title: Where can I find weapon silencers in Deus Ex: Human Revolution?

text: I was wondering if any one knows where to acquire a silencer for my weapons in Deus Ex: Human Revolution.


title: Why isn't my mob spawner spawning mobs?

text: I've tried building a mob spawner in my house. It's on cobblestone, completely made of cobblestone, 2x2 tunnel width and a 32x32 at the top, 5 blocks high, completely dark. Nothing spawns up there though. How can I get it to work?


title: Does it make a difference whether I make a panel active or inactive?

text: When hacking a wall panel successfully (the sort where you are met with a handprint after interacting), you are greeted with two options: active and inactive. There appears to be no visual difference to the panel between clicking either of these options, and I can't interact with the panel again to change my choice, so what effect, if any, does clicking on either of the two buttons do?


title: Stamina stopped generating suddenly

text: I was going through Blackreach fighting off some Chaurus hunters, etc, when suddenly, my stamina stopped recharging! I tried checking active effects but did not notice anything labeled in red, nor do I have some sort of disease ... What could have caused this? Platform : Xbox360


title: What does TF2 mean by "obtained by activating a retail version of Team Fortress 2"?

text: I want to get the Proof of Purchase, but i didn't buy the game on steam. I got an item for the Mann Co Store. I bought the orange box on XBOX 360 though. Is there a way I can get the Proof of Purchase?


title: Why does the Nvidia GeForce Experience incorrectly report my driver as "up to date"?

text: I generally keep track of (and update) my video card drivers on my own. However, I decided recently to rely on the GeForce Experience software to let me know if there was a driver update. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to function correctly. Does anyone know if there is a configuration setting that I'm missing to allow it to identify current drivers? It is 10/4/2013, and I have the 320.49 driver (dated 7/1/2013). However, a new WHQL certified driver 327.23 was released on 9/19/2013. It doesn't make sense that two weeks later, the GeForce Experience is not recognizing a new driver. Anyhow, I'll continue to rely on the manual option (been doing it for 20 years now). But if there is a way to get this to work that I'm not aware of, it would be fantastic. It would also be helpful for myself and others to know if this is a known issue Thanks!


title: How to hide HUD without removing subtitles?

text: I'm aware I can remove some stuff like floating markers and crosshairs, but I want to do a more immersive role-playing gameplay on my Xbox 360 with no HUD at all, except the subtitle, because I'm still learning english and It's better for me to read than just listen. I tried putting HUD Opacity to zero, but the subtitles disappear and when I make the opacity level higher, I see the compass, which breaks my playthrough.


title: How to make dragons crash land?

text: How to make a dragon fail landing/crash on the ground/fall from the sky ? I don't mean Dragonrend. I mean when a dragon falls from the sky and land badly, in a way they stop attacking for some seconds while they recover, when this happens, they usually make changes on the land around them, though, you can actually walk through the dirt the crash landing makes. Example of crash landing: How do I make this happen? I've heard that shooting them in the wings may cause this, or does this just happen when it's on low health and in the air? What actually triggers the crash landing?


title: How do I swarm Pikmin in Pikmin 3?

text: In pikmin 1 and 2 you can "swarm" Pikmin in a given direction by moving the C stick around. I tried using the right stick and all the other buttons but I can't seem to get my Pikmin to swarm in Pikmin 3. How can I swarm my pikmin? It was much handier than throwing pikmin when a large number were needed to attack a fence or carry loot.


title: Will all cages in a jail be used?

text: I currently have a jail with individual "rooms" (no doors leading out, more like individual alcoves) containing cages and chains. I made a room with one of the cages, indicating the whole area as being a jail (and used for justice). Will all the other cages in that designed room be used as jail cells, or only the one I specifically indicated to be so? What about the chains in that same area? Thanks!


title: How can I get an NES controller to work on my PC as a Joystick?

text: I want to be able to use an actual NES (or, SNES) controller to control an emulator on my PC. _Is this possible?_ If so, how can I do this _on a budget_?


title: How to Beat Black Phantoms in Dark Souls?

text: Quick intro - I love Dark Souls. I think it's amazingly challenging. The only problem is I get killed so much by invading Phantoms that I hardly play in Human Form enough to enjoy the whole mechanic. Typically, I've found Phantoms entering my world will occasionally use very advanced magic or have really powerful weapons. Keeping my character < lvl10 does not seem to stop the Phantoms. Kicking a Black Phantom off a cliff, while an incredibly satisfying way to win a fight, kind of sucks too because you don't get the souls. So, guys, how do you do it? How do you defend yourself against Black Phantoms?


title: Can my Terraria building be above ground for NPCs to come?

text: I have constructed a (huge?) house above ground(completely) in Terraria. My NPCs though, haven't arrived. All the rooms are meeting the requirements mentioned on this page of wikia. ![Sauce](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JkpHY.png)


title: Why does power management ignore Logitech Rumblepad 2 input in windowed mode?

text: I've discovered that my PC ignores the input from my gamepad, a Logitech Rumblepad 2 model #: G-UF13 (corded, not wireless), when I play games with the gamepad in windowed mode. My monitors are currently set to turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity, so at the 10 minute mark, bam, the screens go black, which can be kind of irritating when you're in the middle of a fight. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate Edition SP1. I have the Logitech Profiler software installed, and there are no options in the program concerning power management. I looked up the profile for the controller in my Device Manager under Human Interface Devices searching for the option to let the device wake my PC with no luck either. Am I looking in the wrong place? ![no power management options to be found :\(](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Gr8KX.jpg) How can I get my PC to recognize my gamepad's input? The problem does not exist in fullscreen mode for games, only windowed. Some of the games I run in windowed mode because either their resolutions are small enough to render my second monitor nigh useless when playing fullscreen or their graphics become stretched, so fullscreen isn't really a comfortable option for me.


title: Tactics for taking on Knights

text: Out of all the enemies I have encountered in Halo 4, I'm finding knights the most difficult to handle. Playing the campaign on legendary makes the task of defeating knights even harder. When I encounter Knights I usually run out of ammo before I have killed all of them. So i'm assuming there must be a more efficient way of tackling knights? What are the best tactics to use when confronted by multiple Knights?


title: How to bring back the game in Dota 2?

text: In League of Legends if the early game is messed up and the enemy heroes are fed up, every additional kill costs less for them. Also killed heroes does not lose gold. This allows them to buy equipment and bring back the game if they play well in late game. In Dota 2 killed heroes lose money and enemy heroes never get less gold for killing them. Consequently team which played badly in their early game can never get their items unless they go into jungle, where they will be hunted down, one-by-one. That is how I see things as a beginner but advanced players may have working tactics to bring back a game.


title: Invalid authentication certificate length

text: Whenever I try to join a multiplayer server on half life 1, I get this error. I used the same game on a laptop and worked perfect, Here's some stuffs about my computer:               OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86.     Processor: AMD x86 2.31GHz Dual core (4400+).     RAM: 4GB (1GB x4), 3.25GB useable.     GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS (256MB RAM).     OpenGL: Version 3.3.      And the laptop:               OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x86.     Processor: Intel x86 2.30GHz Dual core (4500).     RAM: 2GB.     GPU: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series.     OpenGL: Not sure about the version.      The laptop doesn't have any antivirus, I had ESET Smart Security 6 and uninstalled it for that issue, But I didn't uninstall using the package installer (Because I removed temp files for low storage). Whenever I start my computer the Internet takes 2 or 3 minutes to load, and before the load it has the cross symbol on the icon. My firewall is off, and even with the off status I've added the hl.exe to incoming section. Still with all these ways I've tried, There's the same error going on.


title: How to teleport to other servers using Bukkit?

text: I want to make a lobby server in bukkit and I need a plugin for it like the `/server` command in the minecade (mineca.de) server. Does anyone know what this plugin is and if it is still available for download?


title: Microsoft Flight Simulator simultaneous 2D and 3D view

text: In Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe, what is the command to get a simultaneous 2D Cockpit and 3D view. I remember using a view that had a 2d cockpit + a 3D view of the plane flying by (or whatever the last view was) that I could see through the 2D Cockpits front glass. How do I do this? I also remember, I had the Acceleration Pack installed. Is this something possible only when the acceleration pack is installed? I dont have the acceleration pack installed now.


title: Minecraft Gold Trouble

text: I found some gold ore while mining and used it to make a gold, sword, and an axe. Over a span of 3 minecraft days, they all broke! Can someone explain why the gold tools broke so fast?


title: Leavebuster while playing with bots only

text: If you play a custom league of legends game (hosted by you and passwords and such), but you are only playing with bots, will you get leavebusted if you leave that game? Sometimes I just want to have a 20 minute game for practice, but I would not like to get banned.


title: Is there some way to determine your Wii's parent region?

text: A friend of my Wife's bought a Wii seconhand from some-person. They cannot purchase games via the Wii store because they get a message stating that the game is not available in their region. Since they did not purchase the Wii through a retailer is there some way to   * 1) Change their Wii's region?   * 2) Determine what their Wii's region is?


title: What is a viable character build for using a whip?

text: In Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, what would be a viable character build for using a whip for a weapon? Related question: Are whips viable weapons in the end game?


title: Unlocking "The End" (achievement)

text: After hearing that Super Meat Boy is finally available for Linux via Steam I've gone back to playing it and imported my already existing save game into Steam by moving it to the steamapps folder. Now I'm facing the problem that the achievement "The End" is not getting unlocked, although I've beaten Dr. Fetus in the Light World (and every other Light World level except those in Cotton Alley) multiple times (both before importing the save game into Steam and after), which, according to all the information I found, should unlock it. I've also tried starting Steam and Super Meat Boy on Windows but that didn't help either. Other achievements are getting unlocked without any problems. Now I'm wondering if there are further requirements for the achievement or if this is (yet another) bug in one of McMillens games? If the latter is the case, is there any workaround like the achievement fix for The Binding of Isaac? If not, what else can I try to get the achievement?


title: Caught a shiny Bellsprout, will evolving it to Victreebel lower its trade value?

text: I caught a shiny Bellsprout and before I level it up and evolve it, I was hoping to clarify whether or not it would be wise to keep him as a Bellsprout.


title: How can I destroy the flag without falling to my death?

text: I'm now at a point where I can fight bigger ships without my ship ending up as bunch of floating scrap, but I'm having some trouble with destroying the flag on those ships. I use the quick elevator thingy to get up to the top platform, but unfortunately there is a guy already standing there just waiting for me. And when that guy gets lucky he hits me once and I fall down onto the ship without having a chance to defend against this. Any tricks on capturing that flag without falling to my death?


title: Where do I get potion ingredients?

text: So far I've found monster guts in dungeon chests and as drops from crabs. Where else can I get various potion ingredients?


title: What is the "best practice" on taking down a helicopter with a (single) Stinger?

text: This is how I usually try to take down a helicopter:   * If he is too far away, I usually don't even care (longer "lock-on" time, reload countermeasures, etc.)      * if he is mid to close range I usually lock-on, fire, he countermeasures     * then I fire the second shot and usually this gives me the "vehicle disabled" message But I'm curious how you do this and if there is a more "efficient" way. For example lock-on, wait till he countermeasures, wait a bit, then fire?


title: How to increase framerate?

text: With the fact that AC4 is very graphics-intensive, most people get a terribly low FPS while playing it. For me, the maximum I have gotten is 24, and my average is 15-20, even while playing on the lowest graphics settings. Are any file modifications, third-party programs, etc. available to increase overall FPS?


title: Is the Playstation 4 Back-Compatible?

text: Does the PS4 have backwards compatibility of some form? The majority of forums/sites suggest not or posters are adamant it doesn't yet others imply that some form of backwards compatibility will include a cloud service and PS3 titles? I've even heard on some forums that PS4 does actually play PS3 games but those posts seem to be a minority compared to those that say it's not... Thanks.


title: Using Curse to install Minecraft mods

text: As the "computer guy" in the family, I am the default person to ask computer questions. My 10 year old nephew wants to install a Minecraft mods and asked me how to do it. I have never played Minecraft, so I am unfamiliar with it. I did some quick searches and it appears Curse supports Minecraft. I used Curse back in my Warcraft days and found it easy to use for installing mods. Is Curse as easy to use for Minecraft as it was for Warcraft? If I get it installed on their computer remotely, will it be easy for a 10 year old to use?


title: Can I view my follower's items out of a game?

text: Can I view my follower's gear when I'm not in a game? It's pretty annoying to shop for my merc's gear in the AH without being able to see it quickly...


title: Make a column of floating blocks become a row

text: Let's say I have variable number (minimum 4 to maximum 7) of blocks positioned vertically:                 (B)       (B)       (B)        B        B        B     -  B      What's the most efficient way to have them put horizontally like this (using a lever to turn it on and then off), without sticky pistons and make this process being able to be replicated all over again without manual intervention (other than activate the lever)?               -  (B) (B) (B) B B B B      (Notice that the two `-` define the same level)


title: Can a AI-controlled companion be ordered to take an action?

text: In L4D2, can companions be ordered to take actions? Me and a friend have been playing. That means 2 of our slots are human and 2 are AI-controlled. We are primarily interested in giving 2 orders:   1. How can we order a particular companion to follow one of us while the other follows the other one of us?   2. How can we order a companion to pick up an item? We've noticed that they don't like picking up any extra medkits at the start of a level which we can deal with, but what about telling them to replace their weapon / medkit / pain pills? We've tried using what seems like a command system (Look, Let's Go, Hurry!, etc.), which causes the AI-players to make verbal responses, but doesn't seem to affect them in any way other than that. Unless we are doing it incorrectly, of course.


title: Why am I a recruit again?

text: I just started with Xbox live and in the armory I am a general but in game I am a recruit with default armour. How do I fix this?


title: Will the water go on forever, or is there some secret eventually?

text: I just got my first anti-cube in a room where I had to throw four purple blocks with unique patterns on them in order to make yellow "power" lines flow in a bigger block. I decide to try swimming in the pink (light purple?) water below it, but it goes on forever. Is there some secret if you swim for an hour or something? I left my controller stuck and he swam for 20 minutes but it just kept going. Had to quit and come back (which started me back on the island). Made me wonder...


title: Unable to get my followers to follow me

text: So, I've got two guys hanging out in New Tristram -- the Templar and the Scoundrel. Based on what I've read, these are "followers" who can join my party. Thing is, I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get the to actually join the party. Dialogue options just make them talk. So, how do I get them to join my party? If it matters, I am playing two-player local co-op (which is an absolute blast!).


title: Can't Find Unlocked Characters

text: I have been playing sonic all stars racing transformed and I have unlocked many different characters throughout career mode but I can't seem to find them in character selection. I only have the default characters. I have unlocked them and it does say "You have unlocked xxxxx" when unlocking a character. How do I actually play them though? Am I able to play them in career? I can't even play them in online mode, there simply not there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


title: Will hero characters return after being unlocked?

text: In the Breakdown DLC, if I unlock a hero character, but then start a new game, will that hero character ever appear in that game? Or do the heroes only come into play when you unlock them or start with them?


title: Does Xbox One need "more Internet" than 360?

text: I'm trying to decide whether to get an Xbox One, and am wondering if the higher framerate/better resolution/whatever mean that I'll need a better connection than I do for my 360. Currently my connection is such that on a normal day I'll only lag out of Halo 4 once or twice per match; I might get disconnected every couple of hours. Will this be "enough Internet" to play multiplayer on an Xbox One?


title: How do I change clothes?

text: I'm trying to figure out how to change my clothes - I read that it is in front of the mirror - but cant figure out what buttons to press? Do I use the stylus?


title: When should I spend money in Forza 3 Motorsport?

text: I am getting by with just riding the gift cars, but it is really boring. I have 115k CR right now and at the start of season 2. When can I spend money such that I can buy a new car, and not have a good one for a while? In other words, when can I buy a car such that I can devote my entire time and earnings to it? E.G. We can race class C cars now and I want an Acura NSX which is c class. But I dont want to buy it if next season I will be racing b-cars only.


title: What are the payouts for each heist in GTA V singleplayer?

text: I got all the bags in the first heist and netted something like 600k for Michael and 150k for franklin. I picked an experienced crew so i think they took around 30%, meaning the total payout was probably 1 million or so. What are the gross payouts for each of the heists before the crew members take their cuts? I'm curious because i want to know if it's worth leveling up my crew so they take less of a cut, or if i should just stick to the pros and pay the larger cost.


title: What is the maximum number of seed slots you can get in Plants vs. Zombies?

text: I bought the 9th seed slot from Crazy Dave's shop, and now it says sold out. Is that it, or can I unlock a 10th seed slot from somewhere?


title: how to change active character in Dungeon Siege 3?

text: can i change the first character when playing in local co-op mode on pc ? just the second player can change his character when he leaves the game and joins again, then he can choose who he wants to be. but me as the first player, i cannot change the character. even in single player mode i am always the one i chose at the start and can just change the second one who accompanies me. is there a way to change my active character in single player mode, so i could change it and then let the second player join and choose another one ? i don't want to be the mage anymore and want to play the montbarron because he has way more points right now and is better in direct contact fight. second player plays the fire girl and wants to stay with it.


title: How does Machinarium handle save games?

text: Does anybody know how Machinarium handles save states? I put about a half hour into it the other day, clicked 'Save,' and then quit. Loaded it up today to continue and lo and behold, my save game was nowhere to be found. One caveat is that I don't have internet access currently...is it possible that it syncs save states with the Steam cloud?


title: Keep some chunks loaded in Minecraft SMP

text: I am looking for a mod or something which would allow me to keep some chunks loaded on the SMP server I administrate. In fact, it is a redstone circuit including a clock under a huge mob trap which triggers some pistons and water bringing loots regularly to a point. This would allow mobs to spawn continuously and the redstone circuit also to run without having to be reset when we want it to work (because the power freezes when the chunks are unloaded and doesn't restart afterwards). Does something like that exist ?


title: How do I pass through a door with the Mech, in NOVA 2?

text: I am on one of the first levels of NOVA 2, where I entered in a factory, and jumped in a Mech. I am then taken in a room where I have to destroy six tanks, and four Mechs; from there, I have to go in another room, but the Mech doesn't pass through the door. I tried finding another path to reach the point I should reach, but the only way seems to be passing through that door. I cannot jump off the Mech, as the "E" key doesn't seem to have any effect (and I didn't set another key instead of "E"). There are five other doors, but I can use just three of them. I was able to pass through two doors, but they take me to a room without other doors; the remaining doors are the one to which I am directed, and the one that faces on the ocean, which is blocked. How can I pass through that door? I also tried side-walking but that didn't help. The main objective reported is the following one: > Get into the courtyard and clean out any resistance. The log reports the following sentence: > There is heavy resistance amassed outside. I would hold on to that Mech.


title: Tuning cars for drag racing in Forza 3?

text: It seems to me that tuning cars for the standard race tracks in Forza is relatively straightforward: Depending on your needs and your base car, optimize for various parameters. (For me, weight reduction is always a favorite -- relatively cheap and massive performance gains.) But when dealing with drag racing, it's a whole different ballgame. For one, most drag racing fans who've played Forza (myself included) tend to be a bit disillusioned with the drag mode. It seems like AWD always has a crazy advantage. It seems like there's no way to build an American muscle car (Buick GNX, Pontiac Trans-Am, etc) to be a 9-second car. There's definitely no way to put really beefy tires on the back and lower their pressure enough to carry the front wheels. (Admit it, that does look cool, even if it doesn't always help your 1/4 mile time!) My friends and I are looking for tips in this department. I built one friend a Trans-Am dragster, and another a GNX. I myself rock a Datsun because it seemed to own the leaderboards. We've optimized all the parts already (my Datsun is an R3/792, the Trans-Am is an R3/721 and the GNX is an R3/728). Now we're looking for tuning setups. We've played with gearing, suspension, tire pressure, etc., but we all feel woefully ill-equipped to actually know what we're doing. Any advice on tuning setups, notably for those three cars? Yes, I know I can buy setups on the marketplace, but I'd rather actually learn something and know what I'm doing. Plus the good Datsun setups are all like 50,000 credits, and I need those credits to make sure I have cars that qualify for every race! (I still haven't done all of the events, nor have I even bothered with much of season play ... )


title: What part do I need to modify a euro XBOX360 to play US games?

text: (Quit reading if you think this will be about illegally defeating region codes. It involves buying a US Xbox.) My brother brought his Euro Xbox 360 back with him to South America (where a new one is very expensive). Most of the imported games there are encoded for US region, including the ones that came with the accessories I sent him (Facepalm, I know). Meanwhile, around here, I can nab a US Xbox 360 for as low as USD$60, but then shipping will surely be problematic. (Cost of shipping, bogus import duties based upon the local price instead of $60, mail/border inspectors confiscating or stealing the console, etc.) So, instead, I want to send him something that is easier to ship. I'm thinking the region is encoded on the motherboard or the dvd drive... am I right? Or is the whole console locked? If it is just one component, I can gut one of the $60 ones, and ship only that part. I never owned an Xbox. Ironically, i don't buy region locked products, so I'm completely ignorant on all of this. I appreciate any input.


title: Anyone leaving the Nether exits through my house?

text: The SMP server I play on just updated to Minecraft 1.6.6. We were all really excited about the Nether. However no matter how many portals we make, when you leave the Nether and comeback to the real world, you end my house (my safe of all places). These portals are not close to each other, but they still connect. It has become so common for people to exit through my house that I had to give directions. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PT304.png) How can we fix this?


title: What is the real truth about Minecraft mob spawning?

text: When I look for information on mob spawning and mob grinders I find a lot of links to these two items:   * Hostile Mob System Tutorial   * Mob Spawning Science The problem is, they seem to have contradictory information in them. The first one espouses the much-credited idea that to improve your mob spawning area you must light up all the caves around it. This is built on the assumption that when the game goes to spawn a monster, it looks for an appropriate place to put one, so eliminating anywhere but your mob machine would increase the rate of mobs spawning within it. The "Mob Spawning Science" post claims an algorithm that goes chunk by chunk, and within each chunk it picks a random block and sees if that block is a legit spawning location (standing on something, correct light level, etc.). If so, it puts a mob there. (I'm simplifying, but this is the idea.) This would imply that for any given block in a chunk, there is a 1/32768 chance of it being selected. So given a block X that is a nice, dark, mob-spawnable place, it has a 1/32768 chance each time the chunk is processed of spawning a monster regardless of any lit or unlit caves anywhere around it. So which one is correct?


title: How can I unlock the ability to respec?

text: I've read that eventually in the Homestead I'll unlock a room that allows me to respec my characters. I presume this is done by using enough bloodstones, since right now I've used two and those have both led to rooms being unlocked. How many do I need to unlock it? I'd really like to respec, but I've also been holding on to bloodstones in case I come across a quest that requires me to have one to heal someone.


title: Feasible level for Yuffie to be at in order to attempt Godo's pagoda

text: What is the best (lower than lvl50) level to have Yuffie at in order to **attempt** fighting her way through the 5 bosses of Godo's pagoda in Wutai with some chance for success?


title: How are dungeons in minecraft generated?

text: While looking through my map using MCEdit, i found a double dungeon (interconnected). After searching for a while on the internet i found out that it was extremely rare. How are these dungeons generated and what are the possibilities of 2 or more dungeons being interconnected to each other? ![double dungeon which i found](http://i.stack.imgur.com/3B8Gg.png)


title: Will eating raw food have a negative effect?

text: Just getting started with this Skyrim thing. I have some raw meat items which categorize as food, but I don't see an obvious way to cook them (I assume that will come later). If I eat them raw is there a chance I'll get poisoned or have some other negative side effect? I looked at this answer, but it didn't seem to mention any raw food effects, and I couldn't find other answers that mention raw food.


title: How can I kill a librarian without attracting more of them?

text: I'm in the archives (on hardcore mode) and a couple of hits from a librarian and I'm dead. The problem is that when I shoot at one (or run away from one) another one comes to attack me and I keep dying. Are the librarians sensitive to sound, light and/or movement? Is there any way to kill one (as silently as possible) without attracting unwanted attention from more librarians, or to avoid confrontation altogether?


title: How can I breed a Panlong Dragon

text: I want to breed a Panlong Dragon. Which dragons should I breed and how will I know whether I got one? How long are they available?


title: How do you turn a losing game around?

text: It appears that the mechanics in this game are completely unmerciful to the losers. Once you start to lose your footing (research points, high ground positions, etc.) it seems to lead to a slow and painful death. I may have only played a few games but I haven't seen any big comebacks from a losing position. So I ask, what are some things you can do to stop your team from losing and start gaining some ground?


title: Can you get the Minecraft seed on xbox?

text: I was wondering if/how to get the world seed to create a parallel-world for testing.


title: Do vampiric champions gain health from absorbed damage?

text: I recently fought a pack of Vampiric Desecrators, and hit Serenity while standing in the desecration to finish off one of the mobs that was at low life. Almost instantly, the other two mobs were at full health again. I'm _think_ they were lower on health, but I'm not sure. Has anyone seen anything like this or done some testing? **Does damage you absorb still heal vampiric champions?**


title: Is it possible to reanimate a dragon on skyrim?

text: Dragons are EXTREMELY powerful and I was wondering if I could get one to fight for me.


title: Is the Xbox One controller compatible with Xbox 360?

text: I simply do not have the finances available to test this out yet, so I am requesting help from someone who has the answer. I am aware of the original Xbox controller is not compatible with the 360, but does this hold true for the Xbox One controller on the 360?


title: What are the differences between TrackMania Nations Forever and TrackMania² Stadium?

text: A few days ago I've purchased TrackMania² Stadium on Steam. I'm really enjoying it, even though I'm not that good. After also trying the (free) TrackMania Nations Forever, I've been wondering what the differences are between these two games. The only differences I've found so far:   * Improved graphics   * A number of different tracks   * The ability to build underground in the track editor Are there any other differences?


title: How do I obtain a Golden Frying Pan?

text: Is it strictly from MvM or is it for the upcoming Ready Steady Pan tournament participants only? How can I get one of these beauts?


title: What should I be doing as a scout in the opening seconds of an arena match in Team Fortress 2?

text: I absolutely love playing arena. One class that I don't end up playing very much is the scout. Since arena maps are smaller, running to the front lines once the round starts and finding all twelve of the enemy running straight at me leaves me very vulnerable. I end up just kind of hanging out in the back, waiting for people to spread out, and then start playing. I feel like I'm totally wasting the speed of the scout. In CP, I know I could at least start to take the point, but I can't do that in arena. What should I be doing in that first 30 seconds?


title: How do I share media  with my playstation 3 wirelessly?

text: The Playstation 3 has the option to pull data out of your wireless home network and stream it. How do I do this? (This question is deliberatly vague, I want a block of instructions on how to accomplish this from A to Z) Should there be more be multiple options, Bonus Points for including every possible way.


title: Is there a benefit to "pulsing" the Mantis machine gun?

text: When playing with the Mantis (as I am lent to doing extensively on the "Two Giants" Spartan Ops in Episode 3) I find that the machine gun overheats constantly. In past games, I found out after quite some time that there was a benefit in accuracy to "pulsing" the certain full auto weapons - particularly in accuracy. For the Mantis, I'm also interested to know if pulsing it will extend the amount of time before it overheats. Experimentally it seems like it may be extending the overheat time, but I can't really tell what other affect it may be having (reducing DPS, for example). Is there a benefit to pulsing, or am I fooling myself?


title: Minecraft forge 1.7.10 server keeps crashing on a mac

text: Does anyone know why when i click on the forge 1.7.10 server jar file on a mac it crashes. I am trying to start up a minecraft pixelmelon server on mac that runs on 1.7.10 but i am not able to do so cause this happens.


title: Puzzle Quest 2 skill arrangement for a Sorcerer through levels

text: How should I assign the skill points (strength, intelligence, etc) for my Sorcerer. and what is a good progression, let say for each 10 levels:   * Start   * level 10   * level 20   * [...]   * level 50


title: How do I earn the hidden achievement "Play it again Sam"?

text: The Achievement wiki page states "Play all three parts on the piano all the way through." What does this mean, and how do I obtain this achievement?


title: Count number of players with command blocks?

text: I'm trying to activate some command blocks only if there's more than one player online in my vanilla server. Is there a way to accomplish this with command blocks?


title: Load more maps for counter strike 1.6

text: How to add more maps to counter strike stream 1.6 ? I am playing that on my local desktop against bots.


title: Is there any way to have a shopkeeper or their friends forgive me?

text: I've managed to anger the shopkeeper or his friends in many ways in Spelunky by blowing them up unintentionally or destroying their shop with a boulder. I've had shopkeepers show up in other levels if I managed to get away, and kill me there as well, so they don't seem to forget. The other shopkeepers also seem to know if you've killed another shopkeeper, and they go after you as well. Is there any way to get a shopkeeper to forgive you after they call you a terrorist, or are you pretty much out of luck in using the shops after you've killed one?


title: Counter siege tank mass with certain build?

text: I'm using this build from filtersc. It's basically a MMM build (Marine, Marauder, Medivac) with +1 attack, stim, and combat shield. I feel like I win every single game using it except those against opponents who mass tanks. How do I counter this with the build that I have?


title: How do I fix  the massive flicker I'm seeing in game?

text: If I walk up close to a door, then walk backwards facing the door, or looking up/down a steep mountainside causes horrible flickering. This is on an Nvidia GTX580 under windows 7. System is an i7 2600, w/ 16GB Ram. All the latest drivers.


title: "Crop Dusting" Achievement as a melee class?

text: The achievement in question involves killing Ghom, Lord of Gluttony (in act III) without getting hit by his gas attack. Ghom uses this area of effect gas attack in melee a lot, and I don't seem to be able to predict when or how often he will use it. This makes avoiding the attack as a melee character problematic. Does anyone have a strategy for how to get this achievement as a melee class? Does he have a "tell" that he is about to use his gas? Or do I need to kite him while throwing axes/tornados (which will be incredibly slow). My characters are a Barbarian and a Monk.


title: How to use Perks in Skyrim

text: I am a level 3 in Skyrim and when I go to the Level Up Option I can see that I have 3 perks, but I don't know how to select which perks I want. Is there a special section in the menu or is there something I'm missing?


title: How to clear a room of 3-4 mages as mage?

text: I am stuck at a room with 3-4 mages shooting ice and fire bolts with me. My primary means of combat are ice and fire bolts myself, but all these enemy mages have some kind of magic shield also heal themselves. What do I do? How do I get past them? I'm level 10.


title: How can I reload map chunks to their original state in SMP?

text: One of the frustrating things about working with server mods is that if a mod updates with a new feature that requires you to find something that spawns, you won't be able to find it in any of the chunks that have been saved in the world. If you are on an SMP server that gets a lot of use, you really need to travel far to find these things (it could be a new type or ore or maybe a new type of tree that spawns maybe) Most chunks are still pristine and untouched but have been added to the world file because someone came by that chunk at one point. It would be great if I could have chunks 'refresh' or 'rollback' to their original state instead of starting fresh on a new world. Is there any way to do something like this?


title: Magic The Gathering Tactics on ATI M880G Mobility Radeon HD 4200?

text: This game won't run on anything with OpenGL lower than 2.1, and I have all the latest software from ATI installed and I get OpenGL 1.1 How can I update the OpenGL or get the game to run?


title: What moveset should my nidoking have?

text: I have a nidoking (in my black version) with its hidden ability, sheer force. It has a high attack, and a somewhat low special attack (despite being bred with perfect special attack IVs), and I was wanting some good physical attacks for him that can take advantage of sheer force and his life orb. His current moves are: thunderbolt, earth power, sludge bomb, and flamethrower. I also have access to move tutors in black 2.


title: How do I redeem my free PS3 games for the "Welcome Back" post outage?

text: I sent myself a reminder to get on the Playstation Network and download my free games before the 30 day window expires, but I don't see any way to do it. I went as far as looking up Dead Nation in the store but it is still $14.99. Will there be a big obvious button to press to get these games or am I going to have to keep fishing around the store waiting for a few titles to show up as free? EDIT: I can't answer this, since it is closed, but I keep getting badges for thousands of views, so clearly people want the answer: Sign in, go to the store, and it is the second menu item on the left. It also appears in the rotation of ads on the right side. You can use this to get both PS3 and PSP games. You must explicitly redeem the PlayStation Plus for 30 days and the trial starts when you redeem it. They say it won't auto-renew, but then the boilerplate says it _will_ auto renew. You can disable that explicitly in Account management / Transaction Management.


title: Is there any research benefit from getting an intact weapon?

text: If I managed to capture an alien with Arc-Thrower I think I get its weapon intact. If I don't have it researched yet   * Will I be able to use it? (I assume answer is no but not sure)   * **Will It give me any research benefit?** (It is logical to think it will be easier to research on an intact plasma rifle over weapon fragments)


title: Did Morpheus suffer any consequences for his actions?

text: Did Morpheus suffer any consequences for his actions in GoW Chains of Olympus? I mean, Persephone was killed and Atlas was chained with the weight of the World on his back. But the only thing that was said about Morpheus is that he retreated. Considering that he took advantage of situation against the other gods isn't reasonable to think that he would be punished by Zeus in some way? Please, **I'm looking for sourced answers**.


title: How do I get the treasure in the Waterways secret section of Aquan Ruins(3-7)?

text: Having braved deadly lava pools and spooky silent churches, I would have never thought that I would find myself stuck in the waterways crawling around in search of treasure, yet here I am. I bought myself a hint and it told me that I should... > "Be merciful. This time." However, I've tried killing only the ghosts without inflicting any harm on the poor hedgehogs that run around throughout the whole level, since killing them is not required to complete the level. This is how I interpreted the hint, and yet this seems to not be the solution since I haven't gotten the treasure. I've also tried fishing around the Waterways but that seems irrelevant to the hint and nothing special seems to happen. How do I find the secret treasure here?


title: Where did my rings go?

text: I'm currently fighting my way through the castle in Nethack. I was wearing 2 rings when I reached this level (a ring of protection and a ring of regeneration), and after a long battle both my rings are simply gone. Everything else I was wearing/carrying is still with me (including some other rings). I don't remember taking them off, and I'm positive I didn't fight any nymphs or inccubus/succubus. I'm a dwarven valkyrie (though I'm pretty sure it doesn't influence anything). What could have happened to my rings?


title: Is Franklin more likely to attract police attention in Blaine County?

text: It seems like, when I'm driving around the northern parts of the map as Franklin, the police are on more of a hair trigger than they are when Trevor or Michael is around. They seem quicker to respond and it seems easier to increase your wanted level from one to two stars. Unfortunately this is just a theory at the moment and it's difficult to test but I wondered if anyone else had noticed this or had any information about it. It would make sense for the police to be more racist in Blaine County because that's the type of place it is (try going to play darts as Franklin and see the reaction you get), and also I guess Driving While Black is more serious in a place where everybody is white.


title: How do I beat "...Not as I do"?

text: I simply can't figure this one out. It's hard enough without trying to get Vermillion across, but with him...? How do I do it? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SINYn.png)


title: Does the primarch have to die on Palaven?

text: When I got to Palaven I was told that the Primarch was dead. Is this an irreversible part of the story, or did he die because I decided to do two other missions first? If I had gone to Palaven right away, would he have survived?


title: In the final boss battle in Dead Space 2 should I expend a lot of ammo on the marker?

text: I've been having some trouble with the final boss battle, so I wanted some clarification on attacking the monolith. When the heart of the monolith is exposed, is there any benefit to using a lot of ammo to attack it, or is it set up so you just need to get a shot in each time it opens up for x times? If the number of shots don't matter against the heart I'd rather just save the ammo for the beasties around it, but I wanted to see if anyone knew the dynamics of what it takes to finish the level before wasting time on that strategy.


title: Is there anything one can do in a car without a police radio in LA Noire?

text: I recently completed the main storyline of _LA Noire_ , and now I am still playing it to roam the streets and take on the random street crimes that happen. There are hidden special cars in garages scattered throughout the game, as well the ability to pretty much walk up to any car and commandeer it. When you drive a new car, you are given a little notice that tells you that you've "unlocked" a new car. However, since only police cars have radios, you won't come across any street crimes. So you can only drive around in them, but _LA Noire_ isn't really set up to have any challenges that are based on driving. As far as I can tell, you literally just drive around a bit in them. Since I finished the game without ever even knowing hidden cars existed, and only once commandeered a car (and I don't think it was strictly necessary in that situation), I'm not sure I understand why I would want to ever drive any car other than a police car. Is there anything a player can do with a non-police car? Are they just for "collecting" and that's it?


title: What are the differences between Normal edition and the GotY (Game of the Year) edition?

text: All that I can find is the Zomvatar (zombie avatar) maker. Do you know other differences? Please share.


title: What's with this hologram?

text: On some of my weapons there's a little blue hologram on the side of them that's shaped like a bullet (I think) does this serve any purpose or is it purely cosmetic?


title: How can I turn off motion blur?

text: I hate motion blur, as my often jerky movements mean that I often can't see what's going on, is there any way to turn off or reduce this effect? I've looked in the graphics menu but couldn't see anything.


title: Can I sabotage my war assets/readiness?

text: So I'm close to the end and I already have way too much Military Strength to get the worst ending. In fact, my readiness is over 90%, so I think I would have difficulty getting the worst ending even in a new game. Is there some way I can lower my current Military Strength, either for a single character/career or by reducing my Readiness, or am I doomed to replay? I know Readiness decays naturally but it's much too slow. I've already completed most sidequests (properly) so there's not much option to deliberately mess up quests unless it can be done retroactively.


title: What determines the gain from the Honor policy and Aztec unique ability?

text: Honor now grants culture when barbarians are killed and grants gold per unit killed later on. The Aztec (BLAST YOU AND YOUR SHINY GODS...ahem...) unique ability grants culture when a unit is killed. What determines the amount of culture/gold gained after each kill? Just from playing I seem to earn more from the more advanced units but I was hoping for a formula.


title: How do I save my graphics settings in Lost Planet 3?

text: I can't believe I have to ask this question, but I just finished downloading LP3 and can't seem to save my settings. I've change my Texture Quality and World Detail up to "Very High" but it doesn't save it. My options are Backspace (which resets to default), Enter (which either does nothing or changes the option I have open) or Esc, which asks me if I want to quit without saving. I can't see an option for actually saving my options before I quit. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/q2zDd.jpg)


title: Are you charged maintenance fees for facilities that are currently being built?

text: I'm nearing my council report and planning for facility expansion in the coming month. I'm about to build an access lift to the second floor and suddenly wonder, "Will I be charged the $10 maintenance fee for the lift if it is still being built when the monthly report comes in?" Experimenting just to find out isn't really an option as this is my first time attempting Classic difficulty and have Ironman turned on.


title: Can you put area of a residence in selection?

text: If you create a residence (Using this bukkit mod) you may need to enlarge it later on. Unfortunatelly, I see no way to put an area of residence in residence selection - so that I expand it.   This is what I imagine:               /res select resarea Home      - selects area of existing residence - this command is what I need, but can't find     /res select expand 5      - expand selected area     /res area replace Home main      - replace old area wtih the new expanded one


title: Is there any benefit to leveling 1* or 2* cards?

text: I'm saving all my fodder for when I get atleast 3* or higher cards, but I see players in coliseum who have upgraded their 2* cards. Is this just a short term strategy that uses up extra cards at hand for a quick power boost now, or am I missing something and the lower level cards are also worth leveling up?


title: Do auctions time remaining still count down when the auction house is offline?

text: Right now the auction house is down for europe, do auctions time remanining still count down while the auction house is offline or are they paused while the auction house is down?


title: Night Hunter vs Invisible Enemies?

text: Further considering invisibility mechanics in League of Legends, Vayne's Night Hunter innate ability increases her move speed when moving toward an enemy. I'm pretty sure champions beyond the fog of war are out of range, and the movement bonus no longer applies. (for instance, if someone flashes out of sight, you won't be moving faster than normal anymore) I have not seen/heard about what happens if Vayne is running toward an invisible enemy. Will she continue to receive a movement bonus even if she cannot see her invisible foe?


title: How do the leaders' AI personalities work?

text: Montezuma and Tokugawa seem to be very prone to waging war on me, just as Gandhi is always very friendly, so I guess it's safe to assume that the leaders have different personalities. My question is:   * Does each leader have a pre-made AI personality script based on its historical counterpart? _(for example, Gandhi being a pacifist)_   * If not: Does the AI play to the leader's traits? _(for example, choosing to be on the offensive with Montezuma because of the Aggressive trait)_


title: How can I turn into a cat?

text: When I have the feather item activated and a bell in my item storage, I can't turn into a cat. When I press `-` to put the bell from storage in front of me and collect it again, it just goes back into the storage area. I can repeat this as many times as I want, but I can't turn into a cat. I like being a cat. How can I reject the feather and embrace the bell?


title: Differences between the iOS & Android versions of Guardian Cross?

text: What are the differences between the Android and iOS versions of the game, besides the newer release date on Android? I've read that not all hunting grounds are available on Android. There have been less coliseums of course, but I'm mainly interested in **gameplay** differences not a matter of having less contests (unless that means the game is missing some limited edition cards entirely?)


title: Inverting pressure plate without powering piston

text: I'm working on a trap, where if a person steps on a pressure plate, then the pistons deactivate and a pit forms in front of the plate. I decided to do this like a vertical jeb's door (a piston door in a flat surface.) The issue I am having is that the pressure plate is powering the upwards piston directly next to it. Is there a way to invert the charge from the presureplate without powering the piston? Preferably without moving the plate away from the pistons. Side view 1 shows how I implemented the jeb's door. The issue is that the pressureplate that triggers the trap is also activating the [s^] piston directly next to the plate. I hope my diagrams are understandable, otherwise I can provide screenshots. :3   * [p] = pressureplate    * [d] = dirt    * [s] = stickypiston (>,<,^,v = Piston Direction extended)    * [r] = redstone    * [1-4] = repeater with 1-4 number of ticks    * [a] = air   * |[b]| = Section for Side view    * [t] = redstoneTorch Top view               [p][d][d][d][p]      Side view 1 (|[b]| for side view 2)               [d][d][d][d]|[d]|[d]     [r][1][s][>]|[^]|[r]     [d][d][s][>]|[s]|[d]     [d][d][d][d]|[d]|[t]      Side view 2 (|[b]| for side view 1)               [p][a]|[a]|[a]     [d][d]|[d]|[d]     [r][^]|[^]|[^]     [d][s]|[s]|[s]


title: What are the chances of a spy stealing your cities' information?

text: I understand that in the espionage tab of the game, there are stars next to the your cities and that they refer to the potential that each city has. However, I have more cities with 5-star potential than the number of spies I have (I have 4 spies by the way). Thus, I would like to know how to calculate the chances of your cities' information to be stolen and eliminate the enemy spies that are camped in my cities. Is there a way to calculate the chance of your cities information? For example, maybe via your cities population, the science, or maybe the difficulty of the game. In case this matters, I am also using the Gods and Kings expansion pack and not the Brave New World expansion pack.


title: How to set up a basic military in Dwarf Fortress?

text: Alright, I lost a fortress last night due to neglecting my military (well, and not closing my airlock quickly enough.). I've been neglecting my military due to the fact the interface is the single most painful part of the game (that I've yet uncovered), and much of it is badly documented. Tasks are made easy with Dwarf Therapist, but there doesn't seem to be equivalent software for the military. The wiki explains _how_ to use the military interface, but doesn't go into detail on how to best use the military. So, how should I set up a basic, but working, military in DF2012? What weapons and armour should I forge, how do I get them to equip it, do I need to use a danger room, how do I train crossbow men, what type of training schedule should I use, etc.


title: Have whips been fixed in DF2012?

text: In the last version of Dwarf Fortress I was informed that generally foreign weapons were not worth using, with the exception of whips and scourges, because the physics engine worked using speed and impact area, and turned them into lightsabers. Is this still the case in Dwarf Fortress 2012? I'd read the wiki, but frankly, that article confuses me more then most academic chemistry papers I've read.


title: I failed a phase challenge. Can I try it again?

text: I got into the king goo challenge, got surrounded, forgot to check my health bar and quite obviously died. The phase portal's seemingly gone. Is this it? Does my character have no more tries to get the phat loot?


title: How do I get a dead bulky PS3 to work again (momentarily at least)

text: My PS3 died recently (YLOD) and I am planning on getting a new one. However, there is a lot of data on it that I do not want to lose and I hear that the transfer process would go more smoothly if my PS3 still worked. Is there any way possible to (at the very least, momentarily) get my bulky PS3 to work again? I really don't want to lose my data, so any way to power it back up for just small amount of time would be great.


title: Do downloaded DLC and games transfer from one PS3 to another?

text: Since I may be switching to another PS3 soon, I was wondering if when you transfer data from one PS3 to another, does that data also include downloaded DLC? I ask because there is some paid DLC along with pre-order DLC and a few downloaded games that I don't want to lose or have to pay for again. I also gave a few friends some of my downloads, meaning that I can't download something more than twice, right?


title: Why did my preset loadouts change?

text: I have recently got into playing `Gotham City Impostors: Free to Play` and I was playing mainly with the preset loadouts. After a while, I joined a match and all those loadouts had changed. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/UUALw.jpg) I used to have a different loadouts where "Striker", "Banshee", "Pharmacist"... were. Is there a way to get those loadouts back? Why does has it changed them in the first play? Was it because I joined a gang? I left it to see whether it changed it back and no luck.


title: Mario 63, where's the other side of Tick Tock Clock? (the backgruond)

text: Mario 63 (the 2D flash game based on Mario for Nintendo 64, has many of the same levels) has the Tick Tock Clock. When you access the level, you see a background with other platforms, and even a yellow star and blue angry smasher in the background (third section only I think). This is expected, many levels show other parts of the level depending on where you are. (snow level shows the opposite side in a 4 sided view) What is unexpected is that there seems to be no way to access all of that activity? Is it true that they designed in all those moving parts and platforms for background only? Or is there a way to access this background section? (the outside of the clock has no arms, just the numbers 12, 9, 3 & 6.. so I guess it doesn't have to do with the timing when you enter.. dunno)


title: Do soul gems scale with level?

text: With most item types the items you find gradually scale with your level. You might find an iron dagger at level 1, but if you come back after the area/dungeon has been repopulated and you are higher level, it might be an dwarven or ebony dagger. Do soul gems scale in the same way? Are you more likely to find higher tier soul gems as you gain levels (apart from the fact that you are more difficult places)?


title: What objects are interactive on the playing board?

text: When playing against slow opponents I spend most of my time clicking the interactive areas of to boards like the catapult, bonfire and farm. I have multiple times though I had found them all but then found a new place to click. So what are the places you can click on each board to have something happen?


title: If you messed up in dead man's booty level 34-50 how do you quit without restarting?

text: I noticed that I often accidentally do that by letting my iPhone run out of battery. The thing is it ran out of battery while I was playing. Leaving my phone to die while the program is in background doesn't solve this. Can anyone confirm? So I should wait till iPhone is 1% and start playing?


title: What affects the sale price of a vehicle in GTA online?

text: I've noticed that if I've modified one of my (non-premium) vehicles then the price at which I can sell it for goes up. For example, I have an Ocelot F620 which has a normal sale price of $8000. I have since added a few mods to it (improved engine tuning, etc.) and now if I try to sell it the price offered is around $13000. (I can't remember exatly how much I've spend on the mods -- it was over a period of several weeks) So I was just wondering if anyone has ever bothered to work this out? If for example I spend $1000 on mods, how much does the price increase by? (it it that simple?) Are there any mods that don't increase the price? (like respraying?) Also, if I buy two mods in the same category (for example 'Engine Tuning 1' and 'Engine Tuning 2') does it just increase the price due to the more expensive of the two, or does it increase by some combination of the two? I've tried briefly to figure this out myself, but the sale price of the car seems to behave in a strange way. I can drive my car into Los Santos Customs and check the sale price (by selecting 'sell', but not actually proceeding with the sale). If I then modify the car in some way, then check the sale price again, the sale price is unchanged! However, if I check the sale price of the car a day or so later (real-world time) the sale price has gone up to reflect the new modification. So I guess that leads on to another question: How long do you have to wait before car mods have an influence on the sale price?


title: Why do the cars my soldiers are hiding behind keep exploding?

text: On most maps I've seen so far, cars are a pretty common form of cover. However, they seem to have a tendency to explode, killing my soldiers. Some of them it's pretty obvious why they exploded, as they were on fire at the time, but twice I've had cars explode for no discernible reason, both times losing me soldiers and once causing me to fail a mission. Why are they exploding, and is there any prior indication that they are going to do so?


title: Is there a benefit to multiple interceptors on one satellite?

text: Besides the obvious benefit of having an interceptor as a back up in case one is damaged or destroyed, is there a bonus to having two interceptors on one satellite to protect/shoot down ufos? I thought I saw some screenshots of two interceptors against one ufo. But early on, a ufo appears and one interceptor sorties. It shoots it down, but I had two in that area. Why did only one sortie?


title: What do the enemy levels in Skyrim mean?

text: In Skyrim the player's character levels up and the player's gear offers varying levels of protection/damage, and in many instances the spells and the magic weapons refer to stuff like "will turn all enemies level 12 or lower etc. etc" But from everything I can see, there is no way to know what an enemy's level is, at any point! So how do I know what any of these numbers mean? I understand that I can just use trial and error, and I guess the argument can be made that this makes it more "realistic" but then why mix and match these metaphors.


title: When phone calls stop you from jumping through car windows, there's something wrong

text: I am growing extremely tired of running up to a car, right before jumping through the windshield/passenger/driver side window and as I'm hitting the button to get in... I get a phone call, and hit the button. Instead of jumping, I answer the call. Waiting around for the call to finish after such a let-down is such a drag! Is there any way to prevent this from happening? A way to toggle the phone's ringer would be nice.


title: Rising Dragon Achievement With Mechanized Chilong

text: Is it possible to get the Rising Dragon achievement when you have turned Shaojie Zhang 'Chilong' into a MEC trooper? I normally turn my heavies into MECs late game as the heavy bonus is great and heavies aren't so great late game. But I found the achievement didn't pop when I brought Chilong along as a MEC last time to the "final mission" as it's the last non-multi-player achievement I need to get. Edit: I started a fresh game and this time didn't turn Chilong into a MEC - the achievement still didn't pop. Must be some other problem. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PvZBJ.jpg)


title: What is the practice regimen for the pro StarCraft 2 player?

text: I'm wondering how pro StarCraft 2 players practice. I mean if compared to something like a physical sport there might be some calisthenic, run some drills, etc. It seems like one might also want to re-run certain engagements over and over again (how would somebody do that?) like drills.


title: What's the speed of a fully laden dragon?

text: Does collecting more loot slow down a dragon in Hoard? If so does the speed skill or carry skill offset this?


title: How to defeat the final boss, Ugh-Zan IV?

text: Most bosses in the game can be defeated simply with enough gun, and if that don't work, use more gun. The helicopter "boss" needs a little more finesse, but middle clicking during the fight fires up Netresca, which explains how to defeat the bastard. The final boss also gets some help from Netresca, but this time around it just mentions the boss autoregenerates thanks to technomagic babble on the back. That's fine and dandy and the boss fight does indeed start with Ugh-Zan IV giving me the back as he keeps the sand whale (the one I've been _so_ longing to destroy) at bay. However, giving him all I've got during that window of opportunity doesn't seem to make a dent in his regenerative powers, and once he's done with the sand whales he just casts me out of existance with his blue orbs of doom. How do you exploit the weakness of this boss and defeat him?


title: What's the deal with rings in Skyrim?

text: I've been collecting a lot of valuable rings that I'd like to just sell, but I'm not sure if there's value in holding onto some of them. This is what I understand:   * You can only have one ring equipped at a time   * You can enchant rings just like armor and weapons Are all rings created equal for the purposes of enchanting? Or are certain combinations of gems and metals better to keep for enchanting rather than selling?


title: What is the code for the mind control room in The Stanley Parable?

text: Is there a code at the end when you press "On" instead of "Off". What is it also?


title: Colors on Roller Coaster Tycoon 1 Deluxe are messed up

text: So I recently bought Roller Coaster Tycoon Deluxe during the steam sale, so I can reminisce and feel the nostalgia of the game. So when I first ran the game, the game started up normally, but all the colors were messed up. Ex. When it first starts the game, the background where it shows the hasbro logo scrolling down is pink, and the textures of the game looks like its opposite of what it should be. Does anyone else have or had this problem, because I really want to play this game.


title: How do you view your town's history when sitting on the wall in the event plaza?

text: I read a realted question about viewing your town's history in New Leaf, but it didn't fully answer the question. Apparenlty in new leaf if you sit on the wall by the tree in the event plaza you get to view your town's history. In a previous question it was said 500 hours + 500 days, but someone else said they could get it with 50 hours + 50 days. I've been playing since the game was released and I have about 180+ hours. So my questions are: 1. how long do you have to have played to view the history? 2. are the days measured in the days you have played or the the number of days that have passed since you started the game


title: How fast do I need to be going to kill my Kerbals?

text: While crash landing on Kerbin, I managed to slow myself down to around 10m/s before hitting the water, and they _still_ died. How fast do you need to land to kill a Kerbal and does anything else (like type of command pod) affect it?


title: Is it possible to rejoin a dungeon in progress?

text: I was running Fractals of the Mists with a pickup group recently, and part of the way through the second fractal, one of the party members was somehow ejected from the dungeon. His portrait changed to a black silhouette and in party chat he said that he was outside the entrance and couldn't find a way to get back in. Even after we completed the second fractal, the party member said that he couldn't find a way to rejoin the group. **Is it possible for a party member to rejoin an instance of a dungeon that's already underway? Is there any difference between Fractals of the Mists and other dungeons in this regard?**


title: How do combats work?

text: I'm not very familiar with 4X gameplay in general, but some aspects of the battles remain quite unclear to me. The following questions are about manual battles. Quoting the user's guide: **Battlefield and positioning** > An important element [...] is that they take place directly on the Adventure > Map, not on an abstract battlefield. When you decide to attack an enemy > army, you should choose the location of the battle carefully to take > advantage of terrain opportunities: Altitude may grant you a bonus, and > cliffs can prevent enemy units from reaching you. How do you choose that location, exactly ? Should I attack opponents from the side of their tile that will push me on the most valuable direction/area (for instance, west cliffs for my archers) ? Is it possible to get a preview of what the battle area will be when engaging _before actually_ engaging an enemy ? Also, it can happen that more than 2 armies get engaged in a battle. I think it's simply because when the effective battlefield spreads out, more than one army stands on it. Once again: is it possible to get a preview of this area before engaging ? Are those extra armies the "reinforcements" mentioned in the guide ? >   1. Some units (greyed out) are placed in reserve and will enter the battle > as reinforcements. > **Turns** I was expecting a turn based combat system. Turns out that it doesn't exactly work that way: once the resolution phase has started, each unit act for more than one turn and will eventually stop after 2 or 3 turns. Is it normal ? All the guide says about it is: > Depending on the game settings, the battle can span several Order and > Resolution phases. Once these phases have completed, the battle ends. Should I change something somewhere in order to have "normal" one-by-one turn gameplay ? **Ranged attacks** Where can I find the range of my ranged weapons ? Is it possible to preview it during deployment or order phase ?


title: Is there a trick to help Winnie the Pooh score homeruns?

text: Winnie the Pooh is a Flash-based game made by Disney and intended for Japanese children. ![Stages](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dytQY.jpg) To cite the description of the game: > The goal is to make the indicated amount of homeruns with a set amount of > pitches and fouls/non homeruns will subtract from the amount of pitches you > have. Each level has a increased amount of homeruns with increasing > difficulty of pitches. And at the level select screen there is a button for > upgrades. ![Winnie the Pooh](http://i.stack.imgur.com/jL2Mp.png) While being able to finish the first stage, I am stuck against Piglet and I noticed that even after playing the same level several times, I have a hard time scoring a home run: the ball goes too much to the left, too much to the right, or not far enough. Does the same input always result in the same output? If so, is there a strategy (I have noticed a visual green cue)? Or is there a random factor in there?


title: What counts as passing on a treasure room?

text: On the character page, it says I have to "pass on 2 treasure rooms" in order to unlock Samson. If I enter the treasure room, but do not pick up the item, does that count as passing on it?


title: Is there anything special about the blood rooms?

text: Typically, only special rooms are marked on the map (item rooms, shops, arcades, bosses, deadly sins, etc.). What's special about the blood room shown below? I tried hurting myself on the spikes, and nothing happened. ![Blood room](http://i.stack.imgur.com/FnPsN.png)


title: What are the white hearts?

text: Apparently multiple items can give you white hearts, like the ones given by Fate. What are these white hearts? What do they do, and what can give them to you?


title: What does Fate do?

text: I just found a sad/dead blue head (called "Fate" when I picked it up), and now I have half of a white heart ( _not_ a soul heart) and wings. What does Fate do?


title: What's different about red chests?

text: In the new type of room similar to the challenge room, you are hurt whenever you enter or leave (there are teeth in the doorway). In this room, there was a red chest, and the room was styled similarly to the Devil Room. What's special about red chests - how are they different from silver/grey and gold chests?


title: If I destroy a civ should I try to convert the cities to my religion?

text: I have been playing Civ 5 for a while but am new to religion. If I destroy a Civ and captured its holy city, should I try and convert it, even though the other civ's religion is spread further, or let both religions coexist?


title: Is there a limit on the number of bodies/corpses/lockboxes in a certain zone? How do I increase this limit?

text: I would like to know if BioShock 1 or 2 limits the number of bodies/corpses in a certain zone (like Dishonored, another game that also uses the Unreal engine). Does either game remove corpses to make way for new ones? **If the game(s) do have this limit, how do I increase this limit in the PC version of the games?** EDIT: I noticed that some of the corpses magically turn into lockboxes in BioShock 2. How does the corpse conversion into lockboxes work? At what point will the game start turning corpses into lockboxes? Does the game have a limit on the number of lockboxes at any given time?


title: Is it possible to get two monsters of the same kind?

text: It's an old game but I found it recently and I'm playing it now. I got a monster, a Gremlin, which has a fire attack so I gave it to the guy near the bazaar with a grill (after which the grill transformed in a portal). I'd like to get another one but no matter how many times I go against one of its kind and the treats I'm throwing at it, it doesn't want to come with me. Is it possible to _capture_ two monsters of a kind?


title: What is the most efficient way to increase my Herbalism level in MCMMO

text: In the server I play, there is a jobs plugin in which you can get money. One of the included ways is from getting crops. The server also has the MCMMO plugin, and I want to get my herbalism skill level up so that I can get more money, and there are rewards for increasing your total MCMMO level on the server. My level is currently at around 325, and one of the admins on the server had a WorldEdit-ed farm that he let me use. It is massive, and I have every single crop. Up until now I have mainly been sprinting along rows of sugar cane that are 100 blocks long, but in between the growing periods I am having trouble getting experience. What is the most time-efficient way for me to increase my herbalism level?


title: What makes a perfect block perfect?

text: I noticed that during the first fight when I just held down 'block', I would block attacks and the game would just say `BLOCK`. However, at one moment I let go of the block button to do an attack, but I noticed my opponent was attacking as well, so I pressed block again. The game then said `PERFECT BLOCK`. I have been unable to repeat this after that, but my guess is it's something to do with timing. If so: how should I time my block move? If not: what does it depend on?


title: Why don't animals always follow me when I'm holding wheat?

text: Sometimes they do, but sometimes they don't. This is most noticeable when they are following me and I switch from wheat to another item and back to wheat. Does anyone have any idea what causes this?


title: Boss and drops/drop rate

text: Why does the drop rate drop after the first time you defeat a act boss such as diablo. and is there a way to increase the amount of drops gained?


title: GTA: San Andreas bug - Everything running in fast-forward

text: I recently purchased GTA: San Andreas on Steam. When I first ran it, it automatically jumped past the few first cutscenes but the audio track was still running fine. It would show me maybe a second or half a second of each scene and skip to the next one. If I manually skip through the scenes, it brings me to the alley starting point, but everything runs in some kind of fast-forward: the clock works double time, CJ's jog looks like running 2.0, cars are zooming by and crashing in each other and exploding, riding the bike is nearly impossible (it seems like my mouse movements are also influencing the bike's direction?), etc. I tried making it to the house to see if it would do the same cutscene behaviour as the opening scenes. It does. If I don't manually skip the opening scenes, I am transported near the train tracks where CJ starts walking on his own, and the game doesn't respond to my commands. I run it on Windows XP, AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core processor 4200+, 2.2 GHz, 2GB RAM, and GeForce 8600 GT. Anyone know what the issue is?


title: What cheat codes exist for Goldeneye Wii?

text: I just recently found out about the cheat codes for this game, and the sites I've viewed have three listed: > NotIt!!!11   >  Inv1s1bleEv3ryth1ng   >  <477MYFR13NDS4R3SP13S> Does Goldeneye Wii have any other cheat codes?


title: Do Tomb Raider: Anniversary and Tomb Raider: Legend use the same engine?

text: Do _Tomb Raider: Legend_ , and _Tomb Raider: Anniversary_ use the same game engine? The character models definitely look the same. _Legend_ 's has a feature called "Next-Generation graphics." Is there a way to turn it on in _Anniversary_?


title: Huntress doubleshot?

text: Today I noticed that my Huntress' weapon some times fire off two shots/arrow at the same time, so I have a few questions about it:   * Is this intentionally?   * If so, what is the percentage of this happening?   * Does it consume two, or only one ammo?   * Can it also happen with piercing shots?


title: How to get out of Nimbasa City?

text: I just defeated the 4th Gym Leader in Pokemon Black 2, and I want to head out towards the 5th Gym. But when I go to Route 5 there are trainers who are battling, so I can't get past. The other way (Route 16), the elevator is broken. How can I escape Nimbasa City?


title: Avoiding cheap deaths in TF2

text: Often when I play TF2 (usually as spy/scout, but sometimes as other classes), I'll find myself suddenly blasted/incinerated/pick your own favorite way to die by something I never saw coming. Many times there's no obvious error on my part that caused this, but just plain bad luck (bumping into someone around a corner while invisible, finding out as scout that there's a sentry behind that corner you just passed, etc.). Although some of these could be avoided by playing more cautiously and paying greater attention to my surroundings, that takes time that I do not have when in dangerous situations. (You can't take 360 spins to ensure nobody's sneaking up on you, you have to kill your target and get out of danger.) Is there any real solution to this, or do I just have to take the deaths, curse my luck, and respawn in 15 seconds?


title: What does the Save Game option do?

text: In Dead Rising 3, what does "Save Game" in the menu for normal mode actually do? It appears to have no effect on anything! Please be detailed in your answer, as it seems I am missing something. Thanks!


title: What are the other level stars?

text: In Pyramids for the 3DS, you can apparently get three stars after completing a level. The one with the symbol of the open door appears to be given if you just complete a level, but the two other ones have me stumped. One is a bag of coins, and the other one is a bag of coins with a timer. I assume the latter one has something to do with completing the level quickly, but what about the bag of coins star? It might have something to do with collecting treasure or coins in a level, but then again, some of the early levels don't seem to have treasure in them - so how would I get that star? Am I right in my assumptions? If so, how do I get these stars?


title: Is the Dual Savagery perk multiplied by the Assassins Blade perk?

text: From elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Sneak_(Skyrim): > Assassin's Blade > > Sneak attacks with daggers now do a total of fifteen times normal damage. From elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/One-Handed: > Dual Savagery > > Dual wielding power attacks do 50% bonus damage. My question is, assuming I have both perks, am wielding two identical weapons and my weapon damage is X, will I do 2X * 15 * 1.5 = 45X damage or 2X * 15 + (2X * 1.5) = 33X damage? If anyone is able to back up an answer with examples from in-game, that would be great. Note: Don't consider the Armsman perk, the damage multiplier from one-handed skill and the damage multiplier for power attack vs regular attacks. I left them out deliberately for clarity, as I already know they stack.


title: How do I share my Pushmo levels?

text: I love the game Pushmo. I like the idea of being able to create and share my own levels, but I am not quite sure how to do that. You get a QR code for every level you create - so do I have to physically show my 3DS to someone to share the level? Or is there a website or something somewhere where I cam upload my QR codes (and possibly get QR codes from other players)?


title: Resurrect named NPC for use in quest line?

text: So, I took part in a drinking contest with a stranger in an inn, and instead of waking up in a wrecked temple, he just took his barstool again, and only responded with "huh?", "Hmm?", etc. when I spoke to him. I looked up the details of the quest line, and with further investigation, it appears that Ysolda has somehow died. I used the console and did a `player.moveto [RefId]` and found her corpse in that odd green-and-purple- bricked dead zone. Since I missed the window directly after her death to use `resurrect 1` to keep her alive in the minds of the town, can I use any console-fu to repair the quest line?


title: How to get new weapons in Far Cry 3 Coop?

text: I've been playing coop with a friend for a half about an hour. We both have levelled a little, but both can't figure out how to get our new weapons. Things are made worse by this:   1. Change loadout screen hangs about only for 15 seconds   2. Change loadout screen appears only on checkpoints   3. The change loadout button (L by default) doesn't do anything So we have only 15 seconds to figure it out. Can someone please explain how to switch to better weapons?


title: Is price a reliable indicator of a quality of an item?

text: The items in _Jagged Alliance Online_ (armour and weapons) have two ways of distinguishing themselves one from another, similar to other modern RPGs: level of the item, and quality scale (from “junk” to “legendary” or somesuch). Another feature is price (taking into consideration that the shop pays one tenth of what it sells the equipment for). So my question is whether the price alone is a good indicator of a relative quality of the items of one class (apples to apples comparison). For instance, take two different models of Beretta in the similar price range, but of different level and quality: ![Beretta handguns comparison](http://i.stack.imgur.com/drJd1.png) Slightly more expensive “uncommon” P4 is slightly more accurate, has higher range, aim bonus (increase in accuracy with extra action points used for aiming), and faster reload than “junk” Beretta 92. On the other hand former has slightly smaller magazine, lesser damage (much lesser than accompanying increase in accuracy), and is vastly less durable. Both range and durability are generally moot for a side arm. That increase in range is useless most of the time, as that 5‒6 tile radius is still where the main weapons (such as scoped and unscoped rifles, or assault ones) have not lost their effectiveness. And durability plays role only in extended fire fights, which is, again, not an issue for a auxiliary weapon. All in all, on paper P4 is marginally better, and thus having marginally higher price. One important distinction is that P4 can be used from level 5, and 92 — from level 16, but both were found relatively close to each other (within few missions), and with 92 appearing later, it could be useful soon enough even if I did not find the P4. Similarly, comparing “uncommon” level 9 M16A2 and slightly more expensive “junk” level 18 M4 assault rifles, the former has slightly better accuracy, range, lower recoil etc., at the expense of lower damage and durability. The damage of the latter is significantly more (about a third), so it may be a more deadly weapon (cannot corroborate any average damage figures), but it seems sad that cool “uncommon” rifle is worse than “junk”, and three times more expensive “rare” level 9 M16A4 is marginally better than said “junk”, though, again, more useful as it was available earlier. New equipment in the shop arranged by level, but better quality stuff stands out with much larger prices (too much, in a way, given the slight edge they are giving, which may, however, play out in PvP): ![Handguns in the shop](http://i.stack.imgur.com/LaQLV.png) So, to reiterate the question. Am I safe just looking at the price in determining the relative quality of similar weapons, save any specific concerns relating the style of game play and economics (for instance, I opted out in investing in more than two times more expensive newer gun, taking loss on available damage in lieu of larger magazine (thus less reloads in inopportune moments), and having invested few grand before I figured I would skip a couple of levels of premium fire sticks)?


title: Having trouble getting Steam Terraria running in Linux

text: I followed the instruction here to run Terraria on my Fedora install, and when I went to install .NET 4, it said it was already installed. I deleted the registry node, as the instructions say, but it still says it's installed. I tried following the rest of the instructions anyway, but when I try to launch it, nothing happens. Does anyone have suggestions I could try?


title: How do I spawn Vermivorous The Invincible?

text: Searching something unrelated I happened to hear about Vermivorous The Invincible, a monster allegedly near Terramorphous in difficulty and loot quality. He's apparently quite real: How do you get this thing to spawn? Best I can tell it involves getting Varkids to evolve. How many evolutions does it take and what's the best way to get him to spawn quickly?


title: Setting up Sturdy Shedinja

text: I love my Shedinja. I have been running it for a good three or four years with the cunning use of Soak and Lightning Rod to keep it alive and trolling. I've lost count of the number of Mega Fire-types it's taken down. Now I want to try something a little more daring. Setting up Sturdy Shedinja in a Double Battle. The plan is quite simple: Lead with Smeargle and a Sturdy 'mon, Role Play to copy Sturdy, then switch to Shedinja and Entrainment Sturdy onto it. Now, here comes the tricky part: countering counters. Obviously the whole thing falls apart if Smeargle goes down. A Focus Sash is pretty much essential there. Additionally, Fake Out is a major problem, so I plan on having the Study 'mon being Sawk, with Quick Guard to block that threat. Shedinja will need Safety Goggles to survive weather, and I need either Safeguard or Thunder Wave to prevent more harmful status conditions. Factoring all this in, I have my lineup like so:   * Sawk [Sturdy] - Quick Guard   * Smeargle @Focus Sash - Role Play, Entrainment   * Shedinja @Safety Goggles   * Delphox - Safeguard Remaining threats: Leech Seed, and splash damage from Flame Burst. Also, contact with Rough Skin, Iron Barbs or Rocky Helmet will cause self- destruction. Now, here is another thing to consider: When you see Smeargle lead, you expect Dark Void, right? It's obvious, surely. So... you act accordingly. Fake Out if you have it (which Quick Guard can block) and try to take out the Smeargle (which Focus Sash will interrupt). Trouble is, Smeargle isn't exactly the fastest thing out there. That's why I'm here. What can I do to maximize my chances of successfully allowing Smeargle to survive for the two turns it needs to set up Shedinja? What other dangers should I be aware of?


title: Mjoll's Grimsever

text: I was just wondering what Grimsever is classified as. Everywhere I read says its a one handed but the one I have is two handed. There was a site that said an unofficial patch changed it into a two handed greatsword, but I don't recall downloading any unofficial patches. Was this just an auto implement when the game updated itself?