title: Why is the horned helmet representative of dragonborn?

text: You know the helmet I'm talking about. It has horns on it. It's famous. So this helmet is low quality armor. I've played through the game a couple of times and I'm not even sure I've seen it. But so many youtube videos, meme images, and so on feature it as sort of a mascot for skyrim. Why? And where did this association come from? Is it one of those unfortunate instances where something that happens at the beginning of a game (encountering the helmet) becomes representative because a majority don't play through past a couple hours?


title: Which is the fastest way to reach the Scientist's Silo?

text: I already played the cave two times, so anly the scientist is left. unfortunately you have to pass all constant caverns to reach the Scientist's Silo: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dhhOC.jpg) So in my third game I will take the monk and ione of the other characters. To reach the Scientist's Silo I have to cross one of the others caverns too, which one is the fastest to walk through?


title: Which actions in Kingdoms of Amalur grant experience?

text: Title says it all - just wondering if you gain experience for things like crafting or persuasion attempts, or if it's just for completing quests and killing things.


title: How do autosaves work in Kingdoms of Amalur?

text: What is the autosave policy in KoA? Is there a difference between the consoles and the PC?


title: How can Voldo safely close distance against Hilde?

text: Against Hilde, who has an extremely long spear that she likes to stab you with from across the level, I've been having trouble getting in close enough to deal damage. Against many players, 236A+B is a solid choice because it is a long-ranged low, but skilled players can block this on reaction and punish you pretty hard for it, not to mention that Hilde keeps you so far away that even this probably would come short anyway. The crouching 3[A+B] is easily sidestepped, and leaves you just as open. Are all Voldo's long-range moves like this unsafe? I know throwing out random moves in general is not a good practice, but is there some string of attacks that will _safely_ close distance? Does Voldo have a move with a secondary Guard Impact effect that will counter Hilde's long-range thrusts?


title: What is a good strategy for getting the Versatile Killer achievement?

text: For getting it, you need to kill enemies in 5 different ways within 30 seconds. What would be a good strategy for doing that? Is there an area with a lot of enemies so I can try until I get it? What sequence would be easiest to do? I found the very first levels a little chaotic for making a good combo kill


title: What are all the ways to kill people?

text: I've been enjoying a bloodbath playing The Darkness II, and I was wondering how to get creative. As of now, I know you can get Darkling Kills (by using your Darkling against enemies), you can impale people, slice them, kill them with your Darkness Arms, and of course, guns... lots of guns. What are all the ways you can kill people, and how many Darkness Points are given by each?


title: Rearrange the UI

text: Is there any way to rearrange the UI, outside from the three set layouts that are provided? I find that some elements, such as the acolyte holy water charge bar, are very poorly positioned. Are there mods that allow manipulation of the UI?


title: What are presents for?

text: I occasionally find presents in hammerwatch and at first I thought it was a extra life or coins or something but then figured out it doesn't really do much, what are presents for? They aren't difficult to find so I assume they aren't that important.


title: Do you keep Balleria if you start a New Game Plus?

text: I got the True End and rescued Balleria so she's now in my party at Level 100. If I start a New Game Plus, do i keep Balleria or is she only ever accessible as Post-Game content after the True End?


title: What runes are used with Shen for Tanking?

text: I recently started playing Shen and I seem to be pretty decent with him. I know everything is situation based but I am looking for a good set of Tanking runes and a good early game item set. So far for I have 9 marks for HP, 9 seals for armour, 9 Glyphs for magic resist as my runes. I am wondering what Quiescence's to buy to fit with this set.


title: What affects projectile speed?

text: What factors have any effect on the traveling speed of a cast projectile?   Is it the same all over, regardless of attack speed or other boni? Are there any skills or equipments which do affect projectile speed? (This question covers the mechanics of attack speed but I can't figure out whether it can increase projectile speed (Wizard, Demon Hunter etc.), if it is ever possible.)


title: Help I'm trapped in an infinite loop and I can't get out

text: Like a complete genius, I put this in the `startup` program:               while true do       shell.run("power")     end      Which seemed fine at the time, except now I need to edit something. Here's the fun part: when I try to terminate the program, it will terminate `power`, and then immediately restart it. The turtle has a label, so breaking him will not work, and I'm on a SMP server, so I don't have access to the files. Help?


title: What is an Enrage timer?

text: I've seen it mentioned that some of the Diablo 3 bosses have an enrage timer? What exactly does that mean? Are there any bonuses for killing one that is enraged?


title: How can I distinguish which gun a medic is using?

text: When being healed by a medic, the name of the gun the medic is using appears below the players name. This was previously useful for knowing what charge would be deployed by the medic. However, since name tags have become more prevalent, the _custom_ name of the weapon appears below the players name. This has lead to some awkward situations where I was expecting an ubercharge, only to be destroyed by a sentry as I wielded an inefficient kritz. It's fairly cumbersome to have to ask each medic what charge they have, and, while it does work, isn't particularly ideal. Are there any auditory or visual clues I can use to determine which medic gun I am being healed by if it has a custom name applied?


title: Testing maps with Starcraft 2 starter edition

text: I have a friend who wants to work on a SC2 custom map, and I figured I'd help him out since I loved playing around with the old Warcraft editor. Blizzard's take on starter edition users using the map maker seems to be "do it, just don't expect an easy test button or publishing." However I can't seem to find any other way to test custom maps. Is there a way to do it?


title: Is it a glitch for shadowed areas to slowly brighten in Skyrim?

text: While playing Skyrim, I've noticed many problems with shadows, for instance, sometimes, a shadow will form strips instead of a solid area on shadowed surfaces. I've been ignoring such issues assuming them to be due to using a Laptop with 4GB RAM and an ATI Mobility Radeon 5000 series card and an Intel Core i5 2.40 GHz dual core. I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. This is quite on the low end, I should think. I've got no mods installed and I have set the graphics to medium. Furthermore, I've turned off Anisotropic Filtering and Antialiasing. I haven't touched the advanced settings. I've also reduced the resolution to 1280 x 720. The game is very playable for the most part. Now that you have the background, on to the real issue. I've noticed that when looking from a bright area to a dark area, for instance, when looking from the candle-lit area around a dining table to the shelves around the back, the area is horribly dark and things are barely visible. Things then proceed to get brighter and come into view. This is comparable to the real world effect of coming into a dark room from the sunlight and having things come into view as your eyes adjust. So, is this really just an eye-adjustment simulation (Skyrim is epic!) or a glitch? If it is a glitch, are there any good ways to fix it? Google was most uncooperative, though it may just be that I'm a bit rusty at digging out information like this.


title: Where to get the keys to Eclipse in Silent Hill?

text: As written on the map that's inside the house by the doghouse. Don't answer with a guide, please.


title: How can I check if Diablo III works on a friend's computer?

text: After watching me play, my brother would also like to purchase the game, but he has an older laptop, and cannot be sure that the game will be playable and/or have an acceptable frame rate. I badly want him to try it, but he (perhaps rightly) can't justify spending the money until he can verify that it would run acceptably. I bought a _digital_ copy of Diablo III, and consequently wasn't given any _Guest Pass_ keys for him to play the Starter Edition. **What are our options?** I can only think of one: re-download the game on his laptop, and sign in with my account. However, I'd prefer if I avoid this, lest there are any restrictions on number of activations, etc.


title: Level 2: "Four clever characters"

text: Obviously, I found out my own solution to level 2 and even finished the whole game. What is constantly puzzling me, is the hint from the level description:                 Well, it looks like they're on to us. The path isn't as       clear as I thought it'd be. But no matter - four clever       characters should be enough to erase all their tricks.      The hint **specifically mentions four characters** Did someone solve it by using only 4 characters? because my solution looks like this: > var player = map.getPlayer();   >  map.placeObject(player.getX()+2, player.getY(), 'exit');


title: How do clues in Max Payne affect gameplay?

text: How do clues affect gameplay in Max Payne? Do they change the story at all?


title: What is the easiest way to defeat Lord Rathari?

text: I'm struggling to defeat Lord Rathari on Nar Shaddaa. Can someone please let me know if there is a specific strategy or prerequisite equipment needed for defeating him? I'm a Sith Juggernaut (Level 24) and my companions are Vette and Malavai Quinn.


title: What is going to happen to HHA?

text: What is going to happen to HHA? Will restarting my town cause the houses in HHA to disappear? I thought they might stay because these gamers are connected to your streetpass right? Or will that be wiped out too? It would be nice if I could get my furniture back once I deleted my save file. (after I unlock the HHA of course.) Sorry for the bad English!


title: How does weapon damage work?

text: I have noticed that in the multiplayer, the weapon customization meters are not reliable. For instance the harrier rifle on level one has a decent amount of damage per second when the weapon customization chart would indicate otherwise. Is there a way of actually quantifying the damage like the powers. Is there an online source like a wiki that has this information?


title: What is the end credits song in Borderlands?

text: I just beat the last boss in Borderlands, but then a friend skipped the end song. It was sounding pretty cool, so I was wondering what it was.


title: Is there more than one outcome for Halidrell Setsyn's storyline?

text: In the Sith Warrior storyline, you meet Halidrell Setsyn on Nar Shadda: ![Halidrell](http://i.stack.imgur.com/u1QaV.jpg) Later on in the story... > She is attacked by Lord Rathari and you are too late to save her. Is this the only possible outcome?


title: If you use cheats is it impossible to beat Sephiroth in the final fight?

text: When I was a wee lad I use to love playing Final Fantasy 7. Well, at some point I decided to use some cheat codes the first time playing it through. When I got to the final battle it was absolutely impossible to win. I think I played it for like 30 minutes in this one battle until I died. I tried this numerous times, also. Then I started over with a fresh game and didn't use any cheat codes. I won the final battle I think on the second trial. So is the final battle actually impossible when using cheat codes or was it just chance that I beat it when I didn't use cheat codes?


title: Is it possible to change or upgrade cars by replacing parts?

text: In this new game can you upgrade the engine and body parts of your car like you could in NFS Underground? Or is it more like NFS Hot Pursuit, where you mainly pick the car and drive in an arcade style of race?


title: How to tell Clementine the truth about Lee's past?

text: In episode 2, my Lee and Carley talk about who knows about Lee's criminal past. I told her that Larry knows. My Lee then said something along the lines that Clementine might know, though he lied. I was confused since I thought I told Clementine the truth. I suspect it was the conversation with Clementine after Carley confronted Lee about his past back in episode 1 that controls this outcome. What do I have to say to Clementine in episode 1 for Lee to say in episode 2 that he did not lie?


title: Where is the Fallout: New Vegas save game location?

text: I just reloaded Steam on a new computer and I can't find the folder to put my saved games into. Where is it?


title: What are the clear bubbles for?

text: I know that the yellow circles that drop from enemies are money, and the green ones are HP, but I have noticed that sometimes transparent bubbles drop from enemies. What are these for? (I haven't played the game in about 4 months, so if it was explained, I have totally forgotten.)


title: Blacklight: Retribution XP required per Level?

text: I have been playing some Blacklight: Retribution recently and can't seem to find (either on the wiki or in-game) **how much XP is required to advance to the next level**. Is it the same amount for each level? Does it scale? Is there a certain playstyle that'll net me more XP per match?


title: Was Veigar's Event Horizon hotfixed?

text: In patch V1.0.0.141 released on June 17, 2012, Riot fixed Veigar's stun: it used to only stun every 0.25 sec so that if a champion dashed through it, it had a chance to not stun the champion. The fix was to ensure that a champion dashing through Event Horizon is stunned in place. But today, an enemy Riven, Graves and Ahri were all jumping in and out of my stun without getting stunned! So did they fixed Event Horizon or not?


title: How do you get a bloodthirsty medal with a crossbow?

text: In order to get gold camo for the crossbow, one of the challenges is that you need to get a bloodthirsty medal using only the crossbow. A bloodthirsty medal is obtained by getting 5 kills in a row, without dying. I have been trying to get this for a long time. Attempting to use the crossbow without the tri-bolt attachment to get the medal is extremely difficult. I instead have been trying to use scavenger with the tri-bolt attachment. I still have had no luck. What is the easiest way to complete this challenge?


title: Can the new Skylanders SWAP Force figures be used on the Spyro's Adventure portal?

text: We have the older portal from Spyro's Adventure. Can the new Skylanders: SWAP Force figures be used on this portal?


title: Stuck in High Hrothgar

text: While handling a meeting with Jarl, Greybeards and everybody in High Hrothgar, the game got stuck. I mean I can't even make my character stand out of his chair. Nothing is working at all. Don't know what to do. Please help me with this problem.


title: Do fire extinguishers count as 'explosives'?

text: I finished The Missing Link recently, without firing a shot, throwing a grenade or mine, or using a Praxis Point. I thought this would qualify me for the Factory Zero achievement, which follows: "You survived The Missing Link using no Praxis kits, weapons, or explosives. Whoa." I didn't get the achievement, though. I'm wondering if this is maybe because an enemy got hit by an errant fire extinguisher or explosive barrel at some point. (I can't seem to leave them be) Can anyone confirm or deny this for me?


title: Does the pinata always spawn in Whimsyshire?

text: I've played the Whimsyshire level a few times but only saw the pinata once near the exit stone. Is the chance of it spawning random? If it does, does it always show up near the exit stone?


title: What happens if I get an Eternal Heart when I already have 12 Heart Containers?

text: We already know that Soul Hearts can stack indefinitely, even with 12 Heart containers. What happens with Eternal Hearts in the same situation? Are they still getting added between Heart containers and Soul Hearts, acting at this point as additional Soul Hearts themselves? What if I get two of those? Do they disappear, become Soul hearts or something completely different?


title: How to Defend against the Stefano build?

text: As a Protoss how do I defend against the Stefano style build that consists of making three very early bases and pushing once there is a huge number of roaches, sometimes maxed out, at a very early point in the game? It is very deadly to protoss and I don't know how they can even think of stopping it.


title: How do I access the Developper's Computer?

text: How can I access the Developper's Computer?


title: BF3 Mortar kills

text: When mortaring, there is always the risk of being mortared back, so it's a good idea to keep mobile i.e. mortar, then move and redeploy. Now, when you move and kill someone with a mortar, it displays as (in my case) AlbortoTobor [KILLED] , as opposed to AlbortTobor [M224 MORTAR]. So, do these instances of [KILLED] still count towards the mortar tally...?


title: Can you lose a purchased horse in Skyrim?

text: If you buy a horse in Skyrim, is it possible to lose it? If so, what are the scenarios for loss? (can it killed? If you leave it somewhere and lose it, do you have to go find it, will it ever "despawn", etc). I'm trying to decide if it's worth the 1000 gold.


title: Is it possible to dodge or block arrows?

text: I often get attacked by enemies with bows and I was wondering: **Is there any way to dodge them, or use a shield to block them whilst running/walking towards them?** When I'm running with a two-handed weapon it feels as if my character is rather vulnerable—or am I worrying over nothing? ![Example](http://i.stack.imgur.com/hRVSY.jpg)


title: Is it possible to do an alternate Guard Impact?

text: In soul caliburs 2-4 you could do a guard impact with either forward or back and G. The latter would cause your opponent to fall to the ground behind you. Is there still a way to do this in SC5?


title: Companion gear comparison

text: When I mouse over gear in SW: TOR, the game shows me the stat comparison between the piece and what I have equipped. Is there a way to do that for my companion's gear?


title: Do different cars have different performance characteristics?

text: After completing a series of single player mini-games in Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, you are given more cars to choose to drive. Do the various cars perform differently, or do they all behave the same way and only have visual (aesthetic) differences? I don't see anything in the interface to suggest that they are unique, but why would it progressively open up more cars as you complete the mini-games, if they don't matter to the game play? Wikipedia states that they aren't supposed to have unique stats, but do "behave slightly different." Has anyone figured out what that difference is, if any?


title: How do I activate Kingdom of Amalur's online pass on the PC?

text: It is well known that Kingdoms of Amalur is one of the many games that employ the online pass method of encouraging new purchases (and for making more off of used copies). Snooping around the internet before purchasing the game, I noticed that on the Xbox (I imagine the same holds for the PS3) the code needs to be redeemed via the Marketplace as can be seen in the following instruction leaflet: ![unlocking leaflet](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dCRJy.jpg) When I launched the copy I recently bought through Steam, I saw a "multiplayer" key code pop up, but it apparently has nothing to do with the online pass (and the game didn't prompt me to enter a code at any point so far). On EA's own FAQ for the game, I found the following quote in regards to the availability of the N7 inspired armor in the game (the last sentence is phrased badly on the source as well): > Your N7 armour in Reckoning is unlocked automatically with your online pass, > available in all new copies of Reckoning, or by purchasing the Reckoning > online pass on PSN, XBL . It unlocks with automatically with your PC > registration code on Origin or Steam. This possibly hints that there is no need for unlocking the online pass protected content on a new PC copy, but sadly the above is far from an explicit statement on the matter (all other mentions on the FAQ regarding the online pass are Xbox/PS3 centric). So, how does one unlock the online pass content on the PC (specifically, with a Steam copy), if that is at all required? Also, if such unlocking is indeed implicit, what is my online pass bound to? My Steam account, perhaps?


title: Is it possible to download apps from another country?

text: I live in Australia, and I was wondering if there was anyway to access applications from the U.S such as Hulu?


title: Improving your chances of locking someone out with ECM

text: SO I'm in a corp with a bunch of miners, and we've just been war decced by a one-man corp. Most of our skills are focused on the industry and mining side of things, with not a lot of attention paid to the combat side. Since we're all a bunch of rather low-sp players, my first thought was to use ECM to give us an advantage, but I'm having a little trouble understanding how it works. I get that it's based on chance, based on your ECM strength and the sensor strength of your target, but does it stack? Meaning, do our chances of locking a guy out improve if we can get multiple people to jam a target with multiple racial jammers or multispec?


title: Is it possible to get 120 stars on the Android version of Crayon Physics Deluxe?

text: The last level of Crayon Physics Deluxe requires 120 stars to unlock. This means you have to play through every level in the game and obtain both an Elegant solution and an Old School solution for each of them. For many of the latter levels (and even a few of the earlier ones) this seems to be impossible. A quick search online indicates that people have been modifying the game's XML files to lower this number to a more reasonable number (and apparently the ability to play online, though this does not appear to be possible on the Android version of the game), but is the 120 stars actually achivable without cheating on Android?


title: Candy Crush Saga Game Strategy

text: **My Observation and understanding of the game** I have been playing this game since a week-ten days. I some how feel the candies are not randomly generated, I also understand there are multiple variations of each level so that if played multiple times we get different starting of that level (that's what i have noticed). **My struggle** I am struggling at "clear the jellies" and "bring down the ingredients" levels after 25. They getting tougher and tougher taking too many lives to complete them **My Question** Since this is a puzzle game and I hope and believe its not just the luck what we should rely on but some strategy to complete it. What kind of strategy should I adopt? Right now I am focusing on making special candies and clear the rows or columns by making stripe candies every now and then I get lucky to make color candie and its mostly luck that I get a wrapper candie


title: How to test mechanics

text: How can I test certain mechanics (for example whether Manta Style gets you out of Treant Protector's ultimate). Currently what I do is host a game, get a friend to play the other side, set to appropriate levels via cheats, and then test. This though always requires 2 players involved. How do I do it solo? I tried for example "-spawnhero Treant Protector", but either he wasn't spawned, or I couldn't find him, so that was useless to me. I know there has to be a way, since the DotaCinema MythBusters does similar tests, but how?


title: Why can't I siege Reindi Castle?

text: I'm Khergit Rebels. They're Rhodoks. My faction relation is -100, and my relationship with the lord inside is -17. We've been at war for nearly a year. But when I click on the castle, it only gives me two options: hail the guard and talk to the asshole inside... or leave. Why? One of my fellow Khergit Rebels is also here, and Reindi says [Under Siege] on the map. Is my buddy already building the ladders or something? I wanna start this thing NOW.


title: Interdimensional redstone circuitry in tekkit-lite?

text: I am building a gigantic horizontal quarry consisting of more than 5000 redstone tube frames and block breakers, all this in a mystcraft dimension. I used to remotely control the bc quarries i have there using redstone energy cells, but how am i going to control (temporarily turn off) this monster from the overworld? Is there any possibility of interdimensional redstone signal exchange in tekkit-lite? Or any 1.4.7 mod i could add to achieve this? This is the monster. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/tIq9t.jpg) Btw. this eats an extreme amount of RAM when activated, it should probably be smaller.


How do you unlock Eye and Teeth operations?


title: Does an open Pokémon database exist?

text: I've noticed that there's no good smartphone-friendly Pokédex available online, and with Nintendo banning Pokédex apps in the Android Market one would be nice to have. So I plan to make a smartphone-friendly web-based one. The question is, where do I get the data? Is there any kind of RESTful or even downloadable raw Pokémon database out there?


title: How do the TF2 pets work?

text: The medic and engineer pets are supposed to heal/repair as their special ability, but is it affected by anything? Does upgrading the attack power of the medic/engineer improve their heal/repair rates? Also, is it possible to obtain a new one if you upgraded the pets wrong?


title: Are Dungeon Defenders saves cross-platform?

text: I just bought Dungeon Defenders on PC, and its ridiculously awesome, so I'm considering buying it on iOS as well. Is there any way I would be able to transfer my heroes from the PC version to the iOS version, and back again? My iPod is jailbroken and I know how to access its filesystem, so its mostly a matter of what to copy where, and whether or not they're compatible.


title: Survival Horror and Boss Rush?

text: In the "how to play" section of the help and options screen, there is a page that depicts two "extra game modes", Survival Horror and Boss Rush. I expected the two modes to be on the start screen, but I cannot seem to find them. Are these two game modes only offered once the game is completed, or after a certain part of the story?


In Space Quest 1 VGA (not EGA) can you end the game with the cartridge? This ending plays out as mine did, see 1:34: > "Now, if you'd only been smart enough to bring along the data cartridge > containing the construction specifications, we'd be able (to) build a new > Star Generator, thereby saving Xenon from the horrors of a rapidly cooling > planet. Oh, well. You are just a janitor."


title: Does any patch injector support Skyrim post 1.4?

text: I finally got Skyrim to update this morning to allow mods, but now when I run the game on 1080x5760 with eyefinity everything is messed up. Prior to 1.4 I used the patch described on Wide Screen Gameing Forum (HaYDeN solution) and everything was fine. However post 1.4 the patch does not appear to fix my display anymore. Is there a new patch/method that will fix the UI?


title: What is the best way for me to back up and restore my Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance commercial cartridge game saves?

text: I would prefer to work with my GBA and Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard, but I've also got a GBC and a Windows XP machine hanging around.


title: How long does it take for an expansion to become an advantage?

text: When you expand, you sacrifice the "strength of your army" (i.e. tech + army units) for a while. What is this duration? To illustrate what I mean, here's a makeshift graph of 1-base production versus a 1-base into expansion production: ![cool graph](http://i.stack.imgur.com/v2sYa.png) My question is: How long is that green line? How can you measure it / calculate it? The paragraph-style description of the graph is: While you save for the expo, your army is not getting stronger. When you build the expo, you can continue to produce on 1-base, but you will be behind the cost of the expo. Once the expo is up, your income will gradually increase, allowing production to accelerate. At some point the acceleration will elevate you past the point you would have been if you stayed on one base. I have a very hard time sensing this moment in the game. It's easy to feel when income increases, but hard to know when the expo actually led to a stronger army relative to if you hadn't expanded. There are a lot of factors that influence the answer of course, but they can be ignored as follows:   * What race are you? For example if you're terran, you can benefit just by building an orbital command and summoning MULEs. Or just double-producing SCVs. _Assume building right at the expo location as this is more general. If you're protoss, assume that you build a pylon at the expo, but that you needed it anyway so it's not really a cost of expanding._   * Will you need gas geysers? _Ignore gas, because the geysers cost minerals but return gas, and cannot be compared. It would be a separate graph entirely._   * How many workers can you transfer, how saturated was the base where they're coming from, how far is the transfer? _Assume transferring a practical handful of 5-8 workers. If you are transferring more, then there's not much question: you apparently NEED to expand regardless of the return, because you're over-saturated._   * How many resources are remaining in your other bases? _similar to the last item, if you are desperate to expand, then it's not really necessary to calculate when it will be advantageous_   * Unit producing structures you must create in order to . _This could actually be considered as part of the cost to expand, however it can also be ignored because the goal here is only to find point 4 (on the graph). Beyond that is not so important, because you know you're benefitting._ So the idea is to get a general sense of "+/-30 seconds, how long is this duration?" I think this would be helpful making in-game decisions, calculating riskiness of expanding (balancing need versus risk of being attacked during the green line), for developing new builds and considering FE, or making in-game adaptations. Or just plain curiosity.


title: Movement and digging/mining speed

text: I have noticed that when falling/climbing on ladders/submerged in water/swimming while mining/digging/chopping wood the speed at which blocks are destroyed is greatly reduced. What kinds of movement specifically cause this slowdown, and to what degree? **Edit:** Because in retrospect it wasn't entirely clear: What kinds of movement do _not_ cause a slowdown?


title: How can I get a bunch of 1-UPs in New Super Mario Bros(DS)?

text: I need to rack up a bunch of free lives in New Super Mario Bros (Nintendo DS). What is the fastest technique to get a bunch of 1ups / free lives? (Will the staircase + koopa trick work in NSMB? Where's the best staircase for this?)


title: Is there a way to update skill training without the EVE client?

text: I'm not going to be home for the next two weeks, so I was wondering if there's any way to change the skill training of your pilot in EVE online without actually having the client. I look at EVE gate and several of the iPhone clients, but didn't see anything that would actually let you change the skill being trained. Thanks!


title: How does protecting trade work in Conquest of Paradise?

text: In my current game, I'm playing as Bohemia and I own colonial provinces in North America. Until the recent patch 1.4, released together with Conquest of Paradise, I used light ships to “protect trade” in Chesapeake Bay. Bu after the patch, my colonies were converted to separate colonial nations. Now, when my fleet is in Europe, I can't even select the option to protect trade in Chesapeake Bay. But when I move my fleet there, I can now select that option, but it deselects itself after one day. Note that I also have a trader in Chesapeake Bay. Even more confusing is the new Western Europe trade node: it behaves the same as Chesapeake Bay to me, but apparently some AI countries managed to have their fleets there (they are listed in the node screen). So, my question is, can I send my ships to protect trade in trade nodes where I only have colonies or in the Western Europe trade node, which doesn't have any provinces at all? If I can do that, how? (I didn't actually have the Conquest of Paradise DLC, these changes are from the 1.4 patch.)


title: Can I force the minions to attack me, when no enemy chamion is around?

text: I know that you can get minion "aggro" when you attack an enemy champion or when nothing else is around. But how do I force them to attack me, when no enemy champion is around?


title: Can you pause the game in Starbound?

text: I was playing Starbound single player, and had to step away from the computer for a while. I hit `Esc` button and wandered away - a menu came up and so I assumed this had paused the game. When I returned, I was starving to death! **Can you pause the game in Starbound? If so, how?**


title: How does the Threat Level relate to my character?

text: I've started to move between planets, and I can see that they each have a threat level. I thought this might be related in some way to a character level, but I can't find one anywhere. **What is the threat level? How do I know when I'm ready for higher threat levels?**


title: How do i unflood my house on minecraft

text: I flooded my house trying to fill a cauldron and water is pouring everywhere how do i stop the flood.


title: How to farm spruce trees indoors?

text: I don't understand how to make an indoor spruce tree farm. I know that with regular oak they just need to be next to a torch. I read somewhere that having two spaces between spruce saplings should work. I tried that and it didn't work. Is there something wrong with this design? How can I farm spruce indoors?               st0st0     000000     000000     st0st0         * `s` - spruce sapling   * `t` - torch   * `0` - just a block, either stone or dirt Note: I am not in front of my game, so I'm writing this from memory. The trees I'm talking about are the ones that grow in the snow. They usually grow really tall with no branches.


title: Can you combine mutagens in The Witcher 2?

text: I know you can sometimes spontaneously create them when performing alchemy if you have the skills, and I'm constantly picking up lesser variants off of dead enemies. However, since mutagens are not reverseable or upgradeable once they've been applied, is there any actual use to the lesser mutagens? It would be nice, and also fit into the alchemy system if you could somehow combine lesser mutagens into higher level ones but I certainly have not seen this ability anywhere in the game?


title: How can I optimize Teemo's role in a teamfight?

text: I prefer to play Teemo as an AP with Attack Speed items such as Nashor's Tooth and I was wondering what his role is in a teamfight. He doesn't do a lot of damage with anything but his mushrooms. So what should I do during a teamfight? Play like an AD carry, an AP carry, or make a escape route if we start to lose? Also, should I concentrate on one person or spread my poison around? And should I use mushrooms to hit lots of people or save them for running? I have to be careful as I'm very fragile.


title: Little numbers on city screen on Civ 2

text: I see a little green 1 on the resource map on my city screen on Civ 2 - what does it represent? Pic with freehand circle very related. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NOsqC.png) P.S. I love how I have corruption with communism. :) I even have it in my capital! :-D I'm guessing it's a rounding error or something.


title: How many items can produce light?

text: I was wondering, leaving the torch and the jack o' lantern apart, how many items and which can produce light?


title: How do you repair a vehicle?

text: I've come across various parts saying they are used to repair broken vehicles, however whenever I come across vehicles it doesn't seem I'm able to repair them. Are only some vehicles able to be repaired, and if so, how can I tell if it can be repaired? How can I tell what parts a vehicle needs be repaired? How can I repair a vehicle?


title: When I go to play Grand Theft Auto 4, it signs me out of Xbox Live and I can't log back in. Why is this happening?

text: I go to play GTA 4 and it signs me out when I play and can't get back in, any suggestions?


title: Looking for a Good/Reputable Source for Hardware to Dump Old Cartridge Based Games

text: I love retro-games! What kid from the 80's doesn't! I'm also a software engineer by trade. Recently, I've also had to transition into designing actual embedded computer hardware which has meant that I'm having to learn information about electronics as well as refreshing myself on the specifics of very low-level computer operations. What fun is it to learn all of this information and not put it to good use-- So I've decided that I'd like to dust off all of my old NES and SNES cartridges and work on dumping the data straight to ROMs and trying to "figure out" the old hardware. No, I'm not looking for software that I can use to inspect the data (unless it's inspecting the data straight from the cart) but what I want want are the hardware tools necessary to explore these old games and systems from the hardware level. Is there a reputable store that offers these tools catered to gamers? If the answer is check out eBay, what type of hardware should I look for? I know this is a very niche question and it could be easy to say "this post doesn't belong on this site" but I thought I'd have a better shot at finding someone interested in answering this question because it specifically relates to gaming hardware. thanks guys!


title: Is there an easy way to quit Assassins' Creed on PC?

text: If I'm in a memory inside the Animus (i.e. playing the game) and I want to quit the game completely, it seems like I have to follow this sequence of operations:-   * Pause the game   * Select 'Exit Memory'   * Wait for the game to load the lab, with me inside the Animus user interface, then select 'Exit Animus'   * While it's doing the animation for leaving the Animus, pause the game again   * Select 'Exit game' and confirm   * Wait for the title screen to load again   * Select a profile from the menu   * Select 'Exit' Then the program exits completely. It seems implausible that the developers thought this was user-friendly, so is there a more direct way of leaving the program (and getting back to the Windows desktop) from inside a memory?


title: Is it possible to save a Diablo 3 chat session or save some in game notes

text: I'd like to take some in-game notes, for example significant items I sold at the AH (with links to the items), some tips or various things I want to remember, etc. For instance by sending chat messages to myself and saving the log somehow. Is that possible?


Is Red Eye Orb only usable while in Darkwraith covenant?


title: Is it possible to install Opposing Fronts via Steam?

text: I have Company of Heroes as a retail copy. I was wondering if it is possible for me to make this a Steam copy somehow? I was thinking if I buy the addon pack, Opposing Fronts, I might be able to do that. Does anyone know if this is possible? Some Steam forum users suggest that it may not work. Although I am sceptical.


title: Do the conditions of skins I put in the trade-up-contract affect the condition of the resulting skin?

text: Are the conditions of the skins I put into the arms-deal-contract or trade-up- contract affect the condition of the resulting skin?


title: In M.U.G.E.N, how do I resize the stages?

text: Well, I recently asked a question on how to resize the background in the selection menu, but now I have this question to ask. Out of my 50 stages, about 15 or so are too zoomed in. This causes the fighters to appear floating in the air when fighting. For example, a stage takes place in a dungeon. A person in the background was supposed to be standing in level with the fighters, but instead, the person is a lot lower than the fighters. The fighters were also above the "ground", proving that the stage was zoomed in I'd appreciate any help with this.


title: How do I collect from an Anomaly tile?

text: Some tiles contain "anomalies", which seem to provide extra resources. Example, the spiral rock peel anomaly: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/X6Fxg.jpg) I'd like to collect these extra resources, but how ? Should I simply build a city on it, or does it require any special technology ?


title: Location of all Citidal fetch quests in ME3

text: I am looking for a fetch quest list similar to "Assuming everyone survived in Mass Effect 2, where and how do they make an appearance?" * * * What I have in mind is something like this: Apien Crest: Banner of the First Regiment   * For: Turian officer in Purgatory    * Where: Castellus sector -> Apien Crest cluster -> Digeris


title: Where can I find more Desert Spores?

text: I received the schematic for Apophis Fusion, which allows you increase your max health permanently by 11 points. You can craft this multiple times, but it appears one of the ingredients isn't real common: Desert Spore. I found 2 randomly in the Wasteland, and I believe I received 2 with the schematic, but I'm sure there may be more. Does anyone know the full list of places to find more Desert Spore?


title: How fast is the Warpfall Transmitter?

text: The Warpfall Transmitter, a Tier 2 loadout option, > accelerates your Titanfall substantially, using short-range jump technology. Great. What does that actually mean in terms of time-to-fall? Is it an insta- gib button to smash people with?


title: How can I reset my progress in Angry Birds on iPhone?

text: Is it possible to reset the game progress, as if the levels were never achieved (ie they are all locked) in the game Angry Birds on iPhone?


title: How do I play Cthulhu Saves the World in windowed mode?

text: Just wondering how to play said game in windowed mode.


title: Are there preset heroes in Might and Magic: Heroes 6?

text: I just got Might and Magic: Heroes 6 today and tried to play a quick hot-seat game with a friend to get the hang of it. The problem is, when selecting our heroes, only one was available for two players. We had to go through the dynasty screen to create one hero each. Is there another way to get heroes, like the preset AI ones? Or, at least, to create a one-use hero?


title: Is it possible to gain summoner XP while afk?

text: My summoner is still on a low level (10 currently) and I want to reach Level 20 as fast as possible to be able to buy tier 3 runes.   I wonder if it would work to create a custom game with only bots and gain experience for my summoner while I'm away from keyboard.   Other things I have in mind: Would it have any bad influence on my ELO or win- lose-statistics for normal games?


title: Civilization V Gods and Kings does not install

text: I have purchased Civilization V Gods and Kings but it is not automatically installed by Steam even though it's listed as a DLC so it should, how do I make it install?


title: Is there a way to turn on anti-aliasing?

text: I've become spoiled by modern graphics. I'd like anti-aliasing in this game, but there isn't an option for it in the menus. Is there a way to turn it on? * * * I've found this steam forum post, but either I am doing something wrong or it doesn't work for me. Maybe someone else will have better luck and be able to clarify the process for me?


title: Do squad members benefit from the enhanced scope weapon modification?

text: ME3 squad members don't run out of ammo nor are they affected by weight. However do squad members see through smoke when equipped with the enhanced scope weapon mod?


title: Is there any method to obtain the Hidden Weapon Spell other than ranking in the Bell Keepers?

text: I'm currently just missing that sorcery and about to start NG++, and I was wondering if there's any other way to obtain it in a fashion such as the Great Chaos Fireball.


title: Single Player or Local Multiplayer?

text: I've heard there are several differences between playing single player and being the only player on a multiplayer server. For example, more items can exist lying on the ground before they despawn, and some bugs exist on one platform but not the other. If I'm playing by myself, are there any tactical advantages to playing on one over another?


title: Is there a way to know which VIPs are in my cargo bay?

text: I've received various VIPs from mission rewards, usually while I still have crates of a different VIP left over. Currently I have some Level Movers, then some Recruiters, and now more LM's. Is there a way to know what's in each before opening? Thank you.


title: How do you get a new house for Michael and Trevor

text: How to get a new house for Michael and Trevor? I've tried the online apartment but can't buy that, duh, but I tried it anyway!


title: Is it possible to damage or target Fiora during her ultimate?

text: When Fiora uses her ultimate what is the correct response, assuming there is no tower nearby? According to the champion spotlight the best course of action is to run toward the tower to cause her to appear next to it when the ultimate finishes. However, if there is no tower is it possible to target or damage her? I don't really like my current strategy of sitting there and waiting till I can resume the fight.


title: Does difficulty matter?

text: In Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood! does the difficulty affect anything other than difficulty and which scoreboard you're ranked on? E.G. does it change the ending or make any events more/less likely?


title: Do I have to manually check for updates?

text: I noticed there's a manual button to check for updates on the Live Area for games. If a game update is out will launching the game check for updates or do I have to manually check for updates? Do PSP games on the Vita auto/not-auto update just like PS Vita games?


title: How do I give my child a sword?

text: How do you give your child the wooden sword in skyrim? I have the sword but when I try to give the gift nothing appears and the child says stop teasing


title: Do I have to get all the kills for the Federal Crime trophy in one game?

text: There is a trophy for Payday: The Heist called Federal Crime. The trophy description is: > Defeat 25 FBI agents in a row. I am wondering if I need to get all 25 kills in one game or can I kill 15 agents in a row in one game and then 10 in a row at the start of another. The in-game challenge section for it does not show a progress bar (which makes me think it might need to be all in one map) but since I can't check the progress I don't know if I don't have it because I accidentally killed someone else or if it needs to be done all in one game.


title: Choosing Magian Trial Weapons with "+ Double Attack" VS "Occ. Attacks Twice"?

text: What factors would drive a choice between choosing to build a Magian Trials weapon that gives "Double Attack" vs one that gives "Occ. Attacks Twice"? My thought has been: would "+Double Attack" be more compelling for jobs/subjobs that already give a "Double Attack" ability, in which case, that's always better than "Occ. Attacks Twice", isn't it? So, what would be the case where "Occ. Attacks Twice" wins?


title: How do I use the cruise control?

text: In Saint's Row 2, I made extensive use of the cruise control for those drive- and-shoot missions. I seem to remember being told I could use cruise control in Saint's Row 3, but I can't seem to figure out how. How do you work it?


title: Do the customers always want the same thing?

text: In Delicious: Emily's True Love, there is a trophy called "Woman's Intuition" - the description says "Have a complete order on your tray before the order is placed, 2 times in a row." This strikes me as something that would just happen by chance, unless each customer always wants a specific dish - then you would be able to predict it when they walked in the door. Is this actually a trophy I can plan for? Or is it just something that I might randomly get if I am lucky?


title: What makes a strong lvl 1 team?

text: While playing some normal draft, it seems that the flavor of the month is to invade the enemies jungle. Depending on the team composition, we'll win, or we'll lose...but that makes me wonder: What really makes a team at lvl 1 strong? Are there champions that do ridiculous damage early that would blow up another team? Do you have to have a stun to invade? If you were setting up an early team, what would you do to make sure you secure the opposing teams jungle?


title: How can I start up an effective metal industry?

text: I've been working my way through the Dwarf Fortress Quickstart Guide and didn't really have any problems until I encountered the section on starting up a metal industry. Now I feel that I'm in _way_ over my head. As instructed, I successfully built a wood furnace, some smelters, and a metalsmith's forge; I also set up some stockpiles for coke and charcoal, metal bars, and ore. I dug quite a few exploratory tunnels and in the process struck the following new stones.   * Smoky quartz   * Indigo tourmaline   * Sardonyx   * Microcline   * Morion   * Kimberlite   * Lignite   * White chalcedony   * Onyx   * Aventurine   * Milk quartz   * Rock crystal   * Native gold   * Citrine   * Sard   * Tetrahedrite   * Yellow jasper Unfortunately, the only stones that I have ever seen deposited in my ore stockpiles are native gold and tetrahedrite. I've seen the wiki page that explains how the metal industry works, the lists of pure metals and alloys, and the ores and alloys flowchart, but I still have the following questions.   1. Why don't I see more stones deposited in my stockpiles?   2. Which of the stones that I've struck so far are useful for crafting picks, weapons, and armor?   3. Which stones should I prioritize finding to craft the aforementioned picks, weapons, and armor?   4. What should I do with the other stones that I find?   5. What's the easiest way to transport, store, and keep track of all my stones and metals?


title: Is there a downside when I force someone to marry me?

text: Console command "addfac_19809 1" forces NPC to be marriageable. Does it have any downside for the game, any damage in someway? I know some commands are safe to use but NPC related ones are rather tricky.


title: Are there any checks for cheating, or is the game based on trust?

text: I have been playing Draw Something for 24 hours and I have noticed that a few random opponents spell out the answer if they cannot draw it. This kind of ruins the fun, but I can imagine it would be a very quick way to earn coins which would otherwise cost money, to buy new colour packs. So my question is, are there any checks in place to stop this? The players who have written out the answer in games against me seem to have got away with it.


title: What are all the protips?

text: In Hyper Princess Pitch, what are all the protips you unlock by beating the game in the various difficulty levels? The best I can do is Combat Lady, but I want to know what the rest of them are.


title: Where is the guard that gives you the 'Blood on the Ice' quest?

text: Susanna the Wicked is dead, and has been dead for a while. Her body is currently lying, haf naked, in the cememtary. The three NPCs I'm supposed to question are also surrounding her body, and keep saying the same thing over and over. They are always there commenting on her being dead, whether it be morning, noon, or night. However, the guard is not there. I've gone up to guards and talked to them, but none of them will give me the quest. It seems the quest guard is missing in action. Yes I did kill Nilsine for the Dark Brotherhood, but I believe I killed her the day that Sussana was dead, because when I killed Nilsine, the people were surrounding Susanna. But of course, the guard was absent and the people have not moved. The Imperials have not taken over the city, and Tova has committed suicide, and I have taken the key from her body. It's been a few days in game, and I'd like to know what I should do to get this quest moving along. I am playing on a PS3, so I cannot use commands. Is there anyone else I can talk to so I can start this quest or something I can do to fix this?


title: How can you change your hairstyle in Animal crossing: Wild World?

text: How can you change your hairstyle in _Animal Crossing: Wild World_?


title: What are the new birds in Angry Birds Space?

text: What are the new birds in _Angry Birds Space_ and what are their abilities?


title: How do I use my final blast, or my revive?

text: I've already bought a final blast and a revive thing, but it doesn't seem to appear anymore? How do I make it appear again?


title: How do I steal from a shopkeeper?

text: Shopkeepers provide a much needed service to Spelunky. Imagine getting stuck three blocks under a treasure trove. Or walking over _the_ motherload of motherloads trapped in the dirt. Shopkeeper to the rescue! Supplying ropes and bombs and all matter of odds and ends that I don't quite yet understand... The shopkeepers appear to do quite well for themselves, claiming the monopoly in a decently lucrative market. Occasionally, however, there are items that attract my eye but, through no lack of effort on my part, I don't have enough gold to acquire them in a "lawful" manner. I have tried all manner of things:   * Trying the straightforward approach: walking out of the store with the un-purchased item, allows me to get a step or two outside before suddenly becoming dead.   * Throwing rocks, and pots in an attempt to stun them only seems to aggravate them, causing them to whip out their shotguns and "end me" far too quickly.   * whipping them leads to a very similar fate.   * Attempting to take out a bomb in their general vicinity will also lead to my death. I guess I have found a couple ways to _attempt_ to steal from them, but each of these ends in either death or a trigger happy rampage (and death). Perhaps I should restate my question:   How can I steal from a shopkeeper and _survive_?


title: Different ways to become shogun in Shogun 2 Total War

text: I know you can become shogun by capturing Kyoto and holding it for a year. Are there any other ways?


title: My surroundings are dark, everywhere - how do I fix this bug?

text: Wherever I go, my surroundings are always dark. I have been experiencing this bug since the start of the game. This screencap shows what happens: ![at training ground](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ceUgml.jpg) Also this video (2MB) might explain the problem. How I can fix this problem? I've installed all of the support programs including PhysX & VC++, but the issue persists.


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

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


title: Disarming guards while rescuing pirates side objective not registering

text: In sequence 3 memory 2, one of the side objectives is to disarm and kill 3 guards while attempting to rescue the pirates. I have disarmed numerous guards in combat while doing this mission, but I receive no credit for this. Am I doing something wrong or is there something I'm missing? Thanks


title: If your World of Warcraft subcriptions runs out could you still play on that character?

text: I have 28 days left and I just want to know if I can still play my character after my subscription runs out.


title: Is the Mechromancer's Little Big Trouble tree worthwhile in UVHM (72 level cap)?

text: So far, the tree seems rather underwhelming, especially the low-tier skills like Myelin, More Pep, Strength of 5 gorillas, etc. Evil Enchantress apparently doesn't affect shock, fire and acid direct damage; it only buffs the status effects which is pretty pointless when slagging an enemy does 3X damage. Shock storm doesn't sound useful as most enemies won't be bunched up enough. On the other hand, the damage buffs from Wires Don't Talk and Interspersed Outburst look very useful. Make it Sparkle also apparently gives Deathtrap massive additional damage of up to 3X. Is it worthwhile to spec into this tree just for the end-tier perks?


title: I can't collect credit in Tiny Death Star?

text: So I build a service level like the man said I needed to do, but he still won't let me get the credit and give me another mission. Now I've build 2 service levels thinking maybe he wanted me to keep building them but I don't think that's it. I built a workout center, and no credit. Then I built a millennium expr, and still no credit. It just says the same thing "according to my design you need 1 service level." It doesn't say 'collect' or anything like it did the last 5 missions I've done. Also I didn't choose those 2 specific levels, I just hit service and the game choose it if that matters. I doubt it tho. Can someone tell me if they're having the same issue or am I doing something wrong?


title: Minecraft crashes on a ubuntu 11.04 system with an EVGA GT 240 video card

text: I have a computer with Minecraft It runs Ubuntu 11.04 The game freezes sometimes and it outputs this bug report:               System: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64     X Vendor: The X.Org Foundation     X Vendor Release: 11001000     Selinux: No     Accessibility: Disabled     GTK+ Theme: Ambiance     Icon Theme: ubuntu-mono-dark     GTK+ Modules: gnomesegvhandler, canberra-gtk-module          Memory status: size: 2434789376 vsize: 2434789376 resident: 723947520 share: 45584384 rss: 723947520 rss_rlim: 18446744073709551615     CPU usage: start_time: 1310434859 rtime: 21738 utime: 19093 stime: 2645 cutime:0 cstime: 0 timeout: 0 it_real_value: 0 frequency: 100                    ----------- .xsession-errors ---------------------     (nautilus:1955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed     (nautilus:1955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed     (nautilus:1955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed     (nautilus:1955): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_value_get_object: assertion `G_VALUE_HOLDS_OBJECT (value)' failed     Could not locate Tomboy on D-Bus. Perhaps it's not running?     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     ** (gnome-session:1874): DEBUG: GsmDBusClient: obj_path=/org/freedesktop/DBus interface=org.freedesktop.DBus method=NameOwnerChanged     --------------------------------------------------


title: In the mission Going Hunting, how do I hit enemy MIGs with my plane's machine gun?

text: My apologies if I mess up the terminology; I am overwhelmed by Battlefield 3's lingo, simplified as it may be. In the mission Going Hunting, I am the gunner and flare-dumper of a plane being flown by another guy. It's a pretty interesting and intense experience where it feels like a single second of hesitation might lead to a firey explosive death. Fun! My plane has two weapons: a machine gun and a missile launcher. The missiles seem to occasionally connect; sometimes my enemy dumps flares to avoid them, other times they don't. This seems pretty straightforward. The part that confuses me is the machine gun. Maybe it's because I'm playing on Low Quality settings, but I can barely see the bullets fly out of my plane, let alone connect any with my enemies. I get them in my sights and then squeeze the left mouse button, but my bullets don't seem to be coming anywhere close to hitting them. What am I doing wrong here? Am I even supposed to be using the machine gun? How do I hit the enemy MIGs with this thing?


title: Small Wesnoth tournament format suggestions

text: I'm thinking of having a small Wesnoth tournament with some friends (maybe 8 or 9 ish people) and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for the format? Everyone in free-for-all isn't very exciting, and a single team match isn't really a great show of skill. What do you think? Perhaps a series of 3-player matches with a knock out system? Any and all suggestions welcome and considered!


title: Delete Pixel Junk Racers first version?

text: I own the game Pixel Junk Racers. I am also the owner of the second version, Pixel Junk Racers: 2nd Lap. Both games are very similar, but 2nd Lap offers some improvements, so I do not play with the first version. Is it possible to remove it without corrupting or create problems for the second version?


title: Max Players Formula

text: When I first started running a Bukkit server there was this formula I used using my system info that determined how many players I should set max players to. I have a new computer, and I forget the formula, and I've tried to Google it, but there is no info! Can someone tell me the formula please?


title: How do I dock a wing?

text: In X3AP, it doesn't seem possible to order a wing to dock. The ships will just orbit the chosen station but not dock. Is there a way to dock a wing without dismantling the wing first.


title: Xbox 360s to TV with HDMI suddenly creating static

text: My XBOX is connected through an HDMI cable directly to the TV and even though the picture remains perfect, the audio begins to crackle after it’s on for anywhere between 5-20 minutes. It just started this weekend and has never happened before. It happens when I’m in game (even when nothing is going on, so not related to sound fx), and it continues if I exit to the dashboard. I’m playing Mass Effect right now, and the static gets progressively worse the longer I play, but gets momentarily better if I fast travel in the citadel or save and reload. I sat on the galaxy map for 5 mins just waiting and listened to it go from a low crackle where I could still hear the background music to an overwhelmingly loud static where nothing in game could be heard. Once again, it also happens when I exit to the dashboard, so it’s not in game only. I have the XBOX connected directly to the TV to HDMI 1 port. I tried connecting it to HDMI 3 and same static noise was heard (picture great). I tried plugging into HDMI 4, but picture was blurry and came in and out (maybe HDMI 4 has different decoding, I don’t know). I had this XBOX connected through this HDMI cable to this port for the last 2 months with zero issues. I had my old XBOX connected to through this cable and this port for 3.5 years with zero issues. I have sound sent to my receiver with composite rcas. Sound from tv to receiver while watching tv is crystal clear. ‘Jiggling’ HDMi cable has no effect on sound (still static) or picture (still great) quality. I tried connecting through 2 other HDMI cables in 2 different ports on the tv with no change in sound quality (still static). Plugging my optical cable directly from XBOX to receiver has zero issues (sound is great). I have yet to try another tv as I don’t have one with HDMi. I also haven’t tried composite, s-video, or component yet. I have yet to try a different game or a movie. My TV is a 46” Samsung a650 LCD. It is 3.5 years old. Just before this started happening, the TV did something random. While playing XBOX, it decided to change input back to TV (through analog wire, no set top box). After I changed it back, a few minutes later the settings menu for the TV randomly popped up. I then closed it and turned off the TV and waited a few minutes. After turning it back on, 20 mins later the TV auto shut off. I turned it back on and another 20 mins later it auto shut off again. I waited a few more mins, then turned it back on, and since it has not done any of these things. The static sound started a couple hours after this. I thought it might be the XBOX itself, but it’s been working for months and the sound through optical is great. I also thought it might be my TV, but the sound is crackling on every HDMI port. I thought it might be my TV to receiver connection, but that works great for watching TV.


title: What's the optimal placement for water pumps?

text: In what was undoubtedly an act of poor judgement, I recently elected reinstalled Sim City 4. Now that my addiction is in full force, I'm wondering if there's an optimal placement for water pumps in my city. Will they lower property value if I place them near residential areas? Will water pollution be worse if I place them in industrial zones or will water pollution always be a problem near industrial areas, just like air pollution? Just where _should_ I be placing those blasted pumps?


title: What do I do when an immigrant does not want to show his papers?

text: In the game, Papers, Please, you play as an immigration inspector. Normally, the immigrants and visitors will show you their documents and papers once they've been called to the counter. This one didn't: ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GUkjE.png) This is Day 3. I'm pretty much stuck with this man until the end of my shift. How do I get this man to leave the counter?


title: Can I stop the FTB launcher from refocusing while it loads the pack?

text: As you may have noticed, FTB refocuses about four times while launching the selected pack. For example, if I launch it and then come to Arqade, it refocuses when it checks for an update for the pack. then, it refocuses during the Forge initialization. Then it refocuses yet again when the window for the pack appears. How can you prevent this from happening?


title: How does Sand Wraith's Ultimate work?

text: Sand Wraith Ultimate let you create illusions that attacks your enemies and you can switch to whoever you want to hunt. I don't know how to make that switch or the teleport! I've purchased HoN since it was closed beta I am not a newbie but all this time I never figured how this ultimate work. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BffBe.jpg)


title: In Bioshock Infinite on PS3, how to get past game freezes in Memorial Gardens?

text: I just arrived at the Memorial Gardens cemetary, and have had the game freeze three times. The first couple of times through, I was looting corpses before approaching the gate for the main objective. Both times, the prompts stopped appearing when you looked at a corpse, then the loot prompt stayed on the screen and wouldn't go away. I tried pausing the game, to see if a screen change might clear things up, and that's when it froze. This happened twice. I powered the system down and restarted from the last checkpoint. The third time, I went directly for the main objective. This time the prompts stopped at the main gate, I just continued by pressing the Use button when it was apparent I needed to interact with something. The boss battle began and the game froze when I brought up the vigor selection wheel. I'm stopping for now, hoping someone knows a way around these glitches. Update: Using the last strategy I mentioned, I booted up the PS3, restarted the last checkpoint and immediately ran to the main gate to see if I could somehow make it through this level. After several game freezes, I finally got to the boss fight and brute force fought my way through with the two weapons I had in stock - the Heater and a shotgun. I died a couple of times, but was able to finish without bringing up the vigor select wheel or other loot menu. I did respond to Elizabeth providing me health and salts during the battle, and fortunately that worked. I got through to an auto-save, so now I'll see if the problem was that particular map or not. Update: Well, the last auto-save file is corrupt and hangs during load. Looks like I'm starting back at an earlier chapter.


title: Reduced Mana reserved - how does it work?

text: How much mana will "Reduced Mana reserved" reduce from Spells that reserve Mana? Here is what I mean: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Reduced_Mana_Reservation An Example is Sovereignty: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Sovereignty Putting points into it nets you 14% reduced mana reserved. Let's say we have 10% reduced mana reserved When you cast Purity of Lightning: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Purity_of_Lightning Which reserves 40% mana. By how much will it reduce the reservation?   * by -10% additive result: 30% mana reserved   * by -10% multiplicative result: 36% mana reserved Incase it was additive: How does it work with a second aura? Let's say #2 is 20% mana reservation   * -10% of 40%: 30% mana, and 20% from the other, result: 50% mana reserved   * -10% of 40%: 30% mana, and -10% of 20%: 10% mana, result: 40% mana reserved


title: My PS VITA doesnot turn On

text: I am trying to turn on PSVita but it blink icon on screen and didnot turn On. i charge my PSVita but unable to Turn On it.. Please help me... I tried to charge the PSVita. It show yellow light on Icon after few minute light is turned off.


title: In the EXALT Covert Data Recovery missions, what's the effect of disrupting comm relays?

text: In the EXALT Covert Data Recovery missions, the covert operative can optionally disable the various comm relays? What does this actually do? Does it delay or reduce the size of subsequent waves?


title: Moving NPCs from house to house?

text: I cannot get an NPC to move from his current house, to a more convenient option. The house he currently lives in now has no light, walls, chairs or tables, yet he still lives there. Why?


title: Unused area of laptop display while gaming

text: When I start playing a NFS Most Wanted or COD: Modern Warfare, I observed that the laptop screen is not used completely. There are 1.5 inches margins on both left and right ends of the screen that remain blank. The game is focused on the center. I've tried changing the resolution but it hasn't helped. Please advice on how I can make the games utilize the entire screen. P.S: I have only tried playing the above-stated games.


title: Error Code 6002 while installing

text: Can anyone help me to install Prince of Persia: Sands of Time? I'm getting an error message while installing the game. The following is the error message which I got: > Setup has experienced an error. Please do the following:   >  - Close any running programs   >  - Empty your temporary folder   >  - Check your internet connection [Internet-based Setups] > > Then try to run the Setup again   >  ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Error Code: 6002


title: 1-2 FPS when using ShadersMod in FTB

text: I've just installed the Shaders Mod, and in game I get around 1-2 fps, rather than the usual 30-60. I'm using the DireWolf20 mod pack. I get the lag even with out applying a shader pack. The way I installed it was I followed this guide, but the basics are download the jar, put it in the mods folder, start/close your game so it generates the shaderspacks folder, paste your shader pack in there, load the game again. Is this lag down to my pc spec?               i5-3570K     16GB RAM     AMD Radeon HD 7800 4GB      Or could there be another underline issue causing this?


title: How to replace the Enchanting alphabet in Minecraft?

text: In Minecraft enchanting, the spells are in Standard Galactic Alphabet, which is clever - but gets old real fast. :) I seem to recall seeing a post about replacing the letters, which I can't find again. So how can I replace the Enchanting alphabet with readable letters? Is there a texture pack for it? If so, where would I get it, and how to replace it?


title: What are all the ways to get Speech Bonuses in Skyrim?

text: What are all the ways to get Speech bonuses in Skyrim? I want to maximize the amount of gold I get when selling to a vendor.


title: Is it possible to access your PS3's hard drive over the network?

text: To bypass the lame external hard drive limitations for the PS3, is there any way one could access the PS3's hard drive over the LAN? Having a media server running on a PC works great in general for streaming media on the PS3 so I am not really looking to solve any problem but am curious. Perhaps using a protocol like FTP or a SAMBA equivalent. Alternative but related question: Is it possible to manually place files onto the hard drive? What I mean is that assuming I remove the hard drive and plug it into my PC, would I be able to transfer pictures or music directly onto it?


title: What does the AP Mid GP10 meta entail?

text: I've heard a lot of talk from high level players about AP Mids starting to build a GP10 setup and having a lot of success with it. TSM Mid player Reginald has even expressed how much he hates the "new mid GP10 meta" because of how passive it is. I've looked around several of the common League of Legends theorycraft sites and not really found a definitive answer to what all this new meta entails, and why it is viable. So my question is, what are the common builds, runes, strategies, and champions for this "new mid meta?" And when, why, and how exactly it is viable? Strengths and Weaknesses would be a big help too.


title: How many wards do I have to use to make sightstones efficient?

text: I know that wards are extremely important in League of Legends, and I know that often, people like to buy the sightstone. However, many times I go for straight up wards instead. The sightstone is not used enough, in my opinion, to be more beneficial than the cost of buying that wards themselves. This may be because I am in bronze 2, but I am just wondering, how many wards do you actually need to use (and, how many times do you need to go back) for the sightstone to be worth it? I need to know, because if you have to go back so many times that you lose about 2 levels compared to your lane opponents, I will just buy regular wards.


title: Getting Battlefield raw weapon data

text: I know you can get weapon data from symthic.com. However, i am wanting to get RAW weapon data from the game files. Symthic, claims they are getting their data from the game files. I was wondering if anyone knew how to get this information. For battlefield 3 or 4. * * * **UPDATE @ 31 October 2013** I posted a question on the Symthic forums and an admin said he will be adding more information regarding the raw data soon. I will update this question when he has posted that information.


title: Reconnect to Ubisoft servers

text: From time to time, my PS3 loses connection to the Ubisoft servers. Normally, I wouldn't care about it too much, but I really do enjoy using my tablet as a map thanks to the Assassin’s Creed® IV Companion app, which is pretty much useless when the game is no longer online. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a way to reconnect to the servers, except by quitting the game to the main menu and starting Uplay. How can I reconnect to the Ubisoft servers without quitting my current game session? Is it even possible? Uplay takes ages to load after all...


title: How to get Full Speed Run trophy in Braid

text: I'm looking at getting the "Full Speed Run" trophy in Braid on PS3. The description of the trophy is: > Did some kind of speed run through the game. So, two questions:   1. Do I have to get _all_ the puzzle pieces, or can I just plow through the levels?   2. Do I have to beat the challenge time, or can I take as long as I need?


title: How to get the Steam Workshop to work with "Civilization V" for a Mac?

text: I currently own _Civilization V_ , (not the _Gods & Kings_ expansion,) and have the latest version of it and have subscribed to several items on the Steam Workshop, but when I start-up the game, none of them appear to be in effect. I have enabled mods and can clearly see the MODS button on the main menu (as outlined by this:) > How can I enable Civ 5 mods on Mac OS X? ...but it still refuses to acknowledge any of the mods I subscribe to from the Steam Workshop. How can I enable these mods specifically?


title: Target Priority for Turrets?

text: Obviously, turrets prioritize minions unless a friendly champ takes damage from an enemy champ within the turret's range, and if there are no minions the turret will target the first enemy champ to come within range. My question is this - if there are multiple enemy champs within range as the last friendly minion dies, how does the turret prioritize the enemy champs? Is it random, or is there some factor that affects which enemy champ the turret will start attacking first?


title: Can you select primary and secondary skills using a mouse wheel?

text: My play style with the Monk tends to involve switching between a few primary and secondary skills on the two mouse buttons. The Diablo 3 GUI is not optimized for this sort of quick switching: it requires a few keystrokes or menu selections. Is there a way to select skills using the mouse wheel?


title: Why are there items with absolutely no attributes?

text: I have found 5 or 6 items now, all jewelry, that have no attributes. Just a socket and that is it. Is this a known bug, or is it just the luck of the draw? I would think an item is completely worthless without any attributes at all.


title: My followers won't stop attacking my horse!

text: I use EFF and Convenient Horses, and lately I've been having this problem where my followers attack my supposedly friendly and essential horses and I can't get them to stop. They stand there, slashing at the air, while the horse stands there doing nothing. I can't talk to them, and I don't think EFF has an option like AFT and Vilja do where you can command them not to attack whatever they're attacking. ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kMOKll.jpg) Stopcombat, unfortunately, doesn't help. They immediately unsheathe their weapons and go back to attacking the horse.


title: How long does it take for fury decay to start?

text: Bashiok mentions in this thread that Fury decay is not immediate, and I've observed that to be the case myself. How long does it take for Fury to start to decay? Are there other factors to consider, or does it always start after the same amount of time? Does gaining Fury under always reset the timer?


title: Which items are common from exploring buildings?

text: Exploring certain buildings in the wastes often gives a certain type of item, i.e. you'll get various alcoholic items from searching a Shady Bar. What are the other building types and the items associated with exploring them?


title: How do I properly spec as a Balance druid?

text: I'm not new in the World of Warcraft World, but currently I'm trying a new class, a Druid (Level 79 as of yesterday). I'm leveling as a Tank, but I'm looking for a DPS off-spec. I don't like the idea of melee DPS since I have a Warrior and a Death Knight, so I was thinking about speccing as a Balance druid. With all the changes and the "Moon Circle" rotation, I have no clue on how to gear/spec it. I haven't found something useful by browsing forums, so any suggestions regarding the construction of a decent Level 85 Balance druid spec would be awesome. An extra note: Getting gear is not a problem, as I'm planning on leveling and running heroics as a bear until I get a set for the bird to raid with. :)


title: Possible to bridge PS3 to use laptop and iPhone shared 3g connection

text: I am able to broadcast a wireless signal from my iPhone to my laptop using an ad-hoc network. Unfortunately, PS3 does not recognize ad-hoc networks so I am unable to use this wireless connection. My initial attempt to connect was as follows: Allow my Windows 7 laptop to connect to the internet using USB tether to my iPhone (with MyWi software). This works and does not use any wireless signal from my laptop itself. I then tried to bridge both the wireless and LAN connections to an ethernet connected PS3 but nothing seems to work. The connection to my PS3 comes in and out frequently as if it is trying to find an internet signal, fails, the disconnects. Has anybody had luck with this in the past?


title: How do I create an inactivity timeout device?

text: I want a redstone circuit which has one input (or an arbitrary number of ORed inputs, but I can wire that up myself), one output, and where the output is on whenever the input is on as well as a for a long time delay (say, two minutes) after the output turns off. The input turning on during that period should reset the delay. I'm generally familiar with logic circuits, but I'm looking for something which will be efficient in the redstone used, as I have little stock and want to get this built before doing lots more mining. What comes to mind is either a very long delay line (with parallel wiring to reset it fast) or, more likely, a binary counter which is reset by the input and stops (and turns off the output) at a specific value. But I don't know about good designs for a compact counter — I haven't worked with flip-flops at all.


title: How do you reflect the laser in level 13?

text: On level 13 of _Enigmo 2_ for the iPhone/iPad, you have all the tools to bounce the water, but no mirrors to reflect the laser beam that turns on. How do you solve this level?


title: Should I press forward (w) when skiing?

text: In Tribes: Ascend, the in-game skiing tutorials cover game mechanics (ski down slopes, jetpack uphill) but not controls. It feels like I'm more maneuverable when not pressing forward all the time, but I wonder if I'm not achieving maximum velocity if I don't press forward. Should I be pressing forward (`w`) while skiing to go forward? Or should I just let momentum carry me while skiing?


title: Help me make sense of the Starcraft 2 ending

text: Upon seeing that opening vid, I actually thought all marines were convicts sentenced to death and put in the front line as their death penalty. But it seems to me that only Tychus has this deal with Mengsk. In that case, it is safe to assume that it was Mengsk who set Tychus to join Raynor's Raiders. But in the ending scene, Tychus' orders seem to be actually to kill Kerrigan, not Raynor (I thought he was supposed to kill or bring Raynor to Mengsk). But for that to happen, was Mengsk expecting that Raynor would actually go and try to save Kerrigan? That it was just his convenience that Kerrigan was converted back? Or was it a huge conspiracy of sorts where Mengsk told his son to get Raynor to help him become his father's successor (much more believable than Mengsk dealing with Raynor himself). I mean it was Valerian who researched and fixed the artifact right? So was Arcturus counting on that for Tychus to have a shot at Kerrigan?


title: Attack damage or Armor penetration?

text: The last few months I main Zed. I believe that I'm good with him when it comes to mechanics but when it comes to the build I use, I just a find one on solomid, or mobafire and run this. So I would like to take understand a bit more the runes and masteries I'm using for him. For now I'm wondering which runes are better to run on Zed? Armor penetration or Attack damage?


title: Will there be Steam on PS3?

text: Is Steam going to be available on PS3? If so, does that mean that if I have purchased a game through Steam on my PC, and a PS3 version of that game exists, will I automatically be able to play it on my PS3 as well?


title: No thermal stone in survival tab

text: I'm on day 18 in Don't starve. With the onset of winter I need to build a heat stone, but when I check the survival tab the stone does not appear there for crafting. It's not even that I can't build it, it just isn't on the tab. I have a shadow manipulator, am playing in sandbox mode and am playing vanilla with no mods. Why can't I build it?


title: Where are the Origin settings on a Mac?

text: I am on a mac and I don't know where the settings are on Origin. I am trying to install The Sims 3 to an external hard drive.


title: My game tends to crash

text: I play the Binding of Isaac a lot. I'm trying to unlock the D6, so I must beat the womb as ???. But when I get to the loading screen for the womb part 1, the game always crashes. Is there a way to fix that?


title: How can I use Kinect for voice chat during gaming?

text: How do we use the Kinect to chat instead of a headset for game chat? For example, using Kinect for chat while playing Call of Duty: Ghosts.


title: What happens when vampires use "hypnotic gaze"?

text: In The Sims 3 Supernatural a vampire sim can use "hypnotic gaze" interaction when talking to other people.   One would expect it to hypnotize the sim it was used on or something but as far as I can tell it doesn't do anything at all. What does this "hypnotic gaze" interaction do?


title: Does full synchronization in Assassin's Creed influence anything?

text: Does full synchronization in Assassin's Creed influence anything, like story outcome or abilities that you get or even Easter eggs or dialogs? Or is there absolutely no point to those bonus objectives?


title: How is Shepard supposed to know how to make the final decision in Mass Effect 3?

text: Mass Effect 3 has, depending on certain conditions, up to three possible endings. > The end-game options are clearly laid out for Shepard, and each scenario is > apparently represented by a different path Shepard can walk down. It is made > very clear that how the ending plays out is up to Shepard to decide in this > moment. So it only stands to reason that Shepard should be explicitly told, > or given a clear visual indicator to, which path would lead to which ending. However, when I reached the final decision point, I did not see anything that clearly indicated which actions would lead towards which ending. Certainly, I could have gone online and looked up a walkthrough to help me figure things out. However, I really feel that the game should have done a better job of leading me towards where I wanted to go. In the end, I went with what my gut was telling me _might possibly_ achieve my desired result - though I still really worried that the action might have actually led to an ending other than the one I desired. Fortunately, this ended up being the right choice for me. So, in some regards, I suppose it can be said that the game did its job even though I don't really feel like it did. Still, I'm left wondering if I might have missed something. Is there a clear in-game indicator of which actions will reflect each of Shepard's possible choices? I'm specifically _not_ looking for a simple guide that says "if you do this, you'll get that ending". I want to know what, if anything, the game does to give such directions to the player.


title: How do you complete the achievement 'Artillery Mastery' for the Osprey?

text: It says 'Get to Sector 5 without upgrading your weapons system'. The Osprey has two weapons systems, one for standard weapons and one for a special beam weapon it has. Am I restricted from upgrading one, the other, or both?


title: Why was I leaving orange ghosts behind?

text: Yesterday, I was playing a game online, and while I was respawning it said something about showing zombies. After spawning, I noticed that every couple of seconds I was leaving orange ghosts, or perhaps "zombies", of where I was then. I died pretty quickly though, and never found out why. Does anybody know why that was happening?


title: Does Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood build on the saved game from Assassin's Creed II?

text: Some games (like Mass Effect 2) build on the saved games from earlier versions by allowing the player to keep going with the choices they'd made earlier. Assassin's Creed isn't big on non-linearity, but my ACII character does have nice armor, weapons, and some cash. Will AC: Brotherhood notice that saved game and pick up information from it or does Brotherhood always start from scratch?


title: Does Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection recognize the Kombat Stick controller?

text: When Mortal Kombat 9 came out, I picked up the Kombat Stick controller (not to be confused with the Klassic Fight Stick from the same peripheral maker). Does the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection recognize it or is it a one-trick pony that works only with the latest Mortal Kombat?


title: How does science in teams work in Civilization V?

text: Was playing team based game with my brother against the AI and noticed that the number of turns to research something dropped when we both selected to research the same technology. How does this work? Does it combine all players in the team researching the same technology (ie. its addictive)? or there diminishing returns? and if so what is the formula.


title: How do I place coins on the ground?

text: The changelog for 1.2.4 indicates you can now place coins in the world. I can't figure out how. Do I need to craft them into a pile? Just place them in my hotbar and click? How?


title: What determines the price of Unusuals?

text: As implied from the question, what gives Unusuals their values? I've seen many different unusuals go from 1-2 buds, to as many as 20-25 buds? What gives Unusuals their value?


title: What does the free edition of Starcraft 2 include?

text: Free edition: > Play the first five missions of the epic single-player campaign and wage > unrelenting war on your friends. Does it really mean it includes multiplayer? Are there any limitations? Is the only thing you get from buying the full game is the rest of the campaign?


title: Can you migrate a US Starcraft 2 license to an EU one?

text: I'm thinking of buying an extra copy for a friend, with the Black Friday 50% sale. Problem is, the sale is only valid in the US, not EU. If I buy the US version, would I be able to convert it to the EU?


title: Arcadia called me a Nord, even though I am a Breton

text: After experiencing difficulties with a stuck loading screen in Skyrim, I had to force my PS3 to shut down. Thankfully my saved file wasn't completely screwed up in the process. But after I loaded my save game, I travelled to Whiterun to get some ingredients from Arcadia. Once I interacted with her, I was shocked to hear her say "Maybe a hardy Nord like you doesn't need a cure-all, hmm? What about an invisibility potion?" This isn't right. I am a Breton. I really hope this doesn't have anything to do with corruption in my save file. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this issue. I don't want to be confused for a Nord throughout the rest of my Skyrim gaming experience.


title: What does the Comedy Specs extra do?

text: The first extra that you can unlock is called **Comedy Specs**. However, turning on this extra does not appear to make any changes to the game. What does this extra actually do?


title: How can I unsubscribe myself from Ingress notification list?

text: I've searched far and wide, including their help, and their dashboard and their intel map, and found nothing. Is there a way to make Ingress not send me notifications on resonators of mine that were destroyed etc? I'm afraid that my mail is compromised and I don't want sensitive data there. (Also, it's annoying to get a notification every time something happens).


title: Store a function or even a variable to call in console for Skyrim

text: Is there a way to create and store a function in skyrim for future use? I don't like having to re-enter codes all the time of what I commonly use, so I'd rather I be able to just call a function like `function items()` and it it activates something like               function items() {       player.additem xxxxxx;       player.additem xxxxxx;       player.additem xxxxxx;     }      Or even just be able to store and call a variable via command line like:               $gem=player.additem 2E504 10;     $gem;


title: Graphics Card 'Time-Out' Only Affects Minecraft Modded

text: I'm having a lot of trouble with my graphics card and Minecraft. I usually play Minecraft while watching a video on my other monitor. However while I am playing Minecraft, chunks in the distance will start to flicker, Java will crash and Windows will show a notify icon with the information:               Display driver stopped responding and has recovered     Display driver display has stopped responding and has successfully recovered.      This will also bring up a dialogue box with this information and a YesNo option that asks me to go to the (Microsoft) KB site with information on it. I have followed the information there and increased the time to recover, however this has obviously not worked. The weird thing about this is that this only happens to (heavily) Modded Minecraft. This does not happen with other games, even ones that are graphically intensive. It's getting pretty annoying now as I'm not able to watch videos while playing (first world problems I know) and after I usually have to restart my PC anyway because applications that use the card (like Chrome, etc) wont work as well as they did before the reset. Can anyone give me any details as to why this happens and any means to stop it from happening again (other than increasing the timeout time). Specs:   * Intel i7-3770K (4 cores)   * RAM: 32GB   * NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690   * Windows 8 Pro 64x Mods (Minecraft 1.6.4):                - Forge      - BspkrsCore Mods: ArmourStatus, DirectionHUD and StatusEffectHUD,      - Advanced Machines,      - AdvanceTime,      - Applied Energistics,      - Backpack Mod,      - Buildcraft Tools,      - BiblioCraft      - Biomes o' Plenty      - BuildCraft,      - BuildCraft Additional Objects,      - ChickenCodeCore Mods: Chicken Chunks, EnderStorage, NEI and WirelessRedstone,      - ExtraUtilities,      - Factorization,      - Forestry,      - iChun Mods: Hats, PortalGun and Morph      - ImmibisCore Mods: Peripherals, LiquidXP and RedLogic,      - IndustrialCraft,      - InventoryTweaks,      - IronChests,      - ModularPowersuits,      - Natura,      - Numina,      - ObsidiPlates,      - Optifine HD U C6,      - RailCraft,      - SoulShards,      - Tinkers' Construct,      - Teleport Pipes,      - Twilight Forest,      - Underground Biomes,      - ZansMinimap.


title: I have a mediocre GPU but loads of RAM, is there any way to gain more performance?

text: I recently downloaded the **Tribes: Ascend** beta and while it's really good, my graphics performance _isn't_. I've currently got these specs (forgive me if I'm not the best with technical jargon):   * Toshiba Satellite laptop   * Intel Core i5 processor, according to CPU-Z it's 2.67GHz   * 8gb of DDR3 RAM (up from the factory-issue 2gb)   * ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Right now I'm getting around 30fps on Tribe's worst possible settings, (minimal quality, manually turning all graphical fanciness off in the config file, 1280 resolution). I know my machine doesn't have the best GPU, but is there any way I can use my extra RAM to my advantage? Thanks.


title: Is it possible to use a shield in one hand and magic in the other?

text: It seems that despite no matter how many combinations of right clicking, left clicking, and favorites I set up, I can't seem to use a shield in one hand and magic in the other. Is this always impossible? Is there perhaps a perk that allows this ability?


title: How do I identify criminals?

text: The "War on Crime" achievement in Tropico 4 instructs the player to arrest 10 criminals in a single mission. I figured there would be a list of criminals in the almanac, but no such luck. How do I identify a citizen as a criminal so I can arrest the correct people?


title: When does The Great Wall become obsolete?

text: Before a recent patch change, the Colossus used to go obsolete upon Navigation: > Goes obsolete once any player researches the Navigation technology. Pretty clear wording. The Great Wall, however, is a little more ambiguous: > Upon discovering Dynamite, The Great Wall becomes obsolete. The question is, **whose discovery of Dynamite**? The owner of the wall? The enemy trying to walk inside the wall's owner's territory? Any player, like the Colossus?


title: Will Prince of Persia 3D run on Windows 7?

text: According to its system requirements, the game says it needs Windows 98 or Windows ME. Can I play it if I have Windows 7 instead? Or do I need an older OS to be able to run it?


title: How much range does 'Range' add?

text: For the weapon proficiency "Range", it does not show on the weapons stats the details of the improvement. How much range does it add compared to how much range Silencer removes?


title: Disabling the safe alarm in chapter 3 ("Enemy of the State")

text: Is there a way to disable the safe alarm during the mission where I have to steal gas ration stamps or am I stuck hauling tail from the New York's finest?


title: Where is the first available house in Skyrim?

text: As I grabbed everything that wasn't nailed down so far and as I don't want to throw away any ingredients I could use later I though it would be time to look for a house to store all my stuff. My inventory is getting fuller and I'd like to deposit all my crafting ingredients in a safe place. How can I get a house to store all my stuff the easiest way at the beginning of the game?


title: What is the noisy white circle on my minimap?

text: Occasionally I'll see a white circle filled with what looks like static on my minimap, which will eventually disappear. It usually doesn't last long, so I haven't had the time to see what it is - what exactly causes this to show up, and should I avoid it?


title: Is there a benefit to buying landmarks?

text: Is there a reason or benefit to buy landmarks? Do they generate income or is there some other benefit? If they generate income, is that income based on the cost of the landmark, or a fixed income?


title: Why did the portal close on level 5 of Soul Arbiter's Maze?

text: I made it to the secret treasure on level 5 of Soul Arbiter's Maze on Darksiders II and the portal closed behind me there is no way out. I watched a walkthrough video of someone else and they just went right back through the portal. What happened - is this a glitch?