title: How close do I have to be to get mini-crits with the BackScatter?

text: Scout's new primary, the Backscatter, proports to do Mini-Crit damage when shots are made to the back **and** at close-range. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/t2u6B.png) So far, I've gotten plenty of mini-crit experience from backshots, but not once have I seen a mini-crit occur when up-close and in a person's face. How close do you have to be to get a non-backshot mini-crit with the Backscatter as the Scout? Edit: It is possible that the "and" here means you must be behind AND close to your opponent, rather than one or the other. If this is true, and can be confirmed, I'd like to know how close one needs to be to get mini-crit damage from behind.


title: Unable to collect cobblestone after a while

text: I've been playing this world for a while now and I have been able to collect cobblestone just fine, but suddenly whenever I destroy a block, it's not going into my inventory. I have tried a wooden, stone and iron pickaxe, but none of them have worked. I have closed the program down and started it up again, and it let me play normally for about 10 minutes, but then started again. Does anyone know how to fix this?


title: Difference between 1x16 and 2x8 attacks in Angry Birds Epic

text: In Angry Birds Epic, I noticed that enemies sometimes have the same damage, but in a different attack pattern. For example, the thug has one attack of 16 damage, and the bird catcher has two attacks of 8 damage. What is the practical difference between these two? When you apply the electric-barrier skill (all attacks deal a counter-attack), I thought maybe 2x8 attacks will result in two counter-attacks, but it still deals only 1x counter-attack damage.


title: Does US Scribblenauts Unlimited activate on a EU Steam account?

text: If I buy Scribblenauts Unlimited (PC) at Amazon.com and ship it to Europe, will I be able to attach it to my German Steam account or at least play it at all?


title: Does bonus damage stack?

text: Monsters can have multiple weak points due to elemental weaknesses and what monster family they belong to. When you exploit these weaknesses, a prompt appears that says "Weak Point!" and you deal bonus damage (usually an increased 50%). However, does this 50% increase in damage stack when you hit multiple weak points with a single attack or stack multiple sources of bonus damage on one weakness? For the first case, consider a Beast monster with a weakness to Fire. If I use Sword Magic: Fire, would I do more damage if I used an anti-Beast weapon as opposed to normal weapon of equal stats? In the second case, would I do even more damage if I attacked a flying enemy with a bow (which fliers are innately weak to) while using Aerial Slayer (Ranger skill)?


title: At what level does the C-130 spawn at the airport in GTA online?

text: My friend (level 32) get's a C-130 every time he goes to mckenzie airfield but I don't. Maybe it has something to do with the level you are in, but at what level does the C-130 Spawn?


title: In Minecraft why do mobs get stuck in the ground?

text: When I spawn a lot of mobs some of them get shoved into the ground and act like they are in a hole. Why does this happen?


title: What exactly do infusions do?

text: When you find an infusion, you can choose to use it to improve your health, shield or salts capacity. What exactly do these options do? Will I get more power uses per salt pickup if I improve salts? Will my shield be stronger or regenerate faster, and by how much? How much health will I gain per infusion, and will it make health pickups more effective?


title: How do I enable iCloud syncing?

text: Version 1.1 of _Batman: Arkham City Lockdown_ supposedly added iCloud syncing. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to be enabled for me. When I view my Documents and Data stored in iCloud, I'm not seeing any _Batman: Arkham City Lockdown_ save files. How do I enable iCloud syncing?


title: The Legend of Zelda (Original) Virtual Console can't select item to use on b!

text: I bought _The Legend of Zelda_ for Virtual Console and my problem is, that I can't select any item on the `B` button in the subscreen. Of course I read the discription that says I should use the d-pad (I use the Wiimote) but it doesn't work. I also tried a GameCube controller and it's the same effect. All other things works fine, but this doesn't work either. Can anyone tell me how to select different items on `B`, please?


title: Changing "team" name that appears in stats in CS:GO

text: When I bring up the in-game stats window in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a "team" column is included. It's empty for most users, but for some it includes a team/clan tag like players in others games would prepend to their name. ![screenshot of in-game stats window showing team column](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Ycfpf.png) I went through the in-game settings but I don't see any place to specify this or, if they're entities rather than arbitrary, any way to join a team. How do I change the my "team" name?


title: Why am I unable to give a gift of gold to a city state?

text: I just started playing Civilization 5. I gave a gift a of gold to a city- state, it worked, and we became friends. When my influence started to go down, I attempted to give another gift of gold, but each time I click on it, it just takes me back to the previous screen. I tried closing down the game and reopening, and I tried giving gifts of gold to other city-states, with the same results. Has anyone else encountered this glitch, and what did you do?


title: Do Raging Barbarians make it harder for the AI?

text: I want to make the game a little more competitive. One advanced option I will trial `Raging Barbarians`. While there is no doubt this setting will keep me on my toes. Does it suppress the AI even more by destroying all its roaming units and slowing it down with tile pillaging? Is this setting a "furphy" in that it would make the AI go backwards more than giving me a challenge in winning the map?


title: Is there a way to fine tune a kinect?

text: I just purchased a Kinect for the Xbox360. It is a bit over sensitive. I currently have the 6 required feet. I want to know if there is a way to 'fine tune' or correct the sensitivity of my movements.


title: Cannot join Xbox Live party, friends cannot join mine

text: Since I received the Dashboard Preview I have been unable to join Xbox Live parties and nobody can join mine. I'm not 100% sure this coincided with the Preview program, but I think it was around the same time so I'm assuming that's what is causing it. Obviously, all my friends are now on the new dashboard, but I'm still a member of the preview program (have a "pre-release" tab). My router is configured so that my Xbox is the DMZ based on MAC, so it shouldn't be a port forwarding issue. If nobody has any direct solutions, I'd at least like to know how to leave the preview program to see if that helps... thanks


title: How do I teleport to anywhere on the map with camera locked?

text: I want move to anywhere on the map with the Teleport summoner spell. But I play with the camera locked on the champion. When I need see far details on the map, I click and hold the left mouse button on minimap. So the only way I found to teleport is unlock the camera (Y hotkey) and after the teleport lock again. There is some simple method to teleport with camera locked or I'm doing something fundamentally wrong?


title: Why is the bell tolling when I'm playing online?

text: Every now and then I hear a bell tolling in Dark Souls. Is this other people ringing the awakening bell? Do I gain any buffs from this event (like I do when someone kindles a bonfire)?


title: How do you get a ship?

text: Supposedly you can get your own spaceship, but how do I go about doing that? I am level 13, and have left the beginner area ages ago. I have checked the hangar, at republic fleet, but it just said there was no ship for me there, and wouldn't let me enter.


title: Is jumping faster than sprinting?

text: Is it faster to jump constantly while sprinting, or just sprint? It seems to me that Jumping is faster but I'm not sure.


title: How to unlock the 4th world in Plants vs. Zombies 2

text: How do you unlock the 4th world in Plants vs. Zombies 2 ??? I've got all 72 stars from the previous 3 worlds, but I can't seem to enter the 4th world. I think I was given a chance to enter the 4th world once, but there was a warning that having more stars would be helpful. I think I decided to earn more stars. But now I can't find anyway to enter the 4th world. There's a star portal in the 3rd world. And when I click on that star it just goes back to the time-space taco map (shown below). I'm wondering if this is a bug in the game. Or perhaps, they'll update the app in the future with access to the 4th world. ![Pvz time-space taco map](http://i.stack.imgur.com/IW7LX.png)


title: What strategy can I use to beat Isaac?

text: I'm trying to finally get myself over the Binding of Isaac, and I fear that won't happen until I've beaten the chest level with a few more characters. The problem is that I find it remarkably difficult to beat Isaac without sheer luck (that expresses itself as awesome items during the run). While I am well versed in Isaac's attack patterns, I fail to see how I can take advantage of them. His attacks are simply all over the place and he is blessed with an annoyingly dense health bar. Does anyone have a strategy that can make the fight easier?


title: Increasing inventory in Torchlight 2

text: I'm new to games like Torchlight 2 so I'm playing on casual difficulty to get used to it. Now I'm finding myself having to clear my inventory (loading my pet up with all unwanted equipment and sending him to town to sell it) 2 to 3 times every time I enter a dungeon. So at the moment it feels like I'm clearing my inventory excessively and wasting a lot of time this way. Can I somehow increase my inventory size and/or is there some sort of a banker anywhere? Does increasing the difficulty level decrease the amount of drops you get?


title: How do I solve level 16 on Advanced difficulty?

text: I have been playing the Dr. Laser game for a while and have been stuck on level 16 of the advanced section for DAYS. Can anyone possibly provide a hint?


title: Unable to start Bank Heist

text: I am trying to start the Bank Heist mission in Thief. I go to the gate where you start the mission. I enter it and it loads. When it's done loading, I am back at the same gate as if the mission was never started. Is this a known glitch?


title: Is there an alternate way of making houses appear in the Showcase?

text: Is there any way to get houses up in the showcase, other than streetpassing another player who has their 3DS set so the info can be sent? I'm never around people who are doing this. Is there an alternate way?


title: Getting the signal from a floor pressure plate in the middle of a room

text: I have this contraption with a floor plate that causes certain changes in a wall couple of blocks away (ie, firing pistons, etc). The floor plate is on a stone floor, and I wouldn't like to mess up the floor with redstone wire - all the wiring must be under the floor, and the floor must all be at one level. Well, I fail to understand this thing: how to get the signal down from the block on which the floor plate was pushed, without any holes around the floor. Thing is, you can't put a redstone torch upside down. If you could, then I'd put it on the bottom of the floor block and pull the redstone wire to wherever I need, and all of that in the underfloor area, so nothing of that is visible from outside. But since you can not, it seems that there is no other way than have a how just besides the floor block with plate, where to put the redstone wire.


title: Are objective change random?

text: Sometimes during missions your objective changes, I have tried Spy missions turning in Extermination missions, Capture missions turning in to Spy missions etc. Is this random or a preset event for some missions?


title: Is the amount of followers limited?

text: I've just got my first follower, and I'm wondering if I can get a second person to follow me. Is the game limited to one or two follower(s) or does it allow for a large number of followers? It really seems handy to me to have some followers protect me when I draw attention from a larger group, or when I try to steal something where I really shouldn't...


title: In Skyrim, how many followers can I have? And where do I get them?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Is the amount of followers limited? I have one Mage follower right now, and he fights well and holds a lot. But can I have another companion?


title: How can I integrate my game libraries in Steam and Desura?

text: I have perhaps 100 games installed in Steam and 50 in Desura. There are even a few duplicates. Other than manually adding shortcuts in Steam to my Desura games (or vice versa), how can I integrate the two? I'd like to create new shortcuts when I buy/download new games in Desura, possibly providing icons, descriptions, etc, and delete those shortcuts when I uninstall the games in Desura.


title: What is the ideal setup for multiple Steam accounts on one computer, including guests?

text: I live in a house with multiple gamers. We are considering installing Steam on our HTPC and using it like a sort of gaming console. There are a few ways to approach this, and none of them seem ideal. Steam installs games into a user's home directory. This means that if I have two different OS-level users, many games will get installed twice, which is a waste of a lot of hard drive space. However, if we share an OS-user and just log into Steam with our different profiles, then I expect some problems with saved games and such. Either way, houseguests will have to log into Steam with our accounts (which is a TOS violation, I think?) to play our games. How do others in this situation solve this conundrum? Does the answer to these questions change depending on the base OS being Windows or Linux or OSX?


title: How to reset my war village to be the same as my normal village?

text: I've had a village layout that I used for my "normal" village and a different layout for the "war" village. Now I upgraded my TH and rearranged my "normal" village to a new layout that I want to use for my war village as well. Is there a way to "reset" the war village and tell it to have the same layout as the normal one instead of manually rearranging it each time I change something?


title: Which units should I put in bunkers?

text: When I create bunkers, I randomly put infantry in it. The only discrimination I make is to put wounded units in the bunker. But should I favor putting marines over marauder? And why?


title: How to skip levels in untrusted

text: I progressed through level 21 and I wiped my harddrive. Is there a way of skip to a desired level so I dont have to play the levels I already beat?


title: Minecraft pe auth protected?

text: I registered into the server and was authenticated by using /register and I haven't been on the server since and when I just tried to go onto it, I forgot my password and it won't let me reregister? What do I do?


title: About the true ending of Bravely Default

text: I'm at the final chapter, fighting the penultimate boss. I'm having a hard time beating her. I've been reading online, and from what I gather is a true and false ending. Apparently, if you follow the story, awaken all the crystals several times, and beat the boss, you will fight the ultimate real boss and get the true ending. If you destroy a crystal, uh, the battle with the penultimate boss will be easier? I don't quite get it:   * What exactly happens when you destroy a crystal? Do I not get to fight the ultimate real boss?   * Can you destroy a crystal before the final chapter?   * If I get the false ending, can I get the true one later? And viceversa.


title: How do I transfer items between two accounts on the same computer?

text: I have one premium steam account that I play TF2 on, and another F2P account that I idle in. I don't know how to transfer my items from my idle account to my main account on the same computer. I don't feel like installing Steam and TF2 on another computer; that will take too long. What can I do to transfer these items?


title: What is Fuel used for in Ninja Fishing

text: In Ninja Fishing for iOS, I seem to have figured a bunch of it out, drop a line, and as is reeled in you want to hook fish and then cut them up for gold. There is fuel in the game which is the only thing I can't figure out. What is it and why do you need it?


title: Extra reload animations in Fallout 3?

text: Sometimes, when I reload a weapon, an extra animation occurs. For example, when reloading the Chinese Assault Rifle, occassionally the player will pull out the magazine, tap it against the side of the gun, and put it back in the gun. What is with these extra reload animations?


title: How does Blood Star work?

text: The Succubi in Acts III and IV have energy orbs they toss your way that give you the debuff "Blood Star." Blood Star states: > A curse that reduces Monk and Barbarian Armor by 50%, and causes Wizard, > Witch Doctor, and Demon Hunter skills to do casting cost as damage back to > the caster. ![Blood Star](http://i.stack.imgur.com/lFZdl.jpg) As a wizard, I've noticed that I take roughly **1k damage** when this is active and I'm channeling Disintegrate. I'm _pretty sure_ that Disintegrate doesn't cost 1k Arcane Power, so - how does Blood Star work? Does the damage change by difficulty? Does my armor reduce the damage? Which resist affects Blood Star damage?


title: How to defeat Rakanoth as a Demon Hunter?

text: I play a Demon Hunter with high DPS but average defense. I usually rely on Caltrops, Vault and the Templar to evade enemies, but I can usually take a few strikes if need be. However, Rakanoth, the melee boss towards the beginning of act 4 (in the Library of Fate, just off the Gardens of Hope 1st Tier waypoint), is really giving me trouble. He teleports right on me and take away most of my life with one blow, and he does that attack at a higher frequency than I can heal completely, even if I run with powerful potions and Preparation with the healing rune. What build / strategy can I take to help me defeat it? I'd prefer something which does not require me to change my entire gear. Difficulty is nightmare, but I have a feeling this question could also apply to hell and inferno.


title: How far is a yard on screen?

text: Some skills, such as the Acid Rain version of Acid Cloud, reference ranges that are specified in yards. How can I figure out what this translates to on my screen?


title: Do you gain AP when using an ADA Refactor or Jarvis Virus?

text: I have yet to get either an ADA Refactor or Jarvis Virus but I am curious about their use. If an enemy portal has Links/Fields attached and you flip it with a Refactor/Virus, do you gain AP for taking down the Links/Fields?


title: Can I reset my progress when playing on a server I don't control?

text: I'm playing on someone else's server and have died in an inaccessible spot under water. Upon respawning, I don't get back the introductory items a new player would get. Is there any way I could get a new character/reset my progress on a server myself, without involving the owner? This is _not_ a duplicate of that question. The other question is about resetting progress of a player on a server you control. My question is how to start from scratch when I'm just a user, not a server-owner.


title: Should I follow the AI's suggestions on where to place my cities?

text: I tend to build cities in tiles that give me access to luxury resources within the 5x5 fat cross and I try to build them on coasts whenever possible. However, the AI sometimes suggests very odd city placements, like on top of a resource, or on the edge of another civilization's border. How does the AI choose these sites? Should I take its advice into account?


title: Always resolve inter-party rock-paper-scissors the way I want to?

text: I want Scarlett and Roderick to have particular traits, which means they will occasionally have to disagree on the proper course of action; however, I usually want one course of action to win over the other. Currently, I'm quicksaving and quickloading in order to save scum the result I want; however, this is pretty time consuming. Is there some way to guarantee a particular outcome? Note that I'm playing in single-player, so I can't seem to control what the other character does during rock-paper-scissors and auto-resolving is random.


title: PS Vita Internet Connection not connecting

text: My PS Vita finds every network connection access points, but mine! How can this be fixed. It can't see mine at all. Even when I manually add my router to the access points list on my PS Vita, still does not connect! Why is that?


title: Can retail Xbox One and PlayStation 4 game disks be “upgraded” to digital?

text: I have bought a bunch of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 games on retail disks. Big mistakes. They take up space and it a hassle to locate and swap the disks. Can they be somehow “upgraded” to download-copies so I don’t need the disks anymore on either consoles? Or do I need to pay full price for the games again?


title: How can I get my temporary quest follower to stop following me in Skyrim?

text: Me and my brony, Aela the huntress, went out and attempted to clear a certain cave near Whiterun, destroying the Silver Hand clan to restore honor to our werewolf kind. I was not prepared for the strength of the final adversary, Kelv the Skinner. After many failed attempts to end him, Aela and I fled the cave. Now, I cannot convince her that the quest is to be temporarily postponed, and she follows me, no matter where I go. Can someone suggest a way to remove her from my party? I have already deselected the quest. This is the PS3 version of Skyrim. Ergo, I cannot go into the system console or whatever and change anything about the game.


title: What are all the spells, items and hirelings that help with finding secrets and where can I obtain them?

text: In Might and Magic X, it is kinda difficult if not impossible to find secret doors without the help of either spells or hirelings. Perception seems only to be needed for some kind of secret doors, but it does not help to find them. Therefore, what are all the spells and tricks to find secret areas? Especially if you don't have a character capable of Dark Magic.


title: What affects field upgrades in BF4?

text: Firstly, how do you gain the score exactly? I know it shows in the bar on the side of the map, but I remember a match where I was lone-wolfing and still got a pretty high score in that bar. I suppose my other squad members were together, but do I also gain for their work? Also, does the score reset when I start a new game? I mean, I play support with the Offensive perk and it took me a long game of conquest to just unlock lvl-3 extra grenade. In the next match, that 'nade is gone. Don't I keep it forever?


title: What does tracking do in BF4 and what are field upgrades?

text: When you like level up does some of that score go in the tracking things? How do you get the field upgrade score and what do they do?


title: Street Fighter IV Arcade: What does M Hayate mean?

text: I've been trying to finish Makoto's challenge/training stages and it asks me to: * * * _Jump H Kick_ _Stand M Kick_ _M Hayate_ * * * I can do all the others but I don't know what M Hayate Means, and I also have trouble linking them. Thanks!


title: Can you pre-order digitally from the Xbox Store?

text: I see many new games announced at E3 and earlier up for pre-order on physical disks through the Microsoft Store and other retailers. However, can I pre-order digital copies of these games from the Xbox Store? It does not look like it, and I find that really surprising. I do not want the physical disks. They take up too much space.


title: Are experience gems useful for anything other than desynthing?

text: I got an experience gem from a battle. If I desynthed it I'd gain 75 XP.However, it seems it's a fairly... unfrequent drop. Are experience gems useful for purposes other than desynthing? Are they used in recipes and the such?


title: What guilds are in Skyrim?

text: Bethesda released information regarding the return of the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim. That leaves me curious about whether or not specific guilds will be included in Skyrim as well. I'm most curious about the Thieves' guild but would like information about all of them.


title: If I'm a member of one guild, am I prevented from joining any of the other guilds?

text: If I join the Companions, will that keep me from joining the Thieves Guild? Or the Dark Brotherhood?


title: What do the silver magnifying glasses mean?

text: When you are in the Let's Cook menu (where you select a recipe to make), some of the recipes have a small silver magnifying glass with an exclamation mark on it in the corner of the recipe picture (that you select to make that recipe). What does that mean? Is there something I have to do here?


title: What to do without copper?

text: So the latest update to Starbound has kind of left me in a very awkward spot. Exploring my first planet's surface, I've found an absolute abundance of Iron, a surprising smattering of silver, and an unheard-of abundance of gold! And all of this would be great...except that I am completely understocked in Copper. This lack of copper is not insignificant. While I can handily make nice weapons for myself with my collection of iron, and I maybe have enough copper to construct a pick, I don't have nearly enough to create armor. This is a problem, because every other type of metal armor relies on copper armor first. I don't yet have enough pixels to create an iron bow to hunt very well (because the monsters are constantly killing me), so I'm in a bit of a bind. How do I deal with this lack of essential copper early in the game?


title: What buttons do you press to use your UAV?

text: I recently unlocked the UAV in the PS3 version of _Call of Duty: Black Ops 2_ , and it says I've gotten enough of a killstreak to be able to use it, but I don't know how to actually use it! How do I use a UAV if and when I get one?


title: Can I connect a PlayStation 3's HDMI output to my monitor's DVI-D input?

text: I'm attempting to connect my PlayStation 3 to my computer monitor. The monitor has a DVI-D (dual link) input, so before distinguishing between the different DVI varieties, I bought a DVI-I (dual link) to HDMI converter that won't fit into the port on the monitor (not only that, there isn't enough physical space in the back of the monitor to fit that much stuff before it hits the bottom of it). So I grabbed a DVI-D (single link) cable and got a female-to-female DVI-I coupler, and plugged the DVI-D cable into the monitor and the whole mess of converters. The end result was HDMI to DVI-D single link, but my monitor isn't receiving a signal on its digital channel. (For clarity's sake: DVI-D DL input on Monitor, DVI-D SL cable, DVI-I DL female-to-female coupler, DVI-I DL to HDMI converter, HDMI output on PS3) I don't know much about this stuff (obviously), but my educated guess is that the bandwidth of the PS3 is too high for the DVI-D Single Link cable, so nothing's getting through. Will replacing the single link cable with dual link resolve this? If not, is it possible at all? I'm aware I won't get audio through the monitor. I have an RCA to 3.5mm converter for that.


title: Are there any special rules for Enchanting?

text: There are some basic rules that we all know that apply to enchanting, such as: "An item can't have more than two enchants, and can only have two with the final enchanting perk" Sometimes in the game, I´ve found myself trying to figure out the rest of the rules that apply to enchanting. For example, not every item with a magical effect can be disenchanted: there are exceptions, but what are those exceptions?   * Mehrunes Dagger for example, can't be disenchanted for the aprox. 2.5% chance to instakill.    * Masks, can't be disenchanted   * Also, some masks DO HAVE 3 different enchants, also making itself an exception to an enchanting rule. My question is, is there any place that I can find, or any player that have theorycrafted succesfully about what are those specific rules, defining once for all, what can and can't be achieved/done with enchanting ?


title: King slime biome requirement

text: The **King slime** spawns instead of a slime in the outer part of the map, according to the wiki. Does the king slime also have a biome requirement, or does it just need a biome that spawns slimes that can be upgraded?


title: How can I tell if a unit is ducking or standing?

text: I have a very poor short term memory (4 concussions, yaaaay), so sometimes I forget if I've given an order to a unit to change its stance in the past or not. I can't always tell based on the pose of the unit because when it's mostly behind the cover of a full height wall, it's difficult to see. Is there any trick or shortcut or some sort of unit status window I'm missing, or is it actually just a matter of remembering?


title: Which achievements are missable in Batman: Arkham City?

text: Before I get started with games, I always like to know beforehand if there are missable achievements, especially regarding the storyline. For example, in Arkham Asylum, there was the **Party Pooper** achievement near the end, where you had to defeat all the clapping enemies from the Joker's party. Are there missable achievements like this one in Arkham City? I don't mean things that are _optional_ to complete in the first playthrough, like all Riddler Trophies or all upgrades, but achievements that are actually _unable to be acquired_ without fulfilling certain criteria. To clarify, I mean in the base game, _not_ including the optional DLC like Catwoman and Robin.


title: What happens when the Stinger levels up?

text: I'm using a Stinger in MW3, and I see that it can level up like other weapons. Why do I care? It doesn't seem there are any attachments of any kind.


title: Do followers benefit from set bonuses?

text: Pretty straightforward. If I equip my follower with set items, will he/she gain the set bonuses for multiple set pieces?


title: Red-Dead-Redemption: Is there anyway to "win" the side "trap" missions?

text: In RDR as I roam around the country I often come across mini-side mission like recapturing a stolen horse or fending off a stagecoach robbery. However, there is one "mission" type that I'm not sure how to handle. Usually it is some sad-sack injured person or some woman calling out to me for help. That person or their cohorts then ambush me and either try to kill me or steal my horse. These trap missions are starting to become familiar enough that I can spot them a mile off. The question is, as asked by Joshua in War Games, is the only way to win not to play? That is, should I just steer clear of these trap-missions or is there some advantage to springing them and inevitably winding up in a shootout? Or perhaps there is another option for dealing with these that I haven't considered?


I realize this may sound silly, but in the poker game Holdem many of the top pros have said it is much harder to beat a bad player than a good one, because of the crazy random stuff a newbie will do. I'm a bronze leaguer myself, and I've taken many of the ideas from various casts and this site and have been somewhat successful since starting playing 2 weeks ago. What I'm wondering is if there are any known tricks to beat bad players that would never work on a good player. **EDIT** I don't want cheesy tactics to sneak my way to the higher leagues. The truth is, there have to be tactics that work only against bad players; that is what I'm looking for. As to the comment about scouting, that's where the poker analogy comes in - the bad player is hard to beat because you have no way of knowing what he's doing even if you can see his hand (or scout well). I just want to win, I could care less about what league I'm in - I'm just looking for ways to win now, which is why I asked this question. Another way of asking it may have been " **What mistakes cost you games when you were Bronze/Silver** ", but I thought linking the poker analogy (on a gaming site!) would be fine. **Final Edit** So I guess I was unable to ask this question in a way that the community could understand. I'm fully aware of the heap of resources geared toward new players and that is not what I was asking for. I simply wanted interesting tactics that more experienced players have found useful in the lower leagues but not in higher leagues.


title: How do I skip cutscenes?

text: I'm doing a second playthrough of story mode in Need For Speed: The Run, but I can't seem to figure out how to skip cutscenes. Is there something I'm missing, or is this yet another feature they've not included?


title: Is there a way to dodge the one-time passwords?

text: I find it quite annoying that every now and then, when I log in to my SWTOR account, Bioware asks me to enter a one-time password sent to my e-mail address. I find that quite annoying. I doubt there is, but is there a way to skip that question? Like with the Security Key, or just something I haven't seen in the options?


title: What are the game-turning cards or combos for each class?

text: From experience (rank 11), I've noticed that there are a few cards that are _essential_ to know (and to expect) from certain classes. For example, you should expect a combo "Unleash the Hounds" with "Starving Buzzard" from a hunter at turn 5. You can also expect an AOE spell that deals 4 damages to every minions from the mage at turn 7. Both of these can easily cause a player to lose if they played into them carelessly, even if they were in a strong position before. So I was wondering what other such cards or combinations are that can turn the game around completely and/or clear the entire board.


title: Where are the Mysterious Relics?

text: I was running around Evendim and I found an angry hobbit who apparently got his prize pipeweed crops destroyed by a Mysterious Relic that gives +1 Dread to anyone who comes near. When I right-click it, I got a quest to talk to that angry hobbit, who complained, and then I got a new deed, which told me to find all 7. Where are these?


title: How can you charge items with MJ?

text: This question has some controversy on how to charge a Power Tool from the Modular Powersuits mod. While it is commonly known that both EU, MJ, and UE can be used to charge it, I want to know how something can be charged with MJ. Unlike a Batbox/MFE/MFSU/AESU/IDSU which has a slot in its GUI to charge stuff with, Redstone Energy Cells and whatever engines do not have a slot to do this. IndustrialCraft has the Charge Pads addon, which charges stuff with EU while a player stands on it. BuildCraft/Thermal Expansion/RailCraft... do not have anything of the sort. So, how can you charge items with MJ?


title: Have I just ruined my Minecraft save?

text: I made a Minecraft world using Mo's Creatures, Balkon's Weapon Mod and Rei's Minimap about a month ago. I updated Minecraft to 1.6 so I could test out the new features. The next day I accidentally loaded my modded save. Have I lost all my items from these mods?


title: Does killing all the guards trigger the alarm?

text: My friend and I were trying to stealth the Ukrainian job and we had it pretty well down. Usually there were two guards in the alley and one in the back rooms. We killed the two in the alley, bagged and hid the bodies and sneaked into the room with the camera feed. Without fail, the crap hit the fan here. We would wait for the guard to come back into the room, hit him from behind and answer the pager. While one guy did that, the other one dashed across the back and secured the manager's office. Somewhere in this sequence the alarm would get tripped for "suspicious activity" even though no civilian outside or in the front saw us. In reading stealth guides for heists, I keep seeing people say to dominate one guard and kill the others. If you kill all the guards does this trip the alarm?


title: How does (Ultra) Lucky Cat work?

text: These Felyne Cooking skills say that they give a chance to "receive more rewards at the end of the quest". But I know that some rewards are specific for certain monster parts (e.g. Mantles typically come from tail cutting or face breaking). Will the Lucky Cat skills increase the number of "part rewards" or does it simply increase the number of rewards for the quest only?


title: What are the challenges?

text: What are the challenges in Dungeonland? I turned them on for the first time (Cannibal Kingdom, Casual) and see 3 but the challenge icons, but the names are rather unhelpful. The Challenges I found are:   * Wrath of the Sheep God   * No Mercy   * Thirst Are they the same every time? What do they do? ![Zoomed Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GIR50.jpg)


title: How can I get my spawners to work when they are far away?

text: I am playing a custom map and I have 2 mob spawners in which I have set up traps for. These traps lead to the same place, however both spawners are considerably far away from each other and therefore only one spawns at a time (when I am near). I was wondering if there was some sort of way to "mimic" a player position without a player actually being there. What I would usually do is start up another computer and simply open it to LAN and have another account be somewhere next to the spawner, however I was wondering if there was a way to not have to do this? Is this possible? Are there any mods that allow this?


title: How does life-steal work in the original Diablo?

text: I've been recently playing the original Diablo, since back when I was a kid I didn't appreciate it as much as it deserved. Knowledge from later Diablo games helped a lot. I have been having trouble with life-steal. I am playing a rogue and I've been using The Undead Crown which is dropped by the skeleton king. The wiki says it gives me 5% life steal. At that time, my damage was ~5-10 so I assumed the 5% got rounded to zero. However, now that my damage is ~20-40. I still see no life gained from the crown. My question is, how is the life-steal supposed to work? Is it only noticeable with really high damages? Is it broken?


title: How do I change Tile Entities?

text: I heard if you change something called `RequiredPlayerRange` to a high number on a spawner, it will be able to spawn even from a distance. I don't know to change Tile Entities though. How exactly do I change that?


title: How much XP do Rare monsters and Champions give?

text: I am currently farming with an archon build, and am averaging 8 to 10 million xp an hour. Sometimes, though, I get killed by a rare monster or champion. Should I bother finishing the job, or should I just kill mionion after minion? I suppose those rare monsters must give more XP, but I don't know how much. Does anyone have a comparison between regular monster XP, and rare/champion monster XP?


title: Is Stinky the Snail fast enough to collect all dropped coins in the zen garden?

text: I have a full Zen garden that needs watering. If I water every plant as fast as I can, will Stinky the Snail be able to collect all the coins for me without any disappearing (with or without chocolate)? Secondary question that would answer the first I guess. Do coins disappear in the Zen Garden at all?


title: Can Magichange really be used for more than 2 turns

text: i read that in Disgaea 2: Dark Hero days, if you have a monster Magichange then throw the humans into the base panel it'll allow the monster to remain Magichanged i am wondering, does this refer to   1. stalling the monster reverting back (ie throwing the human into the base panel after the first turn but when they come out they will still only have 1 turn left before the monster reverts)   2. resetting the number of turns before reverting (ie. when the humans is thrown into the base panel the number of turns before the monster reverts get reset so one has to make sure that the humans is in the base panel before the end of the second turn)   3. the Magichange actually being permanent until the end of the battle NOTE: i am aware that the max turns before reverting back from Magichange can be increased to 3 however i have yet to pass the bill for that


title: If I'm eligible for more games, am I more likely to get a steam booster pack?

text: Let's imagine three systems where the two options would apply:- System one (Where eligibility doesn't matter):-   1. System adds all eligable users to a pool   2. System picks X many random users from the list of eligible users   3. System picks a random eligible game from those randomly selected eligible users and gives them the booster cards System two (Where eligibility does matter):-   1. System adds all user's eligible games to a pool   2. Then picks a random game associated to a user from the pool X many times   3. People who are eligible for multiple games are then in the pool/'hat'/etc... more times that people who are only eligible for one game. System three (Where eligibility also does matter):-   1. System goes through all **GAMES** and adds all users eligible for that game to a pool   2. System picks a random player from the per-game pool I know this is sort of hard to answer without access to the steam server source, but, hey, worth a shot of asking.


title: Where is my minecraft folder hidden in this unusual Mac setup?

text: What I usually do is just open the texture-packs folder and then I have access to everything. But, my minecraft crashed. and now I cant get on without it crashing. I've been trying to find the "Error Report" in users/library/applicationsupport/minecraft but there are two things wrong:   1. Thing that is different is that my library folder is in the shared folder.   2. Is that even when I do get into application support minecraft isn't in it. and I have no idea where else it could be.


title: What does it mean when a player in GTA V Online has a flag as their icon on the map?

text: What does it mean when a player in GTA V Online has a flag as their player icon instead of the normal blip? Does it mean they are paused or that they have lost connection?


title: What are the limitations of the demo?

text: I have noticed that there is now a Torchlight 2 demo available for download on Steam, which I am currently in the process of downloading. However, I've had a quick look around and can't seem to find what the limitations of the demo are in comparison to the full game.   * Is there a maximum time limit to how long you can play?   * Is the limitation on content? How far through the game can I play in the demo?   * Can I join multiplayer games with the demo?    * Can I proceed in the full game from the spot I left at the end of the demo?  Is there anything else I should know about the demo?


title: Dead Island Character Differences

text: I started playing Dead Island yesterday evening, though I didn't play very much. The game seemed impressive. But I've been wondering if the different characters have any unique traits that the others do not (for example different ability trees)?


title: SOASE 7DS - how to clear mines?

text: Sort of a throwback here, but I was playing a few rounds of 7 Deadly Sins (still great) and as usual, the AI was throwing up piles of mines, taking over all of the tactical slots with 30 useless mines. To clear them, I have to physically steer a heavy ship around and carefully blow them up. Is there an automated, easier way to do this? I was looking at the scout ships but I couldn't find much in the way of mine-clearing. Any tips?


How do you make the most compact rapid redstone pulser that never stops? And in my friend's server, the rapid redstone pulser stops after some time, and I have no idea why, how do you prevent that from happening?


title: How do you get to the Secret Room in the Tavern?

text: My friend and I noticed that there seems to be an inaccessible room in the Tavern with something behind it. We saw that there was a Treasure Chest seemingly floating somewhere off the map. ![treasure](http://i.stack.imgur.com/2GQTw.jpg) In addition, if you walk up to the second floor of the Tavern and position your camera through the wall just right, you can highlight something called the Defender's Forge. ![through the walls](http://i.stack.imgur.com/p5vHT.jpg) Confirmation of the speculation was confirmed in the notes for the 7.07 patch, which had a note that said the following: > Moved bonus-item crates back into the main section of the Halloween Tavern, > out from the Secret Room. What is this Secret Room? How do I get there? Do I need to beat the campaign first or something else?


title: Is there an option to increase the number of turns in a game?

text: 25 turns doesn't seem quite long enough. Is there any way to make the game last longer? Edit: Just noticed that turn count varies based on the map, but the question still stands.


title: I think I am stuck, is there a way to trigger a mission?

text: I have been playing GTA V for a few hours now without any mission starting. I have just stolen the helicopter from the base, took flight school but now nothing is happening. Is there a way to trigger the next story mode mission? _or_   * Do I need all Gold in the flight school?   * I see a 'B' on my radar, but when I get there nothing happens, its just a building with a big garage in the ground floor. Is there anything I am missing?


title: What is the point of having friends?

text: These days in nearly all casual (especially Mobile) games, you can add friends and invite them to play with you in exchange for certain benefits. Basically, having players do most of the marketing for them - brilliant! I want to know if there is any point in having friends in the game _Hay-Day_ , by **Supercell**? As far as I can see, the only benefit is that you can go view their farm and auctions without them having to appear in the _news paper_ or something, which could sometimes help. Is there nothing else though? Like sending some money or items or something? Or perhaps a thing that can be accelerated or yield more result/product if you invite friends to help? Are the benefits only the ones I've already found?


Some armors and accessories will have an effect on them which modifies resistance to a certain damage type, followed by a varying number of arrows indicating the bonus. For example, the **Adama Armor** has _Physical Resist +1_. Although having resistance to physical damage would be nice, it's difficult to determine how well compares to other armor sets without knowing how much physical damage is reduced by. How much does a resist bonus on armor reduce damage by?


title: Why should I buy an apartment?

text: What is the purpose of owning an apartment? What are the benefits to owning an apartment?


title: In Season 2 do I play as Clementine, or someone else?

text: I recently finished playing The Walking Dead Season 1 (and the 400 Days DLC), and I'm probably going to buy Season 2 very soon. However the one thing I'm not sure about is who I'll be playing as. I'm also trying to avoid spoiling myself as much as possible. Will I be playing as Clementine, or do you rotate through playable characters like in the 400 Days DLC? In the main game (Season 1) I'm pretty sure that it never let me play anyone aside besides Lee.


title: In a co-op game, what determines each player's hourly city income?

text: Is it the host's amount of controlled territory? Will joining another player who has controlled a lot of territory also affect my hourly income?


title: Street Fighter 2 - Guile's Handcuffs?

text: I vaguely recall reading once, many moons ago, about a bug in SF2 that was referred to as "Guile's Handcuffs" or something similar. I've never been able to dig anything up about it. Does that ring a bell for any of you old arcade diehards?


What is the scoring algorithm for Rock Band 2?


title: What does the toolbox do?

text: The toolbox claims to give _"+25% to repair speed"_ , but there doesn't appear to any need to repair your tanks; there is no way to repair the whilst in a game (as far as I know), and they are automatically repaired to full health instantly when you return to your garage. ![The equipment screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/MnkGZ.jpg) Does it have any use? Or does it just make your tank heavier?


title: Which race in Starcraft 2 has it easiest and safest to expand?

text: I've had a bit of a discussion about expanding in Starcraft 2. Which race has the easiest and safest expanding? I argue that Zerg has the hardest as they can't add static defense before the creep gets there. Protoss can throw up a pylon and cannons, warping in units to expansions. While Terran can add static defense, and even just fly a Planetary fortress right there. What is the definite answer?


title: Does Adell (DLC) gain Big Bang in Disgaea 4?

text: The title pretty much says it all. Does Adell naturally (without needing to go to Chara World) gain the Big Bang skill, and if so, at what level? I've tried searching for it, and no one seems to have a skill/level table for DLC characters, at least that I can find.


title: Gta 5 online capture creator glitch?

text: In gta5 online capture creator I have done everything right but it's giveing me a error that I haven't set detailes such as tital and number of players. But I have I'm certain why is it giveing me this error this has never happened before. I have even tried changeing tital, description and changeling every option but still gives me glitch how do I fix this because I have spent a lot of time creating this capture and I don't wont to restart.


title: How can I play Crysis 2 without shutting down ProcExp and Visual Studio?

text: I'm a developer. When I have some spare time, I like to play the occasional game. Crysis 2 won't run if I have Visual Studio or Process Explorer running – which I do at all times. Sometimes I have a debugging session running; I can't just close VS without losing a lot of state. What (legal) options are available to stop this madness?


title: Realm of the Mad god is too laggy to play

text: So, I've been playing rotmg for a while, and am now getting quite frustrated at this lag. I will be in the godlands, trying to escape from a god, when the map doesn't load, and all the terrain starts disappearing. I try to escape to nexus; happens 2 minutes after I press my nexus escape key. Also, every time I get into a good dungeon, I "lag out" (go back to home screen unintentionally). I have tried switching servers around to less populated servers. I have a very good computer and 20+ MB internet speed. What can I do to fix this?


title: How do you delete your first world on Minecraft?

text: Whenever I try to delete the first world I made on Minecraft, it stays there. I can delete all of the other worlds I made just not the first one. How can I fix this?


title: How do I breed a Pollen Dragon?

text: I received an in game announcement that a new Pollen Dragon is available for breeding. What is the best pair for breeding? What is the breeding time (so I know if I was successful)?


title: Where can I find the key I discovered in the bathtub in the girl's bathroom?

text: In Silent Hill Origins for the PSP, I got up to the part where you are in a hospital that the nice nurse was assigned to go have a meeting with a man (that you meet earlier in the game). I went to the girl's restroom, and I drained the water in the bathtub. Unfortunately, the key went down the drain with the water. Where do I go to obtain the key? And after I get the key, where do I use it?


title: What does "Each night increases the danger" mean?

text: In Knights of Pen and Paper, the DM will tell you: "Each night increases the danger" whenever you rest somewhere. What does this mean? Do enemies increase in strength the longer I play the game? I'm at day 606 and it doesn't seem like anything has gotten harder (in terms of individual enemies I mean).


title: How can I connect my Xbox 360 to Xbox Live through my Laptop?

text: What steps do I need to do in order to connect my Xbox to Xbox Live through my laptop? I can connect them physically, but I also have a wireless adapter (if it's possible to create a bridge using the adapter as well). The problem is that I am in an hotel for the next two months, forced to live off their wi-fi. And although my laptop connects to it without a problem, my Xbox 360, even though it has a wireless adapter, does not. It also doesn't present a very helpful error messages, helping me locate the problem. So I'm thinking that connecting the Xbox through my laptop is probably my only hope.


title: How to read the range indicator in IL-2 Sturmovik 1946

text: How do I read the range indicator that is placed next to aircraft? It says 5.03, or 1.23, or 0.54. In what units are they? Feet, meters, miles, kilometers? Or does 1.00 mean that it's the optimum gun range?


title: Is Searing Arrows affected by Strafe?

text: If I use Clinckz's Strafe ability, which `dramatically increases attack speed for a short time`, can I cast Searing Arrows faster? Or Strafe only affects the normal attack?


title: What does "burst fire count" mean?

text: Some of the guns in Borderlands have a burst fire count. What does that mean? For example, Sledge's Shotgun: > _The Legend Lives,Sledge's Shotgun: Knocks back target several feet and > **10000% burst fire count_**


title: Should I continue one of my Mass Effect playthroughs in Mass Effect 2 or start afresh?

text: I _loved_ the original Mass Effect. I've played through it multiple times: I have one character at level 60 (canonical, with which I played through thrice), another at level 50-something (female engineer, with which I played through twice), and another at level 40-something (biotic, with which I played through once). I've recently ordered Mass Effect 2 on Amazon (for GBP 13, what a deal). My question is, **should I start Mass Effect 2 continuing one of my Mass Effect playthroughs or "start afresh"? Do you lose much if you start afresh? What do you gain otherwise?** What are your experiences either way? Part of me would like to remain canonical with the series, and continue as BioWare suggests the story goes, but I've heard it's a lame choice. With my level 60 character, I played through the game three times. _Each time I did things differently_ ; on the second playthrough I completed each and every quest, even. Now I can't remember what choices I made. On one playthrough, I even killed Wrex, just for the hell of it. Can I start from any of these characters' playthroughs or just the most recent one (the one at level 60 or the one at level 50, for example)? Can I change any of my choices (I seem to have read that I can't, if that's so, bad show, BioWare). I'm not really invested in any of my characters; but there are some choices I'd prefer rather than others. (Just for the sake of completeness, the major ones: Ashley and Wrex still alive, the council dead, Anderson the human ambassador, all the characters with their subquests completed, Rachni queen alive...) Are there any choices which have a _big_ impact in the game, or am I just worrying too much about this? Thanks for all your input. _I've marked this Community Wiki so we can have a decent discussion on the matter; don't hold back!_ **Update** : Thanks to Andy I've found the relevant page in the Mass Effect Wiki relating to continuing Mass Effect playthroughs in Mass Effect 2.


title: Limit FPS in Games to prevent overheating

text: When playing games on my laptop (MacBook Air 2011 with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics), the temperature of the processor / GPU quickly reaches to 95°C causing it to throttle down every couple of seconds. In this situation, the FPS drop from about 40-60 to 10 for a moment causing big stuttering. In CSS, I was able to work around this problem by limiting the FPS using the built-in console command `fps_max 30` to 30.   This not only solves the stuttering but also reduces the noise and temperature of the CPU / its fan while gaming. However, most games don't offer a comparable functionality (not that there are too many running on OSX :-) ) Especially when playing Left4Dead 2, I really miss `fps_max` (which is not available there). It seems that Valve has removed `fps_max` from servers while stating > The fps_max convar will not have any effect on servers. (It remains as a > client option since limiting your FPS can reduce GPU heat and overall power > consumption.) Does someone know whether they have included other measures to prevent GPU overheating similar to `fps_max`? At least, they seem to know the downside of simply removing it. Even better than a solution only applying to L4D2 would be a system wide option to limit the FPS in games. Is there any? Many thanks in advance for your responses!


title: Can I register a retail boxed copy of a game with Steam?

text: I personally do not like to purchase games digitally. There's just something magical about going to the store, picking up a boxed game, staring at the amazing box art, bringing the game home and putting the disc in the drive. That being said, I know that several game distribution companies are leaning more toward digital distribution, with Steam holding a large chunk of that market. Is it possible to buy a retail boxed copy of a game, but still get the benefits of Steam (e.g., automatic updates, install on multiple computers, etc.)?


title: How do I add a game to Steam I've purchased somewhere else?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can I register a retail boxed copy of a game with Steam? With the addition of Greenlight to Steam a decent amount of games that were normally purchased elsewhere can now be purchased through Steam. I noticed Project Zomboid was among the titles to be added to Steam. I have already purchased Project Zomboid from Desura, and whenever the game is added to Steam I would like to put it on my Steam account. **Is this possible and how do I do it?**


title: The Walking Dead has no CD key

text: I bought the CD version of The Walking Dead and realized there is no CD key printed anywhere. I'd like to play it on Steam and earn achievements, so are the CD version and the Steam version different?


title: What cars are available in NFS:W?

text: It is quite problematic to compare cars in NFS:W. Whenever you pick a car, you are offered the choice of the rental option, which costs money to unlock for a limited time period but comes with a large performance bonus. The performance bonus, however, is not homogeneous. This means that one cannot compare cars by shuffling between them, as the bars always move to the rental option when browsing. What are the cars available currently in NFS:W? How much do they cost? When do they unlock? How many performance "ticks" does each have in the _basic_ version?


title: What is the purpose of cheap MBTs?

text: How to use cheap low-end MBTs like Leopard-1A1? I don't understand how to use them. For example, 2-3 M60s are nothing versus M1, they are simply cannon fodder. Soviet improved T-55s and T-62s at least have long-ranged ATGMs but NATO Leopards and Pattons really quite a weak.


title: How can I request music from K. K. Slider?

text: I went to Club LOL to get a song today and, much to my surprise, KK didn't request a song title or give me any options at all. I pressed A to talk to him and he immediately decided to play K.K. Adventure. In past games I was always able to either request a song by name or let him pick; I had no such option this time. How do I request specific music from KK Slider? Was this just something that happens the first time you "request" music, or is music always random now?


title: How do I get to the third field goal with enough hp left?

text: I am playing Rage for the first time and I am playing on Nightmare. At the moment, I try to get the third field goal at the watch tower with the ATV. However, in the "arena" where the highway begins, I encounter two cars that just blow my ATV up with homing missiles within a matter of seconds. **Is it possible and if yes, how do I get to the watch tower with the defenseless ATV?**


title: Terminal script for Minecraft server autosave

text: I've been looking into Minecraft servers recently, and since I use a Mac, I know that the terminal application is an effective way to run a server with additional ram (you know, with the `java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar` nametag). Basically, I run a server by using a .command file with the following script:               ls      cd desktop     ls     cd MinecraftServer     java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar      I've `chmod` 'd the file so that with one click, I can boot up the server with 1024 megabytes of ram. Without using plugins, is there a way I can run my server so that terminal copies my server map with periodic intervals, and stores them in an easily accessible directory? For example, while the server is running, a script counts every hour and stores a backup of my map. EDIT: I did some research and also read some of your advice. This is what I came up with: cd /Users/userme/Desktop/Minecraft java -Xmx1024M -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar & bash -c 'while [ 0 ]; do cp -r /Users/userme/Desktop/Minecraft/world /Users/userme/Desktop/A ;sleep 1800;done' I know most of you guys will understand how this works, but it basically starts up the server.jar with one gigabyte of ram, and in the background, simultaneously triggers a loop where a copy of my world is made and saved in directory A as a file, not the clumsy level.dat files. The loop will wait 30 minutes before making another copy. In short, this script makes it easy to start up a server and have it make a backup of the map every 30 minutes.


title: How can I prevent the krampus from appearing?

text: As of the latest don't starve update a new mob was introduced called the Krumpus, apparently he appears when you hunt too many animals but I don't quite understand how this works. From what I understand, you get several points of "Niceness" when you start, and they decrease as you do naughty things such as hunt animals. How does this work? Do you get a certain number of naughty points every day or must you perform some "nice" acts in order to raise the amount by which you can hunt? I find this to be a very large impediment while searching for food, I am restricted to purely carrots and berries and seeds, but without meat you can't really survive for that long


title: How to download a Steam game without DLCs?

text: I bought The Binding of Isaac together with the soundtrack, and now when I want to download it to another PC, instead of the binary Steam also downloads the soundtrack, increasing the download size. Is there any way to avoid this?


title: Aether II crash in new launcher

text: I tried installing Aether 2 on my Windows computer for Minecraft 1.5.1 in the new launcher (using the `versions/1.5.1.jar`). I also made a new profile for Aether II. But, as soon as I put the folder in `mods/` it crashes on launch. My crash log is:               ---- Minecraft Crash Report ----     // I'm sorry, Dave.          Time: 8/6/13 3:17 PM     Description: Failed to start game          cpw.mods.fml.common.LoaderException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.aetherteam.aether.Aether         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.transition(LoadController.java:142)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:513)         at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:160)         at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:410)         at net.minecraft.client.MinecraftAppletImpl.func_71384_a(SourceFile:56)         at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Minecraft.java:732)         at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)     Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.aetherteam.aether.Aether         at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.RelaunchClassLoader.findClass(RelaunchClassLoader.java:238)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.ModClassLoader.loadClass(ModClassLoader.java:56)         at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)         at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLModContainer.constructMod(FMLModContainer.java:425)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventHandler.handleEvent(EventHandler.java:74)         at com.google.common.eventbus.SynchronizedEventHandler.handleEvent(SynchronizedEventHandler.java:45)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatch(EventBus.java:314)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatchQueuedEvents(EventBus.java:296)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:267)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.propogateStateMessage(LoadController.java:165)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventHandler.handleEvent(EventHandler.java:74)         at com.google.common.eventbus.SynchronizedEventHandler.handleEvent(SynchronizedEventHandler.java:45)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatch(EventBus.java:314)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatchQueuedEvents(EventBus.java:296)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:267)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.distributeStateMessage(LoadController.java:98)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:503)         ... 5 more     Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException         at cpw.mods.fml.relauncher.RelaunchClassLoader.findClass(RelaunchClassLoader.java:227)         ... 32 more          A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------          -- System Details --     Details:         Minecraft Version: 1.5.1         Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1         Java Version: 1.7.0_25, Oracle Corporation         Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation         Memory: 55112240 bytes (52 MB) / 214433792 bytes (204 MB) up to 954466304 bytes (910 MB)         JVM Flags: 2 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G         AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used         Suspicious classes: FML and Forge are installed         IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0         FML: MCP v7.44 FML v5.1.43.679 Minecraft Forge 7.7.2.679 5 mods loaded, 5 mods active         mcp{7.44} [Minecraft Coder Pack] (minecraft.jar) Unloaded->Constructed         FML{5.1.43.679} [Forge Mod Loader] (coremods) Unloaded->Constructed         Forge{7.7.2.679} [Minecraft Forge] (coremods) Unloaded->Constructed         Aether II{Alpha v1.0.1} [Aether II] (Aether 2.jar) Unloaded->Errored         MainMenuAPI{1.0.0} [Main Menu API] (Aether 2.jar) Unloaded->Errored         LWJGL: 2.9.0         OpenGL: Intel(R) HD Graphics GL version 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2342, Intel         Is Modded: Definitely; Client brand changed to 'fml,forge'         Type: Client (map_client.txt)         Texture Pack: Default         Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)         Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null      All the videos on YouTube end up crashing too. The render and player API worked fine and forge did too but as soon as the Aether mod was put in it crashed on launch.


title: How do I earn Reaper Energy?

text: Once you hit level 6 in Darksiders, you unlock Reaper Form (You know, that thing you've been transforming into in the boss kill cinematics?), which is powered by Reaper Energy. Great! So how do we earn Reaper Energy to recharge the ability? The in-game tooltip mentions that you need to use Reaper Attacks to gain Reaper Energy... and then totally fails to explain what a Reaper attack actually is. So what is Reaper Energy, and how can you acquire it? I've seen a few Wrath skills mention it, and a few weapons have +reaper energy on execute, but I don't have access to those things yet, so I need a way to accrue Reaper Energy in the mean time.


title: What causes "Zed" time?

text: In _Killing Floor_ , sometimes the game enters slow-motion. This is called "Zed Time". Zed Time allows for more time to aim, and allows for more accurate headshots. What causes Zed Time?


title: What's the criteria to earn the health trophy?

text: Each level has four trophies you can earn. There's only one trophy that I haven't determined the exact criteria for:   * 1P: Complete the mission single player, or by yourself   * MP: Complete the mission multiplayer, or with one or more teammates   * +: Not 100% sure, have a few ideas   * ♦: Complete the mission collecting all coins (cleaned out) What is the exact criteria for the health trophy? Here are a few of my guesses:   * Complete the mission without using a health pack   * Complete the mission without you personally dying   * Complete the mission without anyone dying


title: Does the size of the cap booster affect the shield boost bonus?

text: Do the sizes of the Cap Booster charges used in an Ancillary Shield Booster affect the shield boost amount, or only the cycle time? I've been using Cap Booster 400s in my Large ASB for some time now, but I've noticed that 50s and 100s appear to rep the same amount, but cycle faster. Am I just seeing things here, or is this how its supposed to work?


title: Is Deadliness and the similar Runes or Mastery skills worth it?

text: With 4 points invested, deadliness gives .5 dmg per level. Thats 9 extra damage at level 18. Many runes do something similar, (very small per level bonuses). Are bonuses of this nature actually worthwhile in any way? I don't see how 9 extra damage endgame is going to matter. (Exceptions made for the magic resist and cooldown reduction versions of these bonuses as their endgame final addup is easily viewed as worthwhile)


title: What is causing motion sickness when using the Rift?

text: I'm pretty resistant to motion sickness (car, train, sea) and I can play more than one hour with the Rift without any problem. But a friend of mine just tested it and couldn't bear it for more than 5 minutes (while he isn't especially prone to motion sickness neither). What is causing it ? A few weeks ago, I read that the OculusVR team was working hard on this issue in order to reduce motion sickness, but how is that possible ?   Are there types of games or demos that are particularly harder to endure ? Any tips to avoid it ?


title: Why are there clothes on the dining room chair?

text: I was digging out a new dining room and putting furniture in there, when I noticed someone had put his clothes on a chair. What could have caused this? There's enough bedrooms with chests for all dwarves. ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/RuTR2.png)


title: Can an "air" dragon be bred before level 16?

text: At level 16 the air habitat opens up. Is it possible breed an air dragon (fire & water) while at a lower level?


title: How to counter the effects of aggressive expansion penalty?

text: After playing a few games in Europa Universalis 4, it seems to me that aggressive expansion penalty is a major obstacle in a military conquest style of game. Conquering a few provinces (especially with a high tax base?) gives a huge penalty. It doesn't seem to really depends on whether your own country is big or not. Because the aggressive expansion penalty drops in a very slow pace over the years, this makes it impossible to expand quickly. Are there any strategies to minimise that?


title: How can you identify (or find) the body parts?

text: Bear with me, this one might sound a bit ... sick. Let's say you're playing Fallout 3, and you've taken the Bloody Mess perk. Then, you're surrounded by enemies. You go Rambo on them with something like the Gatling Laser or Missile Launcher. Or even use VATS and cut them down with the Xuanlong Assault Rifle. In the smoky aftermath of doom, how do you identify whose parts are whose for looting? Especially when you're not emptying all of the bodies, and they all have really similar names, like ~~Megaton Settl~~ I mean, Raider, um yeah, that's the ticket! In some cases, when you used VATS and the enemy was far away, how can you even find them?


title: Obtaining all the skits in the game?

text: If someone wanted to obtain every skit in the game in a single play through (or as many as were possible) how would they go about achieving this? I have not found one single skit database or skit walk through that shows the locations and conditions of all of the skits.


title: How do I transfer teams permanently in off line be a pro FIFA 14?

text: I have an off line be a pro where I initially put myself on sevilla. I have gone on loan several times, but of course I always come back to sevilla when the season ends. how do I transfer teams permanently? this is my fourth or fifth season and I haven't received any offers at the end of the year, does that not happen?


title: Why are some stats on items marked with orange diamond and primary/secondary titles?

text: So after patch 2.0.1. all items have stats split in to the primary and secondary groups and some of them are marked with orange diamond. What is the logic behind this? It seems too random.


title: Where are good home base sites in Fallout: New Vegas?

text: Where are some good places to set up a home base in Fallout: New Vegas? My criteria for "good" are as follows:   * Permanent (non-resetting) storage containers, the more the better   * Quick to get to from a fast travel location   * Quick to get to a place where you can fast travel away   * Nearby access to fire, reloading bench, and/or workbench for crafting   * Nearby courier access (would be a nice to have)   * Accessible as early as possible (with a low level) This question (Can you get your own house in Fallout: New Vegas?) mentions three places, but none of them really meet my criteria. The locations don't have to be a place that is officially _yours_ , just one that you can claim and use without having to fight your way in and out. In the past I've used the Goodsprings Schoolhouse, but it's a long walk from the fast travel spot to it, and it's a long walk from it to any crafting places.


title: Why do Zerg players build their Evolution Chambers quickly?

text: I often see Zerg players build spawning pool immediately followed by an Evolution Chamber (EC). What is a purpose of that quick EC? To get quick armor/attack upgrades for zerglings? Sometimes I also see a Zerg build EC without building extractor... so how he is going to get gas in this case?


title: How do i complete The Ritual Bond in WoW?

text: I found a link to my quest I dont understand it at all. I am standing in front of "Keeper Karithus" but how do i breathe in the incense? I dont see the 3 animals i can choose? how do i find them? how do i choose them? I am completely confused. Note: I am the night elf druid.


title: Can you pray too much?

text: I recently acquired Rosa and have been making very frequent use of her free healing and MP restoration with Pray. It seems to have been decreasing in power as I use it, and most recently went completely unanswered. Does praying too much lessen its power or is it just random?


title: Where can I buy this speeder bike?

text: I am looking for this specific model since quite a while, but was unable to find it ingame. A google search turned up a lot of stuff from SWG, but I couldn't find a location for SWTOR. ![Visual Artifact](http://i.stack.imgur.com/l41ik.png)


title: How do I avoid being tossed around so much?

text: When playing Smash Bros against two or more bots or human opponents, I often find myself being tossed around endlessly between them until I get thrown out of the stage. No amount of button-mashing can save me in those situations. I mostly use Luigi or Fox, and this happens to me with both characters.


title: What's a good level to solo a co-op mission?

text: Lego Batman has a "Sidekick" achievement, for completing a level in co-op. I don't have anyone I want to call on to play with me, so I'm looking to complete it myself. (In the same way, I completed the equivalent "Aye-aye, captain!" achievement from Lego Pirates of the Carribean on Port Royale.) What's a good level to do this on? It would be one where most of the puzzles / tasks can be completed single-handedly (Obviously, levels where character A presses a switch lifting the door in front of character B and then character B turns a dial so character A can keep moving etc is sub-optimal...), and where the second character warps to me when I switch rooms, so I don't need to navigate the room with each character separately (so I don't have to keep switching controllers).


title: Why are all the Dawnguard NPCs holding their arms out, and can it be fixed?

text: Today I go to Dawnguard and I saw NPCs walking like this. They kind of look like a hangman stick-figure. Almost ALL NPCs of Dawnguard are walking around with their arms like this   1. When I press E to talk   2. When they are standing This does NOT happen to original Skyrim & HF characters. I didn't go to DB land, yet. ![Character looking like a hangman with his arms outstretched](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kbJVp.jpg) This happens to Serana too, which makes me irritated. How can I fix this? I'm running Skyrim on PC   * Skyrim Version 1.9.32.0.8 +DG+HF+DB (latest)   * Mods (only 2):      * UFO,      * AP Running from: Latest SKSE (0.1.6.16)


title: How do I perform a shoryuken motion on the 3DS?

text: I know the shoryuken motion is denoted by the following image: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/TN3di.png) My question is, how do I properly input this motion? I've tried following the z-shaped shape on my Circle Pad but I can never seemingly pull off any Shoryukens at all. I find that the most common time I've ever pulled one off was randomly mashing buttons and rotating the circle pad. I know that the motion is a Forward, Down, and Forward-Down Any help here? What's the easiest way to perform one?


title: Can I "AFK" for Five Minutes for the Stalker/Gustraag 3/Harvester to spawn in?

text: While I have been farming for the Brakk, it has gotten very tedious to do missions. Can I AFK for a bit (the time it takes till they don't spawn anymore), and have them spawn in?


title: What color is the ball?

text: So I am doing the annoying challenge and I do not know what color the ball is... I have tried many colors like black because the word "the ball" was in black. I also tried using the hex color code which did not work either.


title: Is there an effective counter to a hero's armor?

text: A warrior I was playing tonight was able to get their armor much higher than I would have liked. In Hearthstone a hero's armor is similar to a hero's health and since there is no practical limit to the amount of armor a hero can stack, his armor advantage became insurmountable. While I was being summarily beaten I found myself wondering if there was a card that had any affect on a hero's armor. Essentially something like the Acidic Swamp Ooze, but with an effect on armor instead of a hero's weapon. Is there an armor countering card in Hearthstone? If no such card exists what is an effective strategy to control a run away armor train?


title: Is there a set number of Break Attacks i can do before it's useless?

text: I've notice in some fights where i had only 1 enemy when i keep breaking to keep them from acting after a while the effect of them being pushed back on the timeline is diminished until the enemy gets to attack again. I am wondering if there is a set number of Break Attacks i can do before the effect becomes meaningless or if there is another factor involved.


title: Dropping pre-order bonus weapons in DX: Human Revolution?

text: When dropping the pre-order bonus weapons such as the sawed-off shotgun - will I get them back every chapter? Or do I have to keep them the whole time if O ever want to use them later?


title: Why aren't my new levels available for construction?

text: Today, I received a screen telling me that two new floors are available. But, they are not able to build, and they don't show up in the game at all. The latest update gave me two residential floors initially, and supposedly more will appear each Monday. Does anyone know why this is happening or how to fix it?


title: Xbox360 troubles

text: I purchased a new external hard drive for my Xbox and installed it. It completely wiped my hard drive and all progress on all games were removed. Now it is having trouble turning on...it stays on the loading screen and is not an internet connection problem. I've tried restarting it, taking out the hard drive, replacing the hard drive, and other troubleshooting methods found via the internet but with no avail. A few times the device has turned back on and allowed me to play, but all the game play prior to the installation of the hard drive is gone. Is there any way to fix this problem and/or retrieve lost game play? Any help would be greatly appreciated.


title: What types of individuals correspond to the Alpha, Beta, and Omega personality types?

text: I don't always pay attention very well when an NPC is talking (In fact, there's one talking to me in the background while I'm typing this question). Usually, it's because I'm thinking about the words the character is saying rather than looking at the screen. This means that I often miss the personality indicators lighting up to tell me whether a person is an alpha, beta, or omega personality type, and when I get to a speech challenge, I often need to guess to figure out which personality the person has. It would be nice if there was a way to identify what sort of person I'm talking to based on their words and voice rather than looking at an indicator. I presume Human Revolution is the kind of game where the designers took something like that into account and made the various personalities fit. With that in mind... **How can you tell just by listening to a person's dialogue if they are an Alpha, Beta, or Omega?**


title: I keep absorbing dragon souls out of nowhere. What's going on?

text: I was at the College of Winterhold and an ancient dragon appeared. I tried to fight him but he wouldn't land, so I summoned Odaviing on him. After a while I suddenly absorbed a dragon soul. What happened? The ancient dragon was still flying, so I figure it must have been Odaviing. Skyrim Wiki says he can't die, but now I'm doubting it. I tried reloading and not summoning Odaviing this time, and I still absorbed a dragon soul. What's going on?


title: What happens if you induct your wife into the blades?

text: Will she stay with you in your house or stay at sky haven temple?


title: Can you still become a vampire lord if you have killed Harkon and cured Serana?

text: Can you still become a vampire lord if you have killed Harkon and cured Serana on Xbox 360? I tried to talk to Serana before I cured her but the option did not come up.


title: How to keep my vehicle upgrades equipped on Jetpack Joyride?

text: Everytime I start the game I have to re-equip ALL my vehicle upgrades. The gadgets are fine, the issue is only with the vehicles. I've already tried to backup my save and reinstall the game, but it didn't solve my problem. I'm running it on Android 2.3.6. Any suggestions?


title: Is Iris's gifts set Story Points?

text: When Iris starts playing around with Alchemy she starts giving Viese her creations as gifts, at first i just got 2 Healing Herbs, one from what she first started and another from after i made a contract with the Poison Mana. While i was out farming Water and Fire Mana to get around 80 Healing Items/Nectars/Flames, when i came back Iris gave me a Flame (the 2nd kind which is used to blow up rocks), i can't remember if i returned to the workshop after making a contract with the Stone Mana or not. So i am wondering, does Iris give Vise stuff at set story points, random or based off from some backend timer?


title: Do Steam coupons stack?

text: With all the coupons Steam has at the moment, do they stack? And I don't mean 2x 50% = free, I mean mathematically correct as in 100% - (100% - 50%)² = 100% - 25% = 75% total discount.


title: New graphics card causing internet lag spikes, but only while gaming?

text: Well I recently had an Nvidia GeForce GT 430 graphics card installed on my computer.Ever since then, I've had random lag spikes while gaming. Browsing the internet is fine, and my speed test and ping test remain the same. However, when playing games such as Wolf Team or COD: Black Ops, I'll periodically get 3-10 second lag spikes every 30 seconds or so in which I am usually killed. It's extremely frustrating. How can I fix this? Note: all my drivers are up to date.


In Team Fortress 2, the Engineer weapon the Jag provides a "30% faster construction rate". When you move a built building it builds at twice the normal speed. I wonder how far this goes, thus: Does the Jag's build bonus apply to moving allies' buildings?


title: How many soul points do I get for surviving in die2nite?

text: My best town so far in die2nite seems like it will come to an end with day 9. How many soul points will I get when I've died? Does it only count for days survived or will I get extra points for doing special stuff (like doing heroic actions, eating a cat, etc)?


title: What exactly are the bonuses the AI gets at each difficulty level in civ5?

text: In Civilization 5, the game states that the AI gets significant bonuses to their play at the higher difficulty levels. I have been unable to find what exactly those bonuses are. I have heard rumors that on Deity, for example, the AI starts with 3 settlers, 6 warriors, and doesn't have a happiness cap at all. Can anyone clarify with details?


title: Fast Expanding with Zerg

text: I understang the Fast Expand concept and have employed it. However, I find myself to nervous to FE and end up doing 1 base. The problem is that I get stuck in one base and to focused on offense, neglecting to expand out. I feel if I had a better idea of when to expand, this would fix my problem. My question is, when you scout your opponent, what are you looking for that allows you to FE or raises flags that tells you to one base for awhile? And if you one base, when is it best to expand?


title: What are the default button mappings for the Thrustmaster Ferrari GT Experience?

text: The title says it all, really. This steering wheel was bought for me as a Christmas present, and I'd like to map some of its buttons to different functions. How do they map to a standard PS3 controller?


title: Football Manager Crash Dumps

text: I've a Football Manager 2010 game that continually crashes after a particular league match. When it crashes it generates a crash dump file. Does anyone know how to read this file so I might determine what's wrong and potentially fix the issue?


title: What does premium currency buy you?

text: With the current release of WarZ on Steam, I noticed that you have several purchase options that includes ingame currency. So what exactly can you buy with this premium currency?


title: CPU or framerate limiting on older games

text: There are some older games that seem to eat up as much CPU as you can produce even if only to render frames that they will drop - or perhaps perform some work that I don't consider necessary (since they were good enough on my machine in the 90s). Specifically I'd like to limit an old DirectX 5 game: on Windows 7 Fallout 2, as my machine will get warmer and louder than I care for it to while playing Fallout as it maxes my CPU. There are various frame rate controls in the 3rd party patches, but they only seem to apply in certain, cosmetic, situation. It would be great to know of a control that could be used for any game (something that limits the number of cycles a process can consume for instance).


title: How do I throw the ball from the Wildcat or similar formations with run/pass options?

text: In Madden 11, how do you throw the ball from run/pass option formations?


title: Ruler of the Seas, how to do it?

text: How do I sink a million ships? Well, not a million, 357 for the achievement? What is a good setup? I set up a huge archipelago game with epic game length and raging barbarians... but ships still aren't spawning very fast, and I imagine it'll probably take 3-4 run-throughs to get the achievement. Any suggestions?


title: I can't open Spore on my Mac

text: It's been a long time since I tried to play spore on my iMac. I reinstalled it today and whenever I try to open it my screen will go black, a blue box will flash on my screen, my cursor will change a few times then I'm back at my desktop. After all of this a pop-up will come up on my screen saying: Exception raised Unhanded page fault on write access to 0x0000000c at address 0x00e600c4. Do you wish to debug it? Whether I click yes or no, my screen goes black with the blue box again. It quits only this time the pop-up is not there anymore.


title: Do I get paid to kill myself in Eridium Blight?

text: In a quest in Eridium Blight, Handsome Jack asks me to jump off a cliff and be his bi*ch and he will reward me handsomely. From past experiences he almost never keeps his word, but still I will like to know if the reward is worth the thousands I'm gonna spent to regenerate myself.


title: Exactly how does Suleiman's special work?

text: Playing Ottoman for the first time and I seem to have far less than 50% conversion of naval barbarians via barbary corsairs. The description merely says there is a 50% conversion rate however and doesn't specify what triggers this so I suspect I'm doing something wrong/


title: What counts as combat for boots of mobility?

text: When out of combat for 5 seconds, Boots of Mobility grant +5 move speed. What counts as being in combat?


title: Too few servers in Battlefield 2?

text: I recently tried battlefield 2 on my friend house and i loved it, I know it's pretty old but i had never played it before. The thing is, he has a pirated version, but I prefer to have my game collection on steam with original copies, so when I got home I bought it. But in my version, when i go to "internet servers" list on multiplayer, the list have like 40 servers or so, and i remember seeing the server list on my friend's pirated copy, he had much more, like hundreds. I tried removing all the filters (even "same version only") and still my servers list (and players) is pretty small compared to the pirated version I tried. Is there anything i can update or change to get more servers? If someone has an original copy could you check how many servers you get and let me know to compare?


title: What does the "Media" item type contain

text: In your Ops>Item area, there's an item type filter marked "Media". What kind of stuff shows up there?


title: What happened to the Female Krogan?

text: > I just finished Priority: Tuchanka where we were distributing the Genophage > cure and Eve died at the end. I had Morden trick the Krogans and the > Genophage won't be cured. Morden is alive. Why did Eve die? So...how the heck does this character die? I never saw anything to indicate she was wounded, except she was in the caravan when a ship crashed into it on Tuchanka. Other players have indicated she doesn't usually die. If it matters, I've been doing a pure Paragon run until the spoilered decision, and I did not import a ME2 save. What has science done?


title: In X3, will auto-aiming handle multiple weapon types?

text: In X3:Terran Conflict and X3:Albion Prelude, firing with auto-aiming via the left control key is excellent for offset shots against crossing targets while maneuvering. However, it's not clear if auto-aiming can handle multiple forward gun types. For example, if I mount forward concussion impulse generators and phased repeater guns, they will have visibly different offsets on the reticle and firing paths. Is auto-aiming offsetting both weapon types against the movement of the target according to their shot speed? Or am I sending fast shots down the same path as the slow shots (effectively ensuring a miss)?


title: What happened if Mordin died in Mass effect 2?

text: Seeing the precedent questions about genophage and mordin, I was wondering what happened in the (very unlikely) case you let mordin died in Mass effect 2. What are the (mass) effects on the genophage issue, on eve survival and about War assets?


title: Are there any advantages to having more than one character?

text: I'm thinking about starting a twink in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The classsystem allows to level every class and every job with only one character. But I'm curious about it that there are so many slots to create more characters while you only really need one. Are there any benefits in creating more characters for other jobs / classes or doesn't really matter if you level everything on one character? Thank you in advance!


title: Can I abandon an escort mission after evacuating the vip somehow?

text: I just played a vip escort mission in my impossible ironman and after the vip escaped I was left with the task of killing all remaining aliens, which I abandoned because I had only one sniper at 1 hp left :/ Now I did not get any reward for this mission, is that supposed to be this way? I think it shouldn't since the task was extraction of the vip, not elimination of all aliens? I guess I wonder: Bug or Feature?


title: Minecraft bukkit plugin for maintaining a separate resettable mining world?

text: A friend told me that he had played on a server that had a plugin or something that maintained a separate world he could teleport into, which was rich in minerals. Every so often, that world was dropped, and thus recreated, and was ever-fresh every day with new minerals. Does anyone know the name of that plugin, or how to set up this system? We have bukkit on our server, but not much else other than "bukkit essentials".


title: After hitting a rock, an ore/gemstone came out. Does it have a use?

text: After hitting a rock, it broke into pieces and revealed a silver ore. I did this to another rock a couple of days later, and it revealed a ruby. This appears to be a new class of objects unique to New Leaf, but I'm not sure what they're for. Do these items have a purpose beyond being sold?


title: Which perks don't work with BMGs?

text: Bio-Magnetic Guns don't work the same as other guns, so it's hard to tell which perks help them and which perks flat out don't do anything. Preparation, for instance, doesn't seem to do anything for a BMG. Which perks should you not use with a BMG?


title: Is there an optimal city size to start building settlers?

text: When i need to build a settlers? There is a choice between stopping city growth and early expansion. My suggestion is if time to build is less than time to grow. But it's just a kind of random guess. In original Civilization i started to build at city size no less than 4.


title: Minecraft monster spawner/trap

text: My monster spawner/trap wont work. It is about 25 blocks tall, made of cobblestone and it is really dark. I'm on normal mode and I've tried hard but none will spawn. Heres heaps of pics of my stuff. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Od7yE.png)   ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Pxxjn.png)   ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/g9pqm.png) I just cant get anything to spawn in it and it has a like mini cave in it and lots of holes for them to fall but they just won't spawn. I've had it for a while and not one monster will spawn in it.


title: How to spy on AI players?

text: Long long time ago in the original Civilization, there was a cheat that allowed one to not only see the whole map but more importantly — see how AI players developed. Is there any way to watch the AI development in Civilization 5?


title: Does Teemo's, Cassiopeia's, and Singed's poison stack?

text: Does Teemo's, Cassiopeia's, and Singed's poison stack, or does the stronger poison tack over, or is it the last one how hit the enemy with poison get it, or what?


title: What are the Lightning Round victory conditions in Civilization Revolution?

text: I know that the victory conditions are easier in the Civilization Revolution built-in scenario Lightning Round. The civilopedia doesn't say what they are. What are the precise victory conditions for the Lightning Round? **Cultural**   _Normal:_ Acquire 20 Wonders / Great Persons / converted cities, build United Nations wonder.   _Lightning Round:_ Acquire 15. (Win immediately) **Domination**   _Normal:_ Conquer and hold all capital cities.   _Lightning Round:_ Conquer 3 enemy capitals. **Economic**   _Normal:_ Acquire 20,000 gold, build World Bank wonder.   _Lightning Round:_ Acquire 10,000 gold. (Win immediately) **Technological**   _Normal:_ Research Space Travel, build space ship, have it arrive safely   _Lightning Round:_ Acquire 24 technologies. (Win immediately)


title: Choose Heal and Revive summoner spell in League of Legends

text: I read many guides around about different `League of Legends`' champions and various build style. But most of them discourage the usage **Heal** and **Revive** summoner spells. Are these spell thought to be used only by "newbies" to allow them a "soft" start or are there any champions that can effectively use them?


title: Plants vs zombies crashes on Mac OS X

text: I've bought Plants vs Zombies from Steam and when I reach an certain point in the game where I obtain a key the game crashes? Any ideas?


title: Should I buy more than one shovel?

text: There is any purpose in buying more than one shovel in the shop?


title: How do I get the perfection achievement in Fruit Ninja?

text: I have every other achievement in Fruit nNinja and all I can find on it is the description the game gives you, which is "You are relentless in your pursuit of perfection!"


title: Is it worth killing the Training Robot?

text: On the training center where you buy and upgrade your spell you can spend 20 gold bars in a battle to "test your skill" with a Training Robot. It does reward something killing it?