texts: MGS 5 TPP: the game starts forever at PC

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I am starting Metal Gear Solid 5 TPP, Steam version... Skipping all the screens I finally press "Continue" and that screen lasts forever. I am able to paginate through advices, the loading circular icon is rotating, but nothing further and there is no way to return to the previous screen also.

Any idea how to fix that?

The first time this happened Sep 9 and it continues Sep 11 still, so it lasts 2 full days already. I tried it with internet both on and off. All up to date. The progress is 11%. Windows 7 64 bit. Everything was fine prior that day.


texts: How many missions until dog grows up? I had to go back to extract but I have done missions 1-10 so far and still hasn't grown.


texts: How do I reverse the activation of Pistons with redstone automatically?

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So basically, I want to make a hidden Piston door using Redstone that opens and shuts when I pull a lever.

As you can see, the door consists out of 14 sticky Pistons in total : 2 for the stairs, 4 in the middle to pull back and push out the stone in/outwards, and 4 on each side to pull back and push out the pistons with the stone. I'm going to call them S(Stairs), M(Middle), L(Left) and R(Right). I have ways and means to power each of those groups individually and with repeaters I can change when they activate.

For opening and closing the door, I'm using levers on both sides of the door combined with and XOR gate underground, so that the door will close/open no matter what lever I use or in what state the other lever is.

The basic order here is: When the door opens, M pulls the stone blocks back, after that L and R pull these pistons with the stone in the wall. When it closes, the order is reversed: L and R push M out, M then pushes the stone blocks. S here doesnt matter, since it doesn't interfere with the others.

The problem here is : How do I REVERSE the order of activation for the components L, R and M for when it closes and shuts? So Opening : M, L+R | Closing : L+R, M
Or: Do you know a different way to make this work?

Because of the way the door works, simply executing the same order will break the door :
M won't retract at the right time and will simply stay in the 'closed' position and will retract and extend, but not be moved by L and R.

Sorry for the length of this and thanks in advance.


texts: Can you change your hair in Animal Crossing Gamecube? I don't know!


texts: Can the player review their work in Zen Bound 2?

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An achievement within Zen Bound 2, called Meticulous Detonator, involves triggering all the paint-bombs in each level within a collection of levels called the Tree of Focus. While attempting to obtain the achievement, I've completed each level in the collection, triggering paint-bombs where I've found them, only to become stymied when the achievement didn't pop. It's possible there was something I've overlooked in one of the levels with the low-contrast paints, or that one of my ropes slipped off a nail when I was tying off my rope.

What I'd like to know is; Is there a way to quickly review my completed level solutions and check out my rope-wrapped wood carvings, so I can quickly find the level where I didn't catch each paint-bomb? Is there some indicator I'm missing? Or do I have to go through them all again and again, hoping beyond hope that someday the achievement will see fit to ding?

I mean, there's meticulous, and then there's anal... But I guess nobody said Zen would be easy.


texts: Cannot overwrite village what should I do?

texts: Hi I want to transfer my clash from ios to android but when I typed code after it I  see this message cannot overwrite village what should I do? Thank you


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I just recently acquired a green/blue prisoner. I have never seen one before, so I don't know what to do.

Is he one of those 'convicted guards/staff members' or something? Do I need to put him in a special cell?

Any help or advice will be appreciated.

EDIT: Here's another one:


texts: Is there a french translation for Endless Space?

texts: I would like to play Endless Space in French. Is there any way to do it? I use Steam in French already.


texts: In Minecraft: Pocket Edition on the iPod, how do you get lava in a bucket in Survival Mode?


texts: I've found online that apparently your signs deal a lot more damage if you don't have any sword equipped or you have your sword sheathed. But does it also affect the power of your Quen shield for example? And what about other signs? Does having no swords for example simulate a double sign intensity maybe? Does anybody know this?


texts: How can I obtain Steam achievements in Torchlight after "finishing" the main story?

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I finished the main story of Torchlight way before Steam introduced achievements. Now I have my Level 50 character and am doing quests.

Is the only way to get some of the achievements (such as "Over the Brink", etc.) for events occurring in the main story to replay it?


texts: Do I need to play the previous God of War titles to understand God of War (2018)?

texts: In order to fully understand the story of God of War (2018), do I need to play any of the previous titles in the series, or can I just jump in?


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I have been working on a map on the java version of Minecraft for about 6 months now, and now that the Windows 10 edition of Minecraft is getting more and more features, I'd like to be able to export my world from the java version, to the Windows 10 edition.

My map is built in 1.10, and blocks like Purpur are used a lot. (blocks that aren't available on the Windows 10 edition)

In a nutshell: How do I export my minecraft worlds on the Java version to the Windows 10 edition? Do I have to wait until all blocks, features, and commands from the Java version are available on the Windows 10 edition?


texts: What are all the factors which affect escape chance?

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According to the question "What are all the factors which affect catch chance?" I would like to know what influences a Pokémon to escape.

Example: I do not know if this is a subjective cognition, but I think that Abra has a much higher escape rate than other Pokémon (the same like in the Pokemon Series).

Proof:

Seen: 13 Times
Caught: Only 7 Times ( where 3 are from eggs)

So the bilance would be 10-4 without eggs, what would be a catch rate of less than 50% (no statistical significance of course).

What are other factors except the Pokémon itself?


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One of the titles, and achievements, in Half Minute Hero: The Second Coming, is:

  Keep Piling on the Debt

  Unlocked "Debt Bird Buster" title.

In order to try and trackle this one I went back to the earliest level I found with a bank (I think it is quest 18, but there's got to be one even earlier than that), leveled to about level 80, then faced the debt bird.

It was not pretty. I took 400 damage in one hit and died in 4. With 0 coins left, a time reset cost of 1,100 and only a few seconds left on the clock, I hit "give up."

I made another run where I tried to ask for the debt as late as possible, hoping that this would make the debt cop less powerful, but it didn't get me anywhere.

How do I go about to accomplish this feat?


texts: Are you immune to the 5 death rule after you acquire the glow effect to your file stars?

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Once you complete the game you are given stars that are located on your file. You acquire different stars for different goals that you accomplish, up to 5. My question lies with the glowing or shiny stars, I know that if you don't die over 5 times in a single level then your accomplishment stars will all glow. What I was wondering was if you've already received the glow effect are you immune to the 5 death rule from then on while trying to accomplish the other goals? Or will the glow disappear?

I'm sure you know what I'm referencing but in case you don't:


texts: I've built a fenced area in Minecraft in which cows, pigs and over wildlife I intend to congregate.  Only problem, how can I make them happy?  In that they quite often bounce by the fence, wanting to get out.  Any recommendations?


texts: What Does the Switch in 'The Construction Site' Do?

texts: I almost missed it, but this box is one of the switches like you see in the first tutorial level.  I hit it with my bionic arm, and there was a satisfying clunk, but I have no idea what it did.  Did it change something waaaay back down at the bottom of the level?


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Possible Duplicate:
  Move character between accounts

My husband and I bought one copy of Diablo 3 and, after creating some characters of my own on his account and playing around with them for a while, I discovered that I really enjoy the game. Now I'd like to download a second copy of Diablo 3 and create my own account, but I've grown quite attached to my characters and would love to be able to move them to my new account.

Is this in any way possible? How would I contact the admins to request something like this?


texts: Config setting for the threshold between single/multiple item handling?

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You know this slider that appears when you try to handle a stack of more than five items in the inventory?

I find that repeating the "Store" or "Sell" key is easier and faster to use, and really don't need the slider until I have a stack of 20 items or so. It's really cumbersome to use this slider when you want to dump half your stacks of potions and whatnot to your house.

Would it be possible to change the threshold at which it appears, through a config file or maybe the console?


texts: Minecraft 1.8 - Making the fill and clone commands easier to use

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So I've been playing with the 1.8 snapshots and now pre-release for a few months now, and the /fill and /clone commands are fantastic for a creative-prone player like myself. No longer do I have to sit around waiting for Bukkit and WorldEdit to get up to date so I can build and modify large areas.

Having used these commands extensively (along with copious amounts of scratch paper for writing down coordinates) I'm wondering: is there a way I can to simplify setting the start/end coordinates for these commands? Like WorldEdit's //wand.


texts: What criteria to look for when placing pokemon to defend gyms?

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What kind of pokemon should I place in the gyms? There is this gym defence tier list which has pokemon with high hp in it.

Is that the only thing we should look for? Does DPS, attack moves, CP matter or is hp the most important thing?


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Some times when you trade with an acquaintance you get a prompt asking if you want to be friends with the other person. Most of the times it does not. It happens randomly too. It could be  after the first trade  after just trading 1 pokemon or it could happen after the 3rd trade request with that person after trading 10 pokemon.

When and how can I get the friend request to appear?


texts: Is there a trick for Anno 1404 to automate transportation with min/max?

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Anno 1404 has two modes of trading / transportation:

Trade routes. This is both for trading with NPCs, and for transportation between one's own settlements.
Passive trade settings for NPCs that visit with their ships. This setting is equivalent to min/max values (I think), but it is limited to trading with others.

Unfortunately, the option 1 (trade routes) needs continuous babysitting:

Ships always pick up as much as they can, and don't care to leave a minimum stock.
Ships always take the first item in the queue, even if other items have a higher stock. E.g. they rather take 2 pieces of wood than some of the 150 pieces of coal, if the wood is first in the queue.
Leftover goods stay forever in the ship, which means the ship may go back and forth without trading anything.

The only in-game solution seems to be to frequently change the trade route settings.

It is killing the fun of the game for me, so I thought maybe I am missing something here.

Related questions:

In Anno 1404, is there any way to automate swapping resources between settlements?
This is just asking for trade routes.
How do I maintain a constant amount of a good on an island via trade routes?
This is for Anno 2070.


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I have never seen a legendary item drop from a treasure goblin, and am beginning to wonder if it's even possible for them to drop one.

Can Treasure Goblins drop legendary items? And does the type of Treasure Goblin matter?

I have read How do the Treasure Goblins work, however it does not address this question at all in either the question or the answers provided.


texts: How many hexes can a city use in Civilization: Beyond Earth?

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When I started my game, I originally assumed that my city could use 36 hexes, or up to a 3 hex radius beyond the city's origin hex, as it was in Civ V.

However, I noticed my second city's borders expanding to 4 beyond the founding hex, as seen in this screenshot in the tiles heading off to the left/west:

So now I'm confused as to what the actual limitation is on city growth. What is the maximum number of hexes a city can end up using?


texts: I never got this sidequest and I'm worried that it might effect the outcome of the game it says on this site I need to complete 4 side quest and I did all other 3 quests. Does it matter that I didn't do Reason of State. Can I still get the ciri lives and becomes a witcher outcome? Thanks


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I have a new Windows computer that is not running any game properly. I already reformatted it because the Windows it came with was full of manufacturer trash. I installed all drivers from manufacturer sites and stopped the superfech perfech thing and also changed the Windows power settings to max performance, used cache dumping programs, Ccleaner, stopped Windows Defender and Windows Update and defragmented the HDD but I'm still facing stuttering in every game.

The stuttering is like, its at 120 fps super smooth but suddenly goes to 10 then back to 120 then 10 then 120 every 30 secs, which makes everything unplayable. In games that allow forced max FPS I force it to 30, but still stutters.
I have a Intel i7 8th generation, 8GB ram, Nvidia MX 150 4GB GPU and 1TB WD Blue HDD.
It's fairly decent and should be running most modern games at least on low, but even super optimized games like GTA, and old games like The Sims 1 and Minecraft stutter for some reason. What should I do?

By the way, if I go to task manger, I see that the Nvidia GPU is only being 5% used, I don't even know if that has something to do or what not. It has an Intel chipset that it treats like a video card but it stays at 0% usage forever. HDD is only 100% at startup, after 2 minutes it goes to 2% or 3%.


texts: Where can I find Warframe parts for the newest update?

texts: I'm wondering for the newest Warframe update (Specters of the Rail), I was wondering where the warframe part drops are.


texts: Who declares the end of the end of the Era in the Elder Scrolls series?

texts: Each era in Tamriel is marked by a historical event, like how Martin Septim ended the Oblivion Crisis, marking the end of the 3 Era. One thing that confused me is WHO declares the end of Eras?


texts: Do different dishes give more cooking EXP?

texts: I'm trying to max out the party's stats. I rubber-banded my controller while I was at work and maxed Gladiolus' Survival stat. Now I'm working on Ignis' Cooking stat. When setting up camp, does it matter what dish I have him cook, in terms of EXP gained? Do dishes with rarer ingredients award more EXP?


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I am playing Diep.io and I would like to know how to become another tank in Diep.io.

For example, I see an Overlord and would like to become that tank.


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It seems impossible to defeat the Lich!
Is there a way to defeat it? Should I start with the skeletons and then go for him?

It seems that it raises the skeletons back to life... so what should I do?


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I was playing the first Trevor rampage mini game when I'm sure it popped up saying press 'X' and something to perform a quick u-turn.

Any ideas what it is or did I just misread it?


texts: I have both 2013 & 2014 DOPW on my laptop, how can I swap decks between the two???


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From what I understood, Demon's Souls had servers thus why they originally were going to shut down the servers [1]. However from what I hear, Dark Souls is P2P based.

Is this true, and if so why does this recent tweet mention Dark Souls servers? What servers would this be regarding? Official sources in answers would be great; my only thoughts is say PC uses GFWL servers for matchmaking?


texts: Can I persuade my liege to go to war for me on one of my claims?

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If I am a Duke in Sweden and I have claims on counties or duchies in another country, can I convince my liege, the King of Sweden, to take our entire country to war so I can obtain those titles? Is this possible in current game mechanics?

The reason I ask is that I am unable to take the entirety of Norway on in war as a Duke with only another Duke as an ally.


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It loads to about 80% on the bar, but not further. Wondering if anyone else have had the same problem.
If you have experienced the same thing PLEASE let me know if you have a fix for it.

The crash is just that it stops working, tho it takes some time for it to crash.
Not very keen on starting a new game file.

Don't know if it makes any difference, but i just finished act 1 and bought the Ghost vehicle on Uplay store right after saving the game.


texts: How to quickly toggle the HUD+Weapon in Doom 2016 (without going into Options)

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Doom 2016 is such a beautiful game. I like taking snapshots of the scenery, but always have a bigass gun and reticle in the way. Is there a way to quickly disable the HUD and hide the weapon, do a screenshot, and then re-enabling the HUD? Maybe a console command?

I don't want to delve into the Options every time... "aint nobody got time fo' that!".


texts: Looking For List of Pokemon in Pokemon Outlaw

texts: Been playing this hack recently and while it is pretty fun, I was wondering if there was a list of which Pokemon are obtainable, since every time I try to Google it, the only results I end up with are YouTube playthroughs of the game.


texts: How do you access Gardens of Briar in the Sorcery! series?

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In Sorcery! 2, there is an area on the bottom of the Upper Kharé map labelled Gardens of Briar. It appears to have a path going through it and a cave/mine, but attempting to follow the path there doesn't give you the option to go that way at the fork, as far as I can tell. There is a house at the fork, though, that seems to be pointless during my playthroughs, so perhaps there is an option there that I have not realized.

These tweets seem to indicate that somehow, there is a way.

I've read hints that it is not accessible until Sorcery! 4, so an answer from that game, or any other Sorcery! game, is acceptable as well.


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In the Unity of Command manual, when discussing specific combat calculations example (see image below), it is stated so:

  Specialist Step Loss: 4 red Xs on the combat sheet show that all Soviet losses will be absorbed by regular steps because NKVD is in position 5. If the same unit is attacked again however, the NKVD will be first in line to take a loss.

Does it mean if it is attacked in the same turn, or at any of the subsequent turns? How does suppression factor into this? For instance, if on the next attack specialist step is suppressed, and then the next attack after that causes one or two losses, will it affect the suppressed steps first or only those active steps actually participating in combat, thus sparing the specialist? In that case, is the order of steps changes?

Also, does it mean that the most beneficial position for the specialist is the last, eighth step for the full-strength seven step regular, and for that reason it should be returned into the force pool via reorganization if the unit it’s currently attached to suffers heavy casualties to prevent its loss, so it can be re-attached to a stronger unit later?


texts: How to set width of terminal for nethack?

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I just tried running nethack (installed on ubuntu, apt-get install nethack) and found it unplayable because it has a really narrow width:

Why is it so narrow? How can I tell nethack to you the full width? My terminal actually has 271 columns, so there is plenty of unused space.


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In game the word itself is titled as all caps which leads me to assume that it's an abbreviation for something.

For example, X-COM (XCOM) is all caps, and stands for "Extraterrestrial Combat Unit".

What does ADVENT stand for? Searched through the XCOM archives and have found no reference to what it exactly stand for.


texts: When I try to turn on the flashlight, it doesn't light anything up, and instead gives me lots of lag. It only lights up ragdolls, from what I've seen.


texts: Do I gain any experience from killing plants?

texts: I can kill plants to get them out of my way but that usually results in me getting either poisoned or mana burned. Those negative effects usually mean I don't super want to kill the plants, because those effects are rather annoying, but if I do decide to kill the plants, do I get anything positive, like experience, from doing so?


texts: The Director - Can you see what difficulty modifier you are at, and modify it?

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In Left4Dead, they say that the game runs an 'AI Director' that will make things harder if you are having too easy of a time, and make the game easier if you are having a hard time.

I would guess that 'Director modifier' is a value you could consult/change.

So is there a way to see the value of the 'Director difficulty' and is there a way to change it (like lock it to the easiest/hardest director or something like that)


texts: What does it mean to say that the Turtle Armor "increases chances of being targeted by enemies"?

texts: The tooltip for Turtle Armor says that it "[i]ncreases chances of being targeted by enemies". Can someone explain what this means? It seems to me that every enemy that spawns targets me anyway. Does it increase spawn rate, like a water candle? If you're playing single player, what (if anything) does it do?


texts: What do the qualities applied to monsters mean?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What are the special abilities the unique/champion monsters can have?

I fought a gold colored zombie dubbed 'Nightmarish' in its qualities bar.

What does Nightmarish mean? What other qualities excist and what do they mean?


texts: I completed the map quests and have 86 starites. Where are the rest?

texts: I've completed every quest in every area, and the world map is chock-full of check marks, but I only have 86 starite out of a possible 106. Where are the rest of the starites?


texts: Does "Spy Fox: Hold the Mustard" take place before or after "Spy Fox: Operation Ozone"?

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Does Spy Fox: Hold the Mustard take place before or after Spy Fox: Operation Ozone? I'm pretty sure that it was released between Spy Fox in Cheese Chase and Spy Fox 2: Some Assembly Required which was before Spy Fox: Operation Ozone.

The thing that bothers me is that the Spy M.E.S.S., which features prominently throughout Hold the Mustard is apparently built by Professor Quack during Operation Ozone.

So where does in the series does Spy Fox: Hold the Mustard fit chronologically?


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I'm trying to find a way to set up some command blocks in bedrock edition so that when a player dies, torches are cleared from a certain area.
So far, I have this:
All chain command (cc) blocks and all always active, requiring no redstone
cc1: /scoreboard objectives add hasDied dummy (unconditional)
cc2: /testfor @a[score_hasDied_min=1] (conditional)
cc3: /scoreboard players set @a hasDied 0
cc4: /fill -14 27 74 95 35 270 minecraft:air 0 destroy minecraft:torch 1


texts: How to find which region is your game client?

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This thread suggests that an update loop when playing on EU servers could be caused by having a US game client version instead of EU.

Is there a way to check which client version you have installed?


texts: How do I transfer my PS+ to another PSN account?

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I have one account that I have bought a ton of stuff on, but I cannot access it as I must have randomized the date of birth. I have tried many ways to access by trying all types of passwords I would use, and the date of birth of almost everyone in my family but it still won't work.
I think my only choice is to transfer the PS+ another PSN account, because I know everything will be on the PS4.
Does anyone know of a way to move it?


texts: I noticed today when I went to fly my balloon, one area had a blue star on it. What does that mean?


texts: What's the significance of the sector breakdown on the War Map?

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I've played a bit of multiplayer now and whenever I do, the readiness rating bonus that I receive seems to get applied to every single sector. When I go to my single-player game, these values always seem to be exactly the same.

  Do the values for these sectors ever change so that they're not all
  the same?

  Assuming it does:

  What causes that to happen?
  Does the Galactic Readiness become an average of the sector scores?


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Is the Logitech Vantage USB Microphone for PS2/PS3 compatible with Wii?

I'd like to use one for Disney Sing It Wii game.


texts: What Invocations should I select for a Warlock?

texts: I'm playing through the OC and Mask of the Betrayer using a mostly pure Warlock build. What invocations should I learn to maximize my effectiveness?


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I'm preparing for a wizard/dragon attack in a war. The base I'm going to attack is TH 7 with 2 level 4 air defense placed on either side of it. I'm going to lewer out and destroy the CC troops with the wizards.

When deploying the dragons should I deploy them close one of the air defenses, away from both, or split between the two?


texts: How many skills/items/upgrades can I buy in a single playthrough?

texts: I just started Dishonored last night and I was wondering, just how far can I get in the tech tree in a single playthrough? Can I buy everything? Are there branches that cut each other off or simply not enough coin to buy it all?


texts: Once you've completed the quest to kill the oversized slug-thing that is Duriel, the correct Tal Rasha tomb symbol no longer shows up in your quest log.  How do you find him to kill him again?  Is there an easier way than going into all 7 tombs?


texts: MacOS 1.8.5 + Minecraft 1.6.4 doesn't close cleanly - CPU 100%

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A vanilla Minecraft installation on my Macbook Pro will regularly take my CPU to 100% and keep it there even after quitting.  I don't think I'm doing anything particulary demanding with my setting, and in any case, it really does seem as if it's a bug if the game won't quit cleanly.

I'd certainly appreciate any advice on steps I might take to workaround this.  I will try a completely clean reinstall just in case previous experiments with resource packs have caused a problem.

Further Information/Update: The problem recurs with a new install, but does not happen on a different map.  The safe map is much smaller (a flat world that I use in creative to do redstone experiments); the unsafe map is pretty large I suppose, though hardly enormous and it used to work fine.  Is there any possibility of corruption in map data leading to this buggy behviour?


texts: How rare are Implant Circuitry Mk. III components?

texts: I've just reached Gateway Bravo in The Surge 2, so I'm a decent ways into the game. Most of my gear is now at Mk. V or better, except for my implants. Those are still on Mk. II,  since I have only found a single Mk. III Implant Circuity component thus far. Is this intended, and I'll be finding more later? It's a tad frustrating to only be able to stack 3 healing injections this far into the game.


texts: I feel like I've barely started the game, yet am already level 34. Some companions are capped at level 40, and others still at 30. Is there a way to unlevel myself, or cap my own levels, so that my followers don't become irrelevant due to me skyrocketing to level 60?


texts: How do I fix a CAW Moveset glitch in WWE 2K14 Online?

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I play WWE 2K14 on Xbox Live, and for some reason, when I play Xbox Live with my Created Superstar, the moveset I created will not work.

When I fight, it has the starting moveset that the game gives to every starting CAW.

If you know, how do I fix this glitch?


texts: How far do I have to place torches so that mobs will not spawn near me?

texts: Since torches prevent mobs from spawning, is it possible to place enough torches within a specific radius to ensure safety during the night? I'm thinking of a situation without any shelter built, more along the lines of a flat plain. If it is possible, how many torches/how far out do I need to go to make that area safe?


texts: When one ship rams another, how is the damage or survivability calculated for both ships?  I've seen some instances where both ships were destroyed and others where only one ship was destroyed.


texts: Is it possible to repair pickaxes in Starbound 1.0?

texts: There is another question on here about repairing and its information appears to be out of date. Wikis say you can do this but reddit says you can't, anymore.


texts: How do I farm effectively as a lone Assassin (Zero)?

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I've been following this site for months, yet haven't ever seen any legit experience farming techniques for the Assassin, unless coupled with teammates.

I'm a level 48 in TVHM, trying to level up a bit quicker. I don't have friends playing on console so I'm on my own, meaning most of these tactics and techniques aren't useful for me.

I can't find any when searching, either, all I find is the methods for Sal, etc. So what tactics and strategies should I be taking for experience farming as a lone Assassin?


texts: is there a way to click a spot on the map and gain that area?

texts: I need to find a way to gain everything just by clicking the location.


texts: Miners ignore storage barn near the mine

texts: I've built a separate storage barn near mines for my miners. But it seems that they completely ignore it. They put iron near the mine and no one takes resources to the storage. How can I make them put resources there?


texts: Do Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Legend use the same engine?

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Do Tomb Raider: Legend, and Tomb Raider: Anniversary use the same game engine? The character models definitely look the same.

Legend's has a feature called "Next-Generation graphics." Is there a way to turn it on in Anniversary?


texts: Text gets cut off on Match of the Day description in Smite

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The text in the description of the Match/Mode Of The Day gets cut off when the text is too long in Smite (at least on Xbox One).

Even after the First Win... text disappears, the rest of the description is still hidden.

Is there a way to see the full description somewhere online? Or is there a way to scroll the text I just haven't discovered?

I'm using a regular HDMI set to 1080p, TV is decent size, safe zone is set to "1" (max) in Smite's video settings. I'm pretty curious because it seems an easy bug to fix (set the text to auto-scroll maybe), and also because I don't see anyone else complaining about it in forums.


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Near Zora's Domain are several stone slabs that tell the history of the Zora. One of them tells of a time that Prince Sidon fought a giant octorok:

Prince Sidon's Great Escape
There was once a giant Octorok in Hateno Bay, large as a mountain, which terrorized the village's fishers. Hearing of their distress, Prince Sidon went forth to personally eliminate the offending Octorok. But this Octorok was a tricky beast.
After the prince dodged one of the stones it spat, it inhaled him whole. Such had been the fate of many strong warriors who went to slay the Octorok. Not one had come back alive. Just as it seemed Prince Sidon would be counted among them, the giant Octorok twisted in pain. The tip of a silverscale spear pierced the Octorok's stomach from within, revealing itself as the source of the beast's agony.
Incredibly, Prince Sidon had fought his way out by stabbing his spear over and over into the monster's stomach. Unable to bear the pain, the Octorok coughed up the prince and scrambled to escape. Ever since, the fishers of Hateno Bay have passed down this heroic tale: The Prince Who Slew the Fell Octorok.

After I found this, I went to Hateno Bay, looking forward to fighting a giant Octorok. I have not been able to find any such monster, however.
Is this tale just purely for world-building lore? Most of the tablets are, but at least one gives you a real hint about an actual treasure, so this could be meant as a real hint as well. Has anyone seen this octorok?


texts: Strategy to prevent that Kobold Sappers are destroying barricades

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In the final level, I try to lead all enemies to a specific point using barricades - that works very well, except for Kobold Sappers. These are destroying my barricades (with their backpacking bomb).
What is a good strategy to prevent them doing this? Beside killing them as early as possible, obviously.


texts: Why does Desura think it's already installed on my Mac?

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When I go to Desura's site and click Download Desura, I get two options:

Desura is installed
Let's play!
Install Desura
For Windows

I've never been to the Desura site before. This machine is about 2 months old. I'm pretty certain Desura is not installed.
Clicking on "Let's play" does nothing. It's a link to desura://refresh/. I've tried running open desura://refresh/ in the shell, and it appears that nothing on my machine recognizes the desura: URL scheme.
What makes Desura think that I have it installed already? How can I get the download URL?


texts: How many gigs of internet does it cost to download Minecraft on my PC. I only have seventy gigs, so I am afraid it will use them all.


texts: Starcrawlers: How can I exit a mission partway through?

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In Starcrawlers, how can I exit a mission I am currently running?

I started a mission and am most of the way through, but won't be able to beat it. All but one of my characters have died. How can I exit the mission and go back to town to heal?

I searched through all of the menu options, but don't see any buttons or decisions for this. I am not able to call a ship to pick me up. There are no locations on the map to return. How do I get back?


texts: Confused and horrible at SC2. How does a noob go from bronze to GM?

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Bought the game 1 and a half months ago, stuck in bronze, 2nd position(win:50, lost: 58) but I'm horrible and don't know how to get better.

I'm using hotkeys, camera keys, constantly train scv, upgrade my units, expand but still get mega PWNED by all 3 races. My wins have generally consisted of leavers, players that freak out at a cloaked banshee and so on.

I don't have a build order. Also I feel that I don't know how to counter the units that my opponent has. Every time that I play, my army generally consists of upgraded marines..some marrauders, siege tanks and some medivacs but as I said, I get mega ultra pwned.

So, I know that this kind of question may be broad but any advices on how to get better?
Thanks in advance!


texts: How can I avoid being slingshotted when kiting?

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I'm experimenting with a kiting Condor with tracking disruptors, and it works rather well against many frigates and even destroyers when I can avoid making stupid mistakes. Any turret ship with just afterburners has no chance of course, but some of the faster combat frigates with MWD can give me considerable trouble.

In a recent fight a Rifter managed to catch me and kill me. The Rifter is a bit slower than the Condor, but not much. So with some overheating it has a pretty good chance of performing a slingshot maneuver and catching me while I try to kite it.

What can I do to prevent that? How do I tell that my opponent is trying to slingshot and how can I maneuver to avoid being caught and scrammed?


texts: How lucky long can I leave a dweller out for?

texts: My dweller is a level 24 Alexander Synder with high luck and medium everything else - he has 25 Stimpaks and 11 RadAways, he's already been out 9 hours but I wondered if he'd survive overnight for another 8-9h?


texts: Final Fantasy for iphone: increase font size

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I just downloaded FF (the original) for iphone, having been happy with FF3 for iOS. However, font size, item lists, etc, are insanely and nausea-inducingly small. I find it even hard to see how the character models actually look like. In fact, as is I declare the game unplayable.

Is there any way to make at least the font size and item lists (eg, shops, inventory) larger?  The basic finger swipe doesn't work, and nothing in the config section.


texts: How can I fix the screen going black after the "hello games" title showing up?

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I launched the game and it displayed the Hello Games intro and then the screen goes black. No patch seems to fix this. How can I fix this issue?

Technical specifications: 8 GB RAM, 2.10 GHz AMD A6-3500 APU with Raedon HD graphics and 64 bit windows 10.


texts: Arkham Asylum : Final Boss - Quickly Beating Joker's Henchman

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After rebuying the game to finally get to play it (it was cheaper to buy a PS3 version than to buy the controller needed to get the PC version to play like I want), I have stormed the game and really enjoyed it.

Except for the final boss. In my opinion it has ruined the game for me. It is so stressful. Sure Poison Ivy's fight was as well but it was more difficult than stressful. The time allocated to dispose of the henchman until Joker turns his back so I can pull him off the platform is just too short for me. Perhaps this is just me. Did anyone else have this annoyance with the final boss?

I have tried various strategies including IGN's method and it just doesn't work. I even tried using Explosive Gel as well. Did anyone manage to find a fool-proof strategy?


texts: How to unlink my Nintendo ID from the 3DS?

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My 3DS has some games downloaded. I want to make it stop using my current Nintendo ID when entering the store. I see two ways to do so:

Factory reset: This is absurd.
Delete the Nintendo ID, and destroy any games purchased by it: Are you kidding me?

What am I supposed to do? I just want to unlink my Nintendo ID from this device without losing anything.


texts: Is it possible to have a second monitor that is unaffected by fullscreen games on the first monitor?

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I like to have movies and whatnot going on in my smaller second monitor, typically while playing games. Sadly, some older games have absolutely tiny resolutions compared to what my main monitor can crank out, and running them fullscreen pushes everything around on the second monitor.

As an example, say I run an 800X600 game on my main 1920X1080 monitor. Everything not in that 800X600space is then shoved onto my second monitor, thus pushing everything that was ACTUALLY on that monitor off into some weird negative space.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this, besides playing in windowed mode? I can't SEE anything with the windows that small, sadly. My eyes aren't the best.


texts: How can I find a game in Steam that has had a trial period in the past?

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A while back I played an awesome Steam game. The game normally costs around $20 but there was a free trial period/weekend at the time, so I played it for a little. Now a year later I really want to buy the game because I have the money and a better Mac and such, but I can't find it.

Is there anyway I can find it through Steam (using filters or a specialized search or something)?


texts: How do I get past the giant snake in Trine 2?

texts: I'm stuck at the giant snake (first boss) in Trine 2.  Any ideas?


texts: There are tons of icons scattered all over the stations.  What does each of the icon represent?  I already recognize a few, such as the one for docking and for combat missions, but most of the others elude me.


texts: Dealing with pygmy superpigs in Angry Birds Epic?

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I have localized version of Angry Birds Epic, so sorry if my names for things don't match, loosely translating.

Game says pretty explicitly about finding specific combinations of birds for fights. I got basics worked out more or less (almost always need healer, sometimes heavy hitters work better, don't waste effects on immune enemies, etc), but having a lot of trouble with combination for damn super overpowered pygmy pigs (they are clearly pinnacle of pig evolution I've seen so far).

As a whole this pig tribe has got following abilities:

sturdy (easily multiple 500+ HP on screen)
hard hitting (bunch of them deal damage very fast and boost with pepper)
get reinforcements (summoners who get in more summoners? yikes)
larger pigs come in single-target and multi-target versions
got healers that are just ridiculous (restore 150+HP every turn for 3 turns, wat?)

I am level 9, coming to "cliffs" area (left of map after sea, then going up), with most recipes from stores bought/crafted and all bird classes so far bought (except one for black bird that just opened up).

What had I tried:

white healer bird is simply a must, using with druid class since first one seemed less efficient at healing
red bird with samurai defense makes survival easier, but locks it on defense completely, without making any considerable damage
yellow bird with area poision/heal seems useful against crowds, but it simply doesn't have HP to take a larger pig hit
black bird seems a little inflexible since it does little, but hit hard
blue bird with poison/retarget is a monster... however the only reliable dispel is another class of it :(

Trying to focus on defense leaves me without sufficient damage dealing. Trying to hit hard isn't fast enough to prevent me from getting wiped out.

Birds must prevail! How?


texts: How to connect the audio to a separate speaker?

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I'm trying to figure out how to get the audio from Live TV to a separate speaker.  I've got the HDMI-out from the Xbox going to a projector instead of a TV and the projector's built-in audio sucks.  I've got a decent bluetooth speaker with a 3.5 mm audio-in jack that I'd like to use. The Xbox has an "IR".

So I'm wondering, can I get both audio/video in through the HDMI and send the video out to the projector and the audio out to the speaker's audio-in jack?

Edit: sounds like some pics may help.

Xbox: Xbox One S 500GB

Speaker: Sony SRSX5 Portable NFC Bluetooth Wireless Speaker

Projector: Viewsonic PJD5255

does not have bluetooth
the projector is mounted on the ceiling so it would be nicer to run an audio cable from the Xbox rather than from the projector's RCA outputs


texts: What is the trick to beating the Beaver Bother minigame?

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In Donkey Kong 64, one of the minigames is "Beaver Bother" where you try to herd beavers into a hole. I've tried this a whole bunch and am having a really hard time beating it.

My strategy has been pretty much to just run up to the beaver closest to the hole and spam the B button, which the tutorial says is supposed to scare them. I don't see any visible evidence that it is working. What usually happens is the beaver will just stay near the hole, but not fall in, then go to either the right or left away from the hole. I've tried shoving the beavers in as well, but that doesn't seem to work. Jumping (A button) seems useless to me, so I haven't used it.

What is the trick to beating this minigame?


texts: Episode 5: Order Up constantly repeats requests for installation, and never lets me play

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So I just downloaded Minecraft Story Mode Episode 5: Order Up, and it told me to install it by going to main menu. I accepted, and it sent me to the main menu. However, the arrow was still on download content.

When I select Episode 5, again, it still tells me to go back to the main menu. The process just repeats itself. I am playing on Xbox 360. How do I fix this?


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For my second playtrough I've decided I want to romance Garrus. I did his loyalty mission already. We've had the talk about blowing off steam by sparring, where I accidently didn't take the flirty option. Garrus has been continuing his endless calibrations ever since.

I currently still have the

  Obtain the Reaper IFF

mission left, but I am saving it for later. Will completing it (Or any other mission) allow me to take another shot at romancing him, or did I screw up when I said that one wrong thing?


texts: Dota 2 Compendium 2016 battle pass: Items are marketable?

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As you can see there is new battle pass Compendium 2016 for Dota 2 in market with so many new immortals and items. I have read full battle page but did not get that items from compendium is trade-able/marketable or we have to wait for months like in other compendium(M asking as in last compendium items were trade-able) but not sure this time so please help me.

I am asking this question as if they are trade able then i can buy pass with 50 level or i will go with normal one. Hope this is a generic question which won't get negative votes. Thank you


texts: A thrice upgraded bonfire gives you 20 estus, and people kindling the last bonfire you sat at can give you one more estus. Can you get more than 20 estus, and if so, what is the limit?


texts: Minecraft Won't Let Me Break Any Blocks At All

texts: I'm on minecraft, I made sure that my game mode is creative, so I don't need to hold to break blocks. Yet, I am unable to break ANYTHING. Not even DIRT. I can still place blocks, I just can't break them. Can't break any blocks in survival either..... I also cannot kill mobs. And I'm most definatly not in adventure mode! Please Help! It's been going on for weeks!


texts: Value Change Within a .xml file not Resulting in a Change within Civ 5 Game

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I changed the value of the research speed in the Civ5GameSpeeds.xml file on mac, but when I run the game, researching costs are still at the default values. I tried restarting the game and my computer but nothing happens. I know I have permission to read & write the file too. Also I changed the values within the CIV5GameOptions.xml file to see more options successfully, but I don't know why it's not working for the CIV5GameSpeeds.xml

Here is a snippet of code

  <Row>
        <Type>GAMESPEED_QUICK</Type>
        <Description>TXT_KEY_GAMESPEED_QUICK</Description>
        <Help>TXT_KEY_GAMESPEED_QUICK_HELP</Help>
        <DealDuration>25</DealDuration>
        <GrowthPercent>67</GrowthPercent>
        <TrainPercent>67</TrainPercent>
        <ConstructPercent>67</ConstructPercent>
        <CreatePercent>67</CreatePercent>
        <ResearchPercent>200</ResearchPercent> <!-- User changed original value of 67 to 200 -->
        <GoldPercent>67</GoldPercent>
        <GoldGiftMod>125</GoldGiftMod>
        <BuildPercent>67</BuildPercent>
        <ImprovementPercent>67</ImprovementPercent>
        <GreatPeoplePercent>67</GreatPeoplePercent>
        <CulturePercent>67</CulturePercent>
        <BarbPercent>67</BarbPercent>
        <FeatureProductionPercent>67</FeatureProductionPercent>
        <UnitDiscoverPercent>67</UnitDiscoverPercent>
        <UnitHurryPercent>67</UnitHurryPercent>
        <UnitTradePercent>67</UnitTradePercent>
        <GoldenAgePercent>80</GoldenAgePercent>
        <HurryPercent>100</HurryPercent>
        <InflationPercent>45</InflationPercent>
        <InflationOffset>-60</InflationOffset>
        <VictoryDelayPercent>67</VictoryDelayPercent>
        <IconAtlas>GAMESPEED_ATLAS</IconAtlas>
        <PortraitIndex>3</PortraitIndex>
    </Row>


texts: What's the combat bounty for destroying the weapons of a capital ship?

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I read somewhere that you can destroy the weapons of a capital ship. What is the bounty for that?

http://elite-dangerous.wikia.com/wiki/Majestic_Class_Interdictor


texts: How can I take out items from a container?

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I have a few bins with finished goods like toys, rings, scepters and the like inside, but they also have items that I don't want to sell (crutches, rope, soap, splints, etc). Currently they're in a stockpile in which I disabled those types of finished good, but no dwarf takes them out of there.

It makes trading a bit more annoying , because I can't trade the whole bin. So, how can I take them out?


texts: What's a good strategy to get the Flower Power achievement?

texts: I'm playing Plants vs. Zombies on the iPhone and one of the achievements is "Flower Power: Keep 10 Twin Sunflowers Alive in a Single Level". I've tried on many different levels - standard, water, fog, rooftop - but the level doesn't seem to last long enough for me to even plant 10, let alone keep them alive. The cooldown for twin sunflowers is just too long! So what am I missing? What's a good way to get this achievement?


texts: What are the exact buffs that baron gives?

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Possible Duplicate:
  What effect do neutral buffs have in League of Legends?

I just saw baron getting taken by jpak and freinds in the ggClassic semifinals, so I was just curious what baron gives as a buff, experience, gold, etc.


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So, I drone a lot... I feel like it's all I ever get told (the idea of, as zerg, "DRONE DRONE, and when you're done droning, DRONE SOME MORE!"). However, with this crazy over emphasized macro-enhancing focus, I feel I can't seem to actually be able to tell when enough is enough, thus being a (usually) direct cause of my demise.

And so, I bring to you, on this day, the conundrum of all conundrums:
IN THE RACE KNOWN FOR MACRO AND EXPANDING, WHEN DO WE CALL IT GOOD 'NUFF?
(When do we stop with droning?... And yes, I'm a bronzie newb; however, I looked at all related questions, and couldn't really address this).


texts: How to overcome RNG and finally have the last 2 coins?

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Coin Crypt - I'm struggling to finish to 100%

Basically I won the game with every character and beat every boss (peak and forge) I earned every single achievement except the one that need everyone else to be earned to unlock it and the "all coin" achievement...

I'm giving, on a journey to forge like 1000 to 2500 to each deity and duplicating keys to open everything and going into every walls to find every secrets... but no new coins... no sire ...

On the road to the mountain I give like (100 up to 2 deity), graveyard 100/300 up to 2/4 deity and mountain depend of the luck if I got good RNG maybe 200 each or 300... and nothing ... every single time the same coins.

So I'm getting bored right now, when you know that a full run (killing everything, looting every secret, spending and duplicating money for deity) takes me around an hour for forge and 45mins for peak ... man ...

Help please :'(


texts: Is it worth it to rearm your traps after every single attack?

texts: I got on my Clash of Clans today, and much to my dismay, I had been raided. When I went to rearm  my traps, I realized it would cost me 36,500 gold. That may not be a lot to some people, but for just traps, that seems to me like a waste of money. Are traps really as practical as they seem for the costs to re-arm them?


texts: Do my emotional choices affect the story?

texts: I am playing Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and noticed that sometimes I need to give an emotional response to something that was said. Do these decisions affect anything ? Or are they purely aesthetic?


texts: Which Pokémon are only available via Pokebank?

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I am trying to complete the National Pokédex. However I can't find a list of bankmon anywhere. I don't want to look into each entry on serebii or bulbabpidia, I want a list.

A bankmon is a Pokémon not catchable in XY anywhere and thus requires the Pokébank to obtain.


texts: I am surviving in a buffet world: floating islands, desert and constant night. Although i have wood, I am curious if it is possible to obtain saplings in this world.


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What's the best way to link normal moves?  I have been playing Street Fighter 4 for quite some time now, but I always  have had trouble learning any combo that isnt two inputs long (for instance: hp -> dp+hp).  Are there techniques to hitting the links more consistently?

To be clear, my main problem isn't about canceling or focus canceling.  I am concerned with combos where a technique like "plinking" would be useful.


texts: Open inventory hotkey doesn't work in tight spot

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I've always used E to bring up the inventory in Factorio.
However in the single player scenario Tight spot this key does nothing.
I'll start the game, buy some machines and supplies, start the game.
I can't do anything beyond that.

I also tried moving stuff to my toolbar.
But once the game starts, the toolbar disappears.


texts: I encountered this gateway in the Western Forest that I don't remember seeing before. I can't interact with it, but I can walk right through the opening.


texts: Does STAB increments damage of type attacks?

texts: Let's use Charizard as an example. It is 4x weak to Rock type attacks (2x Flying + 2x Fire). If Onyx uses Rock Slide on a Charizard, will the attack be 6x? (4x + 50% STAB)?


texts: Do vehicles load/unload faster the more that the resource is covered?

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For example, does this:

load/unload faster than this does?:

If yes, can you still load everything that that place produces in the second senario, or can you only load an amount proportional to the portion that's covered like with houses?


texts: Do different game types earn different amounts of gold?

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I'm not earning a lot of gold at the moment. I realize this is probably to be expected since you can buy your heroes with cash, and that's likely what they'd prefer, but right now I'm getting about 10 gold per win. But I've only played coop versus bots, not in competitive matches.

Do I earn more/less gold with different game types?


texts: What are the differences between Defense of the Ancients (DotA) and Heroes of Newerth (HoN)?

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Some days ago I asked about the differences between LoL and DotA.

Now, in order to have a clear view of all actors in the so called "DotA Wars", I would like to understand in detail what are the differences between Heroes of Newerth and Defense of the Ancients, concerning the gameplay only.


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I need to create an enchantment higher than 10, but it displays it as enchantment.level with the level of enchantment I applied.

Is there any way to work around this and have roman numerals appear instead (for example, show XI instead of enchantment.level.11)?

The command I used to get this book was:

/give @p minecraft:enchanted_book 1 0 {ench:[{id:2,lvl:11}]}


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Color shifts and track steepness are determined by the intensity of the song.  However, I find that corkscrews are placed seemingly randomly.  What determines their placement?

EDIT: Adding a bounty because the only two answers are a bit lacking in evidence.


texts: Can a Mii be transferred to the Switch from another Nintendo console?

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Miis are not as prominent on the Switch as in other Nintendo consoles, but they can still be created and also transferred to Amiibos.

Is it possible to transfer a Mii from a Wii, Wii U or 3DS to the Switch?


texts: How can I use any game controller on my PC with Batman Arkham Origins?

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I have an Elecom Wireless Gamepad, and a Windows 7 PC (64bit). I bought Batman: Arkham Origins through steam. My Elecom didn't work, so I borrowed a friend's USB Xbox controller. It doesn't work either.

In the steam interface, in the Store, it says that Batman: Arkham Origins has full controller support. Has a huge graphic advertising it.

When I run Steam in "Big Picture" mode, I can use my XBox controller to navigate around.

But when I start the game, there is absolutely no response to either controller.

How can I use a controller in Batman: Arkham Origins for PC?


texts: How do I access the new Halloween map/content?

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I haven't beat all the maps in regular, nor any challenges, but I'd like to see and play the new one if I can.

where do I find the special map so I can unlock outfits?
do I have to beat the regular maps first?
Is the map available in both ranked and open?


texts: When part of a biker gang do your fellow bikers get paid hourly as a CEO's associates would? Or is there another passive form of income?


texts: How can I beat “Prototype” in Aqueduct for iPhone?

texts: I've been stuck on this level for 4 days; it is the 26th puzzle in the 4th level. If someone has completed it, could you please post the solution? Thanks in advance.


texts: How do you go to other regions in Pokemon Omega Ruby, like in Heartgold and Soulsilver?


texts: Is there ever a case in which an item not useful for research is useful for anything but selling?

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I've noticed several items which are marked as useless for research. Should I just sell these right away, or is there ever a case in which one of them might be useful?

Items include broken flight computers, alien food, entertainment, stasis pods, etc.


texts: What does the Archon Battle Frenzy buff do?

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The Archon is the flying enemy unit that replaces the old Floaters from XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within. When you attack and hit the Archon, it gains some kind of buff called Battle Frenzy.

What does Battle Frenzy do?


texts:
So I see the first view of Rapture while in the bathysphere. As it stops, I can see some guy standing outside the window.. and then nothing.

I can look around with the mouse but can't move, interact or do anything else.

This is version 1, and the 1.1 patch doesn't fix the issue either. There's no sound as well after the air crash opening movie.


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I am upgrading to a new computer with Windows 7 and would like to retain settings / saves and my hall of fame.

What folder locations should I backup and later restore?

Are there any gotchas?


texts:
I am currently re-playing The Watchmaker. Unfortunately I have gotten stuck in exactly the same place I did the first time I tried to play it several years ago.

After the sand-trap, Darryl has to pour the bag of blood on the rose, but instead, he drinks(‽) it.

I tried searching for an answer, hoping that there has been a fix or solution since the last time I looked (~2004), but all I can find is the same complaints and speculation.

There do not seem to be any updates or patches for the game and Trecision has long since gone out of business.

The best I can do to work-around it has been to download a savegame which unfortunately was made not only after he pours the blood, but after a cinematic with a lengthy conversation between Darryl and Jude. I cannot find a savegame that was made from just before he pours the blood. The next best thing I could do was to search for a video of the game from when he pours the blood to after he gets the necklace from Jude, but unfortunately the only one I could find is in Checz. As such, I am at best, missing out on a chunk of the game and an important part of the story; and at worst, unable to play the game at all.

I tried a bunch of different things, but sadly none of which worked:

I made a list of every object that the person who made the savegame had and made sure to get all of them myself
I made sure to visit Jude before pouring the blood on the rose so that she complains about it being a bad time because of a situation
I have opened the book and read the bookmark (in fact I did all of these things with both Darryl and Victoria just to be sure)
I tried having each of Darryl and Victoria be the one to get scolded by Greta
I tried disabling all of the acceleration options and using the lowest resolution in the game's setup program
I tried removing the speech files that are installed separately
I tried examining the data files to see if there is a way to find the bug and fix it, but there are only two binary files and no scripts
I even tried a no-CD patch and loader, but they didn't fix it either

Does anyone have any information on how to get the game to work? At the very least, does anyone know where I can find a savegame that will work, but from before Darryl pours the blood?


texts: Do Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Ultimate MvC 3 share multiplayer?

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I got the vanilla version for very cheap and want to play against a friend of mine; however, he has the "Ultimate" version.

Is it possible to play together online? Or do I need to get the other version to do so?


texts: Best strategy to kill Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat 9, last fight with Raiden

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Shao Kahn is harder in Mortal Kombat 9 than ever before. I fought and defeated him using Liu Kang using fireballs of course and staying away from him. But with Raiden he is even harder to defeat since it's like playing on Expert difficulty on Ladder Match mode.

I have tried all I can, fireballs teleports etc and I can only take away half his blood (even with the X-Ray) before he does his hard-to-dodge moves.

Can anyone share how they defeated him?


texts: What do elemental icons next to enemy names mean?

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When fighting an opponent, sometimes there will be an elemental icon to the right of an enemy’s name.

I suspect this indicates either an elemental weakness or resistance, but I’m not sure which.

What does it mean when an enemy has an elemental icon next to their name?


texts: What is the algorithm for the cost of religious units?

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In Civ 6, the cost of religious units seems to go up the more you build. For example my first inquisitor was 100 faith, and the next one will be 105 faith. The same happens for missionaries and apostles, but I haven't kept close enough track to see what the algorithm is.

It also seems like the cost might go up over time or based on other factors. The base cost of an inquisitor is 50, but as I said my cost was 100.


texts: How to set a save point on freighter (or save the current game)?

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I can't find a way to save my current game during the visit on my freighter using a save point.

Is it really not possible to use a save point? Do you know some other possibility?

(The only way I have found so far is to walk down to the starship, hop in & out. Just to try some buildings inside the freighter, this is really tedious.)


texts: How do you deal with choke points early on in StarCraft 2?

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How do you scout/harass/attack/deal with choke points in early->mid game in Starcraft?

After some introspection, I've realized the bane of my Starcraft online play -- I wait far too long to attack (and re-scout), because of an unconscious requirement I impose that I can only attack when I have an army large enough to break through my opponent's choke point.

As such, I wait far too long, and scout far too little (since I can't get past the choke point beyond the initial early-round scouting, what's the point other than to check the map for expansions?).


texts: What is the name of the mod/mods used in this Civ4 video?

texts: I was watching this playthrough of Civ4 the other day and I would really like to know the name of the mod or mods used to get all the fancy buttons and overlays. Really bugs me, since he says several times that he uses mods, but doesn't specify wich ones.


texts: How large are the planets in Star Wars: The Old Republic?

texts: How large are the planets in Bioware's Star Wars MMORPG? How do they compare to the continents in World of Warcraft?


texts: How the pokemon's gender is determined for a mystery gift code?

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I had a mystery gift code for a shiny Gengar in Pokemon X/Y that I used today.

I want a male Gengar, but after ~ 50 resets, I only had females ones. The nature and stats change every time, but the gender looks preset somehow.

Do you know which factors determine the gender for a mystery gift code?


texts: What are the best ways to lose a zombie?

texts: When starting up, you have no weapon and no mean to defeat zombies at all. Are there ways to lose a zombie aggro or multiple zombies, even?


texts: How do I turn on GOD mode in The Witcher?

texts: Is it possible to "cheat" or adapt my gameplay and to activate a GOD mode in The Witcher?


texts: Help identifying this Pokemon-like character

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I received a mixed bag of Pokemon figurines with varying degrees of accuracy with regards to their colour and appendages. All but one of them I have been able to identify, and my conclusion is that while it looks like a pokemon, I don't think it is.

Is someone able to identify the character? As it was in a mixed bag of Pokemon characters, I figure the chances are that the factory produced characters from a number of game franchises, and this one got mixed in. I'm also open to the fact that it might be a Pokemon and I have a gap in my knowledge.

Here's an example of the pokemon figurines received at the same time, in which this mystery figure was found:


texts: How do I counter the engineers in the engineer mission in the Cybran campaign

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In the Cybran campaign of Supreme Commander 2, there's a mission with hostile engineers. (I don't think it's a spoiler, since it's obvious up-front what's going to happen, but to be on the safe side I won't say which mission.) I've noticed that the unit AI makes it hard to deal with them: the engis' capture beam outranges the tanks even with the range upgrade, and the tanks won't close to retaliate. Missile tanks and arty are pretty useless until the engis are stationary. Aircraft would be useful, but there are too many AA towers to consider using them at the start. Your own engis won't try to capture or reclaim the enemy ones without specific orders.

It deeply irritates me that this situation is only hard to deal with because of shortcomings in the unit AI. Is there a better way to start the mission than pretending you're playing StarCraft and ordering your tanks to attack each engi as it arrives?


texts: Do units gain exp while on dispatch missions?

texts: I understand they get ability points, but do they gain experience as well?


texts: How do you get NPC's to go inside their houses?

texts: In Terraria, when a new NPC arrives, I see my friends NPC's to go inside like a charm. For me though, I have walked away from them, gone to the underworld away from them, done every little tip people have given me, but the NPC's NEVER spawn inside my house. I have to manually make a staircase for them to walk inside.Can someone help me?


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I injured someone and he killed me, then after a long interval he was killed and I was awarded an assist to my surprise.

So, since it's obviously not based on time duration, how much do you need to damage someone to earn an assist?


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I'd like to avoid remaking my character since it would result in  me losing anything I unlock, so before I decide on a faction I'd like to know what the gameplay differences between each of them are.

What are the gameplay differences between the factions?


texts: How do I lock the mouse to the screen in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion?

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This is really annoying: When Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is in full screen mode, you can still move your mouse outside of the window.  So if you've got a monitor to the right of the game, it prevents you from moving to the right by moving your mouse to the right side.  It'll just go into the second monitor and if you click, it'll minimize the game.

This is talked about in depth on the Stardock forum but there's no solution or consistent workaround found.


texts: Minecraft Vanilla 1.9 crash with problematic frame ig8icd64.dll

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I go to the Minecraft menu and click on singleplayer to test out the 1.9 update. I made a new world (no mods), it said downloading terrain and then it crashes every time (I've tried about 20 times now).

Has anyone else experienced similar issues and know what the fix may be?

Here is the launcher log:

Completely ignored arguments: [--nativeLauncherVersion, 301]
[00:35:12] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: Teddy_Cromwell
[00:35:12] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is <censored>)
[00:35:14] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.4
[00:35:14] [Client thread/WARN]: Removed selected resource pack resources (no region and battle music).zip because it's no longer compatible
[00:35:14] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
[00:35:15] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
[00:35:16] [Thread-5/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
[00:35:16] [Thread-5/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
[00:35:16] [Thread-5/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
[00:35:16] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
[00:35:18] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 1024x512 textures-atlas
[00:35:26] [Server thread/INFO]: Starting integrated minecraft server version 1.9
[00:35:26] [Server thread/INFO]: Generating keypair
[00:35:27] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing start region for level 0
[00:35:28] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 5%
[00:35:29] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 8%
[00:35:30] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 15%
[00:35:31] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 21%
[00:35:32] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 27%
[00:35:33] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 34%
[00:35:34] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 42%
[00:35:35] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 48%
[00:35:36] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 56%
[00:35:37] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 66%
[00:35:38] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 74%
[00:35:39] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 81%
[00:35:40] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 91%
[00:35:41] [Server thread/INFO]: Preparing spawn area: 98%
[00:35:42] [Server thread/INFO]: Teddy_Cromwell[local:E:6d7525a7] logged in with entity id 301 at (244.5, 69.0, 244.5)
[00:35:42] [Server thread/INFO]: Teddy_Cromwell joined the game
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007fffcf6e6b37, pid=15456, tid=12424
#
# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C  [ig8icd64.dll+0x16b37]
#
# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
#
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# C:\Users\Connor\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid15456.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
#   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release


texts: Does the grand campaign in Rome 2 Total War have a turn limit, or is it open ended until one faction fulfills its victory conditions?


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The driving game Slipstream requires nearly uninterrupted pressing of my Logitech Dual Action gamepad's "gas pedal" button for minutes at a time.
My physical therapist agrees that my immersion in the game, my inability to squeeze that button no harder than required, is what's given me my first Repetitive Strain Injury (this was once called Pac Man Thumb.)

Can I invert that key binding, so squeezing that button means releasing the gas pedal?
Or can I buy a different gamepad that can do that?


texts: Is Battle of the Immortals safe to download and install?

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My youngest wants to download and install Battle of the Immortals from Perfect World.

I was suspicious straight away as it was installing games like this that caused problems on the kid's computer earlier this year - strange browser toolbars and the like being the most obvious ones. We've since reinstalled Windows and I'd like to keep the machine clean.

I've found a forum thread here that claims the game contains a trojan, but it's couched in language that makes me think of conspiracy theorists and doesn't offer any hard evidence. Also as Lee points out in his comment there isn't going to be any out-and-out malware in there. It's more the "extra" toolbars etc. that I'm sure will be included in the install that I'm worried about.

I'd like to be sure that I'm not going to let him install anything nasty onto their computer. I can obviously scan the exe before I run it, but that won't tell me if it installs any browser plugins etc. What else can I, and should I, check?


texts: How does adding more Pokèmon to gyms work now?

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It used to be that you could train on your own gyms by attacking them, then once you got the points high enough from doing that, you could put a Pokèmon of your own in it. Obviously this mechanic has changed, but I can't figure out what it's been replaced with. The only thing I can figure out how to do is feed berries to any demotivated Pokèmon, but there's no indication that doing so opens up new slots. The little tutorial you can view when at a gym doesn't mention how to do it either.

How do I open up a slot to put my Pokèmon in a gym? (Or are the slots always open, and all the gyms I see just happen to be full?)


texts: How do I advance a quest through Gibbed's Save Editor?

texts: I am trying to configure a save file to advance a quest but I have no idea how to use Gibbed's Save Editor. Someone care to walk me through? I need to advance through a problematic part of a quest. Pics would help.


texts: The same artifacts are appearing again and again. I can't see any new artifacts. For instance I have collected the Infinite Seeker artifact 8 times already.


texts: Do new playthroughs require new characters?

texts: I've never played Diablo 2 before.  If I beat the game and then restart on a harder difficulty, will I be reusing the character from my first round through the game or making a new one?


texts: I've only ever, in months of play, had ONE assignment from Vader. I got tired of waiting, so I paid the Bux to skip... It took my 10 Bux, but the assignment stayed. Question: how do I get more assignments from Vader then?


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While playing PUBG the textures are not fully loaded and everything looks blurry; not only at the time of landing but during the entire match. Although very rarely in a few games the textures have been loaded properly and things became clear.
It happened only twice or thrice. I use a Lenovo Zuk Z2 plus (4gb Ram, SD 820). What can I do?

I tried lowering the graphics and force rendering GPU but nothing happened.


texts: Why won’t my server.properties file changes take effect on my Minecraft server?

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I’ve recently set up a 1.15.2 Minecraft server for my friends and I using my raspberry pi 4 model b as the host. Of course, this isn’t the fastest option, so I wanted to make some changes to the server. However, when I try to edit the server.properties file, nothing changes on the server. I’m making sure to stop the server, edit it and then save, and then launch it back up, but none of the edits are actually appearing. The same thing happens if I try to add a server icon. I followed this tutorial to set it up.

I’ve looked in many different places but all I’m really getting is “make sure your server isn’t open and you save the file.” No one else seems to have this problem.

In the picture I have here, I have the max players set to 10, yet it still says that the max players is 20 when I connect to it on my laptop.


texts: Effect wording of Passive Skills in Mass Effect Andromeda

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Did they deliberately make this confusing?

  Barrier (Biotic Passive), Rank 1:

  Description: Maximum shield strength scales with each skill point invested in the Biotic Skill Group.
  Effect: +5% Max Shields

The way it reads: "For every point put in Biotic Skills, you get an additional 5% to shields". . . that's what it looks like. Am I the only one that sees that? Cuz it sure as hell aint what happens.

Adding rank one took me from 340 to 353, which is more like 4% with an existing "21 points invested in skills" (quoted from the screen).

So nevermind the text, what are passives actually based on and how do they scale? I don't really care what the number actually is so long as the desc/text is clear and correct.


texts: Are there permanent consequences for decisions in the campaign?

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I've come to the first mission in the campaign (1-3) that has a decision you need to make, asking you to side either with the Ecos or the Tycoons for your development choices.

Are there permanent ramifications for my decisions, like reputation gain/loss, tech tree access, etc.?


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There's a second number with XP written after it.

Does anyone know what it means? It's not the XP remaining.


texts: Is it necessary to clean the Kinect Sensor Lens periodically? If yes, how should I do that?


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Can Pantheon dodge Karthus' ult while in the air from his own ult?
Also, can other champions dodge it with their abilities, such as Fizz's E?


texts: How do I select a character’s alternate color palette?

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According to the Super Mario Wiki, certain characters in Mario Kart Arcade GP DX have alternate color palettes.

  Characters are divided into five weight classes (feather, light, medium, cruiser, and heavy), with seven of these characters sporting alternate color swaps that allows them to access a special Item.

The seven characters with alternate colors are Toad, Don-chan, Yoshi, Mario, Luigi, Bowser, and Metal Mario.

How do I select these alternate color palettes?


texts: Is there any way to return from explore mode?

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I tried to apply X (my pickaxe) diagonally up-left. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying close attention. The apply function was skipped (I guess the 7 key corresponds to Yes) so now I'm in Explore mode. I don't know how to exit Explore mode.

The wiki says "Once in, forever in" but it also says something about keeping the old save file when you restore a game. I don't understand what this means.

I want to play this character through, am I screwed? Is that save file a way to return to normal?  If there is a way to get my game back could someone please provide an answer.

I haven't moved since the message "You're now in nonscoring explore mode". Maybe a chance to make bones file, I absorbed 2 bones to get to this point. It would be shame to waste all of that and the time it takes an ARC to get there.

My PC sleeps until I get an answer.


texts: Can you max out your level in World of Xeen without cheating?

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Simply put, is there enough gold natively in the game to allow your characters to train to the maximum level (IIRC, 200)? Even counting bank interest accrual, I was never able to do it.

I have maxed out the levels before, but it always involved hex-editing the gold in my party. (I never hex-edited experience, though; I just have a fondness for killing the Mega Dragon.)


texts: Is this a glitch in Minecraft armor durability?

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So chestplates give you four armor, right? Okay.

And boots give you one and a half armor. Except if they have taken damage, in which case they give you a little less, but nonetheless they give you some protection until they get destroyed. Sounds good and fair.

But if you use a new chestplate and damaged boots, the damage from the boots gets subtracted from the chestplate!?!

Is this a glitch? Is it intentional? Am I going crazy? Which is it?


texts: Do you have to use all four accounts right away for Xbox Live Gold family memberships?

texts: I checked Microsoft's FAQ for the Xbox live gold family pack, and browsed on here for a  little while, but can't seem to find the answer to my question.  My wife and I both have Xbox consoles, and I was wondering if I bought the family pack, do I have to add four different accounts right away, or if my wife and I could both use two memberships. So we would both have 24 months total.  I know this is probably not the case because Microsoft probably would not allow that, but I just thought I'd ask.


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I am aware that 99% of HDDs that are 2.5" are compatible with the PS3 but before performing a purchase I would like to be 110% sure. I am looking into this HDD.

Western Digital Blue Portable WD7500BPVX

Is it compatible? Is there any other feature to check besides that it being 2.5" Sata hdd?


texts: What is the purpose of the dungeon in Future Hyrule Castle?

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After you get transported to the future in Cadence of Hyrule, there are just a few options for where to go:

Go down the stairs and fight your way through a typical dungeon.
Go into the main castle entrance and fight Ganon.
Go into the side entrance to solve a puzzle for an item.

It seems strange that you can fight Ganon without going through the dungeon first. Upon completing the dungeon, it leads out to the right castle wall. Although it appears that you couldn't get to this place except by going through the dungeon, it doesn't seem like there is anything to do here. Is there an item or a secret that requires completing the dungeon?

I can't remember if we received any of the unique/legendary weapons in this dungeon; but even if we did; we could have just warped out after getting all items instead of actually completing the dungeon.


texts: Will "Thief Gloves" and the "Master Thief" specialty stack?

texts: I don't seem to receive a yield that gives me definite proof. Anyone know how this works?


texts: Dwarves bringing dead corpses into the dining room

texts: One of my dwarfs is bringing the corpses of dead animals into my dining for another dwarf to carry to the refuse pile. Why is that happening? Is it affecting my fortress in a negative way?


texts: NFS: Hot Pursuit friends from different platforms

texts: I'm looking at getting NFS: Hot Pursuit, but would like to know if the Autolog feature recognizes friends from different platforms, or is it localized to the platform that you purchase the game on?


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Not yet found a definitive answer to this anywhere yet (most places I look is just people having difficulty with InputMapper and Steam...)

Does Dark Souls 3 on the PC have native support for a PS4 controller connected by USB? Or does this game NEED to have a 3rd party piece of software installed? (DS4Controller/InputMapper etc.)


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I play offline and don't currently have an Xbox Live subscription.

I know this means I cannot summon other players, but can I still summon NPCs?

I am currently at the fight of the 3 sentinels and I thought you could summon an NPC to help with them. I am human but when I pull out the white sign soapstone (just before the fight), it is greyed out/disabled.

Am I missing a step?


texts: How can I get the Razer Spectre to auto change profile?

texts: I got this gaming mouse for Christmas and I've been fiddling with the profile settings but it won't change colour. For example, I set a profile for VLC, but when I open it nothing happens. Do I set it to the process exe or run exe?


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In vanilla 1.8 using command blocks, is it possible to change a player's spawn point after they first join a server?

When a player first joins a server they are in location "A"
When they press a button to leave the spawn point (or use any other trigger) they are sent to location "B"
If they die after leaving the spawn they will respawn in location "B"

No mods or plugins
1.8 Vanilla
McEdit map editing is OK


texts: Should I use the Borderlands 2 Premier Club codes before Gaige's release?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do I get my preorder bonuses?

I recently pre-ordered Borderlands 2 for the PS3 but don't fully understand the code system. So when I punch in my premier club code before Gaige's official release will I still be able to download her for free?


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Is there a way to get a stock information while currently restocking a floor?
For example, I'm currently restocking my fast food with fries. It already has nuggets and burgers in stock but if I want to know how many, when clicking on the floor, I only get the progress bar of the fries restocking.
Is there then a way or any indication to get this information?


texts: Connectivity problems with 7 Days to Die

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In light of asking this question in the Meta section of Arqade, I've decided to go ahead and ask this question.

My friend and I have recently purchased 7 Days to Die on Xbox One.  We would really like to take advantage of the multiplayer, but we are having difficulties trying to.

If I host a private game, and invite my friend to join, every time he attempts to join, the game says "Waiting on Server" until it eventually gives the error "Failed to Connect to Server."

If I host a public game, he gets passed the "Waiting on Server" message, and the games says "Starting Game."  He can hear some sound effects like birds chirping in the background and various other noises, but eventually he will get a message saying he was removed from the game.

If my friend hosts a private game or public game, I can connect and we can play, however I am extremely limited in what I can do.  I can't for some reason interact with campfires or search cars, garbage, etc.  If I build a house or some other structure, leave the game after some time and come back, the structure is gone.  My skills don't save either.  Worse yet, I'm restricted on where I can walk, as the map refuses to render nearly everywhere except where I spawned.

There have been times, where my friend and I have been able to meet up in the game (he had to run very far to me as my map wouldn't load much) and we could play normally for about 5 minutes.  Eventually, my friend would ask me why I wasn't moving, to which I would reply that I was moving.  Whenever this occurred, I lost my ability to interact with objects, and whatever structures I built would only be visible for me.  I was still moving around on my screen, but not on his.  If I quit the game and rejoined, my friend could see me move again and I could play normally, but all my progress and anything I made during my "frozen" state was gone.

What I have tried so far is some port forwarding on my network, but I don't think that really helped. I've changed my character as this post suggested, as I was playing as Clint (I've read elsewhere that apparently him and Miguel are somehow glitched) but that didn't work.  I've read on another post that clearing the Xbox's persistent storage under the Blu-Ray settings fixed the issue for one person, but it had no effect for us.

Has anyone had any luck resolving this issue?  From what I can gather we are not the only ones that are experiencing these difficulties.

The Current game version is 1.0.11.0. My friend and my NAT type is Open.


texts: I have noticed this rhombus / Square shape with a dot in the middle in the bottom right corner to the left of my health while flying the jet.   What is this for?


texts: Is there an experience table for Evoland?

texts: Is there a listing of the experience points required to get to each level? And perhaps what each level gives(defense, attack, magic, etc.) per character?


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In Shadow of Mordor, to kill one of the War Chiefs, you have to kill 20 Uruks in 2 minutes. I have trouble with this one.

The first time I tried it, there weren't enough Uruks to kill, so I had trouble reaching the limit. The second time I tried it, I managed to wait for an Uruk to call for reinforcements by lighting the flame, but at that point there were so many Uruks that it took some time to thin the herd.

So, are there any tips that could help with this task? I don't have trouble staying alive; I have trouble killing them fast enough!

Some things that I've thought of, is using the Combat Finisher more liberally (where you hit X + Y on the Xbox controller to insta-kill an Uruk). There is also an upgrade for 2500 M which allows you to use an unlimited number of insta-kills, but I don't have enough M saved up yet to buy that.

Also, if I release a Caragor and it kills a Uruk, does anyone know if it would add to my count?


texts: Is it possible to download FIFA 14 any number of times from Origin store

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I want to purchase FIFA 14 for PC from Origin store.

I found that it shows PC DOWNLOAD though i purchase the game.

Is it one time download or Is it possible to download the game any number of times from the Origin store ?


texts: Does the "Structural Ergonomics" equipment increase power recharge beyond 200%?

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The description for the "Structural Ergonomics I" gear bonus equipment states that it increases power recharge speed by 5%. Will this increase your power recharge rate beyond the normal 200% max?

When I equip a heavy weapon I can see the impact on a power's recharge rate (in seconds) when I view that power's details. However, the bonuses given by gear aren't reflected in the power's details so I can't tell if it's increasing past the 200% max.


texts: Keyboard with macros support from Blizzard

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I thought macros are prohibited from use in Starcraft 2 multiplayer, but recently I've found a keyboard being sold by Blizzard:

http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100001142

  Designed specifically for Blizzard Entertainment's highly anticipated Starcraft® II Wings of Liberty™, SteelSeries introduces the StarCraft® II Limited Edition Zboard™ Keyset. The custom designed keyset features labeled game commands on each key, in-game shortcuts, and artwork from the game.
  The gaming experience will enhance drastically due to one-touch macros and the ability to fully customize each key. This Limited Edition Keyset is a valuable tool for StarCraft II players looking to immerse themselves in the game and improve their performance and actions per minute (APM).

What does the bolded statement mean and what macros are supported/provided by this keyboard?

Thanks a lot.


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So I visited the nether in the mod pack Big Dig, and now the game is literally unplayable for me. I get massive lag spikes, and I can't do anything. It is quite horrible.

Is there a way of deleting the nether file out of my save so I could maybe prevent the lag?

I was getting around 100fps before I went to the nether, and I had three quarries running, so I believe that deleting any recollection of going to the nether (besides items) should fix it. I have literally spent like five hours on this world and didn't go to the nether, because I never had to, and now I can't even play.


texts: How did someone join my single player world?

texts: I have a Minecraft PE single player world. When I was playing somehow someone joined my game. How could/can this happend?


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I'm reading through the EULA of Desura to better understand the system and the deal it offers, and there's an entire section dedicated to credit card information and chargebacks; now I'm pretty sure this is also repeated in the Steam EULA, but it did make me wonder - does Desura accept PayPal payments?

Otherwise, it's pretty much a deal breaker for me.


texts: PSOne discs are dirty. Limit Break has trouble loading. How to resolve?

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I am playing through the original Final Fantasy VII, on a PS2 with the original PSOne discs. I'm only a few hours in, but Tifa's Limit Break is causing the game to sit on a close up of the enemy until I take the disc out, wipe it with a soft cloth, and put it back in.

There are some small circular splodges on there (water drops?) and a few scratches. I'm worried that I will get further into the game and hit a section of the disc that doesn't want to load.

How can I mitigate this?


texts: How much IP do you get for winning & losing games in the various modes/maps?

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My understanding is that you get a base number of Influence Points (IP) for losing each game and a little more for winning a game. In addition, the amount of time a games goes on seems to factor into the calculation as well. For the following modes, what is the base IP gain for wins and losses of the various game lengths? If there's a predictable calculation for IP per minute for wins/losses, that would be an acceptable answer.

I'm not interested in calculations including IP bonuses for your first game, bonuses for streaks of games where you didn't leave, or any other bonuses.

PvP

Twisted Treeline (3v3)
Summoner's Rift (5v5)

Co-op vs. AI

Beginner, Summoner's Rift (5v5)
Intermediate, Summoner's Rift (5v5)

Custom

Twisted Treeline (3v3)
Summoner's Rift (5v5)

Bonus points if you take the initiative to calculate the optimal game length for IP gain. By that, I mean "at what point does ending the current game one way or the other and being able to start a new game result in more IP gain over the course of a play session than if the current game continued".


texts: Can you spot an enemy jet from 3rd person view while on a jet?

texts: I would like to spot an enemy jet behind me when on a jet


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According to page 99 of the manual,

  The palace is a special building. Part building, part wonder, the palace appears in the first city you build, which makes that city the capital of your empire. If your capital city is captured, your palace will be rebuilt in another city, making that city your new capital. If you subsequently retake your original capital, the palace will move back to its original location.

In the first game I played, I lost my capital pretty early on to raiders from a neighboring civ. Fortunately, I already had another city by that point, so my capital moved there and I got to stay in the game. About a dozen turns later, I liberated my original capital, but it didn't automatically become my civ's capital again. Nor did I see an option to build a Palace in its city production screen. The Palace building stayed in my second city, and the little capital star icon stayed in the second city's name banner, for the rest of the game.

I guess it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, but I really wanted my original capital to stay the capital. Was there a way I could have made that happen? Or was it supposed to happen automatically and I discovered a bug?


texts: Which units does Foreign Princess affect?

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Foreign Princess says:

  Foreign Army units within two spaces take -2/+2 to damage dealt/taken.

"Foreign" to whom? Is Azura counted as Nohrian, Hoshidan or a Vallite? What if Kata, Rhajat or Nina inherits this skill? Does this apply only to battles in my castle?

There are a lot of opinions about this online, so I'm wondering if anyone has tested it.


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I've taken a sticky jumper for a test run from the store as I have to admit I'm not really good at sticky jumping. (It also makes a great combo with the pain train for back capping purposes.)

What I try to do is place a sticky on the ground, walk over, jump and ignite when I'm at the peak of my jump. Most of the times, that only gives me a lot of self damage and barely any propulsion. Other times, I can cover great distances.

I've tried using two stickies instead of one, but that ends either with a suicide through self damage or a suicide through that and fall damage.

What's the idea behind a textbook perfect sticky jump?


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What key will let me eat?!  My food bar is down low, and I'm not regenerating health.  I also need to know which button to press to hand bones to wolves, or fish to kitties.

It used to be the right-click button, but I'm not getting that option.


texts: Does Offensive Guard trigger only for monster attacks?

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I know, the question might look silly. However, since there are non-monster attacks which trigger the guard and/or Divine Blessing, I am curious whether it triggers for:

environments (e.g., falling boulders)
friendlies' attacks
bombs
other damage sources which can be guarded

Some digging revealed that the time bomb in the practice area does not apply, but I want to know a more specific answer, especially given that there was a tactic involving self-activation of Enraged Guard using a bomb*1, and if bombs still apply for Offensive Guard, the same strategy could be applied for e.g., Sword and Shield.

*1: For World newcomers, Enraged Guard was a Counter Thrust-like stance which, instead of advancing into a thrust, just granted the hunter a Offensive Guard-like buff. Thus, there was a strategy of just exploding the Large Barrel Bomb and canceling it into Enraged Guard to get the benefit of it.


texts: What happens if you kill too many bunnies in Skyrim

texts: I noticed the other day they take stats on bunnies you've slain. Has anyone come across something strange when killing too many (like the mad cow thing in Diablo 2). Or does it help boost archery quickly?


texts: How did I eliminate my own steel trap as Junkrat?

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Sometimes while playing Deathmatch, I'll see a prompt telling me that I've gotten credit for eliminating my own Steel Trap or Concussion Mine while playing as Junkrat.

I've had this happen to me 2 or 3 times, but only while playing as Junkrat in Deathmatch mode. I haven't been able to figure out how this happened, or how to prevent it.

This doesn't seem to be a bug with Junkrat's grenade launcher. When I tried firing directly at the trap, the grenades didn't do any damage.

How is it possible to eliminate my own Steel Trap as Junkrat?


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The items I have equipped are;Pink Gloves, Body Armor, and Leather Boots (not that they do anything)

I have both Tomes and the Cauldron from the sorceress, and cannot come up with a strategy.


texts: How to increase players render distance?

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For instance lets say I'm on hypixel playing bed wars.

I get in a match and I want to see players from across the map, but I can only see players that are up to a quarter of the map away.

Other players won't appear farther than that. So I want to know how to see players form across the map.


texts: Is Terminal Velocity important in KSP 1.0+?

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Related: Terminal velocity table for KSP v1.0 and later?

I like to build big fast rockets. I always get wind and heating effects on my way up. Prior to version 1, that was incredibly inefficient because of the severe effects of terminal velocity, but now (version 1.0+) it's not such a big deal because of the atmospheric remodeling.

Obviously, the less time you're affected by gravity the better so going fast has a measurable benefit. So does Terminal Velocity matter anymore?


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Trying to allocate more RAM for Minecraft to run a little better. When I go to the JVM Arguments this is whats already in there:

-Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M

If I try to change anything minecraft wont start and in game it shows it only has 462MB now


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In Gazillionaire, what stats do the ships of the AI opponents have?

The human players get to choose from 12 different ships of varying stats, such as cargo hold and speed.

There are also six computer opponents who are active each game (regardless of the number of human players).  They are given different personalities that apparently describe their AI patterns.  However, their ships are never shown.

What kinds of ships do they use?  Are they all different from each other, or do they use a standard model?  Do they relate to their personalities?  Are they comparable to the human player ships?  Do the AI opponents even follow the actual rules of the game in the first place?