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What will happen if I, as a count, give a vassal a county?

Will I lose the county like a duke who gives an extra duchy?


texts: How do I reduce the effects of Boss Modifiers?

texts: As a melee character, I am often melted by plague, desecrator, and molten Boss Modifiers, tearing through 24k HP. What can I do to delay my death? How severely will resistances assist, and what resistance should I pair with each Modifier? Is it worth equipping resistances before entering, say, an area with many molten enemies? What about the INT stat? How much do I need to equip (as a DEX character) before I start seeing results? What other skills and buffs apply here?


texts: Is it possible to get a Blaze to spawn on a Skyblock map?

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I've been playing the Skyblock 2.1 map for Minecraft and have figured out there's a way to get Villagers, but only if you can first get a Blaze Rod. In Skyblock, the Nether consists of only a small 3x3x3 block of glowstone and a portal within the boundaries of the Skyblock map, nothing else. I presume if one went far enough in any direction they would find normal chunks (and thus the possibility of Nether fortresses and Blaze spawners), but this would be cheating.

After perusing this question, it's clear that even when all the blocks of a Nether fortress are removed you can still get Blazes (and Withers) to spawn in that location if you just build some new ground there. So, if the valid playable region of a Skyblock map originally contained a Nether fortress, and if the data for the "Structure Pieces" of that Nether fortress still remain in the folder for the Skyblock map, it should be possible to get a Blaze to spawn.

So, the million-emerald question...

Has anyone either found a location where Blazes spawned, or used some method/mod to determine if there are any Blaze-spawnable regions in the valid playable section of the Nether of a Skyblock map?


texts: What are the differences between the difficulties?

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There are 4 difficulties: Normal, Hard, Hyper, and Maniac. The "Tips" menu gives little information about what's different between difficulties, and the only relevant results I've found on Google are videos of people beating various levels at these higher difficulties.

What exactly are the differences between the difficulty levels in Mighty No. 9?


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I'm missing about half of the pokémon, and I keep catching the same pokémon all over again — Abra, Meowth, Psyduck...

I noticed that if I catch over three pokémon I'll be able to go into the Meowth bonus stage, and if I get higher scores and more pokémon to other bonus levels too in some sort of progression — Meowth, Gengar, Mewtwo, etc. Does a similar process take place with catching pokémon, in which the further I progress without losing, the greater the variety of pokémon I'm able to catch? Or is there some other trick to it?

As for their distribution: they don't appear to me in a random order, I think. Are the pokémon distributed evenly throughout the various locations? If so, where can I catch each of them?


texts: Which male units will pass Pegasus Knight as an available class to their daughters?

texts: A child's available classes depends on their class, as well as those of their parents. Which male units will pass Pegasus Knight as an available class to their daughters (if they have a daughter)?


texts: How can I determine the bottleneck in my gaming rig?

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I have a Dell Dimension E510. Its most important gaming specs are:

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz CPU
1 GB of RAM (with a max of 4 GB)
ATI Radeon X300 with 128 MB

Typically I enjoy playing Counter Strike Source online, but find that it is often difficult to play due to delays. Other games I like to play are Guild Wars, and find that it is ok for the most part. I have the greatest difficult with Battlefield 2.

I have looked on amazon and have found that for about $60 I can upgrade to a 1GB video card, and for another $60 I can max out my RAM to 4 GB. However, I do not want to upgrade without first understand where my slow down is.

How can I determine where the resources are needed? I typically attempt to open up the Windows Task Manager to view the CPU and Memory utilization. I have not found a way to monitor video card metrics. The CPU hovers around 60% and the memory can get under 50 MB under certain circumstances.

Additionally, I have further concerns that my wireless connection to the desktop is less than optimal. How could I understand if: (1) a sub-optimal internet connection makes the game slow, or (2) a sluggish system is due to something other than network resources?

While upgrading both the video card and memory is not a tremendous amount of memory ($120), I would hate to upgrade and not see a difference in game play.


texts: When I use Crafting, I can see "SPEC 5" beside Roddick's sprite. I can't seem to see it anywhere besides the Item Creation screen. What does it do?


texts: Help me make sense of the Starcraft 2 ending

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Upon seeing that opening vid, I actually thought all marines were convicts sentenced to death and put in the front line as their death penalty. But it seems to me that only Tychus has this deal with Mengsk. In that case, it is safe to assume that it was Mengsk who set Tychus to join Raynor's Raiders.

But in the ending scene, Tychus' orders seem to be actually to kill Kerrigan, not Raynor (I thought he was supposed to kill or bring Raynor to Mengsk). But for that to happen, was Mengsk expecting that Raynor would actually go and try to save Kerrigan? That it was just his convenience that Kerrigan was converted back?

Or was it a huge conspiracy of sorts where Mengsk told his son to get Raynor to help him become his father's successor (much more believable than Mengsk dealing with Raynor himself). I mean it was Valerian who researched and fixed the artifact right? So was Arcturus counting on that for Tychus to have a shot at Kerrigan?


texts: Is it possible to change your associated e-mail on Pokemon Go?

texts: I signed up for Pokemon Go with my school e-mail that will soon be deleted. Is there any possible way to change the e-mail I use to sign in without losing all my game progress?


texts: I'm trying to get NHL Slapshot to update the roster and schedules but it's giving me the error "Cannot connect to EA server"... I don't know why because I've been playing online multiplayer for call of duty... any idea why the error happens and how I can resolve it?


texts:
Since DirectX 11 in Windows 8, there's no standalone installer I can download.

I suspect there's something wrong with my DirectX install and I want to either remove it and uninstall, or apply some sort of fix.

How can I proceed?


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I was playing through the secret quest in Find Mii 2 and tried to go to the Shrine of Judgement, but I got a message saying it was locked, and to try again later.

How later? You can't exactly go back in this game, only forward to the next area, so if I choose a different path, I will have to wait until my next playthrough.

What do I need to do to unlock these paths?


texts: Why is my iron disappearing in Minecraft?

texts: In Minecraft, I'm in survival with a wooden pickaxe, and whenever I mine the iron ore I need, it keeps disappearing. Why is this happening? Am I doing something wrong?


texts: On Borderlands 2, what quest gives the Sand Hawk? And if so, do I need any DLC to get the mission, if it is given by a mission.


texts: How do i complete The Ritual Bond in WoW?

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I found a link to my quest

I dont understand it at all. I am standing in front of "Keeper Karithus" but how do i breathe in the incense? I dont see the 3 animals i can choose? how do i find them? how do i choose them? I am completely confused.

Note: I am the night elf druid.


texts: How are "ace maneuvers" different from other maneuvers?

texts: When upgrading a pilot, they can typically learn a single "ace maneuver", like Wingover or Jink, or a collection of related maneuvers like various rolls.  Is there any special distinction between an ace maneuver and any other, beyond this fact that they're relatively expensive to learn?  Are there, for example, limits on when or how often they can be used (beyond normal limits on high-G maneuvers)?


texts: Hero Siege, how can we play on a more difficult setting?

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I've noticed that "nightmare mode" exists, but we have only been able to play the intro stage (going back from the main City, so starting it from the end of the stage).

We've found no way to progress past that.

I guess it will be naturally be unlocked with a normal playthrough, but if we do that I'm afraid that the characters will also be of a level high enough to make it no longer challenging enough for our tastes.

Our goal is to increase the difficulty, that's why we were trying to play nightmare mode (~lvl 45) with lower characters (~lvl 15).

If this is not possible, but there are other "legit" ways to increase the difficulty which we haven't noticed, they would still be acceptable.


texts: How many blocks can can a diamond pickaxe stand before breaking?

texts: My friend and I are arguing about how many blocks a diamond pickaxe will be able to break without it breaking itself. Do you know how much?


texts: How does quest progress work if you skip some via friends' games?

texts: I just started in Inferno and joined a friend who was further along in the story.  If I complete quests with him, what will happen to my progression?  Will none of what I did with him count cause I missed the intervening quests?


texts: So I went and got all my stuff back from Ves in Flotsam after the drunken night I can't remember. But I never got my Silver Sword. Was it somewhere else? Is this a glitch or have I forgotten to do something?


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I have seen pro players gameplay videos in which the bullet can be seen all the way to its impact point. Mostly in long range shots where a small flashy dot travelling till it hits something. But I cannot see it when I play. Are there any graphic settings I should change?

I play on i3-6100 processor with 4GB 1050ti graphics and 8GB 2400mhz RAM with low-medium graphic settings.

EDIT:

This is what I was talking about.

https://gfycat.com/OrderlyClosedBighornedsheep


texts: King of Dragon Pass: how can I keep my tribe happy with me being king?

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So, I'm triyng a long game in King of Dragon Pass, PC version. My problem is this: how by Elmal's balls and Orlanth's fart can keep my tribe-mates happy?

I am really confused as to what influences tribe-mood. My clan is prosperous, I almost have more cows than people (seriously, I have like 1000 people and at the moment, around 1900+ cows), I usually make massive damages on any fool attempting to raid my tula, I have enough treasures to start a museum. To boot, my clan's mood is pretty damn happy, if not downright jubilant. I always keep the tribal judge in "by the strenght of the case" (or whatever it is that says that the king judges the case by legal merit rather than who is most generous or how they are disposed towards me).

But how can I fulfill my destiny if my tribe-mates constantly want to depose our king? They say something vague about "dishonored our ancestry" or whatever. The manual is unhelpful. The only way I know to increase tribe mood is by doing a heroquest.

One of my advisors say something about "sending emmiseries" to tribe-mates, but most of these clans are happy with me. Even if that is so, I am confused as to what I should do. Sending gifts to them occasionally seems pointless.

I am sincerly at loss as to what to do.


texts: Is any elevated surface a valid place to store unconscious victims in order not to get eaten by rats?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I prevent rats from eating a corpse that I left unattended? Also, is this a bad thing?

I know you can place unconscious bodies in trashbins in order to have them not count as kills, but does any elevated surface work just as well, i.e. tables and bathtubs?  I stored an unconscious body in a bathtub and came back and it was gone, so wasn't sure if it had been eaten or just disappeared.


texts: What are the moving glowing balls in slither.io?

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In slither.io, there are these little moving balls that glow. If you eat them, you grow more than just eating a regular food pellet. One thing about them that's kinda weird, is that if you move toward them they will dodge you.

For reference, here are some screenshots of them.

The purple on here:

and the violet one here:

What are these things? Are the controlled by other players? Do they have a name? What are some strategies for them?


texts: How can I find my pet wolves that I told to sit?

texts: I told my wolves to sit down and I accidentally forgot to tell them to stand up and I left them. Now I cannot find them, how do you get back to your wolves if they are lost?


texts: I feel like I am constantly running out of room for items. Is there a way I can carry more stuff or something? I know I eventually add more characters to my party, does that give me more room for items?


texts: How to play the same village on two devices clash of clans?

texts: So my iPad was accidentally set up with the same Game Center account as my brothers when I set up my iPad. When I logged into clash of clans it loaded up his village and I tried deleting the app and logging out of Game Center. I created a new Game Center account and logged into clash of clans but his village still came up. I want to link my iPad with my village from my old android phone but I've already used link device and now all I can go on is my brothers village and we can't play the same village at the same time... Please help.


texts: Does the game put in place any limits on hunting? Is it possible to out-hunt a region, either temporarily or permanently? Or do animals just keep spawning?


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Beedle is selling an item with the name Life Medal. Beedle has no idea what it does, but he's selling it for 800 rupees, which is quite a bit of rupees.

What does the Life Medal do?


texts: Might & Magic VII: What's the point of a bank?

texts: Why would I ever want to use a bank in Might & Magic VII? Is it only helpful in the case where your whole party dies?


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This is difficult to ask.  Ok, so this guy is really getting on my nerves.  He's stubborn, obnoxious, idiotic, and completely driving me up the wall.

It's time for him to go.

However, there is a bit more to it than that.  I could simply organize the other people involved to banish him from our community, but this wouldn't do it for me.  If he is allowed to live he will continue to use up our valuable resources.  I cannot allow this to happen.

I've come to the conclusion that poison will be the best way to get rid of him, because I could probably get away with it and not be noticed by anyone else.

What's the best way to go about doing this?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I do anything about a grenade in Mass Effect 3?

In single player "Insanity" difficulty, Cerberus agents throw grenades with pinpoint accuracy all the time. Due to the deadlyness of grenades of this difficulty, it always forces me out of cover and into the line of fire of the enemy.

What can I do about these grenades other than flee from cover? Is there any biotic option?


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In Opus Magnum, your solutions are graded on three factors: cost, number of cycles, and area.  The first is very simple: it's the sum total for all the parts you used.  The second is also straight forward: it's the number on instructions that were needed to produce the required number of molecules.

The third has me confused, though.  I don't understand how the area metric is calculated.  It's not simply the number of hexes occupied by your parts, nor does it seem like it's just the area ever occupied by part or element, although that does seem to be closer to the truth.

So, how exactly is the area of a solution calculated?


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It is my first game in Europe 4: i didn't play any paradox game earlier and am confused of how colonies work

Now I have 6 colonial provinces with total income of my colonies (French Brazil) around 55. With viceroy =20% I earn from colony (Tariff efficiency) 0.75 per month (if we trust economy tab of my empire).

In the same time, until provinces joined as "French Brazil" and were just part of my country each of them with tax income around 3-4. I don't have old saves so can't proof, but I believe 4 provinces were contributing more than current 6 joined together.

I believe colony itself will keep invading other provinces that will raise my profit from colony, but my 2 colonists cost me 8 gold per month!!! And I have zero to nothing income from colony for years...

What I'm doing wrong? How to raise income from colony to be profitable?

Should I restrict amount of invaded provinces to be 4 so they don't join into another country?


texts: What actions will result least damage in the MI5 Activity Alert - Parliamentary acting in a suspicious manner plot?

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During the MI5 Activity Alert - Parliamentary acting in a suspicious manner plot, you have (as far as I could track) 2 players:

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health
Visitor to Minister

The best I could do was to ransack the Parliamentary to grab the vial and smear him (problematic political damage).
The smear will result in less political damage, but there was nothing else I could do to deal with the situation. Everything else (eliminate or abduct) will result in a lot of exposure to the operation.
Is there an action or a set of actions in any specific day that will result in a better output?


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In Oblivion, Nirnroots were a collectible - there was a finite number of them*, and they did not respawn.

I've been noticing, however, that when I pick Nirnroots in Skyrim, the roots of the plant remain behind. This got me wondering...

Do Nirnroots regrow in Skyrim?

What about the Crimson Nirnroots of Blackreach?

*discounting the respawning food-nirnroot in Frostcrag Spire


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I'm nearly done building a desktop, but currently don't have my "data" hard drives, just small SSDs for Windows and a few programs.  I've been holding off installing any games since I have little space left, but I kinda want to try the ME3 demo and see what all the fuss is about.

However, I can't find any info on how big the demo is.  The Origin website and the in-app page for the demo don't seem to have the size and I didn't see anything with a search.  How big is it?  (Preferably when installed, but the size of the download would be useful also.)  The full game appears to be 10 GB, which would be too much.


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When building various structures such as the guard post or the scavenger workbench, you're prompted to assign a worker to the resource object:

However... I'm not seeing any indication of how I'm meant to achieve this, and without assigning a worker the structure doesn't operate...

How do I assign a worker to a resource object?


texts: How do you configure Iptables for MineOS on FreeNAS?

texts: I am trying to open up a second port, and I tried following the MineOS Wiki but I don’t know where I enter all of the command lines it gives me. I tried entering them in a shell under the MineOS jail in the FreeNAS WebUI, but that didn’t work. I also tried following the wiki on how to setup root login so I can ssh with PuTTY, but I don’t know where to enter “service sshd restart” after I configure it. Even if I could have figured that out, I still don’t know which IP address I’m supposed to use to ssh. If I just used my regular IP for the entire server device itself, then what user and password would I use if I need to run the Iptable commands?


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We all know that loot boxes contents are determined when you obtain them. What I want to know is if someone has confirmed in what order they are "served" to you to be opened.

Let me clarify under what circumstances this could be determined. Suppose, you have all Common and Rare items (that means whenever you open a loot box you will get duplicates of such rarity) and that you have saved 5 boxes. The next day Blizzard adds new Non-Event loot (like the Blizzard World loot), but before you touch your 5 loot boxes you win another 5. Now when you open them, what is going to be served to you first? The 5 old crates which will contain mostly duplicates, or the newest 5 which will give you mostly new loot?

Another extra scenario that would reveal this sequence is to have saved event-specific loot boxes from a previous year, along with ones from a brand new event. However this would be a bit harder to try since you would have to have all Common and Rare loot from such event to be able to draw meaningful conclusions.


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The Nintendo Shop on the Switch lists the game's "Number Of Players" as "1 or more". On the computer I navigated to Nintendo.com and it says "to be determined".

Is the game multiplayer or not?


texts: Can I put a deleted PSN account on a new PS3?

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So when I was living with my roommate he used my ps3 to download rockband songs onto a specific account which I basically let him use for his rockband needs. I recently moved out and once he gets some extra cash he will be buying a new ps3. I understand the account can move from one ps3 to the other just by logging in, but I was reading something on one of downloaded games that said if all the accounts that owned the software were deleted you could no longer play that game. So that got me thinking..

I'm planning on upgrading my hard drive but not sure if I should wait till he gets a ps3 and has the account tied to it or if it really doesn't matter. I think it might be awhile before he gets a ps3 so knowing if I could upgrade asap would be great.

Thanks guys.


texts: Will I need an airplane ticket more than once?

texts: In Candy Crush, I need an airplane ticket to go to level 36. Is that the only time that I will have to decide to ask my friends on Facebook or pay the 99 cents?


texts: How to level up weak Pokémon in Pokémon Red?

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I recently got the game Pokémon Red, and I have noticed that it is much harder to level my Pokémon than any other Pokémon game.
How do I easily level up weak Pokémon (Levels 5-10)? Is there a more efficient way to level them up than by continuously switching them around in battle?


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I'm trying to make a sentry gun in minecraft, I've made the shooting system already (wich shoots at entities) but the problem is that the "sentry gun" works in an area around the main command block, I wanted to make a structure to work as the sentry instead of the main command block.

I've tried testing for an iron block named "Tool Box", I wanted to make something like placing the Tool Box and activating it using a dropped item on top of it or maybe even an item (I tried with a hoe for example) but I got no idea how to do it.

The Shooting System works like this:

It'll trigger at any entity that enters the area of the main command, except for players and arrows, when something enters the area it starts spawning arrows on d dtop of it that fall aneal damage, so basically I got the system working on a command, all I have to do is change so that command triggers at a certain structure.

Main command:

  /execute @e[score_sentryKill_min=1,r=10] ~ ~2 ~ summon Arrow {damage:10.0}

Basically all other commands are "Don't target Players, don't target arrows, kill the arrows when they hit the ground"


texts: How does Genshin Impact integrate with the PSN and what can PS players do to increase privacy?

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This is a question that came to mind while chatting in one of the network chatrooms about a recent event in the game that will force players to play random co-op to be able to participate Apparently this caused a lot of mixed felling from the player base, with angry posts on various topics (security/hacking, not liking co-op etc - see for example here ).
During the exchange, we mentioned PS players as a comparison to PC ones.
Genshin works kinda different on PS, since the game is tied to the PSN account and not to a specific Mihoyo account like it does on PC.
For that reason, I was wondering about HOW exactly the game integrates with the PSN. More specifically:

The PSN network has a series of setting for privacy like invisible mode and so on. Does this affect the ability of other players to see you online in the Genshin Impact co-op list?
Is the in-game friend list tied to the PSN friend list? I know some game do that (Mediamolecule's Dream being a great offender for example). Adding a friend in Genshin Impact should just required registering their UID - assuming that means adding the player as a friend in the PSN too, how that integrate with the PSN "block friend requests" setting? Can the game bypass that?
The game co-op menu displays PSN users names along with their in-game name. Can that be stopped, either in the game or by tweaking the PSN setting?

Basically I want to know what info about the player the game makes available to other players, how easy is for strangers to randomly add you as a friend and what can be done either in game or in the PSN settings to limit what others can do/see. Game design theory has nothing to do with this, despite what some seem to think.


texts: How to manually play a note block's sound in creative without breaking it?

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I'm trying to make a song in creative in 1.16.4. I already set the notes in the note blocks but when I try to manually play them, right click changes the note and left click breaks the block.
So how can I play the song manually without breaking the note blocks or changing the set note.


texts: When did redstone dust change its redirection behavior with torches?

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In old versions of minecraft, redstone dust will redirect itself to the direction of a torch if the dust is placed on a block with a torch. When did this behavior change? I believe the change happened after Beta 1.7?
Here's a picture


texts: Celestial event won't initiate after killing the Lunatic Cultist

texts: I have killed the Lunatic Cultist, and the message appeared, "Celestial creatures are invading!!!" But nothing happened. Is my terraria bugged, glitched, or what happened?


texts: Is it possible to remove a certain entitiy with a command block?

texts: I'm making a map where armor stands can move towards you, and I need help with a command. Is it possible to remove a certain armor stand with a command? If it is, I need the command.


texts: Why can't I play the game corner in Pokemon HeartGold

texts: I want to play the game corner in my version of heart gold but when I talk to the guy to play my game crashes. I tried on multiple different ds's and it still crashed. It doesn't work in Kanto either. Can I have some help?


texts: Recovering your Microsoft Flight Simulator X CD Key

texts: I had purchased and installed Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe on my machine, but uninstalled it since I never used to play it all that much. Now I want to reinstall it, but I have the Disks but not the Key stickers. I've lost those. Is there any way to recover my CD Key? Does Windows 7 store the CD Key anywhere like in the registery or elsewhere from where I can get it back. Anything else I can do?


texts: How do I get bartenders to make drinks in Dragon Quest Builders 2?

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I have multiple bartenders on the Isle of Awakening and corresponding bars, but they never seem to be making drinks and seldom if ever stand behind the bar. I've tried placing chests with ingredients in the bar area, but to no avail.

   I'm not sure that bartenders are actually supposed to do that, but recruited corpse monsters have it listed as a specific skill, and my corpse monsters just stay around the animal paddock all day.


texts: Vampire and Werewolf at the same time, cannot remove

texts: I'm an argonian and and a werewolf so I should have 150% resistance to disease, but somehow, suddenly, my screen keeps turning red every five seconds telling me that my vampiric powers recede as I feed. I check my effects menu and I maintain the traits or a level 1 vampire. I may have gotten caught in Serana's vampire spell, but now I'm a vampire and cannot seem to get rid of it. I looked up console command and used it, but to no effect. I still possess the beast form power. I've attempted to activate beast form, but that did nothing, my character's eyes have not changed color, and nobody says anything about it. I tried talking to inn keepers and the dawnguard, but nothing is activating the quest for a cure, nor does talking to Falion. I really do not want to be a vampire.


texts: How to ensure that 'gamerule keepInventory true' is persistent across server restarts?

texts:
I'm running a bukkit Minecraft server.

I want to ensure that gamerule keepInventory true is persistent across server restarts.

Is this standard behaviour once I've set it on a world using the command, or do I need to provide some kind of configuration for this so that it is applied after restarts?

Further – is there some way I can configuring the server so that gamerule overrides are applied when new worlds are created?


texts: Bukkit plugin for controlling where portals teleport you

texts: I want to use normal Minecraft portals as a way of people to teleport around my world, but I can't find a plugin that does this. Any ideas?


texts: Is there any advantage in getting a nosejob?

texts: None of the rhinoplasty options seem to visually change anything, with the sole exception being the insanely expensive 'The Hasselhoff'. I know this is a joke about the character designs of South Park, and was featured in an episode if memory serves, but is there any benefit in game? A person who will only friend you if you've got The Hasselhoff or something?


texts: How can I get my wife to stop nagging about a few murders?

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I killed a few people in a town.. then I decided to try to make amends. I bought some properties and set them to low rent/price. Then I tried to make friends with a few of the townspeople. One thing led to another and before I knew it, I became married to one of these townspeople. Most of the townspeople still hate me, and my wife keeps bringing up the murders in my past, particularly during sex (which is quite the mood killer).

Is there anyway to get my wife (and the townspeople) to forgive me of my past crimes?


texts: How do I unlock the Modify Genetic Codes without buying them?

texts:
In Plague Inc there are 25 genes to discover (5 per spot) that you can use prior to launching the game that gives you a boost / alters the gameplay.

It says:

  "You can discover all of these genes - just by playing the game".

What in game combinations or actions trigger these Gene unlocks?


texts: What are the maximum levels for the village shops?

texts: What are the maximum levels I can upgrade the Norende village shops to in Bravely Default?


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I'm setting up my first militia; I've got a nice moat and I need some dwarves to take pot-shots at the enemy in the event of a siege.

But who do I conscript? I'm staring at dwarf therapist and feeling a little overwhelmed. I can't find any obviously useless dwarves; everyone's got skills that I'd rather not see wasted in the trenches or on the training grounds.

And what about all those personality traits? Datan Elbelsodal is a fine hunter and marksdwarf, but he's also quick to anger and dislikes regulations, would he do well taking orders? I can't tell what is flavour text and what will affect my dwarves performance.

What are some things to look for in good militia recruits?

Whom should I not conscript because they're more useful somewhere else?


texts: What's the speed of a fully laden dragon?

texts:
Does collecting more loot slow down a dragon in Hoard?

If so does the speed skill or carry skill offset this?


texts: How can I adjust the duration of each season?

texts: Is there any way to make certain seasons last longer than others?


texts: How to tell which tier of Heir rune to equip?

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How do I tell which version of the Heir rune is which tier (1,2,3)?  I have two of them (I assume tier 1 and 2) but both have the same description and summary effect (More Blood Echoes from V.ATKs).
The only difference is one looks more blurred than the other.


texts: There were a few occasions where I tried to hit a vehicle with a rocket, and right when it was about to hit it, it suddenly goes up and misses. Why does it happen?


texts: Skyrim updated to 1.5 but no 'cinematic killcam'

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One thing I loved about Fallout 3 was the slow motion cinematic killcams.  So when I heard they were coming to Skyrim I was made up.

Yesterday my copy of Skyrim (PC) updated itself in Steam.  I loaded it.  I see that the version is 1.5 (1.5 and then some more numbers).  No killcams whatsoever.  I've killed about 10 enemies without getting a killcam.  Is it something you have to turn on?  I couldn't see a setting anywhere.   It is supposed to work for projectile weapons and magic.  I'm using a bow and arrow which in my book is a projectile weapon!

Edit (14/04/2012):  To update this,  I have had a few killcams happen now.  They're pretty neat.  Worth the wait :)


texts: What happens when choosing from the dragon’s list?

texts: I’m with the dragon and it’s asking me whether I want Challenge, Fame, or Candies. I don’t want to choose one yet because it may not let me choose another, so I want to know what they do first.


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This Question neatly describes the best way to mine for incredibly rare ores.  This is all well and good.

I don't want the rare stuff though, as crazy as that sounds.  I want stacks upon stacks upon STACKS of cobblestone to build myself a sprawling elaborate stone fortress.

I am aware that Cobblestone Generators exist, but I feel my one-block-at-a-time generator is incredibly inefficient, and especially so when, half of the time, my cobblestone falls into the lava and I have to wait for a new one to appear.

I also feel like it's distinctly possible that "just digging' may be my best bet, but I keep running into massive blocks of dirt and gravel that annoy me to no end.

So, what is the quickest, easiest, and most efficient way to mine a ton of cobblestone?


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So I recently ordered a PS4 on Gamestop's website. I ordered a PS4 and a year-long subscription to Sony's Playstation Plus. I used the code on my account, but the purchase didn't go through because I had just moved and the credit cards had the wrong address. We called customer service and they re-did the purchase yesterday. However, I am not sure if I have a valid PS Plus subscription. You can see my confusion in these screenshots:

It says I have a subscription, but it also says I don't have time remaining on it. My PSN name is 'ZachTehReaper' (I very much want to change this, which is part of why I am making asking for help), if that helps.

Was my PSN subscription purchase valid?


texts: How can you record gameplay from both screens on the Nintendo DS?

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My question is how can you record game-play from both screens on the Nintendo DS?
Not the 3DS


texts: Is there a way to silence/stop particular sound effects, especially on the main screen?

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The applause from the Saxxy Awards on the main screen is driving me insane. I don't want to turn my entire sound off for it, though.

Is there a way to disable specific sounds, especially those on the main/home screen?


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My base in RimWorld doesn't have very fertile ground outside. It's mostly sand, and incapable of sustaining my crops.

I realize I can research Hydroponics so I can grow crops. The problem is, I don't know how to actually research anything. I have a research station, I have someone (a scientist) tasked with research, I even have Hydroponics selected as my research subject. Nothing's happening. I tried prioritizing Research on my scientist, but that didn't do anything.

How exactly do I research something?


texts: How do I individually load a bullet into a gun?

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If I don't have a magazine/clip to a gun in DayZ, how do I load a single bullet into the chamber if I have the proper ammo for it?

Say I have a 9mm handgun and 9mm bullets, how would I put a 9mm bullet into the chamber of the 9mm handgun?


texts: How can I tell if two Minecraft mods are compatible?

texts: If I want to use two mods together, e.g. SinglePlayerCommands and TooManyItems (which don't state compatibility with one another), how can I tell if they will work together (and not break Minecraft - forcing me to re-download a fresh copy)?


texts: Do multiple land claim blocks still prevent zombie spawning?

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The Land Claim Block (LCB) is now used in both multiplayer and singleplayer. Most notably, user-crafted workstations (workbenches, cement mixers, forges, etc) need to be within the realm of a placed LCB in order to be removed. Hitting it with a wrench or other tool will just destroy it.

The question: If I put multiple LCBs down (multiple bases, etc), I know that only the most recent LCB placed affects the workstations (I've already experienced this and had to put down a new LCB in order to move my forges to another location) but if I leave LCBs in place in an old base, placing a new one elsewhere, will the original LCB prevent zombie spawns in that area?

TL;DR:
I'm building an underground tunnel system between parts of my base, which spans more than the 41x41 space that a single LCB affects, so if I put multiple LCBs down in various areas, can I effectively prevent all zombie spawning inside my bases?


texts: How to get rid of unwanted children without making the dwarves unhappy?

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I am experimenting a lot with the game right now and one thing I have noticed is that child dwarves are extremely useless. They just throw parties and interrupt others.

It's obvious they need to be sent to a better place.

My current solution is to dig a 2x2x8 well with a bridge on top, use a burrow to get the children onto the bridge and then just pull the lever. Most of them immediately die, some of them need a few months to meet their demise.

The problem is cleaning up the bodies and putting them into coffins. This creates a lot of unhappy thoughts but I do it to avoid ghosts being spawned.

So what is the most clean way to get rid of children while creating the fewest unhappy thoughts in my dwarves?


texts: How to ungroup units in Battle for Middle Earth lotr pc game?

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I selected archers and moved them behind peasants. Instead they have joined forces. Now whenever I select archers peasants also get selected. The archers shoot arrows while peasants idly stand and watch. How to ungroup them again?

This is Lotr: Battle for Middle Earth (but I think it should be the same for BFME2 also).

(Also any tips to turn this grouping feature off or to avoid this kind of problem in the future would be appreciated). Please reply fast this is urgent. Thanks.


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I've been playing for about a year and a half now and some of my friends would rather not buy potions saying "it's a waste of money and time".

Well, I disagree with this thinking since you can remake all the gold spent in about 2 minions. My logic is that I would rather spend 70 gold of health pots to stay in lane to farm rather than to recall. I've tried showing my friends on how Health Potions can really become a factor on why you win the lane or not. Is there any truth to my intuition, or are my miserly friends right?


texts: I have been playing fifa for a quite long time but am not able to score on free kicks. What is the best technique to a good free kick from about 40 yards.


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Do you see that?

Whenever there's an enemy champion near the terrain Kayn's in, this orb will show up. But it's not clear where it will: I have recorded one such situation in my own game:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BHTTe_xvUD9irLMQSu0suQmKNcvP7MHQ

To cut short Riven's pursuit, I had walked into nearby terrain. The orb appeared, this time right beside her, even though I had run a long way yonder.
Does anyone have an answer to how it works?


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I got the PC version last week and completed it. Now I'm wanting to play the DLC The Da Vinci Disappearance.

Everywhere I read it says the PC version includes it. So.. where does it start?

I've long ago finished the main sequences. I'm two Thief missions away from 100% sync (I really suck at running the courses).


texts: Can't get minecraft PE invites on my windows 10 edition

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So I have both windows 10 and PE of Minecraft but when my cousin invites me, I only get the invite on my phone on the PE edition of Minecraft and not on my windows 10 edition. I'm pretty sure that both of them are connected to my Xbox account and both of them are connected to the same WiFi network too..

When I turn off net on my phone, I still don't get the invite on my PC version..

Both versions are up to date..so I really don't know whats going on here...can someone please help me? This problem started occurring some time ago..


texts: How do I earn the most XP per kill (in single-player)?

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In single-player, extra XP is earned by killing enemies in special ways. I've been trying to only kill with arrow headshots. Does this method of killing earn the most XP per kill?

I originally phrased the question as "how do I earn the most XP (in single-player)". If there is some way to earn XP that makes juicing XP from kills a waste of effort, I'd like to know too.


texts: How to access the Dahl weapon chest in the Outlands Canyon, behind the electric fence?

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In Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, in the Outlands Canyon (which you can access about 25% through the game), there is a Dahl weapon chest behind an electric fence. How can I access it?

Normally, there is a switch nearby that I have to throw at a fusebox to disable the fence. But I can't find one.

What I did find was a switch on the ground, on which I ground slam it to flip it from green to red. (To get a high enough height to ground slam this switch, I found a destroyable rock, which revealed an air geyser which I used.) Above the electric fence entrance, there are three orbs, all in red. Ground slamming that ground switch changes the first orb to green. But that's it.

I've been trying to find other ground switches but I can't.

Anyone know how to access this chest?


texts: How do I regenerate troops / fighters / bombers?

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I just invaded a system and lost some of my landing troops, e.g. my ship details shows Troops: 1/2. How do I regenerate those? I don't seem to be able to repair or retrofit the ships.

If the answer is "just wait", how long does it take? And do I have to be in friendly systems?


texts: Is it possible to run Knights of the Old Republic 2 at a higher resolution?

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I grabbed KOTOR 2 in the latest Steam sale to see what all the fuss was about with the recently completed Sith Lords Restored Content Mod.

The game runs fine, but I'm finding the max resolution of 1024x768 jarring. Is there any way I can raise this closer to my native 1440x900? If it's locked at 4:3 and has no widescreen support, that's fine, I'm perfectly happy with 1200x900, but playing the game letterboxed this badly is kind of painful.


texts: How do you prevent specific class scripts from transfering to all classes?

texts: I just started scripting and have a bunch for spy (to modify the cursor, remove view model, modify sensitivity, rebind keys, etc.).  How do I prevent scripts in the spy.cfg class file from spreading to all my other classes?


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I've bought the standard MoP version that's tied(?) to US. So is it possible for me to play on the EU realms too ?

Do you need separate battle.net accounts/game-subscriptions/clients to play on the US and EU realms ?


texts: Minecraft framerate is lower in Ubuntu. Why?

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Recently, I moved over to Ubuntu for various performance reasons, but I've seen a major drop in my Minecraft framerate. Usually I get 100-250 in Windows, but Ubuntu is struggling to keep me at 60.

I have my graphics card drivers (Optimus) installed properly, and Optifine is working with the same settings as it was in Windows.

Are there any solutions to restore my old Windows framerate?


texts: What is the maximum number of tags a mob can have?

texts: In minecraft 1.16.1, If you run this command two times: /tag @p add test you will get a message that says, Target either already has the tag or has too many tags.  So that means i know there is a limit in how many tags a mob can have at the same time but how high is that limit? Is it something i need to be worried for to hit?


texts: If an attack is about to end (for any reason except going to loose) and your hero has sustained a small amount of damage, is it worth it to use their special ability to heal them? I am not sure exactly how the time a hero takes to recover from a battle is calculated, but it seems the more damage they take, the longer they have to recharge after the match. So I'm wondering, if right before the match ends, is it worth it to use their ability to bring up their health, or is there some part of the way the time is calculated so it takes longer if you had used the ability?


texts: What happens if you force field but there's no more room?

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Suppose you have an area completely walled off with structures and filled with units, such that no more units can enter.

Then, you drop a force field on it. What happens?


texts: What's the benefits of having a higher skill?

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The idea is:

Every time you level up in Conjuration, it decreases the cost of conjuration spells.
Every time you level up in One-handed, you increase the damage you do with one handed weapons

And so on. Does anyone knows what are those bonus exactly?

Is there any fix increasing pattern/percentage per level you get on a certain tree?


texts: How does cloud drake's buff function for champions without an ultimate ability?

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The main feature of cloud drake's buff is the ultimate ability cooldown reduction.
For champions without an ult, like Udyr or Elise... is there a difference in how this buff functions, or do you have reduction on your R ability cooldown as normal?


texts: Will Split trigger Prodigy for each Magic Missile fired?

texts: On a similar vein as this question about Electrocute, will the three Magic Missiles fired by the Split rune trigger the effects of Prodigy for each of the missiles that hits an enemy, or only once per cast?


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What are the formulas to calculate the levels and the experience gain of a Guild?

Meaning is how much XP the guild earns when completing a quest a % of what that quest gives you or is it a flat rate.
How much do you earn per kill...
etc.

Full answers are appreciated I am working on a calculator. Thank you for your time and responses.


texts: How to generate double tallgrass in Minecraft superflat world?

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I want to create a superflat world with a layer of bedrock, 62 dirt, 1 layer grass blocks, then a layer of double tallgrass on top of that - in a plains biome with no decorations or structures.

I'm wondering first of all what the code would be to create this, as I think I've written it right, (the superflat customization screen shows that it will generate my double tallgrass and everything else) but Minecraft crashes every time I try to go into the new world, so I don't know what it looks like...

Secondly, I need to know if this is actually possible - is Minecraft crashing because I wrote the code wrong, or because I CAN'T generate double tallgrass?

Here's the code I wrote to try and make this work:

3;1*minecraft:bedrock,62*minecraft:dirt,1*minecraft:grass,1*minecraft:double_plant:2;1;


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Hi. Minecraft has only been running with my integrated GPU (Intel UHD Graphics 360), so I got Minecraft to use my external GPU (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060) by going to settings and setting C:\Program Files (x86)\Minecraft Launcher\runtime\jre-x64\bin\javaw.exe to my "High Performance GPU".

Screenshot:

The problem is that when I try to run Minecraft it crashes with Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: GL_FRAMEBUFFER_INCOMPLETE_ATTACHMENT.

As far as I can tell I have the latest drivers and updates. It would be very helpful if someone could help me out. I am running Minecraft: Java Edition 1.15.2.

Crash Report

Details:

Operating System: Windows 10.0.18363

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700 CPU @ 3.00GHz

Memory: 32GB

External GPU Driver: NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver 442.19


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About a week ago, my worlds stopped saving when I exit on single player.

I tried a lot of ideas and looked around the Internet. I then deleted the .minecraft folder and the Minecraft launcher. I re-downloaded Minecraft and the worlds were saving on exit.

I made several worlds and all continued to save on exit.  I then resumed using my regular texture pack and the worlds stopped saving.

I am suspicious that my texture pack is the source of this problem.

I saw another question and the person also downloaded a new texture pack.  The thing is I've been using this texture pack since 1.8.0 and never encountered this problem.  I have modified it a little, but I don't think this is the problem.

Is my texture pack broken or corrupted?

And if so, can and how can I fix it?

Update:

I got a new .minecraft folder, made a world and saved it. It saved and all was good.  I then downloaded and installed optifine 1.10.2 for the new .minecraft folder.  It stopped saving the worlds. I logged in and out many times and at first it was saving but gradually it stopped saving.

I don't know whether my texture pack was causing the problem because this time I used only optifine with no texture pack.


texts: What DLC includes the online pass in Saints Row The Third

texts: I have a used copy of Saints Row The Third and I have all of the cooperative story packs.  Do any of these packs come with the Saints Row The Third online pass for xbox 360?


texts: What would happen in a 1.12 player on a 1.16 server got a higher-version item?

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I'm going to be starting a Minecraft server, and I intend to allow all versions from 1.16.5 - 1.12.2.
Like Hypixel.
However, I thought of something before doing that. The server will run 1.16, meaning the nether will be generated using the new 1.16 generation. If a 1.12 player were to join, would their client crash, or would the nether just be bugged for them (update blocks from old PE)?
What about items, too? Would those become bugged too?


texts: Ive been playing terraria on the PC for 10 hours total now and I still have not found a magic mirror! Any idea how i can increase my chance of finding one?


texts: Is there a term for this kind of video game background?

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Ok, I have an odd little question.

I'm sure that I've played a number of video games with this kind of stylized 2D background, though I can't think of an good example for the life of me (I tried, promise):

Instead of a single background image, this kind of background has several 2D images stacked on top of each other. If you move a little left or right, the images shift a just a little bit accordingly. You might see a little more of one image or another, but the overall effect is to create a kind of 2D depth of vision, like a paper diorama.

That isn't the best description, but hopefully gets the memory across.

So, my question: Does this kind of background have a name?


texts: Connect capital to city-states quest, do sea routes count?

texts: When city-states ask for connecting your capital with theirs, do sea routes count? My capital is far away but I do have some coastal cities in between, but I do not know if completing a road from my coastal city (connected by sea to my capital) to the city-state would count.


texts: I have heard that there are some Pokémon that are region specific.  Could someone please clarify which Pokémon are region specific and in which regions that they can be found in?


texts: How to install the 16 "free DLC" packs (GOG Galaxy)?

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I understand that the DLC packs have been bundled as one package, but have to be installed separately (GOG).  I have the GOG version, regional game extras have been cut off from the image (GOG Galaxy client page for the game).

DLC packs:

Temerian Armor Set
Beard and Hairstyle Set for Geralt
New Quest - Contract: Missing Miners
Alternative Look for Yennefer
Nilfgaardian Armor Set
Crossbow Set - Three New Crossbows
New Quest: Fool's Gold
Neutral Gwent Card Set: Ballad Heroes
New Quest - Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear
Triss Alternative Costume
New Quest - Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted
Skellige Armor Set
New Quest: Where the Cat and the Wolf Play
Ciri Alternative Outfit
New Finisher Animations
New Game +


texts: In GTAV, each mission has a set of optional objectives to complete to achieve gold on the mission. Are these required to receive 100% game completion? Do they all have to be completed in one run through the mission, or can each objective be completed in separate replays of the mission?


texts: Are there any restrictions on retrieving items while on a hunt?

texts: As a new feature to Monster Hunter World, it is now possible to access the entire Item Box from any base camp while on a quest. Are there any restrictions on this? Is it possible to keep going back to camp to restock on healing items, traps, and ammo when hunting a particularly difficult monster?


texts: How can I restore a corrupted level.dat?

texts: While I was playing Minecraft, my computer (running Ubuntu) crashed and my game I was playing got corrupted. I've managed to trace the problem to the level.dat and the level.dat_old files. All the code in these files have been erased. Is there a way that I can get back the old code and thus restore my saved game?


texts: Does the Xbox One automatically download app/game updates?

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My console is set to use the Instant-On power mode and I’ve checked the box allowing it to “download updates automatically” when in this mode.

However, when I launch games and apps, I still see the “Oh, shoot. We need to update first” screen quite often. I’ve also noticed that items in my download queue are not completed while in Instant-On mode.

Is this setting really just for system updates? Or does it apply to app/game updates as well? Is it available outside the United States or something silly?

Edit: My console does go to sleep so that is not the issue.


texts: In Diablo II, it was possible to visit previous acts via the waypoint system. It appears that is impossible in Diablo III - how do I go back to previous Acts, so that I can get achievements and such from previous parts of the game?


texts: Is the Dual Savagery perk multiplied by the Assassins Blade perk?

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From elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Sneak_(Skyrim):

Assassin's Blade
Sneak attacks with daggers now do a total of fifteen times normal damage.

From elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/One-Handed:

Dual Savagery
Dual wielding power attacks do 50% bonus damage.

My question is, assuming I have both perks, am wielding two identical weapons and my weapon damage is X, will I do 2X * 15 * 1.5 = 45X damage or 2X * 15 + (2X * 1.5) = 33X damage?
If anyone is able to back up an answer with examples from in-game, that would be great.
Note: Don't consider the Armsman perk, the damage multiplier from one-handed skill and the damage multiplier for power attack vs regular attacks. I left them out deliberately for clarity, as I already know they stack.


texts: In BF3, can you steal a vehicle that has enemy players in it?

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A friend told me that he saw a video of someone piloting an enemy transport chopper full of enemies (The enemy pilot had bailed out or something).  He then proceeded to crash the chopper, getting kill points for all the enemies inside (and probably a suicide too).

Is this possible, or was my friend watching an older Battlefield game, or the wrong game entirely?


texts: How do I trigger the "Staff of Magnus" quest?

texts: I am playing Skyrim for PS3, and after completing a quest "Good Intentions" for the College of Winterhold, I was told about Mirrabelle Ervine could trigger the quest "Staff of Magnus". He talked about her but no quest came up, and when I spoke to her she had no option to ask about the Staff of Magnus. Is this fixable? Because I have tried reloading it, and I even started all the way back to the quest "Hitting the Books". Nothing I tried worked.


texts: What do the different difficulties mean?

texts: When starting a new game, I am given the option to select a difficulty. "Original" and "seedling". What are the differences in these difficulties?


texts: Equipping the heroic and non-heroic version of the same trinket at once

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My question

I'd like to know if the heroic and non-heroic version of the same trinket share the same internal cooldown for its procs? Does this behavior differ between trinkets or is it the same for all?

Context

I own the heroic and non-heroic version of the Iron Protector Talisman wich has a very strong proc (chance on hit to gain ~3k dodge-rating; i'm a druid tank).

If both trinkets share one internal cooldown, it would be better to just put on the heroic one and use another second trinket.

If both procs are independent, putting on both items should result in twice as much procs compared to a single one. Since i don't have much alternatives at the moment, this would be my setup of choice.

My research so far

I was able to find some information on wowhead about the internal cooldown that seems to be ~45 seconds.

I couldn't find information about shared or non-shared cooldowns.


texts: What are the conditions to unlock all officers, soldiers, AFVs, and Metal Gears?

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The Metal Gear Solid 5 companion app1 has a minigame called Mother Base.

From the beginning, you only have Snake and Kaz as officers, and can only recruit or build the first unit listed in each respective list for soldiers, AFVs, and Metal Gears.

It appears that some of them are unlocked by playing and progressing through the minigame, such as officer Amanda and the Armored Vehicle: Custom; others are unlocked by performing specific actions in Metal Gear Solid 52.

What are those actions, what do they unlock, and at what Mother Base player level do I unlock the rest? In other words: What are all available units in the minigame, and how do I unlock them all?

1: Currently available for Android and iOS.
2: Currently just Ground Zeroes.


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I decided it was time to investigate the corruption, but I can't break the corrupted rock (or whatever it is that looks like rock inside the corrupted area). My silver pickaxe or bombs simply don't do anything to it.

How can I break it?


texts: I've done this before, but I have forgotten how to do it. I tried every command but nothing is working, and I was trying to be quick. Is there a way to do this in Minecraft 1.16?


texts: Is there any way to create an artificial lake in minecraft? I am familiar with the system of "spring" water blocks and how to create an infinite supply of water with two blocks together, but how do you make an entire lake?


texts: Do nearby allied champions of nidalee gain exp if they are lower lvl than her?

texts: If a nidalee is a higher than the nearby allied champions, does the nearby allied champion get free exp for essentially not doing anything?


texts: Why is everything bright in my test world?

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I have a superflat test world, where I was going to do experiments with mob farms. Except it seems that for some reason, everything is lit up, as if I were building it out of glass. (it gets dark once it turns night though). Everything is perfectly normal in my non-superflat worlds...

Daytime:

Nighttime:

Any ideas? Or is this probably a bug?


texts: What change does the accessibility option make to the toilet minigames?

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In a recent patch, Ubisoft updated South Park: the Fractured But Whole to include a number of accessibility options for the minigames. However, I enabled the option and I didn't notice really any difference in the toilet minigame. This minigame is still really awkward to properly do on PC and makes a clattering of noise with a mechanical keyboard.

What changes did this option really do to the toilet minigame?


texts: How do I get Steam to recognize a non-Steam game?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I register a retail boxed copy of a game with Steam?

Long story short, I purchased Uplink through Introversion's website, and not through Steam. Turns out that was a mistake, as I paid 3x the cost going through the developer's website, but I digress.

Uplink is available on Steam, but I don't want to have to purchase it again. I know that I can add a non-Steam game to my library. So, my question is this:

Is there any way to get the Steam version without having to buy the game again?

I ask, because I'm worried that if I switch computers, I'll lose the copy that I already I've already purchased outside of Steam.


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In Clicker Heroes you will continue to 'earn gold' but not achievements (or progression?) while the game is closed, like when I go to sleep or the like. When I return though I am always amazed at the amount of gold I have earned.

Is the amount of gold you earn increased if you close the game down for extended periods or is it just my perception of watching the incremental vs a sudden jump?


texts: If a HRE nation rivalled to the Holy Roman Emperor, will they respond to wars of aggression against HRE nations from non-HRE nations?

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I'm playing as Burgundy, trying to form the Netherlands. Utrecht has all the 4 provinces I need but is currently in the HRE. The current plan is to declare war with CB Conquest with Austria and France as allies; France is currently at war, so I'm waiting for the time being.

I'm afraid that an enlarged Brandenburg may call and join the war with a better military than me. However is is rivalled to the Palatinate, currently the Holy Roman Emperor. I'm uncertain that Brandenburg will answer the call of the Emperor while it is its rival.


texts: My right joycon buttons (specifically a,b,x,y, home, +, R and ZR buttons) haven’t been working for a few months now. I have tried two different joycons, both of them don’t work. I have all the recent system and controller updates. The left joycon works fine. The right one doesn’t work both attached and not attached. What is the problem?


texts: My son lost 32% of skylanders trap force by accidently deleting the world. Is there any way to retrieve it? He has spent so much time getting as far as he had, and doesn't want to start over. This is for the wii. Thank you


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In Startopia, when you have a laboratory, you can research new technologies, new rooms, new equipment.

However, when you don't give anything to work on to your scientists, they will randomly spend their time "improving an existing technology".

What is the actual effect of this improvement?


texts: Can you have two sets of headsets plugged into xbox one controllers and still hear/talk in game?

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I play online co-op multiplayer with my bro on the same console. I have 1 turtle beach ear force X12. We share it, but I am thinking about buying my own headset.

If we both plug in our headsets on our controllers, will we both have sound and be able to talk?


texts: Does dismantling armour that has an armour mod destroy the mod?

texts: In Destiny 2 if I put an armour mod into some armour and later dismantle it, will the mod be destroyed?  I am wondering if I should wait on using my mods until I have raid ready gear.


texts: Where are the best places to put a ward and could visible wards be better over oracle elixers?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Tips for warding in League of Legends?

Where do you usually place wards and why are some locations better then others?
Visible Wards or elixers?


texts: Back up and restore Bejeweled 3 after HDD format on Windows 7 PC

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I'm going to format my Windows 7 x64 PC and I will make a fresh installation of Bejeweled 3. The problem is, I've made a big progress in the game and I don't want to lose the current state of the game (some levels are available only after a certain progress in the game).

What should I do to protect my state in the game? Are just backing up C:\Program Files (x86)\PopCap Games\Bejeweled 3 folder and restoring it enough?


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I can jump! Hop! Hop! Why am I jumping? Am I dodging anything?

What is the purpose of arguing with gravity in this game?

(No, seriously, why can I jump and what purpose does it serve if any?)


texts: In bedrock edition, how do you get fortune 100,000 on a pick without mods? I'm ready to cheat in a pick at this point

texts: I'm ok with cheating in one, but I can't get mods with the way I get my Minecraft.


texts: What is the advantage / disadvantage of joining stations?

texts: I am getting familiar joining stations. I usually have a railway station and 'not joined' bus stations around it. I transfer passengers from bus to railway station. Is it worth to join stations with ctrl-click? Is it any point after that to use busses?


texts: Registration to Rockstar gaming social club

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Is it possible to play Max Payne 3 without registering to Rockstar's social club?
Do I have to login to it every time I play?


texts: How to use Minecraft LAN worlds in 1.8.9?

texts: How do you find your ip? I know how to do the cmd and ipconfig but it isn't working? It always says 'Media Disconnected' where the ip should be. Help?


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I understand that I need a strawberry...

   for the homunculus (vase), after starting a crusade in Lamascus, to complete some part of tricking the devil.

However, I have no idea how to get it. I got someone to start a horticultural school, but that doesn't seem to produce a strawberry.

How do I get a strawberry?


texts: Whats the best way to find and kill endermen in minecraft

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I keep trying to beat Minecraft but I can never find enough enderman to beat the game and when I do they are really hard to fight unless I go under a two-block area which I think counts as cheating.

I use legacy console edition

I don't want to exploit bugs


texts: Which blade oil should I use against the Wild Hunt?

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The blade oils provide quite a substantial advantage, especially once you can upgrade to the superior versions that do 50% additional damage. But you have to know which oil to use against each foe.

I can't find the Wild Hunt warriors in my bestiary, I've no idea which oil I should use against them and their leaders like Eredin. Which oil is effective against them?


texts: If I have a game on Xbox One, will I still have it if I get an Xbox One S and use the same Microsoft account?

texts: If I have a game on Xbox One  and I buy an Xbox One S (still using same Microsoft account as on my Xbox One), can I keep my games or do I have to rebuy them on the new console?


texts: On level 1 Inconsequentia gave me a request to defeat a regiment, claim an artifact and destroy it at the monolith. I defeated the regiment, got the artifact and now am standing next to a monolith on the next level. How do I now destroy the artifact? I can neither equip it nor drop it on the monolith.


texts: Is there a mod that removes kingdomless lords?

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After you take over every castle and town of a kingdom, often their lords (consisting of a party of 1) end up running around raiding all your villages by themselves.  This is annoying because they are super fast since they're by them selves and hard to catch.

Is there a mod that can either wipe out all lords of a kingdom once they lose their last piece of land or make it so you need a minimum number of men before you can raid a village?


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After 36 hours of game play, I am preparing to battle Sin.

Is there anything I should know, or go back and get as I prepare for battle?


texts: Can anyone have a house plot or they have set a limit?

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I was wondering if I need to act fast and stack up some cash for a house because I don't know if the game have set a limit on the server for housing. Like did they set a limit of 100 000 houses all around the world in-game or everyone could have a house plot and don't have to worry for a space left.

I remember playing Ultima Online and the world went full and no place was left to place a house plot, we had to find someone who was selling it. Good old time.


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I have a wingmate who has had a notoriety level of 1 since last night. I've read on the wiki that it decays by one point every 2 hours. Since he's still notorious a day later, I did some research and found people saying:

2 hour time limit
2 hour time limit from next login
indeterminate time / encountered a bug

Is there a way to see the remaining time on your notoriety level?

If not, is there a hard and fast rule (possibly from Fdev?) governing notoriety?

Are there any known quirks with it, e.g. do you have to jump to another system to start the 2 hour timer?

Edit:

The problem was actually a 5k bounty that he couldn't pay off until he was at notoriety 0. A quick fix was to buy a sidewinder and have another wingmate blow him up. He had notoriety 0 when he respawned, but still could not pay off the bounty. But, after logging out and back in, he was able to pay it off and became clean.


texts: Does Blizzard from multiple Wizards stack?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can multiple Wizards cast Blizzard at the same time?

The tooltip on Blizzard clearly states:

  Multiple casts in the same area do not stack

which is actually a bit ambiguous. If you have multiple wizards casting blizzard on the same spot, do those blizzards at least stack?


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Does the equipment on a mage benefit them when they are shapeshifted?

I have a mage who is an Arcane Warrior and a ShapeShifter, and I'm wondering if loading up with armour and Bearing everything in my path will be an effective strategy. Although I'm curious about other equipment/weapons affecting the shapeshifted form too.


texts: How do I transfer my starcraft 2 profile onto another computer?

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I recently purchased and installed StarCraft 2. I want to continue the campaign on a friends computer.

How do I transfer my progress onto his computer?

Is there a profile file I can copy to his installation folder?


texts: Does cooking corpses make them more nutritious to eat?

texts: If I cook a corpse before eating it, will the stat gain from it be increased, or am I better off just eating them right away?


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Can anybody explain the tuning screen for Drag Racing (the mobile game)? Please don't give a list of tuning settings for particular cars.

I'd appreciate a description of what the settings mean and why you would tune the settings.


texts: What's the difference between the Red Dot and Reflex sights?

texts: What's the difference between the Red Dot and Reflex sights in Call of Duty: Black Ops?


texts: Most of the time after an engagement, I am left with very little health.  It doesn't take very much for the next person to come along and murder me.  Is there any way I can heal up so I can last longer than one enemy?


texts: I just killed the first Key Warden and can't find key

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Possible Duplicate:
  Where are the key wardens and where are my keys?

I just killed the first Key Warden in the Fields of Misery but do not see a key. He dropped all kinds of items but no key. Do you have to kill them without dying or within a certain amout of time in order to obtain a key?


texts: Is it possible to target entities with potion effects through any command?

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I was screwing around and attempting to make a mechanism where if a player shoots an entity with a special arrow (that gives a potion effect as a marker), and then activates another command block, it would kill all entities with that potion effect. After searching extensively, I couldn't find any nbt effect that I could use to kill entities with a potion effect, and there most certainly was not any other argument after @e[, so is there any nbt effect to target it, or any other way that I overlooked?

I found an old answer suggesting scoreboard functions, but it seems to be outdated and have the same issue (commands not being able to discriminate/select entities based on active effects, as far as I can find).


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After installing from DVD, the game downloads a mandatory 5GB update and then a 350Mb patch.

Does the updater resume from a partial download? I have a slow internet connection and will need to pause/resume it.
Can the update be downloaded as a separate file? This would
allow me to use FDM which helps resume failed downloads.


texts: What's the fastest way to move builds from world to world?

texts: I know I can use mcedit, but I was wondering if there was a faster way with world edit to copy builds from one world to another.


texts: Why does Ulfric think I am a Stormcloak?

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After around 200h of game play I finally decided to join the Legion and take out the racist Ulfric (I am an elf...).

However, after completing The Jagged Crown (and being very suspicious of why any of the Stormcloaks weren't attacking me) I started Message to Whiterun. However, when I go to talk to Ulfric, he completely thinks I am a Stormcloak and the next mission starts as If I were.
What is happening? How can I make clear that I am not a Stormcloak? A polite mail to Ulfric is not possible, so what should I do?

NOTE: this may be the reason of the bug: Long ago I joined the legion (but didn't want to) so I reset the mission with commands. Later, to restart it I also needed to do it with commands, starting The Jagged Crown directly.

Additional information: I tried setting the stage of Message to Whiterun to different objectives. The best I did was to actually reach Whiterun and talk with the Jarl, but then the general leading the defense doesnt want to further advance the mission. I can't either start the siege of Whiterrun by command lines, I don't know why.


texts: How can I tell if I have military grade ammo loaded?

texts: When playing Metro 2033 it is possible to load military grade bullets into your weapon that do more damage, but the bullets are also used as currency so they are to be used wisely. However, the somewhat annoying way the game handles loading ammo is that it loads military grade ammo if you hold down the reload button. It seems to be very sensitive and I sometimes end up loading military ammo when I wanted to load normal ammo - and waste valuable ammo as a result. How can I tell if I have accidentally loaded the wrong ammo type?


texts: Nature's Prophet: Stygian Desolator vs Assault Cuirass

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Situation-independently, which of these items are better suited for Nature's Prophet, and why?

Stygian Desolator
Assault Cuirass


texts: How can I sync worlds from my phone to console?

texts: I have an iPhone SE running iOS 12.4 with minecraft 1.12.0 and a nintendo switch with bedrock 1.12.0. I have downloaded an addon world to my phone and I want to get it on my nintendo switch. Is there any way I can do this without a computer?


texts: Civilization IV: How to play multiplayer with Mac and Windows?

texts: How can I set up a multiplayer game of Civ IV with one Mac OSX player and one Windows player? Both players are running Civ through Steam. The Windows player is running Windows 7.


texts: I sometimes see terms like +1 thrown around for example Zealots. I kinda figured out it's related to upgrades but what upgrade? Protoss have melee, armor, shields and air weapons. Does +1 mean all of them?


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I am playing CK2 with my friends in the Byzantine Empire.  He is the emperor while I picked a duke in the kingdom.  When he got enough money, he then created the Kingdom of Greece and gave it to me.  But now, even though I have Agnatic-Cognatic Primogeniture, and I have a son, my friend (the emperor) is the still the heir to my kingdom.  What can I do to fix this?

EDIT: Any time I give away a title like a dutchy, I'm am the heir for title.


texts: How to go about getting clay in Wurm Online?

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I've just started getting into Wurm Online and I've done some exploring, hopefully trying to find a relatively quiet place to settle and figure out the ins-and-outs of the game without an established civilisation around me (personal preference).

However, I've found it remarkably hard to find any source of clay. Without clay I can't build pottery bowls, and without bowls I can't make food, which makes everything really quite complicated. I've seen a few merchants in my travels who can sell pottery bowls, but at this stage I'm also completely broke.

What's the best way to find clay? I'm in Freedom, around the Silent Hill area (heading north-east from there).


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i was told / i read that it was possible to buy from shop via hotkeys. (not quickbuy)

i tried to build a script:

bind KP_8 shop_nav_to_search    //with the shop open, makes the search box active
bind KP_9 shop_nav_to_tab       //switch to a particular shop tab ( 0 - 12 )
bind KP_4 shop_select_itemrow   //not a real command? //buy ( or set quickbuy with shift held ) a particular displayed row

but this commands dont do anything.
does any1 know more about these commands?


texts: What is the bonus received for filling up a hotel floor?

texts: How many coins are received as a bonus for filling up a hotel room in Tiny Tower Vegas, and does it depend on the floor number or the upgrade level of the hotel room or both?


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I have to complete a number of off-road races, so first thing I did was drive to the nearest Los Santos Customs.  While there, I decided to buy myself some shiny, new off-road wheels.
(source: d4premiere.com)
I noticed changing wheel types has no effect on the car attributes (in particular, Traction).  Does this mean wheel type has absolutely no effect on how the car performs? Or are there any hidden advantages to using different wheel types, i.e. more/less wheel-slip?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.


texts: Can I extend the cheat screen time in NFL Blitz for the N64?

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Right before you enter the stadium to play the game, there is a short period to enter (more like mash) in cheats to be applied to the football game...  Is there anyway to extend that short period to enter more cheats?

I am only able to get 3 to 4 cheats in, but I could enter a lot more if I can extend it...


texts: How do I select all party members in the tactical map?

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I was watching a demo by one of the devs ; in the Tactical map he was just selecting a target, and all party members where told to attack it.

I can only make this happen by selecting party members one at a time and giving them the order...

How can I make all party members attack at once ?


texts: How To Summon ArmorStands With Blocks On There Heads In 1.9?

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Tried:

/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {Equipment:[{},{},{},{},{id:coal_ore}]}

That did not work. It just spawned without the block on its head.

Also tried:

/summon ArmorStand ~ ~ ~ {Equipment:[{},{},{},{},{id:16}]}

That did not work either.


texts: In Rymdkapsel, does extractor efficiency boost speed or quantity?

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The top right monolith boosts extraction efficiency.

What does this mean exactly? Speed? Quantity? Both?


texts: What feedback is given other players when I insta-res them with the Siren's Phaselock?

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I always play Borderlands 2 co-op, never solo, which means that I'm always with friends. They like to play damage and I like to play medic, so we work together well.

I have my Siren built for healing first and damage second, and the most useful ability in my arsenal is the insta-res 'assistance from a distance' ranged heal.

I'm selfish, though, and I don't just want my buddies healed, I want them to know who healed them.  I want them to be so grateful to me that when the time comes, they can't shovel the good loot drops my way fast enough.

What feedback, if any, are other players given when I insta-res them with the Siren's Phaselock?


texts: if a thief steals items from a player but is also killed that night, where do the items go?

texts: If a thief steals my items and is then killed by someone, are the items with the killer or with the dead thief in the graveyard?


texts: How does enhancing status work with bow coatings?

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I have a bow that does not have poison as one of its coatings. I am using the Poisoncoat Jewel to allow poison coating. I now want to make the poison more effective. I am trying to use Venom Jewels.
Does the Poison Attack skill affect the bow, or is it only for melee?

Also the Poison Attack skill states that there is a cap similar to elemental damage. I know how to check this by adding jewels to a weapon and seeing how many until there is no change in the elemental number. I don't see this number for a bow's poison. How do I know how much poison skill I need, and if it's effective?


texts: I want to unsubscribe to a mod, but in doing so it causes the game to malfunction. Is there a way to fix that?

texts: The mod i want unsubscribed without malfunctioning the game(Starbound) is the avonian mod. My brother downloaded it before and i don't want it anymore. Its a race mod that already causes certain npcs to die when interacted with in quests. And when its unsubscribed it cause the player to be teleport back to the ship when the character moves to the right. I have already let the mod developer know but just in case im asking for others help.


texts: How do I move my family to Lakeview Manor?

texts: I have my first house in Whiterun, and I built a children's room there. I also have Lakeview Manor and built the children's beds and chests there too. Now I'm attempting to adopt, and the only home I can put a child in is the house in Whiterun. I would prefer to use my other home though. Is there a way to change which house they go in?


texts: If the father dies before his child is born, will it lose all claims?

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I had a strange situation yesterday: One of my courtiers had a strong claim on an Irish county. I married him to one of my daughters, so I would sooner or later be able to get someone of my dynasty on their throne (or whatever the count equivalent for that is).

Then, the courtier died without giving me a grandchild. I thought all was lost, but a few months later my still widowed daughter had a child.

It was definitely his son, but it did not inherit his claim on the county. Shouldn't it have? I am pretty sure the same situation usually worked out when the father was still around on childbirth.

The situation in the county did not change in the meantime, so thats not the reason for the claim not being there.

Can somebody explain to me what happened?


texts: Reclaiming an abandoned city results in an error message

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Via the CityLog I found regions with abandoned cities. I click on a city which shows the details, what is has, what it looks like and its current name.
When I click the reclaim button, I get an error.

I have the deluxe version. What is the problem?


texts: How do I enable keyboard/mouse + controller at the same time?

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I like putting a controller near me so I know when the controller is vibrating during cutscenes - as developers usually put in custom vibrations to match what's going on in the cutscene.
However, Destiny 2 does not do this. As soon as I use keyboard/mouse, the controller falls silent. Is there any way to enable this?


texts: Me and my sibling want to play Minecraft together. Is there a way to use Bluetooth instead of WiFi to get connected? If so, how? We have MCPE version 15.0.


texts: What shooter is Miles playing in the beginning of Guns Akimbo movie?

texts:
In the beginning of Guns Akimbo Miles is playing some FPS with soldiers shooting some kind of werewolves:

What is this game?


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It's the end of the month near the start of a ironman classic game and I have 2 satellites to launch. A terror mission has just come up & one of the sites is currently at max terror; if I have time to get there, complete the mission and get back I can lower the panic and deploy my satellite to a more profitable location.

How fast is the Skyranger - I have less than 20 hours to get the mission done?


texts: What happens if you don't collect Hero Merit?

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I recently got Nowi to the 1000 Hero Merit (HM) mark, which causes feathers to spring from her on the Home screen, earning me another 500 feathers if I click on Nowi!

I was wondering, if I don't click and don't collect these 500 bonus feathers, what will happen when I reach 1500 HM on Nowi?

Will I gain 1000 feathers?
Will i get two prompts to gain 500 each and not lose anything?
Will I only get a single prompt to get the 500 feathers, effectively losing 500 in the process?

There doesn't seem to be a reason to not collect the 500 feathers now, but I was wondering how this interaction would play out.


texts: How exactly does a drugstore robbery work?

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I am a little bit confused about the robbery of a drug store in GTA Online. So I have some questions:

After the robbery, I sometimes get a 2-star wanted level, and other times a 3-star wanted level. Why does this happen?
Is it harder to lose the cops after a robbery? I have a lot of problems after a robbery to lose them.
Sometimes, when I drive by a drug store which I already robbed, I automatically get a wanted star. Why?
Do you have some other usefull hints for me?


texts: How do I find the treasure in devil's rock?

texts: I have found hidden treasures in all locations except the one in Devil's Rock. Animus shows 1 treasure in Devil's Rock. How do I find the one on Devil's Rock?


texts: Do Deadeye or Tactical Visor target an invisible Sombra?

texts: There are a few questions already posted about when and if Sombra can be seen with her camouflage active but so far this hasn't been brought up. As of right now there are only these 2 ultimates that directly lock-on to an enemy, but do they still target a Sombra that can't be seen?


texts: A single client to run games from different clients

texts: I use windows 10 and for gaming I have to use a lot of clients like Steam, Origin, Epic, etc. Is there any way of centralizing these clients? For example one common client instead of all of these or some apps to help?


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Do you know know how to configure MAME command line for Windows ?

I'm setting up a Windows XP box to use on an Arcade project.

I've always used MAMEUI for playing mame roms, it's a great emulator with plenty of settings that you can manage through a user interface.

Well now I'm trying to achieve similar results by using the MAME command line emulator, because this is what front ends such as mGalaxy or Hyperspin require.
But I can't find a way to configure it in any aspect, whatsoever, as I was able to do with MAMEUI.

These are some of the emulation properties I would like to configure for the MAME command line:
- Video mode - Aspect ratio - Emu speed - controller setup - etc

Any tip be greatly appreciated :)


texts: After sleeping I've noticed there is a rested effect on me, but apart from keeping me from sleeping again, I don't see any other effect.


texts: Counter Strike Global Offensive frame rate issues

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When I am playing CSGO I never used to lose frames, but ever since a few days ago, yes all the drivers and game is up to date, I started to lose frames going from 160+ fps drop down to 25-40 fps when I look or shoot at someone. Any ideas why? I tried to delete and redownload the game and it didnt work

Computer Specs

Motherboard - MSI X99A SLI Plus
GPU - Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
RAM - 8 GB DDR4-2800 G.SKILL Ripjaws V
CPU - Intel® Core™ i7 5820K Processor (6x 3.30GHz/15MB L3 Cache) - Intel Core™ i7 5820K
Processor Cooling - Corsair Hydro Series H55 120mm Liquid CPU Cooler - Standard 120mm Fan
Power Supply - 800 Watt - Standard 80 PLUS Bronze
Hard Drive - 1 TB Hard Drive 32 MB CaCHE 7200 rpm
OS - Windows 10 64 bit


texts: Can I pan the minimap in Civilization 5?

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In civilization 5 the minimap displays a rectangle, even though civ is actually played on a cylinder - it just means that the east and west edges of the minimap are touching. Sometimes the minimap displays the "calendar line" in a very uncomfortable position - for example I would like my empire to be in the middle, but it appears very close to the edge of that minimap.

I know that after exiting and then loading a game the minimap changed so that my empire was in a different (better) position, far from the sides. Is there any way to somehow control it in-game?


texts: How do I install shared games using the Steam Family Sharing feature?

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Alright, so I signed up for the Steam Family Sharing Beta.  I followed the instructions to share my games on my family member's computer.

I now see "BlueRaja's games" under their account.  But, when I click it, it's empty.  So how do I install one of my games from their account?

Surely there's a way to install games without having to log back into my account every time...? (otherwise there's no point in sharing to begin with)


texts: What fraction of all possible crafting recipes in Minecraft are currently used?

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Consider the 3x3 crafting grid. Many recipes, such as placing 4 wooden planks in a 2x2 square, produce a new item as output. Others, such as placing a splash potion of Instant Health 2 by itself in the center of the crafting table, do not produce any output. I'm curious as to what fraction of all possible crafting recipes in the game are currently used, i.e., they cause an item to appear in the 3x3 crafting menu's output slot.
The number I am looking for is:
p = r/n
Where p is the answer to my question, r is the number of distinct crafting recipes in the game that yield an item, and n is the the total number of possible distinct crafting recipes in the game using all existing items.
I am only interested in the 3x3 crafting menu accessible via the in-game crafting table. Recipes that require a furnace or a brewing stand, for example, do not contribute to the above variables.

To help demonstrate what I'm looking for, imagine that the only items in the entire game are oak planks, crafting tables, oak slabs, and oak stairs. In this case, the answer to this question would be:
n = 59-1 = 1,953,124
r = 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 10
p = 10/1,953,124 = 0.000512%
Explanation: each of the crafting table's 9 slots can have 1 of 5 states: either one of the four items I included in this thought experiment, or empty. We subtract one because the output is assumed to be empty when all slots are empty.
There are 4 recipes which yield a crafting table, 3 which yield slabs, 2 which yield stairs, and 1 which yields a barrel (upcoming in 1.14; you can decide for yourself whether to include items added in 1.14 in your answers).
Note that the recipe for the composter is not included as I am only interested in the Java edition, in which the recipe for the composter requires fences.
If we modify this thought experiment to also include birch planks, slabs, and stairs, the new numbers become:
n = 99-1 = 387,420,488
r = 4*(24) + 2*(3 + 2) + 28 = 330
p = 330/387,420,488 = 0.000085%
Explanation, part 2:
We have added 4 new blocks for a total of 9.
Each of the four blocks used to in the crafting table's recipe can now be either oak or birch planks. The stairs and slabs cannot mix wood types, so their number of recipes is simply doubled. Each of the 8 blocks (planks and slabs) used in crafting the barrel can also be either oak or birch.


texts: What factors influence which Pokemon appears as the daily guaranteed Pokemon encounter?

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Because of COVID-19, a guaranteed Pokemon encounter occurs daily. This Pokemon has a white circle surrounding it.
I'm wondering what factors, if any, increase or decrease the likelihood of certain Pokemon appearing?
Based on my observations, but not on proven facts or large group results:

Weather boosted Pokemon are more likely to appear
Pokemon that are more common in the wild are more likely to be the daily Pokemon, for example Numel
Pokemon that don't appear in nests can be the daily Pokemon. For example, one of my guaranteed encounters was a Gible.
It does not appear to be influenced by nearby nests
The Pokemon is unlikely to be evolved and is never a legendary


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I have no experience with consoles and I have decided to buy an Xbox 360 with Kinect.
I don't have a big display so I will have to buy a display first. So, I would like to know whether an LCD TV (32") or an LCD Monitor (27") would be better for gaming. By better, I mean which one would the games look better on?


texts: Is the amount of health I heal from a hacked pack related to Sombra's charge gain

texts: Does it matter if I heal 1 health, or 250 health in relation to Sombra's ultimate charge rate? Would she receive the same amount of charge in both cases ?


texts: How can I make the the versus mode fights more challenging in Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution?

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I'm just starting the B campaign, and I notice that the network clones I'm fighting against are ridiculously good. After getting trashed by quite a few of them, I decided to practice using the "versus mode" in "free battle mode". However, I'm able to easily defeat the bots there.

I don't see any difficulty slider, is there any way to make the bots more challenging?


texts: Is 1st generation GBA bright enough for indoor use?

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I am considering buying a Game Boy Advance. I like the 1st generation model, but I don't know if the screen is bright enough for normal indoor use or not.

Is screen brightness likely to be an issue, and if so, what can I do to help with the problem?


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I don't understand why I can't get to do this, but how do I send my units back to my ship? I tried three times now and I can't seem to be able to get my units back (RIP 2 mantis on my last run).

Do I have to be in the same ship to be able to teleport them back? Should I only teleport to ships with teleporing systems?


texts: What is the best strategy for acquiring gold in Ultima Online?

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I have been playing ultima-online for a while now and I'm getting a little short on gold.

I've tried some tactics, but nothing stands out as the obvious best method.  Since it is an old game I think that there should be one or several established methods for most efficiently producing gold.  So, what are the best ways produce gold in UO?


texts: I dominated a planet/moon/station but their ships are still hostile to me. How to fix it?

texts: So I am enjoying this first dominated planet I have. The problem is, they are still attacking me. Did I really dominated this planet? If yes, how do I make them friendly again to me? Relinquish them?


texts: Do console commands affect Steam achievements?

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I've painted myself into a corner and am forced to choose between abandoning a couple hours' progress or cheating my way out of it.  Unfortunately, I can't find hard data on if/how the use of console commands affects the unlocking of Steam achievements.

I've heard a few conflicting theories and can think of a couple more:

I have heard that using any console command, ever, permanently prevents that/all characters from unlocking achievements.
I have heard that using any console command prevents you from unlocking any achievements for that "session" (variously, until you load a save or restart the game).
It seems reasonable that certain console commands (such as tgm — Toggle God Mode) might prevent the unlocking of achievements while active and/or others (such as directly manipulating skills/perks/etc.) permanently block achievements for that character once used.
It also seems possble that console commands have no effect on achievements whatsover (at least, I have not yet seen evidence to the contrary).

Do we have any hard info on this?  Official sources, original research, anything?


texts: Minecraft (1.13+) - Get Player By UUID using commands

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I'm trying to make a commands that give an arrow to the player that fired the arrow.
The arrow object has Owner key that contains UUID of the player.
Is there a way to select a player with an UUID from an arrow object?
Give command:
/give @a[nbt={UUID:???}] arrow 1

Where ??? should be the value of
@e[type=arrow].Owner


texts: Is there any city now that has portals to all the other cities?

texts: It's been a long time since I played. When I last played, Dalaran had portals to all the original cities, but they are gone now. Is there a new city with portals?


texts: How do I use the computer after finishing the game? It says "Press return to continue".  I tried to press it but it doesn't do anything.  Does anybody know how to access it?


texts: Skryim: Is there an easy way to tell when you need a rested or well-rested bonus?

texts: I know you can look at your active effects through the magic menu to tell if you have the rested or well-rested bonus, but I honestly have a hard time tracking how many game hours have passed before I need to get the well-rested bonus again.  Am I missing some notification somewhere that tells me I lost my bonus so I know when to rest again without having to track game time or frequently check the magic menu?


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To upgrade my super pets, I need Super Pet Snacks, and a lot. For example:

Each spawn can give 5 snacks, but obtaining the components required to spawn isn't trivial and limited as well, e.g. can't buy them in shop.

Is there any way besides spawning to get the Snacks directly?


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After dying a good certain amount of times, one of the NPC's in my playthrough got infected with Dragonrot and I got a 'Rot Essence' item.

What is Dragonrot, and what are its consequences and thresholds?


texts: What does downforce upgrade actually do to your car?

texts: "Upgraded aerodinamics give a nice downforce effect" but this doesn't cut it for me. Does it make go quicker, similar to the gearbox effect, or does it make fly less, or something else ?


texts: Is there anything special about the Borderlands 2 GOTY edition over the base game with the same DLC?

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At some point many moons ago, I purchased Borderlands 2 with the season pass. Right now, it seems the only things included in the GOTY bundle I don't already have are:

Mechromancer class,
Psycho class,
Collector's Edition pack,
Creature Slaughterdome dlc.

At this exact moment in time, I can buy the GOTY edition for $9.99, or I can buy the individual components for $9.86 total. I'm not hugely concerned about 13¢, but the nerd in me is curious if there's any distinction between the vanilla game + DLC and the GOTY game with its included DLC (other than price, of course). For example:

A big label on the main menu saying "Game of the Year Editon",
Differences in versioning,
Differences in gameplay,
Differences in the UI,
An achievement for playing the GOTY version.

I don't have any of the headhunter packs, or the purely cosmetic DLC, but since those aren't included with the GOTY bundle, I'm ignoring them entirely for this discussion. However, if there's some distinction between vanilla and GOTY in one of those packs, it would be a useful answer even if I don't pick them up myself.

I'm using the PC version of the game, though it could still be useful to have answers for other systems if those answers are different.


texts: So I'm lighting the signal fires for the highland lord. In order to 'beat' Twin Peak, I need to search the pantry, however when I do I fail. A little research on the wiki suggests I need an Item Drop boost of +50%. This seems insane, with all my current gear I can only get 10%. Where can I, as a level 9 Sauceror, get gear/effects to boost my Item Drop to 50%?