title: Minecraft EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION

text: I understand that there are questions related to this subject already on the site but I feel mine is different as I have a different problematic frame etc.. My error is, as mentioned in the title, an `EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION` that is thrown whenever I start up any form of Minecraft (Vanilla, modded, multiplayer...). **'Solutions' already tried:**   * Reinstall Minecraft. - Error still occurs.   * Reinstall Java. - I have upgraded to Java 8, downgraded back to 7. Error still occurs   * Check for updates in drivers. - Using several driver update programs, I find none with updates.   * Buy a new PC. - Yep, I've seen it suggested. My PC is less that 5 months old so I see this is not a problem. (Specs to follow)   * Buy a new GPU/ Memory. Again - My PC is New. **PC Specs:**   * Intel i3 4130 (Duel Core - 3.4ghz)   * 8GB RAM (DDR3)   * Palit GTX 770 Jetstream   * Gigabyte H81M-D2V Motherboard   * Spinpoint M8 ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB _(Looking to replace)_ **Error File (Rare Problematic frame)** :               #     # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:     #     #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00000000029bf3c9, pid=740, tid=1420     #     # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_55-b13) (build 1.7.0_55-b13)     # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.55-b03 mixed mode windows-amd64     compressed oops)     # Problematic frame:     # j  cpw.mods.fml.common.asm.transformers.AccessTransformer.transform(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[B)[B+289     #     # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows     #     # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:     #   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp      **Error File (Common):**               #     # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:     #     #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x0000000061f50d30, pid=1784, tid=4116     #     # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (7.0_55-b13) (build 1.7.0_55-b13)     # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (24.55-b03 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)     # Problematic frame:     # V  [jvm.dll+0x40d30]     #     # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows     #     # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:     #   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp      **Full Error file:**   * The full error log regarding the more common issue can be found here as the whole thing was too large to put into the question **Background/ Other useful info:**   * My PC quite often suffers from BSOD's relating to `PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA` and also several `INTERNAL_POWER_ERROR`(see my question on superuser for more detailed info about the Blue screens.   * I'm running windows 8 (not 8.1) and have been able to play Minecraft for around 4 and a half months before this error appeared. Something (presumably a software and not a hardware change) has caused this issue but, since I am only blessed in the ability to program Python and some C++, these stack traces are rather meaningless to me.    * I have tried changing the amount of RAM given to minecraft (upto 3GB for modded) but this has not helped.   * My Page File is currently set at 8192mb (This may or may not be relavant - just windows default)   * As mentioned before I am on Java 7 55   * My Graphics Driver is GeForce 335.23 which is the latest for my card I feel I have given all the information possibly needed to help me solve this issue, and I am hoping that, by giving a detailed and informative post, I can help find a definitive answer for at least a few people who have not yet managed it. Although I have given everything I could think to be conceivably necessary, please ask for any extra information in the comments and I will gladly add it when I can. (Please note it is getting late where I live and I have school tomorrow so I may not be able to test any given solutions until around 20 hours from now!) Thanks for any help you can give me on m issue! **Edit 1:** I have just tried replacing my JRE 7 for the JDK 8 5 and this hasn't helped making me think this isn't an issue with Java but possibly something else. Also, I have tried running on 32bit java but to no avail. **Edit 2:** Sadly there have been no definitive answers. I have been continuing to look online at possible solutions however I can not find any with the `jvm.dll` as the problematic frame. I attempted to download the JavaRe program talked about however it crashed on launch. (Note: I would have put this as a comment but I do not have enough rep `:(`) **Edit 3:** I've tried running Minecraft as admin which worked for a few minutes before getting the same old error again. Then, i realised that I didn't have DirectX installed so I installed it and voilà, it worked again for around ten minutes. Now I am back to where I started, still getting the error upon opening. I have tried with Vanilla, Modded (FTB Monster, FTB Unleashed, Tekkit Classic, Tekkit, ATLauncher Yogscast Complete) but non work. If I could place a bounty on this question I would but since I can't I'll just have to hope that the Gods of Arqade are somewhere willing someone with the vital information to come and help! Until then - I'll keep updating with info. **Edit 4:** Yep, this is a lot of edits but hey I have been trying a lot of things. Weirdly, I was playing some Just Cause 2 Multiplayer and it crashed. Just out of interest I looked in the dump file and would you believe the Error code was 0x05. This is the same as the `EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION` and the `PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA` BSOD which I have had twice today. Still though, I am nearly 100% positive it _isn't_ a hardware problem as my RAM passed memtest. The plot thickens. I shall keep the thread up to date as I feel that is better than making new threads. **Upsate (1 month on):** Well, a month later and with still no definitive answer and still no solution found by myself, I guess I'll update here again (It's better than a new question) Anyway so yeah, ~~I am currently able to play vanilla although it does crash sometimes~~ update: It crashes all the time. For some reason this has got worse. I am only able to play Modded Minecraft after having restarted my PC, and even then I can only play for around 10 - 20 minutes before it stops and I have to restart again. I have also tried to copy the Java program files from the Program Files directory on a laptop running the same OS as me. That didn't help. I also changed the permissions on the jre7 folder to Read & Write, but that didn't help either. (I also reverted these two changed after I tested them as a realise they are both kind-of holes in my security.) So there you go, a month on an I am still plagued by the words that have become the bane of my once minecraft but now EXCEPTION ACCESS VIOLATION filled life. Again, any help you can give will help massively.


title: Will the quarry itself keep its chunk loaded?

text: I've ended up with the boundary of my quarry such that the corner Land Mark is at point (0,0), i.e. not in the same chunk as the quarry machine. Will the quarry's chunk remain loaded?


title: How much of a tank can I destroy without losing the liquid?

text: I can knock a block out of a railcraft tank, replace it, and the liquid inside will be magically restored. However I just expanded my 5x5 tank to a 7x7 tank by knocking out a corner of it and the liquid did not come back. Under what conditions will the liquid inside a tank be kept? When will they not? Note that my experience seems to contradict the notice on the wiki: > If you have an accident with your tank and all your liquid appears to > disappear don't worry as long as the bottom center block is still intact, > replace the broken block and your liquid should reappear.


title: How is MJ distributed?

text: Let's say I am generating 50MJ/t and I connect a quarry (max 55MJ/t) and a Pulverizer (max 4MJ/t). Will it send the full 4MJ/t to the Pulverizer and the rest to the quarry? Does it look at the total power demand and provide everything with an equal percentage if its full demand? How will the MJ be distributed?


title: Can you rotate or otherwise change your viewpoint in Diablo 3?

text: The title says it all. Stuff's in my way. I can't see. Can I fix this?


title: Hide the hud of StarCraft II during play

text: I need to hide the hud of StarCraft II during play so I can take screenshots of the full play ground. How I can do that?


title: What do I do with this cone?

text: So, I'll admit, I love point-and-click adventure games. The problem is, **I'm terrible at them!** I've been staring at this screen in _Botanicula_ for close to half an hour, and I _still_ have no idea what I'm supposed to do with these bouncy little cherry looking guys, and this cone. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SNaIS.png) **What do I do in this area?** (Or, have I been wasting my time staring at nothing?)


title: Finishing predator challenges with proximity detonator

text: is there any way to finish the worst nightmare challenges (number 6 in particular) when I already upgraded to proximity detonator? The proximity detonator seems to block the takedown option.


title: What is the pattern to the stomach room with the horns?

text: I'm not finding a pattern here. When I save/loaded, I found that sometimes none of the first gray horns led to the ostrich parts. (And when I went back to try it again, picking the same horn on the same save game gave randomized results.) Is guess/check via save/load the only way to get through this, or is there a hidden pattern? ![ostrich parts](http://i.stack.imgur.com/G2bIU.png)


title: How to play Elder Scrolls Arena (DOS) with keyboard only?

text: I downloaded this game, "Elders Scrolls: Arena Deluxe Edition" and started it on DOSBox to emulate and play it. Although it's working fine, the problem is that I can attack with the mouse but wanted to know if there's a way to attack with the keyboard, as I am finding some difficulties using my mouse. In this situation, I am not able to escape from the dungeon as I am defeated easily. I am running DOSBox in Windows 7 32-bit. Is there any way to play this game with the keyboard only? Or configure DOSBox in such a way that I can specify to use some keys as right click and left click instead of using a mouse? Or are there other software that can do it? Sorry if everyone misunderstood it. I want to remap mouse keys to be used by pressing some key on the keyboard like if I press `J` it should work just like pressing the left mouse button. And to swipe mouse from left to right and vice versa like doing it from a mouse. Just like Bluestack has done with itself.


title: How can I turn off the tutorial popups?

text: I'm over 20 hours into my game, but I still get popups telling me what Assassinations are, describing Vehicle Thefts, telling me about upgrades when I level, etc. I've already participated in all of these activities. I've searched the ingame options screen, and I've found no way to turn off these annoying tutorial/help popups. Is there some option I've somehow overlooked? Or am I stuck with these? For reference, I'm playing the Xbox 360 version, so I cannot install any mods or edit any files for the game.


title: Can you obtain a mammoth tusk without fighting a giant?

text: In Skyrim I have a quest to retrieve a mammoth tusk to help someone set up as a merchant. Of course, mammoths are generally being shepherded by giants. I do want to kill a giant at some stage but my character isn't quite ready for that yet. Is there any way to obtain a mammoth tusk without taking on a giant?


title: Major benefits to scanning the galaxy?

text: While continuing my quest for Reaper ~~annoyance~~ dominance by pinging, I found that I can get cool stuff on planets by scanning! Is there any major benefit for avoiding my main goal and taking the time to pick up this ~~trash~~ valuable resources or am I perfectly fine to go on my merry way of ping-doom? More specifically, **how much would it hinder my quest to avoid scanning anything at all?** (outside anything required) Would it severely cripple the War Assets or are they necessary boosts to help the player that wants to do SP only?


title: How can I keep an inventory in a machine topped up by pulling from AE?

text: (I'm using the latest DireWolf20 pack so I am happy to use any items contained in those mods.) I have a multi-block tree farm which is working well to provide me with wood/charcoal but it will run out of dirt and fertiliser. I have plenty of both on my AE system. What can I use that will pull items out of my AE network as and when they are required? I suspect that logistical pipes can fill an inventory if it will take the items but I'm not exactly sure how this works or whether that will work with AE?? Any hints appreciated!


title: At the end of the first mission on Mars, is it possible to catch the Cerberus agent?

text: At the end of the mission on Mars, a Cerberus agent is running away with the data about the Prothean device. I was unable to catch her. Is it possible to catch up with her before she reaches her shuttle and does it matter if I do?


title: How can I modify specific armor values of items (with the console commands) in skyrim?

text: I was kind of disappointed the mask Morokei would not let me use the mage armor perk anymore, so I thought I'd find a way to mod it to have 0 armor. Does anyone know how to do this, or if there is another way to circumvent this problem?


title: Are the "invaded" levels optional in Rayman Legends?

text: I tried the demo of Rayman Legends, and it features one "invaded" level. Given the higher difficulty (and resulting frustration), I was wondering if such levels are optional or not in the main game. If they are here only to unlock skins and stuff, it won't matter much to me. If I have to finish such levels to unlock more of the regular ones, it is more problematic.


title: I'm stuck in Hell, how do I get out?

text: I got to the nether for the first time, promptly saw a ghast, and started running away from it. The game suddenly crashed and closed completely. On reloading the game, I was back in the nether, but I couldn't see my portal. I assumed I'd run a bit away from it when I saw the ghast, so starting looking around. Half an hour later I still hadn't found it, so I fired up Minutor to help my search. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/wxfEg.png) I set up a colour scheme where lava, netherack, gravel, soul sand, fire and bedrock are all alpha 0. Obsidian and Portal are set to bright green, fully visible. It seems from this map that my portal has gone completely. I checked at a variety of depths, just to be sure, and there's not a trace of green to be seen. Is it possible that my portal has disappeared?


title: What can cause an abandon?

text: After playing a couple of games yesterday, my abandon rate went from 0% to 1%. Yet I didn't abandon/rage/disconnect any game. And haven't done so in any of my games. I did have a game that aborted because someone else failed to load before getting to hero selection. But I've had that happen before and never received an abandon. And I know I was loaded because I was chatting with others while waiting for loaders.


title: zelda a link between worlds maiamai - On section 2

text: I can't seem to find the Maiamai on section 2 of the map. If you segment the map with the colored sections, I can't seem to find the one in section 2. Has anyone found that one yet?


title: What happens if you don't found a religion?

text: Suppose the other civilizations have founded all the religions that could be founded in that map (that never happened to me, but I'm curious, but not curious enough to spend a night doing an experiment). So what happens to you? Do you play without the bonuses of a religion? How do your religious units work? E.g. could you convert citizens to atheism with a missionary?


title: Support requirements?

text: I usually play support on ranked due to the fact that everyone else dislikes it but i was wondering what makes a good support character wise, for example you have leona and alistar who are very cc heavy then there are nunu and lulu who are more buffs and utility. but i have recently be playing fiddle support who i find is good seeing as you have a silence and a fear or gangplank who i find is more for buffs due to his e and ulti, but what makes a really good support? is there requirements?


title: How can I eject a disc from the Xbox One remotely?

text: So, on the Xbox 360 (and on pretty much every physical media player that has a remote control) I can remotely eject the disc from the console while I'm sitting on my sofa, and then by the time I step across to the console, it's already sticking out waiting for me. There are multiple options to do this on the 360, either highlighting the default top-left tile and pressing `Y`, or pressing the "Open/Close" button on my Xbox Media Remote, or using Kinect I could say "Xbox Open Tray". None of these methods seem to work on the Xbox One, I can't find any way to do it with the controller (I have tried selecting the disc tile in the bottom right and pressing the controller's menu button, but there's nothing relevant on there), there is no media remote, and nothing like that is listed in the new Kinect Voice Commands list. Do I really have to stand up, walk across the room, and press the Eject button on the front of the console? Even my '80s VCR let me eject tapes from the sofa! * * * Edit: If you're interested in this, here are some requests on the Xbox User Voice site to vote on or keep an eye on:   * Ability to eject the disc that is in tray using Kinect by saying "Xbox eject".   * Disc eject using controller on Xbox One   * Be able to eject the disc with the Y button   * Eject button in smartglass


title: Do tickets expire?

text: _StreetPass Mii Plaza_ 3.1 introduces tickets that can be redeemed for hats. The hats change daily, do the tickets also expire when the hats change or not?


title: How to use keyboard controls with Need for Speed: The Run

text: When I play Need For Speed: The Run, all the onscreen prompts are to press "B" or "X" or "LT" (Left Trigger) for Xbox 360 controls. How do I play this game with keyboard only?


title: When are enemies no longer "nearby"?

text: Sometimes when you try to fast travel, you are unable to and a message is displayed that tells you that you cannot fast travel with enemies nearby. What determines when enemies are "nearby"? Is it purely distance? Or are there other things that factor into it?


title: How do I get Hamlet, Prince of Denmark to join my ship?

text: In the Star Trek: Online wiki, there is an entry for Hamlet, Prince of Denmark it says that it is earned from a mission, but that that mission requires an item, that is retrieved from a box but I can't find anywhere in the wiki where I can earn that box. I've tried Performing the Holodek Performance of Hamlet, a dozen or so times, with various outcomes, (critting earned William Shakespeare), but never anything that leads me to believe I'm on the right track for Hamlet. Any thoughts?


title: What is the Golden Bee spawn rate?

text: Has anyone confirmed the spawn rate for golden bees? I found several threads at various forums, but they all boil down to "just buy one". I **know** I can buy them, and did in my file. However, my 6 year old son wants to catch one. He just caught his first shiny Pokemon, so he knows what patience means. I'd just like to be able to give him a number if possible. * * * **Regarding duplicate status:** I don't believe this is a duplicate at all. I asked a specific question not covered by either the question _or_ answer in the linked one. "It appears randomly" is **not** a spawn rate, and I thought that was clear from my original question.


title: Possible to use usb headset for game audio?

text: I know that this is an age old question, but can you use a usb headset on a PS3 for both chat and game audio? I know that the firmware didn't use to support it, but now that Sony has their **_USB_** stereo headset, I thought for sure it would be possible. I don't know if it still isn't, or I'm just not searching google good enough. Does anyone have some concrete evidence that it is **NOT** possible?


title: If a stat is maxed out in Fire Emblem: Awakening, will a stat increasing item have any effect?

text: I assume the item won't because maxed out implies no more, but I am not sure if that only applies to leveling. I will save these items if they do in fact increase a maxed stat.


title: Tekkit on Mac not starting up - White Screen

text: Recently there was an update for mac (just a regular system update, i thought nothing of it) and immediately after the update, when i try and launch the Technic launcher and run tekkit, it lets me log in fine, but after that a white screen flashes up and the entire program crashes. No errors, no nothing, just flash of white and back to desktop. Does anyone know of a fix for this?


title: How can I heal my prisoners?

text: I currently have a medical ward built, with two doctors assigned to it as well as a psychologist. I have completed the _Health and Well Being_ grant. I have many hurt prisoners, but I can't figure out how to get the doctors to heal them. I've tried "searching" the prisoners to send them to the medical ward and I've tried moving them to the ward manually. How can I heal my prisoners? **NOTE** : I'm running alpha 3.


title: How to increase residential demand in simcity 4?

text: I have a city in SimCity 4 that currently has a population of 1,463. After running the simulation for 5 years, I stil have exactly the same population. How do I fix this? Right now, my city has:   * All residential areas covered for fire, police, medical, and education   * Enough industrial zoning to support growth   * Open space in residential zones for both low and medium density   * Medium density residential has water   * Sufficient power capacity   * Good Mayor Ratings throughout the residential zones However, the taxes for my city are near maximum, because I can't figure out any other way to make money. Could this be keeping people from moving in? My RCI demand is negative 2,000 - 6,000 in all categories but agriculture.


title: What does "frags" mean?

text: While playing _League of Legends_ , I read the word "frags" in chat. It was during the heat of battle so I couldn't ask my teammates, and I couldn't find anything on the _League of Legends_ wiki. What does this term mean?


title: Can I get Dishonored to stop asking for admin access whenever I run it?

text: Every time I run Dishonored under Steam I get a pop up asking me for my Administrator password (I run as a normal user account, I imagine a UAC prompt would come up if I was running as Admin). I think this is due to the Steam first-time setup being run every time. Is there any way to correct this issue?


title: Attack Speed Breakpoints In Diablo 3

text: In Diablo 2, attack rate was calculated in terms of frames. This meant that there were discrete jumps as you broke certain Increase-Attack-Speed breakpoints. In Diablo 3, is there a similar discrete frame-based calculation, and what is the framerate used by the game engine in calculating attacks?


title: What's the highest DPS Wizard rotation for a single-target fight?

text: For some boss fights where the vast majority of the time you're simply beating on a single big baddie, what are the most effective spells (and runes) for the Wizard to use? Such a build might not be the "best" as you're prone to dying, but it would be good to know where the top is as a baseline and perhaps build beefier from there.


title: How can I skip the "Leaving game..." timer?

text: Sometimes when I'm in a game and I choose to leave, I'm given a 10 second wait, with a button to cancel. Other times, however, I don't get any wait at all - the timer shows up and immediately reads 0, and then the game exits. What causes the timer to pop up? Is there any way I can disable it completely? I'm trying to farm a particular random item in Leoric's Manor, and having to wait between runs is making me _impatient._


title: How do I get a 12th pod?

text: In the pod diagram in _Mii Force_ there are 12, not 10 pod slots. Three for each weapon plus 2 more. How do I get the 12th pod given, as far as I know, _StreetPass Mii Plaza_ only supports 10 StreetPass tags?


title: Can you play all the Diablo 2 acts on Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction?

text: If I have both Diablo 2 and the expansion pack: Diablo 2 : Lord of Destruction installed, can I play the Diablo 2 acts on the expansion pack? The reason is, I've heard that the expansion pack has a lot of gameplay improvements, if so, I want to play it rather than the original Diablo 2.


title: How can I switch off certain parts of my EU powered network/machines to conserve power?

text: I'm at quite an early stage of the game in terms of power generation but I have (possibly unwisely) started making Applied Energistics equipment as I really want to use it to manage the masses of storage I have not yet got a purpose for. I am using an generator to charge 3 batboxes and connected to those I have a macerator, compressor and electric furnace via copper cable. I also have hooked up my AE network to this but I don't want to use it all the time. How can I switch certain parts of this powered electrical network on and off in order to only run certain things at certain times without having to break the copper wires?


title: Why are all my classes deleted?

text: I was playing call of duty Combat training one day. When I died, I was surprise when I hover my mouse over the class, it says there which was suppose to be a picture of the gun inside the class, select this class. I selected a class which was suppose to be using a gun Enfield. When I selected it, it used the class. So I said, It might be a glitch or a bug. Then when i ended the match, then later on, I played Combat training, BOOM! No more classes, back to level 1. I remembered I was Level 29 or 30! PLEASE HELP ME! I think I pressed the ~ key. Then I was figuring out how to remove it by punching in so many keys before this "glitch" happened. I'm using mac.


title: Which probe sensor strength is necessary for low-sec exploration?

text: I'm thinking about trying to do some low-sec exploration. I'll have to use an unbonused ship, as I won't get the necessary combat capabilities otherwise, and my scanning skills are rather mediocre. Under these circumstances I suspect that the probe sensor strength might be problematic. So I'm wondering on how high the sensor strength has to be to be able to scan down all signatures that can appear in low-sec space?


title: Is Urn of Shadows affected by Magic Resistance?

text: It's relevant to Maledict, I need to find out whether the damage from Urn is flat HP loss (true/pure damage or if it's reduced by 25% or more. Thanks. =)


title: what is the right way to use a water candle?

text: I have been wondering do water candles work if you place them on the floor or on the table, or if they only work if it is in your hand.


title: When does it make sense to use a Sentinel?

text: While I find myself utilizing most of the roles in various combats, I've never really found a use for the Sentinel role. The game heavily emphasizes winning battles fast, and Sentinels just seem to drag a battle out. I've tried having a paradigm with a Sentinel and a Medic or two for when I need to heal during a battle, but I prefer just having a Commando and two medics since a lone Sentinel sometimes struggles to keep the chain gauge going, while a Command does not. Am I missing something? Are there party builds where it makes sense to use a Sentinel on a regular basis? Or are there battles where it is more efficient to use a Sentinel than to try to deal lots of damage and use Medics to heal as needed?


title: How does background mode work?

text: I just enabled "Run Game in Background" in X3: Terran Conflict. But I don't know how it works - do I just minimize or what?


title: What is an effective counter to late-game Protoss balls in TvP?

text: I'm a Diamond Terran frequently matched up against Masters level players. If a TvP ends before 15 minutes, I'm usually the one winning it, but in lategame I rarely do as well. I usually focus on Marauder+Ghost+Viking as I've seen top players do so very effectively, but it rarely works for me due to Zealot heavy compositions. Mixing in Marines or Hellions essentially gives me units that die to 2 Colossi shots, so that just doesn't work. My stutter step micro is very very good and I tend to have strong EMPs, but against Zealots with +3 armor (rushing this is the norm) they just don't die before I run out of room to micro, and meanwhile Colossi are ripping through my infantry and my Vikings are getting picked off by Stalkers. If they add Archons, it's even worse. It feels as if Protoss can just a-move their force and I have to micro Vikings to stay out of range of Stalkers while stutter stepping while landing EMP's, and even if I do so perfectly I still don't come out ahead unless I have a significantly stronger force to begin with or am microing a drop at the same time (which Protoss can defend with instant warp-ins). The only thing I haven't attempted is mixing in Tanks, but the level of micro necessary to include them in an already hugely micro-intensive force is not even remotely comparable to what a Protoss has to do with their ball. Most don't even include Psi Storm or Sentries and can still power through me despite weaker upgrades and less supply. I can attach a replay or two later today, if that would help.


title: Is the 8th episode bugged and inaccessible?

text: For some reason, after driving miles along the coast in the 7th episode, I came to a long bridge with a combine fence blocking entrance to it, and the road continues away from the bridge to a tunnel, but that is blocked off also. After killing all the combines in the houses next to the bluff that the bridge is built on, I found the crossbow and a poison zombie on a path leading to a room under the bridge, inside the supports. I believe that this is the correct path to turn off the fence, because although the cable that powers the fence is visible, I can't disconnect it. However, if I try to go through the door, it displays a 'loading' message and then appears to drop me into a dark void, and then kills me and loads my last save before that. I have tried restarting HL2, restarting my computer, and just searching for an hour for a different way forward. Have I been going the wrong way, or is my HL2 bugged (and requiring a reinstall), or is my computer just incompatible with HL2 (it's worked up until now, but just in case I am playing on an HP Envy laptop, running Windows 8). **Note:** Sorry that I don't have screenshots, but I am at school currently and I don't have tonight free, so Tuesday I will try to get some up. I was recording my playthrough of HL2, so while I am pretty put off by this problem, I do have video of the entire game up to this point, if it will help. (That won't be available until Tuesday or later either)


title: Where did I gain the power to perform Chaotic Rituals?

text: Doing a quick search of the spell name "evoke/invoke chaotic ritual!" yielded me nothing. Because of that, I'm assuming it came from the Synergies mod. Is there any more information on this somewhere, or does anyone know more about it? When I use it, it summons bosses from any point in the game, and also creates very high level gear and legendaries. (Like numerous 99/100 level req stuff). I found it somewhere in the 2nd act before beating the artificer.


title: How can I start over?

text: Is there a way to completely start the game over? Some things in the game are altered between runs and are permanently changed. For example, there is a broom closet in the left hallway that has interesting dialogue. If you enter it a second time on another play-through, you get more dialogue. From then on, the room is boarded up and cannot be entered. Is there a was to start clean without reinstalling the game or anything?


title: What is the maximum EU per tick you can generate with a 6 Chambered Nuclear Reactor using only a Mark I setup?

text: What is the most efficient setup for a 6 Chambered Reactor, and have it NEVER overheat.      _Ideally I would not want the cooling components to meltdown either._ Please note the setup is for a **SIX CHAMBERED REACTOR** not _six reactors_.


title: Can I change my heroes positions?

text: After create a Hero, he come by last in the order in my heroes list. How can I change his position, if I want him to come by the first one, for example?


title: Can my drones be destroyed in X-Rebirth?

text: The X-Rebirth drone flying mechanic is interesting: it's kind of neat to explore the system from far away (although that has put me in positions where my ship has taken damage while I was playing drone pilot). My question is: can my drones be destroyed? It seems like drones _bamf_ back to your hold if you hit escape, no matter how far they are from the ship. Is it possible for an enemy to kill one faster that you can hit the key? Can they be destroyed at all? Is there a max distance for them to teleport back to your drone hangar?


title: Does Wirt's Original Leg have a special purpose?

text: I just came across Bishibosh's remains, which dropped Wirt's Original Leg. For those familiar with Diablo 2, you could combine a Tome of Town Portal with Wirt's Leg to get to the Secret Cow Level. In Diablo 3, does **Wirt's Original Leg** serve a similar purpose?


title: What can Not Enough Items do?

text: * What are the capabilities of NEI?   * Can NEI create potions like TMI? I know it can enchant, but I don't know about potions.    * Can it also create custom fireworks like TMI? I would like to know the capabilities because I am creating a map and I custom potions and fireworks.


title: What are the percentages of mobs spawning in Chunks?

text: When walking through biomes I noticed that not every biome has mobs. Then I started trying to figure out what the possibilities of mobs spawning in biomes are (especially plains). So the question is: What is the possibilities of,   1. Pigs   2. Cows   3. Sheep   4. Horses/Mules/Donkeys   5. Chickens spawning in plains biomes? Is there a set amount of these animals that can spawn at a time?


title: How can I play the iOS/Android tutorial map on PC?

text: I recently downloaded the mobile Terraria app for Android, and quickly noticed the tutorial map has a buncha secrets/easter eggs in it (such as a lucky horseshoe off the left cliff, and a little furnished room with hellstone in the far lower left corner). I'd like to explore the map more fully, but doing so with a copper pickaxe is rather tedious. How can I play the tutorial map with my decked-out PC character?


title: How can I mute Kinect's mic without leaving my game?

text: For the Xbox One, how do we mute the Kinect's mic while in game chat without leaving the game?


title: How Large is the Wurm Client?

text: The game client download from the Wurm Online site appears to be a downloader. Unfortunately, there's no way to tell the filesize of the actual game client. Does anyone know roughly how big it is?


title: What do I do with my gold?

text: I've just completed my first raid of Fort Ludios. I've donated to priests enough to receive the -9 intrinsic protection and gotten major and minor Oracle consultations, but I have a bit over 40,000 gold pieces left and am wondering what to do. Is it worth burning through it to try to get more intrinsic protection? (I'm level 13 so attempts are 5200 each, with a decreasing success rate starting at 1 in 9.) Should I just leave it near the Lvl 1 upstairs to pick up on the way out?


title: Where are the save files stored?

text: Well, pretty much everything is in the title. Since the game doesn't use Steam Cloud, where can I find back the save files (containing my character's level, etc) ? The `smrconfig` file located in `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Demiurge Studios\Shoot Many Robots\SOMEWEIRDINTEGER\` contains the player's configuration, but that's not exactly what I'm looking for. There's also a `slot()` file in the same folder, but the content isn't human readable. Note that I've got the PC version, and bought it from Steam.


title: Looking for a browser live map working on current minecraft server

text: Is there a browser live map that works with the current minecraft server version (running on debian)? It should at least be possible to annotate locations and mark players positions. Features for highlighting paths and regions, show different height levels would be nice, too.


title: Can the game be won by the intergalactic council vote in multiplayer?

text: We've been playing (along with two AI players) for a while now, and the universe gets crowded. Does multiplayer provide the council vote winning option or do we _have_ to eradicate one another (or the Antarans)?


title: Clarification on Damage over Time (DoT) effects

text: I need some clarification on how damage over time (DoT) effects work in the Secret World;   * Can a tick from a DoT perform a crit?   * Does a tick from a DoT count as a hit? I mostly want to know this because I ask myself:   * Can a DoT proc passives? (e.g. on hit, on crit or on hit on a afflicted/hindered target passives) Right now my character is not advanced enough to have DoTs but I'm considering moving into it. However, I'm not sure how passives work with single/multiple damage over time effects. I saw some "every time you set afflicted state" passives.   * Do these passives proc when the DoT is reset before it's duration is over?   * Do these passives proc when the target is already afflicted/has another DoT on it?


title: Do Ethreal units take damage from Cleave?

text: I just died few minutes back by magnataur though i used ghost scepter in time. Why is that so ?


title: Is the engineer the closest class to the Shaman?

text: I've always loved shaman classes, was a shaman in WoW. Sad to say there is no Shaman class in GW2 but is the engineer the closest class like it?


title: Calculating dps - damage of abilities

text: * How is the damage on abilities calculated?    * Is there a ressource that shows the fromulas for all the abilities   ingame?   * Is there a good way to calculate the dps of a specific deck? I like to find the best(most dps) deck for my current weapons, so i would like to do some theoriecrafting instead of trying out and testing the dps. Its mainly because the dps meters available right now are not really satisfying for me and i would like to have a better idea how my combat stats effect my dps with a specifig deck of abilites. It is extremely useful for me to know my dps so i can calculate how long it will take me to kill an enemy, because im fairly new to the game and i dont have much experience on how challenging encounters are.


title: Where can I get all the warframe parts?

text: To make a new warframe you need a chassis, head, systems, and then you need to purchase blueprints and find all of the materials. All planets say which materials they provide, but they don't say if you can find any warframe parts there. Where can I get the parts for every warframe?


title: What is a server mod?

text: 1. I know what a game mod is. But what is a server mod? Do clients need to install the server mod to get the features of that server mod? Also, if I have a mod for a game installed on my computer, and I play the multiplayer version of that game, will I be able to enjoy that mod's features if the server doesn't have that mod installed?   2. If I have many mods installed for my game, how will the game know which one to use? Won't there be a conflict?


title: Has fishing/surfing on the Gym statues in Pokemon Gen I ever been explained?

text: The mechanism behind MISSINGNO has been explained, but I have yet to see an explanation for why, in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow, you can fish and surf on the statues at the entrance to Pokémon gyms (try this out if you haven't already). Is it even a glitch? Or an easter egg?


title: Does leader skills of companions help anything?

text: Or does it only make sense to add skill points to those skills on my own dude? _**Clarification:** When I say 'leader skills' I mean the skills marked with `(Leader skill)`, not the `Leadership` skill (although that one is a leader skill too)._


title: Tekkit and water tanks

text: I created a large quarry, flooded with water to take care of lava along the way, and now I want to empty the quarry out to get a large "room" where I can build stuff. I built a water pump in the center at the top, and I'm now slowly draining the top layers of water into tanks. When building the tanks, I used a teleport pipe and connected the tanks around this in a star pattern, however, due to the way the pipes are laid out, the two closest tanks are filled now, and the rest are slowly building up. I gather this has to do with how junctions are in these mods, where items/fluids seem to be equally distributed along the paths from the junction. My question is this: The full tanks, will they still "get" water? They don't seem to overfill and spill, so my question is really this: The design I picked, which makes some tanks fill faster than others, will this make me lose water units? I guess this question isn't really important in the context of water, seeing that it is abundant, but I'd still like to know so that I can plan the tanks correctly when/if I get started with lava tanks.


title: Can I survive in How to Survive without killing animals?

text: The previews for _How to Survive_ show the characters killing animals to avoid starvation. Is it possible to survive without killing any animals, and if so, at how much of a disadvantage does it place me?


title: What determines how much of my resources are available for an opponent to steal?

text: I cannot work out how the game decides how much gold and elixir an opponent can steal from me. Sometimes it is around half of my total balance, while other times it seems to be a very small proportion, say around 10-20% . Is there a formula that determines this?


title: What does it mean when a game is labeled "Games for Windows"?

text: Several games these days have a banner across the top of the box that reads **Games for Windows**. What does this mean? Should I care?


title: Is leveling up my character with alchemy worth the time and effort?

text: I decided I wanted to spend a few hours leveling up my character (actual character level, not any one skill level). Smithing Dwarven stuff usually helps get the level meter up quick, but I was fresh out of ingots. Since I have a huge load of ingredients in my barrel at Riverwood, I took a huge stash of as much as me and my follower could carry and headed off to the alchemy shack. After concocting many potions with various ingredients, I noticed that my character's level meter wasn't really going up that much, although my alchemy skill was jumping levels like mad. I have no real interest in alchemy in and of itself since the only potions I use are the ones that I find. That said, is it possible for alchemy to yield better results when it comes to raising my character's base level?


title: Do Troop Academies benefit cloned and robotic troops?

text: Troop Academies give a 50% strength bonus to troops recruited on the planet where the Academy is located. Does the bonus apply to conventional troops only, or do clones and robots benefit from it to?


title: What video output formats are supported on the Nintendo Gamecube?

text: I have a composite output cable for my Gamecube, but it would be nice if it supported a higher quality output, such as S-Video or Component. Does the Gamecube have output support for these outputs?


title: Do “Nintendo Selects” (aka “Player’s Choice”) versions have any content differences?

text: I know that the label _Nintendo Selects_ / _Player’s Choice_ is applied to games that have sold more than one million copies and are sold for less, but do they ever have content differences such as more or fewer levels or characters, different graphics/sprites, bug-fixes, etc.?


title: An error occured during age of empires online beta launcher

text: I found I had a problem "An error occured" whilst patching the AOE beta for the first time. How can I solve this?


title: How does Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter differ from the original game?

text: I own the original Serious Sam: The First Encounter and I absolutely love it. What has changed in the new **HD** version? Is it worth a new purchase?


title: Do I need to download Diablo II and the expansion seperately from battle.net to play?

text: Since I've registered both my CD Keys with battle.net, I can digitally redownload both Diablo II and the expansion. Do I need to download both to play the expansion, or is downloading only the expansion by itself sufficient?


title: Are there unadvertised world interactions like shooting off locks to open doors?

text: I just learned the other night that you can **shoot the doorknobs off of wooden doors** (as opposed to picking them, like the door to the shed in the mission Rats). Makes sense right? I just assumed that you weren't able to do such a thing. **Question:** Are there any other unadvertised common sense things in Payday 2 like this? I was just curious as I found this to be quite satisfying. Prior I kept thinking "Why can't I just bust the door down? I'm already caught there's no point in trying to be sneaky." and then my buddy told me about shooting the knob and I literally just dropped my head to my desk in awe.


title: Help! I am lost in the woods! How do I get out?

text: I am stuck in the Lost Woods, and I can't get out. I know I have to go certain directions and it has to be a warmer season each time, but I am not sure of the order of either. Is spring warmer than fall? I don't know! How do I make my way through the woods?


title: What are all the differences between Mother 2 (JP) and EarthBound (US)?

text: From reading this post I found that what appears to be a significant amount of content was changed when _Mother 2_ was localized as _EarthBound_ for Western audiences. The article focuses on (possible) copyright-related changes and lists several of them. Is there a more complete list of changes? Were the changes just due to intellectual property risks or were other changes made beyond translation? I've played the entirety of _EarthBound_ but not _Mother 2_ , so if there's anything that compares scenes/story elements/whatever that works for me.


title: What can I do to get offers on transfer listed players in manager mode?

text: I have players that have been transfer listed for four transfer windows without getting a single offer. Is there anything I can do to get offers in on these players? Does anybody have an idea on why players might get no offers at all?


title: Is there a quick way to get to Winterhold?

text: I need to get to the magic college because I would like to learn magic.


title: How do I unlock the Team Fortress 2 familiars?

text: I preordered Dungeon Defenders on Steam, but I can't seem to find the preorder DLC anywhere. Has anyone had any luck with this?


title: What skills can only be learned from bosses?

text: I am wondering what skills a Vampire can only learn from a boss and when is the latest i'll be able to get them before i they become unobtainable unless i use New Game + to start the game again.


title: Why is my water source being ignored?

text: I need to empty a Murky Pool, and as I am fairly early in my fortress, I figured the easiest way to do this was to get my dwarves to haul all the water in buckets into an artificial pond. I dug a sufficiently sized hole and added several Pond designations to it (so I could have several dwarves working on filling it). I also created a Water Source designation over the Murky Pool. Before long, several dwarves were hard at work emptying the pool. The water level in the pool dropped until it had less than 1/7 deep water per tile. About 30% of the tiles were dry, and the rest were at 1/7. At that point, the dwarves stopped getting water from the pool, and started emptying another nearby pool, which wasn't marked as a water source. Since there are no other water sources on the map, why aren't they using the remaining water in the Murky Pool?


title: How come I only get 1 tower bux?

text: The Tiny Tower wiki VERY strongly suggests, in multiple places, that employing a bitizen in their dream job will net 2 tower bux. However I've only ever gotten one bux as far as I can tell. Is the wiki out of date? Am I only getting 1 bux because I'm playing the android version?


title: Can I craft armor that can use Epic Gems?

text: I craft almost all my own armor and weapons. I've recently unlocked the ability to craft epic gems. I can include gems in my armor and weapons, but I can't seem to combine the two. Is there any way to use an epic gem in a weapon or armor piece that I craft? If not, how do I go about using epic gems?


title: Driver: San Francisco - Which cars unlock challenges?

text: In Driver: San Francisco I bought the DeLorean and drove it at 88mph. This unlocked the "Blast From The Past" challenge (the garage level from the first Driver game). Do any other cars unlock challenges?


title: What is the point of the titles in the Garden City of Ysa?

text: In _Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning_ several ambassadors are selling titles in Ysa, what is the point of getting one? Also, can I hold more than 1 title?


title: Can I betray Molag Bal?

text: I got the Molag Bal quest in Skyrim, where he wants me to lead the priest to his altar and then kill the priest. When starting this quest I felt certain that there must be, at some point, an option presented to betray Molag Bal and side with the priest instead. He's the god of betrayal/treachery after all, isn't he? So it seems fitting that there would be an option to betray him. However it seems like no such option is ever presented. Is it possible to side against Molag Bal, and if so, how? If not, then isn't this quest pretty much broken? I mean, what's the option for playing a "reasonably decent" character if there's no way to refuse the god of evil and betrayal once he has you in his web?


title: What to socket Aldur's Rhythm with?

text: I found a 3 socket Aldur's Rhythm during my game play last night, and it is a vast improvement over the weapon I was using. I am running a Zeal Paladin, on closed Battle.net, at Nightmare difficulty Act 3, and I am hoping that it will help me up to Hell difficulty. Based on those threads from players using this weapon in Hell I feel like I've gotten a great weapon earlier than normal. I read suggestions about adding 3 Shael runes to make the increased attack speed as high as possible, however, the calculator I found showed my number of attacks (Zeal) would increase from 4.16-4.46 for the 3 rune upgrade. Gaining 1 attack every 3 seconds doesn't seem like a huge damage gain. Others suggest adding Amn runes or 3 Perfect Skulls to bump the life/mana leech. At present potion guzzling is a bit of a problem, but I may only need to find one good armor to solve that problem for a while. This doesn't seem like the worst choice, however the weapon does already have 10% Life Stolen Per Hit and 5% Mana Stolen Per Hit. Other thoughts I've had include using Eth for the -25% to target defense, Mal for prevent heal, and perhaps Dol for 25% monster flee. Given these circumstances, what are solid options that will be useful through the Nightmare Acts 4,5 and into Hell?


title: Where can I find a list of my minor tasks in Mass Effect 3?

text: I read my privates messages on board the normandy and got 2 messages that told me to go visit 2 persons in the Citadel (Thane in Hospital and some guy in a bar). Now I 'm back in the citadel and can't find referring journal entries. Are those minor tasks visible somewhere? They don't show in the journal. I am playing the ps3 version.


title: Can I access the locked house that can appear in the Southern Highlands?

text: Today I've encountered a building in the Southern Highlands that looks like it should be accessible, but I did not find any way to do that. It has two doors, both can't be interacted with or destroyed. Is there a way to enter the structure, or is it just some pretty background object? Here's how it appears on the minimap: ![minimap](http://i.stack.imgur.com/G7Hj3.jpg) And here's how the inaccessible doors appear: ![door 1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/UXLrz.jpg) ![door 2](http://i.stack.imgur.com/eTyhm.jpg)


title: I get a seemingly infinite loop when downloading Grand Theft Auto on demand

text: I downloaded the install file (7gb) and then proceeded to download the extra install files (in reverse order). I got the first two downloaded but then I got to the the third one and it just keeps starting and stopping. I get the message "download stopped for GTA V install pack 2" repeating every 10 seconds. Any ideas? Should I just delete everything and start over?


title: How do I get 100% game completion while offline?

text: Do i need to be playing online to get the 100% game completion in red dead redemption? I want to get my last outfit, but it says to get 100% completion and i know how to get it. I have completed all the master challenges and story missions, along with the stranger tasks, but my completion is still only 98.5%. How do I get 100% game completion?


title: Where does each item level and affix drop?

text: I understand that item level determines where an item can drop (act/difficulty) and what affixes it can have, but I am having trouble finding information that clearly states the following:   1. The earliest act/difficulty where you can find each item level, and   2. The item levels for each range of each affix. For the former, I have only found information about ilvl 60 - 63 but I would like information for all item levels. For the latter I have only found this page linked on another question, but it's not clear where each "tier" of affix can drop.


title: How do I get Braid to recognize my Xbox 360 controller?

text: Supposedly _Braid_ has support for the Xbox 360 controller (as it's an XBLA port), but it refuses to recognize mine. The controller shows up among my Devices & Printers, and works perfectly in _Super Meat Boy_ , but _Braid_ is totally oblivious. **Edit:** It somehow **fixed itself** after I played _SMB_ , but I have no idea how. I didn't unplug/replug it between _Braid_ , _SMB_ and back again (though I had much earlier), or really do anything else at all.


title: How do I start a career race?

text: I'm playing Formula 1 2011 for the 3DS and I can't for the life of me figure out how to actually start my racing career. I went to the Career menu, then opened the Laptop and accepted two trial invitations. They show up on my calendar, but I don't see any way to actually go and race. How do I start one of those trials?


title: How can I tell premium cars apart from standard ones?

text: In GT6, the divide between "Premium cars" (cars with fully-rendered cockpit views and higher-polygon exterior models) and "Standard cars" (cars with generic shadowed cockpit views and lower-polygon exterior models) still seems to exist. Since I like playing in cockpit view mostly, I'd like to stick to cars with fully-modeled interiors most of the time. However, I haven't seen a way to tell which cars are "Premium" and which ones are not, both when I'm shopping for a car and when I'm browsing my personal car list. Is there an easy way to identify Premium cars in these situations?


title: Mission build three of any levels

text: To me that sounds like the same kind of level. Or can I do residential and retail and service etc?


title: How strong are the conjured "Bound" weapons compared to their physical counterparts?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How much damage does a conjured weapon do? I've really come to enjoy conjuring, especially dual-wielding bound swords. They weigh nothing, and I get skill just for bringing them out, and the coup- de-grace is that they automatically soul trap (hooray enchanting!). The issue is though, how much damage am I losing by using conjured weapons over carrying the average/best weapons available to my level? I have the perk that increases bound weapon damage, and I know it's augmented by my one handed skill, but does my conjuration skill also augment the damage? or just the cost/duration?


title: What armor for a two handed battle mage?

text: I'm trying to figure out how to level my warrior/mage Nord :). I'm using a two handed weapon, but I'm not sure what type of armor to use (light/heavy). Since I'll probably put most of my level up stats into magic/health and not stamina would the weight of heavy armor be a problem later on? What about bonuses, would it be more likely to find light armor with warrior/mage synergy? Thanks for your input!


title: Why is there a large stone area in my desert?

text: So after loading a new map for 1.8 I found a desert. In the desert is a few spots where there is no sand but a blank stone face with assorted dirt, coal, etc. There is sand nearby and it gradually drops to this spot. The average height of these are y = 66. Is this just a feature of the desert biome or do others have this feature too? ![Stone in my desert](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BiQNu.jpg) Also you can see it across the river in my forest biome.


title: Is it possible to get a Blaze to spawn on a Skyblock map?

text: I've been playing the Skyblock 2.1 map for Minecraft and have figured out there's a way to get Villagers, but only if you can first get a Blaze Rod. In Skyblock, the Nether consists of only a small 3x3x3 block of glowstone and a portal within the boundaries of the Skyblock map, nothing else. I presume if one went far enough in any direction they would find normal chunks (and thus the possibility of Nether fortresses and Blaze spawners), but this would be cheating. After perusing this question, it's clear that even when all the blocks of a Nether fortress are removed you can still get Blazes (and Withers) to spawn in that location if you just build some new ground there. So, if the valid playable region of a Skyblock map originally contained a Nether fortress, and if the data for the "Structure Pieces" of that Nether fortress still remain in the folder for the Skyblock map, it should be possible to get a Blaze to spawn. So, the million-emerald question... **Has anyone either found a location where Blazes spawned, or used some method/mod to determine if there are any Blaze-spawnable regions in the valid playable section of the Nether of a Skyblock map?**


title: Can't fill my roster. Can't buy players

text: How do I move on from here. Ideally I would restart the team from scratch with 0 coins and try again however there is no clear means of resetting the team. How does it get accomplished?


title: How do I view my crew title in GTA Online?

text: In addition to the crew hierarchy, I noticed there is a title that goes along with your rank. I see my current rank when I log into rockstar social club and go to the crew homepage for GTA Online. How do I see the whole hierarchy?


title: What is the Quickest Way to Locate Captain Cryptic?

text: I'm working on the fragments for answering Captain Cryptic's quizzes in Academia 4XX AF. Is there an easier way to locate him than doing full circuits of the map? For instance - could I just leave my character by a known spawning location and then repeatedly exit the zone and reload, or would I be wasting my time? If something like that is **confirmed** to work it could be faster (or at least lazier) to locate him. I'm open to any other suggestions **other than running around searching for him**.


title: Which investment should I make?

text: I recently started Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - and I see I now have the ability to make "investments" in shops, which seems to involve and upfront outlay of cash, and sort of a "dividend" system of randomly getting a return on that investment. Its been a while, but I don't recall this system from AC II. It seems like there are a million shops, and they all seem to also have a "risk" rating, which I assume is somehow related. I'm a little overwhelmed by all of the choices, and it seems I can only be "invested" in one shop at a time (unless I misunderstood something). So which shop (or kind of shop) is the best bet for investment?


title: Does 3D Analyze really work?

text: I have heard that 3D Analyze lets you play high end games on your PC. I have tried it once with Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, but it did not help me there. Does it really work or its just a hoax? If it does indeed work, can anybody provide a link to instructions on how to make it work?


title: How to clone maps in Minecraft SMP (1.6.6)?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I clone maps in SMP? I'm running a vanilla Minecraft server updated to 1.6.6. We're trying to make clones of maps other than map_0, however the command **/give player 358:1 1** does not work. Instead it says "There is no item with id 358:1" Everyone says that command works, and apparently we're the only ones having issues. To be clear, **/give player 358:1 1** _does not work_ , and we're wondering why not...?


title: What determines military victory?

text: I was playing a game of Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion and all of a sudden it was declared that I won via a military victory. However I haven't finished conquering the other guy's planets yet and I was given the option to keep playing. What are the exact conditions when the game is declaring a militaristic victory? Since it doesn't seem to be "destroy all of the other guy's planets/fleets" anymore. At the victory conditions screen it doesn't say anything about a military victory (while the other guy has units left).


title: What is the quickest/easiest way to obtain gunpowder?

text: I've logged a few hours into Minecraft and so far I've managed to dig a rather wide hole straight to bedrock. I know that in the game, you can mine much faster than a pickaxe if you have TNT, which requires a fair amount of gunpowder and sand. Sand is easy to obtain, but what about the gunpowder? Do I have to run around killing mob after mob at night or is there a quicker way to get it?


title: How do the armor tiers work?

text: I understand there are 16 "tiers" of armor for each class. What exactly does this mean? **More specifically:**   1. Does every chestpiece (or any armor) that is 'x' tier armor look the same?   2. Do pieces of armor that are the same tier have the same stats?   3. What is to say the 'y' armor I picked up is tier 'z'?   4. Will there be unique pieces of armor like there were in diablo II that people will be looking to obtain with varying quality? For example : Shaftstop


title: Can't find Lymith?

text: Not sure whats up, attempting to turn in the quest The Important Chest but Lymith isn't at the bank or near the spot on my map where it shows the quest is supposed to be turned in at. Why is Lymith not at the bank? or is Lymith somewhere else? **Update** So all of a sudden Lymith was there along with the entire Bank staff, whom I had never seen before. I had previously believed the only way to open my bank box was to go through my housemaid. It seems the bank staff are at the bank sometimes and most of the time aren't, what is going on?


title: How can I change my worlds from Survival to Creative?

text: All my worlds on Minecraft pocket edition on iPad are creative, is there anyway I can change them to survival?


title: Are there any cheats in Pocket Planes?

text: I want to know if there are any cheats in Pocket Planes as the maximum number of airports in a level thing is really annoying me to my wits end. Can you help?


title: Is single resistance armor feasible for tier 3?

text: In Spiral Knights, since I've reached tier 2, I've noticed that I take a lot more damage from elemental and shadow attacks than I do from normal ones. After doing a little research, I've discovered that this is because damage is split into 4 types (normal,piercing,elemental,shadow), and your armor's defense is different for each one. (I used the normal cobalt set, so that gave me good normal/piercing resist, and nothing for the other types.) Now, in tier 1 everything does just normal damage, and in tier 2, everything does half normal damage. However, I'm unaware of any armor set that covers all 4 damage types on its own, and tier 3 has enemies doing pure elemental/shadow/piercing damage. So, my question is as follows. In tier 3, is it feasible to take just one armor set (for example, the default), should you mix and match resistances (for example, having armor of elemental/piercing resist and a helmet that resists normal/shadow), OR should you have different sets of armor depending on which levels you're planning to go through?


title: Minecraft 1.6.4 MFFS not working

text: I have built a force field but when i generate it i get this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WCqD6.png) And it will not generate any further the projector has enough power. My set up is: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JPkcX.png) Does any one know what is wrong with it.


title: How do I change my StreetPass message

text: When I meet new people in streetpass, my Mii says something that I'd like to change. I can't find the setting for it. Where do I change it?


title: Increase Poké Miles yield from Streetpass?

text: What determines how many Poké Miles you earn from Streetpasses, and is it possible to increase it? I ask because I always only earn a single Poké Mile per hit, which seems hilariously low considering any kind of online interaction yields far, far higher numbers - I think a single Wonder Trade yields about 40. It's not even worth bothering checking the Streetpass data for: I have ~13,000 Poké Miles in total, of which only about 10 were gained through Streetpass. Granted, I Wonder Trade _a lot_ , but that's still a ridiculous ratio.


title: How does Lifestealer's Feast work?

text: How does this passive work? It says: " _Regenerates a portion of the attacked enemy's current HP and deals the same portion of damage per attack._ " Life Leech: 4%/5%/6%/7% So does that mean Lifestealer heals 7% of target's current HP AND adds that 7% as damage in next attack? I can't understand this. Let's say target is Pudge with 3000hp. 7%3000 = 210. So, basically, I'm lifestealing 210hp + dealing 210 damage when attacking?


title: Do Voodoo Demons spawn when The Wall Of Flesh is already defeated?

text: I'm trying to figure out if Voodoo Demons spawn after defeating The Wall of Flesh? If Voodoo Demons do spawn, will their spawn rate be the same?


title: How do I fight Dr. Zomboss in the Pirate and Wild West levels?

text: I finished the game before the game changing updates, when the first update, which introduced the Gargantuars, was released I was able to play all the 3 gargantuar levels right away. After the latest update, which introduced the dr. Zomboss levels, I see the levels in all the worlds, but am able to play only the Egypt one. I finished it, yet I'm still unable to play the Pirate and Wild West dr. Zomboss levels. How do I open those levels?


title: How to make Hawken work with the Rift?

text: Last time I read about Oculus Rift support for Hawken, it was in September and considered as an alpha stage feature. Any idea how it did evolve in the meantime ? I thought that it would be functional by now... So I wanted to find out how to make it work. First I simply activated the Oculus Rift option in the game's settings, put the game to fullscreen mode and restarded it: no effect. Then I found this community thread, added the `-vr` option to the launch shortcut, but no effect. I kept digging and found this Reddit thread, followed their steps, using the `.ini` files provided: still no change. Ok, so now, what else can I do ? I'm running out of ideas.


title: Why is Minecraft not launching from my batch file?

text: So I'm having this problem where I'm trying to start Minecraft from a batch file, but everytime I run it, it gives me this error message, "Windows cannot find 'minecraft.exe'. Make sure you typed the name correctly and try again." but what's bothering me is that it has worked fine on my Windows 7 computer. Here's the code that I used to start Minecraft:               if %input3% == 1 start minecraft.exe      My specs: Windows 8.1, 64-bit, 8GB RAM, 1TB hardrive. Any help would be great!!


title: When is the darkest time of day?

text: What does darkness refer to? Light in regards to player-character visibility.   Why am I asking this? I want optimal conditions for sneaking, so I want to know what time of day I should be performing covert ops. If you have a suggestion on how to make this question less ambiguous, please comment.


title: While mounted on a horse, do you really miss events & encounters?

text: I read that if you're riding your horse around, random events/encounters either do not happen or certain types never happen (or events happen less). Is this true? Or is it the exact same as walking around? Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/mirsj/i_have_but_1_complaint_after_40_hours_of_playing/c318vv5 > You are immune to the random encounters on the roads like thugs/bandits > stopping you


title: Low Rider Challenge

text: While playing GTA: San Andreas today, I got to the Low Rider Challenge. It's seemingly impossible to beat this, as no matter how well I do, my opponent seems to one up me. I don't particularly care how I beat it - I just want to get to the next mission. How can I possibly accomplish this?


title: How do I save the FOV in Skyrim?

text: In C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\Skyrim.ini I have this line under [General]               fdefaultfov=90      When I enter the game, I bring up the console to ensure it really is FOV 90. I type in **fov 90** but my FOV changes, which means the ini file is not doing anything. If I close the game, obviously it won't save the console command. What am I doing wrong, or where can I set the FOV permanently?


title: What weapons are available and how do they differ?

text: To go by the inventory at Friendly Fire, SR3 sports a surprising lack of weapon diversity (two weapons at the same price in each of Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns, and Rifles), which suggests that the differences between them are fairly marked (i.e. that it comes down to more than personal preference). However, those differences aren't well explained within the game (for example, the phrase "higher grade" is used several times, with no explanation as to what that _means_ ) and I know that some weapons aren't available until found or unlocked, which makes comparison even _more_ difficult. What (permanent) weapons are available and how do I get them? What are the basic differences between the weapons in each category that one would use to choose between them?


title: How rare are Chemistry Sets?

text: I've been playing TF2 as a premium player even before Chemistry Sets came out, and I literally haven't found a single one. Are they even rarer than hats, tags, paint, and the works?


title: Is Skyrim kid friendly?

text: I've heard much about Skyrim, and as I'm going to get an X-Box for Christmas, I'm taking a look at various games to see what might be of interest. I have 3 kids, ages 8-12, and I'm wondering about the appropriateness of this game for younger kids.


title: Full Satellite Coverage vs Exposed Home Continent

text: A recent play-though has led me to think it may be worth leaving the remaining countries in your home continent without satellites (excluding South America). If you have 2 or more countries without satellites you continue to get Abduction missions. You still get your continent bonus but the extra cash, meld and rewards from Abduction missions are a decent boost to you mid game. As you are only completing abduction missions in one continent the panic doesn't rise either. That is assuming they don't replace normal UFO missions - does anyone know whether this is the case or not? Edited: to state mid game rather than early game as rightly pointed out.


title: Redeem keys without downloading

text: Related to Bulk activate product keys in Steam, I have the same problem with a lot of bundles (Humble Bundle is no longer a problem, but other sources have given me a crap ton of Steam codes that are tedious to redeem one at a time). In addition, redeeming a key automatically wants to start downloading the damn thing which I often don't want to do. Is it possible to add a key to Steam without needing to download it right away? I want to have all the games I own on Steam, but I don't necessarily want to download them yet (or maybe ever). I have a problem now with keys scattered across various sources that I forget even which games I actually own! **Edit** : Messing around with this it appears that @Lyrical is correct. There is no option to "not download", but you can cancel out before the download starts. One you get to this point, the game is added to your library: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/FezcM.png) But you can't actually cancel here (note cancel is greyed out), instead you have to hit "next" and then here: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/waWj6.png) You can _actually_ hit cancel.


title: Why do Minecraft NPC's make door opening sounds

text: In 1.9 prereleases 2 and 3, the NPCs, f.k.a. Testificates, seem to make door opening sounds occasionally in the villages. This does not appear to coincide with them moving through doorways, and I'm fairly sure that they don't open doors. Has it been discussed or understood if anything is happening at the time, or is the sound just random?


title: What does the "Tactical Options Available" message mean?

text: The nanosuit thingy says this whenever I'm approaching potential hell. What does this mean? Do I press something for it to give me details?


title: How can I tell if this weapon is magic or not?

text: In torchlight there are three passive weapon abilities "Melee", "Ranged", and "Magic". It's pretty clear that a Broadsword is a Melee weapon is a Bow is a Ranged weapon, but how can I tell if a Quarterstaff is a Melee or Magic weapon? What about a Scepter? _I'm not asking for answers to these specific examples, but rather a general way to identify the "Magic" weapons._


title: Use a spell, without assigning it to right click?

text: I recently acquired the spell `Identify` in torchlight, and I use it from within my inventory by right clicking the icon. This works fine, except that it overwrites my current right click ability with `Identify`. Is there a way I can use a spell directly in inventory without it overwriting my currently selected right click ability?


title: How to re-pair controllers when XMBC is started via autopilot?

text: I set up my OUYA to automatically boot up into XBMC (actually SPMC, if it makes a difference), which worked fine for a while. But unfortunately without any modifications on my side, my controllers won't connect now, and trying to re-pair them doesn't seem to work either, probably due to the main menu not even showing up to start the pairing dialogue. So, how can I fix this? Is there e.g. a way to disable the autoboot via a PC?


title: How to complete Mothership Assault singleplayer mission?

text: I'm playing on Skilled difficulty level. Completed 3 ladders and now trying to end the Assault one, but failed it twice.   Then I've collected some of the best bots into my team: Lauren, Brock, Thorax and Cobalt. Set them all on Auto-assign. They already, I believe, are much better in the ground fight, than I am. So I started the third try and both teams ran out of time on the second part of last task. Even while the first task ( _destroy lower smth_ ) I did on the first life, in several seconds, it was still hard to land into the ship. And I tried my best and even scoreboard shows I did the game: ![scoreboard](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EpQUb.jpg) ...but still weird system judged it as fail. So I could just try it again and again, but don't want to waste time on luck. I want to know the best tactics on this map. Do you have any hints on specific tasks?


title: Does Steam save on discs?

text: I've been playing Skyrim via Steam Purchase, but I want to buy the whole Elder Scrolls Anthology for not only the Skyrim DLCs but for all the other games and their DLCs. Will the saves I have on the Steam version be there when I play Skyrim from the disk or will I have to start over?


title: Seeing a CD Key without steam open

text: Is there a way to find the key to a steam game without having steam open because i need my key to get my account info because someone stole my account...


title: Do all the Monk's damage boosting abilities stack?

text: I play as a Monk, and I have two pocket Wizards to kill things for me. Or put another way, my two Wizard friends have a pocket Monk, to keep mobs away from them and apply juicy damage debuffs. Anyway, we were wondering, do all the Monk's damage-boosting debuffs stack? Specifically:   * Crippling Wave with Breaking Wave: +10% damage to mobs I hit   * Inner Sanctuary with Forbidden Palace: +30% damage to mobs in the sanctuary   * Mantra of Conviction with Overawe: +16% damage to mobs around me Do all these abilities work together, so that mobs could be taking an extra 56% damage?


title: How do I prevent freezes or FPS drops when in combat?

text: I have tried different settings in the game but nothing solves the problem. The game runs perfectly at high settings when I'm not in combat but when I fight with more than 2 enemies, the game no longer runs smooth. I'm 90% certain it's not from the spell effects, fog, blur, etc. I tried reinstalling it but nothing changed. How can I make it work smooth again?


title: Skyrim - Ilia's mother quest

text: There's a quest in Skyrim where you have to help a witch named Ilia(?) defeat her mother in one of those towers. I got to the top of the tower where there was a hargraven and a hag..and nothing else. After killing them both, I still see the quest icon shown on the grass, and interacting with Ilia produces no response. Was either of the dead characters her mother? The quest remains stuck.


title: Is the second Alternate Character View only avaliable after getting the Wakaba Ending

text: I'm following this Walkthrough for Katahane, i'm doing the Angelina ending because i brought the game purely to see the romance between Angelina and Belle however i do plan to get the Wakaba and Coco Endings after (since i'm a completionist) When i got to the first Alternate Character View, i switched over to Light like it said (the other being Wakaba which you stick with if you go for the Wakaba Ending), however, i never got the second Alternate Character View so i am wondering, does the second Alternate Character View only appear if i got the Wakaba Ending?


title: How do I find the Horadric Hamburger and Spectrum Blade?

text: These two items are Whimsyshire pops and we'll assume everyone knows how to find Whimsyshire. Are these strictly random drops within Whimsyshire or is there some method that must be followed to get them to drop?


title: Can I trick the treasure rooms in Brogue?

text: Levels in Brogue often have a treasure room protected by a key somewhere else on the same level. There are usually 4 or 5 bits of treasure on altars in the room protected by cages. When you pick up an item from one altar, the rest of the cages close and you cannot pick a different item until you drop the current item back onto the alter where you picked it up. Of course, some of these rooms have multiple items that would help me greatly! Is there a way to trick the room into opening all the cages or getting multiple items? I tried dropping a different item onto an empty altar but that didn't work.


title: Megacreds farming In Strikefleet Omega

text: In Strikefleet Omega what is the best fleet layout to farm megacreds in survival mode? Right now my layout to farm Megacreds is like following:   * mining carrier   * commander carrier and 2 star fighter carriers with fighters circulating around other carriers   * interceptor carrier with fighters circulating around other carriers   * bomber carrier with fighters circulating around other carriers, and dispatched toward heavy enemy when they arrive.   * artillery ship for groups of enemies and Alien Credit Saucer that drops Megacreds All ships are level 3 Alloy-unlockable ships. I have farmed enough Alloy to purchase every Alloy upgrade. Now I farmed enough Megacreds to unlock the Tesla class Gunship, so I am thinking to replace a bomber carrier with a Tesla class, but I found aiming is a little hard as I usually play survival farming in fast forward mode. Is there a better fleet to farm Megacreds?


title: Can You Kill The Landowner?

text: I recently purchased Sir You Are Being Hunter and have actually being doing quite well for a sir who lives his life drinking tea and making robots that hunt himself. After saving my game I noticed the landowner over in the woods next to me so I thought, "I must say that landowner needs to be taken care of immediately!" So I rushed over, loaded my gun and shot him a few times. I got direct hits two times and then the robots started coming. I thought that maybe he must have a lot more health so I shot a few more times but still nothing! I then met an unfortunate demise with bullets riddled through my body but that made me wonder, "Can you kill the landowner?"


title: How do I change the location of the Killfeed in the HUD?

text: I play Team Fortress 2 and I have a heads-up display installed. However, the kill feed and chat are in in the same spot. How can I change the killfeed position?


title: Emulate green-screen monochrome monitor on DOSbox / D-Fend Reloaded

text: I'm using DOSbox to play really old games I had on my PC XT with a green monochrome monitor. D-Fend Reloaded is set to run these games on CGA mode, it has colors, is there a way to make it more similar to the experience of a green-on-black monochrome screen of an old computer?


title: Myst: Masterpiece Edition VS realMyst

text: Hi guys since this weekend I can get those games with a discount (only 3 bucks each!) I'm going to buy one of them. Now, I'm new to the Myst saga. What significant differences are there between realMyst and Myst Masterpiece Edition?


title: What is the concept/goal of Journey?

text: I've been reviewing Journey as it has intrigued my interested, only problem is it is very confusing on what's going on. I've seen random walls appear with shapes almost like hieroglyphs, and flying pieces of cloth. Not only that but apparitions appear, and you gain a scarf and more symbols on your robe. This game gives you no real knowledge of what your doing or what your goal is. Can someone explain the concept/goal of Journey?


title: Am I more easily detected while sneaking with a spell equipped?

text: I've seen it mentioned that your sneakiness is affected by darkness, which makes sense. Obviously if you were to sneak around with a torch in hand, someone could see you more clearly. What I'm not clear on, is if I'm less stealthy with a spell equipped. After all, I do have a glowing ball (or two) of fire/lightning/etc in hand. Is an equipped spell going to make me stand out more to someone, or does it not matter at all? Is the spell animation purely for my reference to know which spell I have equipped?


title: Take up arms quest glitch

text: i used magic against Vilkas when trying to enter 'the companions'. Now he won't acknowledge my melee attacks. I can't go into any shop menus, complete quests or talk properly. I used up all my autosaves trying to fix it. Now I have to start all over again, I was level 27 and very far through the main quest! I've tried getting a bounty and paying it off, but conversations never trigger anything. I tried sleeping, going to jail (no trigger), hitting Vilkas with both shield and sword then sheathing etc. and he is indestructible so I can't kill him. I might just put the game down until Bethesda patch this, which may mean I will never pick it back up. Shame. If anyone can think of any other way to fix this I would be indebted. I refuse to start again. Maybe if there is an alternate way to complete the quest? I heard there are a few ways of getting in to the companions.


title: Where are The Rift and The Reach?

text: Does anyone know where they are? I can't seem to find them on my map, or remember where they are at all.


title: Is there a difference between the word 'Permaban' and 'Pick or Ban'?

text: Recently I have had an argue with my friend about using the word 'Permaban' and 'Pick or Ban' to describe certain champions. I know that 'defining' champions with such words are more of individual preference than objective discussion, so I am not here to talk about which champions are 'Permaban' or 'Pick or Ban', rather I would like to ask about the meaning of words itself. How would an individual 'define' a champion as 'Permaban' or 'Pick or Ban'? What criteria would one based on while judging this? And most importantly, as the title suggests, is there a difference between the word 'Permaban' and 'Pick or Ban'?


title: Change XML Start Bias Values for Dutch

text: I would like to modify the start bias values for the Dutch in Civilization 5 Gods and Kings however I cannot find the path to the XML file that determines the start bias. Usually the XML file for each civ would be located at: `C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\DLC\DLC_02\Gameplay\XML\CIV5Civilization_ ...` however I cannot seem to find the dutch XML file! I understand the risks inherent to modding so I will create a copy of any modded files in case my game becomes erratic. I would like to change the start bias values so that I can spawn next to the ocean, and next to flood plains so that I can construct polders and a large navy. xD


title: How to prevent computer teammate from making peace with your enemy

text: I have a computer teammate and whenever I am at war, my teammate keeps making peace with the other team. Can I do something to prevent this? It (of course) always happens just when I'm about to breach city defenses.


title: How do I use a custom resolution in SimCity 4?

text: I would like to play SimCity 4 using a resolution not selectable in game, how can I do this? The possible settings in game are: 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200 but I would like to use 1920x1080.


title: How do I deal with this "system under attack" graphics bug in Spore?

text: In Spore, sometimes when I'm in the space stage, I will get something like this: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Irbto.png) As you can see, the "system under attack" symbol with the big downward- pointing arrow appears over each system, but it's only supposed to appear when that system is actually under attack! It's just that sometimes it doesn't disappear, and nothing seems to get rid of it; I've tried losing the system to an enemy, re-capturing it, destroying all my cities in the system, saving the game and loading... nothing gets rid of those symbols! It often seems to be triggered when you're attacking an enemy system with 2 occupied planets and you start, one planet surrenders, and the other doesn't, you go out to the galaxy view again, go back in, get the other one to surrender, and capture the system. Then when you go out to galaxy view again, you have the "system under attack" symbol stuck there even though you captured the system! Does anyone know of any way to get rid of these things once the system has been captured?


title: Can you deck out?

text: Is it possible to run out of cards in Scrolls? I don't see a deck count or anything during battle so I wasn't sure if it was something that I should keep in mind.


title: Is it possible to permanently miss items?

text: In Bastion, some levels have items lying on the ground. Some of them merely provide NPC dialog, others are weapon upgrade materials, all of them give a small XP bonus. The levels I've already cleared are marked with a red star on the map, and I can't revisit them. If I clear a level without picking up all the items, are they lost forever, or would I be able to replay the level in this case? Can I miss out on weapon upgrades by not being thorough enough?


title: Why is my piston powered cobblestone generator crashing minecraft?

text: I was trying to build an automatic cobblestone generator using pistons, and while I think the machine should work, it instead causes the ~~Universe to implode~~ game to crash. The stone is created from water and lava mixing next to a "top" piston, this then uses a repeater to transfer power through the stone when it created and activate the piston - pushing it directly downwards. A few levels down is the "output" piston, which uses the same trick detect when a block has been pushed down in front of it, and will then push it sidewards out of the machine. The top piston has an override "off" switch in it's loop, which works as a start/stop override for the whole machine. When I switch the machine on Minecraft crashes - I can just hear a piston going and then "Saving Chunks" and darkness... Luckily, it seemingly crashes in a recoverable way, my world is still playable after a restart, but with a few "phantom" blocks clogging up the machinery... So, what's going on and how do I fix it? Oh, and I'm running version 1.9pre3 with no modifications. * * * ## Images of the machine: ### Top Piston Construction: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/t42ku.png) ### Bottom Piston Construction: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/F9r9a.png) ### "Phantom" Blocks: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HyICL.png)


title: Does blocking others remove me from their recent players list? How can I clear the list?

text: I recently added someone on my friend's list on diablo3, and good god he is not only a total prick to my other friends and constantly bashing them, but he is stalking me! I have blocked him and reported him, but he seems to know when I'm playing diablo because he starts sending me emails confronting me. I've blocked his emails too, but of course you can make unlimited email accounts. I'm also afraid he is pestering my friends on his recent players list too...


title: Why do I have to replay the first level every time I open Dungeon Defenders?

text: Every time I open the game, I have to restart at the first map. My characters and items save but not the gaming levels themselves. I can play level 2 if I do it right after beating level 1, but if I close the game only the level 1 map is available. Is there a way to fix this?


title: Hero that can solo Roshan at an early level aside from Ursa

text: Aside from Ursa, is there any hero that can solo Roshan at an early level, like level 6 or at least below level 10?


title: How many characters are there from the 3 Salvage Droid planets each and the Shipwreck

text: I've gotten 3 characters from Endor and 2 from Kashyyyk so far. I would like to know how many characters there are from the 3 Salvage Droid planets (Endor, Kashyyyk and Csilla) and also the Shipwreck so I would know when to stop spending bux on those planets. Please contribute if you gotten different characters for your game from the other contributors. **Kashyyyk** (From top to bottom, and then left to right: Chuundar, Quagga) ![Wookies](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NdJcA.png) **Endor** (Teebo, Teek and Willy) ![Ewoks](http://i.stack.imgur.com/13bN5.png) **Csilla** None at the moment. **Shipwreck** None at the moment.


title: Minecraft LAN trouble

text: I have 2 desktops and 1 laptop. My desktop runs windows 7, my wifes desktop runs window vista, the laptop runs windows 7. If I start a game and open it to LAN on my desktop both my wifes computer and the laptop can connect to the game. If I start a game on either my wifes computer or the laptop and open it to LAN, none of the computers can connect to it. I know how to correct the 0.0.0.0 problem - this isn't whats wrong. Minecraft is allowed through the firewalls and router. Can anyone help?


title: Why can't I access the key during the first Defence Against the Dark Arts class?

text: I am stuck in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. I have unlocked the potion and collected everything, but the sparkly arrow is pointing to the locked door, and when I send the pet up the tube and walk along the ledge, the key I need is not knocked down. Can anyone help me get the key?


title: How to cure Frog's curse?

text: I'm replaying Chrono Trigger. My understanding is that you can cure Frog's curse, and see him in human form during the ending. According to the FAQs and walkthroughs, I need to > kill Magus at North Cape, which i have done. And yet, when I beat the game, Frog still remains an amphibian. What else do I need to do to cure Frog? (In case it matters, I'm running the Playstation port, on an actual Playstation. (Not a PS2/3 or emulator))


title: Is there a way to fix my skyrim save?

text: I've got 130+ hours into skyrim and upon completing the burning of king olaf my game freezes within 5 minutes of loading every time. Has anyone had a similar problem and been able to solve it by any means?   It's not freezing on autosaves or any other specific action.


title: How can I determine if game is playable with a controller?

text: I never played games with a controllers, but I just recently got a wireless PC one, so I might give it a shot. However, I'm not sure which games will I be able to play with it! Is there a centralized source of information, or am I supposed to browse gaming forums/ask people to find out?


title: How to counter knife attack

text: As the topic says. How can I counter the knife attack? I've read about it somewhere and saw a video, but I still can't figure out how to counter the knife. Like to the video:


title: How can I transfer items between knights?

text: Is there any way to do this? I've heard of people switching equipment from one character to another, with little to no effort whatsoever.


title: What is the most efficient way to complete A Paragon of Her Kind in Dragon Age: Origins?

text: I have a copy of Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition and am just about to start the quest for the Dwarves. I'm trying for a 1.5 playthrough for all the trophies/achievements, which means saves at certain points during the story. The others have been easy, but since this main quest actually seems to contain 4 trophies/achievements, and since I actually picked up Shale (from The Stone Prisoner DLC), I want to make sure I get it right. Given that I have Shale in my party, what's the most efficient way to complete A Paragon of Her Kind, keeping in mind that I also wish to complete A Golem's Memories (Stone's Lament DLC trophy/achievement)? Note that removing Shale from my party _is_ an option, although I obviously can't un-recruit her.


title: How do I use the Spectre Specs?

text: In the level Year 5 - Chapter 2 - A Trip to Hogsmeade, near the very beginning of the level, there is a pile of LEGO that is transparent, and a message pops up saying to use the Spectre Specs to see hidden LEGO pieces. What are these? Where do I find them in the game?


title: Does shadow kill increase amount of plague in the city?

text: So I have been reading some Q/A here on gaming.stackexchange for dishonored and in the middle of it I thought to myself "Does shadow killing increase the amount of weepers, rats and overall plague in the city?" The reason I thought this is because if the dead bodies turn to ash then there is nothing for the rats to feast on and no disease to spread. Side question: Does killing weepers decrease the amount of plague?


title: How to play Rayman Legends without Uplay

text: I bought Rayman Legends on Steam a while ago, but when I launch it via Steam, it automatically launches Uplay (which uses about 6 times as much RAM as Steam, and crashes a lot). Is there any way to play this game (Steam version) without automatically launching Uplay?


title: Where are the language settings in the Xbox 360 version of Skyrim?

text: I've bought The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in german store. Whole game use german language. But some time ago I've bought GTA: Episodes from Liberty City and I changed language in the menu. But how to do it in Skyrim?


title: How do I build a windmill in Dwarf Fortress?

text: I understand you need to put an axle under the middle square, but does it have to be a vertical one? I would have thought you'd want it to be: ground level:               XXX     XOX     XXX      one level down:               RRR     AAR     RRR      Where R is Rock, and A is your Axle (one is vertical, one is horizontal) but can you build a windmill over two channeled squares? I basically want a water pump and a windmill to power it...


title: Was Bayonetta PS3 performance optimized?

text: In Bayonetta review for PS3 there is specific accent on poor performance of the PS3 version. I wonder if for the passed time, any patches were out that addressed this issues?


title: How can I test my SC2 Maps without a Battle.NET connection

text: Is there any way to test my SC2 custom map while I cannot log on to Battle.NET?


title: Free Games on Steam?

text: Is there anywhere I can look at a list of all games steam is offering for free?


title: What are the new crafting stations and what do they allow?

text: The release of Terraria 1.2 includes a few new crafting stations for us to use. However, I have no idea how to use the first one I've acquired. What are the new stations, and what can I make with them?


title: Having trouble adding a friend

text: I don't know why, but I can't seem to add someone as a friend. Whenever I click add as friend, it says "Friend invite sent". What doesn't show up is an "invitations sent" listing on my friends list. This is pretty frustrating any help? I've been using both the browser version and steam client to try to add as a friend.


title: What causes water to change color?

text: In the 1.2 update, I've noticed that water will occasionally change color (this has been most notable for me in a few underground water pools). For example, one pool of water will occasionally turn from blue to orange and back again. What, if anything, is controlling the water color changes? Is it biome specific (i.e. I'm moving between two different biomes and I don't realize it)?


title: What are the differences between the corruption and the crimson

text: The 1.2 patch of terraria introduced an alternate biome to the corruption called the crimson. What are the differences between the two?