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I am playing with my friend who is 2 miles away from where I am.

Both of our connection is over 20mbps according to Internet Speed Test. We have 24mbps net connection(2mbps upload) and we have closed almost any other program which consumes the internet.

It says good host in the game(when you press tab) and the ping is around 30-40.

But for some reason the person who is not hosting has a very laggy play. We each tried hosting and each time we had lag issues.

My friends computer is Lenovo Yoga 2, i5, Windows 8, 8gb ram.

Mine is a desktop, 32gb ram, i7-3930K, win8, nvidia geforce gtx 760 graphics card

So I don't know what the problem is. Is the game buggy? I checked out all the forums and everyone seems to be playing fine. So what then?


texts: Will I brick my Wii if I install a HomeBrew operating system?

texts: I've heard about the HomeBrew stuff (wiki) that'll let me download and install simple games and even write my own, but is it fully compatible with the latest updates? I've heard horror stories of people bricking their Wii's.


texts: How does inFamous 2 decide if you were good or evil in the previous game?

texts: The way I understand it, is that it takes the information from your accumulated trophies, but what if I've beaten inFamous-1 as both evil and good and have both of the relavent trophies for doing so? How does it decide then?


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I made second entry to my fort as 1x100 tile long corridor, at the end of it I have ballista installed. It uses bronze ballista arrows.
With first arrow, 10-15 goblins killed, but second arrow misses most of remaining after first arrow goblins.

What are rules for flying ballista arrows?
Will it hit lying target? (for example if first arrow demolished legs, or creature collapsed from injuries)
If several creatures occupie one tile, will it hit all of them or only standing one?


texts: How many slots do the new research labs in Eve Online have?

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I reactivated Eve yesterday and my old POS was still there. So I reactivated it and found out that the modules have changed drastically. I have 1 Research Lab and 1 Designer Lab going, but I can't find the maximum amount of PE/ME/Copy Slots for the hell of it.

What are the new limits for those modules and where can I find my number of personal slots left within the new research window?


texts: Is it possible to save both Mordin and Wrex in the second Tuchanka Mission?

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Possible Duplicate:
  Can I cure the Genophage without losing a Salarian?

During the second Tuchanka mission in Mass Effect 3, you can choose whether to cure the genophage, or sabotage it.

If you cure it, Mordin dies in an explosion. If you sabotage it, you are forced to kill Mordin to do so. However, you can save Mordin if both Wrex isn't alive and you destroyed Maleon's data in ME2. Additionally, if you don't cure the genophage and Wrex is alive, you are forced to kill him when he finds out that the cure was fake.

Is it possible to come out of this mission having both Mordin and Wrex alive? Please note that I saved Maleon's data in ME2.


texts: What specific background items drop loot?

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Starting in 1.2, I've noticed that some background items in the world will drop loot. For example, occasionally you will find a small mound of dirt (usually a 2-wide by 1-high sprite) with a few gemstones of a certain color sticking out. Destroying this mound with your pickaxe will usually cause a random number of that type of gemstone to drop. I've also encountered similar sprites that, when destroyed, drop coins (usually either silver or gold coins).

Are there other world items that drop loot like this (ignoring pots, of course)? I've seen a mine cart once before, but it didn't seem to drop anything when I destroyed it. Are there rare background items that drop anything besides gems or coins?

Update: I finally managed to get a screenshot of one of these items. This particular item dropped 10 gold coins (!!!) when I destroyed it.


texts: What is this goblin spell that’s been wrecking me?

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I am getting wrecked by goblin shamans. They just stretch their staff towards me and my health starts dropping like crazy. Sometimes I get 2 of them, but the third one inevitably gets me. I try to figure out what spell it is, so as to take counter measures. I don’t see any sparks or fire. I have searched the spells available to me, but I cannot conclude anything before activating all.

Next time I try to take a screenshot, but it is extremely difficult during battles.

Is there any icon that could tell me, what condition is afflicting me?

It seems to be happening independently of whether I attack, block or just wait.

I further attempted to find their spell list online. So far unsuccessfully.


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So I've just gotten to where

   Looker

gives me missions, and I noticed his dialogue says that I still have Beast Balls. Great. So I wondered what happens if I don't have any, so I put all of them on PC-stored Pokémon.

He gave me another. I repeated the process of hiding it. I got another.

Is there a limit to this? Or will there be a way to get more later on and I'm just being overly cheap hoarding them one by one now?


texts: Will this one tile water suffice the need of fortress

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I just embarked on a map with 2 naturally spawned ponds, each 1x1.
There is no other source of water. (With use of dfhack with a cheat I found that there was no water.) So I decided to create an artificial pond in the meeting area and fill it. It's done - I used a pump to clear the water. But, will this one tile of water [5/7] suffice my fortress needs ?

The pond a got dried out in an attempt to increase its size for rain water harvesting.


texts: Is there a way to have a Command Block ask for Player Input?

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I want to set a Command Block that is hidden so when the player activates it by a button it'll give them an enchanted item based off their input. (the first part of a greater system)

so far I can use /give @p iron_sword 1 0 {ench:[{id:16,lvl:10}]} to give an Iron Sword with a Level 10 Sharpness Enchantment.

What I want to do is alter the above command so iron_sword, 16 and 10 can be inputted by the player (who will have a guide), so when the player activates the command block from a button they'll be asked to input these values. however when I google search minecraft command block player input i'm either getting "player input" as in the interface of the command block you create the commands or using /testfor

So how can I alter the command above so the player is asked to input the values?

NOTE: this is for 1.7.10


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I'm playing hardcore and always farming a lot, making sure I'm always very high level. But it seems I get much less xp because the mobs are much lower level than me.

Does anyone know how this reduction is calculated?


texts: How can you view your durability on minecraft?

texts: How can you view the durability? When I do F3+H it doesn't work. I have version 1.7.2, and I'm using mods, but not any durability mods. I'm using a Lenovo laptop and an Acer laptop running Windows 8.


texts: Selling gems at the Diablo 3 Auction House

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How does selling commodities differ from selling equipment?
When you sell a commodity such as crafting materials or gold, you select a stack size and a buyout price, and the auction house automatically adds the items to a unified marketplace pool. When a potential buyer searches for that item, the auction house system automatically tries to find the best prices on the market. If your items are priced lowest at the time, the system will draw from your listing to fulfill the buyer’s request. Because of the way the system works, it’s possible only part of your stack will be included in a purchase; in that case, the rest will remain in the auction house until another player buys the rest, the auction expires, or you cancel the auction.

Source: http://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-iii-auction-house-functionality#q8
From what I understand Bilzzard is saying that they are showing the average sale price for commodities e.g. gems, and picking the one with the lowest price when they are sold. Is there any way of determining the real sales price? The numbers Blizzard is giving are misguided. How can you figure out which price to list your gems at?


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Last weekend I bought Red Alert 3 on steam with the intention to play it with a friend. I know the official servers are down, but it should be possible to play it via hamachi or other lan software.

However when my friend boots up the game, his network seems to crash. He is no longer connected to hamachi, steam, teamspeak or the internet. From the moment he closes RA3, his network is fine again. Most of the time he is still online for a few seconds, but after that everything online is dead.

I've already tried a lot and I'm currently out of ideas and getting no response on the EA support forum.

I've opened UDP ports on the router and forwarded them to the pc. I've disabled firewalls and temporarily enabled DMZ.
Also tried to start the game withouth hamachi and teamspeak and no result.

The game always starts up and after a minute the networkconnection is dead. On my side I don't have any problems.

I'm thinking that something conflicts in the network when the game is booted. But I don't have any idea what it could be.

Update

Things I tried

Updating network drivers
Checking event log for errors (didn't see any)
Enable DMZ
Opening udp ports on router
Disabling windows firewall and AVG
Booting the game without other programs such as hamachi and teamspeak

Update 2

It seems to be a thing with EA Games. My friend installed Spore and when Spore is launched the same issue occurs and network connectivity dissapears. Strangely enough when we alt+tab out of the game, network is back (but the game is still running in the background). Alt+tab back in the game, poof network is gone.


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I'm wondering, in all valve games, you can "crouch jump". The action of crouching just before a jump makes you somehow jump higher.

I get that it's kinda more realistic, but was it an intended (programmed) thing, or is it a wonky hitbox when crouching that permits that effect?

Also, side question: How much more (in % if we count the base jump as reference) do you jump with a crouch jump?


texts: How can I collect all the Snow Globe Trading Cards with many restrictions on my account?

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Since I'm home for Christmas I was interested in buying some steam games to fill my library. My account was basically unused as I made it over 1 year ago with the same intentions but never got around to it. I'm at a new IP address and have changed my password as I forgot my original one.

Now I'm really getting into the steam community but am finding it hard to collect the snow globe trading cards. Because of this for some reason I'm not able to buy a $0.35 item on the market place yet I'm able to buy a $50.00 game? This limits me in so many different ways such as not being able to complete the steam community challenge. I could complete it a bit easier if they would fix the uploading videos from youtube option but theres already multiple questions on that. Even thought I might spend over $100 I already spent over $40 but only received 3 cards even after waiting more than 24 hours.

So in combination with a card every $10.00 spent and reaching level 5 I think I can receive all 10 cards to craft the badge but it's the ladder option that's the tricky part I need help with. Like... crafting badges is basically out of the question because you don't receive card drops for the whole set so you're forced to wait for a card booster pack which would most likely take longer than I have or trade for the remaining cards which is not an option for me.

So please post my options if any, or am I just forced to spend over $100.00.


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The Dark Knight Delerium skill puts a debuff on a mob that reduces that target's INT by 10%.  A Monk's Dragon Kick does the same.  I know these two buffs are exclusive, you cannot apply Delerium while Dragon Kick is on the mob.

But what about Supervirus?

Supervirus reduces a target's STR, DEX, INT, and MND by 15%, and it is possible to put Supervirus on a mob that already has Dragon Kick/Delerium.

What is the total INT down for a mob with both Delerium and Supervirus?  Is it just the greater amount (15%) or does it stack?  And if it stacks, does it stack additively or multiplicatively?


texts: GTA 4 PC - Can't login to Windows account for online play

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So when I run GTA 4 (I purchased with steam and run through steam) I can login with the social club thing thats just fine, but if I try to play the game online it asks for my windows account login details. When I put them in it says they are wrong but I've checked them by logging into the windows live website and to my emails, which is the same login details, but the game is still telling me my details are incorrect.

Is this a bug or is it broken or is there a fix?


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I'm trying to find out if anyone has come up with a method of getting the Wii U gamepad video to show on a PC.
I've looked this up and found people playing PC games with the Wii U, but that's not what I am trying to do.

I want to duplicate what is on the Wii U Gamepad onto my computer. I would think this could be possible since it's already wireless.


texts: There are several of the campaign missions that I've completed already and its been awhile since I've gone back to do any of them or would you rather finish campaign in general but I recently went back and covered that some of the places I've already destroyed have restocked on elixir and gold. How often does this happen?


texts: How much damage does `bleeding` do over time?

texts: Both the in-game information for Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition and that provided by the wiki page mention that bleeding deals damage over time but don't give you any idea of how much damage. They might as well not tell you anything at all! How much damage does this effect deal?


texts: Is there a way to avoid certain area types?

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I was wondering if there was a way to predict what type of area will come up based on the choices I make at junctions. If I turn right, will I go into the jungle? Will left take me into the mine?

I've been able to see some things past the upcoming turns, such as powerups and traps. Are there visual clues that will tell me when there are area changes?


texts: How many Fetishes are summoned with Fetish Army

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I can't find how many Fetishes are summoned when you cast Fetish Army.

Is it random each time they're summoned?
Does it depend on the caster level?
Do they actually have limited life, or are they invincible the time
they last?


texts: How do I check whether I have the latest Far Cry patch on Xbox 360?

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I have the somewhat infamous rock/camera glitch and it was supposedly patched in the 1.04 update, but I'm never prompted to download a patch (either through the usual Xbox patch system or Ubisoft's in-game system) and I don't know whether it was automatically installed. If it was, I'm not receiving the benefits. How can I determine whether I have the latest update, and, if related, what do I need to do to get it? Is there a place where I can check the current version number?

To clarify, I've cleared my cache and the game doesn't prompt me for an official Xbox patch, unlike most other games.


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After the Trading Card update, I noticed an option that said "sell", and discovered the Steam Market. I was wondering, how does this work? When I clicked "Sell," it took me to a page asking me for the money I receive and the money the buyer pays.

Is the Steam Market an auctioning feature to auction Steam items? Is it a way to simply sell items?


texts: Can I play Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt without the 'Bee nerf' update?

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I stopped playing Borderlands 2 on-line after downloading and installing Mr. Torgue's Campaign of Carnage; last I played my game version was still pre-"bee nerf" patch. I haven't played on-line since then as I cannot get internet on my PS3 in my dorm room. As I have the Borderlands 2 Season Pass, can I download and install (and play) Sir Hammerlock's Big Game Hunt without first updating to the newest patch?

I'm only interesting in the technical possibility, not whether or not I should install the "bee-patch".


texts: Do conversation choices in heart events have an effect on friendship?

texts: During heart events, residents of Pelican Town give us response options that often vary widely in tone. I know these choices can change dialogue at later heart events, but beyond that I’m curious of their results. Do these choices affect friendship, or have any other in-game effects?


texts: How much feces does it take to tame dung beetles?

texts: I have found a dung beetle and knocked it out by mistake. It said its torpor was at 126/200 and I stayed there for around 20 minutes, but it never went down. I left the cave because all of my feces was about to despawn. I will go back at some point soon as I have not played ark in about a day because I was discouraged due to losing a pteridan and a pig. About how much feces and how long will it take to tame a dung beetle, assuming it's level 30?


texts: How to /give tipped arrows in Windows-10 edition

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I am trying to make a feature in my survival minigame where every once and a while a random player is teleported to a hidden room via command blocks. Inside, players will be allowed to hit one button, then be teleported back to the main arena. Each button gives you different items, and one I want to have is to have it give you tipped arrows (like harming potion arrows). But, my command isn't working. Here is what I got:

/give @p arrow 1 0 {Potion:"harming"}

I found the last part here. What is wrong with the command? As I said, I am on Windows-10 version (v1.1.0).


texts: Do you retain rank rewards when switching factions?

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When I first started participating in the faction system, I signed up under Edmund Mahon - feeling the Alliance best fit the type of role-play I might want to take part in.

However, as I'm sure happens with many new players, before long I started wondering what Earth looked like in the Elite universe. Then I quickly found that a permit from the Federation would be required to see it first-hand.

So, at least for now, I've switched my allegiance to be under Zachary Hudson. I plan on staying with this path at least long enough to get my Sol Permit and see what "home" looks like in the 34th century.

Still, at some point I think I'd like to go back to the Alliance and play as I'd originally intended. Thus I now wonder whether abandoning the Federation, after obtaining my Sol Permit, would also mean forfeiting access to the cradle of humanity.

After switching factions, do you retain any benefits (access to ships, system permits, etc.) gained from ranking up in your previous faction(s)?

If some or all rank benefits are lost, what happens if you switch while currently using them? (Example: Switching to Alliance while flying a Federal Dropship in Sol.)


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I have a question about the effect of highway onramps (or one-way roads) and congestion, when it comes to two way roads.

The idea is, if I have a large two way road, and I want to create some highway onramps, from a congestion point of view - I don't want have a situation where traffic is crossing traffic to get onto the onramp.

That is, assuming it's right-hand traffic, to get onto the onramp, the traffic just needs to turn right onto the onramp, (and thus never obstructing oncoming traffic), and similarly to get off an onramp, they turn right and merge with the traffic flow.

So total, I'd have four onramps, two each for each traffic direction.

The question is - is the only way for this to happen to create a pair of one way roads? Or is there a way to do it smartly with a two way road?


texts: What strategy to use on the guy with shield near the radio tower in Tomb Raider 2013 / Definitive Edition?

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Until this point all enemies where not hard to beat, but the big guys near the radio tower annoyed me. In the end I was able to kill him by emptying my machine and handgun on him a few times. Every now and then he seems to drop his shield when being fired at. Also I noticed that when you try to climb the wall to the burning roof, a Molotov cocktail is thrown to you. I was unable to time this so it would also hurt the shielded guy.

So, my question: what's the best strategy here?


texts: After encountering my first Goddess Walls, I was wondering: Is it possible to use them at a later time again, or are they really just usable once?


texts: Does "Big Stinker" count as "Bad Medicine?"

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I'm currently using the "Big Stinker" rune on my Gargantuan:

  Big Stinker
  The Gargantuan is surrounded by a poison cloud that deals 15% weapon damage as Poison per second to nearby enemies.

I was considering stacking this with Bad Medicine as a passive:

  Bad Medicine
  Whenever you deal Poison damage to an enemy, their damage is reduced by 20% for 3 seconds.

This seems like it could be useful to make my Gargantuan even more tank-ish.  However, I don't know if the poison effect counts as poison damage for the purposes of the passive.

Can anyone confirm (via some repeatable test and/or official statement) that this works or doesn't?


texts: How can I easily keep track of enemy weaknesses?

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I've finally given that copy of Radiant Historia I bought a while ago a spin, and as I encounter more and more enemy types it becomes increasingly difficult to remember which enemy is vulnerable to which element.

Is there some sort of monster compendium I can access from somewhere that I am unaware of, or do I simply have to rely on my memory?


texts: Can I copy part of a Minecraft multi-player (SMP) map to a single-player map?

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Is it possible to somehow get the map from an SMP server as a mere player? I did some large Redstone circuitry, and I would like to copy it into my SSP map.

If not, can I extract the loaded chunks from memory?


texts: What is the full list of regions, cities, and their resources?

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It would be handy to have a web-based list of 'em, when coordinating regions with friends.

What else would you do when you're waiting in queue? :P


texts: Would increasing the difficulty from Officer to Agito increase the amount of EXP earned from battles while doing secret training?


texts: Is there a way to tell before checkout if there is "regional price differences"?

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I have a friend on Steam who i get gifts for but because they are in the UK and i'm in Australia alot of the time i get the following error when i try to gift them an item

Due to regional price differences, the gift you are trying to send cannot be sent to the recipient's region.

it's not every game but i generally only find this out when i go to actually pay for the item on Steam which is already several clicks
Wishlist > Item > Add to Cart > Purchase as Gift > Selecting user > Continue > Gift Messages Options (at least 4 clicks unless i use Tab) > unticking save payment > Continue > Back to Steam > Back to Cart > Remove
that's already 15 clicks across ~10 pages and i keep doing this over and over again until i get lucky to find a game i'm happy to gift that doesn't give the error (generally a game i've enjoyed and believe they would enjoy too).
what i would like to know if there is a way to tell before checkout if there is "regional price differences" with the game i'm about to gift? ideally before i even add it to the chart?


texts: How do you climb out of a river in Adventure mode?

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I deliberately entered a river in order to cross it. I used Alt+direction and my adventurer began swimming around the river. But now I can't climb out, on neither of the two shores.

Is there a different key combination to climb out?


texts: What will I miss if I don't explore Mother Base?

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Mother Base is huge, and running around a mostly-empty base just to punch my soldiers in the face and increase their morale is something I have no interest in doing. This game already wastes enough of my time with the helicopter transitions.

However, upon capturing a certain character who goes on to become a buddy, I went over to the Medical Wing to see if I could talk to that person. Because I'm bad at finding what I'm looking for, I spent a long time running around there and instead found a door that

     had Paz inside, and triggered a cutscene and flashback with her.

Are there more hidden cutscenes like that? If so, where (and when) do I have to go on the base to trigger them. Manually checking out each platform every few missions just to see if something new is there is very unappealing.


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I will do a Mission Banner that is 2x6, but my missions are not "squared"

Right now looks like this:

So in future, if I do more missions and don't want to be the banners messed up,
What do I have to do?

PS: Someone told me to do the banner, and then repeat the necessary missions I have since the banners move right. Or is better to do random missiones until fill the line?


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I've been noticing as I progress through the game that I see different tiers of armor. For instance, in the Might tree, I used to run into Azurite armor often, then later Sylvanite, and now I'm starting to run into Prismere. I've been holding off on crafting anything until I reach the highest tier of armor and weapons.

What are the tiers of armor for each class type?


texts: What is the fastest way to regenerate life?

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What is the fastest way to naturally regenerate HP?   I know for sure honey increases the rate of hp regen, and so do campfires.   I know for sure there are some other HP regenerating items such as Crimson Armor's Set Bonus as well as some accessories.

What's the fastest possible way to naturally regenerate HP without relying on potions?


texts: When you go to save the Krogan do the Brutes keep spawning?

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So right before you disperse the cure or don't, you have to tap 2 hammers to summon the Thresher Maw. Now right before that, I was attacked by a brute, so I started shooting at him and before I knew it there was another brute.

Now after dodging and weaving a third brute came, killing both my squadmates at which point, I started to run as fast as I could. After getting to the first hammer, I was surrounded by at least 5 brutes... now my question is can you kill them all and go do the tapping at peace? Or do they just keep spawning and the point is to keep running?


texts: Is it possible to unlock the final Paragon/Renegade options of a New Game Plus if the imported Shephard was not perfectly Paragon/Renegade?

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In my first playthrough of ME3, I played mostly Paragon but with some minor Renegade choices along the way, so I ended up with a maxed reputation bar with approximately a 90%-10% Paragon/Renegade split. This means I was unable to unlock the final Paragon (or Renegade) dialogue option near the end which is required to

   convince the Illusive Man to shoot himself.

Apparently, unlocking that dialogue option requires a 100% Paragon (or Renegade) score.

I've just started a New Game Plus, and since the Paragon/Renegade ratio appears to carry over, does my previous Renegade choices mean I'm already doomed to fail to unlock that option even if I only make Paragon choices this time around? Or do my choices in this playthrough overwrite the ones I made in the last one?


texts: Does standing on a contested Capture Point make a difference?

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Does it matter if you are standing on an abandoned, but contested capture point?
Will the progress bar go down faster?


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I've found 2, one was Tsukimi garden hole 7, the other I found a while ago, and am fairly sure was Tsukimi garden but I don't remember the hole.

Can't find the others anywhere, anyone know where they are?


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I've encountered a level 2 security mission that's giving me some problems. I fly a Caracal for it, and one of the first things that happens to you is you get stasis webbed as soon as the mobs spawn. The ones doing the webbing are a couple of really fast frigates that my heavy missiles just can't seem to hit. Is there any way to deal with this in my Caracal or should I fly something smaller to handle this, like a Kestrel? I've tried drones, but they don't hit hard enough or fast enough (Hobgoblin I).

High Slots:
Heavy Missile Launcher I x 5 (I switch between Scourge Heavy and Inferno Heavy Missiles)

Medium Slots:
Medium Shield Extender x 4,
Small Shield Extender x 1

Low Slots:
Ballistic Control x 2


texts: Are there any real differences between factions in Ingress?

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The backstory makes it out to be a more or less life-defining decision which faction, Enlightened or Resistance, you select.

As far as I can see though, there doesn't seem to be any real difference, except for color, between the teams. Is there any difference at all, and if not, do we have any kind of hints, or maybe educated speculation, on whether that might be planned in the future?

Or can I just flip a coin?


texts: I'm playing the Commando, Axton, in Borderlands 2, and I'm building my character with heavy emphasis on the turret by using my skill points on upgrading the turret's damage, duration, and cooldown time. However, I'm not exactly sure how to upgrade turret damage outside of that. So what factors (other than level) effect the damage that Axton's Turret deals?


texts: Any way to recover my gear from this bug?

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I recently ran into this bug where my commander lost all his gear.  Unfortunately at the time, I progressed through the dungeon enough that my auto-saves all got overwritten, and my previous save is over 5 hours ago.

Is there any way, via cheating or otherwise, to get me back my gear?

This is for the PC version.


texts: Missing Persons Investigations last mission won't trigger

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When I check my progression it shows me that I am on 6/7 for Missing Persons.  I have been awarded the Wildfire rifle and it is in my inventory.  I also confirmed that I have six audio logs in my inventory and listened to them all once more.

The final mission "Crie for Your Daughter - Eliminate the Finger Paint Killer" doesn't trigger.  I didn't get a map icon over the trailer park in Pawnee.  I ran around the trailer park but that did nothing.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?


texts: What are my chances at uncrating an Unusual?

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I have just been playing TF2 for a while now and I am still wondering what the unusual drop chance is. I understand that unusuals in TF2 can only be found through uncrating.

However, when I tried to search up on the unusual drop chance I came up with several different speculations. For example:

According to www.tf2finance.com/rate/ this is how the drop chance for unusuals are calculated

However, according to Steam forum posts, people claim that the drop rate is a fixed 1% or 0.6%.

  As far as i'm aware the Percentage is of 1% So, 1 in 100? But then
  again, seeing as this is a binomial experiment. The results being YES
  or NO and the result we pay attention being YES UNUSUAL, you are most
  likely to find it on your 50th try.

In other words, I am at a lost here. Since all these data is based on other peoples backpacks and the crates other's have uncrated.

My question is, has Valve ever released any info on what the official TF2 unusual uncrating chance is? If so, what is the official unusual drop rate?


texts: Elizabeth and Booker saying things like "huh"

texts: In BioShock Infinite, as I walk around I'll hear Elizabeth or Booker say "huh", "hmmm", etc. Does this mean anything? It doesn't seem to happen when I do anything specific like standing around for too long, they just do it.


texts: Does the AI recommend founding a city on resources?

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When founding cities in Civilization V in early game it might happen that you places them on iron, coal, oil or uranium. This is extremely annoying, especially with rare resources.
If I'm sticking to the AI's recommendations, will I ever found cities on such resources?


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What is the easiest order to kill the bosses in?

Similarly, what is each boss' weakness? (The megaman boss weakness circle)


texts: How can I complete Rainbow Road (Mario Kart Wii) without falling off?

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I am quite experienced in the Mario Kart series, but when I went on Rainbow Road I always came 7th to 11th. How can avoid falling off the track?

By the way, I use manual, not automatic.


texts: Why is my Guild Wars (1) ping so terrible?

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I've been playing Guild Wars 2 for a couple of months and as I really wanted to know more about the lore and what happened before Guild Wars 2, I bought Guild Wars a few days ago. I was really looking forward to playing it, but the ping is so high ingame (much more than 1000ms, always varying) that it's unplayable. I have to wait for about a minute or longer when I want to accept a quest and I get disconnected a lot.

It's definetely not a problem with my internet connection. My ping is always great in any game, I was even playing TERA with a 21ms ping while my friend tried Guild Wars again and had the same connection/ping problems as I have (same room, same network).

Does anybody know how to improve this situation or is it an issue of the servers?

EDIT: I've chosen the european server, as I am living in Germany


texts: Is there a way to prevent my Science ship from coming home after getting kicked out of a system?

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I'm early in my first game of Stellaris and I just made contact with my first alien race. This resulted in my science ship in their system immediately being kicked out of it. It used to be in the system I had circled in Red, which fell within the other race's control.

However, it then decided that to get home, it would follow the path in white,which involves jumping through a ton of systems (none of which I've yet explored) before finally getting home. All of these systems it is passing through seem to be outside of the area of control we're getting kicked out of.

Instead of flying home, I'd like it to actually continue its survey operations in these new systems. However, I can't seem to cancel its return trip home. I've tried clicking on the "Stop" option, but that didn't cancel anything. I've tried telling it to survey the system with the red arrow pointing to it (which it was in at the time I told it to do that), but it simply left, and as you can see in the image, it seems to be queued up to first go all the way home, and then come back out to that system.

Is there any way to prevent this ship from wasting a ton of time by going home first?


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I just hit merchant level 6, which allows me to "choose a new wallpaper for your store, if you have one."

I went to the market and bought new wallpaper, but I can't seem to figure out how to apply it. Tear doesn't seem to give me the option, and I"m not quite sure where else to look for the option.

Am I missing something obvious?


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I just made a month with 0 alien activity 4 blocks on the avatar project and like 2x contact 3x radio beacons 2 guerilla ops and 1 retaliation with only 1 civil dying and 2 flawless missions and the councilman tells me, he is sad to notify that my actions are seen as "mediocre".

So I started getting the impression he just throws in random voice lines.
Is that the case?


texts: In Civilization 5, how may turns are there for each Game Pace setting?

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I'm about to start a new game, and I'm using the Advanced Setup to customize the game a little. Does anyone know the number of turns for each of the 4 Game Pace settings to get to 2050?

Marathon = ?
Epic = ?
Standard = 500 turns
Quick = ?

Or is it not that simple?

More generally, is there a detailed guide anywhere to what all the settings on the Advanced Setup screen affect? Some have explanatory tooltips but some don't!


texts: In BattleCry, a unit with -x resistance toward a damage type will take x extra damage from that damage type. A unit with a flag will add 1 damage of a particular type to the attacks of all units in the squad. Will a unit who gains a damage of the type the enemy is weak against benefit from the enemy's weakness?


texts: Do I need to know Japanese in order to play Super Princess Peach?

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I just bought a copy of Super Princess Peach for my Nintendo DS but the game version is Japanese and the seller told me to refund if it's 'not in English'.

Do I really need to read Japanese language to play it? Or is there any way to change it to English Language?

I'm not so much worried about missing out on the story (since I can find a summary on the internet to understand it), but I'm more worried about in-game menus and those kind of things.


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Whats the point of having to put in both the character name and the character code of the user your trying add as a friend?

I don't really understand their thinking, it just sends a request anyways doesn't it?

I can see how it would cut down on spam requests, (those people that try to add everyone they play with as a friend) but it just seems inconvenient.  And now I wonder if its a bad thing just posting character code with my character name for people to add me.


texts: Unlock the secret weapons in the MegaMan X SNESgames

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How does one obtain the secret weapons that can be unlock in the first 3 mega-man X on the SNES?

For instance:

The Hadouken (MMX)
The Shoryuken (MMX2)
Zero's Sword (MMX3)


texts: Can you stun guards in Mission 5 without making Miller angry?

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I "cleaned up" the mess at the station in Mission 5 except for two units and the

   exoskeleton unit.

People stunned and cleanly stacked in storerooms (after all DX:MD is a cleaning game like every other stealth game)
All computer hacked except the one near the exoskeleton unit

   containing the code 5100 for some storage room in the city

Then I took the train back to TF29. To my surprise, Miller wasn't happy when he saw how the operation went.

My question: Is it allowed to stun guards in mission 5?


texts: How much play time to complete Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

texts: Simple question: about how many hours of gameplay are required to complete Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess?  I know that it depends upon skill and how thoroughly one explores the game, but can I please have a ballpark estimate of how long I should expect to take to finish the game?


texts: How do I get rid of low wealth demand in jobs?

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I have been working on a nice balance between demand and jobless citizens.
When I look at my demand, I can see the companies in my city, only want low wealth workers. How do I remove this demand? I tried to destroy industrials which didn't look like high-tech. This seemed to work, but when I want to create new industrial for high-tech industrial, only low tech industrial will pop-up. I also tried the same with commercial and have the same effect (but then instead of tech, the demand of low wealth will increase and so does the demand of high wealth).
I want the following effect: Decrease of low wealth demand. Increase of high wealth demand and little bit mid wealth demand. Can anyone tell me which factors I should look at and how I can make this possible?

This seems to happen:


texts: In what ways can I get the Group Hug achievement with the New Heroes DLC?

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The achievement Group Hug reads Raised a Hero of each type to Level 70. After the game released on Steam, they released the New Heroes DLC, which gives you access to gender-swapped versions of the original 4 classes who have different activated abilities.

This is a table showing which of the New Heroes are equivalent to the originals:

 Original     New Heroes DLC

  Squire         Countess
   Monk          Initiate
 Apprentice       Adept
 Huntress         Hunter

With that in mind, I need to know if I only get Group Hug for leveling the original 4 classes to 70, or can I mix and match for example, a Squire, Initiate, Apprentice and Huntress and still get the achievement? Or would I have to use all 4 from either the original group or the New Heroes DLC, by which I mean either leveling the Squire/Monk/Apprentice/Huntress or Countess/Initiate/Adept/Hunter together?


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So.. I'm stuck in here , I talked to the goth kids and he said I have to buy cigarretes, coffee , goth clothes, goth gloves and the goth cap, I did most of that, but the homeless doesn't sell the goth cap, I already checked my inventory but I don't have it yet.

Where can I find the Goth Cap?


texts: How to use save games from iOS on PC and Android?

texts: I played Galaxy On Fire 2 on my iPhone and I bought the PC Version via Steam. Now I have a Android tablet and I'm curious to know how to transfer the save games to the PC and the tablet. Unfortunately a request to the customer support didn't help. They claimed that the exchange of save games just works for Apple devices through iCloud sync. What a shame! I already tried to just copy the data but on the PC the game didn't work properly when loading them.


texts: How can I switch between automatic and manual air combat?

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I just started playing Xenonauts and intercepted my first UFO scout with a Condor. A tutorial popup window notified me that the game supports automatic or manual air combat, and I believe it indicated it was currently manual by default.

I tried pressing some buttons that flipped my missiles and cannons between red and green. Not really sure what I was doing, there. Disabling them and enabling them, maybe? Eventually my ship got close (automatically) and started firing. The UFO blew my Condor out of the sky.

I have no idea what I'm doing and didn't see a button to switch between manual or automatic air combat, though maybe that's just because I was being shot at while looking for it. And while I could swear the tutorial window said it was defaulting to manual, my Condor sure seemed to do a lot of flying and shooting on its own.

How exactly does this work?


texts: Is there a way to explore Ghost Recon Phantom maps offline?


texts: My Ps4 keeps deleting a game I've tried to install for months now

texts: I want to install Tera, and it's like 56gb. I download for some time then the next day it starts downloading from the beginning again. Like I download 20gb in a few days, but when a certain time comes, it starts all over again. This has been going on for 3 months now, cause I can never finish the download in that "certain" time. It never happens for updates though. Is it supposed to get deleted, and if yes after how long, or I'm having a problem?


texts: Chances of getting 5 golden legendaries in a single pack?

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I found this forum post about chances of getting legendaries.
Quote:

1 Rare each                    0,85 to 0,90 packs

1 Epic each                     +- 5 packs

1 Legendary each           +- 20 packs

Golden:
2% Chance of Golden Common (1 Every 50 Cards)
1% Chance of Golden Rare (1 Every 100 Cards)
0.25% Chance Golden Epic (1 Every 400 Cards)
0.05% Golden Legendary (1 Every 2000 Cards)

Where a golden legendary is 0.0005% chance per card in a pack.
I assume getting 5 golden legendaries would be 0.0005% x 0.0005% x 0.0005% x 0.0005% x 0.0005%.
But I'm not sure.


texts: Can I hook my Wii up to an HDMI or DVI monitor?

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I have a 15" TV and a 24" HD LCD flat screen monitor. I have a Wii, which is currently hooked up to the smaller TV.

Is there anything I can do to play my wii on the flatscreen? The monitor is HDMI and DVI-compatible.

And yes, I realize that I won't get HD graphics from the Wii. I just want the larger screen.


texts: This little locker is awesome, multiple pages of items and three areas to store things in.. But is this shared with other people who live in my town? IE: If I make a second character and move them into town, do they get their own locker inventory or do they share mine?


texts: If I were to buy a game and play it on my friends switch (since I do not have a switch anymore but am trying to buy one again), is it possible to transfer that save data from my friends switch to my new switch? I think I read somewhere that I would need to be logged into a switch with my nintendo account?


texts: How to reach chests buried in the ground?

texts: More than once I came across chests buried in the ground.  Is there a way to reach them?


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One of my nuclear power plants recently had a meltdown, and now the entire area is covered in radiation.  No buildings are able to flourish there; they all become abandoned due to radiation.  I've waited a pretty long time, and it doesn't seem as if the effects of the radiation are dying down at all?

Is there anything I can do to get rid of the radiation?  Does it dissipate naturally and I just have waited long enough?  Will certain buildings do okay in radioactive areas?


texts: The top answer to this question contains several references to "mid-battle leveling".  I think this has to do with leveling up as a way of healing while fighting a difficult monster, but does someone want to clarify what this is?


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Possible Duplicate:
  What is “ganking”?

While watching a youtube video, I came across a sentence that went something like "as an assassin, you want to be constantly 'genking' for your team mates." (Since it was a video, I'm not 100% about the spelling). I tried googling, but had trouble finding something helpful...

Could someone please enlighten me about the meaning of "genking"? Is it a general concept, or is it specific to the game League of Legends? I haven't actually played this game myself, I am just curious.

In case you'd like to see exactly what I'm talking about, it happens around 3:10 in this video.

Thanks in advance for your help!


texts: Power Generator vs Reactor, are they even different?

texts: I've gotten enough dwellers now to build a Reactor. But the cost is much higher than a Power Generator. Is there any benefit of the Reactor that would justify the cost or should I just save my caps and keep building Power Generators?


texts: Where do I get the T7-01 droid companion?

texts: I'm playing as a Jedi Consular, and around level 7 I noticed that some people already have the T7-01 droid companion while I'm still all by my lonesome.  Did I miss something?  Where do I get T7-01?


texts: Frozen, Immobilized, anything else that stops you from moving?

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What all status affects in Diablo 3 can cause you immobility, and not being able to move?

Do these certain status affects have any defense? Is there any item, or gear, or skill that can prevent you from ever getting immobilized (like frozen).


texts: What exactly is chaos damage in Path of Exile? Does it bypass all resistances? Is it poison damage?


texts: Declined assaulting the Overseer UFO after shooting it down. Any consequences?

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I shot down the Overseer UFO with an EMP-fitted Firestorm.

However I did not dispatch the Skyranger, and a after a few days the crash site disappeared.

Will another Overseer eventually appear? Is my game "stuck" because I didn't do that mission?


texts: How does scoring work (aka how to get the high scores)?

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I just got 56 on the first level - I assumed it was because I hit 'next wave' several times during the level.  On my second try, I clicked 'next wave' literally as much as possible, and only got 54.  Both times, I never leaked anything.

So, how does scoring work?


texts: Is there anyway to stop the artillery shelling at Cima Leon: Centcom once liberated?

texts: I just liberated Cima Leon: Centcom while under constant artillery. I figured it would stop once I liberated it, but it's still raining down on me!  Is there anything I need to switch or other base I need to liberate to stop the shelling here?


texts: In Final Fantasy VII, does it matter where you equip your materia?

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I like to think of myself as an expert in the area of Final Fantasy VII.  As it was on steam for $8.00 recently, I bought a copy for my girlfriend.

I've been answering her questions with relative ease, but she asked me something that took me completely by surprise.

Does it matter which equipment slot you place your materia in?  It's something that I guess I never really gave thought to, and there isn't any information I can find online.


texts: Steam download resetting to 0GB progress after restart

texts: I started downloading a game. It reached 9GB out of 12GB total. I paused the download and shutdown my computer to go outside, but when I logged back in again in Steam, the game's download reset to 0GB complete. How can I continue the 9GB finished download?


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The Thought Cloud stats are displayed as the Bravery, Truth, Compassion, and Justice diamond.  These are the stats used in blade bonding.  Check the bottom right of the screenshot below to see it.  How are these levels calculated?

I thought it was tied to the number of affinity unlocks your blades have with that symbol, but Dromarch currently has 7 bravery while the other blades equipped on Nia have none (and the game says she has 5).  I tried equipping other blades on her with more unlocked bravery affinities, but the stats didn't change, making me think it goes off all the blades the character has.  But how exactly are these levels calculated?


texts: Temporary download folder for Steam on Mac

texts: I want to know this, because I deleted some ncf/gcf files for portal 2, because the updating was stuck. And now it wants to download it all (11GB) again, so it would be nice if I could copy the content to the download location, without Steam noticing.


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Killer instinct allows you to counter a combo-breaker by breaking the breaker (yup) to continue your combo, but to do this you must hit a certain button/perform a certain move and then your character feints and if the opponent attempts to break during the feint the counter breaker initiates.

What is the command? Does each character have a different one?


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I have finally figure out how to align inclination and rotate my orbit so that my Kerbal and the stranded one are chasing each other around Kerbin.

So the last part before approach is to get closer.  I have read a few tutorials and this excellent answer How do I rendezvous and dock with a ship in orbit?, but I still cannot grok this last bit.

Lets say I am leading.  I need to do a series of prograde, retrograde burns only I think, but I can't figure out how to time them or or whether I should be doing target or orbit pro/retro-grade burns.

I am thinking that a prograde orbit burn at apsis should increase my orbital path, which means I am going slower, which gives the other guy a chance to catch up, then a retrograde orbit burn to drop in nearby.  But then one of the tutorials talks about doing a target prograde burn and in general I am just guessing and end up with an orbital path intersecting the planet (and perhaps this is how it should look part way though the maneuver for all I know).

The inclination and rotational adjustments are easy with the manuever controls to assist, but I can quite grasp this one - perhaps I can use the manuever controls to assist with this also?

He has been up there for four days.  He is getting hungry.


texts: How do I get rid of the "THE END" screen in Super Mario World?

texts: I finished Super Mario World on the Wii U Virtual Console and I watched the credits. At the end was Mario, Peach and Luigi standing there with the words THE END. It won't go away no matter what I do. Whats going on?


texts: What does giving lutefisk to the lutefisk god actually do?

texts: As in the title. Do I get anything out of it, or is it pointless?


texts: Do Palico Deviant weapons also have a special property?

texts: Weapons crafted from Deviant monsters charge up your Hunter Arts more quickly. Do Palico weapons crafted from Deviant monsters also charge up the support gauge more quickly?


texts: Every time you start a game of Undertale you get fun value but I don't know what value I need for it, can people help me? I think its 60 something but not sure.


texts: How can I get the name of a PokéStop changed?

texts: There is a PokéStop located at my business, however it is listed under the business that was previously located here. How would I go about fixing that?


texts: Do unused squad mates still gain levels?

texts: I'm curious if I need to actively use the same squad mates for every mission to level them up, or if squad mates that don't come on missions level along side me even when unused?


texts: What are all the Christmas decor items in Merry Clickmas?

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Every time I search the internet for what all of the Christmas items on the list in Merry Clickmas, I only find incomplete lists.

Right now I have 360% on my current speed - these are the decorations I have unlocked (each decoration adds +4% speed):

a Christmas tree
a partridge in a pear tree
tinsel
baubles
glass ornaments
a star
an angel
a fairy
a cherub
pine cones
Christmas lights
candles
a lantern
bells
five gold rings
a trumpet
a drum
ribbons
glitter
a Merry Christmas banner
a Christmas wreath
mistletoe
holly
an advent calendar
paper chains
Christmas crackers
Christmas cards
Christmas presents
toys
wrapping paper
a Christmas stocking
a Christmas sack
candy canes
chocolate decorations
a Christingle
a nativity scene
a figure of Mary
a figure of Joseph
a figure of Jesus
wise men figures
a toy soldier
a donkey decoration
a robin decoration
a reindeer decoration
a penguin decoration
a polar bear decoration
a santa decoration
an elf decoration
a sleigh decoration
a Christmas pudding decoration
a turkey decoration
a chimney decoration
a snow globe
a snowman
snow decoration
icicles
santa hats
a lump of coal
ivy
poinsettia
a nutcracker
a toy train
a Christmas pickle
chestnuts roasting on an open fire
and a gingerbread house

Are there any more or is that the limit?


texts: Do resources need to be connected to roads?

texts: In Civilization 4, you had to connect an improved resource to your capital via roads/rivers.  Is there any such requirement in Civilization 5?  Or is it enough to just get them within your territory?


texts: Turn off steam logon requirment for LAN CSGO

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I have a LAN game of CSGO set up using the sv_lan method. This works fine, but where we like to play has an unreliable internet connection, and we often want to play when there if no internet availible. This means we are instantly kicked, saying "No steam login".

Is there a way I can override the need for a Steam login when I'm playng in a local server?

All the players do have legit versions of CSGO on their Steam accounts, it's just the server can't verify them.


texts: How does Stance Change work on Aegislash?

texts: In X and Y, there is a Pokemon named Agislash. He has a signature ability called Stance Change. It has a description that says: "The Pokemon changes form depending on how it battles." What exactly does that mean? Does it swap Offensive Capabilities with Defensive?


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I do not like the way that races start by default, which is a rolling start. I would like to start the race with the cars stopped.

Can you change the game's race start type?


texts: Is it possible to enchant IndustrialCraft items?

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I have a nano saber, a mining drill, and some Quantum Bodyarmor. Can I enchant them? If so, how? Us, I do want to do this in survival mode.

Also, I hear (mostly on Reddit) that you can enchant tools like this with an uncrafting table. How?


texts: What is the best gametype/strategy for leveling a sniper rifle?

texts: Having played plenty with shorties, ARs, and SMGs, I'd like to give sniper rifles a fair try. It seems to me that the variable zoom scope that you get towards the highest weapon xp levels is essential, but it is so tedious to get there!  I'm hoping there is some strategy or gametype that I'm missing, that makes it less of a beating.


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While fighting some Rock Giants, I'm finding my tremendously large Arcane Orbs (with Celestial Orb) bouncing back at me and my friends, damaging us!

How can I avoid annihilating my friends with magic, and what's causing my orbs to get reflected?


texts: What changes to the story/narration are there in New Game+?

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Warning: potential spoilers if you've not finished at least once

So I've been playing through New Game+ in Bastion, I'm on the 3rd or 4th Shard now so quite far.

At the start of the game, and I mean right at the start, I heard an echo of Rucks saying "Maybe I'll see you in the next one" before his first speech, which I believe was the last thing he said at the end of the Restoration finale.

Then, when entering the saloon later in the wharf, Rucks interrupts himself when talking about the bar keep and mumbles something before continuing - having a deja vu moment it seems.

Because of these two I was then expecting more of these references to the time loop throughout the game, but I haven't noticed any others. Have I missed them, are there only these two, or are there more to come at the end?


texts: How can I stop nauseous animals from vomiting everywhere?

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I have a rather...unpleasant problem in Dwarf Fortress. Currently, over half of my animals are "Nauseous" and are...regurgitating everywhere. This widespread case of emesis doesn't seem to involve my dwarves who I've been protecting against cave adaptation pretty well due to the lack of goblin ambushes. Does anyone know how this might have started or how to fix it?

Is it just that Fluffy was weak-stomached when Urist McBruisedguts came to the hospital after a battle that lead to a domino effect of animals being grossed out? Is it some seasonal animal flu? They're walking around fine, just leaving green trails...all over my food stockpiles, hospital, barracks, above-ground farms, workshops, mega-pile, and everywhere else...

Should I lock them all in a room and send in the Hazmat team after/if it passes? Should I have an animal genocide and hope Urist McAxelord doesn't go berserk? Should I just assign all my dwarves to just cleaning to try to stop the possible domino effect going on?

EDIT: 49 out of 106 animals are nauseous. Here's a screen shot of my dining room/kitchen/food stockpiles/bedrooms to help you realize the severity of this problem: Linky (Yes, I know it doesn't actually affect gameplay any.)


texts: I want to be clear, I am not asking how long a lure last (30 min). I'm asking; starting from the time that a Pokemon spawns from a lure how much time do I have to catch it before it disappears? Is it a set amount of time? Does it vary and if so what seems to be the average amount of time?


texts: How to open Battlefront2 from a desktrop shortcut?

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I got Battlefront 2 for free with the Epic Giveaway.
But to open it, both Origin AND Epic open up. Is there a way to open it with a desktop shortcut that does not open the Epic Launcher and/or the Origin software?


texts: Remove permissions lock on a Minecraft save

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I downloaded a pre-made Minecraft save-file to explore, and it worked really well. However, when I tried using the time set, gamemode, or any other console command, I get the error You do not have permission to use this command.

So there is obviously some sort of permission lock in the save file that doesn't allow me to use console commands. How can I disable this lock and enable commands?


texts: Why does Steam update my game when I tell it not to?

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I have a game that I don't play often, and would like to not update until I actually play it. So I went into the Properties of the game and under the "Automatic updates" section changed the option to "Only update this game when I launch it." However, every time I turn on Steam, the choice is reverted back to "Always keep this game up to date," even though I didn't change anything!

I turn off my computer every night, so the Steam program does completely close each day.

My questions are:

Why is this happening?
How do I stop it?


texts: In the Harry Potter Lego Years 1-4 for iPad (IOS) what are the two hidden challenges?

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For the IOS Version of this game, there are 34 achievements which are listed in the Game Center. Two of those are hidden challenges. I found out what one of them was, which is called Silence Please! and I completed it but no one seems to know what the other one is.

Would be very grateful if you could help because it has been bothering me for some time now and I would love to have achieved everything in the game! Thank you!


texts: Xbox One- Game clips keep disappearing/getting deleted

texts: For some reason, I've had problems with trying to keep funny moments and cool game captures on my Xbox One, as they keep disappearing. Just now, I was going to upload a funny clip so that it wouldn't get deleted yet when I got online - it's gone. Any idea on how to fix this? Any help is appreciated.


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Without a doubt, Unravel is one of the most graphically impressive 2D platformers. Unfortunately the game uses prominent depth of field effect (with film grain) that blurs the background , it is only possible to switch between "high" and "low" in the settings:

high

low (still noticeably blurred; enlarge the screenshot)


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How to make it permanently day/night
How can I make it always day/night?


texts: How do I change continent in Planetside 2?

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How can I change the continent I'm on in Planetside 2?

Sometimes I can deploy to another continent, but other times there's not way of switching.


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To contextualize, Aela is my follower and I am making the quest "The Forsworn Conspiracy", and I have been facing some problems with her. Sometimes she stops following me and stuff like that, which got solved just waiting.

After some time of the tiresome situation, I told her to head back to home (we are married too), and she started walking to the Shrine of Talos.

I tried to stop her by asking her to be my follower again, and giving the "Wait here." command, but she had already decided: She wanted to live forever inside the Shrine of Talos.

When I got inside the temple, I killed the guards, and she was standing there close to a rock column. No matter what, she would just stand there.

I tried to ask her to follow me again, then stop, then follow and every combination of commands a wife-follower can receive.

After I searching some forums, I went outside the temple and tried to teleport her to me, and after the teleportation, she started walking back to the Shrine of Talos.

Then another try, I used the console command to Kill her, and then Resurrect, which didn't work too...

I tried simply to kill her with weapons! And even after the message "Your follower leaves your service.", she headed back to the Shrine.

I am really pissed off because of that. Most of my saves are quicksaves, so the last save before this quest was way in the past.

I want her to start following me again and leave that temple!!!
Can anyone help me?


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I have a fairly modest town but it appears to be somewhat stable. I have armed two people with gear from the Froggies and would like to start exploring the dungeon, but I have not been able to figure out how to get there. I tried digging and putting a ladder into a hole from the second level down, but I can not seem to be able to change my view to that level. Do I have to dig in a specific location? I do not have Solider's as of yet, are they required maybe?

Edit: Game Information - As Xenox pointed out you can find the games website here. It is a Java based game so in theory anywhere Java runs it should though I do believe they have specific versions for Windows, Mac and Linux.


texts: A faster way for making developed cities in Civilization 5 SDK?

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The Civ 5 SDK makes modding and mapmaking extremely easy, but it has lots of limitations that have frustrated me. One of the most tedious things for me happens when making a scenario that occurs in a later era and requires more developed cities: having to manually add individual buildings and stats to each and every city.

For example, I am making a mod with a scenario that starts in the future era. In order for city stats to be realistic for that era, I need to manually check the boxes for every single building that is essential for prerequisite eras, such as granaries, markets, defensive structures, seaports, science buildings, etc. Otherwise, I would have an ancient era city in the future era and wouldn't be able to do anything useful with it.

It is very tedious and time consuming to manually add in this information to every single city on the map, and is the only thing holding me back from making really interesting and involved scenarios in mods. Is there a faster way to make developed cities in the SDK, such as copying cities, using templates for cities (for example, it would be really helpful if I could just place down a "future era city", similar to the developed city that is automatically created when founding a city in a later era) or using a Lua script?

If anyone can point out any features I may have missed about the SDK or has any suggestions, it would be very much appreciated!


texts: Do I need to have played Mass Effect to enjoy Mass Effect 2?

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I have never played Mass Effect, but I hear that Mass Effect 2 is great.

Do I need to play the first to understand the second?  Will I be lost?


texts: Automation of ore -> ingots using Applied Energistics and Thermal Expansion in FTB Monster 1.1.1

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This is my first question asked so please take it easy on me if I omit something!

I know someone will have asked this question of google previously but I can't find an answer for the life of me.

My goal is to automate the ore to ingot process from my ME network using Thermal Expansion machines. I want a bunch of specified ores to be automatically turned into ingots upon entry into the ME network with a caveat that one stack (64 ore) should always remain in the ME network. This is so that I can do whatever I please, on demand, with the ore for whatever purpose arises.

I have created the system of my choice as shown in the screenshots but I cannot work out how to create an instruction to always leave 64 of the ore in the ME network. I believe that ME Level Emitters can be used to control how many items are sent to a machine, but I kind of want the opposite: I want all items sent to the machine (in my case, an Induction Smelter) to be turned into ingots with 64 ore always left behind in the ME network.

To explain the system (screenshots) I have tested in creative so far:

1x precision export bus continually filling one of the Induction Smelter input slots with sand.

2x hoppers connected to 2x precision export buses to input defined ores into the Induction Smelter. I have used two export buses as it is only possible to specify eight ores per bus and I will probably be specifying more than this to be autosmelted into ingots.

1x basic import bus which transfers the output and secondary output back into the ME network when the process is complete.

This is currently working exactly the way I want it to except not being able to control 64 ore blocks being left in the ME network unsmelted.

Is there a way I can achieve this using purely Applied Energistics and Thermal Expansion items?

I am using FTB Monster v1.1.1 MC v1.6.4

Many thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.


texts: How to use poof on all meepos with a single command?

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In original dota it was not possible.
Is it possible to use poof on all meepos with a single command now?
I've tried ctrl-W with unified attack order ON but it doesn't work. (or maybe it was considered as OP)


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Leaving out Clairvoyance, wards and other items which reveal enemies like the new Wriggles in twisted treeline,

which champion skills grant vision through the fog of war? (e.g. in bushes?)

I'm not talking about stealth opponents.

For example:

Mundo's Cleaver (Q) does not reveal champions it hits.

Malzahar's Silence (Q) though reveals any champion it hits briefly.


texts: Suddenly all but 30 of my kittens vanished and none were working

texts: I had 68 kittens, but when I changed screens and went back, suddenly I only had 30 and none of them were working, anyone know why? (Catnip production is always 200+ a second) Village is 1908 years old


texts: As the Commando, how can I effectively combat large groups of children?

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When playing as the Commando in Risk of Rain, I always feel disadvantaged when I have the Sky Meadow as my second area. Particularly, I am having trouble handling large groups of children. While taking out a child or two, even of the tougher variants, is not a problem, these guys tend to spawn in rather large numbers. Seeing how they are very mobile and can dish out considerable amounts of damage, I am usually overwhelmed rather quickly.

I usually keep large groups under control using Suppressive Fire, but their numbers tend to be large enough to have a few still coming after me even if I use that skill. Full Metal Jacket also doesn't help too much, as I need to fire off at least several of these to take most of the group down.

My main problem is that I feel I do not have enough stopping power to handle this situation (a problem I do not have when facing this situation while playing as the Enforcer). What would be the best approach here?


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When roaming around the Grymoire, you can perform a very small jump/hop by pressing the circle button.

Does this have any use throughout the game, or is it just for fun?


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I have tried outstandingly hard, for hours now, to get the Red or "bad" ending. In this ending (spoilers obviously) you shoot the man in blue, and you find a bullet wound on yourself as well. You allegedly get this by having poor mental health, however after two separate attempts to completely and utterly destroy my mental health, I still get the blue ending. Not just the blue pill (apparently both start the same) but no gunshot wound on You, no trophy, no red mark on the main menu.

I have even started the whole game over and only shot enemies (earning the Antagonist trophy). I have completely ignored the need for sleep and food, only eating and saving to avoid game overs. I killed the majority of monsters in the game. I gave Hank enough pills to tranquilize an elephant, and told him to kill himself. I am still getting the blue ending. My character hates himself when he looks in the mirror (alternately he laughs maniacally or sees the world burning).

How on earth do I get the red ending if this isn't enough? On the psych report I have an "X" for mental health and an "A-" for blue ending path, insultingly enough. I have no idea if I need to get that A- lower or higher for the Red ending. If relevant I'm playing on PS3/vita, the "directors' cut" edition with the extra yellow/white endings.


texts: Link PS3 Diablo 3 character with battlenet/Diablo 3 forum?

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I purchased Diablo 3 for PS3 as a pre-order download. I don't own any other copies of D3 on any other platforms. I would like to post comments on the D3 forums, but it states: "You need a character (created in-game) to post on the forums." on the create topic button. I've looked for a game key in the PSN network confirmation email of my purchase, in the various menus in the game, the account management screens on PS3, and in the store under downloads... nowhere to be found. I'm probably going about this all wrong, but I just want to link my character my online Diablo III forum account. I did use the same email address as my PSN account when I created my account, and that didn't "automatically" link them... maybe this isn't possible with the PS3 version?

Any help is greatly appreciated.


texts: How to I get mods to my Minecraft server?

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I've downloaded a free Minecraft server from https://minecraft.net/en-us/download/server and it works! I can play on the server. But even if I start up Minecraft with Forge, the mods won't work.

For example, I have WorldEdit. When I type in //wand it says Unknown command. And when I place down furniture, they pop up for a second and then disappear.
Is there any way to get mods in to your own Minecraft server?


texts: Is there any significance of selecting one Pokémon from the list of nearby Pokémon?

texts: There can be many nearby Pokémon in the list but one of them show before other in the right bottom corner without clicking on it and it's mostly one of the unlocked one. So is there any significance of changing it?


texts: Why does Wrex keep saying I have a Quad?

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Wrex is an awesome character, and he seems very happy that the Genophage is going to be cured. One thing that is new to him in this game is that he's happy, and in his happiness, is cracking jokes (Krogan jokes, the best kind) and giving compliments.

"You've got a quad, Salarian"

"Ha. That's Shepard for you. What a quad."

It's not just Wrex either. Some other Krogans keep bringing it up. Is there any significance, or is this how Krogans talk?


texts: Can I get Mega Stones from Red for defeating him in Multis or does it have to be Singles?

texts: Can I obtain the Mega Stones from defeating Red in the 20th Multi battle or do I have to defeat him in the 20th Single battle?


texts: What does the telescope do in Curious Expedition?

texts: At the start of an expedition, I am able to buy a Telescope and a Sextant.  The Sextant has Reveal Distance: +2, which seems pretty straightforward.  The Telescope reads: Extra Map Point Chance: +30%.   I feel like I understand all of the words in that sentence independently, but not together.  Can anyone shed some light?


texts: What is the correct method for the Marine Stutter Step?

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A common method of Marine Micro is the "stutter step". How is this Marine Stutter step done and when should it be used?

For example is the Stutter step effective against Banelings, etc.


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I wasn't sure on which StackExchange site I should ask this, so I'll give it a try over here.

I installed sdlmame (0.140-1) and qmc2 (0.2.b17-1) as a frontend on ArchLinux.

I enabled a USB joystick control on the Options screen and calibrated it. I had to uncheck axises 0, 1, 4 and 5 since they are not working. I am using a regular USB gamepad with a D-Pad (direction controller) and 10 action buttons which are being detected correctly (or so it seems in the Test screen). Axises 2 and 3 seem to be working.

When I load a ROM, the action buttons are working fine, but the D-Pad has no reaction at all. It's weird since the test page shows the expected reaction to the pressing of the D-Pad, but I have no D-Pad functionality whatsoever in the games.

Any ideas?


texts: What's the maximum number of bones needed to tame a wolf?

texts: In my experience it can take as little as a single bone, what's the maximum it could possibly be?


texts: Why does my gun reload slowly sometimes even with Quick Eject Mag?

texts: Sometimes when I reload, it's nice and quick, but the majority of the time, it's as slow as not having a Quick Eject Mag. Is taking damage the cause of the problem, or does it depend on if it's night and maybe I'm tired (although I'm not playing Survival and as far as I know none of the mods I have installed would slow down the reload speed)?


texts: Does maximum overdrive do anything besides set you on fire?

texts: In #IDARB, if you score three times in a row, your character goes into maximum overdrive. You'll be set on fire, but does it have any other benefits like a speed boost?


texts: How do I turn Jute scrap into Jute bolts?

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Since I can't seem to find the answer anywhere, but I'm sure lots have done this, how do I convert Jute Scrap into Jute Bolts ? I have like 30 of these now, and want to craft.

Thanks!


texts: How to keep Terraria NPCS from letting monsters in?

texts: I attached my NPC's house to mine so that they had access to both homes but they keep letting monsters in ): Is there a way to fix this?


texts: What determines whether Destiny enemies are vulnerable or resistant to a particular damage type?

texts: This page lists the enemy shield types that are vulnerable to different damage types.  When I was playing recently, I noticed that a particular shielded enemy was resistant to Solar damage.  Are enemy shields that are vulnerable to one type of damage resistant to another type of damage?


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I have Bukkit server and i want to my world "Minigames": when played for example Tnt-spleef player fall down and teleported automaticly to edge of arena and spectate.
I know that vanilla minecraft commands won't help and i have tested it with Multiverse-portals, but teleportation works before the server is shut down or the Restart.
Have you any suggestions about other plugin that is lightweight and works as water teleporter?

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texts: Is there any way to skip cutscenes in Puzzle Agent?

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I've already played through the first bit on the iPhone (but I hated the controls), so now that I am playing it on the PC (where I like it much better), I was hoping I could skip some of the early cutscenes.

Is there a way to do this?


texts: Minecraft Tree Tipper Command Block Error

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I am trying to create a system that when you break any block on a tree, the whole thing will break. I successfully made that part, but ran into an error. I have it so the tree is relative to a bat named Tree1, so anywhere there's a bat named Tree1, there will be a tree. What I am having a problem with is that when ever I break a block on one tree, it affects all of the other trees. I need to know how to have the same bat under each tree(no differences what so ever), then somehow change the bat once it's tree gets chopped down. I could set it so that the player receives a scoreboard point when their holding an axe, and the tree would only fall when that player is in a certain range, but that might get messy around tress that are clumped together, and I also want to keep it as compact as possible. Here is the code:

Spawning the bat:

/summon Bat X Y Z {NoAI:1,Silent:1,CustomName:"Tree1"}

Setting the scoreboard:

/scoreboard objectives add Tree1 dummy Tree1

/scoreboard players set @e[type=Bat] Tree1 1 {CustomName:"Tree1"} (on a setblock clock)

Spawning the tree:

/execute @e[type=Bat,score_Tree1_min=1] ~ ~ ~ /fill ~ ~2 ~ ~ ~7 ~ log
/execute @e[type=Bat,score_Tree1_min=1] ~ ~ ~ /fill ~-1 ~4 ~-1 ~1 ~8 ~1 leaves 1 replace air

Testing to see if a block is broken:

/execute @e[type=Bat,score_Tree1_min=1] ~ ~ ~ /testforblock ~ ~3 ~ air (on a setblock clock)

Using a comparator to remove the tree:

/execute @e[type=Bat,score_Tree1_min=1] ~ ~ ~ /fill ~-1 ~2 ~-1 ~1 ~8 ~1 air

Spawning the dropped items:

/execute @e[type=Bat,score_Tree1_min=1] ~ ~ ~ /summon Item ~ ~2 ~ {Item:{Count:4,id:log,tag:{display:{Name:Wooden Log}}}}

Any help would be useful. Thanks.


texts: Do BoS Knights/Paladins/etc. stop dropping holotags?

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Under what circumstances would Brotherhood of Steel Knights, Paladins, etc. stop dropping holotags? I got on their bad side by killing the ones outside GnR Studio, but they were dropping them. However, the three Knights inside didn't drop holotags.

Is that normal for those three, did I encounter a bug, or do they stop dropping holotags once you've gotten on their bad side?


texts: Are negative effects from faith cards permanent?

texts: In Shadow empire it is possible to play a negative faith card to gain some faith points in exchange for a negative effect. Are these effects permanent or do they diminish over time?


texts: Can you convince old neighbours to move back in using the camping site?

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I recently built the camping site in town and I've had one camper. That was when I recently learned that you can convince campers to move in! I didn't let the camper move in so he left the next day. My question is can previous villiagers (villiagers who have moved out) camp at your campsite in town? And if so, can you convince them to move in again?
(If not, i'll probs just wait until another wolf camps)


texts: Can I fast travel a stolen car to my fortress?

texts: In Mad Max I've captured a scrap car and was wondering can I fast travel the car to my fortress and get the bounty on it, or will I just go there myself without the captured car?


texts: How to make a lever invulnerable/unbreakable in minecraft?

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I wanna know how can I make a lever invulnerable so that lava can't burn it and a player can't remove it.

I tried the following but it didn't work :

/scoreboard players tag @e[item=lever,r=10] add iMarker
/entitydata @e[tag=iMarker] {Invulnerable:1}

This processes something and no errors are shown but still the lever is burned by lava.


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From the wiki:

On your first playthrough of the game, you will find blueprints up to the Sky equipment (unless the player opens a Golden chest in the secret room activated by Calypso's Compass, which can give higher-level equipment), but the best equipment can only be found in the Dungeon or by defeating mini-bosses. In NG+, after beating the final boss for the first time, all of the equipment save the dark equipment becomes available; you will mostly find the new equipment in chests, but will rarely find blueprints for older equipment instead, especially once you have found all the new equipment.
The blueprints for the Dark equipment can be found after defeating the final boss in NG+ by fighting mini-bosses such as Botis, Barbatos & Amon, Stolas & Focalor, and Sallos. They can also be found in NG+ using Calypso's Compass.

I'm on my first playthrough, I already defeated the four bosses but didn't touch the final boss yet because I didn't have all pieces of Sky equipment yet, and since I'd like to get the all equipment achievement I was worried that - as per the wikia - advancing to the second playthrough would prevent me from doing that.
However, even before I completed the Sky equipment, I started getting Retribution equipment from The Land of Darkness! Even more, now I got a piece of Imperial equipment from a regular chest in The Land of Darkness! I'm confused because this is contrary to what is said by the wikia.
When can I safely defeat the final boss and advance to the second playthrough without being worried that this will prevent me from getting some lower level pieces of equipment?


texts: What stealth elements are in Half-Life 2 and how does the enemy AI detect the player?

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I would like to know what stealth elements are in Half-Life 2 and how does the enemy AI detect the player.

Specifically, I would like to know:

Can enemies detect by sound?

Will weapon sounds (gunfire, grenade explosion, crowbar hit sound) alert them? (even if not hitting them, but are within their earshot)
Will walking or crouch walking lessen sound (compared to sprinting)?

Can enemies detect light levels?

Do enemies detect light from the flashlight (and are you more likely to be detected with the flashlight on)?
Will hiding in dark places work?

Do enemies see behind their backs (i.e. Can you can sneak up on them if their backs are turned to you)?
Does hiding behind objects work (or do enemies see through objects)?
Are enemies alerted forever? (i.e. If they detected you, will they be permanently be on alert for you, or will they go back to their previous routine once you have been out of their sight for some time)
Do enemies alert each other if one of them has sighted you (or is detection, per individual enemy unit)?
Does the enemy notice you if you are near their vicinity (relative to enemy's location) or is enemy detection of the player scripted (fixed), and you can't avoid detection once you are in a certain area?
Any enemies with unique behavior when it comes to player detection?

You may have noticed that this is similar to my other question about Black Mesa. Please see this meta discussion on why they are posted separately.


texts: What quest is the quickest way to get candies?I need more candies to get more lollipops, to get the sorceress's hat.


texts: minecraft using skins on a family account

texts: I downloaded minecraft on my account on my xbox and bought a skin for my daughter.  I have since created her own login in our family account and wonder if there is a way to use the skins that i bought under my login for her login.


texts: Fusion Stones are confusing, not only is it hard to find them but I don't even know what they do. Can someone explain how they work, and what they are used for?


texts: How do I use a blueprint in VEGA Conflict?

texts: I've completed a couple of blueprints in VEGA Conflict, but they don't appear in research. How can I use them?


texts: How to avoid romancing jack but not making her mad? (Plus Tali and Liara)

texts: I've manage to avoid Miranda romance now she replies with the neutral response of shes got work to do and avoiding going on the left of Kellys' speech options. I like talking to the crew(and getting those paragon points) but now after her loyalty mission she asked if I have feelings for her. How do I tell her no without her getting frustrated and telling you not to talk to her anymore, or becoming disappointed and not wanting you to come around for awhile? The same goes for tali, how do I go about paragon choices without romancing tali accidentally? Doing the shadow broker and not having a romance situation with liara I've heard about?


texts: What is the effect of using Electrical Boxes / Fuseboxes in Cyberpunk 2077?

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In Cyberpunk 2077, in enemy territories there are fuseboxes or electrical boxes at walls. I check the criteria to use them but once I do, I don't understand their effect.
What effect has using the Fusebox?


texts: When is the cooldown on Lich Bane's proc reset?

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Lich Bane has the passive:

  Unique – Spellblade: After using an ability, your next basic attack
  deals bonus magic damage equal to 50 + 75% of your ability power. 2
  second cooldown.

When is the counter for the 2 second cooldown started?  Is it on creation or consumption of the passive?  As an illustration, consider this timeline:

0 Seconds: Kayle casts Righteous Fury.  This creates the Spellblade Passive
2 Seconds: Kayle stands around
2.1 Seconds: Kayle Autoattacks Caitlin.  This consumes the Spellblade Passive
2.3 Seconds: Kayle casts Reckoning on Caitlin.  Is spellblade created again?
2.5 Seconds: Kayle Autottacks Caitlin.

The critical point is the 4th step, whe Kayle casts her Q.  At that point it's been 2.3 seconds since the first instance of spellblade was created, but only .2 since the first instance was consumed.  Will a new instance of spellblade be created?


texts: How do I examine the door in Mass Effect 2?

texts: In the very first mission, after meeting Jacob, I am stuck at a job which says Examine Door. The current job is to defeat the hacked mechs whose army appears to be endless. There appears to be no end to their attack and the map leads to the door which says Examine Door. I am stuck. What shall I do?


texts: How long do subdued NPCs remain unconscious for?

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I was attempting The Osterman Mosaic, and found that you can't kill a subdued enemy with a Saber.

I assumed that the rotating animation above the NPC implied that he would eventually wake up, but so far no luck.

How long do NPCs take to awaken after being subdued, if they do?


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How can I equip the various atomic armor in Fallout 3?
I am already at level 22 but I still can't find anyone who can train me for equipping them.
They are really good armors...


texts: Do coffins block the movement of dwarves, like statues seem to do?


texts: What is the purpose of "The Harbour" in Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit?

texts: I recently got access to "The Island" in Hell Yeah: Wrath of the Dead Rabbit. When I assign workers to tasks, one of them is The Harbour. What is the reward for sending the workers hear since it gives a poor description?


texts: Minecraft Command Blocks - Empty players inventory to chest

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I am trying to build a spleef arena (and in the future more games) on a server that for everyone except admin is survival only. I want to set something up so that when they enter the waiting area to play, a set of command blocks empty their inventory to a chest, gives them the items needed for the game, removes said items after the game, then teleports them to en exit room with the chest containing their items.

Is this possible and how would I do it?


texts: How to start Endless Space as a complete beginner?

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I really enjoy 4x strategy games so I purchased endless space.

The problem is that I have been trying to play and understand what is going on but I am completely clueless.  The in game tutorials are information overload bombs and I have tried to find useful videos on youtube to help.

Can anybody show me a beginners wiki or any resource that would ease the learning curve?


texts: Why isn't my two station complex showing "Profitability" as a graph choice like the invidivual stations did?

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I am playing X3-AP.  I had two factories making Hornet and Mosquito missiles in Queen's Harbour.  They were both doing brisk business but I decided to pool their resources by turning them into a complex.  I towed the Mosquito factory over to the Hornet factory and placed a Complex Construction Kit between them.  I see the resulting combined station on my report and, from watching it's cash flow, it's doing great.

However, when I select Advanced -> Graphs for the Complex, there's only one choice: Stock.  None of the other choices (especially Station Profitability) even appear.

How did this happen?  Is there anything I can do about it?


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In Killer Instinct for XB1, you can select difficulty "Kyle", the thing is the difficulty setting continuously loops (go from easiest in the same direction and it loops back to easiest.

So what actually is Kyle? hard? easy?


texts: How do I use redstone repeaters to stretch the redstone limit?

texts: I was on my Survival world and was making piston doors. I since it's underground, I had to make it twist and turn. When I tried to add the repeater to stretch the redstone limit, when I flicked the lever, the pistons wouldn't move. I tried with less redstone and a shorter distance away from the pistons. It worked that time, but I need it longer. How do I make it stretch longer?


texts: I'm stuck at 1200 elo, how do I get higher?

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My problem is that im stuck at 1200 elo, I can't get any higher.
Sometimes I win, but I get a lot of trollers in my game.

Does anyone know how to get higher?


texts: How do I get back into my Terraria world?

texts: I've spent a long time playing Terraria and I'm about to defeat Duke Fishron, but a new update came to my kindle fire HD tablet on July-15-16 and when I tried to log into my main world, it would load and then crash the game. But it lets me on my other less sophisticated non-main worlds.


texts: Wand and a staff differences in Portal Knights

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What are the fundamental differences between a wand and a staff in Portal Knights?

It seems that staffs have higher damage, but I'm not sure if they have a lower fire-rate than wands.


texts: What's the cheapest way to achieve the salvaging monthly requirement?

texts: The monthly achievement I am closest to getting is the salvaging one, however I am still >120 items away. What's the cheapest means by which I can salvage the required number of items? I am not sure I have enough time to grind it out, so I'm thinking about getting something from the TP solely for the purposes of salvaging it.


texts: Is it possible to change city size in SimCity?  I heard many people complaining about being 2km x 2km, but don't know if somebody has done a trick or if Maxis is going to change it?


texts: Am I missing something? I can find plenty of tusks, but I just don't know if I can make them into powder myself or do I have to find them for sale?


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What is it?
Why is it needed? (What is it purpose?)
At what time intervals is it performed?


texts: Is it possible to get a shiny legendary? If so, when is it decided?

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A bit of a multiheaded question here, but it didn't quite justify being four different questions.

Is it possible to get a shiny legendary pokemon in the Pokemon games?
If so, when is it generated?
Does the overworld sprite reflect the shiny status?
Does this vary by generation?


texts: Automatically crafting Buildcraft Mining Wells

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Minecraft Version: 1.2.5
Mods: Buildcraft plus additional pipes plus logistics pipes, equivalent exchange, thaumcraft, IndustrialCraft, Forestry, RedPower2

Using the Buildcraft automatic crafting table in conjunction with the crafting logistics pipes, I've set up a large autocrafting system (currently 68 items, and always expanding), but I am running into an issue with adding the mining well to my system. The mining well requires an iron pickaxe, and those do not stack. Furthermore, the crafting pipe will not craft an item from an an automatic crafting table if there is not more than 1 item in each stack.

Is it possible (and if so, how is it done) to have an automatic crafting table craft items that require non-stacking items without having to babysit the automatic crafting table?


texts: How to rotate big structures 90 degrees in Minecraft Pc

texts: I have a big sculpture in Minecraft on my computer and wanted to clone it so I did it cloned but it's the wrong way. Could someone tell me a command to rotate it 90 degrees?


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I want to find Alira's encampment (Act II, Bandit Lords quest), but in the quest description says

  (...) Alira can be found to the west of the Forest Encampment through the Gloomwoods. (...)

But I can't see any place called "Gloomwoods" in the map.

So in which part of the western Act II map shall I find her encampment?


texts: Is there a reward for beating levels with every weapon in Splatoon 2?

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Each level in Splatoon 2's campaign has a checklist for which weapons you've beaten it with. Finishing this checklist requires completing every level in Splatoon 2's single player at least 9 times.

Is there any reward for completing each level in Splatoon 2 with every available weapon?


texts: Do non-player-entities affect move-staling?

texts: I've read that one's stale moves is tracked by the move-performer rather than who (or what) has been hit. Do attacks that hit stuff like Yoshi's Story's Fly Guys or Peach's turnips enter the stale move queue?


texts: my son got a switch lite for xmas, I set it up for him then made an account for me for parental control and finished setting up his account by adding him as a kid under family group in my account. Since he is not able to buy anything from shop but it's for view only, how can I buy a digital game for him so he can play it? Does it work like on playstation, if I buy a game he can play it too?


texts: Minecraft server when there are no players

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Possible Duplicate:
  Does time pass on a Minecraft SMP server if nobody is logged on?

What happens in the minecraft server when there are no players? Will my wheat still grow? Will animals continues to spawn?


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Okay. So, I just noticed that when I created a grabbable object who's ID is being tracked by the Object Mapper chip. The chip does not register that I have grabbed it if I am holding the makerpen. Only once I let go of the makepen, grab the object, then recall the makerpen again will the Object Mapper chip register me holding it. If I try grabbing it while holding the makerpen, the chip does not register that I have grabbed it.

This makes it difficult to debug circuitry. Was this intentional? I think it might be there since the new release of the view gadgets update.


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I was playing a customized private game with my friends and the zone we had to capture was always in fight as we were always there and almost no one died so no team was getting points for the zone. At the end, after some minutes, we just ended the game with a 0% for each team.

So, is there an actual time limit in Overwatch games*?

*I'm refering to the game mode dominion(not sure about the name, I'm refering to the ones where both teams have to capture a zone) or the others when it goes into Extra Time


texts: I want to create a circuit that when a button is pushed, one piston goes after a delay from another piston, but when the button is reset (i.e. when it is released), then the same piston retracts first and then the second piston retracts later.


texts: How can I connect a 5 1/4" floppy drive to my modern PC?

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I have a small collection of 5 1/4" floppy disks (early Sierra games) that I am trying to read.  How can I connect a drive that accepts these disks to my PC.

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texts: How do I use command blocks to check the scoreboard for one player remaining?

texts: Im trying to make a world where survivors have to live for 5 minutes, or the "Hunter" has to kill all the survivors within 5 minutes. Im using an xp timer for the clock, so all im stumped on is how to check when the there is only one player left (the hunter).


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I have been attempting to rebuild a "super smelter", following Tango Tek's design

However, for some reason, it won't work. The items to be smelted are not being distributed along the chain, like they should be.

I think it's because I'm using upside down stair blocks, next to the hoppers feeding the items... like so (forgive the crude drawing - on my mobile)

Basically, the stair block, in the original design, is meant to be a full block, which I believe locks the hoppers.

Is this the case?


texts: Do factions/civilisations in ETW have unique characteristics?

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Besides "racial" units, I seem to be observing some other unique traits to different factions. For example, I noticed in a custom battle that British line infantry seem to have different stats from, for example, French line infantry. On another instance, I just started the Prussian grand campaign and noticed that Austrian line infantry have 200 men as opposed to the normal 160. Are these all "racial bonuses"?

Is there a complete list of such racial bonuses for all playable factions (and maybe non-playables as well if they exist)? This isn't just limited to differences between military units - perhaps some factions have bonuses or penalties to things such as research rate, relations, public order etc? For the sake of completeness, the full list of racial units for each faction can be included in the answer. Thanks!


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Halbu and Jamella, the vendors in the Pandemonium Fortress, are quite mysterious characters, with very few spoken lines and just two purposes: repairing/vendoring and giving quests.

On their wiki pages there aren't any useful informations about them, so I was just wondering: has there ever been any Word of God about their lore? Are they just there to be useful? This always seemed odd to me, especially considering the deep lore that's always been a distinguishing trait of Blizzard's games...


texts: Do monsters endlessly respawn in Lara Croft & The Guardian of Light?

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I've returned to an area of the level I've already visited and a new patch of monsters emerged from the ground, similar to the batch I've originally encountered in that area. Does this mean that monsters endlessly respawn when continually re-visiting areas, or is there a limit to the number of spawns?

If the respawn is unlimited, does it also mean that revisiting areas is a good way to reach higher scores by killing more and more monsters?