title: Is there a way to switch from fullscreen to windowed mode in Neverwinter Nights in Mac OS X?

text: I've decided to start playing _Neverwinter Nights_ again and I was wondering if there is a keystroke to toggle from fullscreen to windowed mode (such as if I hit `⌘M` or `⌘Tab` in _Warcraft III_ or _StarCraft_ ). I've tried the instructions on the _NWN_ Wikia and while it does put the game in windowed mode, I can't find any equivalent key combo to switch between the two. My ideal is to be able to run the game fullscreen at my laptop's native resolution and be able to switch to windowed mode (at any other resolution) without having to restart the game.


title: What does Invisibility actually mean?

text: Some of the Demon Hunter's powers (specifically Smoke Screen) cause invisibility. What does this actually accomplish? It seems like enemies keep coming at me and attacking, but usually when I use it I'm in the thick of things and not paying more attention to not dying than whether or not my health is stable for those 2 seconds. My roommate thought it might grant invulnerability for those few seconds, but I can't find anything to back that up.


title: Crusader Kings 2+ (Mod) download

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


title: Temporal Flux + Blizzard stack slow effects stack?

text: Do the effects of temporal flux (the passive skill) and blizzard stack? How much slowed down will the enemies be then?


title: Are character taunts random?

text: Are the character taunts triggered by a specific series of events, or are they random? It seems like when I get several critical hits, or many kills within a quick period of time my character will have an audio taunt. But I was wondering what exactly triggers them.


title: Default Dota 2 config.cfg file?

text: Where can I find the **default** Dota 2 **config.cfg** file? Also, is my current **config.cfg** file identical to the default one when I first installed the game, or is it changed based on what settings I've changed in the in-game menu? I've heard people say that no matter what you change, changes are temporary, just for that session and they are all gone/back to default once you close the game. Question is what is the default, how can I see what the default is? And where is it stored? Hopefully I've made myself clear.


title: What do I do with the stuff I pick up?

text: I am playing the Game Boy version of _Donkey Kong_ (downloaded from the 3DS eShop). I noticed that I can pick up some things (like a hat, in the 75m area of the first level). Unlike the hammer, it doesn't seem to have any immediate use. What are items like this good for? If they are useful, how do I use them?


title: Can I practice a food upgrade before buying it?

text: In cook serve delicious, you can try preparing food items before buying them. This is done by pressing **`X` Practice** before buying the item in the store. This is generally useful because choosing the right food is usually a tradeoff between its value and the complexity of preparation. I would also like to try upgraded foods before buy the upgrades, but I have not found how to do so. In the upgrade menu there's no **Practice** option. Is it hidden somewhere else, or is this just not possible ?


title: Are bats considered hostile mobs?

text: I am playing on survival mode and heard a bat. I paused quickly hoping for the answer. So please answer are bats hostile mobs?


title: Bioshock has no sound in Windows 7

text: I just bought a new PC with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Everything is peachy except Bioshock: it has no sound after the game starts. I've searched on Google but can't find a definitive answer; or else the definitive answer doesn't work. I tried changing the configuration file to use a different sound output system. I tried using compatibility mode. Nothing seems to work. The game worked well for me on Vista. Any suggestions?


title: What is the Pokemon move/attack that always leaves opponents with at least 1 hit point?

text: I remember that there was a move or attack one of my Pokemon had that caused damage to the opponent but would leave at least one hit point. I am most interested about its avaibility in Leaf Green. What is this move/attack, what Pokémon can learn it, and how?


title: Bell-carrying Bamboo?

text: In "Animal Crossing: New Leaf," I am growing a bamboo shoot that I bought from the emporium. I am curious to know: can bells be produced in these plants? Can ANYTHING be produced by these plants?


title: What is the purpose of the extra chair is Shampoodle's?

text: In Shampoodle's in "Animal Crossing: New Leaf," Shampoodle's has an extra seat next to the one you sit in. What is it for?


title: How do I solve this riddle?

text: In "Murder on the Titanic" for the 3DS, there is this level where you need to turn the lock multiple times to get each color to make a circle, without any astray. How can I solve this puzzle?


title: How do I get rid of my friend's face?

text: In the Home Screen of my Nintendo 3DS, I scroll to the Face Raiders application and see that the face of a friend of mine is still there. That friend played with Face Raiders in June, so is there any way to take the face off the home screen?


title: How many foes can you hit in melee at the same time

text: When I swing my hammer while being surrounded by foes, I _think_ I might be hitting more than 5 at a time, which is meant to be the global area damage cap, but the numbers go away too fast for me to count them. I know most skills are meant to be capped at 5 targets, but does the same apply do melee?


title: Why was karma important?

text: I just finished Black Ops 2 and it left me wondering why Karma was so important. Why would anyone be after her in the first place?


title: Where is the lotion?

text: I am in Act 1 in the Slavers Stockade and I came across a giant pit at the end and there was a bucket. I hover my mouse over it and it says "put the lotion in the bucket". It cracks me up for the "Silence of the Lambs" quote. I am eager to know   * Is there really a lotion?   * and where can I find it?


title: What do I use the coffee beans for?

text: In "Animal Crossing: New Leaf," the owner of Roost Cafe lets you work part- time and gives you some beans, according on how well you served the customers. The problem is, I don't know how to use them! Can someone help?


title: What is the maximum possible bonus to Karma?

text: I've been saving my Jugs of Liquid Karma from completing daily and monthly achievements, and I've got quite a few stashed away. Since it's possible to get bonuses to Karma through things like guild banners and some food types, I want to make sure that I get the most use out of them that I can. **What is the maximum possible Karma bonus and what do I need to do to reach it?**


title: What is the max score possible in Beat The Boot?

text: I know **_Beat The Boot_** (by Google) is hardly a _game_.   But I was wondering: > What is the **highest** possible score in the game?


title: Skyrim settings not saving. Forced into windows mode at 800x600

text: So I installed skyrim via steam and I adjusted the settings to be full screen and my native 1600x1200 resolution, and started the game, and it started in windowed mode 800x600. I tried many times, and even tried restarting my computer. I then tried to at least change bFullScreen to 1 in the settings file in the Skyrim folder. This didn't work, leading me to believe the file is out-right being ignored. Anyone else that has had this problem and has found a solution? More specs: gtx 470, uac is on low, compatibility options aren't explicitly turned on, it is being run as admin. fully updated Windows 7 is the OS. It is also very fresh install... I reformatted just yesterday.


title: Where is my house?

text: I was given a house by Ulfric Stormcloak as a reward for my services to the rebellion. I remember the Jarl of Whiterun (after the capture) offered me a home, but I cannot find it. Does anyone know where this house is?


title: How much do you have to play to make up the difference in the pay VS free editions of Lord of the Rings Online?

text: I'm intrigued by LOTRO now being free. I only play MMOs casually anyway, so I'm already behind the times. How much longer/what extra work is involved to catch up to someone who has a pay account? Assuming we start at the same time.


title: A way to practice certain stages?

text: I'm wondering if there is a way of practicing different stages of a flight. I am currently trying to land on the Mun and after some hours i just made my first semi successful attempt at it. But most of the time goes into taking off properly and setting up maneuvers to get close to the Mun. Is there a way to skip all that and just do a couple of landing practices? I can imagine doing some more complicated things further away takes a lot of time and a single mistake can be fatal so it is very hard to even practice the later steps in the progress. Currently i am doing the career mode so a solution that fits career mode is welcome but not necessary.


title: What's a nether reactor?

text: I was playing Minecraft Pocket Edition (the paid version), and noticed that in my crafting table, I could craft something called a 'Nether Reactor'. I could not find anything about it online (or maybe I didn't look close enough). So, my question is, did MOJANG create a new block while I wasn't looking, or is this Pocket Edition specific. There is this question about reusing one, but it doesn't tell what it does. What does it do and how can I use it?


title: How do I forward Wii mail to another Wii?

text: How do I forward mail that was sent to me in my Wii mail to another Wii? I want to send LetterBomb to my friend's Wii without using a MAC address. I have all the files on an SD card for him, I just need the letter to be sent.


title: Are there user profiles in Little Inferno on iPad?

text: Being in a situation with several potential players for the same iPad, I would like to know if Little Inferno on iPad supports multiple profiles. World of Goo had such possibility, and Little Inferno was made by the same people, so I would expect the same kind of setting. Is it possible to have several user profiles (with different saves, user advancement)?


title: In Dragon Age 2, can I safely sell all junk?

text: In Dragon Age 2, can I sell all items labeled "Junk" without having to fear I would need any of this later? (for quests/crafting/etc) Vials of Darkspawn Blood for example were a quest item in Dragon Age: Origins, I think, and are labeled junk in DA2.


title: Is your spouse's income based on location?

text: Once I was married I moved the wife to Whiterun where she opened her shop and feeds me 100 septims a day. Im wondering if I move her to a different location will she make more money and increase my share from 100 septims. Does anyone know if the location of a spouse's store makes a difference in income?


title: Edit custom made number plate in GTA 5?

text: I created a custom plate using the iFruit app and I would like to change it to something else. How can I do that ? I try pressing on the number plate in the app but I cannot edit it anymore !


title: Xbox 360 doesn't recognize a preconfigured USB stick

text: I bought a 16GB USB flash drive for GTA V, and configuring/installing works as expected. But everytime I turn off my console and turn it on again, something goes wrong. My Xbox says it needs to configure the USB stick again, (as if it is an empty USB stick), of course meaning I have to reinstall GTA V again. If I plug the USB into my computer however, the USB stick is full, and I can see a lot of hidden files on it. Has anybody else experienced this problem? Is there a possible workaround?


title: How much Fury do you gain when you are attacked?

text: The Fury-generating skills are very clear regarding how much Fury they give. But I know the Barbarian also gains Fury when attacked. **How much Fury does the Barbarian gain when attacked, and does it depend on the damage inflicted?**   * If it does depend on the damage inflicted, how does damage reduction come into play?   * If an attack was dodged, is Fury still generated?


title: Is there a demo of Starcraft 2?

text: I won't be able to buy SC2 for a few months still (tear), so I was hoping in the meantime I could try out a demo (timed or otherwise is fine). However, google tells me nothing about the existence or non-existence of said software entity. So is there a demo or not? :(


title: Are there any reasons to keep low level legendary items?

text: Are there any reasons to keep low level legendary items in Diablo III? I used to keep useful low level unique items in Diablo II for when I built new characters. Diablo III has no need to remake a character type because you can re-spec your character so easily. Does this means low level legendary items will only be useful for new players who have low level characters, or am I missing something?


title: Why do some champion monsters split?

text: In Torchlight 2, some champion monsters seem to have a chance to split on defeat. In other words, when monster A is defeated, monsters B and C, both of which appear to be "clones" of monster A, instantly appear upon monster A's death. This happily results in **(a)** additional fame XP, and **(b)** additional loot (though, if you're not careful, it can also result in an untimely death). Is there a reason why this happens? Do all champions simply have a small chance to split, or is it monster specific? Or worse yet, is it a game bug? I've seen no mention of this split ability in the list of abilities for each champion I've fought so far.


title: Input controls for keypad (Milkman Conspiracy)

text: I'm replaying this awesome game (played it on Xbox way back then). I'm stuck at the milkman conspiracy part as I can't input the digits on the keypad to access the post office. I can move the cursor but not press anything but `x` to exit. I assume that `f` is the key to press but much to my surprise it did nothing. Any ideas?


title: How does the barbarian "revenge" skill work?

text: I recently unlocked the Barbarian "Might" skill called "Revenge", but it confuses me. It states that on hit it has a 15% chance of becoming active, but it doesn't seem to ever deal damage to enemies when I'm getting hit. I'm also a little confused about having what appears to be a passive ability in a skill slot, since I thought the passives were only at the bottom of the skill menu. I've tried mashing the button during the fights fight a few times, and I just see the red text "this skill is not ready" over an over at the top of the screen.


title: Any way to play Majesty multiplayer cross-platform?

text: So I've been on a nostalgia fix recently, and have been hoping to get my girlfriend in on my old school gaming action. Unfortunately, she is a mac and I'm a PC, so our retro multiplayer exploits have been off to a slow start. In particular, I'd love to play Majesty with her (preferably the original, but the 2nd would work too). Is there any way to do this? Would direct connection or LAN work cross-platform? Perhaps a third party service like hamachi? I'd try these options out myself, but I'd really hate to buy two copies of a games just to fail to be able to play it :-/


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

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


title: Why is it always better to attack with a concave, even for equal units?

text: This is related to this question: Forming a "concave" with your army I have seen many pro casts where a concaved army beats an equal but clumped army. It's seen as a universally good thing. The answer to "why" is usually something like: > The bigger arc allows more units to shoot, taking better advantage of their > range. However, that doesn't make any logical sense to me. Consider two armies of 20 marines. It doesn't matter who has the arc, 20 marines shooting another 20 marines is going to be theoretically even. As long as both our entire armies are firing, it will be even, no matter what geometric shape they are in. The response to this is something like, "well if you have 20 marines clumped, there will be a group in the center who are not firing". But my reply is that, unless the arc is HUGE (>180 degrees), you can simply move your clumped marines a few steps over and now they're all shooting. I would even say that move distance is _less_ than the distance your opponent had to travel to form an arc around your army, so the clumped army gets the theoretical advantage. I am not talking about situations where AOE damage plays a role, that scenario is obvious. So, is there something I'm missing?


title: Does difficulty scale with multiple players

text: Does the difficulty (number of monster, monster/boss HP, ect..) scale at all with the number of players?


title: Why won't this dock produce grain?

text: As can be seen in the image below, the ship can access both docks. ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/I2iDz.jpg)


title: How do I fix the broken land around my Falkreath home?

text: The plot of land for my Falkreath house is broken. The drafting table and carpenter's workbench are buried and parts of my house are floating. How do I fix it? Edit: The land is broken around all 3 plots. Are there any mods that mess it up? The picture might look different from yours because I am using the Seasons of Skyrim Summer edition mod and Sexy City Textures. ![This is a picture of The Pale property](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rwRarl.jpg) This is a picture of the property for The Pale. They're all like this, but the Falkreath and Hjaalmarch properties' Workbench and Drafting table are buried. I deleted all terrain mods and I heard animal mods can mess it up, but I don't have any. The only mods under the Enviromental category is Fire and Ice Overhaul and Lush Trees and Grass.


title: Strategy for Order

text: I picked Order for my starter deck, liking the idea of having troops that feed off eachother in a strong formation. Unfortunately I get destroyed Mercilessly by other decks. Out of 20 games I have accomplished 2 wins on easy. I have been playing trading card games all my life, its almost unimaginable to me to lose so horribly. I've learned that I need to hold my cards and stack up resources, then putting out troops at once so they are on the board in a strong formation. I'll use sacrifice attack if they play early weak monsters. Even if I do manage to get a strong formation going they usually just play spells that kill my weaker troops that buff my stronger troops, very slowly dwindling down my force. I just never have enough troops to handle the artillery from energy and the massive force of wolves from growth. The couple times I was able to win, was against growth and I was able to keep the brothers from amassing lots of wolfs. I really need to know what is the trick behind Order, what should I be my opening strategy that leads me into a strong end game, so i'm not stuck with no troops and spell after spell card.


How many strange planks are there to collect? Are they all needed to escape the castle? If not, how many do you actually need? Bonus: provide a list of what floors the planks can be found on.


title: How to tune cars in Drag Racing?

text: I'm playing drag racing in which I've purchased tuning of cars but I don't know what's the exact settings. Can anyone tell me what's the perfect settings for cars? ![Tunning settings](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8gRxl.png) ![The setting wizard of Applicaton](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ovSoi.png)


title: What causes weapons to become unusable?

text: In combat challenge maps, there may be weapons for the enemies to use. I've noticed that over time, the enemies stop using some of them. I've been constantly taking out enemies that have picked up the stun stick, the car door, or the firearm with the hope that they won't pick up the weapon again, but constantly causing them to drop the weapon seems to make no difference. Whether or not causing-them-to-drop-the-weapon-helps matters because the effort-it-takes-to-disarm-them puts me at risk and if causing them to drop the weapon doesn't make a difference, I could spend the time-that-I- use-to-disarm-them attacking other enemies. Efficient use of time is important in Joker's Carnival, which is the challenge that I'm playing. What causes the enemies to stop picking up weapons and using them? Time since the weapon was introduced? Time held/used? A bug?


title: What is the fastest way to level up my speech skill?

text: How can I level up my speech skill? Does selling items and persuading people increase my speech skill? Does it increase my speech skill when I wear fortify speechcraft and haggling clothes and drink fortify haggling potions?


title: Spawning mobs: does it matter if I stand still or not?

text: I've started experimenting with an SMP mob spawner/killer system and the results are a little bit strange. About my system: 2 floors of 17x17x2 and 17x17x3 blocks, completely dark, with some water tunnels to get mobs to the killing floor. The exit of the system is farther than 24 blocks but nearer than 144 blocks. The tunnels were mistakingly built with the width of 1, so if a spider spawns inside the system, it cannot go anywhere. So this basically works, but the spawning of mobs is in no way systematic! I am almost always watching them with the F3 button and can see that sometimes a lot of them spawn, and that especially happens when I move around a lot, running, doing my own things and so on. But if I stand on the same place, for like an hour or something, it is like they spawn in the tower for first 5 minutes, and I get the loot at the exit, but for the remaining 55 minutes, nothing happens! So what other considerations should I have besides being farther than 24 but nearer than 144 blocks from a spawning floor? Does it matter if I move, where I look, what I do? Does it matter if the game window is minimized or not?


title: Tomes: how can I use them?

text: "Duh, you just read them." I certainly suppose so, but how? where? Right clicking on them does nothing. The DoD wiki does have an article on them, but it merely lists the possible tomes, without explaining how to "activate" them.


title: Moving/backing up xcom save files

text: I'm hoping to move a full set of XCom (the original) save games from a steam install on one computer to a steam install on a second. I've seen the UFOpaedia entry on save games but can't seem to get heads or tails out of if I can just copy what straight across. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Bonus points: can I use dropbox to keep the save games linked all cloud like between the machines?


title: Are there any easter eggs on Contra Hard Corps?

text: I was playing Contra Hard Corps on my Genesis 16 bit these days, and finished it in all possible ways, first going to the research center, etc.. In any possible way I could finish it, I finished. However, I like this game a lot, and I was thinking, are there any "easter eggs" in this game, maybe some hidden mission that you could tell me where to find.


title: In BC2, which vehicle unlocks still work in a not-driver-position?

text: In Battlefield Bad Company 2, which (if any) of the vehicle unlocks are working if you are not in the driver's seat, but e.g. in the tank's gunner position or as a passenger in a helicopter? Some are easy to test (zoom, smoke), but do increased firepower and increased armor gadgets still modify the weapon / armor?


title: Strategy for handling the oddities that spew out of a fountain upon dipping

text: Ok, normally when I hit level 5 I start searching around for a fountain to dip for Excalibur. One common issue I have been noticing is that sometimes I will either unleash a water demon or an endless supply of water moccasins...both of which make short work of me. I try reading all my scrolls, zapping any wands I haven't identified in the hopes one is a teleportation, and quaffing potions if I have time. Is there a good way of surviving this sort of event? It seems like the odds are stacked against me once this happens, and can quickly turn a promising character into a dead one.


title: Are wireless mice still a no-no for gaming?

text: I remember when I tried a wireless mouse years back and it was horrible. It did not feel responsive enough in games. Should I consider buying a wireless mouse if it otherwise seems good?


title: How to upgrade vehicles in Protoype?

text: Anyone knows how we can upgrade the vehicles in Prototype? You can see something like 0/1 and it says "consume the commander". What commander? I must have consumed 100s of people by now. I can't get to upgrade it through the upgrade screen. (I'm right now rescuing Dana with an armored tank)


title: How to make lots of money in Medieval 2: Total War

text: I'm having trouble making much money on easy. Even if I get rid of all of my army except for a few units per city, I still just barely break even or make a loss. What is a good strategy for making lots of money?


title: How long will this strategy work? (TZ 2v2 marauder+cs/speedling push against PP, TP shared base)

text: My 2v2 partner and I are Terran/Zerg and in high bronze, working on our fundamentals to get into silver/gold. When playing a walled off (shared base) Protoss and Protoss or Protoss and Terran we've started developing a push of 5-10 marauders with concussive shells and 20 or so speedlings. We go into push mode if we scout and they are not rushing. We rally close to the enemy base, and then I head in first with marauders focusing my firepower on the weakest point in the wall. Once the wall is busted, he rushes in with his zerglings and tries to do economic damage. It's a little like a baneling bust. In bronze this has started to work really well. If we don't roll over them, we usually do enough damage that successive waves of attacks eventually win the game. I haven't seen the marauder/ling as a recommended team combo. Should we be continuing to work on this build? Will this be effective in silver? What counters should we look out for?


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

text: I've returned to an area of the level I've already visited and a new patch of monsters emerged from the ground, similar to the batch I've originally encountered in that area. Does this mean that monsters endlessly respawn when continually re-visiting areas, or is there a limit to the number of spawns? If the respawn is unlimited, does it also mean that revisiting areas is a good way to reach higher scores by killing more and more monsters?


title: Can I remove the game listing without removing the game?

text: I want to remove some of the games that appear on my Home screen - the ones I don't play very often, like Face Raiders, for example. I don't want to take them out of the system completely, because sometimes they are neat to play (or to show other people how the AR works, for Face Raiders). I know I can do that by going to System Settings, then to Data Management, and then from there choosing what I want to remove. I also would like to avoid "hiding them" by moving them to the last few slots, if at all possible. What if I just want to "hide" them from the Home screen? Is that possible?


title: Who pays the upkeep on gifted units?

text: Is it the civ/CS who receives it, the giver, or no-one? Also, can you gift unit's to people on your team?


title: FTB Ultimate Server constantly giving "can't keep up!" errors

text: I am looking for some tips for getting a FTB Ultimate server server up to speed. I constantly get the "Can't Keep Up" messages. I am running a FTB ultimate 1.1.2 server on Windows 2008 R2, with an AMD FX 4170 Quad-Core @ 4.20 GHZ and 8 GB of RAM. The server itself is running on a dedicated WD Black SATA 3 drive. This drive is currently only in use by the FTB server. There are only two of us on the server at the moment, and I am on the same local network. Both of us experience jerkiness and general lag. Lately my friend has been experiencing upwards of one minute just to open the crafting table. There have been no changes to the FTB server aside from general changes to the GregTech and Advanced solar panel configs. The lag was happening before that as well. I have noticed that at times the Minecraft server has worlds listed as having 5000+ chunks cached, or close to 2 GB of RAM allocated. The server generally is at 60-70% CPU usage. My startup config is pretty basic, but is allowing a max of 5GB:               "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\java" -Xms512M -Xmx5G -jar ftbserver.jar      I am currently running Java 64-bit, version 7 Update 25


title: Can you unlock extra songs with in-game earned money in Guitar Hero World Tour?

text: In all of the previous Guitar Hero games I've played, you could always unlock songs from some in-game "store", but I cannot find such a store in this game. Does it exist?


title: How do I get to Riddler's second hostage in the Enigma Conundrum side mission?

text: I've rescued Riddler's first hostage from the courthouse, and gone to the location of the second hostage, outside the _Black Canary_. However, I've search all over the building and can't find any doors or other entrances. **How do I get in the building with the second hostage?** Or do I have to go somewhere else?


title: How do I use smoke pellets in the Search and Destroy campaign?

text: To earn the Smoke Detector medal in the Search and Destroy campaign, I have to > Use the Smoke Pellet to create a smoke cloud and take down a henchman as he > panics in the smoke. I've hit `<-` twice on the D-pad to select the smoke pellet, but pressing `L1` throws the batarang. Holding down `L1` doesn't seem to work either. **How do I use the smoke pellet?** Is it a future gadget upgrade?


title: Are you able to change mayors on Animal Crossing New Leaf?

text: Okay, so I bought Animal Crossing a few days ago and my brother decided to start playing it before I did, and now he's the mayor and I'm not. I have progressed with the other account that's not a Mayor, not knowing that I wasn't the mayor, and now I just found out that I can't do anything. Is there any way I can transfer the data from one character to another? Can I at least change the name of the first character?


title: How many different combinations of player choices are there in Cinders?

text: I am playing Cinders and trying to gauge how long it will take for me to finish the game completely. I was wondering if someone could help me by telling me how many different unique combinations of decisions I could make in the game. Thanks.


title: Do I need to finish every level in the world to fight the boss?

text: I am playing Super Meat Boy, and failing terribly at it, but at least want to say I beat the bosses of each world. How many levels for each world do I need to complete to unlock the boss?


title: What are these sets of three numbers in my Minecraft server log?

text: I'm referring to the floating-point-esque numbers in parentheses that appear after the entity ID, at the end of the lines indicating that a player has logged in:               2011-04-21 23:49:37 [INFO] burpen [/192.168.1.2:45001] logged in with entity id 120884 at (26.5, 118.62000000476837, 72.5)     2011-04-21 23:49:45 [INFO] burpen [/192.168.1.2:45006] logged in with entity id 121098 at (25.5, 118.62000000476837, 83.5)     2011-04-21 23:49:53 [INFO] burpen [/192.168.1.2:45013] logged in with entity id 121638 at (20.5, 72.62000000476837, 79.5)      I believe these started appearing after the 1.5 server update, or one of the updates since then. I initially thought they denoted player location at time of login, but they don't match up with the values shown when I press F3 immediately after logging in. Moreover, the numbers change even when the player doesn't move (the three example lines were generated by standing in the same spot and repeatedly logging in/out). I realize they might be part of some internal testing at Mojang that was left in for the most recent update(s), and in that case, they might not be terribly important. But if otherwise, I'm curious to see if anyone knows what these are.


title: How can Buildings be Made Fireproof?

text: Since rain apparently doesn't always extinguish lightning fires, many of my buildings are now at danger of spontaneously combusting. Besides building solely with non-flammable materials like stone (which actually tends to make things rather ugly), what are some methods to safeguard against (or at least stall) disasters like this? I experimented with putting a layer of water between floors so that fire is immediately extinguished as it breaks through ceilings, but the walls still burned up and I was left with a soggy mess to clean up later.


title: Can I play a song all the way through?

text: Sequence's battles are fun enough, but sometimes I like the mindless fun of pressing arrow keys in rhythm to the music without the focus of switching boards etc. I noticed the "Mana" board has the same arrow pattern going on each time, and is the same as the board you use to unlock spells. Is there any way, once I've already unlocked a spell, to play a song all the way through with just one chart and no enemy to worry about?


title: How intrusive/problematic is the Solidshield DRM used by EA?

text: I'm quite wary of DRM, and usually choose not to buy any game that has it, unless I know that it generally works (such as Valve games on Steam). I'm eyeing Shift 2 Unleashed though, and would like to know if the Solidshield DRM they use is likely to cause any problems, or if it's smooth sailing after activating.


title: How can I always enable the tutorial popups for Batman's special combos?

text: I always miss Batman's "special combos" enabled by keys like R,T,Y etc. Is there a way to always display the tutorial messages? Every time I play, I manually activate the tutorial with Ctrl-Right, but the next time I start the game it's off again.


title: What is the point of carrying all the junk that you find in Fallout 3?

text: I'm finally playing fallout 3 and I find myself burdened with junk. Lawnmower blades, vacuum cleaners, sensor modules, scrap metal, etc. Should I continue to carry all these? My brief survey of crafting blueprints seems to indicate that there is a distinct limit on how much you can do in the building department. Should I instead just sell everything that I get or is there a point in hoarding some of this stuff? Will it ever be useful to fix my weapons? or are there other things I can do with them?


title: Lightning Strike Locations

text: Does lightning tend to favor certain locations over others? For example, is it more likely to strike a tree than the ground?


title: What do Wait and AP Bonuses do?

text: during an attack there are 3 bonuses   * SP Bonuses which comes from switching the type of attack   * AP Bonuses which comes from filling the gauge around the AP counter while using the same type of attack   * Wait Bonuses which comes from timing your next attack I know that every SP Bonus you get SP but i don't get what Wait and AP Bonuses so what happens when you get these bonuses?


title: (How) does carpet affect mob spawning on slabs/glass?

text: The Minecraft Wiki says carpet doesn't prevent mob spawning. But does it affect mob spawning on blocks mobs normally don't spawn on? If I put carpet on glass or slabs, can mobs spawn there?


title: Can you unequip an inventory bag?

text: I have four standard 4-slot bags equipped, but now I have crafted an 8-slot storage box and want to use that. I'm afraid there is no way to un-equip one of those standard bags... am I right ?


title: Who are the captains for Madden 13 Ultimate Team?

text: All the literature states that when you start an Ultimate Team in Madden 13, you'll choose a starting captain that will determine things like your stadium and jerseys. It also implies that there will be one starting captain for each team. Who are all of the starting captains for Madden 13 Ultimate Team?


title: What levels do each armor tier drop?

text: I have had extremely varied luck with armor drops on my various characters. So I find myself wondering: **at what level is each armor tier supposed to start dropping?** For instance, if you wear heavy armor, you will see these different tiers drop:   * Iron   * Chainmail   * Steel   * Azurite   * Sylvanite   * Prismere I know Iron armor starts dropping at level 1. And I _think_ Azurite starts dropping at level 13-ish. But what are the actual numbers?


title: Tips for saying "Banana Bread" inconspicuously

text: As a spy in SpyParty, I'm having a hard time contacting the Double Agent: it seems as soon as the sniper hears the words, he/she starts highighting everyone who is in a conversation and lowlighting the others, which makes the following of the game harder for the spy. What are some basic tips for saying "Banana Bread" inconspicuously?


title: Can slimes spawn in chunks surrounding slimechunks

text: I have recently build a new slimefarm using the coordinates I got from the slimefinder. The location I am building in has a lot of slime chunks. I have chosen 2 chunks next to each other to build the spawning pads, and used an non-slime chunk in front of them as the collection/lookout are. I have noticed that slimes are spawning in all 3 chunks, even though slimefinder says it's an empty chunk. So what is wrong here?   * Can slimes spawn outside the borders of the slimechunk.    * Do I have my calculations wrong (I highly doubt it)?    * Could it have something to do with my world being generated in 1.2.5?  I want to know for sure, because if they do spawn in surrounding chunks, I'm going to half slab down the caves I just lit.


title: How to get or unlock misc items if they exist?

text: When choosing the weapon layout for a class there are 3 panes. 1 primary wep, 2 secondary wep, 3 misc. On the 3rd misc item panel there are normally items like shields and smoke bombs. With a crossbow man for example the third panel ONLY has a tower shield and a lot of locks. Do these locks on the third panel mean items exist there that can be unlocked? and if so how do I unlock them? (if my description is unclear let me know in comments and I will post a picture later)


title: What are all the Vigor combos?

text: There's an achievement called `Combination Shock` for 'Performing all 8 of the Vigor combinations'. I did find a couple myself, e.g. Murder of Crows + Devil's Kiss. I'm also assuming that Murder of Crows + Devil's Kiss is separate from Murder of Crow's + Shock Jockey, unless they're categorised as the same 'type' (superpowered deathravens). I've not managed to find all the combos, and since by my reckoning* there are 8C2 (=28) combinations to try I thought a handy list of combos would be useful for everyone. **Edit:** Including a short description on the combos' effects would be useful. *my reckoning may be wrong.


title: What is "Hitman: Sniper Challenge"?

text: I recently bought Hitman: Absolution on Steam and noticed that I got 2 new games: Hitman: Absolution and also some other game called "Hitman: Sniper Challenge". What is this "Hitman: Sniper Challenge," and how did I get this in my Steam library?


title: Can the Hallow destroy a jungle biome?

text: I have a world that has just transitioned into hard-mode. Stripes of Hallow and Corruption have both appeared in the world (as I expected), but the Hallow appeared right in the middle of my jungle biome (it even surrounds the Jungle Temple!). Will the Hallow eventually destroy the jungle? I'm concerned that I won't be able to fight Plantera if it takes over the underground jungle quickly enough.


title: Chart of how many tower bux each floor costs to buy?

text: In Tiny Tower, I want to soon add a specific floor to my tower. (You can pick floors since 2.0.) Doing so costs tower bux depending on what you want to pick, and the screen showing the cost is only available when you have an empty floor ready for construction. I don't currently have an empty floor, and would like to know if I can remotely save up the bux necessary for a shiny new Bowling Alley. Is there a listing somewhere of all the costs to pick each floors?


title: How fat is 'Steve'?

text: So I was experimenting with half-blocks and stairs, and made this structure: ![half-block and stair prison sketch](http://i.stack.imgur.com/F4mtP.png) ![half-block and stair prison screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ogMhN.png) and since I was inside it when I placed the last stair, I found that I was trapped. This surprised me since the space inside the structure is 2 blocks tall and 2 blocks wide, and the gap between the stairs in the corner looks quite large. Doing some basic geometry, it's clear that the gap is 1/sqrt(2) or a little more than 0.7 units wide (where 1 unit is the width of one side of a block). It is already obvious that Steve can fit through a 1 unit wide space, but noticing also that doors have width(thickness) and Steve can still fit through the space in an open door seems to imply that Steve's width is somewhat less than 1 unit but more than 0.7 units. I've checked out the Minecraft Wiki and did not find anything detailing this aspect. How fat is Steve (and the other Steve-sized mobs)? **Edit:** I did a bit more research and found that doors take up 3/16 pixels of 1 unit, leaving 13/16 or 0.8125 units of space that Steve can fit through, with some wiggle room left. This can be seen in the following screenshot: ![grass pixels with door in block](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1QBH8.png) So the range now is 0.7071 < Steve < 0.8125.


title: How can my DotA team maximize its practice sessions?

text: I'm part of a new DotA team that's formed to compete in an e-gaming competition. All the players are OK: they're not noobs and not exactly pros, but everyone knows their last hits and builds, and they maintain a high winning percentage. With three weeks until the competition, we are planning on having some team practices. How can we effectively use this time? What strategies and approaches should we be focusing on? -- Update I was also thinking, maybe since we are not exactly pro's the best way to go would be to find some deadly combos, trying to cover up our loose ends and get ahead in experience and money in the early game.. For example tiny + ursa.. Would this be a good ploy ?


title: Does uncorrupted, unhallowed ground provide any advantages?

text: After a world enters hardmode, corruption and hallows spread relatively quickly throughout the land, bringing tougher enemies and better rewards. Does the spread of these biomes create disadvantages for the player, such as certain items becoming unavailable? Is there a reason to want to have vanilla biomes in your world?


title: Neptune's shell or diving gear?

text: Both diving gear and neptune's shell provide the ability to breathe underwater and swim in water. Diving gear also works with lava, though continued exposure to magma without obsidianskin potions is going to result in timely demise. Yet the wiki claims Neptune's shell is better in unspecified ways. What should one consider when choosing one over the other?


title: Does every Cube World city have all crafting buildings?

text: I've been hopping about my little voxel-y world for a little while now, cooing over Alpacas and killing weird creatures of varying varieties. (For reference, all these links are to the Cube World wiki) Some of the creatures which needed killing may have in fact been bushes. I'd like to turn the logs that these evil bushy creatures drop into wooden cubes. To do this, the linked wiki says I need a saw, which can be found in the crafting district of a city. Now, I'm no great shakes at navigation/orienteering, but after a while spent running around in circles, I'm convinced my generated city (Kurtar) does not have a sawmill/saw. What do I do now? **Does every city in Cube World have every crafting station? If not, how do I go about crafting certain things?**


title: How long do elemental damage effects last?

text: Elemental damage effects (e.g., explosive, shock/electrocute, corrosive/poison, incendiary/fire/burn, slag) usually come in a "Dmg/Sec" format. Do these effects have a standard length once triggered? Is it affected by fire rate or other attributes? Similarly, how long do grenades that "continually damage enemies" within the grenade's "area of influence" work their magic? Can this time value be augmented with items or other perks? ![dmg/sec](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xUGJD.png) ![continual damage](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VjjzB.png)


title: How can I tell which layers there are in an in-progress fortress in Dwarf Fortress?

text: At the embark screen it lists which layers are in the map. After starting a fortress and playing for a while, is there a way to tell which layers there are (short of digging through them all?). More specifically, I'm interested in knowing if my map contains a Marble layer, as I've gone through all the sedimentary layers on the map, and none of them are of any type of flux stone.


title: Where can I train my Pokemon in HeartGold/SoulSilver after Kanto?

text: I have been using the Elite Four to train my Pokemon while running through Kanto. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of defeating Blue in Viridian City without leveling up my Pokemon enough, so now the upgraded version of the Elite Four is very difficult (All their Pokemon are lvl 60-70). Where is a good place to train in order to quickly level up my Pokemon, which are around the mid to low 50s?


title: Does the leader-board in Modern Warfare 2 include players of all platforms?

text: Does the leader-board on the PS3 include PC and XBox 360 players?


title: How do you defeat the two huge snakes that come out of the wall?

text: In Ben 10 Alien Force - Vilgax attacks (xbox360), how do you defeat the two huge snakes that come out of the wall?


title: How do I do a leg sweep?

text: I have done a leg sweep a few times before, but it's usually by accident. I know that it's `RT` + `B` on xbox but I'm not sure what the other parameters are. Does it happen when I am locked onto an enemy? Do I have to have my hookblade equipped? Do I have to be running? `RT` + `B` also makes me do a hook-and-throw, a hook-and-run, and a grab when I'm in combat. What is the special circumstance that makes the leg sweep an option?


title: What is Fus Ro Dah?

text: I haven't yet played any Skyrim, but over and over I hear people saying they "fus ro dah"ed something or other. It also seems to have become a meme of sorts. What is Fus Ro Dah? It sounds like it must be something that _pushes_ given the way its used in sentences. What does it mean in the context/story of the game? If my car broke down, would I need to Fus Ro Dah it to a mechanic?


title: In FlashPoints, how is each conversation decided?

text: While in a Flashpoint, all group members make decisions in a conversation, then the game chooses one of the responses. However, in my experience, this is not a random choice (or I have tremendously bad luck). How does the game decide which response is chosen?


title: Does Stat based Felonies include what is added by equipment

text: looking over the list of Felonies and their conditions for Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days there are a bunch who's conditions are like HP 500+, DEF 200+ etc i am wondering if the conditions of these Felonies also include the stats that are added by equipment or if the conditions relate only to a character's base stats (with no equipment)


title: Can I have separate profiles for two different players for a single game on the same Steam account?

text: My brother and I just bought MW3 and installed it with Steam and all of that, but on 2 different computers. We had to use the same steam account (mine) so that the game would load and work and not give an error saying that the CD key is already in use. I.e so that I didn't have to create another separate and new account for my brother. But now this comes with its own problems; when I play online, my rank and achievements obviously come through on the steam account on the other PC when my bro logs in. This sucks, as we would like to rank up individually but using the same account and same game. Is there any way to get around this so that we can each have our own separate profile for MW3?


title: How can I make The Nightmares stop?

text: In spite of the good advice I was given previously, I've followed a few too many Opportunities that have resulted in rather... troublesome... memories, and now my nightmares are approaching level 5. Every once in a while, I encounter an Opportunity or Storylet that reduces my nightmares somewhat, but due to my... line of work, my nightmares always seem to be dangerously high. I've seen too much of what cannot be unseen, **how might I reduce my Nightmares?**


title: What to do with all these Iron ingots?

text: So I have about 10 iron ingots, but not sure what to start using them for first. Which is the more important thing to invest my ingots? I know armor swords and tools are important, but what is my priority?


title: Unhinged: How to have reversable storage of excess mercury

text: After centrifuging a large amount of redstone, we're left with at least a stack of mercury cells. Is there anyway of emptying those cells and saving the mercury for later? Any method that consumes the cells isn't acceptable, and we should be able to put mercury back in the cells later. (Running Unhinged, so be aware that some things are more expensive than others. If the only answer is a liquid tesseract, I might just give up. :P )


How exactly does the statistics mechanic gather its information?   * Does it matter if I'm actually 'logged in' or 'playing offline'?   * Does it matter if I'm playing in any one particular world I've created? My stats seem to be all over the place, and sometimes I know for a FACT their wrong, as annotated in this question. So... what gives?


title: How do I fix this glitch?

text: The glitch is as following:   * I was fighting against a minor settlement and when I was about to win, a pop-up appeared, asking me if I wanted to Continue the battle (to run down the remaining few troops) or to just end the fight.   * I wanted to finish them off. So I clicked continue. However, even after I have wiped them out, the game did not end. I thought that I had missed out an enemy soldier or two but after 20 minutes of scouting the map, I found nothing.   * Therefore, I had to wait the full 60 minutes of the battle's time limit and after that, the game told me that I had lost the battle as I failed to win the battle within the given time. Thus, I would like to know a few things: **How can I prevent this from happening again? Can I end the battle after I clicked continue on the pop-up and still win the battle? What exactly caused this glitch?**


title: At what milestones do I get to tackle a Riddler puzzle room?

text: Periodically, I'll get a notification that I can use the Enigma machine to determine the location of one of Riddler's hostages. This seems tied to the number of the Riddler challenges I've completed in the game so far. What are the milestones I have to reach for each hostage room? I'd also _really_ like to bust the Riddler before I hang up my cape and cowl. What percentage of the challenges do I need to conquer before I can wrap this case up? Catwoman also has some Riddler challenges associated with her - how do these factor in? Must I do them as well? Can I do some instead?


title: Can you still change night and day in Terraria?

text: I thought you could change night/day by dragging moon or sun, but I can't seem to do that anymore?


title: What version of Minecraft am I playing?

text: I finally decided to go ahead and buy Minecraft. I purchased a premium account via paypal, downloaded the client, logged in, and am at a main menu screen:               Single-Player     Multi-Player     Play Tutorial (grayed out)          Options      If I press "Single-Player" what version of minecraft am I playing? (Alpha, Survival, Classic, etc.) Unless I'm missing something glaringly obvious, (and the variety of different minecraft versions is clearly not helping) how can I tell which of the many modes I'm in? (or will be in?)


title: Can I disallow purchases on my Xbox 360 even when I have points available?

text: On my Xbox 360 I have my account sign on automatically so that others in the household can watch Netflix. But I've noticed that now my account has 0 points because my 3 year old has purchased random stuff accidentally. Is there a way to put points on my Live account but do something like password protect only the purchases? Xbox support has been terribly unhelpful and hasn't given me a straight answer, so I'm guessing there's no way.


title: Using 2 USB Microphones in SingStar

text: I just bought a PS3 and my wife wants to get the game SingStar. I've seen that you can buy complete packages that come with the game and the two (Red and Blue) microphones, but I already have 2 USB microphones from my Xbox 360 (for Rock Band: Beatles). From what I've read online, the Xbox USB mics are compatible with the PS3 but they only ever mention using 1 mic. Since the mics that come with SingStar actually only use 1 USB connection for both mics does this mean that I will be able to use the RockBand mic but only one of them or has anyone had luck with using 2 USB RockBand mics in lieu of the standard Red and Blue SingStar mics? It would be great to only have to buy the games and not _another_ piece of hardware.


title: Why am I unable to build Up stairways in Dwarf Fort?

text: I've accidentally trapped my mason at the bottom of my mineshaft. The shaft is 5x5 with up/down stairways, except for at the bottom. The bottom layer has down stairways (dug, not constructed) leading to my aqueduct. There's plenty of Diorite on the same level as the mason, and, I have designated the construction of the Up stairways on the current Down stairways. Right now, however, he's just sort of standing there progressively getting thirsty. Any ideas? Edit: Here are the surrounding layers. and here is the save file. I do have another mason with 'No job' and 2 miners with the mason skill enabled. I also ensured that nothing within range is forbidden. The odd thing is he won't even build a floor on the same level, let alone an up/down stairways or up stairways.


title: AI players stop attacking infected

text: I just bought Left for dead 2 in the recent Steam sale and thought I'd try single player first. However trying to play the first campaign I always find my AI team mates stop defending themselves or attacking zombies at the start of the 2nd level. Which makes it seriously hard to keep them alive. Has anyone else experienced this and know a solution?


title: Dead Rising 3, side missions, and replaying a chapter

text: During my earlier chapters I focused on the main story, and completely ignored side missions I picked up. Now that I feel that I should've played those side missions to get the rewards, if I restart chapter 1, chapter 2, etc. and play through them again, will I get the same side missions as I did the first time? Or have I lost my chance to complete them?


title: How do I assemble a spaceship?

text: The ability to build spaceships has been added to Rimworld. I have researched everything available to me and from what I can see I have five different components I can use to build a ship: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Syj7X.png) When I assemble these in an arrangement that's allowed I end up with a branch like structure with all these misshapen parts hanging off a the ship structural beams. How do I assemble a spaceship?


title: How to get into the Nilfgaardian camp?

text: So I decided (on Iorveth's path) to take the easy path into the camp through the passage whose entrance can be found underneath the brothel. I came out at the river bank as expected, but now how do I get into the camp? When I try to use the door is says **Locked**.


title: Killing resurrected monsters

text: A couple questions concerning killing resurrected monsters:   * Do they count towards the massacre bonus?   * Do you get more experience from killing them again?   * Do they drop items/gold?


title: Are 2 Doran Blades more viable than these bot lane?

text: Are 2 Doran Blades a more viable item buy than Berserker Greaves/just saving up for a BF Sword early game?


title: Does Skyrim have invasive expansions?

text: I've finally finished the main quest line of Oblivion (only 159 hours in on steam, not including my presteam purchase that was probably similar) and likely to be moving on to Skyrim soon. My experience with Morrowind and Oblivion is that they both had an expansion that was rather invasive as to how you'd have experienced the game had you played it without it installed. In Morrowind this was the "island to the north", where all the rumors were automagically about the island to the north, and only rarely would anyone talk about anything else. In Oblivion it's the Knights of the Nine where they kill off the members of a chapel and that's all people talk about anymore (you don't get to experience the chapel if you start with it installed). Are any of the Skyrim expansions this way? (note: it's not that I dislike these expansions, I just preferred to wait to activate them)


title: Can you pick the monster you spawn as?

text: The monster you spawn as in Crawl seems to be random (based on your deity, of course). It seems like I see all three flicker before I spawn as one, though - is it possible to choose? This would make it much easier upgrade one line instead of upgrading evenly, for maximum damage.


title: Where drops which itemlevel?

text: I wonder where to "farm" which itemlevels? Actually it looks to me, if every zone got its own level of drops (not depending on which mobs inhabit this area, e.g. Cathedral level 1 (on hell difficulty) seems to primary drop around level 45 items (+/-3)). So, is there a list containing itemlevels drops to each zone?


title: How do I get the subway achievements?

text: In EDGE, there are two achievements that refer to the subway, "Subway" (Ride the complete subway track) and "Turnstile jumper" (Evade the subway fare). What level do these refer to and how do I get them?


title: What works with Vanilla Ender Chests in FTB?

text: In FTB, lots of items interact with chests, such as Miners. Which, if any, of these items also work with vanilla Ender Chests? Or conversely, which items **do not** work with vanilla Ender Chests? Whichever answer is smaller would be best.


title: Unable to play Multiplayer in Battlefield 3 (missing dlcs) PS3

text: I recently purchased Battlefield 3 for PS3, and I tried playing multiplayer yesterday. I entered the online pass, but when I try to find a server, every server visible to me has an alert symbol with this message `you are missing one or more dlcs played on this server`. I'm not sure what's going on, do I need to buy an expansion pack, or download the maps, or something else?


title: How do I effectively use the Beggar's Bazooka?

text: In TF2, I was wondering how, as a soldier with a Beggar's Bazooka, you would you kill a scout effectively. Since it takes such a long time to load all three rockets, the scout usually has already killed you by the time you'd be ready to fire. Any tips on how approach this?


title: Is there a term for "leaderboard" or "scorebased" competitive multiplayer?

text: I'm attempting to research competitive games of a specific type, where the players aren't ever in "direct" competition with each other, and having difficulty describing them. General examples include racing games, where players individually try to get the best time on a track, classic arcade games, where players attempt to obtain the highest score, or, for a more recent example, the "daily challenge" announced recently for the PC version of Spelunky, found here: http://spelunkyworld.com/dailychallenge/ The key aspect is that (for lack of a better word) the games are completely asynchronous: Player A's playthrough never has a direct effect on Player B, and vice-versa. "Asynchronous" isn't a good enough term, though, because certain turn-based board and strategy games (such as Scrabble and Chess) can be played asynchronously, but they don't fit the criteria: they are directly competitive in that Player A's turn directly affects how Player B will respond or play. In the types of games that fit the word I'm looking for, a player's performance is unaffected by all and any of the other players competing. Is there a word or phrase to describe this type of competition?


title: Prevent BuildCraft Item Drops

text: I currently own a server with about 40 players at peak times, and there are these few players who build MASSIVE factories out of BuildCraft pipes. I have looked through all of the config files of Buildcraft and even tried de- compiling it's source code. Is there any way to prevent this without banning the pipes? I am using Tekkit Classic.


title: How does saving in A Dark Room work?

text: I've been playing A Dark Room, and have noticed that the game auto-saves. While this is great, it means I can't play my save on another device, presumably because it saves to my cookies or IP. I've gotten as far as The Dusty Path, but cannot seem to navigate it on my tablet. If I go to my laptop to continue, will my progress be lost? If so, is there any way to preserve it?


title: Dwarf fortress without cats

text: Is it possible to build a fortress without any cats? The Catsplosion problem is well known. I mean not only build a fortress, but build a successful fortress. I know that cats helps with vermin and moods. Do anyone has experience with 0 cats? :)


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

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


title: How do I enable gore in games I bought on steam from Germany

text: Now please don't tell me that violent video games are illegal in Germany, they are not. :) I have a perfectly good and gory version of Half-Life one but I can't find the disk anymore. I bought stuff a while ago and it included the orange box and now I would like to play my steam copy of Half-Life without fighting _robots_. Is there any way to enable gore? Patches are fine, too.


title: Darius as jungle

text: So last game i joined a random match of league (unranked). Me being in a totally random mood i decided to go jungle Darius. The enemy turned out to have no jungler so that meant double top and bot and 1 mid. Right off the bat they stole my blue and seeing as Darius is extremely (and i mean EXTREMELY) mana hungry, this devastated my jungling even more. Is there any way to get back from this setback? Im not asking how to get back if the enemy steals blue, im asking more specifically how to get back to jungling after the enemy steals blue with a poor jungling champ.


title: Stuck on Victus when he crashed

text: I am stuck on Lieutenant Victus. It says that I'm right next to it but I have to jump over a wall that it will not let me jump! I'm so frustrated, can anyone help?


title: How do I Fight World Corruption in Minecraft SMP?

text: We all are familiar with the nasty errors that occur when the server loses what's stored for a particular area and replaces it (typically with something different as world corruption usually changes the seed). I've seen two friends now lose entire treasure rooms due to their chunk being regenerated. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?


I will have my sim join the ghosthunter profession. From what I read graduating from university seems to do good only for rabbithole jobs. Is there any point in going to university?


title: Is it worth if the entire team takes smite?

text: I just looked at the jungle mob respawn timings and i noticed that the dragon already spawns at 2:30. It's nearly impossible to kill it by then but then i thought; what if every team member gets smite and just walks there and smites the dragon. Quick math               dragon having 3500hp + 240/min      smite having 460 + (30 * champ level)      Assuming everybody is level 2 by the time 2:30 is reached 460 + (30 * 2) = 520 * 5 champs = 2600 damage Assuming everybody is level 3 by the time 2:30 is reached 460 + (30 * 3) = 550 * 5 champs = 2750 damage So its pretty safe to say that the damage purely made by smiting is somewhere between 2600 and 2750. Leaving the dragon with only 750 - 900 hp left. This is quickly cleaned up by the 2 bot champs or bot champ and jungler (or something like that). This can obviously be repeated multiple time each resulting in a quick dragon and possible a quicker baron. My question is; is it worth taking smite over for example flash (if your champ has a natural escape) or ignite/exhaust for the damage finisher?


title: Using Metal-Man Weapon

text: **How do you use Metal-Man's Weapon in Mega Man 2?** I've beaten the boss, but have no idea how to "equip" it. It also doesn't show up when I press start. However when I beat Wood-Man I was able to use his weapon (Leaf Shield). Do I have to equip it or something? Entering the password doesn't help!


title: What do the icons under the pilot's star rating stand for?

text: In the campaign mode of "Achtung! Spitfire" Pilots can have several icons right beneath their star rating: ![Achtung! Spitfire Group info screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4rvbu.png) The 5+ icon indicates that the pilot has scored at least 5 kills. What do the other icons stand for?


title: Unable to open any save games after patch

text: I just loaded up Minecraft (on Xbox), and it updated with the latest version (Yay new stuff!). However, after it restarted, I was unable to open any existing save files. Is there some way around this, or is this one of the new _features_? **UPDATE** : I am also unable to reopen and new save files (created after the update).


title: Is it possible to transfer your town from a physical copy of the game to the digital copy?

text: So I have 2 copies of Animal Crossing New Leaf for the 3DS. I have a physical cart version and a digital version I downloaded from the eShop. I use them both on the one console. The time has come where I could really use the money from selling the physical version, but unfortunately, the cart contains my main town, and I can't sell the digital version. Can I transfer my town from my physical cart to my digital version? Ideally I want to keep my main town, but sell one of the Animal Crossings


title: How many different endings are there for Cave Story?

text: I don't know a lot about the game but I've heard you can go for the "best ending". So, how many endings are there and what things do you do differently to get them? No spoilers please.


title: DS Cartridge That Freezes

text: I have 2 DS cartridges that freeze on all DS/DSi's that I have tried. I have tried cleaning them with alcohol with no change. Is there any way to fix them?


title: Broken DS card?

text: I was playing Mario Kart DS in a bus terminal one day since I was on a long layover, and as I was loading a new map, it blanked out on me for several minutes. Confused, I turned my DS off then on, and upon turning it back on, the DS gives me the message "No DS card found". It's not the DS, as my copy of SoulSilver works just fine. I tried a few remedies, but to no avail. I've attempted blowing it out, swabbing it... One other remedy I found suggested that the pins might not be touching, and to put a small piece of business card behind the DS card so it fits more snugly. That didn't work. I don't understand why the card would suddenly brick like this. I wasn't moving around, the DS was being held in the air, nothing hit it or knocked out of place, it simply broke out of random. Has anybody come across this problem? Is there a fix or something else I can try?


title: How can you make your player scream in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2?

text: I remember when I played Left 4 Dead, a couple of months ago, that some players were able to let their controlled character do a **scaring long scream**. How did they do? Is it possible to do this also in Left 4 Dead 2?


title: Spells which can pull a hero out of Chronosphere

text: What are the spells which can pull heroes out of Chronosphere? Pudge's hook can pull, What about Eath Spirit's Geomagnetic Grips, Force staffs, Vengi's Swap, Thrall's Glimpse, Kunkka's X Mark. I Can just remember only these. There can be more.


title: How long is a unit of distance?

text: I play the character called Tristana in League of Legend. Tristana have an ability called "BUSTER SHOT" (Tristana's ultimate). > **BUSTER SHOT:** Tristana fires a massive cannonball at an enemy unit. This > deals 300 / 400 / 500 (+150% of ability power) magic damage and knocks > surrounding units back 600 / 800 / 1000 distance. **What does the numeric value of distance in League of Legends, as described in this ability, equal to what visible range in the game?** In other RTS games, like StarCraft 2 - it's a nice thing to know when you engage in combat. To be startegic in your advance against an enemy, and your teamwork regarding League of Legends. If I knew what the "distance" is translated into on the screen, I could be more effective in positioning my teammates for the final-blow on an enemy hero.


title: Basics of playing zerg

text: I am beginner in Starcraft 2. What are the **very basics** you have to think about when playing zerg? So far, I know, I have to think about these things all the time:   * **continue building units** in the base all the time   * build a queen for each base and think about **injecting larvae**   * build Spore Crawlers as **detectors** (how many? where?) Are there some basic combinations of two units that go together well? Or a simple strategy guide easy to remember? Is there a strategy that woks "ok" without scouting? As a real beginner I don't understand what I see in the opponents base anyway.


title: StarCraft 2 Continuing Campaign

text: I've finished the campaign mode but i missed some missions (the ones of the crystal and others) and some armory and lab upgrades. Is there any way i can continue the campaign and finishing those missions and researchs? Is starting a new campaing the only way to do so? Thanks!


title: How to get my free Origin copy of Battlefield 1942 to run

text: Origin accounts have a free version of Battlefield 1942 available to download and play through their software but when I try to run it I get the Microsoft circle of patience (mouse circle showing activity) but then it disappears and the game/origin doesn't do anything. I have tried to turn off the antivirus and firewall and run Origin and battlefield as Administrator but does not work. I am running Windows 7 64Bit Ultimate 8GB RAM using NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M on an Acer Aspire 5755G. Everything is updated.


title: How can I play Halo 4's Spartan Ops?

text: I have this problem in _Halo 4's_ Spartan Ops. Every time I want to play season 1 and the other seasons it has a warning sign saying "content missing on all of the mission selections" and down the bottom of the screen it says either "loading 0%" or "one or more players do not have these maps" or something like that. If anyone knows why or how to fix this problem please tell me, I really want to play Spartan Ops. All I can play is forge and war games ### PS If it does get fixed can you tell me how to start playing Spartan Ops offline or without gold? Everyone says you can play it offline but for me it keeps saying requires gold so can you tell me how to play it offline and how to start it? Thanks.


title: How can I make Dragon Age launch?

text: I bought Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition on Steam in the recent sale. When I try to run the game from Steam, I get the launcher. When I click play from the launcher, the launcher disappears and the game doesn't launch. I've tried going to the Steam folder and launching the DAOrigins executable, and when I open it nothing happens. I've tried reinstalling the game and I've tried running as administrator, both to no avail. Is this a common issue? Is there a workaround?


title: How to build a base in DayZ?

text: I've viewed a couple of videos on YouTube and noticed that you can build bases in DayZ. Anyone know if it's possible to do so in the original Arma 2 version or if that's perhaps some other mod I'm confusing it with?


title: How do systems take damage from Beam weapons?

text: I've been playing around this for a bit and I can't really quite figure it out nor find the optimal way to aim a beam weapon... Basically, I've noticed that systems are sometimes not damaged by my beam weapon touching their room and that this usually happens when the beam only touches the edge of the room. Is there a specific hitbox for systems to be hit by beams or what?


title: Civilization 5 unending turn?

text: So I just got a city out of an ideological revolt, its been annexed and yatta yatta. For whatever reason, I traded the city back to its original owner before telling it to produce something. Only now I can't end the turn because the city still needs me to tell it what to build, which I can't because it's not mine anymore. I've tried the shift+enter trick to no success. Any help is greatly appreciated!


title: Is there a way to replay bosses?

text: Excluding New Game+ modes, is there a way to fight a boss a second time? The boss indicator is still lit on the map, and I now have the abilities required to defeat the boss, so I'd like to fight them again. However, the door is closed and won't let me in. ![Boss door](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8Le9a.jpg)


title: How can I get gold versions of cards in Hearthstone?

text: The first time I saw a premium card I thought that it was like that because it was a Legendary card. Like this:   ![Onyxia card](http://i.stack.imgur.com/36ZCl.jpg) But I discovered that Legendary cards have a "normal" version:   ![Onyxia card](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Nl8fF.jpg) I thought that maybe it could be explained cause the game is in beta. Like, the normal one was the first version of a Legendary Card, than they became a little more detailed. But searching a little more I found this:   ![Goldshire Footman card](http://i.stack.imgur.com/XLSoK.jpg) How can I get this kind of card?


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

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


title: How do I increase the job chance for a tenant?

text: In Dream House Days, when you view a tenant's details, tap on Trait, then tap on Job, you get a list of all the available jobs you currently know and that tenant's likelihood of getting that job when he or she applies for it. I have seen the percentages for some jobs increase after a while while some jobs stay at a very low chance. What factors change the job chance of a tenant?


title: Installing StarMade on the Surface Pro

text: Here is StarMade: http://star-made.org/ and here is where I found my graphics driver update: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38826 Im running Java (Version 7 Update 25). Using the Intel HD Graphics 4000 Card, driver version 9.17.10.3062 (which windows tells me is the newest) It looks like it supports up to OpenGL v4: http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-033757.htm I'm having trouble running StarMade on the Surface pro. When I run it I get an error saying a JVM Crash has been detected, and that I should update my Intel graphics drivers (which I've since done). Then when I run the game it crashes without throwing an error. I've also checked the forums with no help, although it seems to be a known issue. (im also not going to uninstall my graphics driver): http://star- made.org/content/launcher-will-not-launch-game Has anyone been able to run StarMade on the surface pro?


title: How high is the probability that a hunter has an Unleash the Hounds combo in their hand?

text: Playing around the Starving Buzzard and Unleash the Hound combo is probably the most important factor in a match against a hunter. Letting them draw too many cards and clear the board with the hounds can easily lose you a game. But playing too few minions in fear of UtH can be equally dangerous, especially for decks that rely on having many minions on the board. Until now I mostly went with gut feeling on the decision to play around UtH or limit the number of minions on my side. But I'd like to put my decisions on a more solid base here. What is the actual probability that a hunter has Unleash the Hounds and Starving Buzzard on the hand at any point in time? It should be possible to calculate that, taking into account the mulligan phase, tracking and any other card draw. The result would obviously depend on the number of rounds played, or more exactly on the number of cards drawn by the hunter.


title: What good is the final defender type for?

text: **Spoilers ahead!** Do not read if you haven't discovered all the defender types! * * * So I've unlocked the final type of defenders, the dragons. I got a pair and I'm using them occasionally, but I'm not quite sure if they're really worth it, given that:   * Knights already seem to fill the single-target-high-damage slot pretty well   * Berserkers are excellent melee attacks against masses of weak enemies   * It seems that mixing ice mages with dragons is a bad idea, and ice mages are awesome So my question is, in what situations should I be using dragons?


title: Is it possible to convert a Diablo 2 CD-Key to an Battle.net Game Key?

text: I like to sign in for beta games in my battle.net account. It says I have to register at least one game. If I want to add a game it needs the game key, but I just own CD-Keys of my Diablo 2 game, and the expansion Lord of Destruction. Is there a way to convert my CD-Keys to Game Keys?


title: Is there a way to get a key for the title screen door?

text: On the title screen of The Room, there is a lock next to the doorknob with a covering that can be swiveled away, leading me to believe that there is some sort of key I can place in the lock. Is there actually something to do on the title screen, or is it just for show? I've beaten the game, and still haven't found anything to do with it. If it matters, I'm playing the android version released in the latest humble bundle.


title: What's a weapon mount?

text: I just found a plasma cannon, and in its description there's a "mount" entry: ![plasma cannon with "mount" circled](http://i.stack.imgur.com/XCrV5.png) What does it mean?


title: In FF8, how do you defeat Diablos when you first get him?

text: I must have fought this guy 15 times when I first got the item from headmaster Cid. I still haven't beaten him, help!


title: What is wrong with my PSP's thumbstick to make a character walk the opposite direction

text: Recently i've been noticing that when i push up in the thumb stick my character actually moves down, i've mainly been noticing this in Disgaea in the overloads castle where using the thumbstick is preferred for movement there Now at first i thought that maybe the stick was wearing out cause it's a first gen PSP and i've never swapped it (the second one i got was for the purpose to play on the TVT, not a replacement) but thinking back evidence of that would be the character automatically moving up because i used to play a lot of Dissidia Final Fantasy So i'm wondering what could be wrong with my thumb stick that it would make a character move down when i press up, what actually happens is that Lahal moves up but then stops and starts switching his facing front front to back and start slightly move downwards, if i move the stick slightly to the right he moves strait down and because of the thumb stick i can't down exactly the position of the stick


title: Determining beginnerness in NetHack

text: I just got into NetHack (using Vulture's for a GUI), and I've been reading up on a bunch of things so I can be ever so slightly prepared for what awaits me. One of the things I've read is that as long as the game considers you a beginner, you can't identify potions, spells and scrolls via their usual unique messages. Once you reach 2000 score points (or 1000 when playing as a wizard, which I do), the beginner status is lifted. The question is: how do I know when I actually reach that goal? I've only been able to find three possibilities:   1. Save scumming   2. Saving the game, then opening the save game in a hex editor and finding the value   3. Using the showscore option. I don't quite like those options, though:   1. Save scumming feels too much like cheating   2. Figuring out what value to look at is cumbersome, and I still have to quit the game in order to do this, which wastes time   3. showscore is not compiled in by default, and I can't do a recompile because building Vulture's is currently broken on Windows (nor have I been able to build plain NetHack). Are there any options I'm missing? Maybe an easy way to guarantee non- beginnerness early in the game?


title: Can you move population to new cities with settlers?

text: Can I create a settler in city A, move him to city B and add him to city B's population? You could do this in the old civ games.


title: Which characters are in the next tier after the "God 4"?

text: I love playing this game but I am not a huge fan of archetypal teams like MSP, SSCC, etc. I'm good at playing Cable, but who isn't? I want to learn a team that might stand a chance of competing with the God 4 but might be more diverse or use a couple lesser-known characters. If there were a hypothetical Marvel vs. Capcom 2 tournament where Magneto, Storm, Cable, and Sentinel were banned, what would the metagame look like? Which characters are the best if these game-breaking ones are removed?


title: One user is unable to break blocks on vanilla server

text: I have seen this issue with bukkit before, but this is completely vanilla. Other players can break blocks and open doors but one user can no longer do this. The user can kill other players but that is it. This has just started happening today. User is not an admin but can confirm other 'normal' users can play as normal. Running vanilla 1.7.2 on Ubuntu. I have restarted the service and the user has rebooted their machine. Is it possible that their user.dat file has some corruption?


title: How long is Warzone mode?

text: I reached level 10 of Warzone single player mode on Worms:Reloaded. But how long does it last? Will I get something special if I finish it? Just asking because is a little boring.


title: Speed run of Black Temple: Which bosses to kill?

text: In preperation for Cataclysm, our guild is attempting to start work on obtaining legendaries from Classic and The Burning Crusade. This means, in part, doing a run at Illidian as often as we can pull one off. Having never raided in The Burning Crusade, I'm a bit unclear as to what bosses we have to kill to get to Illidian. From a brief glance at the map on Wowhead, it looks like we can skip most of the instance, going directly from the entrance, to Supremus, then to the Den of Mortal Delights, killing Mother Shahraz and the Illidari Council, then heading to the Temple Summit to kill Illidian. Is this right? Or is there a portal / door somewhere that doesn't open until we've killed all the additional bosses as well? For example, in ICC, it is impossible to kill the LK without killing the end-wing bosses. (And it was similarly true in Naxx before that.) Any advice on this front is welcome.


title: Why does my Xbox keep signing me out?

text: Whenever I start a game, from both the disc and hard drive, my Xbox will say " _Username_ signed out". What's wrong and how do I fix it? Just to be clear, it signs me out when I start a game. How can I stop this?


title: After purchasing all the upgrades and characters what is the use of gold?

text: I've recently purchased all the upgrades and characters in Temple Run 2. And I realized that I have no idea why do I need coins now. Can anyone tell me what's the use of these coins after purchasing all the upgrades(power ups) and characters? Thanks


What's the most efficient way to kill an Iron Golem? Should I try killing it with sharp pointy things? Should I set up traps to do the work for me?


title: Purchased horses refuse to wait

text: I purchased a horse in Skyrim, and he simply refuses to wait for me. At first I thought it was because I was near a city. But even in the wildest part of Tamriel, it still trots away whenever I stop riding him. I tried with another horse, same thing. They basically act like wild horses when I gave hardly and honestly (kinda) gained money for them. It's not due to any mods, I started a game without any and still the same thing. So yeah... Any idea how to fix that bug?


title: What's the most efficent combo to do as much damage as possible in 5 turns?

text: Let's say that my opponent won't cast any spells during the first 5 turns of a duel. What is the best combination of spells to do as much damage as possible in that time?


title: Why doesn't my engineer count increase?

text: I've completed several missions that supposedly rewarded me with 4 engineers, but the engineer count (as shown in the Engineering display) hasn't increased. Am I doing something wrong?


title: Can I change my megastone accessory?

text: After you receive the megastone in the ring (Mega Ring), **is there a way to be able to change the accessory the stone is in?** It appears that Korrina has a Mega Glove and Diantha has something different, I believe it's a Mega Charm, so that leads one to speculate there could possibly be other accessories for you to equip your megastone. **If** this is possible, how does one acquire the different accessories?


title: What does buying Treek offer?

text: In the Cartel Market on Fleet you can buy a contract from a little Robot for 1 Million Credits that will lead to a quest that will eventually unlock Treek, a new companion. What kind of companion is he and does he offer any quests that can be played, like e.g. Vette that has some nice quests? Does hiring him raise my limit for sending companions on Crewskill Missions? (HK-51 didn't, but HK-51 is essentially free).


title: How critical is it to have psi soldiers in my squad?

text: I'm on my first playthrough, so I don't know what's coming up. How critical is it that I have psi-powered soldiers in my squad? Should I start hiring new rookies to psi-test and start replacing all of my "main squad members" with psi-powered equivalents? Or is it enough to just have 1-2 members? Or do I not need any? So far the psi powers seem mostly just for fun (except mindfray is nice for enemies in cover or if you want to take down health in a controlled manner for setting up for a stun), but I don't know if it'll turn out later that the campaign is unwinnable unless I have 3 guys with psi- inspiration or mind-control or something...


title: Which doge represents what number?

text: From the original 2048 it was rather easy to tell which numbers I'm combining - after all, it says so right on the tile. But now with doge2048 there is _much doge_. What doge is 16? What is 32? Is this doge secretly 2048 and the game actually keeps going beyond that? very confuse wow ![much doge, very number, wow](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LCMua.png)


title: How can I complete "Siege on the Dragon Cult" when I killed Captain Valmir's impostor before the quest?

text: In Skyrim, when I first arrived at Forelhost, there was this Imperial alone by his firecamp. I tried to enter Forelhost, but the door was locked and absolutely needed a key. I talked to the Imperial camping just by the door but he didn't mention Forelhost. I tried to pick-pocket the Imperial, hoping that he had the key and saw that note that tells that he is an impostor! Then he got mad for the pick-pocket and tried to kill me, so I killed the false-Imperial. I entered Forelhost, crawled the dungeon, learned its gruesome story and picked up the great unique item at the end. Suprise! A new quest appears: "Siege on the Dragon Cult" with that objective: Return to Captain Valmir. I got outside via the balcony and saw an Imperial standing beside the impostor's body. I said to myself: "Hey! Here's the real Captain Valmir! Time to tick that quest!". To my great surprise, as soon as I got near he attacked and I had to kill him in a fiery burst of flames. But now the quest "Siege on the Dragon Cult" stays there, waiting for me to return to the Captain Valmir that is now a roasted to a crisp by the door to Forelhost, not far from the body of the impostor. How can I complete that quest? (I am using the PC version of Skyrim and can use the console if needed.)


title: Is it possible to lose continent bonuses after acquiring them?

text: I know it is possible to have a continent bonus get unobtainable if you lose a country from that continent. Is it possible to lose your starting continent bonus, or another, if you first acquire it and then lose a country?


title: Do dungeons, enemies or their abilities change depending on what class you're playing?

text: If I'm a monk will I see different monster combinations and abilities compared to say a wizard?


title: Is there a faster way to swap skills than the fullscreen menu?

text: I know that Blizzard removed item sets from Diablo III to prevent shenanigans like swapping into a Magic Find set just before landing the last hit on a boss. However, the same reasoning doesn't apply to skills. That has got me wondering - is there a way to swap your equipped skills without bringing up the full screen skill menu (default Hotkey `S`)? Quite often I find myself with only AoE spells selected and I come up against a big boss with a huge health pool. I want to switch to a more focused single- target spell. Obviously this will incur the cooldown, which I am fine with. But too often I have to stand still for the 3ish seconds it takes to bring up the Skill menu, select the skill, choose a rune, and close out, which leaves me vulnerable to getting squashed. **Is there a faster way to switch your active spells?**


title: What game mechanics do you have to take into consideration when playing multiplayer (team) games of Civilisation V?

text: I have started playing Civ 5 with a group of friends. We play LAN in teams of two. There are some obvious things to avoid, like both players on a team focusing on religion or both aiming for a diplomatic victory, but what else do you need to keep in mind?


title: Forge mod loader could not connect to this server

text: I get the following error when I try to join my friends server. > The mods and versions listed below could not be found, they are required to > play on this server. - IC2 : 2.0.371 We both have industrial craft 2. How can we solve this problem?


title: Does it matter who I pick to be on my team?

text: When you are playing Medley Matches, you need to pick 5 different team members, one from each of these categories:   * Heroes (Sonic, Tails, Mario, or Luigi)   * Girls (Amy, Peach, Daisy, or Blaze)   * Tricksters (Wario, Waluigi, Dr. Eggman, or Metal Sonic)   * Wild Ones (Knuckles, Bowser, Donkey Kong, or Vector)   * Challengers (Yoshi, Shadow, Bowser Jr, or SIlver) Does it matter who I pick? Are certain characters better for certain events? Or is it a purely aesthetic choice?


title: How do I get to the Badge Machine?

text: I have earned two tickets for the Badge Machine by playing various parts of the game. Where is the Badge Machine? Do I need to unlock it somehow? How do I use it?


title: How do you get event Pokémon like Keldeo?

text: I've never gotten any Pokémon (other than Mewtwo) from events, so I don't have clue about how they really work. =) As Bulbapedia and other sites are saying, Keldeo is **"… currently the final officially-revealed Pokémon in National Pokédex order."** But how do I actually _get_ Keldeo? Do I need keep my eye on Entralink all day? Do they have a site for it? Will I get an email? I would be really grateful if someone could explain it to me. (If it matters, I have Pokémon White for the DS.)


title: How do I increase my skill in Quarrel?

text: I have been playing for over a week now, but most of the other gamers are quicker than me. Even though we keep making similar or same character words, I end losing on speed. Other than practice, is there anything will help me get better?


title: How can I improve my chances of getting a 5 star score without using Auto-Battle?

text: I have had this problem with both Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2. I don't like using Auto-Battle because I like actually choosing my attacks rather than just picking a paradigm and pressing Auto-Battle (Auto-Battle just feels dirty to me). The problem is that star score ratings are based on how quickly you finish off your opponent. Shorter fights I can usually still get five star ratings, but longer fights I sometimes struggle to meet the target times. What can I do to try and achieve five star ratings without stooping to Auto- Battle or just mashing my attacks in as fast as I can?


title: How do I earn the most XP per kill (in single-player)?

text: In single-player, extra XP is earned by killing enemies in special ways. I've been trying to only kill with arrow headshots. Does this method of killing earn the most XP per kill? I originally phrased the question as "how do I earn the most XP (in single- player)". If there is some way to earn XP that makes juicing XP from kills a waste of effort, I'd like to know too.


title: What's the Huntsman's headshot criteria?

text: As arrows are projectiles, they must use the (large unrotating unintuitive) physics hitbox instead of the bullet hitboxes. So how does the game know where the head is? Is it the same for all classes? How large is the headshot area?


title: Can cows starve to death?

text: I had been keeping four cows in a shallow pit two blocks deep, four wide, and ten long, open to the sky, but surrounded by fences (the idea being to let me in without allowing them to wander out through the fence gate). I left them for an extended deep digging session. On my return I find I have only one cow remaining. While staring disconsolately at my now-defunct leather farm, I noticed that a) the remaining cow eats grass from time to time (like a sheep), and b) most of the floor is actually stone, not grass, so there isn't much available. I have sheep and chickens in identical adjacent pens. They appear to be fine (no losses). The sheep did have more grass. I am wondering if my other cows might have starved to death, or succumbed somehow to overcrowding. Is that possible? If not, how else might they have disappeared?


title: Can I still play a game on Xbox Live if I move updates from HDD to memory sticks?

text: Xbox 360 Slim with **4 Gb HDD** and two USBs: **3.1 Gbs free** (4 Gbs total) and **4.6 Gbs free** (16 Gbs total) Titanfall, which I have enough overall storage for its **1.5 Gbs** , says I need to store it on the HDD which is nearly full on its own. On the HDD, Black Ops II has **2.2 Gbs** (separate files for Title Update, Vengeance map pack, something else). Curiously, BLOPS2 also has a Title Update on at least one of the other two USBs. Possibly both. If I move the BLOPS2 files (all or just some like Vengeance since it's biggest) onto a USB stick, in either the ones with free space or a new stick, will it cause any online gameplay problems or the same problem with Titanfall prompting me to place it on the HDD?


title: Expanding within HRE

text: I'm playing my first game and I think I'm doing quite good. I've started as a bohemian duke and I've managed to create Kingdom of Bohemia, expanded a little while HRE had low crown authority, got elected as an Emperor, created a Kingdom of Germany. I lost my Emperor title after death of my first ruler. So now I remain a King of Bohemia and Germany and I managed to expand to Poland a little. The question is - is it possible at all to expand withing the Empire? Crown authority is high at the moment. I can't fight the Emperor's forces now and I can't wage wars again fellow vassals. I can only expand into Poland and/or Hungary - should I do it in hopes I would be able to amass an army large enough to challenge the emperor himself?


title: Are there any spacing rules for trees?

text: I want to clear out a spot for a small orchard near my train station so my visitors have immediate access to any fruits they might need. I'd like to make it as compact as possible. What are the minimum spacing requirements for trees to grow?


title: Where can I drop a nuke?

text: I was testing out the capabilities of an Atomic Bomb, and from the city it was created in, which happened to be equatorial, I appeared to get the full grid available as a target, but after a couple rebases, bringing it up near a couple potential enemies, which happened to put the bomb in a polar region, my target grid was heavily restricted, I could only seem to fire to my North, where the potential enemies were to the southeast and southwest. Is this somehow related to the globe and lattitude, similar to space launches? Why would it effect an Atomic Bomb, when the delivery system appears to be a bomber?


title: My Steam client won't go online

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


title: Spirit of the Ancient Golem on Mundo?

text: Ever since season 3 the first major item any jungler would get was Spirit of the Ancient Golem. I understand that Dr. Mundo does not need mana regen but I feel that if I don't get Spirit my clear time would be reduced. On the other hand, there would be other items which would be more beneficial to him late game like, say, Atma's Impaler. So, should I ignore the Spirit or stay with it?