texts: Is the game unwinnable if you don't save the mouse?

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For all the flak that King's Quest V gets for the custard pie puzzle, I got stuck on something that seemed far worse to me: the mouse. When I played, the following happened:

While walking past the bakehouse, the narrator started talking.
I had accidentally clicked through what he said and suddenly a cat ran out and, in about two seconds, grabbed the mouse.
Figuring this was just a random background event, I went on with my game.
I got past the poi-sonous snake! and went to the mountains.
When I reached the frozen waterfall, I found I couldn't advance.

Frustrated by this, I read some walkthroughs, which revealed that:

   You have to throw the shoe at the cat before it catches the mouse. The mouse thanks you and says it will return the favor. Then you have to go to the inn, despite knowing full well from the last time you were there that the thugs will club you and give you a game over. You get tied up in the cellar and instead of the game over, the mouse shows up to chew through your rope, allowing you to escape. Now you have a rope you can use to cross the frozen waterfall.

This seemed like a really bizarre sequence of Sierra Logic (at least the custard pie didn't require you to do something you knew had been suicidal in the past in the hopes that someone would save you from your stupidity) and sadly I had to backtrack a couple of hours in order to get to a point where I could save the mouse.

It's made me wonder: do you have to save the mouse and start the sequence of events to get the inventory item you need? Or is there some other way to get past the frozen waterfall?


texts: Can you transfer items between servers in Rust?

texts: My friends and myself started playing Rust yesterday and to learn the basics we joined a server with 18 ping and 0/50 players. We build a nice base, looted some villages, killed some mutants and that it. We haven't encountered any other players so things got pretty boring after that. Our/my question would be if you decide to switch to a different server, what items do you keep? Do you keep everything you have on you, do you only keep your research/blueprints or do you lose everything?


texts: Will my Act 3 mercenary's damage benefit at all from having a weapon?

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In Diablo 2, giving your mercenary a weapon will vastly increase their effectiveness. Giving my Act II mercenary a 3x socketed pole with Rubies or Topaz for example basically lets them 1-hit everything right up to Duriel.

I've replaced said Pole-wielding mercenary with an Ice Act III mercenary. Reason being that Glacial Spike freezing 3+ enemies is obviously really effective.

This mercenary seems to already do pretty nice damage, but they can still accept a weapon (I think a sword-type weapon and a shield).

I've never seen this particular mercenary ever use a melee attack before (then again, I don't pay much attention).

So, other than having properties that would affect magic damage, resistances or similar obvious benefits; does the weapon help the damage of my mercenary? Maybe it impacts the magic damage even though it would seem odd to do so?


texts: How can I teleport a player to a location relative to another player?

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I want to teleport a player to a location relative to another. For example, I might want to teleport Steve so that he's exactly 50 blocks on top of Joe.

I can't use /tp, since that will teleport Steve directly onto Joe's location. Is there a way I can teleport someone to somebody else's location, but with an offset? I'd like to do this with a single command, if possible.


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I'm trying to calculate the time for a train to load at a station.
This website
states that a full load and unload cycle takes (capacity * 2 / load_amount) days
So a full load would be (capacity / load_amount)
It also states that a "load amount" is loaded in these times:

Trains: 40 ticks
RV: 20 ticks
Ships: 10 ticks
Aircraft: 20 ticks

Using these formulas, for a monorail train with 108 passenger carriages (5076 passengers) and 10 mail carriages (370 bags of mail), it would take 5446/40 days = 136 days.
(Note: The train is on a station length 64, and the train is length 60)
However, the train actually only takes around 10 days to fully load, very different to the calculated value.
So my overall question: What is the correct formula to use to calculate load times?


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What happens when 2 outposts become colony at the exact same turn? Who will own the system?

Here is an exemple in my current game.


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I'm doing the Bye Bye Love quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

I've spoken to both Carlitos and Joanna, and have given messages to both. However, I didn't have a high enough speech skill to convince Joanna to escape from Gomorrah. I went back to Carlitos, whose dialogue options I have entirely gone through - they are all greyed out. Going back to Joanna only let me ask questions about her or exit dialogue.

My current objective is "Talk to Joanna, on Carlitos' behalf, at Gomorrah", but the only dialogue options for Joanna are "Can I ask you some questions" and "Goodbye".

What do I do now?

EDIT:  The option to convince Joanna to escape from Gomorrah has re-appeared, but it requires a speech check of 40, not the reported 25.


texts: If I download the Resurgence pack, will the new weapons be available in single player?

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The Resurgence Pack is now available in most places for Mass Effect 3.  Included in the pack are three brand new weapons:

Kishock Harpoon Gun
Striker Assault Rifle
Geth Plasma SMG

Will these weapons be made available to my Shepard for use in single player?  If so, how?


texts: What is the best way to play Mario Kart Double Dash with 8-16 people?

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I would like to play with 8-16 of my friends on Mario Kart Double Dash. I am currently trying to calculate the best way to accomplish this. I currently have 2 GameCubes and 6 original controllers, I also have two PC controllers and several computers. So far there seems to be three choices:

Buy 2 more GameCubes, 10 more controllers, and 2-4 LAN adapters at $40 each.
Buy several Wiis which have cheaper LAN adapters ($20?) and controllers.
Buy lots of PC controllers and use some kind of emulator and the existing towers I already have (not sure if this is even an option).

Using the GameCubes I think I would have the most stable environment since that is the initial platform. However, using PC's I could use the same setup for multiple games which would justify the cost more.

Has anyone ever done this? Are their any DIY guides to handle some parts of the setup?


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Does Shadowplay, a videogame specific tool for the recording of gameplay, work on "arbitrary games" or does it only support the relatively few games supported by GeForce Experience?

I suppose that, given a desktop GPU, you could record the desktop, and that would include any given game, so long as you were playing in windowed mode, and the window was top-most, and it was never moved, and you cropped the video afterwards to just the game area. But that's kind of an hassle, and the sound recording would also include sounds from other windows.


texts: What is the easiest way to get the pitchfork in borderlands the pre sequel?

texts: I have played all of the borderlands games and beat them all too. I also like playing Aurelia the baroness in the pre sequel but I cant find the pitchfork. Is there an easier way to get it?


texts: What are all the "Ring of Blood" arena-style quest chains?

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I'm looking for a list of all the PvE arena-style quests in WoW, where you fight an elite monster for a group quest, turn in the quest nearby, and receive a follow-up quest for more of the same: for example, the Ring of Blood quests in Nagrand or the Amphitheater of Anguish quests in Zul'Drak.

The First Rule of Ring of Blood is You Don't Talk About Ring of Blood achievement requires three of these types of quests, but I know it misses a horde-only chain in Grizzly Hills and a chain in Icecrown.

Are there any more PvE arena quest lines? What are they?


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I spent a while trying to produce enough beans to keep my town fed while having a surplus which I could trade for other items. At first it was fine but when a ship came in with pumpkin seeds I couldn't trade with them because my beans had a value of 0. The next ship was the same.

I am wondering why my beans are now worth nothing, I have about 4,000 in the port and I normally have about 10,000+ in my storage barns.


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3D Dot Game Heroes lets you build your own 3D Dot Hero -- but let's face it, the average individual, such as myself, are not that great at 3-d pixel art.

Is there a database of 3d dot heroes with blueprints on how to craft them, in game?


texts: When I build a new mining settlement and all the miners are unemployed, I can leash from the mining settlement to a gem seam. But after the miner is done on the gem seam, they build a mine and work on that. When I leash miners that are working on mines to gem seams, they turn around and go back to their mine after walking to the gem seam. If I use finger of god on a mine, the miner will just build a new mine. How do I consistently get miners to work on gem seams?


texts: In the Mission to support Aria's leadership over the merc groups: how to solve the Blue Suns mission without Killing General Oraka? He askes me to get him some weapons in return for leaving the Blue Suns alone. Where do I get them?


texts: What happens when you force quit during a public game?

texts: I'm playing Diablo III with a hardcore character and I was wondering what would happen if I were to forcibly quit the game at any point. When I log back in will I appear in a town?


texts: In GTA Online, how do you get rid of your Annis Elegy RH8?

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In GTA Online, I noticed that the Elegy RH8 shows up as "Free" when purchased on the Internet as a reward for signing up to the Rockstar Social Club.  I ended up buying 5 of them in different colors, all for free, but now they're taking up too much space in my garage.

How do I get rid of these cars?  Can I sell them?


texts: Where does Minecraft for Windows 10 store its data?

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I have searched in %appdata%, pulling up the list of files there, but there is no file labelled .minecraft. Searching %appdata%\.minecraft returns "no results found".

I also opened Minecraft to click on the resources button and could not locate that either.


texts: How to detect if a player has killed a mob? Minecraft 1.15.2

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So I am making a function for a video, and I need a way to set a player's score to 1 when they kill a bat.

I was thinking I could just summon an invisible armor stand on every bat in the overworld, and use that to detect if a bat died near a player. However that could be very buggy, and may lag some users games.

Anyone got any alternatives?


texts: Can I play old WII console games from Australia and Europe in USA if I buy a US console?

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Due to my work I lived in Australia and later in Europe between 2006 - 2008. In Australia I purchased a Wii console and some games for it. Due to the voltage and TV (PAL) standards being the same in Europe, I was later able to use the console and games also in Europe, with some European games as well.

After moving back to USA I started using Xbox but I still have that old console and the games.

The question I wanted to ask is, if I get a new American console, will I be able to play those games?


texts: Are some of the challenges/treasures possible to miss forever?

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First off, after I finished the story for Tomb Raider, I went back and started collecting everything and completing challenges.  I decided to make it a personal goal to get 100% of everything in this game without the help of any online guides or tips.  Unfortunately, after spending a ridiculous amount of time searching for just a few last things I need, I'm starting believe I forever missed them because I didn't get them during the story, and there are some areas I can no longer seem to get to.

Without telling me where anything is or how to get them, let me tell you what I'm looking for and if possible, please just let me know whether "yes" it is still possible to get them or "no" it's too late after finishing the story.

I'm looking for the last two mines on Shipwreck Beach.  I didn't get any during the story, and I feel like I've searched everywhere dozens of times and I'm still missing two.  There's a section of Shipwreck Beach I can no longer seem to reach (because one of the gondolas you jump on during the story had fallen) and I feel like maybe two of the mines are past that point.  I don't really know.

Another thing I can't seem to get is a document, which according to the map is located on the Endurance.  It doesn't look like there is any way for me to get back onto the ship any more.

So please, don't tell me how to get these or where the mines are.  If you can just let me know if it's still possible to get them, I'll keep trying on my own.  Otherwise I won't waste my time.

Thanks!

Hmmmm...  I suppose it would be okay if you also told me whether or not either of those two "unreachable" locations is still reachable.  Just don't tell me if it's necessary!  Thanks again.


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With hopper taking items from chest in specific order I could use the chest storage as a program tape for whatever programmable mechanism I would like to use it. I've made a simple circuit that clocks removing exactly one item from the chest, feed it to a dispenser and have the dispenser "dispense it" before further actions are taken.

What I want: I load the chest with a sequence of two or more types of items, and get redstone signal on selected output when given item in sequence is of specific type. Say, I load it with "arrow, cobble, cobble, arrow, arrow" and on five consecutive "clock pulses" of my redstone clock I'm getting "1, 0, 0, 1, 1" on redstone output of the whole circuit.

Now there's a problem with actually converting the item type to a specific redstone signal. I'm fairly aware there are rather few items that could be used for that, and almost none to do that at reasonable speed, or can be easily removed for another item.

I can dispense items that drop as entities onto a hopper and it will send redstone signal when the item passes through.
I could dispense minecarts on a piece of rail - and then use detector rail and cart re-collector (cactus+water+hopper) to retrieve them.
I could shoot arrows at wooden buttons. Five minutes to despawn.
I could dispense water or lava and recognize which it is by testing its reach, but getting rid of it will be a pain in the neck. The dispenser would need to retrieve them into a bucket then and then the bucket would need to be pulled out by a different hopper. This becomes hopelessly convoluted.

In general, how can I automate recognition of (even very few, very specific types of) items in entity form in vanilla Minecraft, in a reasonably serializable way?


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Where can I buy a katana in Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition?

I know I could buy on in Candlekeep, but I already left it and cannot return (the guard says I need to give him some book of 'great value' that I don't have).

It sucks having 3 proficiency in katanas and not having one to pew pew.


texts: Difference between the Vertical and Angled grips?

texts: I haven't really noticed the difference between either of the grips when playing the game. What does each one do to effect the weapon?


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Hybrid Animals for mobile gives me the option of starting from an online account, or by myself.
Which should I choose? What are the benefits/downsides of each?


texts: Is there any quick way to deactivate the 2 player feature?

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Yesterday, I activated the 2 player feature, just to see what the second player could do.

Thing is, I never figured out an in-game way to deactivate it. I ended up closing the application and starting it back up again to remove the second player.

Is there any quicker way than resetting the entire game? Something that can be done in-game to remove the 2nd player?


texts: Does founding a colony on miasma get rid of it?

texts: Just a simple question for a not too complicated answer.


texts: Do Frenzys/cookie multiplyers add to the amount of cookies Wrinklers drop?

texts: Okay this is quite tricky. But, for example if I clicked on a Golden Cookie and got a x7 multiplyer, and (while the x7 multiplyer is active) pop a wrinkler, does the ammount of cookies I would regularly gain increase by 7x?


texts: Does Heat Sink affects the cooldown of portal burned out?


texts: Does Magic Find in Diablo III work the same way as it did in the previous installment?

texts: In D2 Magic Find pushed up the quality of an item. Does it work the same way in Diablo 3? Will XX% magicfind increase my chances of a normal quality item over a inferior quality? Or does it only effect MAGIC item?


texts: Do area dots cast by players stack in Diablo 3?

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I found a similar question to this, but I'm not sure the answer applies here.

The question asks if DOT damage stacks (specifically single target debuffs) and I'm wondering if area effects that deal DOT, like the poison trail left behind by the Witch Doctor's Zombie Charger or his Acid Cloud, can stack.

Enemies that take damage from these area skills aren't affected by a "debuff" which duration can be extended, so I'm thinking the area damage skills may stack where they overlap each other.

Please confirm/disprove my theory


texts: How do I get the "I am free!" achievements?

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In Payday 2, there are four achievements with no image and no description simply called "I", "am", "free", and "!"

How do I get these?  I tried searching, but couldn't find anything.  For example, they're not listed in either of the "full" achievement guides.


texts: What happens when Blood Echo is activated?

texts: When you're exhausted Adrenaline activates you get exhaustion for 60/50/40 seconds no matter what, but Blood Echo gives you exhaustion for 45 seconds. What would happen if you had more than 45 seconds of exhaustion left and Blood Echo activates?


texts: The description of Poison Burst says, it inflicts x% of weapon DPS as poison damage. So, how do I increase the damage? By investing into strength or focus or both?


texts: Good strategies for dealing with Lil' Hunter?

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So I've been really enjoying Nuclear Throne, managed to sit on it a few times and most of the enemies I've got roughly figured out.

The only real exception to this is Lil' Hunter, the boss for the ice-city map (5-3).

So far the only thing that I've got that somewhat does it is "cross your fingers and unload all your ammo in his rough direction, hoping for the best."

Unsurprisingly, this usually does not work. Are there any good strategies to combat him, or exploits in his behavior/movement, or otherwise options to deal with him? It seems he is really fast, able to relocate rapidly, can summon friends, will kill you when he lands close to you, has very powerful attacks and also move to other nearby enemies, which gives you even more things to look out for.

How can I more reliably defeat him? Preferably no answers like "be this character", as I like to play with multiple (and want to aim for the "Loop with ever character" achievement eventually).


texts: Solstheim How To Survive as a Vampire From Dawnguard?

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I finally started Dragonborn DLC. I traveled by boat from Windhelm to Solstheim. When I landed there, the weather was very gloomy but sun-rich.

Blood-cursed arrows fired at the sun do not work at blocking out the sun fired from Auriel's bow. In Skyrim they create a marvelous sun-block where vampires can flourish. But in Solstheim, Auriel's bow refuses to work.

I also tried the Clear Skies shout to see if it works. It does not work.

What can I do except for burn in the sun?


texts: Using Cloud Saved Games for Non-Backwards Compatible games

texts: I own The Lego Movie video game on my Xbox 360, and my friends own it on the One. Is it possible to store a save in the cloud, which can be accessed by both consoles? I know that for backwards compat games it works.


texts: Does Mojang occasionally invalidate all current game sessions?

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Does Mojang occasionally invalidate all sessions, making it so everyone has to restart Minecraft?

I've been playing Minecraft for a few years. I know if you log in with another instance of Minecraft, your session will be invalidated. However, when joining a new server after a few hours, I will occasionally have to restart Minecraft after being kicked for the "Invalid Session: Try restarting your game" without actually having logged in on a separate instance.

It's happened a couple times in the last few months, but nothing else suspicious is going on.


texts: When farming a boss, do I need to do all of my farming before turning in the related mission, or, after turning in the mission, can I later go back to farm said boss?


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I was playing in the Dream World and when it reached 1 hour, it closed and reset the allowed entry time.

But today I entered just to check my berry farm, finished and left. The time it didn't reset.

How does the time resetting in the Dream World work?


texts: Vampire: The Masquerade -- Redemption refuses to use dedicated GPU, relies on Intel HD Graphics instead

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I just bought Vampire: The Masquerade -- Redemption and wanted to play it. However, the game doesn't see my laptop's dedicated GPU as a graphics device and uses Intel HD Graphics instead.

I can't run high resolutions due to that (1024x700 was the best thing I got) and can't use dynamic lighting since Intel HD Graphics doesn't seem to support it (at least it doesn't work). Other games seem to run on GPU (my GPU monitor shows activity while I play them).

I am in the beginning, in the mine, and I hardly see anything even if I try to use a torch. I tried spawning a flashlight and a flare -- they don't affect lighting either. I tried switching the game manually to usage of GPU through NVIDIA Control Panel application, and using GPU is a general setting on my PC -- didn't work.

I also tried to turn Intel HD graphics off -- it didn't help, game just refuses to start and crashes even before the video intro, and games that normally use GPU start to have low FPS.

All the problems are present in both unmodded version from GOG.com and Age Of Redemption mod.

My system specs are:

Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
8 GB RAM (game actually uses around 100 MB)
Core i7 (4 cores)
NVidia GeForce GTX 950M


texts: Does Healing Trees Benefit Me in Any Way?

texts: If you shoot the petrified trees around the area, they'll burst forth with new life and the leaves will turn a vibrant green.  But aside from the mission(s) where your goal is to heal trees, does healing trees give you anything useful (aside from pretty scenery)?


texts: In several occasions, Hector Voorhees will refer to the player as "china". I didn't play as Xianyong Bai so why would he call me that? Is it a nickname or slang for something?


texts: With logic gates, the "state" of the output is decided by the logic gate's condition and when the output changes, the gate sends out a pulse, just like a switch or a lever. Faulty Lamps, on the other hand, seem to change how gates function completely, and I'm not sure I understand all of the differences. I get that it randomly picks one of the lamps below the faulty one, and toggles the output depending on whether it's on or not, but is that all? What happens with lamps above the faulty one? Are the faulty lamp and all of the normal lamps underneath it treated as a single entity? Does the gate type matter at all with faulty lamps?


texts: Is a Sensor Tower useful in Starcraft 2?

texts: Is there any point to building a Sensor Tower? Doesn't it immediately reveals your own location on the minimap? What good does it do?


texts: I've heard that I can queue up operations to do them all at once. What's the benefit of this, and how can I do it?


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Just bought and glanced through Injustice 1.

Went through the Tutorial.

And while I suck at blocking and can't seem to execute these Reversal attacks correctly... I start thinking that if both players had reflexes of a pantheer and could always block... neither would have any reason to attack?? Each attack can be blocked (throws can be broken). When you block an attack you can follow up with a reversal attack which, if executed correctly, cannot be blocked by the enemy since he's stunned. (correct me if i'm wrong). So the player who's attack is at disadvantage and a person who blocks and reversals is always at advantage. Am I right?

Can an AI that is set to Always block, with Reversal setting ON and throw break setting ON be defeated by any means?


texts: Does this Covetous Shen quote have a deeper meaning?

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After you rescue Covetous Shen from the water way in Act 2, he's pretty chatty. He talks about the architecture at one point stating, "You could walk all the way around the world and never see its like."

Immediately following, he says something very curious, "Except for this part. I've seen this somewhere before."

How intriguing. Is Covetous Shen hinting at something in particular? Could it be a nod at a previous Diablo game? Basically, should the player have any idea what he's talking about?


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I am trying to learn about the EVs used in Pokemon to boost stats.

If a pokemon is just caught, does it have no EVs at all? Does this also hold true for pokemon obtained in different ways such as breeding? Do special pokemon [like Mewtwo or Shaymin] and Shiny pokemon start with zero EVs?


texts: How do you keep slower units moving behind faster units while keeping them from getting separated?

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This especially comes into play for me with roach/hydra and to a lesser extent with ling/roach.  I want my roaches in front of the hydras to absorb damage, but since roaches (with speed) are faster than hydras they just get separated unless I spending some time microing their movement.

With zlot/stalkers the stalkers are faster and I want them in back so I just have the stalkers on follow on the zlots and just move the zlots and they'll stick together in the right formation.  I do the same thing with ling/roach even though it's not completely optimal but the speedlings will get into the fray fast enough that it's not a huge deal.


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I'm running latest 1.16 Android version of Minecraft Bedrock under Linux using the mcpelauncher.  I want to create my own custom paintings, so I tried to download some and install them so I could see how it was done.  However, when I unzip the downloaded file to ~/.local/share/mcpelauncher/games/com.mojang/resource_packs/pack_name it does not show up.  I have tried both under settings (global resources) and for a specific map.  Both files I found were advertised as being 16x16 - I have read that some larger images may require additional work to get them up and running so I thought this would be the most simple.  I also read that it's possible that different versions of Minecraft have different resource pack formats.  Both packs I downloaded were advertised for "Minecraft 1.16" although I don't know if there are any other non-Android/Bedrock versions with this same number.
The format of the unzipped directory is a pack.mcmeta containing pack_format 5, as well as a pack.png and an assets folder containing the actual resources.


texts: How can I unblock games from changing the screen resolution?

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I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 15r. It is pretty good for gaming, however I have recently had a problem with running certain games in fullscreen mode. Basically, they don't change the screen resolution, so my games are the same size as they would be in windowed mode with large black borders filling the rest of the screen.

This didn't start happening until Viriax crashed while in fullscreen. It didn't change the resolution back to normal, and it was so blown up that I had to fix the resolution from the command prompt using QRes, an open source program for changing the resolution from the command prompt.

So far, this has happened to three of the five games that I've tried to run in fullscreen, with the games that worked normally being Osmos and Machinarium, and the games that had  the problem being World of Goo, the original Starcraft, and the aforementioned Viriax.


texts: Is there a reason to buy shields from Russ?

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In the Eldin Canyon, north of the Sheh Rata Shrine, there is a shield salesman named Russ on top of a hill. He says he is part of a shield surfing gang and has three shields available to buy:

Wooden Shield (30 rupees)
Soldier's Shield (100 rupees)
Knight's shield (300 rupees)

According to the Zelda Wikia, Link can only purchase each type of shield once. Once Russ sells out, he is not able to restock any of his shields.

If you examine a shield and say you don't want to buy it, Russ laments that if people don't start buying shields, his shield surfing gang will go out of business.

Does something special happen if I buy all three shields? Or is there some other reason to buy shields from Russ?


texts: Minecraft /execute as a player if they are alive

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I have an /execute command in a repeating command block, such as:

  execute @a ~ ~ ~ say hi

This makes every player say hi every tick, even if they are dead and at the 'Respawn?' screen.
How would I make the /execute only happen if the player is alive?


texts: Where can I find/buy/steal a good bow at low levels?

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I am role-playing a level 6 female Redguard focused on Archery and Sneak, with Light Armor, One-Handed and Alchemy as support skills. I used to get good bows in TES: Morrowind and TES: Oblivion at low levels, so where can I find, buy or steal a good bow in TES: Skyrim?

Buy good I mean a bow that inflicts high damage, regardless the material of the bow. Thanks in advance.


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Whenever I start Crysis on my new custom built desktop, it starts in a full black screen and nothing happens. I have to CTRL + ALT + Delete to get back to the desktop and only to find a window that says 'Crysis has stopped working'. My new rig has the following specs:

AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8 Core CPU
MSI R9 290 4GB GDDR5 Gaming GPU
8 GB DDR3 RAM
650 w PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Latest Catalyst Control Center


texts: Do units heal faster in your own territory?

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Do units heal faster in your own territory and more still in your cities?

If yes - where did you get this information, and by how much outside territory, inside territory, and in city?

"heal" and "healing" have no Civilopedia entries (srsly). I can find nothing on Google.


texts: Which tanks will be removed from my garage?

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I have played World of Tanks casually since beta, and I like to keep a lot of tanks. In particular, I've collected handful of premium tanks via various promotions, which I rarely use, but which I like to keep nevertheless.

During my play time, a lot of tanks have been removed from the game for various reasons. Some times, these tanks are replaced by others, some times not.

I can see that a few of my (premium) tanks are no longer available in the game, but are still in my garage.

After seeing in-game chats and searching the forum (evidenced by the link in Chantola's answer), players seem to know ahead of time, which tanks will be removed from the game entirelly.

Where is this information available? Can I see it in-game somehow? Or is it simply hearsay and case-by-case?


texts: What are the tactics used by teams in the mobile version of Agar.io?

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Despite the mobile version of agar.io not having a team based game mode, I often see players with names such as "mass for team", clan tags or the good old "wiggle for team".

Given that there are no mechanics in the mobile version for teams, how are these users playing the game differently?  Is it just a pact not to eat each other are there more complex tactics that are employed?


texts: What files to move if I want a clean slate?

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The Stanley Parable is a single-save game that lasts roughly 20 minutes. Then it loops. However, each play-through is subtly different, depending on the choices and paths you took in earlier play-throughs. This leads to a lot of in-jokes and references to things the player has experienced before.

I'd love have some friends try the game, but I'd want them to experience a fresh save. Does anyone know what files and/or folders contain the player's choices? I could move to a temporary location to have them try it fresh. Then presumably move them back after they're done.


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I know this has been asked twice before, but I'm not sure what is wrong with my game because I don't run the "Wearable Elder Scrolls" mod. I have other mods, but nothing (that I know of) involving the Elder Scrolls. In the Discerning the Transmundane quest, the base of the receptacle is visible, but the stand itself that the cube goes in is gone. The arrow marker is hovering just above it but there is nothing to click on. If anyone knows what mod might be a the cause I'd appreciate knowing before I try and disable the 20+ mods I have running! Playing on XB1.

List of mods I'm using:

Campfire: Complete Camping System
Unofficial Skyrim SE Patch
Waterview - Skyrim version
Dark Brotherhood Forever to Misc
God Gear XB1 [XB1]
Rich Merchants of Skyrim [XB1]
Ring of Increased Carry Weight [XB1]
Unlimited Rings and Amulets
Mornfallow Manor [XB1]
Routa - Stormcloak and Warrior Cabin
Unique Taverns-Nightgate Inn
Skyrim Scroll Crafting
Skyrim Graphic Overhaul
Enhanced Blood Textures
rskyrimchildren.esp (XB1 fix)
BDO Shudad Armor v2
thescarlett.esp
isilnarsil.esp
better leveling.esp
KS Hairdos Lite
Adorable Females
beautifulmistressv2.1.esp
Natural Eyes
Kissing - Immersive Lovers
Lush Overhaul [Xbox One]
Dragon Carved Armor [XB1]
Skyrim SE Expanded
Skyrim Weapons
Better Auriels Bow
Windstad Mine - XB1
projecthippie.esp
Craftable Everything: Dawnguard
Marriage All XBox1
Dragonborn Crafting Hall SE
A Quality World Map - Vivid with stone roads [XB1]
Lampposts of Skyrim:SE
Dark Water Home (XB1)
Wearable Lanterns
Less Grass and Such [Xbox]
Dragons' Bane- A Player House
dwarven home.esp
The Forgotten City
Dovahkiin Keep XB1
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul
Imperious-Races of Skyrim
The Temple of Time
Kokiri's Valley
Wispering Waters XB1
Craftable clothing [XBOX1]
Heljarchen Pool and Hot Bath EXtra for SE
Heljarchen Farm -XB1
Draco's Heljarchen Manor Upgrade
Become High King of Skyrim V2
Ars Metallica
Dragon Claw Stands
Gildergreen Regrown
The Paarthurnax Dilemma
Marco's Integrated Leveled Lists
Color patches remover
Storefront
Cutting Room Floor
Cheatroom (XB1)
Skyland 1k - A Landscape texture
Halls of Dovahndor by OKIIR [XB1]
Go Away Map Clouds! [XB1]
Blackreach Railroad
Dwarven Luggage
Dreamweaver (Ports of call)
Eagleview [Xbox]
Wolfskull Manor A Riften home
Asherz - Akemi The Snowelf Follower
Lavender Menace Necklace
Craft Everything
Dol Khazun | by ak0d
Realistic Food quantity and prices
Tamriel Station Fleetford | by Tetradite
Realistic Water Two (XB1)
Stones of Barenziah Quest Markers


texts: How to get Machinarium to run on Windows 8.1?

texts: I am playing Machinarium off Steam on my 8.1 tablet. I can start the game but for some reason in order to click on anything interactable in the game such as menu items, I need to move my mouse about an inch to the bottom right of the object. So in other words, I need to guess where I should click. I have tried enable and disable hardware acceleration by right clicking on the game (I guess the game is made in Flash) and choose settings but that didn't do anything. Does anyone have a solution?


texts: Can player on different platforms play Bloons TD 6 in a co-op?

texts: Say, can a user who purchased Bloons TD 6 on Steam for macOS play in a co-op with another user who purchased Bloons TD 6 on iOS? Or do all users need to be on the same platform (say all on Steam, or all on iOS), to be able to play in a co-op, which in my case would mean that one of the 2 would need to purchase the game again on another platform?


texts: Are there alternate ways to meet Jack in Mass Effect 3?

texts: I waited too long and the Grissom Academy mission went away =(.  Is there any other way I can meet Jack in ME 3?  Or was that the only chance?


texts: Does Solomon's digging have any effect on gameplay?

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I have occasionally caught Solomon in the process of digging up more graves in the midst of the battle.  Getting close to him while he's digging causes him to jump out and run away.

Does interrupting his grave-robbing have any gameplay effect, such as altering the number of enemies in the next wave?


texts: Up until now I've been relying on a steady stream of grenade spam mixed with Fios and Nadias to complete most missions.  However I'm starting to have difficultly completing the NW America emergency mission where a ton of mechanical units are wrecking my grenadiers.  I can hold them off early for a while but eventually they get critical mass and destroy me.  How do I transition into the late game where grenade spam stops working?


texts: How much do various delay options actually delay the fleet?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What factors influence the speed of the rebel fleet?

There are a few scenarios where you can delay the rebel fleet.

Off the top of my head I can think of:

Pay a mercinary to delay the fleet.
Booby trap "the cache".
Just now, a destroyed a pirate ship that was attacking another ship. Afterwards, it turned out to be a highly damaged rebel ship. It gave the option of destroying it or leveraging your help to convince them delay the fleet.

Are these options worth it? How much does it get delayed?


texts: Minecraft scoreboard targeting all entities when filtered

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Ok, so let me explain. I have 3 scoreboards set up: use, which tests for when a player breaks an emerald block, att to move the use score over to, and targ which is set when someone is being targeted, which should be a 10 block radius that is not the executor. The problem is that  targ is given to everyone in the 10 block radius, including the executor.

Here are the commands that are fine.
testfor @a[score_use_min=1] which is on a clock, running into scoreboard players set @a[score_use_min=1] att 1 into scoreboard players set @a use 0 into the command block with the problem, this one:

execute @a[score_att_min=1] ~ ~ ~ scoreboard players set @e[r=10,score_att==0] targ 1. What's wrong with it? Why is every entity in the 10 block radius given the targ score of one?


texts: Do you have to assign every settler manually?

texts: Will every single settler not explicitly assigned a job "loaf around" as it were? Or are there some tasks (obviously not all, see scavenging bench) that are automatically filled, like crops will grow as long as enough people are there no matter if you've assigned settlers to them or not.


texts: What I'm trying to do here is clear a massive area in my world. I can use the fill command with air but that is limited to so many blocks. So what I was wondering is if there is a line of code I could put in a command block that would allow it to "climb". So it would execute with the fill command at (x100 y01 z100 x900 y01 z900) and then it would change to (x100 y02 z100 x900 y02 z900 and so forth.


texts: How do you go to the Big Moth Cave guarded by Dinogator in Scarlet Pillars?

texts: I have read in several article that you can make Dinogator busy by make him eating another FOE. But, how do you lure another foe to be eaten by Dinogator?


texts: Is there a hidden significance of the PS3 loading screen / background?

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According to the below, the PS2 loading menu changed based on the number of and duration of games played.

Is there anything similar for the PS3?


texts: How do I fix my keyboard's unresponsiveness?

texts: I have recently purchased a new mechanical keyboard and during several gaming sessions, I have noticed that my keyboard's back light would turn off for a few milliseconds; along with my keys not functioning correctly. I also use a headset and each time this happens to my keyboard, my audio makes a snapping sound like it had been disconnected. Could it be the USB ports or is it the equipment itself? I have had no issues with my previous keyboard. This also happened only when I'm in game.


texts: How to make an automatic spawn point when you die

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So for a map, I want to have the players re-spawn where they died so they can continue playing. I have a concept in my head that I can't quite figure out.

I was thinking of having an armor stand continue to tp to the player and set the spawnpoint to the armor stand, but my knowledge in this area is limited and I'm not sure how to go about this or if this would even work.  I am not stuck on this concept and am open to other ideas.


texts: How to tell which planet is habitable in Stellaris?

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The Empire is still young and need to grow, fast.

Our admirals need to know which planet is habitable to plane our next domination move and send colony ships.

Currently, they are iterating each planet (50~60 planets), remembering which one is habitable, this is a tedious work.

Is there a better way to tell which planet is habitable?


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I am creating a map where the player can only step on certain blocks, and if he/she steps off, they die.

How do I run a testfor where it tests for if the player is on the path, and if the player goes off of the path?


texts: Late in the game, the Trial of Archimedes is a definitive road block with a much higher difficulty level than the rest of the game.  Part of the problem is that there are multiple difficult stages with no checkpoint in between, only a pause.  There is also no option to switch difficulty, unlike previous God of War games. What are some tips to make this event easier?


texts: Is there a way to download a Steam game from outside of steam then import it to Steam?

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I bought GTA V from Steam 2 months ago and tomorrow I'm finally building a PC to run it.

So I would like to start downloading GTA V from today and then transfer it to my new PC tomorrow.

Is there a way to download a Steam game from the outside of Steam (e.g. Torrent) then import it to Steam?

Please note I can't download the game from Steam on my current PC, because I only have a 32 bit machine (Win10 OS).


texts: How does the game determine where a Resonator is deployed?

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When I deploy Resonators, they usually appear at locations similar to other Resonators -- they are far from the Portal. However, sometimes, my Resonators appear at a place that is not my current location, and they are close to the Portal, meaning all of them can be easily destroyed in a few blows.

What affects the final location of a Resonator? How does the game determine where to deploy it?


texts: What are the keys to a successful melee and/or unarmed build in Fallout: New Vegas?

texts: I'm curious to know if anyone has tried melee and/or unarmed builds in Fallout: New Vegas. What are the stats, skills, perks, equipment, and tactics that you used to make this a feasible character build?


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I'm wondering what exactly the stealth kit in Titanfall does.  Please don't just copy and paste the in-game text like every other site on the internet does, that isn't going to help me.

I'm asking the question because its functionality (like much of Titanfall) is kind of ambiguous in the in-game description.  It says that it makes your footsteps silent; are they strictly referring to the game audio of footstep noise sent to other players?  Will my steps when rodeoing an enemy titan (that thunk thunk sound) be silent?  Does it mean that sprinting won't make me appear on the mini-map to other players (meaning that sprinting without the stealth kit would make me appear on the minimap)?

The internet is packed with people speculating about these things, but it seems like no one actually knows for sure (or maybe the people who do know just don't want to share the knowledge).

It seems like the only way to definitively answer these mechanics questions is to get a bunch of friends together (all on party chat) into a private match and rigorously test them.  I would love to do this, but sadly only two of my xbox live friends jumped on the xbone bandwagon, and they don't have Titanfall for some inexplicable reason.


texts: Is it possible to automate the city queue? i.e. what buildings to build next (and stop pestering me with it, once I have given a general guideline). I seem to remember this feature from Civ4, where it did not work very well though.


texts: Minecraft chat sometimes contains 't' when opened on Linux?

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Sometimes, when I go to type a chat message on Minecraft (using t to open the chat) there is already a letter t entered in the text field.
This is only occurring in Minecraft and nowhere else. I use Minecraft on Linux (Arch and Ubuntu, problem exists in both distros) with OpenJDK.
If I assign another alphanumeric or special character key to the 'open chat' action, the problem still occurs, just with whatever key I assign. For example, If I assign p, then I will get a p entered in the text field.
If I set the 'open chat' action to Enter then it does not happen (It's a nice workaround). It is somewhat similar to this bug for Windows 10, but I don't experience this issue on anything other than Linux.
How do I fix this in a more permanent manner?


texts: How do you perform/setup a Co-Op Execution in Ryse?

texts: The amount of times I've accidentally performed Co-Op Execution is staggering. I know it will be performed when I see two swords crossing a skull above the enemy's head. The thing is, is this random or is there a way I can force this to occur?


texts: PainterlyPack "Biome Compliant" Vines just showing up as white

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I just downloaded a customized PainterlyPack for Minecraft, and have chosen a lot of "biome compliant" options. The thing is, they all show up as just white. I have patched with MCPatcher, per Painterly's suggestion, but everything is still just white.

What have I done wrong? I didn't find anything Googling or reading through Painterly's website.

Thanks.


texts: How many different ways can Wii Fit Trainer's soccer ball be aimed?

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Wii Fit Trainer's side-special, Header, spawns a soccer ball that she hits. I know you can shoot it at different angles by pressing special a second time sooner or later, but are there any other angles I can use to hit people off-stage?

For example, the soccer ball only shoots kind of downwards, what if they recover high?

How can I cover all angles?


texts: Is it possible to get your detection risk below 3?

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I currently have most of the Ghost perks.  When carrying the CAR-4, the Bernetti 9, and wearing a two-piece suit, my detection risk is 3.

No matter what mods I put on my weapons, though, I can't seem to get my detection to go any lower.

Is 3 visibility the cap, or could I get it lower with more stealthy equipment?


texts: What are the differences between roaming free in the early chapters and after epilogue chapter 2?

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Be warned, this question contains serious end game spoilers. Don't read it unless you finished the game.

   I just finished the second epilogue chapter, and I'm wondering now if I should finish the remaining open world stuff in the epilogue with John instead of Arthur, with an earlier save or a new game. So I'm mostly wondering if there are side missions that are not available after the epilogue, or any other differences compared to the early game. Is there any content that is exclusively available before or after the epilogue?


texts: I am currently trying to figure out a way to accurately detect which face of a block is hit from a player's raycast. For example, If a player was to fire a raycast and it hit the north facing side of a block, it would summon an entity at that block position with the tag "north". Would there be any way to do this using commands in 1.16.4?


texts: XBox 360 Controller not recognized on Assassin's Creed II PC

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I recently got Assassin's Creed II during the Steam Holiday Sale. I had played Assassin's Creed with my wired XBox 360 Controller without a problem, and I was looking forward to using it for this game.

However, when I went to the options menu to select controls, the controller was not available in the menu. The only options there were Keyboard, Keyboard (alternate), Keyboard + Mouse (2 buttons), and Keyboard + Mouse (5 buttons). The controller is plugged in and turned on, and I am able to use it in other games such as HL2, Portal 2, Steam Big Picture, and Assassin's Creed I.

If anyone has any help, it would be much appreciated, I have no idea what is going on and why it won't find my controller.
Thanks


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Is it possible to kill a mob without death animation by either hiding it or "killing" it? I want to kill rabbits, so this is the command:

/kill @e[type=Rabbit]

There is just one rabbit, so it doesn't need to be all rabbits like in the command.


texts: Are party members expected to be disposable and swapped out when I feel like it or they die?

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I'm accustomed to playing later Bioware games like Knights of the Old Republic and Dragon Age where you can recruit every party member and swap them out as needed. I'm really confused about Baldur's Gate (Enhanced Edition, if it matters), where I am getting hordes of potential companions and I'm being asked to permanently kick some out.

At the beginning of the game, Imoen followed me and asked to join. Then I met Xzar and Montaron on the road and they joined. I made it to the Friendly Arm Inn and met Jaheira and Khalid, giving me a full party. I went to Beregost and met Garrick, Kagain, and Neera, all of whom wanted to join my party, but it meant that I had to kick out people (permanently, as far as I can tell), or let the new person leave.

Every time I had this happen, I decided to load my game and just avoid the encounter so that I wouldn't be forced to lose someone (I was becoming rather attached to my companions). I also chose to reload the game every time someone died, which they sadly do a lot, so that I wouldn't lose anyone. But after this happened with three different potential companions, I'm wondering if my expectations are wrong.

Am I not supposed to be so attached to my companions? Are they expected to be disposable and just replaced when I feel like it or they die?


texts: Magic Arena - Certain deck formats not listed when creating new deck

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When I create a new deck this is the entire selection of options I get to choose from for deck formats.
As you can see there is no options for either Historic Brawl or Historic Pauper
AVAILABLE DECK TYPES

I simply assumed that these where not options in the game at present until one day I opened an existing deck and realized I could change its format to Historic Brawl.
I can then remove all cards and create a new Brawl deck.

The words Wot da fook come to mind.
QUESTIONS

Are these options available currently, in the past or have they been removed?
Is there a way to choose these deck formats when creating a new deck and how?


texts: Difference between old Nearby and new Sightings?

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Recently, Pokemon Go released an update featuring a reworked Pokemon detection system -- changing "Nearby" to "Sightings".

Is there any difference between the two?


texts: Do I have to install a game to keep it, if it is free for a limited time?

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I am asking this because Outland is free until tonight on the Steam store and if you get it is permanent. However, due to internet restrictions, I can't download it right now. However, I managed to open Steam and click "Add Game" from  the store and I then went to Outland's page and clicked "Install Now". Then it took me to the page where it said:

  Thank you for purchasing Outland, it has been installed to your steam library

Then it said to click a link to install it, however, I don't want to currently. So if I just add it to my library is that enough to claim it or do I have to physically install it to my PC?


texts: Is there a way to force a Hylotl Ruined Castle to appear on a planet?

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Looking on the wiki a Hylotl Ruined Castle can appear on any planet with the exception for moons, any ocean worlds (including magma, arctic, and toxic) or garden planets.

I like Hylotl Ruined Castles because they have that Japanese feel to them but while in my current game i made my base from one, the problem is that this one was in the starting solar system so it wasn't hard for me to find and i fear that if i start a new game i wont find another one so easily.

So is there a way to force a Hylotl Ruined Castle to appear on a planet?


texts: Select entity by certian attributes Minecraft Bedrock Edition

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I'm currently making a factions map for realms to put up on Planet Minecraft. In the map I have it so that a thrown egg teleports you to spawn (get it? spawn egg). The thing is that execute @e[type=item,name=Spawn] ~~~ doesn't seem to work right.

I obviously don't want every thrown egg to send you back to spawn, but I also like the idea of a spawn egg and it's easier for pocket edition players to throw an egg rather than have to drop something else.

Can I take the egg by some other attribute other than name?

I made it so that dropped eggs will just summon a thrown egg above it and then die themselves, but I'm hoping for a better solution to this.


texts: How many workers do I need for my cities?

texts: How many workers do I need for a given number of cities in the early stages of Civ 4, say when I have around 5 cities and the biggest is around size 5?


texts: What is the recipe for the Great White Ale?

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All the clue says is, an import to Japan, "it stung of Coriander and billowed aroma of Citrus".

I need 100 units of this, but I don't know the recipe.


texts: In Alien Swarm, what do you get from leveling up?

texts: I noticed you unlock weapons/items every time you level up, but is that all there is to it? Do the characters stats increase at all?


texts: I just got to the part where I can use my hands, and the first thing I did was open a chest. I couldn't work out how to close it, so started pressing buttons to see what worked. I've now opened the dev console, and can't get rid of it.


texts: Is Circle of Protection's reflection effect based on luck?

texts: Every source I've found says that the Circle of Protection gives "a chance" to reflect the bullets it touches. Is that a flat chance or is it luck-based? If it's the latter, what's the amount of luck required to get a 100% reflection chance?


texts: "Your connection to matchmaking servers is not reliable" message on CS:GO?

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When ever I try and connect to a Counter Strike: Global Offensive (casual or comp) game it gives me this message:

  Your connection to matchmaking servers is not reliable.

How can I fix this?


texts: In Dungeon Defenders you get a reward item after completing a challenge level.  Additionally, I have heard that Medium/Hard challenges give a different reward from Insane mode.  I'm trying to find out what rewards come from each challenge, and on each difficulty.


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I built a Enderman farm in the second dimension of the end (end city) and now I wonder if the Enderman from the main End affect the spawn rates in the second dimension? Because my farm isn't that efficient like it should be.

I flooded the whole second dimension with water, even at the sides of the island I flooded ever single block Enderman could spawn of with water so the problem most be something else. I also built the farm as low as possible without any lighting.

I know spawn rates at the xbox360 version are low but at my farm there are just spawning around 16 Enderman and that it stops.

So guys, any ideas how to improve my spawn rates? Is there an affect from the main End?


texts: I bought a disc from a different region and if I do buy a digital version will all my saved data be accessible?

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I was given rainbow six siege on disc as a present from America and when I wanted to purchase some r6 coins I couldn't because my disc was from a completely different region.

So I had the idea of buying rainbow six siege on ps4 store (digital version), in order to access the store content. However, will I be able to access my saved data if I start playing the digital version?

Rainbow six siege disc version (Hawaii)
Rainbow six siege digital version (Aus)


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I run a dedicated server for Terraria and have a bit of a problem lately with younger people (such as my brother or a friend's brother) playing and finding it hilarious to:

Cheat and give themselves stacks of 999 Dynamite.
Throw the dynamite into tunnels/houses/networks of both that take me >12 hours to make.
Throw the dynamite into the ocean/caves etc which ruins the exploration value of the map.

This can at times be infuriating.

I've come across vague references to protecting stuff in Terraria - is this possible?

If so, is it something that I do through the server software or the game itself?

Edit:
Here is one such reference to 'protected' tiles: Unset spawn point on protected servers?


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I've reached the Overseer's Chamber, lit the area up, defeated its inhabitant and ate his eye. This opened no new areas to explore, however. Now what?

Defeating him didn't complete any quests I had, while I still have quests open such as "The Shimmering Deep" or "A Cure for Corruption" that apparently don't find an answer here and now.


texts: Does Mirror Ball double/triple Magic Missile damage?

texts: Mirror Ball source has a special attribute "Magic Missile fires [1-2] extra missiles". If I'm using a one missile rune (e.g. Glacial Spike), does this effectively double/triple the DPS of Magic Missile?


texts: What is the significance of "Wrong Number" in Hotline Miami 2?

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What does the name "Wrong Number" mean in Hotline Miami 2? What is the significance of the phrase, in terms of the plot and storyline?

I've seen a bunch of theories out there, including one saying that the ending of Hotline Miami 2 is not actually part of the real timeline (due to the split timeline in HM1).  So why use the word Wrong Number?


texts: To what degree is Minecraft RTX compatible with regular Minecraft?

texts: I'm wondering if Minecraft RTX can be used with existing Minecraft servers and single player save games or if moving to Minecraft RTX requires starting from scratch with other players who are also using the RTX version.


texts: How do I join a custom game from spectator mode?

texts: I'm watching a custom game as a spectator and a spot opens up. When I look at the lobby, I can only invite other friends to fill the spot, but I can't fill it myself. Is there some combination that I am missing or is the solution to quit out and re-join as a non-spectator?


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I've tried searching for this, but was unfortunate. Can your buddies die during missions?

If so - do they die permanently and am I banned from using them in the future? I saw a Tweet (I suppose it was a Tweet) from Hideo saying that they do die permanently, but it was before the game rolled out and I'm wondering how true was that. I do not mean getting killed during any missions (plot kills), if there are any.

I kind of don't want to try this out myself, maybe someone already had this?


texts: my follower died and her dead body follows me instead

texts: My follower from the companions unfortunately died while on a quest. For some reason whenever I walk through a door or fast travel her dead body follows me. I can't search her body to get my dragonplate armour set back and my new housecarl (or anyone else) won't follow me because I apparently already have a follower. I'm tired of dying alone and being over encumbered. The body is face down not and moving.


texts: How do you install Civ 5 without using heaps of download?

texts: I bought the CD of Civilization 5 and when I tried installing it, it says it has to download 2.8 GB from Steam. How do I avoid this and just download directly of the disc?


texts: I know people don't think too much of luminators, but I've always been a fan. Playing on IC2 for MC1.7.10 I never had any trouble. I just starting a MC1.10.2 world using IC2 2.6.161 and luminators don't really seem to work. One was definitely on; most seemed to be totally off. Anyone have any luck with this?


texts: Minecraft world erased after Xbox system cache cleared?

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My brother recently cleared the system cache on my Xbox. Now, when I launch Minecraft my world shows up but when I go into that world, it's a new/different world.

I reinstalled the update but It still doesn't work and I don't know what to do next. Is there any way to recover my world?


texts: I am making a race between me and my brother, and one part is from getting to one place to another by elytra and a rocket. His works like it should, but I just fall, even when spamming them in creative mode. My brother is an eye witness to this and we were both shocked, since our favorite way to travel is by elytra. We're both in version 1.13.1 of Minecraft and I'm hosting a LAN world for him to join. Can anyone help me, or am I just going to have to take the rockets out of our race?


texts: What's the most appropriate category of ship for each mission level?

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I'm returning to EVE Online after a fairly long break, and looking to get back into combat missions.

I've been trying to run Level 2 missions in my Dominix, with most of my DPS coming from drones. However, it seems that the types of drones I have can't contend with the quick ships of the enemies, and the gun turrets I have equipped just can't track the buggers.

I'd like to work my way up to doing Level 4's again; but gradually.

So, should I downgrade my ship? And what level of ship is most size-appropriate for level 2, 3, 4 missions?


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I have found some pretty crazy things in No Man's Sky and I would like to share the finds with my friends outside of the game.

Is there a way to do this other than taking screenshots and sharing them through Steam?


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I have this pseudo-functional (but mostly for aesthetics) balcony just outside my mountain-side shelter:

It gives me a nice view outside, and I can peer over the edge to the ground far below (30+ blocks) to see what baddies are down there before I venture out.

There is an above overhang that extends a couple of blocks past the balcony edge (not shown), so no monsters can fall down onto it from above. What I'm not sure about is whether it's Endermen-proof. I've noticed them appearing on occassion on the mountain to the right. I've also tussled with a few of them underground and know they have a penchant for teleporting behind you when they get cross. However, in my experience they seem to have trouble moving/teleporting through passages that narrow in height to less than 3 blocks. The narrowest height of my balcony opening is 2 1/2 blocks, where the slabs are in the picture.

If I were on my balcony, and an Enderman caught sight of me, would he be able to pop on over to my balcony uninvited? Or would he not be able to fit through? Since I don't really need the balcony, I could probably glass-block it in. But I kind of like it as-is. It amuses me.


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So recently I found that in Advance Wars 2, there are secret missions you can go to by capturing some specific cities.

Which cities I should capture in order to unlock the secret missions?


texts: Is there a penalty for switching gear mid-combat?

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If I swap gear mid-combat (perhaps with a hot-key) to switch from heavy DPS to increase % chance of obtaining a blue item, is there any penalty for doing this?

Will I receive a less a % chance if I switch mid-combat than I would if I switch prior to engaging in combat?  (Such as: Is there a small cool-down prior to actually obtaining that item's bonus?)


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I have a few level 30-ish Skyrim characters, but I have a concern about what life will be like at levels 50-80.

At level 30-ish, I have maxed out all my important fighting skills. For instance, as an assassin rogue my: one-hand, sneak, light armor, and alchemy are all topped out. In order to level to 80 I am going to have to level things I don't need: destruction, heavy armor, two-hand weapons, etc.

I am concerned that while I am spending 30-50 levels improving skills that don't help me fight, all my enemies fighting skills will still be improving.

Is this a reasonable fear? If I am level 80 will I still be fighting like a level 30 toon?

What about raiding a dungeon at level 60-80? Is it harder or easier than at level 30?


texts: Is Starcraft 2 available for digital download?

texts: Is Blizzard offering Starcraft II for digital download (i.e. something like Steam)?


texts: How much damage do grenades deal per second?

texts: Can anyone tell me what the effective rate of fire is for grenade throwing, for working out how damage per second compares to guns?


texts: Restocking items at the start of a 3-day cycle

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Every time you turn back time to the start of the 3-day cycle, you lose all of the replenishable items. Items that you may need for puzzles in the next cycle.

So my question is, what is the easiest way to restock on regular items that may aid me in my adventure, like Deku Sticks, arrows and bombs at the start of a new cycle?


texts: How do I get in to a Wrath of the Lich King Heroic?

texts: I'm trying to get my Mechanohog and I was wondering if it is possible to get into a heroic Lich King Dungeon if you're level  85.


texts: I just loaded up a world in the 1.9 update which just came out, and went to chop a tree and it took 4+ seconds with my gaming computer for the block to drop and this is getting really annoying. I have already tried updating Java and turning VBOs on. Fixes?


texts: I can't interact with the Steam Overlay. What's going on?

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I've been having issues with the Steam Overlay while playing The Witcher recently. I suspect that the issues are specific to the fact that the game was (somewhat sloppily) ported to Mac OS X with a quick Wineskin wrapper -  a theory supported by this question. Specifically, the Overlay appears when I hit Shift-Tab (most of the time. Sometimes it's totally non-responsive until I restart the game), but it's completely non-interactive. The cursor remains as the games custom cursor, and I can still interact with the game behind the overlay. I cannot however, click on anything on the overlay.

Is there anything I can do to fix the overlay to make it usable?


texts: Halo 2 PC no longer running because of d3dx9_31.dll

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I have had Halo 2 installed on my PC for some time now and have never had any issues. Last night, my PC (running Windows 10) updated. After the update, I can no longer run Halo 2. Upon launch, I receive the following error dialog:

I first re-installed Halo 2 from the disc, then re-installed DirectX 9 (the original version that worked) to no avail. I then downloaded the most recent release of DirectX and that also did not work. As a potential alternative, I manually installed multiple versions of d3dx9_31.dll which furbished no results. Has any one else had this problem? Is there another solution?


texts: How to convert XBOX 360 save to PC save?

texts: The title of the question suggests it. It's specifically for the Rise of the Tomb Raider, and I am using the PC version. I want to use my Xbox 360 (from my brother's Xbox 360 actually but I played the game on that first) save. Now because I invested a lot of time on Survival mode, and now I would not be able to play on his Xbox 360, so I want to transfer my save. The problem is that I would be playing this game at my home on PC, so how would I get that save from the Xbox 360?


texts: Killed all inhabitants of HELIOS ONE, yet quest still active

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In Fallout:NV, I initially was going against the NCR early on, but switched allegiances to see how their storyline played out.

All NCR troops accepted me as OK except for HELIOS ONE, where I had diverted power to all neighboring regions.  They would attempt to kill me on sight, so I killed them all.

The problem is that I still have a quest open for requesting support from them....any way to complete this quest?  I would have expected that it would fail once all the troops were dead...

The actual quest is 'Restoring Hope.'

  Go to HELIOS One to ask about Forlorn Hope supplies.


texts: Is it possible to to mess up a character build in Dark Souls?

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I just barely beat the two gargoyles in Dark Souls. I'm using the Zweihander sword I found in firelink shrine and for that I needed to get STR to 24. I like the idea of playing a STR-heavy character, but a couple of very painful encounters with dark phantoms made me wonder if I should be investing more into health or stamina or dexterity or whatnot.

I don't really want to read a guide that really lays it out because I want a pure experience - but is it possible to completely mess up a character (especially for New Game + ) by going all out on HP + str and completely ignoring defense or dex?


texts: Can I reclaim unsold items in the Trade Depot?

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I have some items in the Trade Depot that haven't sold yet.  I would like to reclaim them, is this possible?

I've tried the red trash button on the 'Edit Sale' UI. I used this with so some items I didn't mind losing and it seems like it discarded my items completely while costing a Simoleon for my trouble. I don't see anywhere else obvious that would allow me to reclaim these items. So are they out of my reach for good once they're in the Trade Depot?


texts: Get Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit) to recognise my xbox 360 controller

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I got Indigo Prophecy (Fahrenheit) from steam and need to play it with a controller (not keyboard and mouse, due to RSI).

But was disappointed that it doesn't work with the xbox 360 controller - right analog stick and d-pad aren't recognised, and you need 2 sticks (or one stick and the d-pad at least) to control the game.

So I tried another cheap USB controller I had and it didn't recognise that one properly either.

So I tried using game's keyboard/mouse mode and a keyboard/mouse emulation program (it captures controller input and turns it into customisable keyboard/mouse commands) but the game changes how it controls to suit a real keyboard/mouse, and so it doesn't work properly (for example, you press up to go forward, right and left to turn, rather than pointing in the direction you wish to walk. In this game, on my controllers, that's pretty much unusable).

Has anyone had success using a controller with this game?

Is there some way I can mess with the controls in a config file and force it to recognise the 360 controllers axis properly? or mess with the controllers own drivers or whatever to swap things around?

Is there a way I can force the game to use the controller-style input but accept keyboard and mouse commands (through my emulation program)?

Anyone know what game engine was used? (maybe I can find hacks that worked on another game with the same engine).


texts: Can one-player games be played when only the second controller port works?

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I'm about to buy an old SNES and some games on ebay for only a few euros.
The guy on the phone is telling me the first controller port is broken, so I'd have to go with only one controller on second port.

Is it possible on a SNES? I don't know how those old consoles are made. Would I be able to play solo games with only one controller on second port?


texts: When I play Team Fortress 2 and want to switch weapons I have to select one using my the keyboard's number keys (1, 2, 3, ...) and press fire button on the mouse to switch to that weapon. Alternatively I can select a weapon using the mouse's scroll wheel and then pressing the fire button to switch. I find this very annoying since it takes too much time using this method. Is there a setting that makes the game switch weapons immediately when I press a number key or scroll?


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Possible Duplicate:
  How many endings are there and what will it take to see them all?

  I finished ME3 and I choose the option to destroy the reapers.
As some of you may know both endings show the Normandy crashed and Joker and the others come out.
But my ending was like a mix of them both. When the Normandy door opened the credits started. They didn't show Joker! After the credits they showed the conversation betweeen the child and the stargazer. Is it because of the actions I made in the game?

I choose the Renegade path
I had under 5000 war power

Do these factors change the ending?


texts: Telekinetics: When buffs are up, why use Disturbance over Telekinetic Throw?

texts: I just hit 50 on my Sage and am trying to improve my Telekinetics DPS rotation.  The guides I've found all say only to use Telekinetic Throw when you get the Psychic Projection proc from Weaken Mind.  But just from looking at the abilities, my TT does ~2800 damage over 3 seconds without a crit whereas Disturbance does ~1100 every GCD (1.5 seconds).  So the DPS of TT is higher by about 200.  If my buffs from Disturbance are up and I don't need to refresh them yet, why wouldn't I use TT over spamming Disturbance again?


texts: How does the Warhorse compares with other horses in Red Dead Redemption?

texts: When I purchased my copy of Red Dead Redemption, it came with a code that allowed me to get a deed for a unique horse...the "Warhorse".  How does it compare with the other horses in the game, specifically the better ones such as the Hungarian Half-Bred, etc?


texts: Is there a way to view overall level XP?

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Is there anywhere in/on the interface where it displays your XP until your characters next overall level?

I ask because some skills require you to be a certain level in order to spend skill points in them.  I've looked all over and don't see anything that indicates it.


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Hitman: Codename 47 and Hitman: Absolution don't, only checkpoints. I am specifically asking about the PC releases (games' console counterparts often have manual saving removed).
Games considered as part of the main series:

Hitman: Codename 47
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Contracts
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Absolution
Hitman (2016)


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Possible Duplicate:
  Do damage over time effects stack?

I'm playing Diablo 3 as a Witch Doctor and go for Aoe-Dmg at the moment. Therefore I use Locust Swarm a lot. Because there seems no debuff/dot-icon on the enemies I wonder if Locust Swarm will stack? So basically there are several situations where it's important if the skill stacks:

I hit a mob twice with LS
I hit a mob with LS, this mob infects another mob and then I hit the new infected mob manually with LS
I play with another WD in a group (different skillrunes) and we attack a group of enemies with LS

It seems like it won't stack (haven't tried the group-WD-thing), but I'm not quiet sure.

Does anyone have any experience with this spell?


texts: What is the significance of the times after the closing credits in Diddy Kong Racing 64?

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After defeating Wizpig in space in Adventure 2 (and possible after the normal adventure; I can't quite remember as it's been some time since I've played), when the credits roll, there are times given for each of the levels.  These times are extremely fast, and I remember only ever being able to beat one of them after a hundred tries or so.

What is the significance of these times?  They are shown with no context, just a level-name and a time.  Does anything special happen if you manage to beat them all?


texts: How to make rain look like snow in Minecraft?

texts: Tis' the season, and I'm making a Minecraft Christmas resource pack, and I'm trying to make the rain look like snow. I've tried renaming all the files to do with snow to "rain" and putting them in the environment folder in the textures folder. What am I doing wrong?


texts: How can I get rid of the Negative Effects from dispelling chests?

texts: I need to get rid of three negative effects that I got from unsuccessfully dispelling three chests. The three Negative Effects that I got from them are: Amman's Burning Gaze, Amman's Thunderous Rage, Amman's Icy Touch. Now I have gone to a few Healers. Paid to remove the curses, but there still there under my status and effects. I went to another healer but there is nothing under any of the options to pick from to pay for them to heal. But my negative effects are still there doing damage to my player. Any idea how to fix this?


texts: Consistent disconnection by VAC in Linux, despite verifying local file integrity

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I got disconnected from an official Team Fortress 2 server by VAC using my Linux machine, even though I have not changed the game files in anyway nor have I added any modifications. Yet, after verifying the integrity of the game files twice, I'm still being disconnected. Rebooting the machine doesn't seem to help either.

I don't have my firewall activated, I use GUFW; this just happened spontaneously.

What is causing the issue and how should I fix it? If all else fails, I might as well reinstall the game.


texts: What does this picture and pattern mean?

texts: I am trying to find out what this picture means and where to find it (I could not locate the source). It's really important for me. Thanks everyone for helping.


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I don't know why, but I can't seem to add someone as a friend.

Whenever I click add as friend, it says "Friend invite sent".

What doesn't show up is an "invitations sent" listing on my friends list.

This is pretty frustrating any help? I've been using both the browser version and steam client to try to add as a friend.


texts: When does Cain discuss "Leah and Cain's travel"?

texts: In Diablo 3, when does deckard Cain discuss "Leah and Cain's travel (Act 1)"?


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the I'll try to describe the problem I currently have with my account which I currently share with my friend.

So I have a main account which is set to primary on my console which has a game. I logged on to this main account from my friends console and he couldn't pay any of the games until I made the account primary on his console. Of course, to do this I had to deactivate primary on my console.

Now my friend can play all my games, but the question is it possible for me to run my own games from another account activated on my PS4? Because right now I have locks on all of my games if I login from another account (because primary is not set, it's set on my friends console).

I'm asking this because I already tried to give my account to another friend, and we were able to play the same games (he used his account and I used my another account, not the one which has the games bought) even without activating the primary account on the console. Is this possible?


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I'm trying to create a social/common area for my NPCs, so that they don't have to spend all their time hanging out in their bedrooms.  Unfortunately, all my NPC housing to date has been apartment/hotel style and no one seems willing to leave their floor:

How should I instead construct my NPC housing so as to inspire them to mingle?  I like the idea of having some kind of common room, but it's difficult to gather folks there if they're afraid of stairs.

Is there some way to get NPCs to travel up or down?  (I'd prefer to avoid a sprawling, village-type layout.)

Update: Success!  Based on Raven Dreamer's answer, I tried putting a single wood platform to split the difference between floors.  Here's the merchant, having just bounced down:


texts: How do I kill Working Joes with starting weapons?

texts: I know you can set Working Joes on fire or taser them and then use the crowbar to smash them, but how can you kill a Working Joe using stuff in the early game?


texts: Skyrim clocks (game clock and real clock)

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How can I check Skyrim time without looking in the saved games details? Is there a way to always have it on the screen?

Second clock that I need is a normal clock with my PC time. Is there a way to show it on the screen?

Patches / Fix / Mods allowed.

Thanks!


texts: What does the score mean in campaign missions?

texts: After completing a campaign mission in Frozen Synapse, I am presented with a "score".  This seems to consist of a number and a symbol.  But so far I haven't really seen a correlation between how I thought I performed in the mission and either the number or the symbol.  So what are they supposed to represent?


texts: In Terranigma, what was the result of the last war between Dark and Light Gaia?

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I'm almost sure that it was said during the game but I can't remember pretty well. I think after the death of 90% of humankind by Asmodeus virus the Light Gaia army and the Dark Gaia monsters fought in the south pole. But what happened then? I know the former hero (light Ark) was killed and his armour and spkire were sealed in a box by Light Gaia waiting for his resurrection and hidden. After that, it was found by Columbus and delivered to the village of Stockholm.

But I though before the world was destroyed (came to the state we see when we arrive on surface) in the war. That way Columbus could not have done all this stuff. Otherwise, if it was not destroyed how have the world became in such a calamity state? Who transformed the living beings into fiends? Who sealed the Dark Gaia in the underworld? If it was the Light Gaia, why not to do it in the beginning of all this mess?

And, at least, why have the five continents be submerged and who did it? After all, I've thought the objective of Dark Gaia was to help Beruga with the immortality stuff and stop the time clock at 13. If the continents were to be submerged and Dark Ark not created by the Devil, things would be that way eternally. The clock would not be stopped at 13 but would be stopped the hour messing up with the balance anyway.


texts: What are the best sources of XP after the Elite Four in BW2?

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In Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, what are the best sources of XP that are available after defeating the Elite Four?

Defeating the Elite Four again is the traditional post-game XP source, and Route 15 has some high-level Pokémon, but where else is good?


texts: Viewing the world seed in the multiplayer mode

texts: How can I get a seed of the world in the multiplayer mode in Minecraft, if I'm the owner? I'm currently on Minecraft 1.2.5


texts: Recently I had bought SpaceChem and upon completing all the research challenges, I was able to craft 2 items in TF2 and one of them was the Fishcake. The stats of the Fishcake are identical to the Dalokohs Bar, so is there a difference in what this 2 items can do?


texts: What does your companions approval matter for?

texts: So far I have not seen any indication that approval does anything besides flavor. Are there any actual game mechanics tied to how much approval you have with characters?


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I am trying to friendship grind my eevee so I can get an umbreon in Pokémon Silver. One of the easiest ways of doing so is by walking back and forth for a long time. This method does take a while because the friendship level only changes by +1 every 512 steps.

The Friendship Checker in Goldenrod City said my eevee is "friendly towards me" so I had a bit of grinding to do.

I found a large patch of ice in B2F of Ice Path while playing through casually. I figured the higher than usual walk speeds on ice would make an easy grinding session, but after what seemed like a while, the Friendship Checker said the same thing.

I've looked around the internet, but I can't find anything related to steps on ice. Does sliding on ice count as walking? Am I gaining any friendship at all?


texts: What version is the Kerbal Space Program demo?

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I'm getting into Kerbal Space Program. I've been playing the demo and looking at youtube videos, but the youtube videos look SO different to what I've been playing. Does anyone know what version (or how old) the demo is?

The biggest difference I've noticed is in Kerbin textures. Mine are just a green blur but in the youtube videos there are textures, trees, etc. Also water looks way better... I'm pretty sure my video settings are up all the way.


texts: How could this MW2 round on PlayStation have been hacked?

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Now I know about various hacks for games on PCs, or games that run dedicated servers which could easily be modified.

However one day I was playing MW2 on my PlayStation, and I came across a very strange match on Scrapyard where a bunch of players were literally blowing the whole place up constantly. Within 30 seconds, I was already killed 20 times, while the winning team players had more than a hundred kills.

The killcams showed them shooting constantly and the whole map was blowing up every few seconds.

I have some video footage of that match here.

How is that possible? I thought you could not hack a PS game in that way since you can't control who runs a server.


texts: Does BugDroid only appear on Android version of JP:JR?

texts: When playing JetPack: Joyride on Android (and Nerd Repellent is not active) there are BugDroid (Android mascot look-alike) characters walking around the laboratory and running away whenever they see my jetpack, just like ordinary scientists do. Since I don't play the game on other platforms, I was wondering: is Android the only version that contains its BugDroid mascot, as a homage to the Android Operating System?


texts: Can quarry borders overlap in buildcraft?

texts: Can I lay down a quarry which shares a frame border with another quarry, or will it get stuck trying to make the frame?


texts: How can I teleport only certain people in Minecraft

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I want to make a teleport command with command blocks that allows only people with certain names to teleport. So basicly its an admin only button and if your name isnt on one of the command blocks you cant teleport, it would also check if the player was in a radius of two blocks. What I have tried is /tp <player name>[r=2] <coords here> and /tp @p[name=<player name>,r=2] <coords here> and neither have worked. Is this possible?

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The problem I'm having after further experimenting with the  same code is when I use the <player name> to teleport it grabs the right person but it teleports them from anywhere no matter the person who steps on it because the radius doesn't seem to work. and with the other code that uses the @p variable it has the radius right but I can set the name property to no one on the server and it still teleports the closest person (it seems to teleport the closest person if it cant find the name, when I want it to teleport nothing if the name is not found). Maybe I need to add some redstone but I don't know if that would help.


texts: Finishing predator challenges with proximity detonator

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is there any way to finish the worst nightmare challenges (number 6 in particular) when I already upgraded to proximity detonator?

The proximity detonator seems to block the takedown option.


texts: How is EXP gained from Power-Up Fusion calculated?

texts: With a Vampire Lord as Base Monster, a level 3 Baddie (purple glob, 1 star, cost: 1) would gain him 225 EXP. A level 3 Purple Carbuncle (1 star, cost: 2) would gain him 338 EXP. At the same time, the EXP gain is the sum of them both. Is it that the level and Cost of the Monster combine to determine how EXP is gained from using them as Material in fusion?


texts: On Warframe, what triggers to ability to have a Stalker to spawn stalking you. Do you have to get the killing blow against a boss? Or just be in the game.


texts: How many insured vehicles can I have in GTA Online?

texts: I just got a nice 2nd car but I'm not sure what happens if I insure that car along with my other one, do both of them get stay insured or do I lose my previous car insurance?


texts: Can you take Bowwow out after returning him to MeowMeow?

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Hes super useful because he finds seashells for you, but after you bring it back, you seemingly can't bring him back with you for a walk. He's stuck chained to his post.

So is there a way to take this good metal boi on a seashell finding walk after you complete the quest where he's kidnapped?


texts: I used to be able to launch Battlefield 4 Singleplayer/Multiplayer without Battlelog. What happened?

texts: I haven't played BF4 for a few weeks now, and I finally decided to start the game up again, but when I started it up, it sent me to the Battlelog website. This has never happened before, please help. I have Battlefield 4 Premium, btw.


texts: How can I prevent my civilian dwarves from drinking/eating from the military stockpiles?

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I have a military training room which is off a corridor which branches off near the entrance to my base. To maximize training time, I have tables in the room, with food and drink stockpiles next to them. The problem is, because my main food/drink stockpiles and tables are much deeper in the mountain, any dwarf that is outside or near the entrance goes to the military stockpile when they get hungry/thirsty.

I've tried setting the corridor and the room to restricted, and bumped the cost up to 100, but apparently they ignore pathing costs when getting food/drink, so it does nothing. What can I do to make it so only the military dwarves can use those stockpiles and tables, while still allowing civilians to refill the stockpiles?


texts: How to keep an airplane stable on the runway in Kerbal Space Program?

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I've spent the past three hours committing a genocide of historical proportions against my Kerbals, and it's making me quite sad.
Valentina would really appreciate if I could get my airplane off the ground, but it keeps exploding on the runway by the exact same failure mode: The plane veers to one side or another, either I or SAS correct it, which starts a left/right wobble, which builds until one of the wings hits pavement, at which point the craft quickly brings Valentina to her untimely end.
I've covered all my bases, as far as I can tell:

All three wheels (one steerable in front, two fixed in back) are mounted with angle snapping, symmetrically
Wheels are mounted to the fuselage, rather than to the wings (which flex under load)
Wheel base is wide
Center of lift is behind center of mass, and slightly raised
Rear wheels are in front of tail, but not enough to make tail strikes easy
The two engines have been mounted every imaginable way with the same result: Over the wings, on the fuselage, on girder segments, on the wingtips, etc.
Wings have been flown both with and without struts
Wheel friction was even decreased to 0.3 for front wheel and increased to 2.0 for rear wheels, as per a tip found online

It seems if I turn off SAS, I can prevent the oscillation from starting as it's initiated by some control input, whether from me or SAS, but then the plane veers off the runway until it hits something. Intriguingly, there is one thing I've found that does prevent the wobble from starting, and that is to use a single engine mounted directly on the back of the fuselage, which prevents using a tail and is ultimately a fairly significant restriction to build around.
I've spent some time scouring the internet for ways of solving this problem, and found a number of pieces of advice on preventing wobble and improving planes in general, some of which made it into the above list, but Valentina's still dying, and I'm tired of Kerbal funerals.


texts: After completing The First Step, Preston Garvey will no longer talk to me. If I walk up to him, I see the option to press E to initiate a talk but pushing E doesn't do anything. Is there anyway I can reset him so that I can talk to him again?


texts: Can I change the colour of player nameplates?

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I have a LOT of trouble reading the odd purple/blue colour that WoW uses for player nameplates. I have to be pretty much on top of someone to make them out, and even then I struggle, it's just not a colour I can read well.

I tried looking in the options to see if I had the ability to change this colour to something else, but I couldn't find this anywhere.

Is there any way I can change the colour? I'd not be opposed to a mod to change it if it came to that, but I'm new to WoW, so I don't know what's all possible. Ideally, I'd like to not have to deal with a modpack, as I find those incredibly overwhelming to try to deal with, as they often have WAY too many options and I struggle with finding what I want, I get upset, and I give up.

(If I can find a way to change other nameplates too, that would be excellent - I do find the lime green a little tricky, but the blue/purple is the absolute worst.)


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I was wondering why Nasus, Nunu AP, Volibear are not considered as viable solo top?

I mean, they are all decent and have sustain as well as a good snowballing potential. That's why I don't get why they're rarely ever played in competition or even in high ELO solo queue games.


texts: Why does the game crash every time I complete a level under development using the Puzzle Maker?

texts: The title explains it all. Every time I complete a level currently under development using the built-in puzzle maker, the game crashes when I reach the "Test complete. Restarting..." screen. What should I do?


texts: Is it possible to find missed loot in d'Arnise Keep after completing the quest?

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I'm playing through the game and I didn't make any saves before I started the quest to clear out the Keep. When I finished, I found that I had missed the Flail Head [Cold] and thus couldn't complete the Flail of Ages. When I went to the location in the keep where the cold head was supposed to be located, it was mysteriously absent.

Is it possible to collect loot that I missed after I've completed the quest to clear out the keep? Or am I hosed?

P.S. My main is a Fighter class, so I was offered the opportunity to take ownership of the keep -- which I accepted. If that matters.


texts: What do the numbers that appear when Interceptor "blocks" indicate?

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In Final Fantasy 6, the character Shadow can occasionally "block" an attack completely via his weapon (like many characters) but also via his dog, Interceptor. This dog occasionally counter-attacks for large amounts of damage, which is what it is famous for.

However, some of the time when Shadow is blocking, a number appears next to the "blocking-dog-parry" sprite that appears adjacent to Shadow.  It appears with the same font color (white) that usually indicates damage to a character, but Shadow's HP is not affected and as far as I know, Interceptor doesn't have HP.  This number does not always seem to appear during these dog-blocks.

What does this number mean?

(Bonus points for information specific to Brave New World, which is the version of FF6 I'm currently playing.)


texts: What happens if your element doesn't match the Colosseum's type?

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I am trying to figure out how type affects the outcomes of the Colosseum. I always try to enter a dragon of the type that is asked for for the event but this time around they wanted a Metal dragon and I do not have one of those yet (I am too low of a level). So this has raised the question of how your type affects the outcome of the Colosseum.

As far as I can see you can send a single element dragon of the same type, an off type or an opposing type. Alternately you could send a hybrid dragon that could contain the type and off types or conflicting types or no matching types and just off or conflicting types.

Does the dragon choice really have any impact on this? Is this just random like breeding (not including rare dragons) as to what the outcome will be or can some thought be put into this to alter the outcome?


texts: How can I transfer my driver to another garage?

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I've bought another garage because I didn't like the location of the previous one but the game doesn't let me transfer my controlable character to it. I can do that with hired people. The old garage has only one slot in which my player is and the new one has 3 slots.
I'm also level 4 if it matters.
So is it possible to transfer my own character to another garage and if it is how can I do it?


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I want to break blocks far away (e.g. A piece of glass 50 blocks away) with commands, but I don't know if there's any way.

Is it possible to break a block (literally break a block, which means with sound & with particles) with a command? Or should I use the /particle /sound and /fill command to "break" the block? (/particle will create the glass-breaking particle, /sound will play the glass-breaking sound, and the /fill command will fill the glass with air.)


texts: Mage Secret Duplicate interaction with AoE damage

texts: Let's take for example, enemy mage has Dr Boom at 2 health, and some other minions also at 2 health. She has a duplicate secret up. If I consecrate (deal 2 damage to all enemies) and kill all the enemy minions simulataneously, which minion would get duplicated?


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I'm getting the following error when trying to load Grand Theft Auto 4.

  DD3D50
  D3D Error - DirectX 9 video card required

My PC specs:

Core 2 Duo Intel
4 GB RAM
500 Hard drive
But NO GRAPHICS CARD

My question is where can I get DirectX 9?
Is this DirectX 9 Software or Graphics card?


texts: Is there any way to trigger solar eclipses faster?

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I just had a solar eclipse followed by a blood moon, but it’s been almost 46 nights since I beat the first mech boss, and the eclipse happened right after beating Plantera a second time.

Is there some kind of probability that defeating certain bosses triggers a solar eclipse?


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As a relatively new SC player, specifically SC2, the single most annoying thing I have found in my games is when a player attempts an all-in drone rush (any all-in 6-8 drone/probe/scv rush) "Cheese" strategy within the first minute of the game.

Since the opponents are usually doing this technique before I even get a scout out of my base, scouting this maybe isn't as practical as scouting for every other build order.  How should each race counter such a strategy?  If the opponent does catch you off guard, is really good micro the only way to save yourself?


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Apparently I've recieved a couple of mail from different weapon manufacturers but I can't find it anywhere. I have a mail icon below the mini-map but I can't seem to find a mail tab in my echo device and even on the Quick-Change Station there's nothing.

How do I check my mail?


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I just started playing HotS and in my first Protoss game was caught by opponents widow mine. I assume that if I had observers I would see them... but they still would kill my army.

What is the proper way to counter widow mines by Protoss and by other races?

Any ideas are welcome!