texts: Diablo 3 Barbarian Mace vs Sword Calculation for Weapon Master passive [Math]

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i need some help choosing my weapons in Diablo3 as a Barbarian.

Im trying to solve it mathematically and not just try-by-try or in Excel with long tables so maybe someone with more experience in using programs like Maple or Mathematica (Wolfram Alpha, yeah.. but it kinda didnt cut it) can help out. Probably i just need some help on some math syntax for any good math program to solve my problem with a plotted graph.

As a barbarian, the passive trait "Weapon master" offers either +15% Damage on swords and daggers or +10% critical hit chance on maces and axes.

So my average damage on a mace is something like this:

Mace: Damage+Damage*(CritChance%/100+0.1)*CritDamage%/100

My average damage on a sword is something like this:

Sword: Damage*1.15+Damage*1.15*(CritChance%/100)*CritDamage%/100

We assume that Damage is 1 for both weapons.

"Mace" 1+1*(CritChance%/100+0.1)*(CritDamage%/100)
"Sword" 1.15+1.15*(CritChance%/100)*(CritDamage%/100)

CritChance=x CritDamage=y

A mace would do more damage per hit for "Mace/Sword">1 and for values <1 the sword does more damage.

(1+1*(x/100+0.1)*(y/100))/(1.15+1.15*(x/100)*(y/100))>=1

We can safely limit "CritChance" to >=5<=60(the total max on gear was between 50 and 60 somewhere with perfect rolls, lets just limit to 60 because of skills - it also avoids the problem that x/100+0.1 for 100% critchance would reach 1,1 which of course does not make sense - a general solution to this would be welcome nontheless (maybe using x1 and x2 with different assumed limits?) and CritDamage to >=50<=650.

Assumptions:
x and y are rational and positive.
x>=5<=60
y>=5<=650
(1+1*(x/100+0.1)*(y/100))/(1.15+1.15*(x/100)*(y/100))>=1

Can someone point me to the correct Maple/Mathematica syntax for making this a nice plot?

I want to see the answer to "For which range of critchance and critdamage does 10% critchance deal more damage than 15% damage?" in a plot. Ofc, damage, critrate and critdamage that are inserted are the same, only the result differs because of the modifiers in the formula.

Any help is really appreciated. Thanks in advance.


texts: Assassin's Creed: Revelation DLC (The Lost Archive)

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I am going back to my old games and filling the gaps of missing DLCs but as of today AC:Revelation's The Lost Archives DLC is no longer available on Uplay nor anywhere outside of it.

The only way I have found out is to get the AC:Revelations - Ottoman Edition which includes this DLCs.

Therefore my question is: Would buying the Ottoman Edition and then using its activation key in Uplay "upgrade" my standard AC:Revelations version to Ottoman Edition? Hence giving me access to The Lost Archives?
If not, is there any other way to get this DLC today?

Thanks a lot for any response, this is very vital to me


texts: What are the drawbacks of using explosives?

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I remember someone telling me in-game that using explosives (grenades, rockets, etc.) has some drawbacks, in that I get less "loot" after the mission. But it seems that all the aliens' weapons self-destruct anyway... so what are the drawbacks of using explosives?

In particular,

Does it mean I get less weapon fragments / Elerium / alloys?
Does it mean I no longer get the alien's corpse?
Can explosives kill neutralized enemies or destroy their weapons?

Also, if I use explosives to injure aliens but not kill them, do I still lose anything?


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The Flinch Free skill text for levels 1-3 now includes the following wording:

  Increases some Kinsect extract effects.

Can anyone disambiguate this with information about which effects are increased and by how much?


texts: "Minecraft Offline.bat" With HD texture pack Fix?

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This is great:

@SET /P IGN=IGN=
@java -Xms512m -Xmx1024 -cp "%APPDATA%/.minecraft/bin/*" \
    -Djava.library.path="%APPDATA%/.minecraft/bin/natives" \
    net.minecraft.client.Minecraft %IGN%

But if your trying to use any HD texture pack you will get the "unpatched bug"
i.e. small lava and portal textures on all dirt blocks

is there any way to fix the issue ?


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Does the undo button let you keep gold generated by gold income items?

For Example:

I die
While dead, I buy gold income item (for example Avarice blade)
after I spawn I undo purchase

Will I keep the gold generated by gold income items or not?


texts: Is there a way to know which will be the next bitizen to unlock in TDS?

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I'm playing TDS without spending any Bux to unlock any bitizens.  (See my other question on that subject.)  And, from conferring with other players, it seems clear that the game unlocks in the same progression for everyone (assuming you don't buy bitizens).

Is there a way to know who is going to unlock next?  I thought it might be the one whose price to unlock is the cheapest in bux, but this has proven incorrect.


texts: I’m trying to join my friend on Minecraft but it’s giving me an issue

texts: I’m trying to join her world and we have joined escort her before in the same world, but sometimes when I try to play with her it says that I have no friends playing Minecraft but then when I go on the Xbox app it says she is on Minecraft and i don’t get her invites. It’s really weird. This is pocket edition


texts: Is it possible to demolish one of the rail tracks in a station, and not all of them?

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Sometimes I want to demolish just one line of rail station in a big station. However when you demolish it, all of the rail stations go away. Is it possible to just get rid of one station at a time?

Here's what I mean. In the pic below, I want to demolish only the rail station that's in red, because I don't use it. I don't want to get rid of all of the other ones, because I do use them. Can I do that?


texts: How can I change the number of sockets for Runewords?

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The item must have exactly the correct number of sockets to trigger a Runeword.

Is there a way to add multiple sockets or even remove multiple sockets?


texts: Am I supposed to have multiple high level pokemon?

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I'm playing Pokemon Blue. I'm at Mt. Moon and I have a level 19 Charmander and no other Pokémon over level 5. I'm wondering if I'm playing the game correctly right now. If my charmander dies I will 'black out'. It seems weird that I should be expected to have multiple Pokémon at high levels when I haven't had much of an opportunity to level the others.

Most of the other Pokémon I have are crappy and I don't intend on playing with later on. It hardly seems worth the time to level them now.

Should I go back and gain some levels for my other pokemon?


texts: How can I determine if a used game is pirated?

texts: How can I tell if used GBA/DS games are pirated?


texts: How can I make money quickly and easily?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I make money efficiently?

I have a good bit of gold now but I'm still trying to get more, and I need some quick and easy ways to earn more gold, besides chopping wood. And if it helps, I have Hearthfire and Dawnguard expansion packs.


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What would be the correct command to place a redstone torch at 1043 58 982 when the timer starts at 20 and remove it when the timer reaches 0 in the 1.14.2 version of Minecraft.

I think this would most likely use two different command blocks.

So far I've made a timer that starts at 20 and a Times_Up objective that equals 0.

This is the best I could come up with in a repeat command block that is always active:

/execute if score Timer Timer > Times_Up Times_Up run fill 1043 58 982 1043 58 982 minecraft:redstone_torch


texts: Are a Civ's Unique Buildings transformed when conquered?

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Assume for a moment that I am playing the Ethiopians, currently at war with the Egyptian empire.

Egypt has a unique building, the Burial Tomb, that replaces the Temple. My spies have already told me that the Egyptian city of "InvadeMe" contains one of these, as well as a generic Monument building.

If my forces conquer the city, what happens?

Does the Burial Tomb get converted into a Temple? (Since Ethiopians can only build Temples)
Does the Monument get converted into a Stele? (Since Ethiopians can't build generic monuments)

(I just used Ethiopians off the top of my head, this question is not G&K specific)


texts: How to improve chances of a successful hero quest of a clan member?

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As far as I understand, the chances of success in a hero quest are all random meaning every try can fail. I know that there are certain answers which offer a higher probability of success than others, yet those are not what I am asking here.

What interests me is raising the overall chance to succeed at a quest.

I invest points in in Sacred Time, and take care that the one who performs the quest has the relevant god as their primary one, and when the quests allow I am asking for support.

Yet still they tend to fail quite often even killing the quester or sending them in limbo.

Should I sacrifice to the relevant god before the quest? Do certain gods offer blessing for quests?

How can I increase my chance of succeeding at a hero quest?


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I'm looking for some advice on the new game Dungeons (the successor to dungeon keeper).

The gameplay differs quite significantly from the old Dungeon Keeper (in a fun way though), however, I'm kind of lost on how to lay out my dungeon most profitably.

I'd like to hear from others, what constellations of placing your rooms and pentagrams works best for you. So far it appears to be a trade-off between letting heroes accumulate lots of soul points and still be able to kill them reliably, but I haven't found a setup I'm satisfied with yet.

I will post my currently preferred dungeon setup as an answer as well, so it can be rated and commented upon separately.

PS: Bonus points, add a comment for any fansites/wiki-sites dedicated to Dungeons. So far, I haven't found zilch on the web, which is kind of strange?


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I'm starting a new server with few friends and we're stuck with making "safe zones" and "only X team zones".

We have a survival map where there are 4 teams (Red, Purple, Yellow and Green), but with some "safe areas" that cannot be destroyed and also are not PvP allowed. I used those commands:

gamemode adventure @a[r=40,m=0]
gamemode survival @a[rm=41,r=42,m=2]

This actually works, but people can still PvP in this area (40x40 blocks), which we don't want them to...

Also, we want that only one team can enter certain areas, and the other get teleported to the spawn (x=-237, y=71, z=222).

The last thing we want is to make a "PvP reward" system. Each time someone kill a player from another team, he will receive 2 emeralds. Obviously, we don't want that people on the same team can hit each other, so we will need a command for that.

I hope you guys can help us, we are really new in commands-block, making all our tries not working.

Thanks for all your help.


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Because League of Legends was voted lord of the flies or something, all its saprophytic users have apparently been given a 10-win IP boost.

How does the IP boost work?  How can I get the best use out of it; just play 5v5 games, or is there no difference between the game types?


texts: Is there anyway to observe my latency or wireless signal strength over a period of time?

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Perhaps two weeks ago or so, I began having terrible latency problems whenever I began playing online. At first, I thought the wireless receiver (a USB device) on my computer was simply failing, but these problems also occur when using my laptop, and for my brother on his laptop (we share the same wireless network for about a month or so).

There doesn't seem to be a problem with internet connectivity in general (i.e., I have no problem browsing the net, streaming a movie, or downloading a file), but random spikes of lag, which would be much more noticeable when attempting to play, say, Team Fortress 2.

I'm trying to diagnose the problem, and my first idea was to check the consistency of the signal strength (i.e., a problem with my wireless router) vs. consistency of ping (i.e., a problem with my wireless provider).

Are there any programs I could use to test one or both of these? Note: I would like to be able to test over a period of time, because the problem is not consistent.


texts: Do the deaths in the tutorial lock me out of "The Untouchables"?

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Despite having already played a lot of XCOM 2, when I decided to start playing again, I was forced to do the tutorial (as the game was still installing at the time). During the tutorial, two squad members are scripted to die, since the tutorial forces you to make specific moves.

That said, there's an achievement called "The Untouchables" for beating the campaign on Commander+ without losing a single soldier. Will these two scripted deaths lock me out of that achievement for this run? That is, is it mandatory to skip the tutorial if I'm to attempt getting this achievement?


texts: Where/How do I find the bonus content for the Destiny Digital Guardian Edition?

texts: Everything seems pretty much stock. My inventory doesn't contain anything special either. Are the items level restricted? I completed the introduction portion and can't find anything extra at the tower vendors also.


texts: I'm playing minecraft 1.7.2 and I type /gamerule keepinventory true, and it says that there's no keepinventory rule. How do I keep inventory on death? I'm fighting the Ender Dragon and keep dying.


texts: While in workshop mode, what is the difference between green and yellow highlighted items?

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While walking around and scrapping all of the clutter around Sanctuary, I noticed that some items highlight as yellow, and others as green.
From what I can tell, green objects are movable and reusable (ex. Chairs, cabinets, etc.) and yellow just seems like junk with no function (ex. Tree trunks, cars, etc.).

Is there any other meaning/function to the highlight color of these objects, or can I just scrap everything that is yellow?


texts: Advantages and disadvantages of using beast-form to travel quicker on foot

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I'm traveling from Winterhold college to the Shrine of Azura - it's cold, I don't like (other) wolves and it takes ages. So I assumed the beast form because it can sprint way faster, and stamina regenerates at insane rates.

Is this a wise decision? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using beast form to travel faster? Do I need to kill people I meet to extend bloodlust, or can I kill a rabbit to continue?

Strangely, at the mine a 'fugitive' approached me and then asked me to store something. I was given two dialogue options (! as a werewolf) but could not do anything later.


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By now, I've killed Diablo countless times, but one questions always pops in my head. Who did I exactly kill? Diablo or seven Lords of Hell?

In cinematic after act 3, when Imperius sees Diablo, he calls him - "My old enemy". Also, when he sees Diablo as Leah, he shouts at him to show his true form - as Diablo. Actually quote is - "My old enemy, you can't hide from me... no matter what form you choose to wear. Let your true form be revealed... Diablo!"

However, when we fight Diablo, he talks about himself not as one being, but as legion.

So, question is, at the end of the game, who did we kill - Diablo or seven Lords of Hell (Diablo, Belial, Azmadon, Baal, Mephisto, Andariel and Duriel)?


texts: Is it possible to not have too many shards?

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After

   defeating Gebel

I got a game over and a voice line indicating that it was because I have a lot of shards bound. I remember that Dominique mentioned earlier that having too many shards would be dangerous and that she would buy extra shards to help me with that. So I sold her all of the sellable shards, but I still got the same game over. Do I have to somehow get rid of even more shards to avoid that?


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Playing as scout I try to flank my enemies. My biggest problem is turrets.

I cant get close enough to take them out with a scattergun, but I cannot ignore them as they kill me so quickly.

What should I be doing about these turrets that block my path as a scout?


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Is the tournament mode, within the UEFA Euro 2012 add-on for FIFA 12, single-player only?

The usual ways of adding in players/selecting more teams doesn't seem to exist.


texts: Hopefully a straight-forward question. I've been receiving a lot of attacks the last few days I'm not too interested in counterattacking right now. How long will I be able to retain the option to get revenge on attackers? I poked around the interwebs, but didn't find anything definitive, with a Reddit thread implying that there might be some time-based restrictions. Are there restrictions on taking revenge beyond having previously attacked the player?


texts: On Final Fantasy IV for Steam, how can I get all the augments in the minimum amount of playthroughs?

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I'm playing Final Fantasy IV (for the bazillionth time) and want to try using all the augments but found out I need to play through multiple times.

How many times must I play through the game to get all the augments with minimum playthrough? Which augments should I give to which characters to make this happen? I'm willing to try a save editor (steam version).


texts: I need to open my third eye to find the jelly beans hidden in the wall in Shroomcave. I tried eating two mushrooms, as they halfway open it, but that didn't work. I read somewhere I needed the extract from a mushroom, where can I get a mushroom extract to open my third eye?


texts: Player icon stuck in the same position on skyrim map

texts: I was playing Skyrim and I tried to go to a quest but I could not find it because my player icon was stuck in the same position no matter where I go. I already tried to go back to another save but the icon stays the same. I also tried to fast travel some where else it moved to where I fast travel but if I walk around it stays in the same place.


texts: What is the meaning of different slimes in the Quick Save loading screen?

texts: When loading from a Quick Save, there is an animation of 3 slimes in the bottom right corner of the screen.  Most of the time they're plain old blue slimes, but sometimes the middle one will be something else.  What is the significance of non-blue slimes here?


texts: What are the specific mechanics / rules for smart steering and auto acceleration in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

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My (young) children are using the smart steering and auto acceleration in MK8D so they can get comfortable participating with less frustration, etc.

But they're curious about what it's doing when. (Okay, they're curious about everything. Why DO we wear ties?) Plus, since the goal is eventually to help them learn to control the Karts unassisted, it's important to be able to explain what it does, so they can differentiate what they're learning about how their actions affect the Kart, separate from when the aids are affecting it.

What are the key guiding rules or principles that define how each of these things work?

I'm not looking for degrees of rotation or sensitivity settings here, more along the lines of:

  "Auto steering kicks in when you touch the edge of the road, then
  steers you back to the center, then de-activates again."

But I just made that particular one up.


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How do I get my roller-skater to skate?  I've tried forward, back, forward, back, but she just won't move!

I am playing this through the Wii's Virtual Console, which (oddly enough) uses the Commodore 64 version of California Games, rather than the NES version.


texts: What are the differences between Flames, Frost and Shock spells?

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In the Destruction magic school there are three main types of damage-dealing spells: Flame, Frost and Shock. There are different perks for those types, so before committing to using one specific type I'd like to know the general differences between those classes.

Do the different Destruction magic types have any special effects besides dealing damage? And do they differ in the amount of damage or the damage per magicka?


texts: How can I transfer my data to a new xbox 360?

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I just bought a new Xbox 360 slim.  How can I transfer ALL the data from the old Xbox to the New one?

What about downloaded content that I paid for?  Can I re-download it?


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I love Disgaea, though admittedly I've never made it through an entire game in the series...

I hope to get back to Disgaea 3 at some point in the future and would like to do so while avoiding an issue I have always had in these games - I don't know when I should reincarnate my characters.

While I know that reincarnating your characters is paramount in making them stronger, I am pretty sure I'm doing it wrong and ending up quite weaker until I level my characters up again. By the time I reach the level I was originally at, I don't feel all that tougher.

Since the reincarnation system in Disgaea 3 is slightly different from previous installments, I'm looking for information regarding Disgaea 3's system. Specifically:

When should I reincarnate story characters, such as Mao or Almaz?
When should I reincarnate monsters/human class characters?
Should I bother reincarnating human classes into stronger versions of themselves instead of into new and exciting classes I manage to unlock? For example, should I bother turning my fighter into a warrior, when I can turn him into, say, a ninja?

I hope I am not being too vague, but I'm assuming some Disgaea 3 familiarity here as I am looking for more than a link to a guide. I am looking for personal insights and a good summary of the different considerations.


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I like playing Minecraft with mods and I have always used version 1.7.10, but lately mods have been updated to version 1.9 or 1.10 and I want to have them in two versions at a time. Example: shaders mod in 1.10, more wolves in 1.7. How do I do that?

I've tried just putting all the mods in the folder 'mods' with different versions, but it didn't work. I had both forge 1.10 and 1.7. If anyone has advice on how can I separate the mods versions, please help me. I still use the old Minecraft launches 'java', not the new one that doesn't include Java.


texts: Do Natural Wonders spawn more closely to city states?

texts: This is purely anecdotal speculation, but it seems to me that Natural Wonders are more often than not placed close by city states. What does the world-builder use to determine where Natural Wonders/city states should go?


texts: What do you do after you put the disc in the computer?

texts: I got the disc and put it in the computer, the song 'The Fox' came up and I watched it. What do I do next? What is the next step in the game?


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When playing XvT, Terran's often employ a barrack's or a factory as a cheap scout.  I've also seen a lot of cases where they will like to fly the scout over one part of your base (say your main base) while then flanking with their army and attacking your natural.  The reason for this is that often the opponent will overreact when they see the scout and draw too much of their army away leaving their natural exposed.

Recently though, I played a Terran who flew a factory overhead right before we engaged in battle, and several of my stalkers were attacking the factory instead of the opposing army.

Are there other ways to deal with this than just trying to micro each individual unit to not attack the flying building?  Why is the building attack priority not tuned such that this would not happen?

This applies in a similar sense to Zerg's who bring in many overlords when attacking to absorb fire as well.


texts: Does capturing certain Pokemon require different lengths of swiping the pokeball?

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There's something I noticed while playing Pokemon Go. Certain Pokemon appear to require shorter or longer swipes when capturing. For example, I have to use a shorter swipe for Pidgey and Rattata or else I overshoot the pokeball. On in-air and evolved-form Pokemon, like Zubat (in-air) and Arcanine (evolved), I often undershoot and have to swipe very far to make sure the pokeball hits the Pokemon. Has anyone noticed this too?

I'm wondering if certain Pokemon fall under the same swipe category, for example: short-swipe Pokemon like Pidgey and Rattata that require the same exact length. I can't find documentation on this from Niantic, but of course, they have barely documented anything anyway. But otherwise, it might just depend on the individual Pokemon?


texts: What are good strategies for Master Quest rule "Don't Get Hit!" missions?

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In Hyrule Warriors, "Don't get hit!" missions are full fledged missions in which your character dies in 2 hits (1 brings to 1/4 heart, another finishes you) - also not to be confused with the shorter "All attacks are devastating!" missions, as in those, the monsters also die in one hit.

I've tried a multitude of different characters and strategies, and everything falls apart against harder captains and generals (specially Wizzro and his magic-spamming). I'm seeing no other solution than grind a lot to the point of killing stuff extremely fast, but then I would be missing on a lot of rewards that require this sort of mission finished (such as Cia's level 2 weapon).

Is there an easier or cheesy way to finish this kind of mission?


texts: Is there any point in crafting the same tool multiple times?

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After beating the main game, I have unlocked School mode.
The purpose of School mode is to...

   build backups for Monokuma.

I can choose to craft tools, which "double the number of materials collected".

So far so good, but I was wondering if the tools' effects stack.
If I craft 2 Microscopes, for instance, will the number of science materials collected quadruple?


texts: What do the round brackets mean on my unit's offense value in Alpha Centauri?

texts: I'm about to build an Impact Skimship at one of my bases. Its values are listed as "(4)-2-4".  Why is the offense value in round brackets?


texts: What is the best strategy for beating the final Campaign Mission "All In" on brutal difficulty?

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Has anyone beaten this mission on brutal difficulty? If so what was your strategy?

I tried both paths:

Path 1 - Taking out the nydus networks

Path 2 - Taking out the flying units

I found path 1 to be significantly easier as the nydus worms spewing tons of units seems much harder to deal with than flying units. Especially later in the level when the worms are very far from your base and are guarded by spore colonies and overseers+hydra. Also, if you go mass tanks, Kerrigan will do AOE to your tank groups.

My current strat which got me to about 76% using path 1, is to mass battle cruisers and vikings. On the ground I use a few tanks and some flame towers.

For my next attempt, I will try mass BCs and Vikings, but will use a barracks wall at the choke points. Money is pretty tight (not enough mineral patches...), but I'll probably try making use of the zerg mind control towers too, which I forgot I researched.

If anyone has a better strat please chime in :)


texts: I bought Minecraft on my Google account, but my son wants to use it on his Google account. Is that possible? I bought it on my account, so I'm unsure.


texts: Minecraft 1.7.4 server issues with loading world

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Okay, I try and connect to a server when I have full connection and a ping between 40-80. When I join I just fall through the world for a few seconds.

Sometimes I get the sound like you hit the floor and everything goes black but that is as far as I get. I have deleted and reinstalled Minecraft and have turned advanced OpenGl on. I'm not sure what else I can do that may help solve this problem. Also I do not get any connection issues on other games or on the internet. As far as I can tell the logs on the developer console don't give me any information either.


texts: Where is the land in Falkreath Hold in skyrim hearthfire

texts: I can't find the land that I bought in Falkreath Hold. Can anyone please tell me its location?


texts: What does the black book with a red pentagram do?

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I was on a run and entered a devil room, for 2 red hearts was a black book with a pentagram on it.
I didn't want to sacrifice the 2 hearts for an item I didn't need or possibly didn't want.

Does anyone know what it does?


texts: Do more pokemons spawn if your the app is active

texts: I have recently had my phone laying on my desk with the game active. I noticed that there spawn quite a lot of pokemons around me. Is this because I have the game active, or would I get the same result without having the game active (and often opening the game to catch them)?


texts: When offline, how do you play YABOT single player maps with custom hotkeys?

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Alright, I want to practice some new builds with the popular YABOT (Yet Another Build Order Tester). I have downloaded the single player maps and dropped them onto my SC2 shortcut to start them. Now there's the problem that I don't log on to Battle.net but the map starts right away, this causes my customized hotkeys to not be loaded and applied.

How can I fix this?

Basically, I want to start downloaded single player maps from my hard disk and use my normal hotkeys.


texts: If my PS Plus account expires, do my free packs expire as well?

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I know you lose free games, such as the free monthly games, when your Plus expires. But what about the free packs you've downloaded?

I have Tera — a free game you can get without PS Plus, and since I have PS Plus right now, I decided to get the PS Plus exclusive free Valkyrie pack that has the costume, an extra character slot and a wolf mount that I desperately wanted back since I got it on the PC version.

My question is, since I obtained the pack and I have the items bonded to my character, what happens the moment Plus expires? Do they disappear from my inventory? Do I keep them regardless? Do I lose my ability to play the game all together despite the game itself being a free game for non-plus users?


texts: How to remove Spin Web of Broodmother in DotA 2?

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In this link, Destroy Spin Web, it is written you can manually destroy Spin Web of Broodmother. It is also written in tooltip of Spin Web when you hover over the ability. I can't seem to find this Destroy Spin Web ability.

Also, what are the ways I can remove web as Broodmother and as her enemy?


texts: How do I get to this point of interest in the Plains of Ashford?

texts: I just ran in a complete circle around this raised area of terrain. At the top, there seems to be a place of interest, but I can't get up there. How do I activate this place of interest?


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I have read that, as long as there is a save file of the original Rocksmith on the hard drive, you can import the old songs into Rocksmith 2014 with an import tool that can be bought from the PSN.
I have sometimes read that all disc songs can be imported, but on a (German) review at 4players it says that apparently 14 songs do not import.
Translation:

Pro:

songs of the predecessor can be imported...

Con:

... but only with costs (10€) and not completely (14 songs missing)

Now the question is:
Do all songs from the original Rocksmith disc and also all DLC available for the original Rocksmith import to Rocksmith 2014 by buying the import tool, or are some songs excluded?


texts: Can guided shell from a tank still lock on to aircrafts?

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Can the tanks guided shell still lock on to helicopters when someone puts up a soflam?
I thought it was possible before the big patch they once did but i havn't been able to find someone who wants to put up a soflamwhile i'm in the tank now.


texts: Does Life Steal apply to damage dealt by Thorns?

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Some pieces of equipment have an attribute that states, "Melee attackers take X damage per hit."  Another attribute is, "X% of Damage Dealt Is Converted to Life."

My question is: Does damage dealt by Thorns count as "Damage Dealt" when calculating Life Steal?


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There are 14 infamy skills in the infamy tree, but I can only see 5 of them.

What are all of the skills and what do they do?


texts: Stuck in starting room in Stanley Parable

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I started a game of the Stanley Parable, I am in the starting office room. I walked out of the room, walked back into it and started clicking around. The door of the office closed on me and won't open no matter what I do. I have clicked on what seems like every object in the office and yet nothing is happening. What do I do? Is the game broken?

Please limit spoilers as much as possible.


texts: I get messages from time to time saying I got "promoted" in my career, but I can't figure out what triggers that.


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It appears Demon's Souls online will be turning off soon.

I have 2 PS3s; after the servers go offline will I be able to play the game with a friend over LAN?


texts: How to activate Steam Overlay on non Steam games?

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I was trying to get my friend to watch me on Minecraft, (I launched it through Steam), and it said that it was waiting for my broadcast to start. (No overlay)

How do I add the Steam overlay on my Minecraft?


texts: After closing Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012, a strange document has appeared

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When I closed the game, I found there was an open document on my desktop titled 'mother'. It has a bunch of text mentioning a card in the game (I was just playing Nissa's deck against Jace in Archenemy Mode, with another Nissa on my team).

Here's the text the document has in it:

[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value
[lua] [string "VIRIDIAN_EMISSARY_243010_TITLE (RESOLUTION_TIME_ACTION) [19027680]"]:2: attempt to index a nil value

I've never closed a game before and found a document open on my desktop that wasn't there before. What is this?
And no, my game wasn't experiencing any problems. This looks like an error log, but I have no clue why it would be on my desktop when I closed the game. Like I said, nothing went wrong, and I wasn't trying to bugfix anything, so this wasn't my doing.

Opening up Steam, I've found that the game is apparently still running, but clicking 'stop' does nothing, and the game doesn't appear in Task Manager! When I tried to turn off Steam, it told me that the game was still trying to shut down.
Forcing Steam to shut down via Task Manager closed Steam, and when I re-opened it the game was no longer listed as running. The document is still on my desktop though.

Just played the game again, I didn't get another document but the game refused to close in steam again. None of my other games are behaving this way. I'm tempted to do a complete re-start at this point.


texts: Does Black Ops 2 (PC) allow local LAN multiplayer?

texts: I want to LAN with my friends across our network in Black Ops 2 Multiplayer and Zombies. The question we would like to ask is: Does Black Ops 2 Support Local Area Play, like Rainbow Six:Vegas? or does it only support Online Play?


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My Minecraft just zoomed in all of a sudden and I don't know how to get it back. It takes up the full screen, not even leaving room for the task bar at the bottom:

This is really annoying. I even tried restarting my computer but it didn't work.


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For some reason, when I powered my computer up and opened the Steam browser, it was in offline mode.  I didn't see it, so I opened Garry's Mod, and when I connected to a server, after about 10 seconds it said that it couldn't connect to VAC servers.

Can anyone help me resolve this issue?


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What happen play gta online on ps3 with ps4 account?
It create new charecter? Or load my ps4 character?


texts: Can I still get ballistic weave in fallout 4?

texts: I already killed all of the people in the railroad as a BOS quest, and my armor is trash.


texts: What to do with remaining pieces of PROJECT Hextech Crafting loot?

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Here's what I got in my Hextech Crafting loot:

9 PROJECT Cores
2 Augment Cache shards
PROJECT: Zed Skin shard (Unlockable with 11 Cores)

It seems like I cannot earn PROJECT crafting stuff anymore (the event is over ?). I only need 2 cores or/and one cache to unlock that skin previously mentioned.

I've heard that those pieces of stuff are going to disappear in November. Does anyone know something about that ? Is there any way to collect more PROJECT Hextech cratfing stuff ?


texts: Why is rapid firecannon so good on volibear?

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According to this rapidfire cannon is great on volibear. Why is that?

https://tftactics.gg/champions/volibear


texts: PS4 Controller paired over bluetooth "Connected" but not working

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I'm attempting to connect my PS4 controller to a laptop over the built-in bluetooth. I pair by either holding the ps button and options (which my laptop autodetects and pairs) or holding the ps button and share and then explicitly pairing using "Add Bluetooth or other device".

The pair succeeds but when I try to actually connect the controller (by pressing the ps button), the bar flashes then goes off. On the laptop it appears as "Connected" very briefly then immediately switches to "Driver error".

I have previously managed to get it to connect without the driver error but it didn't actually work (buttons had no effect). Connecting via USB works fine.

Edit: I've now managed to get it to connect without the driver error again but nothing apart from windows' bluetooth devices screen detects it.

I've tried updating drivers and multiple reinstalls with no luck.

I don't actually own a PS4 (I bought this controller especially to use with my laptop). I'd really appreciate any help as I'm rather short on USB ports.


texts: What's missing from the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft?

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I recently purchased Minecraft for my Xbox and I have been playing through it.  I've started looking through the Minecraft wiki and have noticed that some things aren't in the Xbox version.
However, I haven't been able to find a comprehensive list of everything that's not in the Xbox version.
What elements of Minecraft Java Edition are not in the Xbox 360 version?


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Some traits within the "Explosives" line work only with explosions. For instance, Steel-Packed Powder

  Explosions cause vulnerability for 5 seconds.

What, in this context, qualifies as an explosion?


texts: Where can I upload replays to ask question about my mistakes?

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I would like to upload my replays to some StarCraft 2 replay portal in order to ask questions about my mistakes.

sc2replayed - doesn't upload replays anymore (in automatic mode it just put them into queue, in manual - I was not able to uploaad, gosugamers - not for "non-gosu" replays, I've found few others - they sucks (either can't register - looks like they have mistakes on the web site yet).

I could upload to some 'public' shared storage, but don't really like this idea.

Please advise the resource where I can upload replay. Would be good if it parses my replay and provide some statistical information.


texts: Which vehicle is more appropriate for the mountain stage of Hill Climb Racing?

texts: Which vehicle is more appropriate for the "Mountain" stage of Hill Climb Racing?


texts: "I main this champion" < what does this mean for real?

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I always knew that the "main" term is used to specify your lane and/or champion specialty

AFAIK, saying that your x champion is your main, means that you do have a deep knowledge and practise (or practice?) about the plays to make, the items, the matchups, mechanics, not to mention that is also the champion that suits you better to handle almost every situation.

Now what if another person says "I main this champion in top, and I main this other in mid"? Is that ok to say, that the player "mains" more than one champion?


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In an anarchy world I created on Bedrock Edition, I spawned in a horse and tamed him, gave him blue leather horse armor, gave him resistance and regeneration (both amplified 255) and named him "Beloved Horse".
Back then, I can leash him along with my friend to cross a river, but now it seems like he's broken.
After trying out the stuff from here to a skeleton, I wanted to keep my horse still on a boat whilst I was on creative. However, the horse doesn't seem to get in. Not a problem, right?
What about leashing to put him in a single spot with a fence, doesn't work either, even in Survival.

Literally holding a leash, but it is the Ride button instead. What's weirder is that when I spotted another horse, it is leashable.
Like I said before, I can't go deeper because I can't access the in-game code using my phone.
Now I tried the following to try and fix it:

Since my lead is given via command, I decided to hunt down a nearby Wandering Trader to get the lead from the llamas. Still doesn't work.
I removed the saddle and horse armor on him. Still, a Ride button is the result.
I tried crouching, but just like any other tamed horse, an Open button would appear. (If you don't know what it does, it brings you to the horse's inventory.) From @Parkerdaboss216

Will be updated just in case to show if it doesn't seem to work.

It's as if leads don't exist in his world. How can I fix this?


texts: In pirate101, you choose from a variety of deaths of your parents including mutiny, shipwreck, armada, storm and squid attack.  Does this choice make any difference in what happens in the game?


texts: I wanted to send some coins to my friends in Tiny Tower, am I able to do so? If so how?


texts: Which comes first? Heart of the Swarm or Wings of Liberty?

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I'm quite confused as which Starcraft 2 game to buy first?

If I buy Heart of Swarm will I'll be able to play in Wings of Liberty too? or no?


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i've been wondering this for a while, Mass Technology was discovered on Mars before the First Contact War which was started after the Mass Relay in the Sol system was activated (Turians encroached on a human colonized world, we fought back) since it would have been unlikely that the Turians would have been unaware of humanity if they moved an active Mass Relay to the Sol System (can not remember if that even possible without Reaper assistance)

however, before Mass Technology was found on Mars humanity in Mass Effect was probably doing what we are doing now and that's sending probes into space, using high powered telescopes to look around discovering new planets and such

so i am wondering, how did humanity keep missing the Mass Relay in the Sol System


texts: Is there a hotkey to go to the next province?

texts: Is there a hotkey for province view mode that wil allow me to move to the next province? I have quite a few and managing some aspects of them would be much easier if i could work my way through all of them one by one with a key


texts: Total MU Calculation when Outer CF is linked to Inner CF

texts: What happens to the Y MU from the outer field when 2 fields are connected AFTER both fields are made. What would be the total MU gained in the checkpoint in the third step?


texts: Minecraft won’t open because it says it’s already running

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So I’ve seen this question asked on this site before. However, I still can’t come to a fix that works. I haven’t gotten on Minecraft in a while and thought I’d give it a shot again, so I open it, hit the play button.. it just loads and never actually gets anywhere. I hit play for a second time, now it says that it is “already running” however this is clearly not true.
I have deleted and redownloaded the game, I have checked my background tasks to make sure that Java is not still currently running (it’s not.) I’ve gone under the %appdata%, deleted the “.minecraft” folder, deleted minecraft and redownloaded it again still nothing works. I’ve even deleted and redownloaded Java, still nothing.
I’m at a loss here and have tried just about everything I know to do so thought I’d turn to here and see if anyone else has any ideas? I thought possibly it was just a bug that was needing to be fixed, but if that’s the case, it’s been a while now and still not working.
Anyways, thanks to anyone who offers some advice cus I don’t know what to do and it’s becoming aggravating.


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I have a question about "Added Cold Damage Support". As you can see from the screenshot below:

It says that supported skills have 6 to 9 added cold damage. This support gem is linked to Caustic Arrow gem:

I am having troubles to understand my resulting damage for Caustic Arrow:

Why is main hand cold damage 10-15?
What exactly was enhanced by this support gem?

This is what equipped on me:

This is my skill tree:


texts: I'm trying to make a chain of command blocks that would change a player's gamemode and then teleport them somewhere from the press of 1 button. I tried connecting them with redstone and also tried using a repeater and nothing has worked. Any suggestions?


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I have just bought Starcraft 2. I am in the process of installing it and it installs successfully, but then has to do some updates!

It has been updating for about 20 minutes and when it gets to 100% it starts again!

I have counted; 7 times has it has done the same update. what is going on?


texts: Can Beauty be raised or measured in Black/White, other than by Feebas' evolution?

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Prior to Pokémon Black/White, Feebas evolved if its Beauty was high enough. According to Bulbapedia, a Feebas with sufficient Beauty traded from an earlier game will still evolve in Black/White.

Other than this, is there any way in Pokémon Black/White or Black/White 2 to change or measure a Pokémon's Beauty stat?


texts: MInecraft Adventure mode protection within a survival mode

texts: I am setting protection in factions on my command block server using adventure mode. I have a command block setting mode to survival in a certain radius, but within that radius I want a smaller radius set to adventure mode. Is there a way to set what's not in the radius of adventure mode to survival mode?


texts: Will I be able to play Destiny's daily/weekly heroic and nightfalls anymore without the expansion

texts: The 1st expansion of Destiny went live this week.  I have not purchased the expansion yet.  The Daily and Weekly heroic quests and Nightfall show locked now.  I'm not sure if I want to purchase the Expansion especially if parts of the game are going to be disabled if I don't keep up with purchasing the expansions.


texts: Where can I find meta-alloys without taking a risky fight?

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I've re-installed Elite and after logging in, halfway to Saggitarius I decided to head back and check out the new content.

This lead me to the Engineers and I need one meta-alloy to get this storyline/ questline going.

Now according to various forums posts and spreadsheets, there should be enough to farm around. My problem is, that after a dozen or so locations I've checked with my cobra MK III, everything is empty.

Merope 5C is one of those unguarded spots, but most of the others are guarded by some mean looking imperial ships. I managed to sneak around some of them (they are after all a good indicator, that I'm in the right region) just to find some empty barnacles again. I'd rather avoid getting in a fight with them. I'm pretty sure my Cobra is not up to the task with its puny little lasers.

So how do I go about at least getting 1(!) meta-alloy to continue on. Is the respawn timer known for those things? Is there one? I've been switching between private and public every so often. I even jumped into hyperspace and landed again. Nothing did help.

Update
Although, this doesn't answer the question, I finally found one at Pleiades sector IH-V C2-16 D 2  Lat: -1.7955    Lon: 141.2449. This one was watched by 3 small drones, which my board weapons took care of. Well worth the 2.5k bounty.


texts: Is there a "2015" section to the Back to the Future hub?

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In the Back to the Future free-roam hub, I've found a time travel point to travel from 1985 back to 1885.

Is there an equivalent area set in 2015?  If so, how do I get to it?


texts: What are the keyboard shortcuts (binds) when playing commander?

texts: One of the most important things to being efficient in an RTS is learning the key-binds.  However, I don't see a list of key-binds in Natural Selection 2.  What are they?  Does it differ for alien/marines?


texts: How to move the prebuilt storage things in my freighter?

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In the large room inside my freighter there are some prebuilt storage things, like the two red cylindric containers in upright position, the green broken computer, a lamp and others.

How can I move them to another place in my freighter?
I know that I can destroy them with Z and then press CTRL while pointing to the unwanted item and click the left mouse button.
But how can I rebuild them at a more conventient place?

And the second question about this items:
Who or what is filling them during my absence?


texts: Does the Spotter trait give a flat 70 point bonus?

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So the Ranger trait Spotter has the following text.

  Increases precision of nearby allies by up to 70 points.

Does this always add 70 points? Just because it says up to, so does it have diminishing returns with distance?


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I see some of my skills say something like 'combo finisher (projectile)', but I don't think I've ever done a combo. How do they work?

I always solo, is this only for multiple characters or can they be done by a single character?


texts: How do I get my rare metal detector back?

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I may have lost my rare metal detector when I was reconfiguring my toolbar. When I cleared it, I dragged many of the icons into the world, which with a bit of recent testing shows I might have thrown this item away.

Since I can't kill the boss again, how can I recover it?


texts: Civilization 5 view - show resources on map

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I see a view on the web where in Civilization 5 you can see the resources on the map by default.  How do I enable that?  For example, in my view, I just see the map and don't see the resources at all.

Here is a site with that view.
http://www.nohighscores.com/2011/08/30/civilization-5-game-diary-ode-to-oda-nobunaga-part-5-turns-401-466/


texts: What does the Mitigation stat mean in Neverwinter?

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I keep seeing it, specifically in skills that debuff it on enemies, it's never explained what it is though.

Does anyone know what does the Mitigation stat mean in Neverwinter?


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In what has to be the furthest from complaining I can be, I noticed recently that I am getting almost exclusively Rebels arriving at my Death Star.... As in, as soon as I catch one, another comes in. Now, in the past two hours, I've taken in over seventy Imperial Bux... my question is, does anyone know what may have caused this. I don't believe in cheating, but I am also not opposed to getting a fun bonus every now and then...

Update: The massive influx ended after about a day and a half. To answer questions, no, I hadn't ignored the game, however, I noticed I was getting Rebels at what had probably been a slower pace than most (usually only one or two every six hours or so, playing in thirty minute increments).

I had the third elevator upgrade at the time, and now (because of the bux earned) have the final elevator.

I now get Rebels randomly, sometimes one after another, sometimes one with another following about 15 mins later or so.


texts: Demon Hunter AoE damage leveling build (60-70)

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With the new expansion I started to play my Demon Hunter again. Unfortunately I have absolutely no idea of how to play it right because the last 3 months I only played the IWillJustRightclickAndWhirlwindThroughEverythingGainingParagonExperienceLikeCrazyBarbarian.

So I kind of forgot how to use a resource besides rage and thus I really struggle with the Hatred costs of the Demon Hunter.

This is my current build and I feel like I can't kill monsters quick enough.

What I need is a build that has very good AoE damage while not losing too much survivability and single target damage.


texts: I've been trying to do /testfor @a [r=5] for something, but it wont work! It just gives me an error message like "Data tag" something something "Unexpected "[" as first char." I've done the command before and it works, so why won't it work now??


texts: Is it possible to get Space Cadet 3D pinball on Vista?

texts: Is it possible to install 3D Pinball - Space Cadet pinball on Windows Vista and Windows 7?


texts: Where can I download the english CK2+ mod? The mod section of the paradox forums appears to be empty, even when logged in. When I google CK2+, I can only find the mod in Russian. However, it seems to be rather popular and clearly exists in english. I honestly cannot find it, probably because "CK2+" has chemistry related search results.


texts: Does the aura color in Grand Prix Story modify its effectiveness for different actions?

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In Grand Prix Story the drivers will at different times enter what is called "Aura Time", during which they are surrounded by a colored aura. Performing most any action (research, upgrade, train, parts install, etc) with that driver will trigger the aura and increase the effectiveness of the action. So far I have seen two colors of aura occur on the same driver (purple and white, and not at the same time).

I am curious as to whether or not the color of the aura affects different actions differently, (i.e. maybe white is more effective at training and purple is better for increasing your qualifier lap).


texts: Is it possible to do a cooperative double match 2 players vs 2 cpu?

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If I select double match mode with a second controller connected, I can't figure out how to play a cooperative double match with a friend against two CPU players.

Once I press A the game puts the second player automatically in the other team.

How can I change this? Is it even possible?


texts: Is there any possibility of playing Dwarf Fortress on a Windows Mobile phone?  I keep hearing great things about this game, but it seems that the only chances I have of getting any gaming in these days is via my phone.


texts: Can I rocket jump with a controller on pc?

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I often see soldiers flying by overhead to get to the control points quicker. Sometimes I have seen Demomen (though this is really no hard task with Demoman) and sometimes even engineers doing this too. (Only impressive if they aren't using a wrangler, though).

Anyway, I have tried to rocket jump with much failures. I play TF2 on PC with a Xbox 360 controller. How can I rocket jump? Is it possible to do so with a controller?

As an aside: How can I craft a Rocket Jumper?


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I have played the P.T. (Playable Teaser AKA Silent Hill) Demo a few times but always get stuck at the very end and seem to be in a constant loop.

I know there is some sort of sequence that needs to be performed to be able to stop the looping corridors and to reveal the end video but no matter how many different sequences I try it never seems to work.

I've tried many of the walkthroughs online but none seem to do the trick.

Has anyone actually completed it? and what sequence did you use?


texts: In "options" > "gameplay" > "basic" there's "critical messages" option (may be exclusive to the PC version). The game's tooltip explanation is non-existent "choose to show critical text messages in-game". Is the setting related to "critical" hits or something else?


texts: How does heat math works? Are heat exchangers additive or multiplicative or something else?

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I got my hands on a couple of Exchangers++ in the black market, each should reduce heat from my weapons by 20%, so 40% total.

However, in a field, my mech is overheating much more than I have expected.

I have done some reading around and some claim that exchangers are multiplicative, but the math does not work out for them either.

What is the math behind Battletech heat and heat exchangers?


texts: Results of getting disconnected while attacking a village

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When I go 'trophy farming' (attacking those village with Town Hall unguarded), I deploy around 3-5 archers to destroy the Town Hall.

After some time I get disconnected while I'm still attacking.

However, when I reconnect and see my Attack Log, it says that I got 1 star although I lost connection.

Do all attacks like this that get disconnected results in 1 star? Or does it follow any rule?


texts: What's the reward for completing missions?

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It's pretty unclear what's granted for completing missions.  Even the web doesn't agree on the answer:

This Reddit's Q/A says there's no AP
This Decode Ingress' page talks about missions rewarding AP
The Verge has a post mentionning missions rewarding AP as well

The only thing they all agree on is the custom badge earned at the end of each mission.

So: do you earn APs for completing missions ?  If you do, is it worth it ?


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I've found that as I've progressed in the game, the weapons found in chests and on enemies are getting better. Better types, but also better stats. Even the enemies in the starting area are now getting better weapons. (The enemies are stronger too.)

What part of my progression exactly causes the weapons to get better? Is it playtime? How many Divine Beasts you've taken care of? The number of shrines completed, perhaps?


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I need to have a commandblock output a clickable url to the chat with the playername inside of it and some scoreboard variables.
Example:

http://example.com/?player=<INSERT PLAYERNAME HERE>&variable1=<INSERT SCOREBOARD VARIABLE Here>

is there any way to do this?


texts: Why is Minecraft giving an OpenGL error?

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I recently got Minecraft but not from the website, I paid for a code and everything seemed ok. When I tried to play the game a thing came up saying it crashed and then a message popped up saying The game crashed whilst initializing game

  Error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: GLFW error 65542: WGL: The driver does not appear to support OpenGL.


texts: What is this quest marker for, and how do I get there?

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I'm currently attempting a side quest called Cloak and Daggers, and I'm trying to get to a mystery quest marker that appears in my HUD but not in my map. I've been wandering around for about 15 minutes now, trying to figure out how to get there.

As you can see:

The marker seems to be inside the building. I can't find a way inside. I checked the map on alternate levels but the marker doesn't appear on any level of the map.

Here's a view from another place, looking at the same marker:

But here's where it gets really strange. If I stand in certain places, sometimes the marker moves elsewhere. Here's a set of images with the marker in a different location:

It must be part of the "Cloak and Daggers" mission, because I have no other side missions available. I am tempted to believe that it part of the objective labeled: NEUTRALIZE ALL MCB OPPOSITION. I have killed everyone near that original objective except Double-T, who I knocked out, yet that phase of the mission is still not marked as complete.

What is going on, and how do I finish that objective and get to this marker?


texts: Is there something similar to WoW raids in TESO?

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For me, raids in an MMO is most fun.
This is why I always loved WoW, however, I wondered if theres something like raids in TESO? Like really really hard bosses which you can waste your whole sunday on even if you have a team of experts :D


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How much health is gained per level up?

Does health per level increase retroactively after increasing endurance?


texts: Need Help With a command: testforblock near Player!

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Hi I am trying to make my own Custom Crafting Dropper, I Need to testforblock near the player to find a dropper with the ingredients.

I tried this:

execute @p[r=10] ~ ~ ~ /testforblock ~ ~ ~ dropper 1 {Items:[0:{Slot:0b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},1:{Slot:1b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},2:{Slot:2b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},3:{Slot:3b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},4:{Slot:4b,id:"minecraft:redstone_block",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},5:{Slot:5b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},6:{Slot:6b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},7:{Slot:7b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},8:{Slot:8b,id:"minecraft:stone",Count:1b,Damage:0s,},],id:"Dropper",Lock:"",}

But the command can't find the dropper.

My plan is that I will spawn a dropper from A villager named "Test" using

execute @e[name=Test] ~ ~ ~ /setblock ~ ~ ~ dropper

and then the villager will die

kill @e[name=Test]

The testforblock will test if the ingredients are inside the dropper and I will clone the dropper with the results from the custom crafting and replace the dropper with The ingredients.


texts: How do I change air wing composition on existing carriers?

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When constructing aircraft carriers it is possible to assign the number and types of aircraft (fighter, dive bomber, torpedo bomber) to a carrier.

How can I change the air wing composition once a carrier is constructed?


texts: Does the Degreaser affect the afterburn damage of the Flare Gun?

texts: I know that the Degreaser decreases its afterburn damage by 25%, but what about if I have the Degreaser and the Flare Gun (or the Detonator) in my loadout? Is the Flare Gun's afterburn damage reduced by 25%, or is it as normal?


texts: What conditions must be met for a military asset to call in reinforcements?

texts: It seems if I kill about 80-90% of military soldiers called in to stop me whoever's left attempts to call in additional reinforcements. But other times when quite a few soldiers are still alive one of them calls in reinforcements. So do a certain number of reinforcements have to be dead to trigger a call, or is it time based (e.g. If I'm alive one minute after they were called in they call for more backup), or something else entirely?


texts: How do I get my Clash of Clans account back?

texts: I did the new update and I didn't have it backed up so I had to uninstall the game. I lost my account. How can I get it back?


texts: Mouse Button Press in ROCCAT Macro Manager

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I recently purchased a ROCCAT Kone[+] which has some great macro possibilities due to EasyShift, which allows you to bind extra commands to the other mouse buttons (accessed by holding the assigned EasyShift mouse button)

In the macro manager you can view all the in built macros and their key sequences. Below is an example which has mouse button presses:

In trying to create my own I was not able to add mouse button presses to my macro using the recorder. How do I do this?


texts: What is the best way to obtain a ridiculously high score in Goat City Bay?

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Previously on Goat Simulator...

So there's a new map out for Goat Simulator.  New areas to explore, new civilians to terrorize, and most importantly, new ways to rack up sicknasty point totals.

Previously I had asked for the best way to rack up points on the original map.  Now, I'm asking if there are any wonderful tricks to abuse on THIS map to get incredibly high scores.

Note that it doesn't necessarily have to be better than the tricks in Goat City, but it should be effective enough to complete the 'Knocking Hard' goal by itself, as in the previous question.


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I play as Venice in the mid-1500s, and the goal of the game is to control the trade from the Far East and back home. Actual land control of key tradeposts and perhaps a colony would be really sweet. I need a place to build and repair ships anyhow.

So far, my plan has been to gain access to the Gulf of Aden by trying to wrestle land from the Mamluks. So far, they haven't provided me with a CB, but I'm starting to realize I don't have an idea how to progress after that.

I am beginning to discover Indonesia – no other European nations have capitalized on the region yet.

I've read of other players who extend their colony range by going all the way around Africa, but I've never been interested in Africa, and I have no colonists at the moment – and besides, my colony range is lousy.

So the question is: how do I – a small European trade nation – gain land control in the Far East?


texts: I want to give a guest pass to my friend so he can roll some Nuclear Dawn with me this weekend, but when should I send it?  If I give it to him now (Wednesday), will the 3-day clock start ticking immediately (if done direct to a Steam account), or does he need to do some activation?  Can he "pre-load" it before the timer starts?


texts: Is there a way to set a custom Steam Download speed?

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My internet is 5MB/s, which is exactly one of the steam's download speed option. The next lowest option is 3MB/s.
I.e. I can't choose 5MB/s - it is too high since it spoils my browsing experience while steam is downloading. But 3MB/s is also not good since it is much lower than necessary. Something like 4.5MB/s would be ideal.
Is there a way to do it? A way to edit steam files may be, and to change the default options list?


texts: Everyday there seems to be some new trees, bushes, mushroom patches and stumps appearing. I'm wondering if their spawning is completely random or if there is a time gap for foliage spawning.


texts: What game is displayed in this photo with a character giving me a 'squeezie'?

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I was on a discord and someone posted this (and asking them what game it is didn't result in an answer, neither did google reverse image search), and I wonder what game it's from:

Looking at the screen edge and screen res, I believe that it's a game for Nintendo 3DS, though I can't seem to find out what the game is.

Does anyone know what game this is?


texts: How do I get this floating medallion out of my shower?

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When playing D4 you often come across shield shaped floating medallions you can pick up for credits.

Usually these aren't hard to pick up, and you can select them like any other interaction point.

But I can't figure out how to pick up this one in the shower:

When I try to select it, I just select the mirror instead.

And when I try to turn around, David's body perfectly covers the medallion:

How do I grab this medallion?


texts: Fusing soul shields into Moonwater Arena soul shields

texts: I have a few cinderlands critical soulshield primer (obtained from crafting with Soul Wardens) but I am not able to use these to fuse into Moonwater Arena soulshields. Why is this so?


texts: Does the 'Channel' on Nocturne's fear continue if he is whimsy'd by LuLu?

texts: Just wondering if when Nocturne casts fear, and you whimsy him as LuLu will it stop the cast or will it continue? (provided he stays in range)


texts: What can I expect from a Minecraft Server running FTB with 3gbs of RAM?

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My rented (fragnet) server has 3gb's of RAM. I have not the slightest clue what this means for my server. (This is the only information they freely give on the server, I'm in the process of attempting to acquire more information.)

I'm interested in knowing what I can accomplish or allow on the server with this amount of ram. Information I'm interested in includes but isn't necessarily limited to, how many players can play at once before quality of gameplay is hindered, how many estimated chunks could be realistically loaded at one time before gameplay is hindered, what tasks or endeavors use what is considered 'large amounts of ram' and how much ram is considered a 'large amount'?

My server is running Feed The Beast, so please take this into consideration with your calculations and estimates.

Edit: Ok they have replied to my forum post, this is their exact reply;

  All of our machines are equipped with enterprise-grade hardware from reliable brands. In the case of Minecraft server hosting machines, they are all running out of Intel Xeon E3 series of processors with high per-core performance (E3-1240v2 / E3-1270v2) which is optimal for running Minecraft servers. The RAM you pay for is entirely dedicated to your server, our machines are equipped with memory from Corsair, Crucial and Kingston.


texts: Will I be banned if I use a tweaked Coalesced.bin file in multiplayer?

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Two answers here have involved tweaks to Mass Effect 3's ini files, and in particular Coalesced.bin. I've seen some unsubstantiated rumors that EA will ban players who use a tweaked .bin file in multiplayer, since they could potentially use it to cheat.

I don't want to test this out myself to see if I end up banned, as I happen to enjoy multiplayer. Is there any official word from EA (or firsthand experience) that if I implement a tweak such as the FOV tweak, I will be banned if I forget to revert back to the original file before playing multiplayer?


texts: If you answer in a positive manner to some events, will they be flagged as being settled for the remaining of the game? For instance, if I decide to pay my student loan (20k IIRC), or buy my mom a purse (10k), will these events pop up again during the game? And if they are indeed marked as being settled, is the bonus they give permanent?


texts: How to quickly grow an army and maintain it?

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Not sure why but for some reason I tend to have a tiny army syndrome. I usually play Terran and I suppose the answer may be slightly different for different races.

What happens is that I like to attack early and put the pressure on but there is not a lot of units early on, they either get killed or get spread out so that when mid game comes I don't have a sizable force. I want to be able to make a large army quickly so I can push but I don't want to have to wait too long.

Is there any way I can not sacrifice the early 5 minute attack and still manage to have a large force building up? I want to keep pushing in more and more units every time not just trickle them out until I get attacked and have nothing to bring to the battle.


texts: Is it possible to hide your backpack or helmet?

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The Environmental Protection Packs (EPP) are essential to exploring certain hazardous planets, but they don't fit the outfit I'm going for - I mean, when was the last time you saw a cowboy wearing a spacesuit backpack? (Doctor Who doesn't count.)

It is possible to skin the EPP with another back piece, but so far all I've found is a tiger tail. Is it possible to hide the EPP and armor helmet altogether?


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I have started collecting exotics in Destiny, on Xbox One. Some friends have told me that the Boolean Gemini is a handy scout rifle to have, and since I favor scout rifles the best, I have almost immediately started working towards unlocking it.
I found this page at prima guides, detailing the progression towards the rifle, in order to point me in the right direction.

I completed all of the Taken Champion missions from Petra, and had half expected the weapon to be rewarded at the end. Instead, Petra handed me over to Varik, where I completed a series of Fallen-related missions. I assumed that this was all part of the intended progression, and the prima guides appears to confirm that.
However, I have now completed all of Varik's missions, and not yet received my Boolean Gemini.
Making my way back on to the prima guide, I made my way to this excerpt;

Complete the remaining quests you can receive from Variks and that can be completed from the main system screen in the game.
With the first two quests down, wait until the reset for the following day, then you can gain access to the next quest. You get the Boolean Gemini Exotic Scout Rifle by completing the quest.

The guide states that Petra will reset daily, however, I have found reference to her resetting weekly. On top of that, the Destiny app currently has her resetting in just over 24 hours, implying she does not reset daily. I have seen other inconsistencies that suggest that this might have been pre-Taken King.
When does Petra "reset" to issue the final Boolean Gemini mission?


texts: On average, how much gold will you make for a Hell/Inferno Whimsyshire run?

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At 500,000 gold for the Hell staff—and reportedly 1,000,000 for the Inferno staff—it seems like this is an upgrade that needs to be thought through, so I was looking for solid data from people who have made a considerable number of Whimsyshire runs.

Start to finish—and not counting Auction House sales of rare items—how much gold do you typically make doing a Whimsyshire run on either Hell or Inferno difficulty?


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What are the time differences between 6, 7, 9, 10 pool?

Which is suitable for larger/smaller maps?


texts: How do I distract the receptionist in Tidy Park?

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While investigating Jerome's disappearance in the Tidy Park clubhouse, Lara asks you to distract the manor's receptionist so you can grab a laundry token out of her cash register.

I've tried talking to the lady multiple times, but I can't seem to get her attention.

How do I distract the receptionist in Tidy Park's manor?


texts: What is the enchantment on the Arch-Mage robe?

texts: Why can't I disenchant the Arch-Mage robes?


texts: How do I spawn a block under an armor stand in Minecraft?

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I am trying to make a parkour course that generates itself as you jump. However, I don't know how to make the block spawn.
I already made an armor stand follow me with this command:
/tp @e[type=minecraft:armor_stand] Sieniz
                                  (my name)

but how do I make the block spawn under me? I know how I could do it but I don't know how should the commands go. Can somebody help?
I am trying to do it in version 1.16.4.


texts: Help with raycasting commands - Minecraft 1.13

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I'm making a little chess game in Minecraft with commands and need a cursor for the player to select one of their own pieces by looking at it. I thought I had figured a way to do it with area_effect_clouds that will be teleported a small distance (0.08 blocks) each tick from anyone who has the tag "PlayingChess" (with I have ensured with other commands that they always have as they are playing chess). The problem is that the area effect clouds don't seem to be teleporting at all and here are the commands (in the same order as they are placed in a chain):

/execute at @a[tag=PlayingChess,scores={ChessSneak=1..}] positioned ~ ~1.2 ~ run summon minecraft:area_effect_cloud ^ ^ ^0.08 {Duration:12,Tags:["Undirected"],CustomName:"{\"text\":\"ChessTargeting\"}"}

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] at @s run teleport @s ~ ~ ~ facing entity @a[tag=PlayingChess,sort=nearest,limit=1] eyes

/tag @e remove Undirected

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] at @s run teleport @s ^ ^ ^-0.08

/execute at @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] if block ~ ~ ~ minecraft:quartz_pillar at @e[name=WhitePiece,distance=..0.1,sort=nearest,limit=1] run summon minecraft:area_effect_cloud ~ ~ ~ {Duration:20,CustomName:"{\"text\":\"ChessSelect\"}"}

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] at @s if block ~ ~ ~ minecraft:quartz_pillar run kill @s

When the cursor area effect cloud hits a quarts pillar block (the chess table) it should spawn a new area effect cloud at the nearest white chess piece (area effect cloud with name "WhitePiece") and then die.

I have this to display to the player which piece is selected:

/execute at @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessSelect] run summon minecraft:falling_block ~ ~0.02 ~ {BlockState:{Name:"minecraft:lime_stained_glass_pane"},NoGravity:1b,Time:0,DropItem:0b}

I have done a lot of testing and it seems the problem is with teleporting the area effect cloud forward using:

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] at @s run teleport @s ^ ^ ^-0.08

or making it face the player from the beginning with:

/execute as @e[type=minecraft:area_effect_cloud,name=ChessTargeting] at @s run teleport @s ~ ~ ~ facing entity @a[tag=PlayingChess,sort=nearest,limit=1] eyes

Thankful for all replies!! :)


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In the Hotkeys options, I see presets but there's no way to make my own preset.

Is there anyway to do this in Starcraft 2?

Thanks for any info :)

Note: I play Starcraft 2 on OS X


texts: Is there a way to know how much water I have?

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I know that water is an unlimited resource, which is pretty great. However, I am lazy, and don't want to have to go back and forth to my well all the time when I have lots of things to water.

Is there any way to know how much water I have at any one time, short of adding up the drops myself?


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I found this set of old games, that I would really like to play, that use adobe shockwave. Specifically, "World Builder" from "game archive 3". I am using XAMPP as it said to do in the readme, but it keeps crashing. If you have any ideas at all on what I could do, I'd love to hear them.

I also checked these out but no luck.

https://superuser.com/questions/1114354/how-to-view-adobe-shockwave-file-dcr-file-extension

Play old Lego.com games Junkbot and Worldbuilder, saving progress


texts: Does installing Mass Effect 3 on the Xbox 360 Hard Drive make the elevators faster?

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I remember that in previous Mass Effect games, elevators were used for loading times, so I remember taking many rides on the slowest elevators in the world. In Mass Effect 3, I would like to reduce my time spent in elevators as much as possible.

I know some games have reduced loading times when installed to the Xbox 360 hard drive, such as Halo Reach, but others, such as Halo 3 actually had longer loading times when installed. Plus, it might not be useful to take up space on the hard drive with the game if there is no benefit. So, does Mass Effect 3 load faster when installed to the Xbox 360 hard drive?


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I noticed that I get Play Coins when I walk around with my 3DS on.

What are they good for? I know that Nintendo mentioned you would be able to possibly use them in games to unlock things - are there any games out now that use them? What sort of things do they do?


texts: How can I change the PS3's startup menu page?

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Following the demise of my "fat" Playstation 3 console I got myself a new, slim, one.

After logging in with my user on my original console, I would end up in the Game menu, which was very convenient for launching the disc currently in the console while still waiting for my TV to turn itself on.

On my new console, however, I always end up on the PlaystationNetwork menu. I imagine there is some sort of setting somewhere that I need to change, but I am hard pressed to find it and would appreciate some instructions.

So where is that setting hiding?


texts: When the FOB is past full capacity, how are soldiers chosen to be dismissed?

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After all open spaces on each FOB deck are full, newly recruited soldiers begin automatically going into the waiting room. Once the total number of soldiers on the FOB (including those in the waiting room) exceeds a maximum value (I think it's around 700), then any time new soldiers are extracted or the FOB receives volunteers, you get a message saying that soldiers were dismissed due to overcrowding.

How does the game decide who to dismiss? Are the soldiers just turned away when the FOB is full, does it try to choose the soldiers with the lowest stats, or is it just random? Having to go through the waiting room and find my least qualified soldiers one by one and dismissing them is tedious, but I'd rather do that than risk having the game dismiss a highly rated soldier I just fultoned in because I don't know how the system works!


texts: How to use Wireless & Wired xbox 360 Pads on macos?

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I have got a mac mini as multimedia and gaming station for my TV. Now i would like to play those games with my Xbox Pads, a have one wired and tree wireless pads.

I have googled it and i found some drivers to make them run under macos. But it seams just to work for the wired controllers.

What driver do you use? And do i need some additional hardware for the wireless controllers?


texts: Is there a way to demand a chopper motorbike / is there a regular spawn point?

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I have sunk a few hours into Watch Dogs now and I am a big fan of the motorbikes. I am not a big user of the CoD (car on demand) app as you don't really have to go very far to find a good vehicle, but when I first laid my eyes on the seemingly rare chopper, I knew what I wanted to ride off into the sunset with. However, my happiness soon turned to disappointment when I found that the chopper was not an option on CoD.

To reiterate my question; is there a way in which I can maybe unlock the chopper motorbike for demand or is there one or several spawn points for them?


texts: Are there any crafting professions that let you make upgrades?

texts: I see that some items have empty upgrade slots. Are there any crafting professions that can make things to put into these slots? If so which ones?


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To upgrade my farm I need 300p, two Dung, and one Super-sized Dung.

I have the points, and the regular dung is readily available, but where can I find the big stuff?


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I just keep dying with my Wizard, and seeing as I want to prepare myself for hardcore, but I keep facing death, I'd like a few tips on how to maximize my usage of teleport in order to avoid dying so often.

If it helps I'm level 45 on Nightmare act 3.


texts: Why is my account not Premium after adding funds to my Steam Wallet?

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I have added funds to my Steam account and used it to buy a game (but I have not added it to my library).

I also believe I have been on Steam for about 30 days, as I have been playing since the 1st of July and it is now August 1st.

Why is my account still not considered to be Premium?


texts: I pushed Knight Lautrec of Carim off a cliff, how to get the loot?

texts: At Firelink Shrine Lautrec didn't start fighting me after two hits, so I kicked him off the ledge. Now his loot is off the side of the hill, and I can't get to it. Or is there some way to get to it?


texts: What are all the rumors villagers can spread about you and what do they mean?

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When I talk to a villager in town, sometimes they say something like

Oh! Rumor has it you're a bell pincher!

Or when your visiting a dream town a villager will say

The mayor here is such a time traveler!

I was wondering what all the rumors about your character are and what they mean. I know some like being called a Bell Pincher (you don't spend much and you have tons of money) or being called a Time Traveler (you change the clock settings a lot). But recently I've been called a "Hometown Hero" and I have no idea what that means.
So what are all the rumors that can spread around you, and what do they mean?


texts: Dedicated Multiplayer Server Money Sharing

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I have recently purchased a dedicated server for individuals in my community to play on in Farming Simulator 2017. I would like there to be a shared money pool (so to speak), where all players' actions would add to and remove from that overall wealth.

I essentially would like it to act as if everybody is an admin (separate accounts off and everybody admin means everybody gets to share the wealth). My question is, is there a way to achieve this without giving every person on the server the admin password? I looked up mods but came up with nothing!


texts: What happens to Fiora's ultimate versus invisible champion

texts: Say, Fiora uses her ultimate on Twitch and the person on their team with oracle get's out of Twitch's range, making Twitch invisible again, will Fiora's ultimate keep hitting him?


texts: Does renaming a spawn egg in minecraft stop it from despawning?

texts: So, I can't find a way to use a name tag on a villager to keep him from despawning. (I'm on singleplayer) Will renaming the spawn egg have the same effect?


texts: Where can I find EULAs for games BEFORE I purchase them?

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After impulse buying NFS: Hot Pursuit for €6.8, I noticed that Steam needed me to accept its EULA. That EULA mentioned I might have to install EA Download Manager Origin to get some content. I was not exactly pleased to learn this — given the previous press coverage about EA and Valve, I thought this kind of stuff wouldn't be allowed on games for Steam, but I digress.

Had I known the game had a custom EULA that needed to be accepted after the game was purchased (which is silly, because if you reject it Steam still won't refund you), my impulse buying would have been... fairly reduced. So I see a business point in hiding the fact there's this custom EULA.

Now, for the gamers' point of view: where can I find the games' EULAs before I buy those games? I've tried googling them in the past, but it's a fairly difficult endeavor in general. Yet, I feel they do matter, and should weigh in on the buy or skip decisions of games.

Are there ad-hoc sites, or good general search queries that may match whatever kind of alternative wordings (EUALA, etc.) a few companies have started using too?


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I've just downloaded Overwatch (from game disc) and started it up. Then, I noticed the graphics quality was HORRIBLE. Everything was pixelated, and very ugly. I tried changing the graphics quality in the menu, and changing my screen resolution in-game. My resolution is 1280x720.

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I'm currently running a Minecraft Realm. I am trying to give people some renamed things, but I have no idea how to rename things. Well, I know how to rename thing with the majestic anvil, but when it comes to colours and non-italic names, I am clueless. I heard of the lore tag and the custom name tag but I don't know how to use it.

Thanks all.


texts: How can I run a command in server control panel and have the result said in game chat?

texts: I'm trying to get my server to type "tps" into the console every 5 minutes and then forward the result to the ingame chat for players to see. Right now if I type tps into the control panel it just returns the result for the control panel to see, how could I get it to forward the result to everyone in game?


texts: Does the Archery skill only level up when hitting NPCs?

texts: Will my Archery go up when shooting targets and dummies, or only on NPCs?


texts: Does magic find affect what a merchant has to offer?

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I sometimes see Rare (yellow) items on Merchants, and sometimes normal (white) items without any stats. This leads me to believe that there is some sort of RNG for merchants for not only the stats on the items, but the quality of the items.

Does Magic Find affect the quality of what a merchant has to offer?


texts: How to tell if someone is cheating and report them in pokémon go?

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The game was recently launched in my country and all gyms close by are occupied by level 20+ trainers with cp 2000+ rare pokémons.

A quick search revealed other players in my country complaining about the same thing and a link to report players (https://support.pokemongo.nianticlabs.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=319948).

How do I know if the player is indeed cheating or just played the game too much? Is 2000+ CP possible to achieve without cheating? And what information I should include in my report to Niantic?


texts: My Adventure Pouch is full and I want to carry more items. I have expanded it as much as I think I can, but want to know if I can expand it further. What's the maximum number of slots in the Adventure Pouch? Please don't tell me how to expand further without using spoiler tags.


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Possible Duplicate:
  Using a laptop as the monitor for a console

Is it possible to use the Wii without a TV? I don't have a TV, and have no plans to get one anytime soon.

I'm thinking something like a capture card or other specialized hardware might exist that would allow me to plug the Wii AV plugs (whatever they are) into my computer somehow.

...Not sure what exactly this would be like.


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In Skyward Sword, the Octoroks behave similar to Deku Scrubs from previous games - they hide as bushes when you get too close, so you can't just slash at them with a sword.

However, I cannot seem to bounce their rocks back at them no matter how hard I try - the rocks just bounce off of my shield (if I even manage to get it up in time - I haven't quite figured out how that works, either) and don't seem to reach the Octoroks to kill them.

How can I kill them so that they stop killing me?


texts: Are Dark Soul's Steam servers VAC secured?

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Now that Steam has liberated us from the icy clutches of GFWL, does anybody know if the new servers are VAC secured or not? Being able to try out different builds and theorycrafting was a pretty big part of my endgame, but I don't want to risk a VAC ban for something trivial.

So has anybody found any information pertaining to the VAC status of the new servers?


texts: How to obtain Rakanishu's Blade after patch 2.0?

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Before patch 2.0, Rakanishu's Blade was a guaranteed drop from Avatar of Rakanishu (or event reward?) on Normal. Now, tiered difficulties being removed, how does one get Rakanishu's Blade?

Will farming with low-level characters do?


texts: How do I know what manufacturer's parts are on a gun?

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I've seen loading tips like "assault rifles with a Vladof barrel fire faster as you keep the trigger held"; this clearly refer to the "Spinigun" triple gatling barrel assault rifles. Aside from that and the Elemental accessory (which I believe is exclusively made by Maliwan) I don't really know how to recognize which parts come from other manufacturers. Note that these parts show up on other manufacturer's guns, I've seen Bandit and Jakob's Spiniguns and elemental guns from everyone but Jakob's.

Are there other parts that are made by specific manufacturers that show up on guns? Most parts appear to be exclusive to a manufacturer's guns (e.g. Tediore's clean, mass-produced aesthetic), but it's implied certain parts can be on other manufacturer's guns, like the Vladof rifle barrel. How can I recognize them?


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So, my Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead of steam is banned (battleye/cd key ban).
If I buy Arma 2 Arrowhead and Dayz on the humble bundle then add it onto steam, will it reset my cd key to the one I just bought or just keep my default?


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The description for the "Fully Loaded" perk says "Enemies drop 75% more ammunition".

Does that mean:

If my buddy, who has the Fully Loaded perk, kills someone, I can get 75% more ammo by picking up his drops?
The player with the perk picks up 75% more ammo than they ordinarily would when picking up ammo drops, but there is no effect for me, if I don't have the perk?


texts: Is the 100% featured character chance carried over in the new banner in Genshin Impact?

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According to the pity system in Genshin Impact, in the featured character banner, you are bound to get a 5* character within 90 wishes and if that character is not a featured character, then the next 5* character you will get in the same banner is bound to be the featured character.
Now, my question is, if my last 5* character in the featured character banner (Xiao banner) is not the featured character (Mona), will my next 5* character in the new banner (upcoming Zhongli banner) will have a 100% chance to be the featured character? Or do I have another 50% chance for the feature character (Zhongli) again?
Note that 4 feature banners have past since I got my last 5* in this banner.


texts: is there an upper bound for damage reduction with armor and resistances?

texts: It seems that the damage reduction curves for armor and resistance gain are not linear, so at some point it'll reach a limit.  What is this limit for armor and resistance?  How much armor will I need for 95% reduction (just counting armor reduction, not from anything else such as the barbarian/monk passive reduction of 30%).  Is it possible to have enough armor for 95% reduction?


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I recently finished my first playthrough of the Witcher 3 and in the epilogue I got it was mentioned that

   mad King Radovid has conquered all of the North including Novigrad and due to his hatred of all magic is persecuting and killing anyone related to it, including Herablists and Sorceresses.

All in all rather bleak. This really messed with the rest of my happy ending.

I can't remember having a quest related to it. I suppose it has to do with the Vernon and Ves' quest line.

Can I, and if so how, how can I avoid the rather bleak outcome?

I highly appreciate for the answer to be as spoiler-free as possible.


texts: This is in the LFR mod, and it is needed to make pretty much make all of the higher tier buildings. None of the buildings that I am able to build have it as an option, I have gone through the manual and it makes it seem like I have to "acquire" them in some fashion. What is the deal?


texts: Stuck at 98.7% complete in Stranger Things. What am I missing?

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I have completed every level and every quest (that I know of) in the game, but I am only at 98.7% complete.

I have found all 8 Eggos, all 8 VHS tapes, all 12 garden gnomes, and all 40 heart pieces. I've unlocked Eleven and watched the movie in the Hawk Theater.

In my inventory, I have 3 backpacks, an aluminum bat, a D-cell flashlight, a Canadian tuxedo, a 20-sided die, a spiked club, and a Ghostbusters lunchbox. I also have the hazmat suit, dynamite, flowers, and the key, but those are all required to complete the game anyway. There are no quest items remaining and I've talked to everyone in the game.

What am I missing?

I'm playing on hard if that makes a difference.


texts: The Tiny Tower wiki VERY strongly suggests, in multiple places, that employing a bitizen in their dream job will net 2 tower bux. However I've only ever gotten one bux as far as I can tell. Is the wiki out of date? Am I only getting 1 bux because I'm playing the android version?


texts: Why are psychopaths so powerful in Evil Within?

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Is there any in-game explanation why the evil characters are so powerful inside STEM?

It is really frustrating that your enemy can do all this crazy stuff with you and your mind (sending monsters, teleport, dodge) and I hoped that once Seb understood where he is he could activate also some powers. Nope.

While in the first part it could be explained that the inventor actually had the experience to explain the power gap, the second part makes it clear that
psychopaths are much more powerful by default.

Only Myra seems to be the exception and it is unclear how she did get the power to manipulate her environment. Is there a canonical answer?

ADDITION TO ANSWER:

I do not think that I am conflating experience with psychopathy. Yukiko Hoffmann, the psychologist in The Evil Within 2 says explicitly that psychopaths are much more dangerous, threatening the union project and her task was it to test candidates and prevent psychopaths from entering (yes, she failed).

It is also wrong that characters show a development to comparable superpowers with experience. Both Juli, Marcelo Jiminez and Esmeralda Torres (and the STEM team) have extensive experience with the system and do not show remotely the presented superpowers like

   1. Teleportation: Instant movement of the own body and other bodies over a distance.
 2. Invulnerability: Ruvik is completely immune against any weapon you try to use against him.
 3. Create and destroy things at will: Ruvik has his mansion, Stefano his living camera with tentacles, Theodor his incredibly big wall of fire.
 4. Time freeze: Stefano und Ruvik can freeze the time, leaving victims helpless.
 5. An army of monsters and specific bosses which are incredibly hard to kill and cannot be defeated once they have you in their grasp (which are even able to raise from dead, like Hammerhead).


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I am a Sorcerer in Dark Souls 2. I broke my staff while working my way through the Forest of the Fallen Giants. It seems I don't have much power, and can't effectively use a sword. Is there hope for me, or should I just restart?

I have around 700 souls saved up at the moment. I can kill an occasional guy or two, but it isn't easy, as if it ever is in Dark Souls...


texts: How do edge cases work in the Fallen Order restore system (aka getting your XP back when you die)?

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Okay, so after missing the explanation in the tutorial (and not being a Dark Souls player), I finally figured out how the whole, "losing XP when you die and getting it back" (aka the "Restore System") works:

If an enemy kills you, that enemy glows gold after you re-spawn at your last-used meditation point. If you damage that enemy on your next run, you get your XP back.  Plus your force and health bars are topped off as a bonus.

But there are still two things I don't get about the system:

What happens if I die from falling off a cliff? (Or more likely sliding off a cliff because the planet I'm visiting has an improbably roller-coaster like ice slide I have to navigate down?)There's no monster to glow and go after.  Is that XP just lost?
What happens if I'm killed by an enemy, but then get killed by a different enemy after I respawn, but before damaging the first one? Is the original lost XP gone forever, and I can only recover the additional XP earned on the second failed run from the second enemy that killed me? Or are there two glowing enemies, each with the lost XP from the run they ended? Or do they meet up, and conolidate their assets, to take advantage of bulk-pricing in their XP banking services?  Okay, probably not the last one.

One small meta note: I did think hard about whether this should be two questions, and am fairly convinced it shouldn't. One page that fully explains the restore system is a lot more useful than 3 that each explain one element of it.


texts: Do I need multiple GPUs to use nVidia Surround?

texts: I'm not at all familiar with nVidia surround. I have a 560GTX and two 1920x1080 monitors side by side and was curious if I can play Skyrim on both monitors like a partial surround using this one card, or do I have to have two cards and 3 monitors to do any type of surround display?


texts: What's the most efficient way to grind for coins?

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Most of the customisation items for characters are locked away in the Krypt mode, which requires you to spend coins to open boxes that contain random items. The boxes with the better items are much more expensive than the others and drain resources quickly.

What's the quickest/most efficient way to grind for the coins required to open a bunch of chests for the best chance at getting the items you want?

Note: The in-game store lets you purchase specific items, but it's only about 5 at a time and they're on a rotation that takes many real-world hours to rotate. It's not a viable solution to the problem of getting the items you actually want.


texts: Is transfer time included in the passengers transportation time?

texts: If I transfer passengers from bus to train will it increase the waiting time or time spent with transportation? Maybe if I directly transfer passengers from city without transfer them with bus, I can get higher income?