texts: What are these objects in Barilzar’s Tower & Menaldinion’s Clinic?

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This object is found in Barilzar’s Tower in the Morrowind expansion to Elder Scrolls Online. Barilzar is a highly intelligent Dunmer wizard.

From the looks of it, it appears to be a fantasy equivalent to a cribbage board. I liken it to the “space chess” they had Spock playing on old Star Trek episodes.

I have not found lore in Barilzar’s stuff on what this item might be, but often Bethesda designers are very subtle and hide clues like this in far away places. For example, it would not surprise me to later find some note from Barilzar in another wizard’s tower mentioning losing a game of dark elf cribbage or something similar. The designers have done this hundreds of times.

Has anyone found lore explaining this thing? Dare I even hope for actual rules to Dunmer cribbage?

UPDATE: I found another of these things (possibly a board game) in Menaldinion’s clinic in Suran (Vvardenfel zone). His personality is similar to Barilzar as they are both haughty intellectuals. Perhaps this is a pastime of these types of people? The screen shot from his place is at a different angle.


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I have an tripwire enderman farm as shown here:

At initial setup, the tripwires did activate(with the click sound) and I also did check that the tripwires did extend the pistons but after awhile, the tripwires suddenly deactivates and when I test it out, the pistons does not extend.

My tripwire enderman farm is very similar to the one in this video:

Any ideas?

EDIT: Oh, too bad this question is closed. Short follow up: the trip wires will work a lot better if the on the sandstone floor. Maybe because it is a totally even flooring.

EDIT2: Since from the previous edit, I felt guilty for not sticking to my problem initially so I changed half a layer of my design back to tripwires and this is the result:

It works a lot better with no blocks under the trip wire hooks as Kevin Reid suggested.

EDIT3: Moved all the edits below the question and also.

In my conclusion, from what I can see tripwires works the best when there is either a block under every tripwires and tripwire hooks or no blocks at all under each of the tripwire components.


texts: How big do artificial biomes need to be to spawn monsters?

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I'm building my artificial biomes in Terraria so I can farm certain things and have enemies spawn. The question is how big do the biomes need to be?

So far I've built a crimson, underground jungle, surface jungle and a desert but none of them are spawning monsters. I've read the Guide on Artificial biomes on Terraria wiki and many other forms but I have not found my answer. Can someone please give me detailed information?

I have enough blocks to where the background and music changes for each biome and yet still no monsters.


texts: What should I do if I've attracted a bunch of vultures?

texts: In act 2 of Diablo III there are vulture-like monsters that circle in the air around the hero until they spot a "weakness", and then they swoop down to attack. What is the definition of "weakness", and is there anything I can do to force them down earlier, when I'm not at a disadvantage?


texts: How to throw the crate in Inside on iOS?

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In the end of Inside, after you

   transform into a big blob,

you need to throw a crate up several times to proceed.

On iOS, to interact with objects, you need to press and hold, that makes you take the crate.

Swiping up and holding allows you to put the crate on top of you.

However, after that, swiping up as for jumping makes you drop the crate on most tries. Sometimes the crate is indeed thrown, but this is very inconsistent.

Is there a way to throw the crate consistently?


texts: Can't build Ruhr valley wonder for some reason

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I had a mine left of where the Industrial district is.
I removed the mine, and expected that I would be able to build the wonder, but for some reason CIV6 still says "no suitable location".

Can't wonders be built where roads are, or is there something else I am missing?


texts: How do I make a simple Redstone Door with a lever that villagers can't go through?

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I am making a castle in Minecraft, but I want a door that villagers can't enter. So, I decided to make a Redstone door but everything I looked up on Google seemed too complicated.

What's the simplest Redstone door that villagers can't go through?


texts: Is there a way to increase the opportunities deck size?

texts: Currently its maximum is at 6 cards (I believe it gives a new card every 10 minutes, so that's an hour worth of cards). Is there any way to increase this number to something higher?


texts: If I homeshare on my boyfriends xbox can he then homeshare on his friends xbox and then they both get my games? I haven't tried to do it because I don't want to mess anything up until I know for sure.


texts: How do I stop banelings from wiping out my marines?

texts: Watching my marines get blown up makes me sad. What are the best ways to prevent banelings from killing my mass marines and ruining my night?


texts: Is there any block that can't be shoot through but skeletons don't know it?

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I modified my mob grinder in such way that it now collects almost dead monsters in a small 2x2 area. From this area, I allow skeletons to shoot at me. As they shoot, they hit creepers and produce nice amount of music discs.

The problem is that huge portion of arrows still makes it through. I tried to reduce the damage with water, but even 3 blocks of water still aren't enough:

My question therefore is: Can I make such set-up that skeletons will fire me but will never hit me?


texts: How do I know which Pokemon I have caught?

texts: Is there a way to know what Pokemon I have caught without looking at my Pokedex? I often find myself battling wild Pokemon that I am not sure if I have caught yet. Is there a way I can check while in battle?


texts: Does Express ammunition have any drawbacks compared to regular ammunition?

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I just bought some ammo for my Repeater, and as it wasn't expensive I bought all three different variants. As far as I can tell, the high velocity rounds give better range. But the Express ammunition seems to be simply a better version of the regular ammunition. It also doesn't seem to be that much more expensive.

Does Express ammunition have any drawbacks I missed? Or is it simply a superior version of regular ammunition, and there is no need to use regular ammo at all?


texts: So I've been on some servers where if you right click an item, such as a compass, it will open up a chest menu with items that'll execute different things, such as sending you into a game. I was thinking of making something like this, but it would be good if I had an idea what is was called and how to do it.


texts: Every so often, a news broadcast occurs in Splatoon, heralding a change in the available Turf War stages. How often do these news broadcasts occur? Are they scheduled or random?


texts: Final Fantasy X crashes/freezes right before going inside of Sin

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Crashes every single time.  This is with the US PS2 version (not international or PAL).  I win the battle where Sin slowly opens his mouth.  After this I am supposed to go within Sin.  But the screen fades to black and stays that way.  No post-battle screen displaying AP and Gil.  Nothing else happens.  Left it like this for 20 minutes and still nothing.

I don't think it's a scratched disc or damaged ps2 because I just had somebody check my ps2 and had the disc resurfaced.  Freezes don't happen anywhere else in the game.  I suspected it was related to a bad clock battery so I just set the date/time to a much later date then tried again.  Didn't work.  Neither did trying a different memory card.

Is there some obscure glitch few people know about?  I am at a loss to figure this out.  I would like to advance to the next stage but can't because of this.


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The Engineer achievement Patent Protection is eluding me.

The achievement's description is:

  Destroy an enemy Engineer's sentry gun
  with a sentry under control of your
  Wrangler.

I've destroyed mini-sentries and regular sentries currently being built with a wrangled Mini-Sentry, but still haven't gotten this achievement.

Are there any restrictions as to what type of sentry you're using, what type of sentry they have, and the enemy sentry's build status?


texts: Skywrath Mage has a heavy damage ultimate, and after reaching level 16 its damage is further increased to 1400. If  Aganhim's Scepter  is purchased for him, his ultimate's cooldown reduces to 0. With this in mind, if 2 ultimates are used on the same hero, will the ultimates stack?


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One of my biggest problem during a game of Banished is the ongoing lack of tools. Every citizen seems to need tools (of iron or steel) again and again.

What is the best practice to reduce the amount of such tools (made by the blacksmith)?


texts: Options to take over an AI controlled city?

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I had an open borders agreement with an AI controlled player, and the little weasel took advantage of it to plop down a settler right smack in-between two of my cities.

Excluding a military solution, is there any way for me to take over his city?

I know that Civ 4 allowed a culture conversion of cities, but I haven't seen that yet in Civ 5. Also, this is just Civ 5 vanilla (not gods and kings).


texts: /locate command gives incorrect coordinates

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I recently tried a seed that should have had a woodland mansion close to spawn, but after looking for it for several hours, I gave up and used /locate. It gave me coordinates that fit what I saw in the seed showcase, but the mansion was most definitely not there.

I went into spectator mode and found a large mineshaft right below (which was also mentioned in the seed video; everything but the mansion lined up) but when I tried /locate Mineshaft I got coordinates extremely far away.

I have used locate successfully in other worlds without re-launching minecraft, and I was definitely in 1.11 every time I loaded this world. Other than this oddity the world doesn't seem corrupt or anything.

Am I somehow using /locate wrong? Or is this a problem with /locate/my world/both? Is it relevant that I was on peaceful difficulty?


texts: In Towerfall you only start out with four archers but I know that there are others. How do I unlock these other characters?


texts: How can I quickly go to sanctuary after a sidemission?

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We just completed the 'saving roland' mission, which was a long mission.
Now we wanted to play a quick side mission and went to deliver the pizza.
We defeated the turtles, but since we didn't found a way to go back or saw a travel post, we now have to go again through the 'saving roland' map/path, which is rather annoying if you played it only an hour before.

So the question is: how can you quickly go to sancutary if you completed your side mission?

Thanks


texts: What are the underlying mechanics of Ammo bag and Medic kit in Payday 2?

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Very similar to this question, except for Payday 2 instead: Do medic and ammo bags run out after a certain number of uses, or after a certain amount of health/ammo dispensed?

I'm trying to figure out how the Ammo bag and Medic kit work in Payday 2 so that I can optimize use of them. I haven't been able to find any reliable information about their underlying mechanics - but I have discovered plenty of conflicting accounts. I suspect some of it may be from early beta.

It appears as though the Ammo bag depletes based on the amount of ammo picked up. It's certainly something more complicated than a simple number of uses... sometimes it disappears after two uses, sometimes after many. I'm not clear on whether or not it is helpful to deplete secondary ammo before using the ammo bag, or if this simply uses up twice as much of the ammo bag. If it's simple a quantity based thing - then optimal use would probably be to only use your most effective ammunition, and recharge as often as viable.

It appears that the medic kit may be a number of charges as it was in Payday: The Heist. This would mean optimal strategy is to only use it when very low on health.

Can anyone confirm, contradict, or elaborate on these hypotheses?


texts: How to get the cave painting in the knight's castle?

texts: In the knight's castle level I got the dragon's gold with help of the knight (diverting dragon) and time traveler without getting the key of the dragon's door. Still the dragon somehow gets loose, kills everyone and breaks the lift. The problem is I forgot to get to that cave painting I was supposed to get using that elevator, which the dragon broke. So is there any solution for this?


texts: What genre do games like 'Dear Esther', 'To the Moon', or 'Gone Home' fall under?

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Is there a name for games like these, with minimal interaction and no branches in the story?

I've seen the term "interactive fiction" around but I'm not sure if it fits.


texts: Where is the file Elite Dangerous stores the controls?

texts: I'd like to easily backup my controls in Elite: Dangerous. Does anyone know where the controls are stored, or a way to find out? Thanks!


texts: Does giving up mid training forfeit XP and prestige?

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When I'm training in a friendly gym, sometimes I know I can only beat up to the first or second trainer in the gym. Also I see no reason to needlessly put my Pokemon to 1 HP when I know I will lose.

After I've beaten one or two trainers, does giving up during the battle of the third trainer forfeit the XP and prestige I would've earned for beating the first trainers?


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I just got a PS4. I've created local users for my kids, as "sub accounts" without a linked PSN IDs. I read somewhere that if you go into a sub account and configure Parental Controls, the settings will only affect that account, but this does not seem to be the case - if I switch back to my main login, M-rated games still show the padlock icon and refuse to start.

I can go into the Settings menu and remove the restriction to play, but then I have to remember to turn it back on when I'm done. Is there really no way to play higher-rated games without toggling the settings every time?


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In Fractal, as you clear blocks, new blocks spawn across the board;

Is there any reasoning behind where the new blocks spawn? Is it based on the blocks you've just cleared (because in my mind this doesn't appear to be the case). Is this completely random?

What determines where the next blocks spawn?


texts: What are the command line options for the PC/Mac version of Braid?

texts: The launcher for the PC/Mac version of Braid has a box for command line options, but I've not been able to find a list of the available options. Can anyone provide a list of them, along with what they do?


texts: What are the advantages of Hydra flame thrower vs the Neptune heavy machine?

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I am playing Templar Assault RPG on my Android, and I use either the the Hydra or the Neptune, but the squad of 4 is too small to use both.

What are the pros and cons of each? and when should I choose one over the other?


texts: Can certain Pokemon only be caught in a particular grass, or can they be caught anywhere on the route?

texts: Let's say Pokemon Q is catchable on Route 9. If there is a bush, and some red flowers (these seem to act like normal grass) will Pokemon Q only be catchable in one of the two, or can they be caught anywhere on the route?


texts: Do Defense Drones shoot down Flak projectiles?

texts: The new Advanced FTL Edition offers many new things to the game, including Flak Weaponry. Do Defense Drones shoot down flak projectiles?


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I can't seem to find the answer to this:

Will the New Pokemon bonus of 500XP double with the Lucky Egg's double XP effect?

I'm saving my evolutions for my Lucky Egg and I know I'll be evolving some Pokemon into ones I haven't before (thus the bonus).


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I'm on a PC, my friend is on a PS3, can we play together that way? I have my own steam account and have portal 2 for the PC on steam, she has it on her PS3. Does it still work?
She has it on PS3, I have it on my PC. If she links a steam account to her PS3 and I friend her, can we play co-op on portal 2?


texts: How much of my Pokedex do I need to fill before talking to the Game Director?

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I forget which city/hotel you meet him in, but you'll find the Game Director in place where Mr. Bonding normally is in a hotel room. He then tells you to, "come see me when you fill up the Pokedex more".

At what point is the Pokedex filled to his liking? Does this involve just seeing a Pokemon or do you have to capture/hold it too? And what do you get for completing this?


texts: Passcode returns ALREADY_REDEEMED, when I have not redeemed it?

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I tried to activate several passcodes on my phone; each one of them returned Invalid passcode. When I switched to a computer, I tried the passcodes again, but received ALREADY_REDEEMED, not INVALID_PASSCODE.

I did not receive items for the passcodes entered on my phone, but they seem to have been marked as redeemed. My question is this: Will the map at ingress/intel return ALREADY_REDEEMED if the passcode has been disabled? If not, what could be causing this error? Is it a bug?


texts: Increasing Premium Items at Re-Tail in Animal Crossing: New Leaf

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One of my villagers mentioned that you can get Re-Tail to buy more than one item at premium prices if you get streetpasses - but I've been unable to get this to happen.

I regularly get streetpasses and I've tried checking

when I've gotten a non-AC streetpass before loading the game for the day
checking the board/shop after having gotten a non-AC streetpass
when I've gotten an AC streetpass before loading the game for the day
checking the board/shop after having gotten an AC streetpass

but there's never more than one item being bought at the premium price. What am I doing wrong?

update

I still have the night-owl ordinance in effect - and I have never had the bell-boom ordinance in effect. A few days ago, I received a few streetpasses - no more than normal - and had three premium items listed.


texts: Can you actually get to the center of the universe?

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(This question contains spoilers)

I've been trying to find out what happens if you reach the center of the universe in No Man's Sky. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find any actual information about it, since there seems to be some general confusion about the words "universe" and "galaxy".

By now, I'm aware that when you reach the center of a galaxy,

   you get transported to another one, where the game appears to start over (except you get to keep all your equipment).

Many players have been angry or at least disappointed about this "ending", but is that really all there is to it?

This wiki page has a list of galaxies (eight at the time of writing), and mentions how the first five have actual names while the others are procedurally generated. Apparently, all players go through these galaxies in the same order, which makes me think they're following a specific direction, but I can't find any info about where all that actually leads.

Do the galaxies just keep generating forever? Or do you eventually get to the promised center of the universe, for a real ending?


texts: Why is my Minecraft server always using 100% of available RAM?

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I have a minecraft server (1.16.5) hosted on a VPS that has 16 GB of ram, I play with 8 friends on the server and it is using all of my ram, we play vanilla survival, but I don't see how this can cause the server to use 12 GB of ram.
The startup command is:
java -Xms14G -Xmx14G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:TargetSurvivorRatio=90 -XX:G1NewSizePercent=50 -XX:G1MaxNewSizePercent=80 -XX:InitiatingHeapOccupancyPercent=10 -XX:G1MixedGCLiveThresholdPercent=50 -XX:+AggressiveOpts -jar server.jar
I am using paper which has helped a ton with performance, and have configured some options on the bukkit.yml, spigot.yml, paper.yml and the server.properties.
Any reason for my server to be using this much ram?


texts: Is there any way to switch a professional sword?

texts: I think that my question is pretty obvious. I currently have the sword of life, and I want to know if I can switch it to the sword of flames or the sword of summoning in any point of the game.


texts: Is speed a factor in diagonal traversal?

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In response to the following Reddit post:

"[I]f you're struggling with diagonals this is what I found [...]: It's all in the SPEED. Accuracy doesn't seem to have that big of a part [i]n it. [...]
The margin of error you have to complete a diagonal is pretty large(on my Galaxy S4 I could be off by about 2-3mm from the center of the orb/diagonal and still have it register), but as long as you move quick, the game seems to "auto-register" the movement as a diagonal. The best way I can describe it is a "flick" of your thumb."

Does speed actually factor into diagonal orb movement?


texts: How can I keep my command blocks running even if the closest player is thousands of blocks away?

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I am trying to make a PvP world where duplicating is not allowed, so I need to delete piston items from people's inventory. The only problem is, the command blocks only work up to about 200 - 250 blocks away from any players.

Is there any way to make the commands run across the whole entire world at once? For reference I am on Minecraft Bedrock Edition.


texts: Any active missions besides the introductory ones?

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I've played over 30 hours in 7 Days to Die now thanks to my group of friends carrying me.  Having completed the initial set of missions, from crafting your own stone axe till visiting the trader, is there anything else available for completion?

I remember hearing my friend saying he has some sort of challenge which requires him to kill 5 bears or 10 dogs. I dont have any of these active challenges though. Are there any ways I can invoke them to keep my 7 Days to Die experience interesting?


texts: How can I get more citizens to educate themselves?

texts: I noticed that I have too many uneducated citizens. While a small minority of them go to high school and college to get educated on their own, is there a way to attract more students? I pay a fortune to get foreign educated workers, while my island's population is too lazy to study!


texts: Is this higher when the game is shorter or longer? I have had rush games won where I get near 88 percent bonus so not sure.


texts: Does loot despawn/disappear after a certain amount of time?

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As mentioned in this question, inventory size is an issue in Diablo II.  So far, I don't plan on playing with others, so for me loot whoring is not an issue.

Given this, I am interested to know if dropped loot ever despawns and if so under what circumstances.  In other words, if I've got a book of Town Portal scrolls can I just keep loot running over and over until I've picked up and sold all of the dropped loot?  If I'm playing solo - is inventory size really an issue, or just more of an inconvenience?


texts: In Detroit, there is a storage area behind a level 5 security lock.  Inside is a set of lasers guarding what looks like a bunch of stuff.  If I trigger the lasers, it sets off a deadly gas that will kill me within a few seconds.  How do I get past this part?


texts: So I changed a map with custom units and options, is there any way to export the changes and import it to another map?


texts: Basic questions about Payday - The Heist

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Possible Duplicate:
  In Payday: The Heist, how do you change which upgrade tree you're on?

Three friends and me have started playing Payday - The Heist. Unfortunately we have quite a hard time in "understanding" some of the basic mechanics in the game.
So my first question is :

Is there any new player guide to this game? Because if so, I have a hard time finding one

If not, then maybe you can answer some of these questions:

What exactly do I gain by destroying video cameras?
Are hostages any more than just Trade objects for my teammates in custody?
Are there different classes? If so , how do I change? If I press Tab and switch with 1,2 or 3 nothing actually happens.
Is there any system to the Police Assaults? -> How do they get triggered? After passing a specific checkpoint or after a specific time? If so, when is the timer resetted?
Do the assaults end due to a timer or a bodycount?

Edit:

I just want to make question 4 about the police assaults a bit more specific:

How do they get triggerted? This means - when will a police assault start? Does this depend on some kind of timer ( for example: a police assault will start every 5 minutes ) or does it depend on mewalking over a specific location (e.g. I pass a crossroad , which means now there will be a police assault incoming)?


texts: Diablo III, Why people always do the same in Adventure mode?

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I've played around 70 times on Adventure mode (in Normal difficulty, and played other modes) and people always do the same, no matter the difficulty mode (unless Tormento), they just does the bountys of Tristam and after that all the people leaves from game (maybe to join again other party to repeat the same procedure), I've seen people with +300 paragon levels doing this all the time, seems not reasonable to me 'cause they could be playing on Tormento mode to drop more and gain more exp, exist a reasonable reason to determine this behavior of almost all the players?

Of course sometimes (very rare sometimes) a group can do other bounties of other maps but from my experience is very strange to see it.

I don't judge other players, I just would like to know whether maybe I'm missing something important about why people does this... is only to be the easiest mode to gain the reward from Tyriel NPC or what? really is distasteful for me 'cause I never can do other bounties, all people leaves always.


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I was looking at the list of ribbons on Pokémon games, but I see there are some 'repeated' ribbons, like the 'Beauty Ribbon' awarded in Generation III and IV games.

My question is, if I get a Pokémon on Gen III with that ribbon, then I transfer it to Gen IV, and gain that ribbon again on a contest (on a DPPt game for example) will it appear as a brand new ribbon, next to the old one from Gen III, or will just be the same?


texts: How do you complete Green Hills of Stranglethorn World of Warcraft quest after the zone phases to 85?

texts: Question is same as the title.  How do you complete The Green Hills of Stranglethorn (World of Warcraft) quest once the zone has phased to level 85?  NVM, I know now.  You have to finish all the quests for level 85, leave the zone and come back.  Everything resets once you do this.


texts: Do other civilizations pay for roads you build in their territory?

texts: If I build roads in a friendly civilization, are they just free, or does that civilization pay for them, and if they do pay for them is it possible to encumber their economy by filling their nation with roads?


texts: How can I print one layer of a Minecraft schematic on paper?

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I have exported some of my world into a schematic by MCEdit.

And now I want to print the first layer of my schematic onto paper (since I don't have a 3D printer, I should print it layer by layer)

What should I do?


texts: Is there any truth to the myth of Polybius?

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There is an old urban legend about an arcade game Polybius.

An arcade machine that would have been made to be a government experiment, appeared just for a few days in a few arcades, and then some men in black took it away, never to be seen again.

So is there a nugget of truth to this myth? Did the game ever exist? Or was it all created from nothing just to be a creepypasta?


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My dwarves are starting being lazy. How to know what's wrong with them (and cure it if there is a universally known reason for their laziness)?

EDIT: Sorry for my question being vague. I meant that there is still a number of unfinished tasks and many of my dwarves are idle doing nothing.


texts: Minecraft Server seems as if it is limiting the amount of RAM it uses

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When I go to run /tps in the console, or in game, I get this:
[19:20:44] [Server thread/INFO]: TPS from last 1m, 5m, 15m: 19.12, 19.82, 19.94
[19:20:44] [Server thread/INFO]: Current Memory Usage: 485/592 mb (Max: 2048 mb)

Looked all fine at first until I noticed that my server is limiting the amount of RAM it can use to around 600MiB, even though I visibly gave it 2GiB to work with. Is there a reason why this is happening? Can I fix it?


texts: What is the impact of forming the students into a Biotic Company?

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In Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation we can choose between having the students in a support role or having them be a front line force.

This either improves the 103rd Marine Divison (+50 strength) or activates the Biotic Company (+75 strength) War Assets.

Are there other consequences, such as dialogues which will not appear, from this action?

For example are the War Assets for Jack and Kahlee Sanders added regardless of your choice?  Will the option to allow Citadel entry for Grissom instructors and students still appear at the Spectre terminal regardless of your choice?


texts: I cannot annex Indian state, only "force migration"

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Question:

I made my first colony in Brasil and I occupied land of some "Tapuia" Indians neighboring to my colony. But in peace negotiations I see only "Force migration". I cannot annex them or claim the province. What is the problem? Perhaps I have wrong casus belli. It seems I'm unable to get "conquest" casus belli against Indians?

Do I need research some tech/idea for that?
Maybe I need create some "core" in Americas first? How can I do that? Do I need to grow the colony to "City" first?

background (not necessary to read):

I play play Bohemia at year 1530 - it took me long time to get to the sea. I started to think about colonization only after I became HRE Emperor and annexed Burgundy (including Holland). I terribly lag behind Portugal, Castil, England and even France in colonization. But my army is strongest in Europe (4000 man stronger than France and Ottomans).

In general I find it very hard to grow colonies (it is extremely slow, all other nations grow colonies much faster). I was thinking that by conquest of Indian lands can compensate my lack of exploration/expansion ideas, using strength of my army.

I have researched only "exploration" idea to "Quest for New world" stage. I don't have "expansion idea" yet. I have barely colonial reach to touch America (just Antilles + apex of Brasil).

Before I finished "Offensive" ideas, and picked "Influence" (which I regret, since I would prefer colonization over influence, but that was before I claimed Holland).


texts: Where do I find my Player ID for the Pokémon Trainer Club?

texts: I know my username and my password, but I have no idea what my Player ID is, and I can't find it anywhere. Help?


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I have been playing Portal 2 from the start in order to collect trading cards in the Steam trading card beta. I have collected four cards so far, and when I look at my badge process it gives an overview of the cards I have, and the cards I'm missing.

The bit that I am questioning though is that in the top right corner it states "No card drops remaining":

I have only collected the four cards today for Portal 2.

Does this mean that there is a per-day limit on the number of trading cards you can get per session? Is this a per day limit or a per gaming session limit? Is there even a limit at all?


texts: Are there any measures against having someone logged to your account in a different country?

texts: Me and my brother use the same steam account but recently he had to go to USA and now we are not sure what will happen if he uses the account there and it activates some sort of anti piracy mechanism and bans our account. I live in Turkey.


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So far I have upgraded spikes, arrow wall and archers. But i'm nervous about my next upgrade as you can't reset your points and I don't use the other traps as much.

The arrow wall and archers seem worth it as I'm using them a lot. What other upgrades are worth it? are any to be avoided?


texts: What are the exact requirements for The Floor is Lava?

texts: One of the two achievements in Overwatch that are specific to Lucio is called "The Floor is Lava", which requires you to get three killing blows whilst wall riding. Does that mean you simply need to be wall riding at the moment of the kill, or when firing the killing projectile? Maybe even both?


texts: I Do Anything on WoM, and it Goes to the Pause Menu and Won't Let me Out

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I downloaded WoM and XWoM and so everytime I build or break something, and it goes to the pause menu. I click Back to Game and it does not. So effectively I am trapped in the pause menu.

I have Java 7, (because it is pre-installed on Linux Mint), and I really don't want to use the Default Client for Minecraft.


texts: How to fix your minecraft launcher when it turns gray and crashes

texts: Lets say that when you open your Minecraft Launcher you don't see anything and it is all gray. When you click on the launcher it says it is no longer responding and crashes.


texts: Is Sona a better champion as defensive support or an aggressive one?

texts: Is Sona a better defensive support champ or is it plausible to use her in a more aggressive role? I have built her up in bot games for her passive nuke but would that be plausible in pro play?


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There was an exclusive feature to Pokemon Pearl/Diamond with the DS Wireless Communications. At one point in the game (I have Pokemon Pearl, just to let you all know), a man gives you a kit which lets you go into an underground tunnel. From there, you can dig a base. In addition to this, if you go on a stroll through the tunnels, you will meet some vendors. In exchange for a sphere of the right size, you can get an item to decorate your base.

So, the last time I played was about two months ago. Yesterday, I got bored so I started playing it. The problem is, I forgot what the vendors were selling the last time I played. So, my question is, do the items that the vendors are selling change on a regular basis? Thanks in advance.


texts: What kind of resources does the render distance in Minecraft mainly use?

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I'd like to set the Render Distance to 64 chunks (using Optifine) on Minecraft: Java Edtion without getting any lags or low FPS.
I have an Intel Core i7-10700K and 16Gb of RAM, and I allocate 14Gb of RAM to Minecraft. I use the integrated GPU for now (Intel UHD630, I will get a discrete GPU later).
So my question is, what kind of resources does the Render Distance in Minecraft mainly use? Is it the RAM (it is stated within the Optifine mod that I must allocate at least 4Gb of RAM to Minecraft in order to set a render distance higher than 48 chunks), the CPU, or the GPU ?
I can't figure out which of them is the most heavily used when setting high render distances.


texts: I know that marines and marauders can stim while in a bunker, but can a ghost use a nuke while in a bunker? My thought is this might be very effective for defending against an attack, and will buy the ghost time to drop the nuke, even when the enemy knows where he is.


texts: What is the maximum player running speed?

texts: What is the fastest running speed for a character and how can it be achieved?


texts: What's more efficient: lightened armor or pocketed armor?

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I'm ashamed to admit this, but I feel like I can tell you guys this: I have a bit of a weight problem.

As I've progressed through the game and my loadout has changed, the newer items seem to weigh a bit more, decreasing my carrying capacity.  This means less loot carrying ability and more trips back home to dump my salvage into my wasteland equivalent of a Scrooge McDuck vault.

I'm currently wearing pocketed armor for increased carrying capacity, but I'm wondering if I would see a larger net gain in carrying capacity by modifying my armor set for lightened pieces over pocketed pieces.  I'm at Armor 1, and not interested in spending any more SP right now, so which of those two would be more efficient?

Bonus points for discussing the effect of increasing armor skill points to obtain ultra-light armor versus increasing overall strength.


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In Smashy Road: Wanted, there are four rarities of cars: Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary.

On the prize machine they are listed in the order Common, Epic, Rare then Legendary.

However in the car selection screen they are arranged in the order Common, Rare, Epic then Legendary (with epic and rare swapped).

This makes me wonder: which rarity is better, rare or epic?


texts: Is there a way to craft arrows in Skyrim?

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Possible Duplicate:
  How do you make arrows?

I'd like to craft arrows in Skyrim, but I haven't found a way to do it.

Is it possible? If so, how?


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What is the meaning of this website

and what does it say?

It is in game and in the browser


texts: Did the update to Puzzle Swap which added Kid Icarus also add any other puzzles?

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I was just wondering if any additional puzzles were added that weren't revealed yet, or if Kid Icarus was the only one. I'd rather not know what they are though, just a yes and how many or no. Thanks!
(I also think its really cool they've started distributing puzzles through the internet, I hope they do more this way!)


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My dwarves seem pretty excited about procreation and I now have a large population of babies and children hanging around the fortress. The problem is that the children are all going mad and throwing tantrums.

I'm fairly certain it's because the babies became children and I didn't have an extra supply of clothes to wear so they're all having unhappy thoughts from being naked.

I queued up a bunch of cloth pants and other clothes only to be met with "Needs 1 unused plant cloth", which I attempted to make via my loom only to be met with "Needs 1 unused collected plant thread". I have been gathering plants like mad to fix this but I must be missing a step because I keep getting the plant thread alert.

What am I missing for keeping my clothes industry going strong?


texts: What happens to my in-game mail when my World of Warcraft account is frozen?

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I don't use monthly subscriptions in WoW so I'm always aware when I'm buying more game time so I constantly determine if it's worthwhile to toss down $15 again and again.  As a result, I'll occasionally let my account be frozen for a couple weeks at a time until I feel like playing again.

With my many alts, I abuse the mail system for cheap communal bank slots, and I have a few dozen mails filled with this or that going between my characters.  My account has lapsed before while I've had stuff in transit, but I never bothered to pay attention to what happened to my items.  What happens to my in-game mails when my account is in a "Frozen" state?  Does the 30-day mail timer keep ticking down until they rot or are returned?  Does the clock freeze?  Would I still get auction-house mail for a successful sale, etc?


texts: Why are my Elytra Wings are not activating?

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Why do my Elytra Wings only work intermittently?

I do not forget to jump, but when I switch to Survival and then back to Creative, they won't activate whatsoever. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.


texts: How do I not screw up the best ending in Cave Story?

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Grace Note said, in an answer I hadn't read until it was too late:

  The best ending is achieved by following specific requirements at certain points in the game. It's very difficult to explain without any spoilers, but it involves skipping certain events and items to get better items at a later point, and making sure you follow through on an optional sequence of events.

Well, five minutes ago I got stuck for long enough in Cave Story+ to finally fire up a walkthrough for the game. I was in Labyrinth B, looking for a power source of sorts, and I thought I'd done everything there needs to be done in the general neightbourhood, zealously saving after each event. Then I read:

  There are several ways to get to the door: [a door I'd already reached]

  If you have the Machine Gun on level 3, boost upwards by firing it down. [like I've been doing for ages now]
  Go ahead past Monster X, talk to Professor Booster, and get the Booster 0.8. [yeah, I've got that] This will cause you to lose your chance to get the Booster 2.0 later [what? why?], and also keep you from getting the best ending [OH GOD WHAT?], but it will allow you to use the Booster 0.8 to reach the door to the room with the Arms Barrier. [no, god! no, god, please, no! no! NO! NOOOOOOOOO-]

I had done that five minutes ago. Three hours of progress down the bin. He didn't even ask me if I wanted the stupid booster or not.

Do I want to get the best ending, or is it something so incredibly hard (think "I Wanna Be The Guy!" difficulty) that's best left ignored pretending it doesn't exist?
Is this path even available at all on Easy difficulty, what I'm playing on?
What is it I must and, most importantly, must not do to get the best ending?


texts: Where Are the Items for "076 The Young Alchemist"?

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In order to complete this errand you need one of each:

Flint Dagger
Emberstone

Where can these be found?  I'm guessing the emberstone is either found or dropped near / at the Old Smokey volcano, but rather than wander around I thought I'd ask.


texts: When attacking a base and a dragon comes out of the clan castle what can you do? I followed the steps to this similar question but it doesn't seem to work. Even with archers and 2 spells the dragon fried them. A lot of the archers weren't even shooting at the dragon, they were shooting at the closest building. How can you prevent this? It's kind of a catch because the dragon only comes out once the buildings are under attack.


texts: Which Starcraft 2 hotkey set should I use?

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I played a lot of beta SC2 games (as random) with the grid setup and managed.  Since then I've started watching Day[9] and some other commentators who seem to refer often to the default hotkeys in their recommendations for, eg., keeping drones building at all times.

My question is: to what extent are hotkeys mere preference?  If we took a random sampling of competitive players, would roughly 50% be using the grid layout, or would it skew for some relevant game-play reason?


texts: How do I buy a specific number of potions?

texts: Can I buy a specific number of potions at once, or am I forced to buy them one at a time?


texts: Can I run an SNES emulator without it having input focus?

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I'm trying to let someone play an emulator on another monitor while I use my computer normally on the main monitor.

I need to set up an emulator for SNES that will continue the emulation and accept joypad input even when the window doesn't have focus. Numerous emulators for other systems allow me to do this, but at least trying zsnes and snes9x I can't do this. I found a modified version of snes9x that sort of works, but the sound is a little iffy in game and when the game loses focus sound stops entirely. zsnes will run by default when it loses focus, but I can't move it to the other monitor, and taking focus away means it won't accept input.


texts: Does the 1.6 minecraft launcher have command-line options to go directly to a profile?

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I have two kids with different Minecraft accounts on the same Linux computer.

Previously, I made each of them an icon which ran this:

  java -cp ~/minecraft/minecraft.jar net.minecraft.LauncherFrame -u=email@example.org -p=password servername.example.org:3000

with a separate email and password for each kid.

This does not seem to work with the new launcher, which actually has the concept of separate-user profiles, but ironically ends up being quite a bit less elegant than this. (I asked on a minecraft forum site, but only got "why would you want to do that?")

Is there a way to similarly specify the profile to launch and server to connect to on the command line of the new launcher?


texts: Missing "Add to Wishlist" button after I tried to add a game to wishlist and got "Oops sorry!"

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This has happened several times, but I've just realized that this weird "Oops sorry!" message seems to be causing it.

Here is the most recent case I'm facing with Hawken. I tried adding the game to my Wishlist, but failed. It displayed the message "Oops sorry!" for a moment. I refreshed the page, and the button disappeared.

I checked my Wishlist page, just in case it's been there. But unfortunately the game has not been added to my Wishlist either.

This has happened several times and it's quite annoying.

Anyone can help me?


texts: Diablo 3 Adventure Mode Act 1-5 not saving

texts: I completed ACT 1, 2, & 3 and received the reward for completing all 3 Acts. When I went in just now to start Act 4, I noticed that it’s showing Act 1-5 needs to be completed. It literally wiped out all my work? What am I doing wrong?


texts: Why does direct sunlight disable the 3D?

texts: My understanding of the 3DS's auto stereoscopic display is that it uses blockers to hide half the screen from each eye. However, I've noticed that when direct sunlight is on the screen, the effect seems to die, showing both halves of the view at once (as if you're watching from outside the valid zone). What's up with this?


texts: What can I do when I get 'invalid username or password' in Minecraft?

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I can't log in into Minecraft because it says 'invalid username or password'.

What can I do?


texts: How do I heal in a mana-efficient way as a Smite Discipline Priest?

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I'm an 85 Discipline Priest healer specced like so. With this spec I am having fun with the tradeoff between Smite and Penance, and am having a blast in normal dungeons.

My group of friends recently became eligible for Heroics, and now I'm finding things a little tougher! In particular, we went up against Grand Vizier Ertan in The Vortex Pinnacle, and I was swiftly informed that current playstyle just ain't gonna cut it.  On our best attempt I ran out of mana when the boss was about 50% health, after which we ran, whimpering, to regular Grim Batol.

Regardless of other factors like gear, strategy, or whatever, I'd basically like to know: How should I be healing for maximum mana efficiency, especially when faced with lots of AoE damage?

Here are the approximate guidelines I've been going by thus far:

I like Penance.
1 Power Word: Shield up at a time seems good due to Rapture.
Surely Prayer of Healing (especially with Inner Focus) and Prayer of Mending are great since everyone's taking damage.
Throw in a Smite now and again so I can pop Archangel.
Power Infusion seems good, preferably on me

Here's what I haven't been using much but I don't know if that's bad:

Heal - Penance seems strictly better except for the cooldown, which Smite helps with
Flash Heal and Binding Heal appear to be majorly inefficient
Greater Heal doesn't seem like much help for an AoE fight

What spells (like Archangel or Penance) and buffs (like Grace) should I attempt to optimize for maximum mana efficiency? How should I be healing in a world where I run out of mana?

Worded in another way: We definitely have gear problems, strategy problems, and DPS problems, but that's not what I'm asking about. I want to make sure I'm healing well to get us a wee bit closer to tackling this tough content!


texts: How high does my reputation need to be in order to pick the best outcome in Citadel:Volus Ambassador?

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The mission Citadel: Volus Ambassador has an option that adds the Volus Bombing Fleet, a good war asset bonus or saving the colony which gives you ... well ... a warm feeling inside.

It's also possible to get both using a paragon or renegade choice if your reputation is high enough.

What is the threshold to make this choice possible?


texts: How do I export a world from Minecraft win 10?

texts: How do I export my world from Minecraft windows 10 edition? I bought my version of Minecraft from the Microsoft store and I don’t know how to export my worlds. I looked through my files and all I could find was Minecraft java.


texts: Where do the tags in Sarn Slums come from?

texts: I found a weid tag on some of the Sarn Slums walls.  It pictures the letter "V" in a golden crown on a red background.  Any idea where it comes from ?  Is it a simple cosmetic element, or it is part of the scenario ?


texts: What is the meaning of the three kinds of penetration?

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In a Tank Characteristics, it says "Average Penetration 45/49/22 (in mm)". The same applies to damage, where it uses this split into three formats.

This is how much armor (in mm) it could penetrate, but why are there three numbers?


texts: What causes a treasure Yeti to run away?

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I was on a level against a treasure Yeti.  I don't remember having this problem previously but it could simply be due to the plants I was using.  In this case, I was using the short range snapdragon plants so I was not covering the right most columns.  I wasn't paying full attention, but by the time I saw the treasure Yeti, it was already retreating off the screen, causing me to miss the chest.

What caused this behavior and what other things can the yeti zombie do?


texts: Can I transfer my content to another user account?

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Due to the recent PSN outage and I am getting rid of my PS3.  I bought my PS3 back in 2007 and I have purchased a bunch of games and add-ons over the years.

Is there any way to recover this content and sell it/transfer it to another PSN user account?

Also, is there a way to restore the PS3 back to it original factory settings?


texts: Bonus points after turning in contract for the second time

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I completed a contract but missed some bonus points, so I did the contract again to get them all. Each time I turned in the contract after getting the bonus points, the number of stars I have didn't change. It showed me that it gave me a star, but my stars were unchanged (3).

Is there a limit to how many stars you can have at once, or this just bugged?

Edit: here are some screenshots before and after, except this time it was doing the contract for the first time:

It seems that it caps it at 3 stars, and throws away any stars over that amount. After I took the screenshots above, I bought the next sniper contract and then restarted TF2:


texts: Can you change your character without losing items?

texts: Can you change your character on Realm Of The Mad God without losing your items from your previous character?


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Last time I was playing greed mode with Lilith I came upon Blood Clot pickup which normally causes a character to shoot one normal tear and one damage-enhanced alternately.

I know that in case of Cain for example (as he doesn't have one eye/wears an eyepatch) this is changed to randomly shoot red and normal tears without alteration, but Lilith's default familiar only shot normal tears, and damage was not increased anyhow as per Missing HUD2 addon statistics, hence rendering this item useless.

I want to limit out buying items that won't affect Lilith, even though they could somehow (as it is with Cain).

So the question is:
TL;DR: What items do not affect Lilith in any way, even though they could (literally thinking)?


texts: Can you save GameCube games on the Wii U?

texts: So far as I can tell, the Wii U can do almost everything a Wii can. The only exception I am aware of is the Wii u doesn't seem to have a game cube memory card reader. Is there a way to save GameCube games? And if so, can the info be transferred from existing cards?


texts: What does the "new campaign" button do in Starcraft 2?

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I've just finished the campaign and I'm thinking about redoing the campaign to see other options and all. And I was wandering what the "new campaign" button does.

Does it erase my achievements ?

Does it reset the portraits I've unlocked?

There is some kind of score thingy... I made a thousand points. Does it reset?

Does the button do anything else ?


texts: What effect does dual wielding pistols have?

texts: I like dual wielding pistols because it doesn't obscure the center of the screen, but my ability to inflict headshots seems to suffer. What exactly does having two pistols out at the same time do? Is there a hard accuracy penalty for dual wielding, or do I just need to learn to aim without iron sights? Are there any other obscure effects dual wielding provides?


texts: When watching content in Hulu, Netflix, HBO Go, etc. that is encoded with stereo audio, I want the PS4 to output stereo (2.0 channel) audio through HDMI.  It doesn't seem to matter whether I select PCM, DTS, or DD, it always outputs 6 channels with 4 channels of silence.  The problem is that for a video with only 2 channels of audio, the other channels are mute.  This makes it impossible to use my receiver's Pro Logic II feature to up mix and use all my speakers.


texts: What is this icon above the Emancipation Gate (in Civilization Beyond Earth)

texts: I was playing Civilization Beyond Earth and the game crashed.  Around that time the icon denoted by red arrows appeared.  The square denoted by the green arrow appears when the cursor is above the other icon.  Every time I open this save file (even after reinstall or on a different machine) the icons appear.  The Emancipation Gate was owned by ARC.  I am unsure if it is a bug, since I can't find the icon anywhere else in the game, but it looks like someone drew it (that is, that it isn't random noise like one would expect with a game/GPU glitch).


texts: I need to test network connection before I can connect to Xbox Live

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I recently connected my Xbox 360 to my college campus's wired network, which requires me to use a static IP Address. Since then, almost every time I turn on my Xbox I am not connected to Xbox Live. The only way I have found to connect is to attempt to connect, invariably fail, test my network connection (which signs me out and always succeeds) and then sign back in. Doing that has connected me to Xbox Live every time.

I have tried just signing out and back in, and that does not work. This problem did not happen when I was connected to a part of the network that used DHCP.

Is there a setting I can change to avoid this, or is there at least something simpler I can do to connect to Xbox Live?


texts: What counts as the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes?

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With the addition of the Simian Flu came a few new achievements. One of them, I'm not quite sure what I need to do to get it.

  Film Fanatic
  Recreate the setting of the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes film

Having seen the movie, I know that (movie spoilers)

   • It takes place in SF
 • The apes take over the city
 • It ends basically with the start of an APE v. Human war

Now, the scenario described in the beginning of the film details the Simian Flu itself, but what it describes is vague enough that it is basically how it happens in the game no matter what. So what particular things need to happen to unlock that achievement?


texts: I'm seeing stuff elsewhere about how it unlocks all characters during free play or allows you to play as special characters, but I still have access to all characters with it disabled, and I can't see  how to access these extra character's.


texts: So I'm playing latest version of better than wolves mod for Minecraft on easy difficulty and can not survive a single night. What am I doing wrong? I'm not dying of hunger, but from mobs. Mostly archers. And there doesn't seem to be enough time to build any kind of shelter with a light source. On top of this my attacks stop doing damage at about half health. And HP regeneration is next to none. Any tips on what can I do differently?


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In Skyrim, is there a way to heal my horse while I'm on it? What about a dragon?
I know that if you have the healing hands magic, you can heal a horse while you are not on it, but is there a way to heal them while you are on it (since you can't use magic or staves while on horses)?  I have noticed that even though you can use magic while on a dragon, you cannot use healing magic (including magic to heal yourself).  Is there a way to heal your dragon?


texts: Problem with bumper buttons on Xbox One wireless Controller?

texts: I bought a new Xbox One wireless controller from  here. The problem is that when I press either of bumper buttons I feel (little but observable) outward pressure on other bumper, as if they are internally connected. As this is the first time I have bought a Xbox Controller I want to know is this normal for Xbox One controller or not?


texts: How can I detect if an LV line is powered?

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I'd like to turn some redstone on and off, depending on whether an LV line powered by solar panels is on or off. Is there a way of doing this?

They are IndustrialCraft Solar panels, which are powering a batbox, which is in turn powering a copper cable, the status of which I'd like to query.

I am using the Direwolf FTB modpack.


texts: Does one row of background wall stop monster spawning?

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Consider this platform:

It has one row of cactus wall right behind it. Does that stop monsters from spawning on it? I'm looking for simple way to restrict monster spawns over large area and this looks viable...


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Specifically "Fortify Stamina". I decided to enchant a ring in Skyrim with Fortify Stamina, but when I tried to equip the ring it wouldn't work and I clicked it multiple times trying to equip the item. Later I realized I had 500 points of stamina.

This broke the game and I don't know how to get rid of the effect.


texts: What is the best way to farm prestige in WOW?

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As the title says, what would be a good way to farm prestige? Just grind the bgs and arenas or do WQ's or both?
The main reason I want to level up my prestige is to get the mounts, so I would like to know an efficient way to do so.


texts: What causes Overwatch's Capture Highlight feature to be disabled in game?

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Overwatch's new Capture Highlight feature allows you to press F9 to save your last 12 seconds of gameplay, or the active Play of the Game. After the game, you can go to your Highlights to replay what you saved or export it as a video file.

However, this feature is not available at all times. For example, if you try to use it in the Practice Range you'll see the error message "Highlights unavailable". I was also unpleasantly surprised when, after making an exciting play in a No Limits arcade game, I pressed F9 and nothing happened, not even an error message. It also doesn't seem to be supported in pre-game skirmishes.

When am I able to use the Capture Highlight feature? Is it only in particular game modes? In modes where it is supported, is it available through the entire game, or is it disabled at times the clock isn't running, such as the set-up phase and the few playable seconds after a round? What about during the Kill Cam, or Death Spectating? What if you're spectating a match instead of playing it?


texts: How do I get the six hidden achievements in Indie Game: The Movie?

texts: I see that there are six (6) hidden Steam achievements (Feature Complete, Extra Lives, Nice to Meat You, Teh Internets, Bonus Levels, and Behind the Scenes) with no descriptions and I have no idea how to get them. Do I need to rewatch the movie if I have already? Can I skip around? What are the unlock conditions? Where are they hidden?


texts: How do I add start menu items to a Steam game after the installation?

texts: I've noticed that Steam gives me the option of creating a desktop shortcut and start menu items at the end of an installation. I always say no thanks to both because I like starting my games from Steam. But recently I've grown fond of just pressing the windows key and writing the name of the application I want to run, so I'd like to add start menu items to my Steam games. But how do I do that after the game is already installed? I can only find an option for creating a desktop shortcut, which is not what I'm after.


texts: Is there a command to detect if tnt explodes?

texts: I want to make a tnt that create 2 new primed tnt every time one of them explode. Is there a command to do that?


texts: I noticed that Aeon submarines can surface (not sure if other factions' subs can do that, too). My question is, why would I want to surface? I can't see any reason why this possibility was introduced, as then more units can attack them.


texts: The briefcase icon has been there for as long as I remember. The other one periodically appears.  The icon on the left may be "color power" (controls), but I don't know why it appears so briefly.


texts: I want to place a piece of furniture but there is another piece of furniture in the way. I can't seem to find an option to move or remove. Is there something there that I am missing, or did I nail this thing to the floor forever?


texts: Can you get a rank worse than B in VVVVVV time trials?

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Time trial mode gives ranks to runs. I made a pretty bad run and got... a B, which isn't that bad of a mark? I was expecting a big bold F or something.

Is B the worst rank VVVVVV will give?


texts: Solo Interceptor PvP - Afterburners vs. MWDs

texts: Interceptors provide bonuses for microwarpdrives.  However, I'm worried about using them for solo PvP because they can be scrambled.  Should I downgrade to an afterburner and play it safe, or is the threat of scrambling negligible?


texts: Do skills, skill points and/or presents carry over another playthrough?

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So, when using the monomachine, I get presents used during free time activities, in order to unlock skills or skill points and completing other characters' info

Like, right now, I'm on my first playthrough on Danganronpa Trigger Happy Havoc on Kind difficulty and I'd like to ask if it carries over if I restart the game on Mean difficulty after this playthrough for completing stuff.

Question
Do anything I already unlocked or owned in one playthrough carry over another one?


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In Angband, when you read a Scroll of Word Recall from a dungeon (say floor 40), reading it again from town returns you to floor 40.

Even if you go back from the first floor of the dungeon and read it again on, say, floor 10, reading it in town returns you to floor 40.

Is there any way to "reset" the recall depth to the current floor when in a dungeon instead of going back to the deepest level?


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Disc 1 is in bad shape. I would like to know if am able to copy disk 1 onto a USB drive or download it. I tried installing a few times and it seems to always get halfway through and then it just does nothing.

I have tried cleaning the disc with toothpaste and petroleum jelly without much luck.

If anyone could help me out and let me know what you think I should do, it would help me a lot, thanks.


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Many battle cards provide buffs to Mario/Luigi/Paper Mario, including raising stats or coins/exp gained from battle. Debuffs can also be applied to enemies, lowering their stats.

There are also cards that have the same effect, but different magnitudes/circumstances. I currently have in my deck cards that give +25% experience, +50% experience, and 100% experience if the enemy is defeated on the next turn.

Do these effects stack if...

Two different cards are used (Say I use the +25% exp and +50% exp in succession to attempt to get +75% exp)?
The same card is used twice in a single battle (Say I use the +50% exp, it was the last card so the deck is reshuffled, and I can use the +50% exp again if it is flipped early)?


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Does anyone know of a list of people in skyrim who train, and also sell things? I have lots of stuff to sell and training while I'm at it would be really helpful.  I know of Gunmar in dragon hold castle (I forget the name) he trains in smithing, and also sells stuff as well.

I can't seem to find a comprehensive list? Anyone know anymore?


texts: How do you get the yellow squares in the background?

texts: It won't let me get these squares and I don't know if there is like a special button but I don't know how to.


texts: How do I tag components for search without running out of them?

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I'm quite busy with the crafting element of Fallout 4 and I want to pre-emptively start searching for components. When I'm in building mode and trying to place an item that I lack the required components for, I can press Q (PC) to tag these for search.

However (for example), I also want to tag Glue and Aluminium for search. I do not lack these components right now, but I might once I start using them.

Can I tag these for search (so they get highlighted in the world) without having run out of them?


texts: Using the minus (-) key to buy an item in the Dota2 shop with an AZERTY keyboard layout

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I have an AZERTY keyboard layout. In Dota2, most hotkeys can be rebound in the in-game setting menu. However, for the shop, I have to resort to editing text files in the game folder to use AZERTY-compatible hotkeys instead of the QWERTY layout. So to buy the item on the first row and first column, I can press A& instead of Q1 and it works as intended.

Except for the 11th row (minus key on a QWERTY) which does not appear to work. So if I buy something on the 11th row, for instance a sentry ward, I cannot do it with A) (instead of Q-). However, I can buy an observer ward (10th row) with Aà (for Q0) and I can buy a bottle (12th row) with A= (for Q=).

This is an excerpt from the dotakeys_personal.lst file found in userdata:

        "ShopTabConsumables"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabConsumables"
        "Action"        "shop_nav_to_tab 0"
        "Key"       "a"
        "Description"       "#DOTA_Shop_Hotkey_Consumables"
        "Version"       "2"
    }
    "ShopTabAttributes"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabAttributes"
        "Action"        "shop_nav_to_tab 1"
        "Key"       "z"
        "Description"       "#DOTA_Shop_Hotkey_Attributes"
        "Version"       "2"
    }
    "ShopTabArmaments"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabArmaments"
        "Action"        "shop_nav_to_tab 2"
        "Key"       "e"
        "Description"       "#DOTA_Shop_Hotkey_Armaments"
        "Version"       "2"
    }

etc.

        "ShopSlot10"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabSecret"
        "Action"        "shop_select_itemrow 10"
        "Key"       "0"
        "Version"       "2"
    }
    "ShopSlot11"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabSecret"
        "Action"        "shop_select_itemrow 11"
        "Key"       "-"
        "Version"       "2"
    }
    "ShopSlot12"
    {
        "Name"      "ShopTabSecret"
        "Action"        "shop_select_itemrow 12"
        "Key"       "="
        "Version"       "1"
    }

What is strange is that somehow the game understands the layout of "columns" on my keyboard: after editing the text file, if I press letter A, then the game understands that I am referring to the 1st colum (A in AZERTY, Q for QWERTY).

However, when it comes to "rows", the layout is messed up: even though the text file refers to the 1st column with the key 1, if I press &, the game registers it as 1 and I get the item in the first row (exactly what I wanted). The problem really only arises with the 11th column, which is - in QWERTY and ) in AZERTY. I have tried putting ) in the text file. It does not work. I have tried putting -. It does not work.

So basically, I can buy every item except for the items on the 11th row.

If I use KP_MINUS, it works with the minus key on the keypad.


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When I was wandering around, I stumbled across a shrine that gave me the ability to add that class to my characters as an alternate class. Since then I've been wandering around, trying to find all of them. It seems like, so far, the base 8 are going to be in the offshoots of each town, towards the chapter 2 towns, but I've still been having trouble finding those.

Supposedly, there are also 4 hidden jobs. Are those obtainable from shrines as well?


texts: What's the minimum required number of playthroughs needed to get all trophies/achievements?

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I'm the type of person who likes to get all the trophies/achievements when playing games.
Setting out to play Mass Effect 3, which is probably a rather long game, I'd wish to get all trophies/achievements on my first playthorugh, although I don't know if that's possible.

Can you get all trophies/achievements for Mass Effect 3 in on your first playthrough or are multiple playthroughs required?


texts: Can I install Google Chrome plugins or themes in the Steam-based browser?

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Is it possible to install Google Chrome plugins or themes in the Steam-based integrated browser? Or, is there any way to get themes or extensions for the Steam webkit browser?

For example, a dark theme and Lastpass would be wonderful!


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I just started playing Dota 2, and I want to know why I can't turn off limited hero mode.  Unchecking the Limited Heroes checkbox disables the Save Settings button so apparently I'm not allowed.

I am playing Normal matches, not Ranked matches, because my profile is not yet level 13.  Can you not play with all heroes in Normal matches?


texts: I own some Steam games I'd like to give away to friends as I no longer play them. Have I any options?


texts: Does killing persist if you revert a save?

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So, I saw something that said if you kill a certain character:

   Toriel

and reset before saving, you'd still not be blocked off from any endings in the game, including the true pacifist ending, even if Flowey calls you out on it.

I'd really like clarification if this is true or not, and if I have to use the special method to actually delete the memory to see the best ending.


texts: How do I change the third person view from the right shoulder to the left shoulder in Skyrim

texts: Haven't been able to find the answer anywhere, so sorry if this is a duplicate, I must've missed it in that case.


texts: How to lock Xbox home so child cannot add to it

texts: I've already set the accounts to limit what I'm after but I can still add items onto Home that I want to block.  Is there a way to lock home to a shared profile or disallow other accounts to add items to home without your approval?


texts: Which scripting language does Skyrim use?

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The previous Bethesda titles from the Elder Scrolls series - Morrowind and Oblivion - as well as the games based off Oblivion's engine, Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, used a custom scripting language internally, usually called "TESScript". A common complaint was that it was very limited, doing basically just enough for the specific game to work, and nothing more (Oblivion's version didn't even have looping statements, for example). This necessitated the development of so-called "script extenders" (MWSE, OBSE, FOSE and NVSE, respectively) to bring this language up to speed.

Did Bethesda take the criticism seriously and implement a different, complete scripting language into Skyrim - and if so, which one?


texts: Why does my FPS drop dramatically in Opportunity?

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For some reason whenever I'm in Opportunity and I look around at all the buildings, my FPS drops to below 40, sometimes 30. Opportunity isn't the only place it happens, but it's most notable there.

My PC specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.68Ghz
Radeon HD 7950
16Gb DDR3 RAM
128Gb SSD

As you can see this is a pretty high end PC. I have updated all my drivers, so please don't tell me to.

Note: I just noticed this happening even more in Thousand Cuts, if you go to the Hyperion barrier and look over the Slab fortress.


texts: Can I run with Zombie Run with another person?

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I am considering purchasing ZombieRun, but I have a question about it.
Sometimes, when I run, my girlfriend might join me. Is there a way to tell the app that we are running together? I am afraid I might have to sprint away at some point and that she will not .. so we'd become separated..
Does anyone know if such a feature exists ?


texts: I read somewhere that after killing Handsome Jack and the Warrior, if you did not click on the True Vault Hunter mode, you could still access it by just starting a new game and you would still have all your XP's, current level, weapons, etc. Well, I did, and I lost everything!  And to top it off, I had to start from scratch, level 1! Is there any way I can still get back to my current level of 37 again, Or is all that "work" lost for good?


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I've already completed the game 3 times and I only recently found out about Soft Resetting. I wanted to try it but after 17 on Heatran, I got really Impatient.

If anyone has an easily explained tutorial on how to soft reset and how to automate this, please tell me because I'm itching to get a shiny legendary.


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I sent out a lvl 7 dweller to explore the wasteland. I just picked up some resources and when I just started looking how it is actually going (~5 minutes later) it read something about "let's check the metal chest" and then I found a destabilizer. After a bit research I figured out that this pistol is one of the best weapons.

One point that made me a bit mistrustful is the point of the log when it happened.
It says 00:-05.

So is it just a kind of glitch/bug I encountered or am I just a lucky guy that found while exploring the wastelands for 5 minutes the strongest non heavy weapon with a guy that just has a luck stat of 1?

Or the third option: Is getting legendary loot after a few minutes isn't that rare as I expected it?


texts: I know that you can play poker in the game. Do I have to unlock a mission to enable it ? Where are the location I could play ?


texts: Is it necessary to start a new game after installing DLC?

texts: After installing the Their Finest Hour and For The Motherland DLC packs, will I get the benefit of these DLCs in my existing saved game, or will I have to start a new game?


texts: What are passwords in the 3DS version of SSF4 for?

texts: What are they? How are they used? What kind of dark magic is this?!


texts: Does Assassin's Creed IV have a windowed or fake-fullscreen mode?

texts: Does AC IV finally have a window or borderless-window/fullscreen-window mode?


texts: How do +damage mods work when dual wielding?

texts: There are rings, shields and many other non-weapon items that give a small boost to damage. If someone wears say a ring with +3-5 dmg, and dual wields - does this mean that it will give the full effect to both weapons? Or only to the main weapon, split among them or some other variant?


texts: How can I play Battlefield 4 in windowed mode?

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I'm trying to play Battlefield 4 on my PC but I don't want it to take up the entire screen. How do I do that? I remember having the same problem with Battlefield 3 and I forgot how I solved the problem. I called the customer service number for Battlefield 3 and they told me something like shift + return or ctrl + return or some combination of keys that I've forgotten.

Anyone know the solution?


texts: Is there a canon outcome to the Kronus War/Dark Crusade?

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A lot of games feature alternate storylines depending on which character/race you pick at the start, and Warhammer's Dawn of War: Dark Crusade is no different.

With 7 races vying for control of the planet, there is presumably 7 different outcomes to the overall storyline. The question is: Who actually won?. Is there canon evidence that states, say, that the Tau or the Space Marines, or any other race ultimately won the Dark Crusade and took control of the planet Kronus?


texts: Why do I lose items that are with the courier when I die in Dota 2?

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Hi I recently started playing Dota 2 and I've had an issue with items disappearing when I die. I played 2 games last night and for both games I noticed this occurring.

Basically I will buy items, get my courier to deliver it and before my courier gets to me if I die then when I respawn the items are missing. An example is last night I bought 2 items worth over 2000 gold, sent for the courier, died, and when I respawned my items were missing and the 2000 gold was also missing. The gold is definitely not missing due to the cost of respawning.

Is this meant to happen? I've talked to more experienced players and looked at online material but I can't find anything related. I thought the items should be returned to you when you respawn and that's why quick buying right before dying is useful but this is making that unfeasible. It got to the point where getting items delivered by courier was too risky if it was an expensive item.

Thanks for your help!


texts: Is there any danger in using the Fatman?

texts: So the Fatman weapon dropped from an awarded lunchbox and I was wondering if using it inside the vault could cause any friendly fire or anything like that.


texts: Is there a way to determine exactly where the security van is going to be GTA V

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Is there an in game without the use cheats to determine where the next security van is going to be?
Do they all follow the same routes at a set time or spawn at a set location first? Or even better is there a mod out there that can mark them on the map?


texts: Strategy to ensure educated workers in Tropico 3?

texts: In Tropico 3 its important to have a workforce of high school and sometime college educated workers.  How can I build up my educated workforce, and ensure that I have a steady stream of new ones to man my factories?


texts: I've been searching around the web for a good list of all the main quest rewards in diablo 3, and have been unable to find one so far; everything has been objective lists or pay for guides or incomplete/outdated wiki entries. Does anyone know of a good list?


texts: What really happens when you enter a portal in minecraft? (Or should I say, when you come back?)

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In minecraft, I'm about to make a portal and enter the Nether, but I have a problem with this.  Supposedly when you enter the Nether, you can be directly above lava. This is fixed by the game sending the portal you create in the Nether to a safe area.  Unfortuanely, that means that when you reenter that portal to go back to the real world you end up a million miles away from your settlement.

Is that true, and if it is, how can I find my way back? Can I use the compass to find back, and how does that work?


texts: When is a Reaper considered cost efficient?

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The Reaper in early game it is usually used for scouting and harassing the opponent.

I understand that a scan costs 270 minerals and a Reaper can save this investment, but you could also play "blind", so I do not want these 270 minerals considered in the answer.

As I see it there are two scenarios: A the Reaper kills stuff and survives and B the Reaper kills  stuff and is killed at the end.

When is a Reaper cost efficient in both scenarios A and B?

More specifically I want to know how many enemy workers I have to kill to break even.


texts: Is there any benefit to using the same Pokemon all the time, increasing the 'battles won' statistic?

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I have a Gengar which I use a lot. Should I use other Pokemon more, or does sticking to one Pokemon bring additional benefits?

For example, am I increasing the likelihood of getting Gengar candies on Pokemon gyms? or do I become a better Ghost-type trainer? Does it increase my likelihood of catching Ghost Pokemon (by either modifying the catch rate or making it appear closer to me)?


texts: The Miitomo game has awarded me "game tickets", but has given no indication of how to use them.  How do I redeem these tickets and play some games?


texts:
I am looking for the turret voice overs from Portal in the following file:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\portal content.gcf

I've extracted this using GCFScape, but they don't seem to be in the sound folder with all the other sound files.. I don't want to download them from YouTube as I will have to split them into .wav files, and won't be as high quality.

Where are they located?


texts: Best gear progression for Wanderer class

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I have recently started Dark souls with a Wanderer class and I am wondering what the best gear progression is for Wanderers. I am playing with dexterity and strength as my focus.

So basically I want to know what gear I should be wearing through the game (e.g to begin with wanderer set with scimitar then from there I should equip thief set etc).


texts: I fell in love with the game Towns, except for one little thing: it keeps crashing for no apparent reason. There is no error message or warning, it just closes. I get my little people to build a town, boom, closed, all deleted. I auto-save now but it is still annoying.


texts: Enemy Snipers 1-Shotting me in Mass Effect

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I've been playing through Mass Effect 1 (ME) on the higher difficulties for achievements, and I keep running into sniper enemies who 1-shot me.

Any hints to surviving and/or killing the snipers before they kill me?


texts: Are dead or unconscious enemies part of the Neural Network?

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Verge's Crowdsource ability grants the following passive:

  Verge gains +5 Aim and +10 Critical Chance for each enemy in the Neutral Network.

This seems like a nice ability, but in my experience you normally won't have more than 2 living enemies in the neural network. Due to this the bonus it normally gives (at least to Aim) will be fairly small. On the other hand, if dead or unconscious enemies are still considered to be part of the Neural Network, then that's a different story entirely. So before I decide which ability I want to grab for this promotion, it would be nice to know which enemies will actually grant the bonus. I'm playing on Ironman, so I can't just do a save and reload to figure this out without locking myself into one of the abilities first.

Are dead or unconscious enemies part of the Neural Network for the purposes of the Crowdsource bonus?


texts: PocketMine-MP Server not able to place crystals

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I have started a Minecraft Bedrock Server with PocketMine-MP.
I can place/break other blocks, but the end crystal doesn’t appear in the Creative Inventory, and if I give myself the crystals using commands, when I place it down, it disappears, and I cannot break it, so it’s not invisible. Trying to make a CrystalPvP server; please help.
Edit: Also, I’m placing it on Obsidian.


texts: How do I get a party of heroes interested enough to attack monsters?

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By the end of most scenarios I have some pretty high level heroes. Mostly warriors, dwarves and mages - and a few specials like blademasters and paladins. When I create parties using the inn, I group  2 to 3 high damage wariors/dwarves and have a warrior as the leader and a cleric for support. All in all a formidable force that can take down any high level monster on the map without too much trouble.

The problem is they never seem to be interested in going out and attacking them. I place bounties ranging from 2k to 4k but they don't seem interested. If the monster comes into my town (e.g. - in the scenario where you have to kill the dragon - Rafnir), they'll attack it but otherwise they'll just wander around the town and not go too far away.

Is my strategy wrong? Should I place a higher bounty? The monsters I'm talking about are the end game ones like the Lich and other high level ones. But I've also seen the same behavior where they simply ignore easier monsters like high level Elementals that are relatively far away from the town.

Any suggestions on how I can get them to be more hero like?

I have the base version of the game by the way.


texts: Where can I find the Hub mission in X3: Albion Prelude?

texts: I'm looking for the Xenon Hub in X3: Albion Prelude.  In what sector should I expect to find the Hub?  Is there a mission that I should complete first?  Where would I find it?  Is there a minimum ship class that I would need first?


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On the driver screen, there is a variety of profit statistics, profit per day and profit per mile. Mine always seem to be very negative as you can see from this picture

What numbers are included when calculating profitability in Euro Truck Simulator 2?


texts: How do I recover a lost Borderlands 2 game?

texts: In Borderlands 2 on PS3, I tried starting a new game to see what it was like playing as another class, but didn't like having to start from scratch. So, I tried to go back to my original levelled up character - and discovered I was stuck in the new game. I recovered my original character and made it active using multiplayer. But does anyone know a way to recover where I was in the story?


texts: What to do when a NPC blocks a doorway or exit?

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In Fallout 2, there are children everywhere.  I found myself stuck in the sheriff's office in Redding because a child blocked the way and would not let me pass.  I tried the following:

resting for a few days to see if the kid would move (didn't work)
talking to Sulik and asking him to change his distance from me (didn't work)
giving the kid a nuke soda (didn't work)
giving the kid a fruit (didn't work)

I finally kicked the kid and the whole town came after me, including the sheriff.  I do not have enough XP to exit the town in one piece.  I've done a few side quests on this game and would hate to lose that and redo it.

Is there any way to get a NPC to move if they are blocking an exit or doorway?


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I just gotten Ingress for 2 minutes now and already i'm facing a problem. I'm a pre-paid user and that means i don't have internet where i go except for Wi-fi locations.

I was thinking that Ingress was a GPS bounded game.

Is it possible for pre-paid players to play in offline mode or does it require a internet sources wherever you walk?


texts: Transfer gamesaves from Xbox 360 to Xbox One?

texts: I have the GOTY edition of Borderlands 2 on my Xbox One X. My question is can I use my gamesaves from my Xbox 360 which is the regular version (not GOTY). I don't want to upload to the cloud and screw up my Xbox One save. thanks for any information on this


texts: Can Smeargle sketch moves but pass them to Pokemon that cant learn them legally by using the breeding system?


texts: How many torpedoes does it take to sink the Aircraft Carrier on Wake Island?

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On the Wake Island Battlefield 1942 map, there is an Aircraft carrier and a battleship. On the Wake Island airbase there are three planes, two with bombs, and one with torpedoes. How many torpedoes does it take to sink the aircraft carrier?

Also, does the damage depend on angle of attack, ie dropping it into the water low and fast/dropping it onto the deck or is it the same for a hit anywhere?


texts: What are the "???" secret/unidentified skills?

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The skills list has 17 secret/locked/unidentified skills towards its end listed as "???"/"? ? ?". They are available under certain conditions:

Get 800 kills with grenades
Get 1,500 kills with handguns
Get 1,000 kills with shotguns
Get 800 kills with Magnums
Get 1,000 kills with sniper rifles
Get 1,500 kills with machine pistols
Get 1,500 kills with assault rifles
Get 800 kills with grenade launchers
Get 800 kills with crossbows
Unlocked after all campaigns have been completed (x8)

What are these skills? And is there any way to track progress towards unlocking them?


texts: How can I use my second pill without using the first one?

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I got a shop upgrade that let me hold two pills. The problem I have now is that I want to use the second pill, but not the first one.

Is it possible to drop one pill or swap them or any other way I can use the second one without using the first one? Assume that I can not grab some other consumable to swap the bad first pill that way.


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Mordekaiser seems to be a character that pick-up groups tend to have trouble countering, if the Morde player knows what he is doing. Iron Man allows an armor-heavy Morde to absorb a lot of punishment from abilities, as the abilities tend to hit first. Conversely, Iron Man can be recharged in battle after all the abilities hit, which allows Morde to be magic-resist heavy and use his passive to absorb normal auto-attacks.

Does anyone have an effective method of countering him?


texts: Is there a way to stop things from attacking my horse/NPCs and to pull them to me? Or Stop my horse/NPCs running off into combat?

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While playing Skyrim I've noticed that enemies seem averse to actually attacking me, they will relentlessly attack my horse and any NPCs I have following me before they attack me, this is really annoying in quests where you have to lead an NPC halfway across the map and they keep on dying because they are the focus of all the attacks.

Also NPCs and my horse seem to be hell bent on getting themselves killed by running into enemy encampments, I was attacked by one bandit outside a building so I dismounted my horse, the NPC I was leading and my horse joined the fray and then ran into the building in a fit of battle lust and proceeded to be slaughtered by 5 bandits...

Is there a way to stop this?


texts: What's the maximum level in Dead Island?

texts: What's the maximum level in Dead Island that you can reach and does it make in sort that you can have max-out skills ?


texts: Why doesn't Focused Charge stun? (Templar Aedric Spear ability)

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The Templar Aedric Spear ability, Focused Charge, has the following description:

"Charge to target, interrupting casts and stuns them for 3 seconds."

When I use this ability, it never stuns my target. I haven't yet found an opportunity to use it against a casting target since the majority of spells in ESO are instant casts. Does the stun happen only if an interrupt occurs?


texts: On Minecraft, can you change villager NBT tags without changing trades?

texts: Basically, I want to make a datapack that modifies the maxUses tag of every villager for every trade, making them never lock up. Is this possible?


texts: Minecraft 1.9 freezes if I click on things too quickly

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So Minecraft 1.8 was working without a hitch and then when I tried out 1.9 I have tons of trouble.  I can load my world and move around, but if I say open a chest, close it and repeat this 3 times the game will freeze and won't even generate an error message - suffice it to say this is very frustrating.  Things I have tried:

Running 1.9,1.9.1 and 1.9.2 - all have same crash/freeze
1.8 works perfectly
updating video card drivers
Updating java
Reistalling Minecraft
updating to windows 10 (I was running 8 before)
restarting my computer
allocating an extra 3GB of RAM to Minecraft (total of 4GB)

Overall system specs:

Decent computer with 8GB of ram, i7 processor and using admin privileges.

Minecraft: I am using Vanilla Minecraft

I'm really at a loss here so if you have any suggestions please let me know.


texts: Elder Scrolls: What happened to the dragon statue left when Martin Septim's Dragon petrified?

texts: Is it now a temple or something else in 4E of Skyrim?


texts: How long will Playstation Plus offer free games to download?

texts: I'm thinking about getting the subscription but if it's gonna go away in a few months when the PS4 comes out, I'm not going to bother.  Does anyone know how long they will offer the free games?  (Xbox free games stop in 12/2013.)


texts: Is it possible to get perfect stealth in MGSV if an enemy spots you?

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So often in MGSV I'll crouch walk behind an enemy either with my gun raised or ready to CQC, but he'll turn around and the alert sound will play. I easily knock him out before he raises an alarm or yells, but does this event still cause the perfect stealth / no kills modifier to be lost for the mission? I have reflex mode turned off.

It just seems really stupid to me that the perfect stealth would be lost if an enemy sees me in the split second before I knock his lights out.


texts: Adding Friends on Different Platforms to Real Racing 3

texts: I'm using the Android version (Jelly Bean/Nexus 7) of EA Real Racing 3, and my friend is on the iOS version.  He keeps sending me invites, and when I accept them from facebook, it keeps sending me to the google play store.  How do I accept his request?  Is there no link between platforms maybe, or what is going on?


texts: How can I provide natural light under a roof?

texts: I'm building a platform out in the water, sort of like an oil rig, and I'm realizing that the area beneath my platform is going to become completely dark at all times. In order to prevent that, how can I let beams of sunlight through? I'd prefer not to use glass, or to just make arbitrary holes in the platform.


texts: As a jungle how do i pick/play against a tank comp?

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Thanks to the buffs made in both crowd control as well as health/tank items being easier to build. There have been a lot of people building tank comps like "Cho'gath mid, Sion jungle, Maokia top , leona support, with a long range adc or high poke like corki or jinx". i have had a very hard time time playing against comps like this. My main champions at the moment have been Volibear, Rek'Sai, Nautilus and Master Yi.

What champions are best against these comps?
How should I play against them as well?

Currently I build according to what the enemy's biggest threat is and/or on how far ahead I am compared to that threat. Quick example is on Rek'Sai I rush hydra if they have a fed ap laner then slowly build visage but I change that to something more economical if i am behind.

If I should change how I itemize how should i change it

One last thing I didn't add early on which had been happening a lot also due to the tank meta that is upon us. I'm not going to add anymore to this but it is something that I think needs some attention as well.

Another not so completely jungle but game related is this. I've had a lot of games where again dealing with a tank comp and there is a team fight. For some very very odd reason my team does not focus the tank or front line they always try to get to the back line even though their champs are not tanky and are completely shut down by the enemy team's cc. quick example here would be a kata diving a carry with a leona or cho'gath maokia protecting him.

Lastly how do you team fight against these compositions, and how should you also get your team to fight them or help you when using the strategy you use in these situations?


texts: Why did my squad die in the final push by Hammer to the beam in the ending of Mass Effect 3?

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In the final push at the end of Mass Effect, my squad was crushed by a flaming flying Mako instead of being airlifted out and witnessing a teary goodbye between Kaiden and my Shep (I romanced him and brought him along to the final push). Instead, a Mako crushes them, and I can see my squad's names (Liara and Kaiden) up on the wall when Garrus puts my name up instead of Kaiden, most likely because a flying Mako squished him.

I've never seen this happen to my squad before in all my playthroughs of the game, the only difference being this one was on my computer instead of my XBox. I did some searching before asking here, and to my surprise there was nothing. I know that ME fans would not overlook this, so now I'm very confused. If it helps, I have the Extended Cut.


texts:
During play I have noticed sometimes I can't build certain districts on certain types of land.

For example, a campus can't be built on a resource (irritating if a resource is next to lots of mountains)

Is there an exhaustive list of all these limitations anywhere - what can and can't be built where?


texts: What is the chance a dodge will trigger Backlash?

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When using the Backlash rune for Mantra of Evasion, what does "a chance" mean?

  Successfully dodging an attack has a chance to create a burst of flame dealing X% weapon damage as Fire to all nearby enemies.


texts: Older Versions of Minecraft Forge on the Profile Launcher

texts: I am trying to set up a profile for 1.4.7 Forge, but I am having some trouble. I know Forge will load the AppData's mods folder, but I want to contain it to an certain folder, 1.4.7 Modded for example. How would I go about creating the 1.4.7 Forge Profile and installing the FML to a specfic folder (1.4.7 Modded). Any help would be appreciated.


texts: Do mission ratings in Assassin's Creed IV actually go back to Ubisoft?

texts: At the end of each mission in Assassin's Creed IV, players have the opportunity to rate the mission.  Does this feedback actually go back to Ubisoft?


texts: Is there a way to save the communist deserter from execution?

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In chapter 4 - Front Lines, you can sneak through the Communists attack on the Nazis and see a captive "Red" being executed by his superiors (if you stand there without interfering you even get a "moral point" contributing to the alternate ending). I tried saving the captive but whenever I shoot any of the executioners first, he falls dead to the ground immediately.

Is it even possible?


texts: How many cassette tapes are there, and where are they found?

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Before attempting to play through on Madhouse difficulty, I would like to try and make a rough plan of the save points I will be making, as this difficulty limits the number of saves.

So, how many cassette tapes are there in total? And where are they all located?

Bonus points for also including a list of 'auto-save' points throughout the game.


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According to an article from CCP, they are bringing ship spinning back because of user requests.

What does this expression "ship spinning" mean?


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I currently have a Logitech MX 5000 keyboard for my PC. I've been playing WoW on it for about 2 years (maybe longer, but I'm not certain), but it has a problem where it suddenly just "wigs out" on me. The keyboard is wireless (bluetooth, I think), and I'm certain that this has something to do with the problem. I'll be playing WoW and all of a sudden the keyboard will stop responding and it shows that it's disconnected on the LCD screen, and then it usually takes about 10 seconds for it to reconnect. However, I digress...

I'm seriously looking into getting a ZBoard, but I'm not sure if its overkill for WoW. So I'm hoping to get some input from the gaming community, and more particularly from gamers who have this keyboard.

I do play some online shooter games (black ops lately), but not nearly as much as I play WoW.

Also, I've tried to make this question non-subjective, but if it still appears to be so then if anyone has any ideas on how I can edit it in order to make it non-subjective I would be much obliged.


texts: Why doesn't my hopper deposit items in the box?

texts: I've decided to replace the piston-powered "item slider" on the bottom of the mob grinder with a hopper attached to a chest. A similar setup elsewhere works fine, but here - the hopper accepts the items but doesn't deposit them in the chest. The chest can open just fine, and in effect I have no clue what's wrong that the hopper doesn't deposit its items.


texts: How To Beat The Mouse Cave Red Diamond Level in Mittens iOS

texts: In Disney's game Mittens on iOS, during the Mouse Cave area on the final Red Diamonds level, I cannot seem to get past the mine carts that are after the first red volcano geyser. I can land in the mine cart. Once the cart starts going down the track, I cannot see anything that can be done. How do you get past this point?