title: RGSC Snapmatic: how to get photos with bigger resolutions?

text: I can view and downloads my photos taken ingame from my Xbox 360 on Rockstar Games Social Club - Snapmatic, but I only get 640×360 pixels photos. Is there a way to get my photos with a bigger resolution? I'm pretty sure that the images are reduced to this size in order to save bandwidth and space but I still ask this question.


title: Dwarf Fortress seeds on hand

text: How do I see what kinds of seeds and how many of each I have on hand?


title: Higher ping in cs go can cause problem in registry of shots?

text: I have not played CS:GO in steam for a couple of months. Now I have started playing again, I've noticed that despite playing on a server with a high ping (>300), I am still not lagging. Is this high ping going to affect my shots registering?


title: Minecraft Server CB/Spigot Multi-version Compatibility

text: So, this isn't necessarily a problem though, but more like a I-NEED-HELP situation. So my server is Currently running Spigot 1.7.2-1.7.5 and I was wondering if there was a way to have my server be compatible with multiple versions of Minecraft. For example, I'm running CB 1.6.4 and others on relatively new version clients can join. I'm not sure how I should do this. I checked many forums, they don't help. I also use BungeeCord if thats possible to get it to run Multiple-version compatibility. Also I referred to the following servers, cause they can run multiple versions, just check with the `/version` command: Mineplex: us.mineplex.com Hive: play.hivemc.com And well others. I believe CB snapshot is being implemented, but that still doesn't solve the question. Please don't tell me I need a plugin to implement the snapshot CB. If there is no other way, tell me the ways.


title: Can't seem to find sycamore after elite four in Pokemon X

text: In the end game of Pokemon X, professor sycamore told me to meet him in Lumiose city but I can't find him anywhere.


title: Where do I get the Splintered oar?

text: The Splintered oar is a two-handed sword with the shape of an oar; one of the few magical, blue, items that are also unique. Before patch 1.0.4 it was legendary. Some suspect it has some relation to the Black Rock ledgers. Others consider it just an in-game collectible. Where do I get the Splintered oar?


title: Dragon Quality vs Quantity vs Diversity?

text: I have what I consider a fairly solid base for my dragon park in DragonVale. What I am trying to figure out is the way I should proceed. I would like to have a park where the dragon coins and dragon food are fairly available so I can focus on expanding and laying the park out. What gives the best turn around from investment? Focusing on the level of my dragons so they will produce coins faster? Or should I just expand and create more habitats with more and more dragons in them? Also, is there any point in getting a wide range of the types of dragons I have at this point in time or should I just be focusing on ones that produce coins quickly for now? If it helps I currently have 3 large plant habitats, 2 large fire habitats and 1 earth habitat (where a Moss dragon lives.. earth are apparently not a good coin draw).


title: Spectre intel terminal authorizations from ambient conversations

text: There are several conversations between NPCs on the Citadel that result in an authorization on the Spectre intel terminal. Some examples are the Asari commando and the nurse in the Hospital, Private Talavi and the sergeant in Normandy's Dock, and the C-Sec officers outside Purgatory. I would like a complete list of all such conversations, where/when they take place, and the result of activating the authorization.


title: How can I tell whether Pokémon were hacked/cheated?

text: I have been playing Pokemon Diamond a few years ago and I remember that I have some pokemon which were cheated. A while ago I purchased Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon Y and wanted to get all my old pokemon to the newest edition, in this case Y. Before doing so I would like to find out which pokemon were legitimately catched or acquired via events and which ones were cheated. Is there any service or way to do so?


title: Calculating the constant C in Dota 2 pseudo-random distribution

text: > The probability of a modifier occurring on the Nth attack since the last > successful modifier is given as P(N) = C * N. C is a constant derived from > the expected probability of the modifier occurring. C serves as both the > initial probability of the modifier and the increment by which it increases > every time the modifier fails. When P(N) becomes greater than 1.00, the > modifier will always succeed. Source: http://dota2.gamepedia.com/Pseudo-random_distribution My question is how can I calculate the `C` constant? I am ready to count/parse events in game.


title: How does the rested experience system work?

text: When I first started playing Star Wars: The Old Republic, I was pleased to see a rested experience system in place. I had made extensive use of it in World of Warcraft, and planned to do the same here. I was quickly disappointed to learn that all of my rested experience was eaten up after a short few quests. Not a dealbreaker, but disappointing. Fast forward a few planets, and I'm now in the high-20's for levels. I also can't seem to use the rested experience up _at all_ now. Not complaining, but I don't do anything out of the ordinary (log off in Cantinas is about it) and just can't use it up fast enough! How do the mechanics of the rested experience system in Star Wars: The Old Republic work?


title: How do I link my games in the 3DS releases of the Oracles games?

text: Originally, linking the games required passwords for the most part, but you could also link using a Game Link cable to connect the games (provided you had two GameBoys to use). Do the Virtual Console releases only work with passwords for items and rings and the like? The game still mentions using a Game Link cable, but I am assuming that is because this is a direct port of the original. Am I stuck just remembering passwords and secrets and writing them down to enter later? Or is there any other way to link the two games?


title: Why can't I download an already purchased game on steam to my other pc? (VIA STEAM)

text: So I have a new PC. I downloaded the Steam app. Some days ago I just got a game(Ace of Spades) and I wanna use it on this PC. When I click play now on its Steam page it doesn't start the download, but it starts a window named: Steam - Update News. This window is almost empty it only has the copyright things at the bottom. My ideas:   * I just reset my password. Maybe this is the problem.   * Steam is just buggy for me.   * Or it is a problem with my computer or my account.


title: Do any of the reaper troops count as synthetics against skills?

text: For the purpose of skills like _Sabotage_ and _Overload_ do any of the reaper troops count as synthetics? I feel like some of them should, since they're clearly robotic (partially at least). However, I've been trying to sabotage _Marauders_ and haven't had any success.


title: After unsubscribing, should I still have access to Foxtel on the Xbox 360?

text: On my Xbox Live account a while back I had Foxtel. I got over it / didn't have time for it after a couple months of paying for this service and I removed it from my account. I haven't been charged for it since, so I'm considering it closed / null / void. Last night out of pure being too tired to think properly I selected Foxtel from the main menu, which has recently been updated interface wise. I didn't realize until about 20 minutes later but I was able to view quite a number of channels even though I didn't have a Foxtel subscription. I'm now concerned that this has automatically resubscribed me to my old plan and will begin charging me. Is this the case, or are there just a few channels that are free? (Seems weird if so). I thought it might deduct Microsoft Points or similar per hour but that doesn't seem to have been the case.


title: Does the Suntrike / Tornado inscribed gems counter work?

text: I've never seen anyone with those gems with something other than 0. Does those gems work and if yes, where do I need to put them ?


title: Can you end Beast Form early?

text: Is there any way to end beast form early? I find myself using it to clear out a particularly hard portion of a dungeon at times, but then I have to sit around for 2-5 minutes so I can be my human character again (I have to feed to keep my health up, so I'm a werewolf longer than the 2.5 minutes). Is there anyway to end it early?


title: Is there a quick-save shortcut?

text: Is there a quick-save and/or quick-load shortcut in Deus Ex: Human Revolution?


title: Am I losing out on XP if I kill someone in Deus Ex:HR and don't accomplish the objective I set?

text: When playing DeusEx:Human Revolutions, should I try and take someone down always in order to get the most XP from them? I like maxing out when I play games, and getting as much level ups as I can. I've only been playing a few minutes, but have already noticed that if I get a kill I only get 10 XP, where as a HS will be 20XP. * * * And when I accepted the first mission, I said that I would stun everybody. After running out of ammo, I ended up just killing everyone. Does that mean that I lost out on bonus XP?


title: Is there any consequence to AI Working Antiquity Sites?

text: The AI seems to be eager to work antiquity sites within my civ's borders, and I can't stop them unless I don't renew open borders or declare war. Are there negative consequences from the AI working my antiquity sites that are within my borders, or does this not matter? Do I get the same benefits from working antiquity sites outside my borders, or do I need to have them within my borders?


title: What's up with the Strange Organism in Waking the Ancient?

text: In the mission Waking the Ancient, around the middle north of the map, there's a neutral critter that burrows as soon as you get anywhere near it. It's definitely selectable; the cursor changed when I moused over it, and I think its name was "Strange Organism" or something like that. What is it for? Is there a related achievement? Is it maybe part of an Easter egg? Or is it just a red herring? Please spoiler your answers as appropriate.


title: How do the specific bullet paths and hit boxes work?

text: I have been playing a good amount of CS GO recently and I noticed that sometimes players get kills while twitching their crosshair to the side (no hacks, I checked). I think it has something to do with the hotboxes and bullet paths. How is the bullet path created in relation to the Crosshair? Also, why do people die to head shots when the bullet visibly does not hit the player?


title: Bullet speeds in CS GO

text: Are there varied bullet speeds according to different guns? Do guns like the AWP have faster bullets than guns like the M249?


title: The Mad God's Bargain

text: This is the final part of the mage's guild questline so readers beware of spoilers. > What do I get if I choose to save Valaste, instead of taking the book for > the 2 skill points? P.S. Answerers please us the spoiler tag before any revealing response >!


title: Can I restart the story missions in True Vault Hunter Mode?

text: I started a new game on TVHM and got to where you meet Roland's spy Mordecai. Then I went to test multiplayer and finished the game with the team I was in, it asked me something like "Do you want to skip all the missions you would do" and I didn't understand it was saying so I just said yes to continue. After that I went back to the menu and chose continue. ( 1 Player ) Suddenly I was at where the team quit and I had no more Story missions available. Eventually I decided to start over on TVHM with that lvl 50 but it won't let me. When I choose "New Game" It will only let me create a new character. How do I start another TVHM game from the beginning with my existing level 50 character?


title: How would I solve this level?

text: There is no editable space in the code here, so I have no idea how you would get to the exit. There is apparently no way to the exit because of the trees blocking me. Any help/suggestions? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9eeBx.png)


title: How do I change sounds on Minecraft 1.7.5?

text: I need to know really bad what the sounds are in now in Minecraft 1.7.5 and I cannot find them anywhere! I have tried looking for the right folder and the folder is not there! The folder I am looking for is the resource folder. I looked in all the files of it and still can't find it!


title: Skylanders tower of time trouble

text: I brought the tower of time adventure pack for Skylanders Swap Force, and used it on my game. My friend didn't have the pack but wanted to play the extra level so I lent it to them, assuming it would be like previous adventure packs where you could use them as many times and on as many consoles as you want. However, when he put it on his portal it didn't do anything, no error message, no cut scene, it didn't even register in his collection. I have looked online for a solution but I can't find anyone who has actually lent it to a friend, so I have no idea if the cheat of just lending figures to friends still works, or whether once the tower of time has registered on one console it can never be used again. Has anyone lent it to someone else, and did it work on their console?


title: What can be grabbed with the Advanced Grabbing Unit?

text: I'm curious as to what can be grabbed with the Advanced Grabbing Unit from the Asteroid Redirect Mission update. The wiki says that it can "pick up just about anything," but that's just not reassuring enough. Can it grab space debris from orbit? How large does the object have to be in order to be grabbed? Any videos of it?


title: Does Frozen Heart affect the Attack Speed from minions/jungle creeps?

text: Well, like the title says: Is the AS from minions and/or the jungle creeps affected by the 25% reduced AS? Or does it only affect enemy champions?


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

text: I'm building my artificial biomes in Terraria so I can farm certain things and have enemies spawn. The question is how big do the biomes need to be? So far I've built a crimson, underground jungle, surface jungle and a desert but none of them are spawning monsters. I've read the Guide on Artificial biomes on Terraria wiki and many other forms but I have not found my answer. Can someone please give me detailed information? I have enough blocks to where the background and music changes for each biome and yet still no monsters.


title: Problems at White Gloves Society

text: When you visit Ultra-Luxe and meet the White Gloves Society members there is a mission that asks to look for an investigator. The problem is that as soon as I enter inside its room I am attacked by two guards and die because unarmed. How can I win against them? I tried many times but it seems I do very small damage to them.


title: What is this strange, swirly vortex thing?

text: I'm seeing these weird miniature black holes all over the place, but I can't seem to interact with them in any meaningful way. ![Treasure Adventure Game - Vortex](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rgUy4.png) Jumping through them or trying to interact by pressing UP does nothing. None of the NPCs seem to take notice of them, either. What is their purpose? Do they become significant later on?


title: Black Ops for Mac on ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB

text: I initially planned to purchase Black Ops for Mac from the Mac App Store for my late 2009 iMac. I was thinking I'd then buy GameCompanion and connect an Xbox 360 controller to my computer, effectively making it an Xbox. Unfortunately, I just checked the machine's specs, only to find that I have 256 MB of video RAM instead of the recommended 512 MB. The exact card is the ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB. If I did purchase the game, would I notice a severe amount of dropped frames, making gameplay really frustrating? If so, are there quality settings in the game I could turn down? Also, could the use of a wireless controller create additional lag? Any advice appreciated. All machine specs are as follows: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JGFzX.jpg)


title: Does the size of a Garden make any difference to beauty?

text: When placing gardens, by using the `[` or `]` keys we can cycle through many different styles of gardens. Some are really tiny (about 1x1 tile or smaller), and other are large walled in parks that take up the size of a medium size building. Is there a best way to utilize these? If I pack a 4x4 grid of small gardens into the area the size of one large garden, does that give me 16x as much beauty as an equivalent large garden?


title: Is there anyone left in the world, save me and my rifle?

text: I've been playing Under the Garden and, while exploring has been quite enjoyable, I've begun to feel a tinge of loneliness as I wander the vast pixelated landscape all by myself. This feeling was somewhat lessened when I met Jerry, my hunting rifle, but I've recently made a discovery that suggests that there may be someone else to talk to in this lonely world: ![evidence](http://i.stack.imgur.com/L3YVK.jpg) It may be a false hope, but I can't help but wonder: ### Is there anyone else in this "garden", save Jerry and I?


title: What is a Lagrangian point, and how can I get a bird into one?

text: After looking up what Lagrangian point meant, I'm pretty sure I'm more confused about what it is. It _seems_ to mean that it's some sort of point in between 2 planets or objects in spaces where a third object would maintain an orbit. Then again, I'm no astronomer. More importantly, how and on which level of _Angry Birds: Space_ can I get a bird into a Lagrangian point? I ask all this because there is a Game Center achievement called Centripetal Force: Shoot a bird into a lagrangian point, which I'm trying to get.


title: Can BuildCraft's Redstone Engines explode?

text: BuildCraft's Redstone Engines are slow, but I have always been taught that their one advantage is their inability to explode. Is this true, or am I secretly in danger if I leave them on too long?


title: What's the difference between "Full controller support" and "Partial controller support?"

text: Within Steam's "Big Picture Mode," games are shown with a half- or full- controller to signify partial- or full-controller support, respectively. ![Partial controller support](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rbs7e.jpg) However, many of the games listed as "partial controller support" I've played for hours with a gamepad, without ever needing to use a mouse or keyboard. These include   * Vessel   * Prototype 1+2   * Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City   * Beat Hazard   * LA Noire   * The Last Remnant   * Bastion And many others. So, **what exactly determines if a game has full- or only partial-controller support?**


title: Where do I get the villagers to start off an iron farm

text: I am building an iron farm and have almost completed it, when it struck me! Where do I get the villagers from? The simple answer is, go off and find a village, but I don't really want to be wandering around for miles looking for a village, then have to take them back by some means. What I was wandering was, is there an easier way? Thanks


title: Does the Captain Enchantment Tier 2 Boots Stack?

text: In the Preseason 3 Patch Notes, it says, > Enchantment - Captain: Allied champions moving towards you gain a movement > speed boost. Additionally, nearby allied minions gain a large movement speed > bonus. Is the aura from Captain Enchantment unique or does it stack? If every member of the team has this enchantment and moves towards each other, is the movement speed bonus quintupled?


title: Is there an advantage to buying the locked weapons?

text: So I play as the NC Heavy Assualt unit most of the time, I have already put hundreds of certifications into the starting weapon, the Guass SAW I believe its called. I was planning on supporting the game and becoming a premium player for a bit, eventually. I'm not willing to give up what i've already put into the starter weapon by purchasing one or two of the locked weapons unless there is a noticable advantage to having some of the locked weapons. Obviously there are different types of weapons such as shotguns and rifles, but im specifically talking about each class of weapon in general, like all Light Machine Guns (LMG). **Are all weapon classes balanced, or is there a noticable advantage to aqcuiring locked weapons?**


title: How do i get charged creepers?

text: I need help making a charged creeper! I tried a metal pole and creepers but that didn't work. I have seen them be spawned by a dropper but nothing else. I'm not entirely sure if they exist in vanilla Mine craft or not. It may come in a mod but if it's possible to get it in vanilla please help me.


title: If I delete Minecraft Pocket Edition, do I get my stuff when I download it again?

text: On my iPad I want to make a server. It worked on a different WiFi. When I got back to mine, it does not work. So I think if I delete it, the server will be back. Is that true?


title: Can we max all skills in Farcry 3?

text: I was wondering if we can max all skills in the game or we have to choose wisely because they might have a limit?


title: In the Twilight Forest mod, how does one find the Hydra?

text: I'm looking for the Hydra in the Twilight Forest mod and have failed to find it for the past several hours. Is there any strategy to finding this Hydra?


title: What is a theming bonus?

text: I've seem the term "theming bonus" mentioned a few times, for example on the aesthetics social policy tree: > Adopting all policies doubles the **theming bonus** you receive from Museums > and Wonders. And on the new France UA: > Museum and World Wonder **theming bonuses** are doubled in their capital. I understand it has something to do with combining great works, but will like to know more about this mechanism - what, exactly, does it do and how does it work?


title: Do plants respawn after a certain amount of time?

text: We need plants to make medicine or other stuff for hunting, for that you need to gather plants. The question is, **do these plants respawn after a certain amount of time or do I have to check for others around the whole map?**


title: Halo 4 armor unlocks commendation

text: In Halo 4, I've notice in the armor customization after I got the novice commendation that now it shows an armor piece that can be mastered. Is it mastered to the maxumun rank of the commendation (like 5/7) or it's for each? How many assists do you need to get to master the Sunspot?


title: How can I play as Connor?

text: Well, supposedly you unlock a Connor mission (or skin, I really didn't get that) when you link AC III with Liberation. I got Connor's Tomahawk, but I don't see how to play as Connor.


title: How does scoring work in Plague Inc on PC?

text: What determines how many Biohazards you get for a playthrough or a scenario in Plague Inc on PC? How does scoring exactly work?


I'm working on the following miscellaneous quest: > Take Torygg's War Horn to the Shrine of Talos for Elisif the Fair I have arrived at the destination, but I cannot figure out how to get the war horn out of my inventory and leave it at the shrine. Activating the Shrine of Talos gives me Talos' Blessing, but does leave the horn. I cannot seem interact with the great statue of Talos in any way. Since it is a quest item, I cannot drop the horn on the altar or on the ground in front of it, and for the same reason I cannot leave the horn in the satchel on the altar. How do I leave Torygg's War Horn at the Shrine of Talos?


title: Stop production when receiving pile is full?

text: For example, I have a still that I want to _always_ produce booze unless a receiving booze pile is full, meaning people don't need more booze. Repeat will repeat forever, regardless the state of the receiving pile. I don't mind if it requires a plugin. It really ought to be implemented, though. It's basic manufacturing engineering. I also don't mind if I have to switch to the older pre .40 version to work the plugin.


title: Is there a legal way to obtain hold guard armour?

text: Okay, I admit, I'm a huge fan of the Hold Guard Armour, especially the colour schemes, OMG awesome, but I was wondering, is there a way to obtain it without looting it from a corpse or stealing it? I'd just like to mention as well, I included both killing and coming across dead guards as looting from the corpse.


title: Do different birds effect game play?

text: You can purchase different birds with the lollies, but do different birds have an effect on game play when selected? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GIKqz.png)


title: What different kinds of rocket jumping techniques are there?

text: I've seen countless jump map videos where players effortlessly glide in midair, through long distances as a **soldier**. How do these players perform these jumps? What different kinds of rocket jumping techniques are there for the **Soldier** class? Note, I'm not talking about basic point down jump crouch and shoot, I'm asking about how to perform different jumps. I've heard some jumps called bunny hopping, and some jumps called wall riding.


title: How can I get cheats working on the My Boy! emulator?

text: Are cheats available on the free version of "My Boy!", a GBA emulator for Android? I have pokemon light platinum and wanted to use some cheats. Through extreme trial and error I haven't been able to get a cheat to work. Is it because I have the free version?


title: How to disable the "go to turn" menu entries?

text: Is there any way to remove or disable the menu entries that let you go to a previous turn? I don't mind being able to save-scum by manually loading an old save but this feature makes it a bit too tempting.


title: Find out UI element is owned by which addon

text: In WOW, is there a way I can find out a specific UI element, say an extra line in the tooltip, or a floating frame, is provided by which addon (or default UI)?


title: Civilization V Steam workshop troubles

text: So I have two different questions.   1. When I download maps from steam workshop and try to run them there are no options to select the map I had downloaded when browsing maps. What could cause this or what am I doing wrong? Specific maps being the Cataclysm Map Pack and Shinnoh Region map, note that I do have BNW installed and working.   2. My Civilization V won't run on the recommended setting anymore, I click on the option and the program won't start up anymore. It used to but now it doesn't, what's the issue with it? Thank you, Rave!


title: What transfers with your character in New Game+ mode?

text: If I decide to use New Game+ after completing the game, what transfers to the new game? Will I have an opportunity to try a new character class or gender?   Will I be locked into the same Shepard that I chose originally? **Edit** If I originally started with a save game from ME2, will the choices I made in ME2 still be in effect for the New Game+ play through or will it use the ME3 standard set of choices for a new game?


title: Do I gain income for connecting city-states to my trade network?

text: City-States keep asking me to connect to them, but I'm not sure if the life- long upkeep is worth the one-time influence gain. If, on the other hand, I get influence **and** an income boost, I'm gonna have to buy my workers an extra set of shovels and connect to city-states like mad. I could, of course, just erase the roads after I make them, but that seems like a step away from the narrative of the game and the reason behind making the road in the first place. Thoughts?


title: World of Warcraft trial link appeared in my account management but doesn't do anything

text: Before, if you didn't have latest the WoW expansion, there would be a little panel with options such as buying an expansion or trying a trial of it for 10 days inside your account. Now it's gone. All I see is this Diablo 3 offer, but a "Free trial" link appeared in the list of things you can do with your account (when you click on your WoW in the list of games). The problem is that it doesn't work. It links to nothing. When you press it nothing happens. Also, can't you usually get 7 days free for WoW's birthday? I thought that was today, but I can't find a link for it. EDIT: I have starter edition and BC's trial would reset after some time, so I was able to level to 70 like that.


title: Can AI win in any way other than dominance?

text: After seeing a very disappointing lack of followthrough from the AI in my latest deity game, I'm wondering if anyone has proof that the AI is capable of any of the following   * Achieving a diplomatic victory (by buying city states)   * Achieving a cultural victory   * Achieving a spaceship victory   * Conquering the capital of another civilization that was on a different continent than it started The last one seems possible but unlikely, while the other three appear to be impossible from what I have seen. Has anyone seen any of these happen?


title: Useful Strategy For 2x Ring of Teleportation (+2 Speed)

text: Playing as a warrior in Angband, I happened to find two (okay, more than two) rings of teleportation ... with the caveat that they increase my speed by +2 _each_. This got me thinking about how I can use them as some sort of stragy. The best I came up with is equipping both and ripping through low levels to kill uniques and fill out empty equipment, but other than that, I got nothing. At high levels, the random teleportation can easily mean instant death if you end up in the wrong place.


title: Is it possible to change language?

text: I've got a Nintendo 2DS system and Pokémon X. I now have a nice progress in the game, but I'm playing in German localization. As I'm keen on playing competitive online, I also experience that most of the up-to-date sites are English written. No problem, but it's always a pain the Froslass to look for attack, item and miscellanious names in German. I read in the interwebs that changing the language is only possible with wiping the game data. I would like to avoid this. **Is there a way to change the language of the Pokémon X/Y module without erasing the game data?**


title: What does "Purchase Refund" mean?

text: In my Completed tab, I had a Purchase Refund. I did not get a failed purchase. Where did this come from? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/h0nak.jpg)


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

text: Is there a name for games like these, with minimal interaction and no branches in the story? I've seen the term "interactive fiction" around but I'm not sure if it fits.


title: What is lag compensation?

text: Specifically in regard to online games, what is lag compensation? Should it affect the way I play?


title: Is it possible to defeat Flemeth in DA:O without any mages?

text: I did the mage tower quest early on, and ended up unwittingly killing Wynne. My player is a warrior. This essentially means that when I go to fight Flemeth, my only party choices are warrior and rogue characters (since Morrigan can't come on that quest). I've tried several times in easy mode at different levels, and get stomped rather quickly every time (it seems like Flemeth levels up as I level up). Are there any tactics or tricks to this fight that can be pulled off without magic?


title: Where is the Earthgift Shrine in Final Fantasy?

text: I am currently playing the original Final Fantasy for the iPhone and can not remember where the Earthgift Shrine is on the over world map. I have just beaten Lich and looking to return because the statue disappeared once I beat him.


title: How do you get the secret achievements in Valet Hero?

text: I have been playing the game Valet Hero for 6 months, but have (as of yet) failed to get any of the secret achievements. **What are the secret achievements in Valet Hero?**


title: How do I save/backup Halo (Combat Evolved) configuration and player saved checkpoints?

text: So yes, if you read the title it **IS** Halo: Combat evolved, got it a few months ago. It's time now to re-install and re-organize everything on my machine, so that would mean whacking everything very soon. I need to save my player checkpoints. I mean, I don't want to lose the checkpoints I've passed. I have Win7 x64 and I see this path has something like _savedgames_ :               C:\Users\<user>\Documents\My Games\Halo      Is this only it? Do I only need to copy this folder or are there others?


title: What is a useful strategy to farm runes/gems in Diablo 2?

text: As a follow up to my can I still dupe the hell out of Diablo 2 runes/gems, which I intended more for the single player fun factor, I am curious to know if there is a well developed strategy for obtaining gems and runes without duping? This is focused primarily at playing online, on battle.net, but not necessarily exclusively. If it's a good strategy I'll likely try to perfect it in single player first.


title: Does item duping still work in Diablo 2 with the latest patches (for single player use)?

text: Once upon a merry time ago I was the first kid on my block to beat Diablo 2 with a Paladin. One thing that I hated was farming for runes and gems. We discovered pretty quickly how to use multiplayer mode and a back up of the player file to dupe gems and runes so we could create things like our triple socketed perfect diamond great shield in a lot less than the forever that farming offered. Has this bug been patched over in the latest patches? (I will follow up with a question about the best way to farm runes/gems that I can use on battle.net)


title: Are there any cheats in the game "Mojo!"?

text: Are there any cheats in the game Mojo!?


title: In The Witcher 2, is it possible to hit the man with the red plume?

text: In the tutorial, the king gives Geralt the spyglass to aim for the "man with the red plume", while he adjusts the ballista. I felt like I had the cross- hairs right on the man, but when the bolt was fired, it was a bit high. Is it possible to actually hit the target? If so, do you need to aim somewhere other than directly at him (perhaps a bit low)?


title: Can I view a game's ESRB rating through Steam?

text: This shocking news report about portal 2 confirms the awful truth of the game -- it calls itself an educational game, and indeed, is rated for everyone 10 and older, but it cannot hide the fact that the game is brutally prejudiced against adopted children who may be playing it. While local news reporters continue to maintain that the sky is falling, I was actually curious about their second point -- that Portal 2 is rated E10+. While this was easily confirm-able by going to www.esrb.org, I wondered where (if!) this information was stored somewhere within the interface of the steam store itself, as I couldn't find it. Genre, sure. Player count, yes. Merchandise? Two companion cubes is enough for me, thanks. But ESRB rating? Nowhere to be found. Does Steam list the ESRB rating of the titles they sell? If so, where can I find this info within the client?


title: How can I win the training missing in Arma II called "MOUT Course" without it ending in "training accident/friendly fire" incident?

text: I am trying to finish the MOUT course in the ARMA II tutorial, and the game is ending, telling me that friendly fire damage outside the course is not allowed. All I did was get in the vehicle and drive towards the waypoint. Am I allowed to use the vehicle in completing the MOUT course? When I sit around by the sargeant who sent me into the MOUT course, he got shot and killed by the "insurgents" (other team) and that also ended the game. I don't understand what I have to do in order for the screen not to go black and tell me I lost. I have tried this about 20 times in a row, and it always seems to end in "training accident" even when I don't die. I've been shot. I've died 100 times. I've been not-shot-at-all-and-still lost. I don't get it. (I'm a little frustrated. I didn't expect the first training missing with live fire to take me 2 hours and 100 attempts. ARMA 2 is a one or two bullets and you're dead type game, and so it's scary, and fun, but really hard.)


title: How do I enter Meditation Mode?

text: The game is telling me that in order to drink potions, I must enter Meditation Mode, but it doesn't give me any clue how to enter Meditation Mode in the first place. How do I do that?


title: Restarting a level or world with more Mojo in Mojo?

text: In the game Mojo!, if you have a saved game very far along, but don't have enough Mojo to beat the level, is there some way to get more Mojo, either by restarting the level or the world? Or do you have to start the game all over?


title: Is it possible to enter the burning buildings in Pip Town?

text: Is it possible to make DeathSpank go inside of the burning buildings inside of Pip Town? If so, what's in there? I kinda missed that part while playing through the game.


title: How can I make my house boat move with command blocks?

text: I have a house boat built on water, and want to make it move around using Command Blocks. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dZk0q.jpg) More pictures. What Command Block setup would I need to move the boat in four cardinal directions?


title: Getting a trainer to work on a LAN server in World in Conflict : Soviet Assault?

text: So my friend and I got the latest version 1.011, and wanted to play a LAN game using a trainer for some extra fun. Problem is, only the admin/host can activate the trainer and play normally. While anyone else who joins can still activate the trainer, but wont be able to deploy any units at all ... so the trainer works for unlimited resources but they cannot be used to deploy units .. The glitch is annoying and was wondering if anyone figured out a way to fix this ?


title: How do the 3DS and N64 Ocarina of Time releases compare in content?

text: Does the 3DS version of _Ocarina of Time_ have more or less content than the original Nintendo 64 version?


title: Do passive bonuses from followers remain even while the follower is dead?

text: Do followers passive bonuses like Templar's Loyalty or Scoundrel's Hysteria still works while a follower is "dead"?


title: What weapons are effective against Pips in DeathSpank?

text: What weapons are effective against Pips in the burned town in DeathSpank?


title: Can I make friends with people who aren't my social media friends?

text: I want friends! Friends seem awesome! I have a couple through people I know on Facebook, but not a lot of people I know are playing this game. Can I make friends any other way than connecting my social media accounts and using those people?


title: cross-hair problem when viewing as a third person

text: I have followed this solution so I can play in 3rd person view. Now the problem is that my crosshair is showing at the back of the player not in front of the gun or player, how can I fix this?


title: Replays - Switch YouTube account that movies are uploaded to?

text: I have recently (and finally!) been able to save takes of replays as movies. I'd like to upload them to my YouTube channel, but I'd also like to track them in Team Fortress 2, especially for the Replay Achievements, as well as be able to have them on my "main" account. The first time I tried to uploaded a movie, I accidentally logged in to the YouTube account that is directly linked to my Gmail. The one I would like to upload to is a Google+ page which is managed by my Gmail account, does not use my name, and already has a video uploaded (my "main" account). My question is, how can I change the account that TF2 uploads movies to?


title: What do I need to know to enjoy watching competitive StarCraft II matches?

text: I'm hoping to convince some geek friends to attend a BarCraft event with me this weekend. The problem is, none of them have played StarCraft II before, and certainly haven't watched live professional games before. StarCraft II is a complicated game and obviously it's not possible to convey a deep knowledge of the game in a few paragraphs. That's not what I'm asking for. However, you don't need to completely understand every nuance of a game like football or baseball to have a good time watching a game, and I'm sure SC2 is no different. Let's assume your audience is a gamer with some RTS experience. Perhaps they've played the single player campaign from the original StarCraft or other RTS games, and some casual multiplayer games among friends. **What are the key concepts they should understand to follow a professional match?**


title: How can I make sure the Oliphaunt in Rome Total War doesn't lag me out?

text: There is a type of elephant in RTW called the Oliphaunt. It is a unit that can only be brought into the game through a cheat. However when I go into the battle to see these beasts in action the game lags and then closes out completely. Is there a way to see the elephants in battle without losing the battle and losing data?


title: Runescape Slayer rewards?

text: When slaying how do you receive the slayer reward points? I have completed 34 slayer tasks under Vanaka and haven't received any points. How can I earn them?


title: What does the button on Aquarium VI do?

text: I purchased the Aquarium VI at the same time as my fish, for fear of letting them die for not vising them enough. I've never noticed the aquarium before I purchased this upgrade, but there is a button on the Aquarium that simply states "Use". Pressing this button has no noticeable effect, and doesn't become available again for quite some time. What does this "use" button do?


title: What weapon stats matter for squadmates?

text: The various weapons in the game have a variety of stats, but I know that some of them (at least) are only useful to Shepard. For instance, weight. Squadmates are not at all effected by how much their weapons weigh. What other statistics matter for squadmates though? For instance, adding a scope to a SMG or AR improves its accuracy bar in the weapon stats, but does that change how accurate your squadmates are with them? As they're computer controlled (or in one case, a computer), I doubt that they're really shooting wide or missing distant targets due to a lack of scope. Squadmates have infinite ammo, so does it matter if their clip sizes or reserve ammo is larger? Do they depend on the "real" reload delay for a weapon, or do they spend a fixed amount of time in their reload animation regardless? Has anyone tested to confirm that damage upgrades actually mean something for them?


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

text: In Grissom Academy: Emergency Evacuation we can choose between having the students in a support role or having them be a front line force. This either improves the 103rd Marine Divison (+50 strength) or activates the Biotic Company (+75 strength) War Assets. Are there other consequences, such as dialogues which will not appear, from this action? For example are the War Assets for Jack and Kahlee Sanders added regardless of your choice? Will the option to allow Citadel entry for Grissom instructors and students still appear at the Spectre terminal regardless of your choice?


title: Can I check what challenges I have completed during a mission?

text: I'd like to know which singleplayer campaign challenges I have completed, as well as refresh my memory of what some of them are. Can I do this while on the mission?


title: Will shopkeepers infected by rot die?

text: I accidentally sold a Tenebrium infused weapon to a shopkeeper and now he has rot and is taking 1 rot damage every turn. Does this mean that he will eventually die? In this case he's actually an undead shopkeeper so I have no clue what will happen.


title: Do I need to complete more than 2 challenges per mission?

text: Completing 2 challenges during a campaign mission awards an unlock. Are there any rewards for completing more than 2 challenges?


title: Do I need to finish a mission to receive its challenge unlock?

text: Do I need to complete a mission after completing 2 challenges to receive the mission unlock? Does replaying a mission, having completed it without 2 challenges before, change anything?


title: What is the way to expose a ship's powder stores

text: On some of the ship missions there is an optional objective of "sink ships by firing on their powder stores". I know how this works broadly - I've shot up some ships and got the specific target that I can hit with my small gun. The problem is I don't know how you expose the powder stores and much more often I sink the ship before any mini- target appears. For me it seems to be random chance whether you get the powder stores exposed or not but I'm sure that there are ways to do it more precisely. So is there a technique to exposing a ships powder stores? What is the best way to complete these bonus objectives (so far I've repeated one mission about 10 times because I keep sinking a ship the old fashioned way (or occasionally accidentally ram one and sink it that way).


title: Where is the kakliosaur specimen/fossil?

text: A salarian in the Presidium Commons of the Citadel asked me to hunt down a kakliosaur specimen for him. **Where do I need to go and what am I looking for in order get him what he wants?**


title: Is there a shortcut to Investigate or Enter Orbit when cruising around a system?

text: I haven't been able to locate a PC short cut to investigate or enter orbit when scanning a sector. This would be very helpful as I'm often being chased by Reapers who want to ... well ... reap me. Getting into orbit of the fuel pod or planetoid as quickly as possible helps cut down on all the reaping going on. Does anyone know this shortcut?


title: Is it possible to finish ME3 with only two squad members?

text: Depending on choices from ME1, ME2, ME3, is it possible to have only two remaining squad members to select from for the final ME3 mission?


title: How do you get codes to redeem for The Croods?

text: There is an option top redeem codes in Rovio's "The Croods" but I haven't seen any info on how they are distributed. I assume movie tickets will be one way but are there any others?


title: King Arthur II won't go past intro

text: I can't seem to install any patches. They all say that some file version is incompatible I started with `v101` patch however I still can't apply it. Anyhow I meet maximum requirements and have all the drivers installed. Game starts up fine I get to menu I choose New Campaign it shows me the Intro I can even skip it pressing ESC however then it gets to final part of intro and it just stops there never gets in to the game. Sound still plays, no errors or popup messages or crashes just this bug.


title: Nvidia 3d vision not activating automatically

text: When I start a game (like SW:TOR for example), the screen shows the dual image for my 3d vision, but the glasses are not activated. To make it work, I have to go to nvidia control panel, 3d section and change the '3d display device' (or something) from 'nvidia 3d discovery' to my monitor, but I have to do this every time I restart the computer. This didn't happen a few months ago, but guess something changed (some patch or nvidia drivers). Anybody knows how to fix this?


title: Why does the second build screen only display "more..." in original Civilization?

text: When I click of "change" in a city in original Civilization and then "more...", I have the following screen : ![more more](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3FCBg.png) There should be the list of city improvement. Is that a known bug? Is there a work around? This is version 475.01.


title: How can I switch between detail views?

text: In NFS SHIFT 2 I cannot switch between these mods in PC: ![screenshot1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/u6hXN.jpg) ![screenshot2](http://i.stack.imgur.com/O5HtL.jpg) Can anyone please help me? Where do I need to set the key for it?


title: Where can I find skill books?

text: I have found a couple of skill books that when read, leveled up my skill, one in sagecrafting and the other one in stealth. Are the locations of skill books random? If it isn't random, where can I find all the skill books?


title: What is the turn length in Civilization?

text: In the first edition of Civilization, the length of each turn varies. It starts at 20 year before 1AD and is one year after 1900. What is the full table of turn length?


title: How to increase speed and flow of movement on dolphin emulator

text: I am trying to play Super Smash Bros Brawl on the Dolphin emulator but can't play well as the speed of the game is incredibly slow. What can I do to prevent this problem, so that I get faster character animations and movement?


title: Saving items when updating a mod

text: I want to update Divine RPG. Is it possible to save the items I already have and add them to the new version of the mod?


title: Will anything (gameplay wise) be missed in 3 if one does not play the DLC in 2?

text: I have barely played any of the DLC in Mass Effect 2. If I do not get around to playing it (and thus no save file containing data about the DLC events), will I miss anything in Mass Effect 3 (such as character encounters, items, missions, etc)?


title: Will Prestige option for stat reset keep your unlocked weapons/perks?

text: I understand that one of the three options when you prestige is to reset all stats, but you can also use a prestige token to permanently unlock some weapon/perk - so my question is: When you reset your stats upon prestiging, will that also remove the permanently-unlocked weapon/perk that you unlocked with a prestige token? I ask because I have an awful K/D, so I want to reset upon hitting 55, but I also want to permanently unlock a weapon.


title: Do the post level 50 specalizations provide anything apart from armor?

text: After you reach SR 50 in Halo 4 you get to choose a specalization such as Wetwork, Operator, Stalker, etc and these levels go through from 1 - 10. Once you have your chosen unlock, do they grant you any special abilities or is it just armor? I have the full set of Venator armour with a fairly distinctive visor and would like to keep it unless there are other benefits. It's quite overwhelming the amount of customization and unlocks in Halo: 4.


title: How do I change where my mii is from on Nintendo 3DS?

text: How do I change where my mii is from? I try to change it and it won't let me. I put somewhere else in on accident and it won't let me change it to where I'm from.


title: How to pickpocket in Assassins Creed 1 on Xbox?

text: Once you lock on to your target with LT what do you do?


title: Do patterns on the ground prevent snow?

text: I just finished placing patterns on the ground all around my town in _Animal Crossing: New Leaf_. I was wondering though. When it snows, will there be no snow on the ground because of the patterns? If so, will I be able to make snowmen still?


title: How to solo-hunt demons as a Level 220+ Royal Paladin and make a profit?

text: In Tibia, is it possible to solo-hunt demons as a Level 220+ Royal Paladin while still making a profit from the hunt? I remember trying this in Goroma, but there is such a huge spawn of demons there that I ended up wasting a lot of time and resources just to kill a few of them. What locations would you suggest to do this? Any special strategies? P.S. Can someone add the Tibia tag please? Thanks.


title: Do the bullets that bounce off riot shields and kill people count as a kill for the person shooting or the person with the riot shield?

text: The intel sometimes says that "Bullets can ricochet off riot shields and kill!" which I have never seen happen. Anyway, I was wondering that if this were to occur, who would get the kill for it, the person shooting, or the person with the riot shield?


title: What are all the moves required for Perfect Freeflow 2.0?

text: In _Batman: Arkham City_ , there is an achievement/trophy called **Perfect Freeflow 2.0** , described as `Perform a perfect combo including all of Batman's combat moves (any play mode)`. What are all the moves that have to be done, and is there a recommended place and order to do them in to get this achievement? Apart from finding a good place to do this, I feel like I must be missing a few moves as I was pretty sure I'd get this a few times.


title: Do I only get one chance at passing Gracie's fashion check?

text: Gracie finally, well, graced my town today for the first time! I was nervous about passing her fashion check, but I decided to go ahead and try it anyway with only a mere two items (Basketball Shorts and a Hockey Mask for a Sporty theme). I managed, despite kind of looking like a sporty serial killer. ![my mayor dressed in sporty/scary clothing](http://i.stack.imgur.com/T8f4q.jpg) Gracie doublechecks whether you want to actually go ahead with a fashion check, which makes me wonder if I only get one chance when she's there in my town for the day. She does mention that she is there for the entire day, so I imagine I'd have time to order something from my catalog if I were worried about not passing the check. I know that you don't get a second chance after _successfully_ passing the check because I tried talking to her afterwards and she didn't give me one. But do I get another chance if I fail the first time?


title: How do I get fireballs?

text: I was playing a game in G+K when my AI team mates started attacking some city states. I noticed that the catapults and even the pike men were throwing fireballs. How do I do that? I know players can do that.


title: Is there a way to cancel a beam attack on iPad?

text: When playing on the tablet, once you start drawing the path of the beam to perform an attack, when the beam is already charged and ready, is there a way to cancel the attack? The game auto-pauses while selecting the position of the beam, but sometimes you realize that there is something that you want to do first so you need to stop that attack. However when you raise your fingers from the screen, the action resumes automatically giving you no option to pause or cancel the beam attack.


title: Can I re-gift Steam gifts?

text: I was wondering if this is possible: I received a game as Steam gift from a friend, but I'm not really interested about that game. If I do not claim/activate the game, is it possible to give it to someone else who has a Steam account? If so, how long can I keep the game without redeeming/activating it before sending it to someone else?


title: How to mix PS3- and PC-Sound for one headset?

text: I like to play games on my PS3 while I'm talking to my mates on Teamspeak on my PC. So I switch to PTT (Push To Talk) on Teamspeak to not broadcast my TV- Sound all the time and simply play. That is kind of annoying, because I need to press some button on a keyboard next to me to speak and may need to pause the game to prevent broadcasting while I'm talking. Both Screens (TV & Monitor) are not directly next to each other. My Monitor is connected via DVI to my PC, my PS3 videosignal is going through HDMI to my TV and the audiosignal goes through the optical port to my home theatre. So my question is: Is there a way to mix both audiosignals together (without any audio/video-ansync-lag) on one headset? I think I might need a 2 channel mixer, but I'm not very familiar with those kind of hardware. Maybe there is an easier way to do this? If you need any further information let me know :) PS: I don't know if this question is fitting this part of SE :/ If not feel free to point me to the right site. Thanks!


title: Is there any way to tell what size a bug/fish is after it's in your inventory?

text: Today's the Bug-Off and according to the advice given here, I should turn my bugs of the same type in ascending order of size. Unfortunately, I caught all of my bugs last night in preparation, and I didn't realize as I was catching them that I should have written down their sizes in the process. The only thing I can seem to do is either Release or Show Off outside, neither of which would help me. Inside, I can only Display, and that doesn't seem to give me additional information either. Is there any way to check the size of a bug (or a fish) after you've already caught it and have it in your inventory? The Encyclopedia only has your record size.


title: minecraft.net wont let me download minecraft

text: After resetting my password, I tried downloading the game and it asked me to register for a new account. It sends me to this site. I know my password and have the email since I just reset my password. Why can't I download the game?


title: Fallout 3 - No Disk Inserted Error

text: I cannot play Fallout 3. Whenever I click either the Fallout3.exe or falloutlauncher.exe and this message appears: > No disc inserted. Please insert the original "Fallout 3" CD/DVD.   >  Please have a look at http://www.securom.com/message.asp?m=nodisc for > further, more detailed information. I've seen many people saying that you don't need the disk to play because you can just click the fallout3.exe but I still get this message. Can anyone help me?


title: How do I save in Dungeon Siege 3?

text: OK, I feel like this should be a question that I don't need to ask, but I couldn't find an explanation anywhere. I am playing the full version of Dungeon Siege 3 (not the demo, which doesn't allow saving). I walked up to a save point beacon, and the game popped up a little "hint" explaining that this was a save point. But it didn't tell me what to do with it, nor did it appear that it had auto-saved when I touched it. I tried bringing up the game menu, but there was no Save Game option, only Load Game (and that only showed my last auto-save). So how do I actually save at a save point?


title: Turning on Aerial Faith Plate trajectory display?

text: In the Advanced Aerial Faith Plate room, the commentary node shows you trajectory lines for the Aerial Faith plates and talks about some of the implementation details of them. I was wondering if all of the trajectory visualization data was still present for the rest of the game and if there was a way to turn them on (presumably via the console)?


title: Does unlocking the Necromancer trainer have any disadvantages?

text: If you unlock the Necromancer trainer by > taking the purple skull from the forbidden library, then visiting the mage > tower and responding in a friendly way to the necromancer that appears, what are the consequences _apart_ from unlocking the Necromancy trainer and making those skills available? Are there any negative consequences due to the fact that > you apparently killed the Headmaster at the mage tower under the influence > of the skull?


title: How to summon an NPC?

text: I play offline and don't currently have an Xbox Live subscription. I know this means I cannot summon other players, but can I still summon NPCs? I am currently at the fight of the 3 sentinels and I thought you could summon an NPC to help with them. I am human but when I pull out the white sign soapstone (just before the fight), it is greyed out/disabled. Am I missing a step?


title: Is there a way to keep item names displayed?

text: I'm not a fan of constantly hitting alt to see what loot is left on the ground. Is there a way to keep item names permanently displayed?


title: Minecraft won't start

text: i have the launcher version 1.3.11 and anytime i run any minecraft version it loads and nothing happens![It says Fatal Error](http://i.stack.imgur.com/p5dLD.png) HELP!


title: How do I get more Spoils of War?

text: After a (lost) match, in the XP/GP reward screen, I also got a "Spoils of War", a rare Datanode chance pack, obviously a random reward item. What's the mechanic there, how do I get more spoils?


title: Steam Error - "There was an error retrieving trade offers"

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nBuVI.png) I've been getting this error constantly. Refreshing the page yields nothing, regardless if I do it through the Steam Browser or a internet browser (Chrome, Firefox, Netscape (lel), etc.) I'd love to access my trade offers, but it seems I can't find any solution here. How can I get rid of this?


title: Fez: Treasure Chest in the sewer/well area with acid

text: On the level that is diagonal up/right from the Well warp room, with the image with a cube piece above a valve, I cannot figure out the solution. You can lower the water level to get to a pivot to move a platform, but it doesn't seem to help much. ![sewer floating platform](http://i.stack.imgur.com/o1V6a.png)


title: Hackers on GFWL

text: I've met a couple of hackers with infinite health on Dark Souls PC, and filed complaints with Games for Windows Live. Is this effective at all? How and when are players sanctioned? Also, is there a known bug where someone's healthbar doesn't deplete in PvP?


title: Is Lemmings on Game Boy actually completable?

text: Feeling nostalgic, I decided to dig out my old copy of Lemmings on Game Boy. However, I soon remembered why I never completed the Mayhem section - level 4 appears to be completely impossible due to a bug in the game. The full layout is the same as Fun 21 listed here. This time I get 14x Climber and 14x Digger. I need to save 14/14 Lemmings. But when the Lemmings climb up the spiral pattern, this happens: ![lemmings mayhem 4](http://i.stack.imgur.com/yJwfU.png) The Lemmings fall through the platform! And unfortunately the fall is too high so they go splat. After ages trying to find a workaround, I found some levels codes online (above link). Incidentally many pages only gave codes up to this level so obviously had the same problem. I'm guessing the passwords I found were extracted from the game's code. I was going fine until level 16, which also appears to be unsolveable. I am supposed to get a climber to loop round anti-clockwise from the top then left- to-right along the bottom and back up: ![lemmings mayhem 16](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EEse3.png) However, my climber cannot climb up those diamond objects - he climbs about halfway and falls back down. There are not enough Builders to bridge the gap. (I get: 1x Climber, 14x Floater, 3x Builder, 8x Basher, 3x Digger.) So my question: **Are these levels actually solvable?** And is this a known issue with the game? I couldn't find any information online.


title: Buying localized Playstation 4 games in US Playstation Store

text: If I buy a game in the US Playstation Store that has been localized for another country will I be able to use the localization. For example: "Lego: The Hobbit" can be purchased locally with Danish translation and I assume that is the version, I would get if I purchased it in the Danish Playstation Store. If I purchase it in the US Playstation Store, will I still be able to play it in Danish?


title: Do Luck-J and Mug synergise?

text: I have found a `Luck-J` scroll using Boko and I have added it to my GF. I am interested if it will work with `Mug` and allow me to mug rarer items from enemies easier? What things does Luck effect?


title: Im having trouble setting up my minecraft server

text: When I double click on my minecraft server in the folder, instead of running and showing all the data like it should it just opens up the file and nothing loads? What do I do? I would love if somebody could answer this question thanks!


title: Will Lair Of The Shadow Broker change my game if downloaded half-way through?

text: I've started playing ME3, and was wondering if there's now any point in downloading LOTSB? I'm not too far in to ME3, I've just recruited Garrus. Will LOTSB have any bearing on my game if I play it now?


title: Map blocking my screen in Hexxit

text: When I play Hexxit, my map blocks my screen. I can't get rid of it and I can't fix it on settings. Its really annoying because I can't see where I'm going. ![2014-02-03_09.16.13.png] That's my screenshot. It might not show up, but anyway, please help me with this matter. Thanks.


title: What are these weird games in my steam library?

text: I was cleaning out my steam library today and noticed something weird. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xq760.png) Dozens of games of the format, SteamAppXXXX, which don't seem to do anything. Given their... questionable nature, I haven't tried to install or run them. What's going on here?


title: Removing Skyrim's HD texture pack before finishing the entire download

text: I saw the HD texture pack for Skyrim on Steam, so I went ahead and clicked install. One thing I forgot to check is the download size, which is important since my connection speeds are throttled if I exceed 9GB of bandwidth before the end of the month. Is there any way I can cancel the download?


title: Lost profile on Xbox 360 without Xbox Live

text: My husband was playing COD Ghosts this past weekend. When he turned the XBox 360 on the next day all of our profiles were gone. In memory, we can see 2 saved COD games but they say "unassigned profiles" underneath. We do not play online and are not connected to XBox Live as we don't have WiFi in the house. Any suggestions?


title: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, Kleer Skeletons on City of Memphis - Metropolis

text: I can't seem to find a reasonable way to get to get past this part. I've carefully jumped back across the bridge, but the Kleer Skeletons just keep building up. Once there are enough of them, the bridge extends, allowing them to reach me. How can I defeat this large mob without having to take advantage of an exploit?


title: What request should I send to steam to buy an item from the community market?

text: I wrote a little python script that watches community market's items I'm interested in, and makes a sound when he finds an item that matches the price I inputted. The thing is, since the community market is full of bots, every time I hear the sound, I rush to the item's page, but when it's a really good offer, the item is gone. I don't have much money and this is very frustrating, I couldn't buy one good offer since I coded this script. So I would like to take it a step further : how can I buy items without using a web browser ? I guess I have to look at the HTTP request when I buy an item, but I don't know much about HTTP requests. Also, is this legal, concerning Valve ? This seems a bit weird if bots are authorized to do their own business, do people get banned if their account's activity gets suspicious (like 100 buyings/sellings in a day) ? I didn't know where to post this, please tell me if I'm in the wrong place. Thanks in advance, and sorry for the mistakes, this is not my native language.


title: How to you see if other players have overpower levels in Borderlands 2?

text: Is there any possible way to tell if another player joining your server has overpower levels, without having to ask them? Also, is there a way of telling by joining their server, seeing if the host has overpower levels?


title: Dark Souls retail version to Steam?

text: Is it possible, to register Dark Souls **CD key from retail version (Box)** on Steam (I don't want just add it to steam library but to account as other steam games)? Box version is really nice, so I'm gonna buy it, but I cannot find info about registering **CD Key**.


title: Do I need to run PSP System activation in order to use DLC

text: I have Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days in which I can get DLC from the Australian PSN Store. I plan to buy Black Rock Shooter from the UK PSN Store due to the fact that the licences agreement NISA made prevents them from selling it in a number of countries in which Australia is one of them. Now I read that in order to play content from different PSN Stores the system has to be activated on that store which can be done by connecting the PSP to the PS3 and using the system action function (which I have to use due to the fact that the PSP is not compatible with my wireless encryption) however from what I read a PSP can't be activated for 2 accounts simultaneously. I'm wondering if I can download DLC from the AU PSN Store then switch the activation to the UK PSN Store, download Black Rock Shooter and remain activated on the UK Store and still use the DLC I brought from the AUS PSN Store or if it would be better to get a separate PSP? NOTE: I could just use the UK PSN Store to get the DLC but I have to wait almost 2 weeks to get UK PSN Cards while locally I can get them in 24 hours or less, even less if it's a weekend.


title: What is this Item I found in Minecraft?

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PRJkt.png) This item above was accidently found when playing Minecraft Multiplayer, what is it? Could someone please explain what it does?


title: Is it possible to stab an enemy before the hand goes into the ready position?

text: As stated in the title is it possible to stab an enemy before the hand goes into the ready position? For those who don't know already: This is the "ready" position that the hand goes into before you stab someone. ![Ready](http://i.stack.imgur.com/WAvcg.jpg) This is the "idle" position that the hand is in by default. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/FBXwn.jpg)


title: How to find my way to a quest location?

text: I'm trying to get to Dead Crone Rock for the quest Pieces of the Past. There is a pommel of Mehrunes' Razor that I need to retrieve for Silus Vesuius. Right now, I'm standing at the city gates in Markath.


title: Where do I find robo dogs?

text: Where can I find robo dogs in _Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon_? This is the last animal I need for the "Murder Nature" achievement.


title: Can I Destroy the Giant Enemy Ship Before I'm Supposed to?

text: I played FreeSpace 2: Colossus quite a while ago, and I remember one mission in particular. The mission involves (not surprisingly) some dogfighting. However, partway through the mission, an **enormous** enemy vessel shows up, and you're ordered to retreat as fast as you can. However, if you stay behind and defeat the remaining enemy dogfighters, all becomes quiet. The large ship doesn't actually attack you, nor are more fighters released. In fact, by sitting there with my fighter's weapons firing for around half an hour, I remember that I was able to lower this enemy giant's health(?) down to the 20% range. What happens if you take the time to lower the health of this ship to 0%? Is it even possible? You're certainly not **supposed** to even attempt to engage with this particular ship, at least not at this point in the game. * * * **Edit:** I think this is the enemy ship I'm thinking of: ![SD Ravana](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Wp5Jk.jpg)


title: Do Titans have a weak point?

text: In _Titanfall_ , do the different Titans have weak points that are better to shoot at? If so, are they the same on the different chassis?


title: How do I get Silverwood saplings?

text: Silverwood trees apparently purify the area around them, and have their own aura nodes. It seems like a no-brainer to plant a couple of them around my base to offset the damage my inept thaumaturgical tinkering is doing. However, I haven't been able to get any silverwood saplings at all. The Thaumonomicon has this to say: > a silverwood sapling [is] a prize beyond measure. So I assume it's not as easy as cutting down silverwood trees. Doing that yields nothing at all, aside from the wood. Is there something special I have to do to get these saplings, or is it even possible at all? I know the saplings exist as items, but that could just be for server ops to spawn in.


title: Do coins from item boxes count towards total coins collected?

text: Mario Kart 8 has coins scattered about the track which make you go faster and contribute to unlocking kart customisations. Coins can also be obtained from item boxes - there's one item that gives you 2 coins when activated. These (obviously) contribute to making you go faster, but do they contribute to customisation unlocks?


title: Do other vehicles or upgrades make a difference in Extreme Road Trip 2?

text: I've been playing this game on my tablet the past few days, gathered a bunch of coins and in-game money. Also unlocking different vehicles and upgrading them too. **Does it matter if I buy a new vehicle or upgrade my existing?** I haven't noticed any difference in the way different vehicles perform, or if they have received upgrades.


title: How to effectively deal with armed thugs as Catwoman?

text: I've gotten to the late portions of the game, and I have trouble dealing with armed thugs as Catwoman. Okay, I can do ledge takedowns and corner takedowns and behind-the-back takedowns, but I can't get anywhere close to the speed in which I take them all downs as Batman - especially since I don't have access to the weapon disabler and the freeze gel. Are there are tips to taking them down fast?


title: China aid to development edict

text: Señorita Piña is asking me to proclaim this edict to "get more men", but I can't find it. Only USSR and US development aid edicts are in the international relations pane. Any one know how to activate the edict or accomplish the task?


title: How can I get into the client faster?

text: It can take a while for the Ingress client to start. There's an initial loading screen, followed by the "acquiring user" screen, followed by a few seconds of waiting for the client to determine my position. **Is there anything that can be done to cut down on all of that startup time?** Note: I'm providing my own answer below, but I hope that won't dissuade anyone from also answering.


title: Are there any mods that make the helicopters in Crysis behave in a more "realistic" manner?

text: I've recently picked up Crysis on Steam and have noticed that the helicopters exhibit some very annoying behaviour. They seem to be able to spot you from miles away, regardless of whether you are hiding or cloaked (fair enough if they have IR sensors, but it's no fun if you can't hide), and while their shots do very little damage, they come in extremely rapid succession. Basically they are a pain and feel a little out of context with the rest of the game. Are there any mods that improve their behaviour? The helicopters in Half Life 2 were always an enjoyable fight, whereas these are most definitely not.


title: How do I reach the first GPS cache I see?

text: In _Tomb Raider_ , just after you reach the first campsite, there is a GPS cache on a small rock jutting out from the rocky wall. I've tried jumping to this ledge, from every angle I can think of, to no avail. I _know_ there's something up there. It glows yellow in my Survival Instincts. I just can't get to it. **How do I reach this GPS cache?**


title: Is there a difference in speed between the spider and cavespider?

text: I have been exploring an abandoned mineshaft lately in minecraft and I saw regular spiders and a cave spider spawner. The cave spiders seemed to be a lot quicker than the regular spiders. Is this true, or are they the same speed or are the regular spiders quicker. If I am wrong about the cave spiders being faster, do they appear to be faster because they are only one block wide?


title: Is there anything to do with cursed items?

text: An Anvil of Krong cursed my weapon. Is there anything to do to undo this, or should I just get rid of this item?


title: Are shields useful in Final Fantasy 3?

text: Like in Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III (for Nintendo DS and iOS) allows you to choose between equipping a weapon and a shield, or to equip two weapons. Is it ever worth it to choose a shield? In FF2, it was often better to equip a shield than to equip two weapons, since your non-dominant hand did less damage anyway, and enemy attacks in the end- game often caused deadly side-effects, putting a premium on the extra evasion a shield provided. In FF3, however, there's no concept of 'dominant hand', so dual-wielding does double your damage. Furthermore, there doesn't seem to be an "evasion" stat at all, though I guess it could be a hidden stat. I'm about halfway through the game (just got the fire crystal), and have never seen any "shield-block" animation that indicates that the character dodged an attack thanks to his shield. So, is dual-wielding usually the better route in FF3? If so, are there exceptions?


title: How do I "spray" an image properly?

text: In Team Fortress 2 how do I "spray an image"? I thought that I had to download (or make) the spray, then within the game bind a key, or something like that. I also wanted to know if I can use sprays on all servers or not. Is it only one spray per round or something?


title: Steam update stuck at 99%

text: I am having some trouble launching Steam. My PC was out of my home country for almost a year while I was changing jobs. I am starting up a PC after almost a year. The PC remained in Spain, while I was changing jobs. I finally have it. :-) I got a technician to verify that all parts are working properly. I got all excited and started Steam to get this screen. ![Steam 99% error](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gCBwD.png) Since then each time I start Steam, same progress. It never goes beyond the 99% screen. My HDD are not grinding etc. I have enough RAM about 8 GB. Can someone experienced in this help?


title: Soloing Sunwell with a Rogue

text: I would like to know if there are any good ways of soloing Sunwell Raid as a Rogue. I gave it a try yesterday, but got bashed by Brutallus. This seems strange as I can solo BlackTemple relatively easily. I would like to farm Tho'Ridal, the Legendary Bow. So, how can a Rogue solo Brutallus?


title: Any good explanation of the different weapons and their effect on Sins of a Solar Empire?

text: I regularly play SoaSE but one thing that I haven't found is a good explanation/tutorial of the differences between the weapons present in the game and their effect on the hull and shield points of the enemy ships. Any good pointers?


title: Which Destruction spells benefit from the "Impact" (Dual Cast Stagger) perk?

text: The Destruction skill tree's "Impact" perk (req: 40 skill) has the following description: > Most Destruction spells will stagger an opponent when dual cast. Which spells qualify?


title: Is it possible to do a bow attack and not be adjacent to enemy in Battle for Wesnoth?

text: I just started to play Battle for Wesnoth. I did some of the tutorial and I have started a novice campaign. When controlling say the elven archers, I wish to do an attack by bow. Given that it is a range weapon, I would assume I could be several squares away and attack the enemy. Every time I attack with it though, it seems that the game requires that I be adjacent to the enemy to carry out the attack. This is by clicking on the archer then clicking on the enemy. Is there a way to do a true range attack with a bow from several squares away? Seems like the learning curve would accelerate quite a bit if I find out how.


title: What are you supposed to do with the Giant Ant in the Gutter?

text: While exploring the gutter I bumped into a giant ant that seems to constantly spit an harmless gas. You can lock it, so it seems an enemy, but it doesn't hit back on you if attacked. I tried to google about it but I wasn't satisfied by what I've read. What's the purpose of this Ant? Is there a way to interact with it? Killing it would/would not trigger events?


title: Which search parameters do I need to get the 'Conspiracy Theorist' achievement?

text: I'm early on in the Mass Effect 3 DLC 'Leviathan' and I have been asked to search a lab. I have found all of the clues and I'm trying to get the achievement 'Conspiracy Theorist': > **Conspiracy Theorist** :   >  Use clues to pinpoint the exact location of an objective. Which search parameters do I have to activate in order to get this achievement?


title: Can I still get the Haunted Metal Scrap?

text: Is Haunted Metal Scrap being awarded during the lead-up to this year's Halloween event? Is haunted scrap under the same restrictions as haunted gifts (i.e. they're only awarded during a special time of year)? I've attempted to melee the Horsemann a couple times but I haven't had any success.


title: Steam Trading Error - "Your Inventory Is Not Available At This Time"

text: I am having trading issues very often in Team Fortress 2. I get a message stating `Your Inventory Is Not Available At This Time` in the area where your items are then quickly closes and says: > "Oh nooooooes! Sorry, some kind of error has occurred: The trading session > has expired." Any help would be appreciated as I trade on a regular basis. _(I have tried restarting Steam, my PC and TF2. It has been going for a few days)_ I have sent a Ticket but that might not be answer for a few days.


title: How to unlink my Nintendo ID from the 3DS?

text: My 3DS has some games downloaded. I want to make it stop using my current Nintendo ID when entering the store. I see two ways to do so:   * **Factory reset** : This is absurd.   * **Delete the Nintendo ID, and destroy any games purchased by it** : Are you kidding me? What am I supposed to do? I just want to unlink my Nintendo ID from this device without losing anything.


title: How do I get more Tour Centers?

text: I only have knew tour center and would love to have more so I can explore places faster. How do I get additional ones?


title: Where can I find the source code for Dungeon Defenders?

text: According to the wiki, the PC version of Dungeon Defenders comes with the _"gameplay code and source"_ for UDK, for the purposes of modding. However, it's not listed in the usual place ( _"Tools"_ in Steam), and I can't find any other info online. Where is the source code?


title: Play Dragon age Awakening non steam version with the Dragon Age:Origins steam version?

text: Is this possible? I did research, and I found multiple people on forums saying that this is possible, but they don't explain how.


title: What can I do with all my EU?

text: On my Tekkit server I have several solar arrays and a nuclear reactor producing tonnes of EU, and most of it if going into storage and rarely used en masse. Aside from a mass fabricator, how could I use this EU in a productive way?


title: How do I increase the tech level of my industry?

text: I'd like my city to specialize in electronics, starting with the processor factory. One of the requirements of the processor factory is that I have to have 5 medium-tech industrial buildings in my city but unfortunately I only have low-tech industry. The industrial side of my city is pretty well off, they love to build big buildings but they're mostly large factories. I've even bulldozed them once or twice to see if they're rebuild with higher tech. How do I convince my sims to build higher tech industrial buildings?


title: How does the AI decide to declare war against you?

text: In nearly all of my games at king difficulty, all AIs (even Ghandi!) declare war against me at some point, even if they're technologically far behind me and have fewer cities. Sometimes it is probably because I have a lot fewer units (even though they're usually more advanced than the AI's) and the AI decides that I'm a weak target. Settling near the AI also does seem to trigger war sometimes. But there seem to be quite some more factors that I don't understand yet. Is there any hard information about the factors that cause the AI to declare war?


title: Does Master Chief return to Earth at the end of Halo 3?

text: In legendary mode you can see the half of the UNSC ship moving towards a blue planet. Do you know which planet Master Chief is moving towards? Is this Earth?


title: How to run DotA on Ubuntu?

text: Can anyone supply me with good links on a step-by-step process to run DotA on Ubuntu?


title: How does SCII select an opponent when playing multipalyer?

text: I've just gotten out of the Practice League so maybe there is an option later on to select opponents.. But I was wondering, how does SCII select an opponent? I imagine its pretty region-specific as it would take latency into account - as I could swear based on some of the questions I see on here it harder in my region (Asia-Pacific)...


title: How do I use spells in Hunted: The Demon's Forge?

text: I am in Chapter 2 and I've gotten quite a few neat spells by this point. The spells sit at the bottom left of my screen and each one has a number (1-4). So, if I hit the number that corresponds with the spells, it becomes highlighted. However, nothing else happens after that. Is there something additional that I need to do in order to use the spell? I'm playing on single player mode, switching between the two characters frequently to get a feel for both. During combat, I watch my partner use some pretty awesome spells but I can't seem to make the same thing happen when I'm playing.


title: What exactly determines the encounter rates of different pokemon in White Forest?

text: I have four named characters in my White Forest: Britney, Collin, Gene and Vincent. According to Bulbapedia, this means that in patches of long grass I should encounter Hoppip, Abra, Aron and Magby, which has proven to be the case. However, I should also (by Bulbapedia's reckoning) see Surskit, Lotad and Corphish while Surfing. I've had about 30 encounters Surfing so far, and most of them were Surskit, with a handful being Lotad. I haven't yet run into Corphish. The Bulbapedia page seems to suggest that each of these pokemon should appear equally frequently, but my experience (while I haven't gone through the whole song and dance of a statistical test) doesn't seem to bear that out. Even if you interpret it to mean that Surskit should appear twice as often as the other two (since his presence is due to both Britney and Gene), it still doesn't seem to be consistent with the results I get. In the case of tall grass encounters, too, it seemed to me that I saw rather more Hoppip and Aron than I saw Abra and Magby. In both tall grass and Surfing encounters, it doesn't seem to me that each of the possible pokemon is equally likely. What exactly decides how frequently each pokemon appears?


title: Where's the last word for the shout Slow Time?

text: I'm looking for the last word to Slow Time. I want to know where it is. Can you tell me?


title: How can I see more detailed information about my skills?

text: In looking at the skills on my Barbarian, I can't really tell what effect they might have on damage. For instance, I understand that Bash generates 6 rage when I attack, but does the "brutal strike" it describes translate into it actually doing more damage than a default melee attack? Similarly, the Cleave skills indicates that it "swings your weapon in an arc to hit multiple enemies", but doesn't say how big the arc is, how many enemies can be hit, or what effect it might have on damage. It isn't unusual in games like this for a skill like cleave to do less damage than a standard attack to each individual enemy, but from the skill description, I have no way to know if that's the case here. Most Diablo clones, and indeed even Diablo 2, give descriptive information about these sorts of things, making me think it might be buried somewhere and I just haven't found it. Is there anything **in the game** that gives a more detailed description of the combat effects of skills?


title: Old Mac Tank Game - Bolo

text: I really miss Bolo, haven't played it in over a decade. Is this game still out there and can it still be played multiplayer? I'd love to throw an old games LAN party that featured it.


title: How can I make time-lapse videos of my Minecraft creations?

text: How can I make time-lapses of my Minecraft creations? Ideally I'd like something that can record automatically from a fixed location, either generating a bunch of images (I've got software to stitch them together) or a video. This YouTube video is the kind of thing I want, I quite like this one as it doesn't show the player.


title: Can't deal damage to ghosts. Is this a bug or mod effect?

text: I can not deal damage to ghosts in Skyrim. Arrows are flying right through them. Spells too. Does anyone know if this is some kind of effect from SkyRe or any other mod? I have unofficial patches, SkyRe, Apocalypse, Frostfall, Alternate Start and a bunch of visual mods installed. I tried turning off all the mods in the nexus mod manager except for Update, Dawnguard, HearthFires and Dragonborn. Still can't deal damage to ghosts. Also I've found a workaround: Apocalypse has two spells: phantom image and feint warfare. First one creates a dummy that is supposed to distract everyone. Second one makes this dummy cast a fake destruction spell. Turns out that fake destruction spell does damage to ghosts. The question here is how can I troubleshoot it, what might be the cause and how to fix it.


title: Should I buy the memento plates?

text: In the China Shop in Airedale, you can buy plates that are mementos of your journey. They cost $300 each, and there are quite a few of them. Other than to haves nice random record of my journey, is there a good reason to buy the plates?


title: To what extent do your choices in Mass Effect influence the story in Mass Effect 2?

text: I am about to start the first game and would like to know how much Mass Effect 2 relies on choices made in the first game. Is the story rather set in stone and just little things are influenced, or can the story across the first two games change drastically depending on your choices?


title: Darksiders 2 transfer savegame to another computer?

text: I played a significant portion at a friend's house, but then I didn't want to lose my save, so I copied everything out of the save file in My Documents->My Games->Darksiders 2 and Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\xxxxxxxx\50650 So fast-forward to now, when I just bought the game on sale. I tried sticking the saves in the same place, I tried creating a new save and placing the old saves in the same folder it created, but I can't get them to show up in the game. How do I go about transferring these saves?


title: How do I set up a Glowing Mushroom farm in Terraria?

text: I'm aware of the general mechanism of mushroom growing (place some mud and sprinkle mushroom seeds on it). However, I'd like to know a bit more about it before I start building my farm, so I'd appreciate it if anyone could give me the lowdown. Specifically:   * **How deep down** exactly do I have to go to grow mushroom grass? I've heard "0ft or lower", "when the background changes to dirt with rocks in" and "when the music changes". These all seem to be different points for me, so which is it? Is it maybe different for large/small worlds?   * Can I place **background walls** to keep monsters out, or will that stop the grass or the mushrooms from growing?   * How much **vertical space** should I give the shrooms? Is it possible for the big tree-like mushrooms to grow, given enough space?   * Is **water** required at all?


title: What are the AIM values for aliens and EXALT agents?

text: I can see all of my units AIM values, both before the mission and during the mission with any modifiers for height advantage etc. What are the corresponding values for the aliens? Is it different for different types of aliens - are Floaters better shots than Thin Men? What about the EXALT agents? Logically it would seem that their snipers would get the same bonuses as XCOM units. I believe the values may be different between difficulty levels also.


title: Is the Bio Farm more productive than a regular farm, for a particular crop?

text: In the Modern Times DLC for Tropico 4, your regular Farms get replaced by Bio Farms. These Bio Farms have three work modes: corn, food crops, and cash crops. The latter two modes will grow multiple crops at the same time: food crops will do bananas, papayas, and pineapples, while cash crops will grow tobacco, coffee, and sugar. (The Bio Farm also generates some corn if it's in the food or cash mode.) Regular farms, of course, only grow one crop type at a time. The trouble is that the preferred crop conditions for various crops are directly contradictory. For instance, sugar likes low altitudes and high humidity, and tobacco likes exactly the opposite: high altitudes and low humidity. Given that a Bio Farm generates so many things, does it generate less of any particular crop? **If I have a Rum Distillery that I keep supplied with two sugar farms, do I need two Bio Farms to keep it supplied, or do I need three (or more) Bio Farms growing cash crops?** Is the Bio Farm's production of a particular crop reduced because it produces other crops in addition? (Even though those other crops may be in terrible growing conditions where it's not worth spending the effort to raise them?) Bonus question: how does the productivity of Bio Farms compare to Plantations, when growing a particular cash crop?


title: How do you get a shrine

text: I was reading an article about the shrines in dragon vale but I could not figure out how to get them.


title: How are potion effects determined?

text: What I mean by my question is: how does Skyrim determine whether something is a potion or poison....or even what that Poison/Potion is based off? Like say we have 2 ingredients that both have Fortify Strength and both have Damage Stamina for instance....How do we know what it's going to end up as?


title: Does the faction I align with change the story?

text: Does the faction I align with towards the end of the game change the outcome of the story at all (or, for that matter, the resulting Mercenary Mode)? Or does it simply change the soldiers who fight alongside of me during the final two agency missions?


title: Kinect camera apparently not working - What can I do?

text: We have had a Kinect for the past five months, and it used to work fine. Now, however, it doesn't look like it is "seeing" anything. It doesn't recognize any motion. The little box in the corner of the screen is solid black. Attempts to calibrate it fail. We have connected it to another Xbox, and got the same result. Is there anything we should try before giving up and replacing it?


title: Modding the Witcher 2

text: There seem to be some mods already floating around, the ones I saw were for enlarging the item tooltips and for increasing/eliminating the inventory limit. The mods themselves were just XML files that had to be copied into a certain folder. From this I gather that one should be able to extract basic game parameters from the files present in the Witcher 2 installation. The quick availability of the first simple mods indicates that the game seems to be relatively mod- friendly. How would one go about extracting the necessary XML files to start modding the Witcher 2?


title: Not given the option for kids to move

text: I just built the lake view manor and it is fully furnished. I have 2 children's beds and chests. My husband gave me the option to move to the new location, but my kids don't have that option. Is there something else I need?


title: How do I get back to my first spawning point?

text: Is there a way to get back to my first spawning point in Minecraft 1.5? I've slept in other beds since then. I'd prefer a solution that does not involve cheating, such as using some external tool.


title: Steam Account security

text: I just recently started using steam again and was introduced to their new security system... ![Grr...](http://i.stack.imgur.com/x47vp.png) ...where I have to put a code (sent via email from steam) in everywhere i want to assess my account. Even if it's just on their website from my work. What are the Pro's and Con's of this? It's really irritating to put in a code every time! Steam asked me multiple times to authenticate my PC/Webbrowser. Is it just me or has this happend to other people as well? * * * **Extra Info** Steam Guard will ask you to verify when reinstalling, and a second time when you replace your `steamapps` folder


title: Getting Started - No Jobs, No Community Lots, No Rabbit Holes

text: I just downloaded the Sims 3 from Steam (yes, i know I'm late to the party). The first thing I did was get rid of all the crap that comes with a new neighborhood, leaving nothing but empty lots. The computers and newspapers are not offering me any jobs at all, and there aren't any "rabbit holes" (which I learned about trying to research the problem) that I'm able to plop down into empty lots. How do I get my Sims employed? What the hell am I missing? The only community lot is a park, and then a bunch of houses I can place into residential lots. As an example, I learned that you can go to the "Office Building" rabbit hole to get some jobs, but there aren't any. I see no way of designating lots as office buildings, nor placing any of them. I really have tried to look this up, but I've come up with nothing. I'm prepared to eat humble pie here; I would just like to play the game. I only have the base, no expansions. Is it really possible to bulldoze buildings that break the game and then not replace them?


title: In 2v2 DotA 2, what combination is the best against these heroes?

text: So, I'm somewhat new at DotA 2, and I'm looking to learn of the counter- combination of these two heroes:   Anti-Mage and Shadow Shaman Previously I have been playing a lot of Storm Spirit (And winning; He matches my preferred playstyle to a T, which is run in, kill, run out), and the other team are looking to play these two to counter me, as Storm Spirit is somewhat squishy and has little escape whilst silenced.   In the game I will have a teammate with me, and we'd like to know what would be a decent counter combination to Anti-Mage and Shadow Shaman. We are going to be playing with bots, 'Normal, Easy, Easy' on each team. I understand that the question borders on subjective, and I apologise for that. However, I feel it may be helpful to some other players. Thanks,   Ruirize.


title: How do armors from equipment patches work?

text: I've been getting tons of different equipment patches lately in the game, but I'm not sure how the ones giving armor does affect my defense in the battles. Does X armor means X or a certain percentage less HP damage you get in each turn? Does it give you extra shield? Or something completely different? And after all should I get the patches giving armor or extra HP, which one is more efficient?


title: How do I replay the Max Payne 3 intro?

text: I want to watch the Max Payne 3 intro in 1920x1080 AND subtitled. How do I replay it? Deleting the "Profiles" folder only partially solves my problem, since the graphic settings are stored in graphics.xml which is untouched when I delete the folder. Unfortunately the setting for subtitles enabled are stored in the "Profiles" folder I think.


title: Cable to connect playstation 2 to VGA port

text: I've been trying to find out how to connect my PS2 to my computer monitor, but I can't seem to find the right cable for it. Is is even possible to do this? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/uIQzo.jpg)