.
I have a fake player called Alive that shows the amount of players still active inside the arena. When a player loses a round that counter will lower by 1. When the count reaches 1 the game will stop (don't worry about that; I already know how to handle this).
The problem I'm having with this is that I don't know how to tell a command block to keep an active count of the number of Alive players.

Does anyone know how to count players within a radius and set that for the score of the fake player Alive?


texts: Can I play with people that have SC2 Legacy of the Void if I have SC2 Wings of Liberty?

texts: If I buy SC2 Wings of Liberty can I play multiplayer with a user that owns SC2 Legacy of the Void? I tried to contact the support but nothing.


texts: What happens if I save Berthold and his sister?

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There's a spot behind the High Overseer's office where a woman is being accused of being a witch.  Her brother, Berthold, is trying to defend her.  When negotiations go sour, Berthold draws his sword and kills one of the guys, The other one then stabs him in the back and goes after his sister.

I didn't get my crossbow out fast enough to save Berthold, but I was able to sleep dart the surviving overseer in time to save his sister.  She ran out to Holger Square and disappeared.

What would have happened if I had been able to save them both?


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I saw it flash once, and I didn't have time to read its description...

So what exactly is the Pulverize Exp bonus, and what could be the strategies to get it?


texts: Where does the term "sex kick" come from?

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According to the SmashWiki, a sex kick is an aerial attack in which a foot or arm remains extended for a few moments after the initial thrust. The origin is claimed as:

  The term was coined by smasher Matt Deezie as a sexual innuendo referring to the properties of the attack in the original Super Smash Bros.

What I don't understand is the innuendo. What innuendo is it referring to? The wiki doesn't elaborate further, and my best guess is a crude dick joke, but there's not really much I can think of that relates to the properties of the sex kick.  And then some comments on boards say that Dr. Mario has a reverse sex kick, which is even more confusing.

So what innuendo am I missing? Why is a "sex kick" described as so?


texts: Why is an isolated start so bad in Civ Rev?

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An isolated start in a civ game is when you start on an island nowhere near any opponents. From the forums this is considered to be a bad thing because it eliminates the possibility for a quick domination victory.

But let's say I want to win on culture/science/gold, then it seems that an isolated start is great for these strategies. But no. You just can't keep pace with the other civs.

Why is that?

My theory is that because you can't farm barbarians as easily, then you are choked of resources/unit upgrades.


texts: Multiple players on Xbox Minecraft Online game when only one has Xbox Live?

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Picture this:
Me and three others are playing Minecraft.
I have Xbox Live Gold.
Three more players on the same console don't.

Is it possible to play an online game (with another console of mine), when only one player has Xbox Live Gold?


texts: Can another player loot your grave if you are killed in a multiplayer session?

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When your character dies, you will lose all of the items you possess in your current inventory. You would lose the items in your exosuit while on foot or ship while flying. After you have respawned, there will be an icon on your HUD that will lead you to your grave so you may recover your lost items.

As stated in the No Man's Sky: Next release log, you have the ability to prey on other players to survive. If I were join a multiple session and were to killed by another player, would that said player have the ability loot my grave before I have the chance to recover my items? If yes, would they recover all my lost items or would they obtain general items as when fending off pirates?


texts: Is it possible to detect the player's Minecraft language in Singleplayer Minecraft (Vanilla)? If so, could you give me the command?


texts: How can I enumerate my installed DLCs on PS3?

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Related: What do I need to complete my Mass Effect Trilogy collection?

So, I've finally gotten the funds to fully complete my Mass Effect Trilogy collection. However, I know there were a few DLCs that I have already purchased - and I've forgotten which.

I'd rather not have to load each game and go through their menus (if there even are any available) to find out which ones have been installed. Is there a way, outside of in-game menus or links, to get a list of all DLCs installed on the PS3?

I've tried the Game Data Utility, but this does not list individual DLCs. It only shows one item called "[Game Name] DLC and Patches" and will not give any more granular detail.


texts: How can I view the contents of my controller pak?

texts: I have several Nintendo 64 memory paks and I have no idea how to view the contents of each. Is there a startup sequence that works without a game? If I have to view the contents within a game, what games are the best for managing the pak's contents?


texts: Does the JP version of the PS3 Ni No Kuni have English subtitles?

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Studio Ghibli's Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is slated for a PS3 US release in late 2012/early 2013, but as I can't wait I'm looking at getting the JP version from Play-Asia or similar.

Does it have English subtitles?


texts: I was just coming home from exploring (pe) and I stumbled upon anot abandoned village. Like it was covered in cobwebs and mossy cobblestone. Doors were gone and it was deserted, I couldn't find animals, zombies/ zombie villagers. It was a ghost town. Any information on what this is or if it's natural?


texts: Final Fantasy 7 Remake: What parts of the story are new and what was in the original?

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As far as I know, where the Remake currently ends is about 5-6 hours in the original game. But they blew that up to a good 20 hour game.
So I guess there are huge parts of the remake that did not happen in the original. So what parts of the game, in general, are added to the remake, and what was in the original?


texts: Oblivion GOTY says it requires a CD to uninstall the game, how can I uninstall without it?

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I have The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY Edition installed on my machine (Windows 10). I am wanting to remove it since I no longer play it, but when I try to run the uninstaller, I get the following error:

This happens whether I use the uninstaller in the Oblivion folder, or if I go to the "Apps & Features" section of Windows 10 settings to uninstall a program.

Unfortunately, I have lost the CD, and it seems kind of ridiculous to have to find it just so I can remove the game from my computer. Is there an alternative way to uninstall Oblivion without the disc?


texts: In the story, why wasn't Takuma able to shoot fireballs for a while?

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In the 2002 game, perhaps since 2001, Takuma mysteriously isn't able to shoot fireballs anymore and his moveset drastically changed. After this, he seemed to be absent from the storyline for a while until the return in XIII with all of his abilities.

Is there a lore reason he was unable to shoot fireballs during that period of time?


texts: Is the original Zelda available for the Wii?

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I loved the old gold-cartridge Zelda, and I've played (and own) the latest Zelda adventure where you can go trotting off through a fairly realistic 3D world, including swimming and they make full use of the wiimotes.

Is there a version of the gold-cartridge for the Wii? Where can I get one, if so, and how much does it cost?


texts: What does it mean when one civilization "denounces" another?

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What does it mean when a civilization denounces me?

What effect does it have when I denounce another civilization?

What kinds of actions can you take that would cause another civilization to denounce you?


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This is the first time I have downloaded the Aether II launcher. When I created a new world, and went through the portal, the terrain was different than what I have seen on pictures and videos on the web.

Some pictures found on the internet:

So beautiful!

And this is what I it looks like for me:
So boring!

I checked two different seeds, same result. How can I get that beautiful terrain?

Version: Aether II 1.10.2 public indev

Edit:
The only information I have found about it is in this facebook post.
So my question is: if it is optional, how can I turn it off?


texts: How to use right click on Pocket Edition

texts: I’m using iOS client with a NukkitX server where I installed FAWE plugin. Selection like //sel cuboid requires left and right click. How can I do that with Pocket edition? It seemes that this is not allowed.


texts: What are the possible drops for defeating Yeti Zombie?

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A Yeti Zombie spawned in Ancient Egypt for me just now, and the game says I should try to defeat it in order to obtain fabulous treasure. I killed it in the game and got a lunch box, containing just one normal key (useful for unlocking). I don't think the prize is THAT awesome. Is that all?

What are the other possibilities for Yeti Zombie drops?


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I have a jungle tree farm, but all of the trees that grow are short and they're not producing any cocoa beans.

How can I farm tall jungle trees and cocoa?


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So this GX12 Thermal Pipe will supposedly make the Normandy safer under extreme combat conditions or something. I'm all for my ship being safer. I feel like I've scoured the Citadel up and down, but no dice. Where should I be looking?

Do I have to complete one of the many "fetch quests" first for it to be available?


texts: What does the DLC change about the game?

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I assumed all the DLC for Borderlands added on extra-endgame quests and missions. However the answer to my previous question about this game has given me reason to doubt. I'm currently level 26 in my FIRST playthrough of the game. Will certain DLC enhance my gameplay experience for the first playthrough, or should I wait until I'm through the game the first time before I enable the DLC?

If some DLC will make my first playthrough better, which ones and how so?


texts: Does the Larder Door work with the Two Weapon Style talent?

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The Larder Door is a pretty rad shield; it has solid stats, and more importantly, grants Bash, which allows it to be used as a weapon:

(Note that there is a second weapon displayed on the side there - Eder currently has a Flail and the Larder Door equipped.)

What's not clear to me however, is how this interacts with the Two Weapon Style talent. (Or, for that matter the Weapon And Shield Talent).

Does it?


texts: How do I get to the upper ridges in summerlands South in Ni No Kuni?

texts: How do I get up to the upper mesas in the desert in summerlands South? Various game guides mention to use ramps but I can't seem to find how to get there. Do I need to wait until a certain point in the story (I've just completed the temple of trials)?.


texts: What effects does the Compass have in ActRaiser?

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I've been playing a lot of old SNES games on my Android phone recently, and have currently picked ActRaiser up again. I thought I had maxed this game out as a kid but I want to replay it and make sure I never missed anything.

I just got the Compass from Bloodpool. I think I always used to give that to Marahna... but I forgot what it did. I read online people saying it should be used in Fillmore instead. Where can the Compass be used and what effects does it have? Should it be used in Marahna or Fillmore? Can it be used anywhere else, like Northwall?


texts: What does the Lock in the Blue Circle next to my Quest mean?

texts: I was playing Lord of the Rings Online, and I noticed a lock icon in a blue circle next to a quest in my tracker.  What does this mean?  Is it related to the quest title being blue in the quest menu?


texts: Why items such as leather strips keep disappearing from my chests?

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In The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with the Hearthfire DLC, my items, such as leather strips, keep disappearing from chests in my Falkreath home. This is very annoying.

My wife Ysolda lives in this house. She keeps selling me my own stuff for 100+ gold each. I can't kill her.

Why are my items disappearing?


texts: Does dungeon level affect Create Familiar spell?

texts: I recently learned and am able to reliably cast Create Familiar.  It's one of the few spells that I've never really used before. The wiki says that casting it at high levels (XL?) can create strong pets. Will casting it in deeper levels (or a special area, like Gehennom or a graveyard) affect which monsters are generated like Create Monster?


texts: What's an effective endgame Blade/* DPS build?

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So, I find myself in the situation of having a far better Blade than any other weapon available to me. (A QL10.1 purp would tend to be.) Fortunately, thanks to doing my vertical progression using the Slayer deck, and tanking 5 man dungeons for quite a while now, I've purchased every single ability in the Blade section of the Ability wheel. 100%. So I have a lot of options for how to use my shiny new cutlery.

Where I find myself stymied is trying to figure out how to effectively complement it when I'm not tanking. (Tanking is easy, Chaos, Escalation and Reality Fracture/Karma/Pulling the Strings as appropriate, use proper passives, hooray.)

Fortunately, I'm at a point in the game where AP is relatively easy to come by, so I can branch out into any tree pretty easily, and already have most of the really great passives, as near as I can tell. I also have 10 skill points in the damage tree on every weapon. So I've got options there too.

But I just have no idea what to do from all those options? What's an effective Blade/* build for DPS in Elite/NM's (yeah, yeah, I know melee in NM's, can it), as well as for survival DPS soloing elite mobs to farm signets/quest in Transylvania?

AP is not an issue, nor is weapon skill. That said, double brownie bonus points* for Blade/Pistol, for reasons of both Style and Substance that are specific to my unique special snowflake situation.

* To be delivered via a bounty, quantity TBD.


texts: I want to use /summon to summon an Instant Damage II Arrow, but I cannot figure out how to do this.


texts: Where can I find the Wolf school witcher gear?

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I just downloaded the most recent DLC, and one of the two is for a set of witcher armor from the wolf school.

I checked my quest log, but it didn't appear automatically in the treasure hunt section. If it works like the non-DLC armors, I probably need to buy a map from a merchant to get the quest. As I've already visited many merchants by now, I don't really want to check every single one again just to find a map.

So where can I find a map for the Wolf school witcher gear, if it exists? If there isn't a map like for the other sets, where do I get information about the location of this set?