title: How can I avoid a tedious end-game?

text: I find the early and mid-game great fun: there's excitement and challenge as I explore the world, found cities, and challenge the other players. But then the end-game almost always turns into mind-numbing slog. For example, right now I'm playing 8-player vs. AI. I've reached the point I always seem to reach: it's basically inevitable that I'll win now, but I still have to give repetitive orders to tens of cities for a hundred or more turns to wrap it up. I go in hoping for an interesting victory condition, but I usually fall back on Conquest since that ends the monotony a little quicker. A friend of mine has the same experience. Are we doing something wrong, or do we just lack the needed patience? Are Civ end-games usually longer and less challenging than the openings?


title: How do I tank as a paladin?

text: I've been heavily invested in the DPS role: my main character is a warlock who I've played for 5 years. But I wanted to start exploring the other two roles: tanking and healing. I have a paladin alt that I wanted to start to use for tanking for some time: I've leveled it to 78, but 90% of that was solo, and the other 10% was basic healing. So I don't know where to start, especially post-Cataclysm. I've tossed around learning-by-doing using the Dungeon Finder, but the tank role is particularly crucial and getting chewed out over and over while I'm learning on the job doesn't sound particularly fun. I understand the numbers: what stats are important, what to talent, what to glyph: my question is really about the actual gameplay. How do I pick targets? What rotations or spell priorities should I use? What should I be looking out for? Are there any up-to-date tutorials that assume no knowledge?


title: What determines my character's maximum Health and Mana?

text: As I level up, I'm gaining increases to both my maximum health and my maximum mana. These don't seem to be increasing equally, however, as I'm seeing my maximum mana increase faster than my total health. What factors are involved in determining my character's maximum health and mana?


title: Is there a way to start a Minecraft server when a player tries to connect to it?

text: I've been wondering whether this is possible or not, or if there's a plugin or setting for it. Thanks in advance!


title: Does a dispenser tether cloaked spies?

text: I know that, as a cloaked spy, I can recharge my watch from a dispenser. In fact, a L3 dispenser can recharge my watch faster than it drains. However, I know that dispensers display a glowing tether to units that they are resupplying. If I cloak next to (or on top of) an enemy dispenser, will I get tethered and thus be revealed to detail-oriented Engies and Pyros?


title: How can Astaroth get his opponents out of his face?

text: Astaroth is a long-range fighter. He has long windups, sweeping attacks, and tons of options if your opponent gives you space to work. Unfortunately, most opponents know this, and don't give you space to work. They get right up in your face and just keep up the pressure, and as Astaroth, I don't know what to do but keep blocking and hope they get tired of pressing buttons. In Soul Calibur 4, his 6K was a really fast, reliable option to get out of these tight spots, but it seems they've slowed this move's startup down considerably. Throws are too slow and are usually ducked or interrupted. How does Astaroth get his opponent away from him so he can breathe and start annihilating?


title: How can I lose the cops?

text: Other than picking up the little blue markers that make the cops lose site of you temporarily, are there any other ways to lose the cops in _Retro City Rampage_?


title: How do I get rid of the remaining enemy in the Bandit Slaughter quest?

text: I was not able to finish instances of the Bandit Slaughter quest I was playing because an enemy is in a place where it can't be killed. It must be stuck as it appears to be not moving. The enemy is not visible to me, so I can't target a sniper rifle or rocket launcher at it. It is detected in the minimap though, and seems to be outside of the arena, as per this screenshot: ![Bandit Slaughter: Round 4](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ANKSD.jpg) If this enemy isn't killed I can't advance to the next wave. If this happens, _aside_ from save and quitting to reset the quest, is there another way to finish this quest? Is there a weapon or item that I can use to kill this enemy or make him come near me?


title: How to most effectively explore underwater?

text: I see cool looking structures underwater sometimes but I never find it worthwhile to try and investigate them - it's dark and I can barely get to the bottom before I need oxygen. Is it even worth exploring underwater? If it is, what are some effective strategies for doing so?


title: Multiplayer Map blanking

text: In Minecraft 1.4.2, multiplayer, I get the following error: If I place a map in an item frame and use a new map, the old map in the item frame gets blanked, thus making it impossible to use multiple maps. Is there any bugfix for this? ![Map in frame](http://i.stack.imgur.com/tQuQw.png) ![map in frame blanked](http://i.stack.imgur.com/rYVJV.png)


title: What's the effect of having a neighbor tap on your house?

text: When a neighbor visits your Springfield and taps on your houses, the neighbor will earn $16 and 2XP per house. The immediate effect you can observe is that you will see the interlocked hands symbol over your house and when you tap it, you'll see the name of the neighbor appear. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/503fQ.jpg) But what other, if any, effects are there for you? From what I can observe, the tapped houses don't pay out more money. So, is there any benefit for you?


title: Where is the icy rock?

text: I already found the moss rock and evolved eevee to leafeon. I searched all around frost cavern in search of the icy rock. Where is it? :s


title: Which weapons does the Thrill of the Hunt passive skill apply to?

text: In Diablo 3, I am playing as a demon hunter. One of my passive skills is called _Thrill of the Hunt_ : ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/TE3Mz.jpg) It states, "Every 10 seconds, your bow attack will immobilize your target for 3 seconds." When this states 'bow' does that include other weapons such as the crossbow? Which weapons specifically will be affected by this passive skill?


title: Why are the Beastmaster achievements not activating?

text: After playing through Act I, I have three entries missing in the "Beastmaster of Tristram" achievement:   * Butcher   * Dark Vessel   * Dark Berserker I have the relevant lores in my bestiary (journal), but for some reason they won't activate the achievement when I read them. I tried leaving the lores open and even clicking the "listen" button, but the checkbox in the achievement does not get filled. I even started an Act I quest to read them there, no luck. What am I doing wrong?


title: Minecraft forestry multi-farm crash?

text: I am playing FTB direwolf20 1.6.4 pack and I am trying to build a forestry multi-farm, in the beginning it worked but after awhile every time I try to restock it with items it crashes my game, I know why this happens but I am wondering if anyone else is having the same problem and how I can fix it?


title: How to make a tree miller

text: **Tree milling** There are plenty of videos about already done tree miller. But none explain how to build one. I'm currently trying to create one and share it with you once done but I'm stuck. **What I mean by tree milling** I mean a mechanism that when a tree grown it will automatically detect the event and push the trunk wook blocks in a horizontal row to make it easier to recover. **Wish** If you wish I'll post few pictures of my current solution but it is very complex right now (uses more than 8 pistons, block detectors, redstone stairs up and down, monostable circuits and stuff). **My current "solution"** (Notice with up and down I mean vertically speaking) I builded a circular sand mover which basically push a pile of sand up, then right, then down and then on the left. On the way down (which should in the stable position be empty), there are only empty blocks reserved for the tree truck that is going to grow up. (It's a little bit more than 7 blocks height because I'm referencing Birch Trees as tree type). My idea (not really mine) is to push the sand down and push the trunk block as well. Make the trunk go all around until it goes up. Then when it is on the way to go from the upper level to the right (from which should go down again) I created a gap. Sand blocks will normally fall down and then be pushed again. Tree block will float; then a piston will detect the floating blocks and push them in a row. I don't like to synchronize circuits and pistons, so the right and the down piston works naturally when they detect a block to be pushed. The lower pistons (the one that push on the left and the one that push up) are activated once (to start the circular movement) whenever the tree has grown and detected. **Question** The problem is that this method works only when there are as many tree trunk blocks as the empty spaces reserved for the trunk. If a tree doesn't grow a 7-blocks trunk (the maximum) and let's say grow a 5-blocks trunk, there will be 2 wood block still in the circular sand ring. How do I solve this? Are there any guides or tutorials about this? Do you have any map example to show? Anything?


title: What are the dangers of accepting gifts from unknown accounts on Steam?

text: A user named 'steamfairy1' gifted me a game on Steam. I don't know this user, his profile shows no games, no friends and zero hours played. The profile of 'steamfairy1' was created the day I received the gift. It very much looks like a scam, but I can't figure out how the scam is supposed to work. What's the worst thing that could happen if I accept the gift? Any idea what the trick here is? It could be just a random act of kindness and I'm just paranoid… I contacted the Steam support, but they were unhelpful as usual: responding in the wrong language and with a canned one-liner that didn't make a whole lot of sense or had much to do with my question. Keywords (not really tags, but I want this to be searchable): steamfairy, steam fairy


title: Does Dota 2 have needs to level summoner as in League of Legends?

text: In League of Legends players need to level up their summoner to level 30. As summoner level increases, players will unlock summoner spells, runes, and masteries. Is there a similar system in DOTA 2? And if so, how does it work? Is there something that you need to grind to unlock it in DOTA 2?


title: How does one control a plane in GTA San Andreas on Android?

text: How does one control a plane in GTA San Andreas on Android (with the touch interface)? The virtual joystick is hard to control precisely, but so far (before the flying school) it was used only for walking and a little for swimming, so it was fine. Is there a way to control going up and down (pitch) separately from turning left and right (roll and yaw)?


title: What pieces of equipment are safe to sell?

text: One thing that annoys me about Final Fantasy 7 (and 6) is that it's very difficult to sell items. Well, I mean, selling them is pretty easy, but the selling screens give you all sorts of numbers, and _none of them are about the stats of what you're selling._ > ![Chrono Trigger's sell items screen](http://i.imgur.com/jrOtLii.png) > ![Final Fantasy 7's sell items screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/tGlhZm.jpg) > > _One of those sell screens does not suck. Guess which!_ The only point in holding onto old equipment I can come up with is "unequipping" people's weapon and defense slots so you can always have the best gear available for your current party, and very early game equipment will do the job nicely. People joining -- and _leaving_ -- your party also can likely throw you curveballs, but other than that... So, how can I determine what pieces of inventory are safe to sell?


title: What level do you have to be to get missions for Simeon?

text: What level do you have to be to get missions for Simeon on GTA 5 online? I am a level 8, and I have not received any calls from anyone while playing online.


title: How can I shop at a merchant?

text: I've just recently got Starbound for Christmas, but I can't seem to interact with a merchant that sells guns. I've looked on the internet, but I can't find a thing.


title: Why can't I get a 1.6.4 Minecraft Bukkit Server to launch?

text: I followed a lot of tutorials, including Bukkit.org's steps like below:   * 1.Create a folder with your choice of names   * 2.Download the latest recommended build CraftBukkit.Jar   * 3.Place the Craftbukkit1.6.4 jar from step 2 in your folder   * 4.Rename CraftBukkit1.6.4-R2.0.Jar To CraftBukkit.jar   * 5.Open Notepad and copy and paste java -Xmx1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar -o true PAUSE   * 6.Save the Notepad text you just wrote and click save-as (Name).Bat (I did run.bat originally but it still never worked)   * 7.Double-Click Run.bat or (Name).bat and it should load your world  *This is where it failed to load anything. The problem in every set of steps I try comes up when trying to run the run.bat file. No matter what I do I always get this: ![it says Java is not recognized](http://i.stack.imgur.com/IPIfM.png) Does anyone have any idea why this happens, or how IO can fix it?


title: Why doesn't Minecraft: Pocket Edition let me play?

text: I've made an account and everything but I can't move. I can't uninstall my game because I won't be able to get it back. Why can't I move away from spawn? It says that I have to register and create a password but I already have both accounts for Mojang and the pocket edition on. My tablet is a Kobo arc. It has the new version from last year.


title: Do Costumes Affect Breast Physics?

text: I've noticed that some of the female characters have two widely different costumes available. Do any of these different costumes have an impact on character breast-physics? The most obvious example would be _Hilde_ who wears a suit of armor in her default costume, but not in her secondary costume, which is an outfit reminiscent of the American civil war. Do costumes affect the body physics of female characters (or males for that matter)?


title: Starting with 200% xplodium bonus in Gun Bros

text: So last week I was surprised to see that I was starting out levels with a 200% xplodium bonus, and after each wave the bonus would increase by 10%, and maxed out at 400%. This differs from the usual 100% start, 5% increase, and 200% max. Today, I was disappointed to see that I started out at 100% again. I googled it and someone mentioned that it was a St. Patrick's Day easter egg of sorts, but this clearly doesn't apply to what I saw, since it was obviously not St. Patty's Day when I experienced this. Can anyone explain this? Is there a way to unlock this "feature" again?


title: My mouse doesnt show up when I play games!

text: When I play any kind of computer game my mouse doesn't show up. I can still click on things, I just have to spend forever searching the whole screen because I can't see it. This is a recent problem, it used to work fine. This is a problem with the mouse pad, wireless mouse, and corded mouse (I've tried them all!)


title: How do I sleep or skip nights?

text: I was able to build a bed in Terraria and I thought it could allow me to sleep. By clicking on it, instead, I set only the spawn point. Is it possible sleep in other ways or eventually skip nights (or days)?


title: Does time elapse?

text: It's midday now, and I have to meet up with someone at night. If I do side quests for a while, will it eventually become night and allow me to fulfill that quest? Or do I specifically have to meditate for a while in order to change the time to night?


title: Positioning? What's the right way to go about it?

text: I feel like whenever I read guides they never talk about positioning. I'm wondering what are the most useful positioning tips? I know not to run into the middle with a ranged carry but is there a more exact science?


title: How can I get a dryad in my village?

text: I already build new home for her but nothing happens.I have 18 gold(if that matters) but no one moves into the new home. In my village I already have 4 NPCs.


title: Close quarters infiltrator weapon of choice

text: I have been trying to play as a close quarters infiltrator and I've been wondering what the best weapon would be. I have yet to unlock the Tempest, is it useful for this purpose or would I be better off with a shotgun? What mods would work for such a weapon?


title: Quickest way to gain experience in Gears of War 2

text: What is the fastest way to gain experience in Gears of War 2? I'm well aware of the events that are regularly held that give experience multipliers. I'm more interested in knowing what gametypes and playing styles offer the easiest way to gain experience quickly.


title: What are the best ways to defend against champions that deal true damage?

text: What runes, masteries, items, or any other aspect of the game can help defend against targets that deal true damage?


title: Can enemies from statues drop a hardmode dungeon key?

text: The (gamepedia) wiki claims that "every enemy" has a chance of dropping a dungeon key for the biome that it is in, and I see nothing to suggest otherwise in the other wiki or update logs, yet it seems strange that all farming tutorials for the keys are making use of spike traps and meteor heads rather than statues hooked up to a timer. If it were the case that statues could spawn mobs that could drop keys then I'd imagine people would be making massive statue farms for insane rates rather than an unexpandable meteor head farm. Or is there perhaps some reason why this method would be slower or wouldn't work? Was it confirmed by somebody that statue summoned mobs can't drop hardmode keys, or was it just assumed to be the case? Is it true? Edit: (For bounty I'd rather the answer to show the code or an official dev statement, not from the wiki, it appears that the wiki has now changed its statement)


title: Playstation Pulse headset bluetooth

text: Does Playstation Pulse's blueetooth is compatible with mobile devices? Because I saw an audio jack connected to a mobile device, but I haven't see connecting it to mobile device via bluetooth. I want to buy it but I want to verify if it is bluetooth compatible with mobile devices.


title: Can I transfer my Terraria world from one PC to another?

text: I have two Terraria worlds, one on my laptop and the other on my PC. I want to transfer over my laptop world to the PC, whilst keeping the existing PC world. So I'm looking at my laptop and the files name is _world1.wld_ and the game on my PC has the same name. Do I have to rename the file to _world2.wld_?


title: Will Canadian Motion Controller work in EU PS3?

text: I have a European PS3 but I'm going to Canada in a couple days and wanted to know if the motion controllers from US will work on my PS3. They are A LOT cheaper there and in Portugal is nowhere easy to find them available to buy used...


title: Why are these assassins everywhere I go?

text: Ok, every town I go to and just venture out in to the 'wilderness' I get ambushed by Hired thugs, or assassins. I kill them every time but it is really annoying, and lydia is still with me and I've commited a few minor crimes but always paid my bounty. What's HAPPENING?!


title: How to counter a jet-sniping attack helicopter?

text: I was playing Conquest at Kharg Island, where my jet repeatedly got shot out of the sky by a hovering Viper attack helicopter with heatseekers. Whenever I tried to take it out, it would usually lock and fire at me before I could destroy it. If it didn't destroy me on the first try, it would just spin around and finish me off before I can loop back. I eventually destroyed it a few times by kamikaze'ing into it, but that's hardly the most efficient technique. How can I counter this tactic?


title: How can I play Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04?

text: I have installed Spore and Galactic Adventures in Ubuntu 12.04 using wine-1.4, but when I try to launch Galactic Adventures, the normal game launches. Is there any way to get it to launch with the patch?


title: Using Wirt's Leg as a weapon

text: **If I place runes in the sockets of Wirt's Leg, can I still use it to get to the secret cow level? Or does it have to be "clean" for that to work?** Reason I am asking is because it is the only weapon that I have with 3 empty sockets, and I have (luckily!) 3 Tal Runes. These do +75 poison damage over 5 seconds. So I would get a minimum 225 poison damage before my other perks kick in.


title: Can keys drop from zombies?

text: There are doors that require many keys to open. Is it possible to get keys as drops or do you have to purchase them?


title: How do I block a zombie tornado?

text: During major waves, zombie tornado often sweep in and seemingly can bypass walnuts. How do I defend against them?


title: Which is the best choice: health, attack, shield or magic?

text: When leveling up, is there a clear best skill to select? I tried magic at the start but it seems (from reading other forums) that it does not work well at higher levels.


title: At what points in Forza 3 do you start races in higher positions?

text: Semi-migrated from SmarterGamer. Pretty much self-explanatory. I'm playing through the career on Forza Motorsports 3, and am now starting at positions from 1 - 3. When I started the game, I was starting at position 8. (Both of these are assuming an 8-car grid.) I'm fairly certain this has to do with driver level, but I'm not sure what the progression rate is. It doesn't seem consistent, as depending on the race and the vehicle I choose, I may be anywhere from pole to 3 now, and didn't really pay attention (d-oh) while going through the career.


title: How many friendly fire kills before you're kicked?

text: In hardcore team deathmatch, I've noticed other players being kicked for persistent team killing. Is the threshold an absolute number or a ratio? I've noticed that people with 4:0 get kicked straight out. Also, do collateral damage kills, eg kills with a claymore which also kill one of your own?


title: Of what use is the Heavy dropping a sandwich?

text: Recently I've accidentally discovered that you can Right-Click to drop a sandwich (Heavy's 2nd weapon), but then I can't pick it up again. Anyone know what's the point of dropping the sandwich apart from seeing teammate cluelessly gathering around it?


title: Taking multiple screenshots during gameplay

text: How can I take multiple screenshots from a PC game during playing?


title: Does a steering wheel controller offer advantages over a standard controller that will help me improve in a racing game?

text: This applies to pretty much any racing game. What advantages, if any, does a steering wheel controller offer over a standard (analog) controller that will help me improve? Or is the steering wheel just for fun? * * * Edit note: I changed the wording of this question to make it less subjective. The original intent is the same, though.


title: Last game made and sold for the Atari 2600

text: What was the last game made and released on store shelves for the Atari 2600? Specifically, what was the last consumer available (not just for developers or bootleggers) game that you could legitimately buy before the 2600 was no longer developed for commercially?


title: How should couriers be used in Dota 2?

text: I've noticed Dota 2 has a courier unit which I suppose is made for delivering items from the stash/backpack to the hero on the battlefield. How should they be used and in what situations? Sometimes in the game I find that I often can take my hero back to the base since I also need to heal, so I hit two birds with one stone. Also, sometimes my hero has a better speed than the courier. Thus I don't understand when to use it exactly. When and how should he be used?


title: Melee champion attack range?

text: Which champions (melee) have an auto attack range more than 125? So far I only know that wukong has an AA range of 175


title: Will a Wings of Liberty campaign be any different with the Heart of the Swarm extension?

text: If I have the Heart of the Swarm extension pack installed with my StarCraft II, will the Wings of Liberty campaign be affected by it? (I.e. new terran units, new upgrades, etc?) I don't mean for the plot to change (because that would obviously not change), but is there anything different between playing it with the extension pack and without?


title: Damage to Minions works on Zac's Blobs?

text: I've heard that you can smite Zac's Blobs as if they were minions. So if that is true, does it mean that lantern passive effect can also proc on them? And what about the extra damage to minions mastery? In general are there any special rules for them or do they just count as minions?


title: Are fusion operations commutative?

text: Can I fuse a Carbon atom into an atom of Hydrogen just as easily as it is done the other way around, or must the smaller-mass atom be the source and the heavier one always be the target?


title: How do I make metal bars in Dwarf Fortress?

text: I am really at loss as to how to make metal bars. It keeps asking me for refined coal, but I can't find any, and even if I did, I don't know what buildings I require for it. I would really appreciate a total idiot's outline to making metal bars.


title: What do i do with this 'Tag of Sharpness I' that I got in the beginning of the game

text: It says to redeem this at the mailbox but How do I use it to get the Perfect Military Magic sword. I just started Perfect World yesterday. I am only level 7 by the way.


title: Need a good quantity comparison of Geth/Cerberus/Reaper troops in silver/gold

text: So I like playing on silver and occasionally gold in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, usually with random enemies. Of course each wave as it progresses has more difficult troops to fight but what I'm asking is when comparing Reapers, Cerberus and Geth, how many of what troops are being sent depending on who your playing and what wave. I'm asking because it seems reapers send a multitude of banshees and brutes, which are armored and deadly troops. Cerberus has the Atlas, which is about the same level as banshees and brutes but not nearly as many are sent out as the reapers banshees and brutes. Same along the lines with the Geth and the Geth primes. * * * little update, I understand this question is incredibly difficult to get a decent answer for so i started a little research of my own. Havent tried gold yet but for silver i have done a Reaper and Cerberus match and on Wave 9 i see about 4 atlases and about 6 phantoms against cerberus and against the Reapers i tend to see 2 Banshees and 4 Brutes and 4 Ravangers. Trying to get how they decided what was equivalent to what.


title: Can you import Mass Effect 2 PS3 save into Mass Effect 3 if the games are from different regions?

text: Most PS3 game save I tried aren't compatible with different regional versions of the same game, but does Mass Effect 3 allow you to import a Mass Effect 2 save from a different region? For example, if I played Mass Effect 2 off a US disc (Region 1) and start Mass Effect 3 with a UK disc (Region 2), will my old save work?


title: Why are my flash game saves getting erased?

text: After installing stand-alone flash games such as Machinarium, Dino Run SE, and Space Rubbish (all of which are great games by the way) I find that my game saves keep disappearing. I have read how cleaning programs like CCleaner can have this effect. I have CCleaner installed, but do not have it set to run automatically. I have found that whenever I start and then quit IE, my saves disappear. I also run Firefox, but it seems to have no effect on my saves. My question is: **How can I stop IE from deleting these local Flash caches?** As a side note: Do any other browsers have this sort of behaviour by default?


title: What's the best counter for Protoss Carriers?

text: What is the best way to counter a player who is using a lot of Carriers?


title: How do I move a peaceful monster out of the way that's being just a bit too heroic?

text: So, I got to the last level of Sokoban, and then this happened: ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/36mwG.png) That dwarf in the doorway is friendly, and it's great that he's trying to be a hero for me and all, but now I'm kind of just stuck here. The enemies won't attack the dwarf, and the dwarf won't attack them. If it was a pet, I would just displace it, but this brave dwarf insists on staying to protect me. I'd prefer not to kill it because of the alignment penalty. What should I do?


title: Teamspeak hotkey needs to be reconfigured after ts3overlay update

text: Whenever I start Teamspeak I see this error message, which stops the software from loading until I press the 'OK' button. This sucks. How to fix it? ![Teamspeak 'hotkey needs to be reconfigured' error](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qB8fe.png) > Due to the latest ts3overlay update, your hotkey needs to be reconfigured. > > Please open the ts3overlay plugin configuration page and set your hotkey in > the "Input" tab.


title: Do gifts to other players come from my inventory in Avengers Alliance?

text: When I "gift" items to my allies in Avengers Alliance, do they come from my inventory? It's logical that they would, of course, but I don't notice my amount of SHIELD points going down when I send them to other people. Maybe they don't get deducted until the other player logs into Facebook and picks up the gift, but I know I've accidentally "overdrawn" my account without any consequences.


title: Could not find driver "mysql" when setting up sourcebans

text: I'm trying to set up SourceBans on my CS:GO server, but when I tried a `sm_reloadadmins` I got               14:46:45 sm_reloadadmins     14:46:45 L 02/09/2013 - 17:46:48: [sourcebans.smx] Database failure: Could not find driver "mysql". See FAQ: http://www.sourcebans.net/node/20     14:46:45 L 02/09/2013 - 17:46:48: [sourcebans.smx] Database failure: Could not find driver "mysql". See FAQ: http://www.sourcebans.net/node/20     14:46:45 L 02/09/2013 - 17:46:48: [sourcebans.smx] Database failure: Could not find driver "mysql". See FAQ: http://www.sourcebans.net/node/20     14:46:45 L 02/09/2013 - 17:46:48: [basecommands.smx] "Console<0><Console><Console>" refreshed the admin cache.     14:46:45 [SM] Admin cache has been refreshed.      Does anyone know what this means? Here's my `databases.cfg`               "Databases"     {         "driver_default"        "mysql"              // When specifying "host", you may use an IP address, a hostname, or a socket file path              "default"         {             "driver"            "default"             "host"              "localhost"             "database"          "sourcemod"             "user"              "root"             "pass"              ""             //"timeout"         "0"             //"port"            "0"         }              "storage-local"         {             "driver"            "sqlite"             "database"          "sourcemod-local"         }              "clientprefs"         {             "driver"            "sqlite"             "host"              "localhost"             "database"          "clientprefs-sqlite"             "user"              "root"             "pass"              ""             //"timeout"         "0"             //"port"            "0"         }              "sourcebans"         {             "driver"            "default"             "host"              "****"             "database"          "****"             "user"              "****"             "pass"              "****"             //"timeout"         "0"             "port"          "3306"         }     }


title: How do the Ents spawn and what's the best way to deal with them?

text: Sometimes, when chopping down trees, an Ent can be generated. (look at the picture below for reference) ![Ent](http://i.stack.imgur.com/sVdff.jpg) These guys are pretty hard to kill, destroy you in a couple of hits and tirelessly follow you around the map. My questions are:   * What triggers an Ent generation? Are they spawned randomly or they just stay hidden until you cut down trees near them? If the latter is true, is there a way to recognize them?   * How to deal with them? Do they eventually give up on following you or you just have to turn and face them? In this case what's the best setup? (I've been thinking Logsuit+Torch, but I've never been able to test it)   * Do they drop something valuable when defeated or just the usual logs+pine cones?


title: In Tetris Battle, how do you "overwhelm your opponent"?

text: In Tetris Battle on Facebook, by some condition, the game tells you that you've "overwhelmed your opponent", and it grants you two stars rather than one. What is that condition?


title: Can I change to a custom conference once an NCAA Football 11 Online Dynasty has been created?

text: I created an Online Dynasty in NCAA Football 11, intending for all participants to join using SEC teams. However, players now want to move other teams into the conference. I can rearrange the schedule, but I can't find any option (in the game or on the website) to change the conference. We're still in preseason - no games have been played yet. Is it possible to adjust conference members once a dynasty is created, or is my only option to delete and recreate the dynasty? If so, it's not a big deal, I'd just rather not deal with the cat-herding involved in getting my degenerate friends to finish picking teams before creating the new dynasty.


title: What is the best arrangement of gem dragons in their habitats?

text: Currently, there are 4 habitats on the Gem Dragon island, and each can hold multiple gem dragons. I finally have more than 4 gem dragons, so now I have to decide how to arrange them. What is the best arrangement to earn max gems? I'm particularly interested in avoiding gem loss by leaving them for too long. They have such a long timer I often forget to check them in a timely manner.


title: Convincing a Camper to move in?

text: I have been playing furniture games with the cat camper in my town. How long does it take before you have to do charades or rock paper scissors to make her move in?


title: How do I use /setblock to put down a flower pot with an Oxeye Daisy in it?

text: I've been working a lot with DataValues and Entity IDs, doing mostly stuff with the `/summon` command, but i'm getting more into learning how to manipulate the world with Essentials and the Minecraft base commands. I'm trying to place a flowerpot with an Oxeye Daisy (or any flower) in it, but I can only seem to spawn in empty pots, or ones with dandelions, poppies or saplings. How do I put one down with `/setblock`?


title: Fifa 2009 - Free Kick Techniques?

text: I'm a fairly long-term fan of the Fifa series, having owned various Fifa titles over the years however if there is one thing that I just _can't_ seem to get right, it's free-kicks on goal. No matter what I seem do, they either go skyward, or are so lacking power that the goalkeeper has so much time to react that he easily saves it. Any tips would be great!


title: Is there a set of heroes I shouldn't be using in ranked play?

text: Some heroes just flat out out-class others according to some LoL players. I cannot easily source this as the sources are too many and opinions too varied. That being said, is there any way to clarify what heroes are definitly underclassed somehow? Is the concept even somewhat true? If so should these heroes be avoided in ranked play so as to minimize any possible champion induced handicap?


title: How to counter Lycan?

text: So today Lycan has been released in Dota 2 Beta and I am reading a lot of posts of people that are extremely frightened by him. Many say that the only chance is to pick it first or call "gg" at 20/25 minutes when he comes out of the forest. If you play Captain's Mode you can permaban him, but how do you counter Lycan, as a team and as a single pick, when you play All Picks matches?


title: What are good operator strategies in Armored Core 5?

text: In Armored Core V multiplayer, one player is an Operator which who acts as the the tactical commander, relaying information and commands. Unlike the other members, the Operator does not participate physically in combat. **What are good operator strategies?** Gameplay example:


title: Starcraft II Ladder Matches(How to get promoted)

text: I recently started playing starcraft II and was originally placed in Silver League. After playing various matches winning half and losing half or so I got demoted to Bronze League, personally at the time I didn't mind because I wanted to learn the game the right way, etc. However, I only played 6 or so games before being demoted, I have been in Bronze league for a month or so now and have maintained a rank 3 or so during this period and I constantly play with Silver players, etc,(and won) and I have still not been promoted. I had a winning streak of 10 matches and no promotions, yet I was demoted in the first 10 games.


title: How to trigger levolutions in multiplayer?

text: The levolution were touted as the big thing in BF4, but the only levolutions I have seen in action are in the floodzone map and the iconic siege of shanghai skyscraper demolition. What I would like to know is how to trigger levolutions in the other maps, as I'd like to see their effects on the playing field.


title: How can I clean my 3DS?

text: I seem to have gotten something sticky over parts of it. Most of it wiped off, but the volume slider and the wireless switch are sticky and tough to move. How can I clean those parts without damaging my 3DS?


title: How to drink in a cold environment?

text: In Dwarf Fortress adventure mode, how can I drink? My waterskin is full of ice. I did find a well, but the bucket is also full of ice. Is there a way to melt it by a campfire? Licking it doesn't seem to help.


title: Why does one side's minion wave push harder than the other side?

text: A little while back, I went into a custom game with a friend to 1v1. Essentially there were no rules and we could push whatever lane we want and to win we would kill the nexus as always. However to start off, we both started the laning phase in mid lane. Neither of us touched top or bottom lane for a while. However we both noticed that my friends minions seemed to be pushing more than my minions. After a while, the minions without any help from my friend was able to kill my turret and continue pushing on. My question is: what can cause this uneven pushing when the minions should be equally strong?


title: How do I invite Liara to show me her new project?

text: I got an email from Liara asking me to invite her to my quarters when I have time to go over some new project she's working on. The comm will only let me call Samantha Traynor, Diana Allers and James Vega; in that order. How do I trigger the game to let me invite Liara? Thanks in advance.


title: What are the benefits of roaming?

text: How do you help your team with roaming, and who should take the roaming role? I've seen some mid AP carries roaming, but that's a risk because they are leaving their turret unguarded.


title: Can I change the controls?

text: I really want to get Prison Architect, but after watching Yogscast Sjin play it I've noticed that he says the scroll wheel and middle mouse button are prominent buttons. I have a trackball that has neither a scroll wheel nor middle mouse button. I don't want to buy a game I won't be able to play. Is there a way to change the control scheme in the game to avoid the use of these particular controls?


title: What puzzle did they change in the Director's cut when compared to the original version?

text: I've been told that some puzzles have been changed (simplified?) in the Director's cut and also some dialogues have been rewritten. I'm not talking about the new stuff (i.e. all the Nico's sequences) but the old puzzles that have been remade somehow. Is there a list of puzzles whose solution is different in the director's cut when compared to the original version?


title: Dog glitching problem in Scribblenauts Remix World 3 Level 10

text: In World 3 Level 10, I know I need a long bridge for the second area with the spikes, but every time I get past the first bridge (heavy bridge), the dog runs ahead to the end and goes back and forth so that I can't put the long bridge down. Whenever I try, it just gets bumped and falls into the spikes. Sometimes the super smart dog thinks that means it can cross the bridge and it jumps in after it! Has anyone had this problem, or know how to fix it?


title: How can I play with friends?

text: How do I make a squad with my friends so I can join a game together? I can't seem to find it and I looked for the past 30min


title: I cant build holding cell kitchen or Canteen help!

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6sKDd.png) Well, basically, I started the game, read the CEO's letter, got the grant and built the requirements for the holding cell, but it won't let me designate it. Why not? Its happening for my canteen, too.


title: Borderlands 2 on Ubuntu 12.04 problems

text: Okay so I'm running GNU/Linux Ubuntu 12.04, I'm trying to play Borderlands 2 and I know it will work as other players have success playing the game. I was told to install the following: vcredist vcrun2008 vcrun2010 msxml3 winhttp physx vcredist returned: "Unknown arg vcredist" and vcrun2010 gave me this on the installation page: "HRESULT 0x80070643" other then that, they all installed fine (I think) I open steam that was installed via Wine and locate to **~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/common/Borderlands 2/Binaries/Win32** and I type **wine Borderlands2.exe** (Note: I also have -NoLauncher on my game's properties for launcher settings thing) It takes a while to open, the splash screen shows, and then the everything just kinda crashes (Black screen).. Anyone know how I can fix this? Here is the terminal log: http://pastebin.com/i9MR95zf


title: Which save game does Red Dead Redemption load when starting from the main menu?

text: Basically every time when I start up Red Dead Redemption on my XBox, I'm in the following situation: I have a manual save, and additionally an auto-save which is just a few minutes older. Which one does it load from the start screen?   * Always the auto-save?   * Or always the newest save? I can never tell the difference, because they're pretty close to each other. So I always have to go into "game -> load game" just to make sure it loads the save game I want.


title: Lone Druid True Form

text: Lone Druid's ultimate is called True Form and allow morphing himself into a raging bear, losing his ranged advantage but gaining melee power as well as the Battle Cry ability. This skill has no cooldown and use very low mana. I never used this hero before, so I am wondering in which situations morphing into a bear is useful and in which situation instead is better remain in human form.


title: Can ghosts be killed?

text: So far on my quest, every enemy I've encountered that I've killed will drop some loot. However in **The Lich Yard** , **Spectre Knight's** stage, there are some ghosts that I can't seem to murder. Like the jerks they are, they will just hide and become temporarily invulnerable every time I take a swing at them. ![Worthy foes?](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PTB1p.png) _Worthy foes?_ Can these jerkfaces be killed?


title: Optimal strategy for clothers display

text: When a supplier provides you better clothes after you sell a certain number, should you retire the older clothes ? Is there an optimal strategy for this as you can run out of displays after the 6th floor is built. Is there a choice to make as well for the type of 6th floor depending of the number of displays and stands you need ?


title: What to do in Hard Mode in Terraria?

text: I just reached Hard Mode in Terraria after beating the Wall of Flesh, so what do i have to do next? I know that to call the new bosses you need to create an specific item. But regarding the ore grinding and armor sets and weapons, What should i get?


title: Stacking mobs on players in vanilla minecraft

text: Is there anyway to stack the player on mobs? I already know how to stack mobs on other mobs, like this:               /summon <entity> {Riding:{<entity>}}      Unfortunately, I don't know how I can do something like this to stack mobs on the player. Is there anyway I can do this in **vanilla** minecraft? Any help is appreciated!


title: Once I lose a villager's trade option, can I ever get it back?

text: Once you out-trade a villager's specific option, you lose it: it has a large red **X** on it, and you cannot make that particular trade anymore. Is there any way to recover options that fall to this fate?


title: How do I protect The End using Worldguard

text: I am a moderator on an SMP server. We have a Bukkit plugin called WorldGuard that we use to set protected plots and disable PvP in certain areas. Can WorldGuard be used to do the same thing in the End?


title: If you take someone's items, then befriend them, are the items still stolen?

text: At some points in the game, you do a quest for an NPC and afterwards they let you take some of their less valuable items. If I steal items from an NPC, then do the quest for him so that he lets me take his things, do the items stay marked as stolen?


title: Can Pokemon eggs pile up while to collect in the Day Care?

text: Can I get a backlog of eggs in the daycare? Example, if I leave an egg in the daycare (to be obtained), and get the conditions right to obtain another egg, will there be 2 eggs for me to pick up (even if I have to refresh the area)?


title: Is there a way to keep mission weapons?

text: I was playing Borderlands 2 and realized that Marcus gives you a slag weapon to test. I've always wanted a slag weapon, however, I also want the XP. Is there a way to get the XP and keep the weapon?


title: What are some good armors Dark Souls 2

text: I am looking for some light armor in Dark Souls 2 Max weight I can carry so that I can still correctly perform the "fast roll" is 70% I currently have Old Knight Greatsword equipped and the broadsword equipped. Without any armor on, I am at 36% Any recommendations and locations/seller names? Thank you :) Edit: For suggesting sets and researching and answering with it I'm +1 and whatever armor set I decide on using I'll accept by tomorrow I need something protective, other attributes don't bother me but if you find an armor set that is < 70% that has bonus' then that'd be great **Also it doesn't need to be a complete set from the same type, example: Elite Knight Helm, Elite Knight gloves, Elite Knight leggings, Elite Knight armor**


title: Exiting the Arena

text: With the Bounty Hunter faction there came a possibility of battling in an arena.   **How can I quit the arena after I win?** I've only been able to 'mass retreat'; however, I'd like just to return to the BH base and take on a different challenge.


title: I have collected the artifact. How do I give it to Kannik?

text: I thought if i went up to him after collecting the artifact, the next part of the mission would kick in.... but it hasn't


title: Mad Science MOD Not Loading

text: every time I try to load the Mad Science Mod, it throws an exception:               java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/ReflectiveOperationException         at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method)         at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkModHandler.tryCreatingPacketHandler(NetworkModHandler.java:195)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkModHandler.configureNetworkMod(NetworkModHandler.java:133)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.NetworkModHandler.<init>(NetworkModHandler.java:102)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.network.FMLNetworkHandler.registerNetworkMod(FMLNetworkHandler.java:263)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.FMLModContainer.constructMod(FMLModContainer.java:519)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventHandler.handleEvent(EventHandler.java:74)         at com.google.common.eventbus.SynchronizedEventHandler.handleEvent(SynchronizedEventHandler.java:45)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatch(EventBus.java:313)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatchQueuedEvents(EventBus.java:296)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:267)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.sendEventToModContainer(LoadController.java:201)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.propogateStateMessage(LoadController.java:181)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventHandler.handleEvent(EventHandler.java:74)         at com.google.common.eventbus.SynchronizedEventHandler.handleEvent(SynchronizedEventHandler.java:45)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatch(EventBus.java:313)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.dispatchQueuedEvents(EventBus.java:296)         at com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus.post(EventBus.java:267)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.LoadController.distributeStateMessage(LoadController.java:112)         at cpw.mods.fml.common.Loader.loadMods(Loader.java:511)         at cpw.mods.fml.client.FMLClientHandler.beginMinecraftLoading(FMLClientHandler.java:183)         at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_71384_a(Minecraft.java:473)         at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.func_99999_d(Minecraft.java:808)         at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:101)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)         at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)         at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.launch(Launch.java:131)         at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch.main(Launch.java:27)     Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: java.lang.ReflectiveOperationException         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)         at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at net.minecraft.launchwrapper.LaunchClassLoader.findClass(LaunchClassLoader.java:102)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)         ... 42 more      All I wanted to do was use the Mad Science Mod for 1.6.4, I also added Universal Electricity to the Mods folder.


title: Are there any blacksmiths or enchanters for hire?

text: My current character in Skyrim has got essentially zero Smithing and Enchanting skill. It would still be great to be able to upgrade or enchant items, or even create some items, like dragon armour. In particular, I would really like to upgrade some magical daggers I use but I can't because I don't have the right perk. Non-enchanted daggers I can at least upgrade a little bit. I haven't found anyone who can smith or enchant on demand, but are there any such characters in Skyrim anywhere? It's a big world and I could have missed them. I wouldn't mind paying handsomely for such items (e.g. it would make sense that I wouldn't be able to sell it for more than I paid for it). If the answer is negative (boo) then are there any mods that provide this mechanic? **Note** that I'm not sure if mods go against the 'no game recommendations' rule. If so, I (or you!) can edit my question to remove this.


title: Low-level strategies for survival in Fallout (original)

text: I've just started playing the original Fallout (and hopefully Fallout 2 when I'm ready), and am loving it. However, I have to admit that I'm getting my butt kicked. I seem to do OK against cave rats, but if there's more than one mole rat or rad scorpion, my best tactic seems to be that of Brave Sir Robin: Run away! I have a combat knife and a 10MM pistol, so I'm not terribly underarmed. But I've already died once from a random encounter of multiple mole rats, almost died from a mole rat with several cave rats surrounding me in Vault 15, and I think (?) I'm poisoned from a rad scorpion random encounter where I ran like Forrest Gump to get out of there. What can I do to increase my survivability, short of leveling up a few times?


title: How can I make a zombie pigman farm?

text: I have been searching the web for some time now. I badly want to make a simple, but effective, zombie pigman farm without more than 2 days work. Any links, help, or suggestions on how I can do this would be really nice.


title: Modding Terraria myself?

text: How do I convert all of the image files to .PNG's, and once I do have them in an editable form, how do I get them to be used by the game client? Is there something I will have to download to do this?


title: Can crew members start with experience?

text: I noticed in that shops, potential crew members' experience bars are shown, but I have only seen them empty. Can crew members in shops start with some amount of experience? What about crew you get elsewhere?


title: How can I move my borderlands 2 save files

text: I'm moving stuff between two PCs and I have a save file on one for a borderlands 2 game that I've been playing. I want to put that onto the borderlands 2 game on the second PC. Problem is, that whenever I replace the save files in the second PC with my save and then start up the game, the only available option is to start a new game. It overwrites the save files I give it and makes a new blank one. Any ideas?


title: What's left to do in Neverwinter Nights 2 official campaign?

text: I have been playing the NWN2 official campaign and been now at the estate part, and as far as I see I have upgraded every part of the estate, and don't know what to do further. It's been a while since I played it last, so I might miss a few details. Anyone out there to tell me what I should do next for a major move? Training armies and walking around the grounds has become a bit boring now :)


title: Are There Normal RB3 Guitars

text: Our guitars are beat to snot and we need new ones. We were holding off on buying new controllers until RB3 hit, assuming there would be a new line of MadKats (MatCats?) regular guitar (non-Pro Mode) controllers out. I am not seeing any on line.


title: Why would I want to raze a city?

text: Whenever I capture a city in Civ 4 I am offered the option to raze it or install a new governor. I almost always choose to install a new governor - after all, why not start with a partly-built city rather than build a new with a settler? The only times I raze the city are:   * The city is so far from the rest of my empire that I have no hope of keeping it   * The city is so close to my existing borders that I would automatically take over its space if it were destroyed Are there any other reasons I might want to destroy a city rather than take it over?


title: Can I Pass Out from Excessive Drinking?

text: I've noticed that if I grab two or more alcoholic beverages in rapid succession, my sight gets wonky and blurry. The length of time this effect lasts for seems to increase if I grab a larger number of bottles. Is it possible to pass out, if enough alcoholic beverages are consumed in rapid succession?


title: Do I have to use a stolen vehicle to complete a Vehicle Theft?

text: In the Saintsbook, there are a number of side quests to complete, including Vehicle Thefts. For those, a chop shop owner picks a type of vehicle for you to steal, and rewards you for bringing one to their shop. Does the vehicle actually have to be stolen? For example, if I stumble across an unowned Shark, can I take that one to Rigg's shop, or do I have to take one of the Sharks that are highlighted during the side quest?


title: How can I talk to Odahviing again?

text: I have trapped Odahviing in Dragonsreach, and it seems that I must free him so that I can ride him to the next dungeon. The problem is, every time I free him, everyone else in the room starts attacking him. Since the Jarl (who is invincible) is in the room, and the dragon itself is invincible, this enters a neverending cycle of one of the two of them dying, crouching for a moment to recover, and resuming battle. I can't talk to Odahviing while he is fighting. What am I supposed to do?


Where does my horse go after I'm arrested in Dragonsreach? I've looked everywhere within reason and can't find my horse. I was riding it when arrested and it wasn't stolen, any help? I cheked the stables were i had bought him and near buildings, the horse was alive when i was arrrested becouse i was riding him. ......After traveling to winterhold on foot i found my horse just standing there... it was the first time i had EVER been to winterhold......(wtf)


title: How to get the timing right when parrying?

text: I'd like to master parrying, and I think I can get the directions right, but I can't really see how the game evaluates timing. Often times I am either too early or too late.   What should I look for?   How should I time my presses and releases?


title: How can I acquire "Arena Token" in War Metal?

text: I wonder what the ways to get "Arena Token" in War Metal.   On wm.blem.org it says "Aquired from Arena" I never got one from Arena fights yet.   Are there any specific things needed to get it?


title: Assassins Creed Brotherhood. Infiltrate pantheon by top?

text: In the current memory i am in a mission where it says Infiltrate pentheon by top. But do not find a way how to climb in top of the pantheon. I also tried it earlier because there is a viewpoint up there? So, is there a way to climb up there? I already walking surrounding of the pantheon to find out a way up. But no help :(


title: Placing Maps in Minecraft

text: In Minecraft I created a huge map of my world. I want to see how I can place this map so everyone can see it without the need for individual maps. Any ideas?


title: How do you know when you've unlocked everything?

text: In PaperPlane, how do you know when you've unlocked everything? It just seems to be endless (but awesome)!


title: As Morphling, how do I decide when to morph?

text: One reason why I avoid Morphling is because I can never tell when (if at all) I should begin to use his morph ability to transfer stats between strength and agility. What are some typical situations where I should favor one stat over the other? And how much of my stats should I transfer before stopping? Is it ever worth it to swing 100% in one direction or the other?


title: When is a Store's Inventory Determined?

text: When is the inventory of a Store set?   * at the beginning of the sector   * right before the store is visited   * some other time Will visiting the same store multiple times offer different buy options or more fuel/missles/drones?


title: How do you make easy money in Assassin's Creed 4?

text: I want to ask how can I make easy money in Assassin's Creed 4 because the ship upgrade costs too much money and naval combat ships are crazy against powerful.


title: Is it possible to miss dreams?

text: Throughout the game you interact with various objects, people, environments that trigger "dreams". I want to find them all because they're interesting and add to the story, and to satiate my rabid completionism. **Is it possible to permanently miss any of these dreams during the game, or is it possible to pick them all up late in the game when you can fast-travel anywhere?**


title: Obsidian pillar with lapis block on top

text: Is there any deeper purpose in these obsidian pillars? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/fbTLa.jpg) They appear most often in the twilight forest but I think I have seen them also in the the overworld.


title: What's the correct timing for the the starting turbo boost?

text: In previous Mario Karts, I haven't had any trouble getting the turbo boost at the beginning of the race. But I can't seem to figure it out in Mario Kart 7 - how do I time the gas to get the starting boost?


title: For Wave of Light - Blinding Light, what attacks does it trigger on?

text: For Wave of Light - Blinding Light does this trigger on all damage attacks you do (ie. Sweeping Wind), only from activated skill attacks, or is this only triggered by using Wave of Light itself? I'm thinking if this at least works on activated skill attacks and with a decent amount of crit hit chance this could go a long ways in crowd control (even on higher difficulty levels when the enemies are more resistant).


title: How to decide the sell price at auction house

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What factors should I use to price an item in the auction house? I just want to sell the items quickly and don't want to spend a lot of time analyzing prices, etc. I am leveling not a level 60 character. In diablo iii? Say vendor value the item for 500 gc How much should I sell the item for and how much the buyout shall be? I usually add 0 and 00 to the end of price. So 5000 gc and 50000 buy out. What do you use?


title: Harvest or Rescue little sisters in Bioshock 2?

text: I just tested it out and it seems that if you harvest a little sister you get 160 adam out of her. If you use her to harvest 2 bodies you get 40-40 each plus you get 80 more when you rescue her at a vent. So it seems that it changed slightly from bioshock 1 where you got less if you rescued the little sisters. Plus if you keep rescuing them you get presents, so is there any point in harvesting them apart from the time you lose when you adopt them and walk around?


title: Minecraft multiplayer keeps crashing (mac)

text: I have came across a new problem. My friends and I have a server and they are fine and never get any crashes. However I always keep crashing every 15-20 minutes. My screen goes black and I am unable to do anything. I have never had this crash before and Ive had minecraft for 6-7 months now. I am running minecraft forge 1.6.4. I have tried deleting and reinstalling minecraft still same crash. I go to the minecraft folder and there isn't any files telling me the crash. Please could you help me? Thanks


title: How do I breed without evolving my Pokemon?

text: I recently got a Skitty from a friend and I want to breed it so I can have more. I read that if I put it with a Ditto that it should breed with my Skitty... the only issue is I don't want my Skitty to evolve into a Delcatty. How can I let my Skitty breed without fear of it evolving?


First, please confirm my understanding:   * you can carry up to 5 weapons   * you can fast switch using "X" between two at a time I am having trouble setting the two fast switch weapons. For instance, say I currently have my sniper and shotgun selected as my fast switch weapons. I then get in close quarters and want to swap my sniper fast switch weapon to an assault rifle. To do that I fast switch "X" to the sniper, bring up the weapon wheel, select the assault rifle. Then when I press "X" it switches back to the sniper rifle. This is so maddening. How does one pick the two weapons one wants to fast "X" switch between?


title: With KSP Interstellar, how can I tell what my velocity vector will be when I turn off my warp drive?

text: I've been trying to figure out some stuff with the KSP Interstellar, and my biggest problem is that I don't know how to enter orbit of another planet. When I leave warp, I'm basically left with a trajectory that is either sub orbital or hyperbolic (i.e. an escape trajectory), or worse than both of those, hyperbolic with a periapsis below the surface of the planet. How can I tell what my orbit will look like when I drop out of warp? I'd really like to be able to drop out of warp directly into a stable orbit.


title: Is it possible to launch the spacecraft after 2050?

text: I wasn't able to add the engine part (i.e. my last part) of my space shuttle at the end of game... Was it because the game already over (>2050) ? PS/ I succeed to add all other parts. For the last one, the "Add to spaceship" wasn't there at all...


title: Which strategy allows you to beat Rosh the most times in Diretide?

text: So far I know of two strategies.   1. Pick carries, beat him to death with damage items.   2. Pick people with burst damage (Lion, Lina) and use an etheral blade and lots of maxed out Dagons Does anyone know which is better? Or if there's a different better one? Note: Better can be defined as doing more damage per second, thus killing him faster (therefor this isn't a subjective question) EDIT: After searching some more I noticed this question but I'm hoping for a more exact answer with some numbers backing it up (I know it's lots of work, but maybe I'll be the one to do it and post it)


title: What is the difference between Neural Damping and Neural Feedback?

text: XCOM: Enemy Within introduced several new toys for the player to use, including the ability to genetically modify your soldiers. Most of the new gene mods are straightforward but there are still a few that leave out a detail or two. Neural Damping gives +20 will when defending from psi attacks and gives immunity to panic and Mind Control. Neural Feedback damages anything that attempts a psi attack and forces all of that enemy's psi attacks to go on cooldown. Does Feedback also provide immunity to Mind Control? If a Sectoid Commander or Ethereal hits my soldier with Mind Control and lives, does the control still take place? Does Feedback also damage an Ethereal using it's Psi Lance? I feel like Damping is better all around for preventing psi attacks, but does Feedback provide that same level of protection, or is it more situational and gimmicky?


title: Are there NPCs that can charge my items in Skyrim?

text: I'm currently roleplaying non-caster character, who strictly avoids casting any spells. That means I cannot charge any soul gems by myself. Are there any NPCs that can charge my magic items for me?


title: Cho'gath AP/AD Hybrid Build?

text: I'm fairly new to league. I started playing with Warwick and really enjoyed him, but I got bored of him very quickly. I enjoy fairly high health, strong, carry champions with good CC and high kill farm and champion kill rates. I've recently been playing Cho'gath and been thoroughly enjoying it. I've been building him as a pure AP carry. I get items such as abyssal scepter, rod of ages, Rabadon's Deathcap, etc. I sometimes swap out the abyssal with a magic resist or high armour item based on situation. This gives me tons of AP and therefore my vorpal spikes does a lot of damage. However, I also realized Cho has one of the highest AD stats in the game at level 18. Therefore I was wondering if it was worth doing an AD/AP hybrid build on him. He already gets tons of health from feast so is naturally fairly tanky and hard to kill. Does anyone have experience playing Cho this way? Or do you guys have any recommendations on good AD items to get to go with my current AP build? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am thoroughly enjoying the game and playing with Cho! Also if you guys have any tips on fun champions to try based on what I've described that would be awesome too! Thanks!


title: How can people be dying of starvation when the markets and storage barns are full of food?

text: I've got a really strange occurrence. I've got a lot of food- so much food that I've got to take people off food production or I can't build new storage barns fast enough to hold my food excesses. But my population are still dying of starvation. I've built some markets and they too are full of food. Why on earth are people dying of starvation when I've got so much food?


title: WoW - How to sell bound bags/pouches

text: How can I sell a bag/pouch that I previously equipped? I bought a new bag and want to equip it, but can't because my bagspace is full. Thanks.


title: How should I structure my city in order to make up for the teamster's terrible AI?

text: I notice that in Tropico 4, once my city starts becoming large with ~350-400 people, my teamster's AI starts going berzerk. They leave all my goods in the factories and don't bother exporting even when I build many teamster offices. After some observation, I believe that this is because the large city size and its complicated road network confuses the AI; they tend to use very, very suboptimal route choices. For instance, on the game I just played, they decided to resupply my factories using the port on the other side of the island, even though there's one right next to their office!


title: In Civ V which tile improvements can be stacked with another improvements?

text: E.g. you can combine roads with farms (or anything else for that matter). What else?


title: Can amulets or trinkets (jewelry) be created by the blacksmith, jewelcrafter, or another artisan?

text: If I visit the blacksmith, I can create (or learn to create) any type of weapon or armor, except for amulets and rings. If I visit the jewelcrafter, I can create any type of gems. **Does a artisan exist where I can create my own amulets and rings?** At the moment I don't see any, but are there plans that you can find/purchase for either artisan that will allow you to create these items?


title: Is there drawbacks to rushing an era?

text: From what I can tell, it is always good to change era :   * increased bonuses more from city-states   * unlocks policies   * makes your opponents think your are ahead in tech (at least in multiplayer)   * cities make more damages (or is it just the animation that changes ?) Are there any drawbacks that would make you choose another tech to wait a bit before entering a new era ?


title: Discount at Tashun?

text: There is a quest you can do for Tashun in the Lost Mines(I think, or forgotten?). His reward is a 'Discount' on his items. What I am not sure, since I never really bought much from him to begin with, is that if this discount is a continuous thing. Is there some way to tell if this discount is continuous?


title: Steam downloading language packs. How can I stop this?

text: I'm learning French, so I figured I'd change the Steam UI to French and hopefully learn a bit more. Unfortunately this made Steam download the language packs for some games, so I changed back to English. Now Steam is stuck updating Skyrim and Morrowind to French, and I can't stop them. I can pause them, but I need to wait for the download to finish to play. I'm on capped internet and I really, really can't afford to download another ten gigs of data this month. So how can I stop these updates?


title: What do all the dye colors look like?

text: There's a wide variety of dye colors, but there doesn't appear to be a way to preview dye colors. I'd love to be able to see what they all look like; Screenshots would be great!


title: What do you do with the Unicorn Horn?

text: I found a unicorn horn in the Desert Castle. Anyone can give me a hint as to what I'm supposed do with it?


title: EVE Online starter pack on Steam: can I start later?

text: I don't really have time to play EVE right now, but in a few weeks I presume I will. If I purchase a EUR5 starter pack currently on Steam sale, will the 30 days of game time start ticking down _only after_ I activate the account, or will it start ticking down immediately?


title: Why does Cave's Black Label sometimes add extra attacks?

text: Cave's Black Label seems to have 3(?) separate parts: A main attack which showers bullet-hell style bullets on targets, and two second parts which involve "Option" style bee-things which shoot more bullets, then lasers. I've seen her perform the first part alone, and I _think_ I've seen her only perform half of the "bee" related attacks on a separate occasion. At first I thought she stopped attacking once the targets died, as I had only seen the full attack against bosses. But later I tried the attack against a tough normal target and only the first bullet hell style attack triggered. What determines how many stages of the attack I'll get? Is it random or based on the target's boss status or based on something else entirely? It seems Falcom's Moon Dragon acts in much the same way as well.


title: Is there an ambient light cheat/command in “Don’t Starve”?

text: Is there a console command or cheat code or something in _Don’t Starve_ that will make it bright like daytime? I checked the console command list, but there was nothing. I’ve seen some mods that can make it perpetually daytime, but that has no effect in caves. Is there a way to set the ambient light to full visibility, even underground?


title: What is the best setup to beat the Boss in Yoggscave?

text: The last Wave in Yoggscave is a big Monster which has a large red butt. Shooting that is counted as critical, but only yields ~270 Damage with a fully upgraded Assault Rifle. I had a hard time bringing it down to even 50% health before it hit my core on normal. **What is the best weapon and/or tower setup to kill that weird beast?**


title: As Terran, what techniques effectively harass in the early game (before 6 minutes)

text: I play a very macro style Terran which consists of no aggression early game. What are some strategies or build orders that put significant pressure on my opponent (or damage), but set me up to utilize my macro style play? In other words, how do I get a further lead from the beginning of the game? _Edit_ : I should have been more specific, looking for mid-high diamond strategies or techniques that can be accomplished with 100-140 regular APM


title: What's the difference between the Daredevil and Hot Rod hoverboards?

text: Some boards in the shop have special powers associated with them. I'm interested in investing a significant amount of coins in one of these boards, but would like to know what their differences are before making that commitment. The Daredevil board's special power is "Surf Faster". The Hot Rod's special power is "Speed Up". What's the difference between these two special powers?


title: Does a ballista fire automatically?

text: In Timber & stone, does a ballista manned by an infantry fire at targets on its own, or do I still have to aim and fire it manually? It is pretty hard to do this, so being able to auto-fire would be good.


title: Is there a cap on resistances?

text: In Diablo II, there was a cap of 75 set on all resistances (though certain items could increase that cap). Is there a similar cap in Diablo III, or am I free to increase my resistances willy-nilly?


title: What are the various traits for units in Wesnoth?

text: quick (+1 move point?), intelligent (fewer experience points to level), strong, resilient, loyal (no upkeep cost), etc all modify the units in some way, but I have not found a comprehensive list. What are all the traits in the game? What do they each do?


title: How can I purchase resources from other cities?

text: Purchasing resources from other cities in the region seems to be key in the most recent SimCity. Obviously, my first city had to be self-sufficient, but then when I built my second city, I was able to just purchase the power/water/sewage treatment from my first city, and just upgrade these services in my first city as the second city expanded. However, when I tried to do this when my third city, it doesn't seem to be working. You can see from the screenshot below, that even though there seems to be power available from Monet Plateau (my first city), my third city doesn't seem to be making use of any of that (and it definitely _does_ need it - this happens to be why the city button is highlighted yellow). Any idea why this might be occurring? Could it be some sort of bug? I, like everyone, am having connection issues. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/DHfTt.jpg)


title: Getting a new Fishing Rod

text: I just found out that there are some fish that you can only catch with the normal Fishing Rod. Considering I sold mine one season ago after I got the Master Rod, I freaked. Is there any way to get a new Fishing Rod or am I screwed?


title: Torchlight 2 crash message: Unable to determine file type( Best Guess ASCII)

text: Suddenly and at random, I get this error message when trying to start Torchlight 2: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/I2mUS.png) I'll type it out for search engine crawlers: "Unable to determine file type( Best Guess ASCII). You need to save the file as unicode - recommend doing it in word pad." I came upon many people with this issue, but this one in particular seems to have the answer: http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=33831 Someone recommended deleting local_settings.txt. Well, I did that and Torchlight 2 indeed started up, but _I lost two of my newest characters_! I checked the save folder, though, and still see them there, so they're not gone. I also tried saving the local_settings.txt file as unicode using WordPad, but no luck. I will add that, when I opened the file in WordPad, it was completely blank. When I opened it in Notepad2, I saw SUBSUBSUBSUBSUB all over the place. This is indicator numero uno that the config file got severely corrupted since it's supposed to contain readable and manually editable configuration information. Anyone know what could be the issue? **Edit:** This person here says he experienced a blue screen before getting the error. Last night when I closed Torchlight 2, my PC blue screened as well. http://forums.runicgames.com/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=45718


title: What are known side effects of using the console in Skyrim?

text: I got so fed up with my low carry rate that I modified it via the console. Now the next zone I enter, I get a block-like drawing error on the loading screen. Then I notice a few more little quirks that I've never seen shortly thereafter. Are there known side effects to using the console?


title: What happens to recruited creations that you then Dismiss?

text: In GF2, there are pre-existing creations in the world that you can recruit, typically by passing a Leadership or Shaping check. Unlike your own creations, they cannot be controlled, but neither do they lower your maximum Essence while in play. Unfortunately, there are some circumstances where you don't want them. With no way to say "stay where you are", your only option is to Dismiss them, which produces the message "it walks off, no doubt to return to where it came from". However, if you then go back to the place where you recruited it, it's not there. Where, if anywhere, do they go? If you Dismiss a creation, is there any way to recruit it again? Or is it gone for good?


title: How to invite friends individually for Dragon City?

text: So I've noticed that when I click this button, every single friend is actually checked. What if I don't want to invite everybody to play this game? What if I want to just invite 1 person? Is there an option for that? I don't want to manually uncheck all 300 of my friends. As you notice in this image, the black censor is the friend's profile icon and the muddy censor is the friend's name. Of course you see every name being checked. Now there are arrows to navigate multiple pages to uncheck. What if I only want to invite just one person? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/fLqOo.png)


title: What route across levels 22-25 avoids all spikes?

text: Spikes in levels 22-25 can end a run short by simply draining you down to 1 health with a single misstep. How can you work your way around them?


title: In Alien Swarm, what do you get from leveling up?

text: I noticed you unlock weapons/items every time you level up, but is that all there is to it? Do the characters stats increase at all?


title: Occasionally I'm told I have acquired a chest key. Where are the chests?

text: In _Assassin's Creed III_ I am told I've acquired a key (such as the `Boston Central Key`). Where do I find the associated chest? Furthermore, where are the rest of the chests in question?


title: How do I get the most out of a Science officer in Star Trek Online?

text: I created a science officer, and I got to Lieutenant Commander, but I spent all my upgrades on weapons and ships. I think I'm doing it wrong. What should I be trying to focus on with a science officer? What role should I be playing in combat in single-player missions? Should I be getting security officers as my crew and be in a support role to them when doing ground combat missions?


title: What are the system requirements for the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim?

text: From the press footage and trailers so far, Skyrim looks to be pretty graphics intensive, and I'm worried my computer won't be able to handle it. Have the official system requirements been released yet? If so, what are they?


title: Does EXP carry over from RuneScape Combat Evolved Beta to normal Runescape?

text: I am earning lots of EXP on Runescape Combat Evolved Beta, but will this EXP carry over to normal Runescape?


title: Where's the best place to get good staffs?

text: I was wondering where's the best place to get good staffs for wizards in the game "Realm of the Mad God", because im level 20 and i have a T3 staff, i didn't get any good staffs, and i really want to get one. I tried to sell some good things i got, like a T11 helm, but no one wanted. I tried in a lot of servers and i didn't got any good thing for wizards. Wizard is my favorite class and i really need a reply/response! Thanks, until now.


title: Minecraft server port issue with open ports

text: My friend and I decided to try making our own 1.7.9 server but we ran into some problem with ports. I followed this guide and did a bit more research and I was able to connect to my server, but my friend couldn't get his server with his despite using the same method as I did. First, I got my IPv4 address: ![ipv4](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ScLhI.png) Then I set my ports: ![nat1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/g2T7l.png) ![port1](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gcNLs.png) Then I allowed the port in my firewall's advanced settings: ![firewall](http://i.stack.imgur.com/5prhl.png) Then I used canyouseeme.org to check if the port is open. ![check](http://i.stack.imgur.com/qNdxa.png) DMZ is set to my internal IPv4 address (we changed it to his when we try to get his server up) At first mine did not work, but after reseting the modem and giving it 5 minutes or so, I was able to get on with my public ip obtained from ipchicken.com I tried getting my friend to follow the same step but idk why it doesnt work for him.. anyone know what could have possibly gone wrong? We are both connected to the same modem. I used port 25565 and he used 2224, a port that is not used by anything. He even turned his firewall off. canyouseeme.org stated that his port is open but when we try to connect to the server, we keep getting the connection refused message. I tried getting him to use 25565 as well (modified the NAT rule changing my internal ip to his)


title: Lonesome Road DLC

text: Can one visit the Long 15 & Dry Wells if :   1. Haven't started the Lonesome Road DLC   2. Didn't nuke both NCR & Legion


title: How can I get Modern Combat 2 to run on a Pandigital Novel?

text: I installed it like normal, then ran it. It wanted to download some first-run data so it took 4-5 mins doing that. Then I got a screen that said "Download complete. Tap OK to play." I tapped OK and the screen went black. A few seconds later it went back to my home screen. All additional attempts to open it have resulted in the black screen followed by home. Any suggestions? My device is a Pandigital Novel running Android. I did NOT get the app from Gameloft. Note: Modern **Combat** , not Modern **Warfare**. This question is about the app, not Call of Duty.


title: calculating Enchantress Focus Mind

text: I am attempting to calculate the Enchantress's skill Focused Mind, however I appear to be having an issue with the 3% Increased Attack Speed (IAS). If I apply the 3% the following ways, they all yield the wrong result:   * Applying to the attack speed of the current weapon.    * Apply to the items' total IAS on the character.    * Applying against the IAS of the character's weapon + Passives All methods yield incorrect results, does anyone know how to apply the bonus and where?


title: What's a good strategy for defeating the Tower boss, Ponce de Leon?

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/RC9Lp.jpg) He's kicking my butt all over the room and I'm not good enough at dodging all his attacks to do hit and runs for 10 minutes. Are there any classes, spells, runes, or strategies that are well suited to taking him out?


title: Silent Hill Downpour not saving

text: Apparently it's only happening to me. The game says it's saving but it doesn't save anything. I just tested 5 mins ago, my last save was 00:53:12 I loaded it, fought some monsters, used some aid kits, and then the game said it was saving, but it didn't save anything. I quit the game right after the "saving" message, then hit on continue, and it loaded that same save in 00:53:12, in which I hadn't killed the monster nor used the first aid kit. This one was just to test it but the way I noticed was much more annoying. I played the game for 40 minutes (from that same save) I waited for the "saving" message, quit the game, and it loaded all the way back too 00:53:12 again... it's almost making me want to stop playing the game. Anyone has had the same problem? I wish they would've just let you save like in past games, I hate it when they dumb games down, and even more so if it doesn't even work right.


title: Will Elizabeth warn me if I rely on her in combat too much?

text: In one of the original trailers, Elizabeth conjured a storm cloud, which Booker then electrified to damage everyone nearby. Afterward, Elizabeth was exhausted. Shortly after seeing that, I remember reading a developer preview article which said that too much use of Elizabeth's tears would start to weaken her. Right now, I've just finished the Hall of Heroes and I haven't seen any evidence of that at all. In the past few combat sequences, there's been just _tons_ of things that I can ask Elizabeth to conjure up for me - mechanical patriots, barrels of guns, health kits, machine gun turrets, and so on. I haven't taken advantage of many of these (only the first time when she offered to pull through some cargo hooks or a heavy machine gun turret and a couple of health packs since) because I don't want to hurt her. So far, I haven't seen any evidence of damage, but now some of these fights are getting tough without her help. **Will Elizabeth warn me if I start to use her powers in combat too much, or will she just suffer silently?**


title: Weird border while playing fullscreen

text: I have the following problem while playing some (Bethesda) games, if i set the game to fullscreen (non-windowed). In the upper right corner of the screen, it looks like there is the regular " windows-window" border quickly blinking. Its's always the upper right corner (the three buttons your normally see in a window plus some extra empty space) and it annoys me to no end. It looks as if the game is trying to switch between fullscreen and windowed mode. I have only encountered the problem with bethesda games so far. I find it very hard to explain what exactly happens, but I hope some of you have encountered the same and know a solution * * * The card I am using is a Sapphire hd 7850 As far as I know, I am running the latest drivers for this card. I do have some Rainmeter widgets on my desktop


title: Does the Sapphire Dragon Claw stay in the inventory of the Merchant I sold it to permanently?

text: I accidently sold The Sapphire Dragon Claw to someone. I Believe it was Belethor in Whiterun, as he is one of the few vendors who will buy nearly anything, and the one I usually sell to. I also remember selling several Dragon Claws to him, though I do not know which ones exactly. I have read that even though merchants restock, the Dragon Claw you have sold to them will stay in their inventory. I was wondering if this is true so I can buy it back from him, as I need it for further investigation of Shroud Hearth Barrow.


title: What do the symbols in the map mean in Antichamber?

text: What does the spinning cross and the blinking circle on the map mean?   I guess one is your goal, what is the other one?


title: What is the effect of equipment position?

text: When I add equipment to my ship in Out There, some enhancements are highlighted when placed next to the equipment they require. For instance, in the image the thermal resonance generator enhances the shield generator, and tau stasis enhances the space folder. Other upgrades, such as the ultraprobe, do not show a highlight when next to the base equipment. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/C2utG.jpg) What is the effect of equipment position for upgrades? Are there optimal layouts, and is it worth dismantling equipment to rebuild in a better location?


title: How do I finish the puzzle in Just A Little Bit Shy?

text: The puzzle in _Just a Little Bit Shy_ involves moving yellow blocks to interrupt lasers. I have tried this puzzle several times and it seems clear that there are not enough yellow blocks to open the door. In the picture below, every yellow block is covering a laser and the door is still not open. What do I have to do to solve this? ![Block puzzle](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9G0cv.jpg)


title: How do I beat Oogie Boogie in the Torture Chamber?

text: I have died three times now, because I have no idea how I am supposed to beat this boss. I keep getting hit by all the things he throws on to the roulette wheel type thing, and I can never seem to get near him. How do I beat this boss?


title: How many points do I have to reach to get a service star as infantry?

text: I want to calculate how many points I have left to reach my next service star for each class.


title: Which high sec system has the lowest average jump count to all of high sec?

text: Which high sec EVE system is the most central to high sec - or in other words, has the fewest average jumps to every other high sec system? If possible, I would also like to know:   * Which high sec system is most central to all other high sec regions (closest system in region)   * Which high sec system is most central to all other high sec regions (center of each region)   * Which high sec system is most central to all other systems   * Which system is most central to all other systems Info can be generated from http://community.eveonline.com/community/toolkit.asp.


title: What are the weaknesses of the Miracle Rogue deck?

text: I just played against two Miracle Rogues directly after each other, and both defeated me with ease. I almost felt like a passive observer, there was almost nothing I could have done to change the outcome of the game. They keep killing all my minions, and at some point I just get hit by a shadow-stepped Leeroy and die. My first instinct was to kill the Gadgetzan Auctioneer, without it they can't pull off their crazy combos. But that is pretty much impossible if they stealth them immediately and you don't have access to spells that can deal that much damage to stealthed targets. What are the weaknesses of a Miracle Rogue deck? How should I play against this deck, and how can I prevent them from getting off their deadly combos? I'm using a Warlock Zoo deck right now, but I'd be interested in answers that also apply to other decks.


title: Nethack grinding for level 14

text: I decided to get into NetHack for the "junethack" competition. I'm loving it so far. I've finally made it safely through the early part of the dungeons. I've finished Sokoban and gone through Mine's End. I made it down to my quest. I'm level 12 and have been grinding forever to get my level up to 14 to go on the quest. I've descended 10 dungeon levels past my quest and back up again. I've identified my potion of gain level, but searching for two of these will probably take longer than just killing stuff. I've run into no wraiths. Are there any tips for making this part go faster? Do people usually skip the quest and come back later? I imagine this will take hours to just wander around killing enemies until I get up to 14. I'm a dwarvish valkyrie if that matters. I'm also playing the Nethack4 variant if that matters.


title: Density Bar - what happens when it completely fills?

text: ![bar](http://i.stack.imgur.com/mIv06.png)   * 0 bar - low density   * 1 bar - medium density   * 2 bars - high density   * 3 bars - ???? also, just a side question, why are the first two bars shaded weirdly? Is it just a graphical glitch?


title: Is telling the police "no" going to be my downfall?

text: In skimming through the Spectre terminal, I found a request for surveillance from C-Sec. > "Spectre authorization would enable C-Sec to tap into business feeds without > informing civilian agencies." This is something I would probably complain about in reality, so I am tempted to just leave it unauthorized. However, since this is a game, I wonder what negative or positive effects it may have. Are there any downfalls to leaving this request unauthorized?


title: The best tank(s) for grinding credits in World of Tanks?

text: I'm currently a little stuck. I have multiple tanks with elite status, but I don't have enough credits to buy the next tanks in their lines. For example, the T29 costs >1.4M credits. I know that the devs say premium tanks are good for making credits, but how true is this? Are there decent F2P tanks that are good at credit farming too? I wouldn't be against buying a tank, but I need to make sure I will make a good investment.


title: Do the vikings watching everybody die in "Death from Above" ever play any role?

text: Starcraft II, Heart of the Swarm. While playing "Death from Above", I couldn't help but notice a couple vikings slacking off: ![Cropped screenshot of minimap with four groups of three units circled](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Y0GWD.png) As far as I am concerned, they never actually attack me. They just sit there watching the show. I'm not entirely sure if this makes any difference depending on the difficulty. I didn't bother attacking them. And they sure didn't bother harassing me either. Now then, obviously they're very clever Terrans for not bugging The Swarm, but, do they play **any** role other than troll their comrades?


title: Unlocking all weapon slots for a lower level character after an existing character beats the game?

text: I know when you normally unlock weapon slots as answered in this question, but mine's a little different. I have a few characters that have already beaten the entire game, or almost the entire game (right before the end of the final mission). If I create a new character, is there any way to unlock all his weapon slots without playing through to the point at which he gets all four weapon slots? I ask this because I have a character that I've done this for, but I'm not positive how. It might have been because I was farming the Warrior and this character finished that mission, but I'm not sure. edit: Character A has finished the game on Normal and TVHM, and is on the very last mission right before calling the moonshot on UVHM. Character B is a newly created character. I started the game in UVHM with Character A, brought in Character B to call the moonshot, then saved on Character B. I _think_ that's why all the weapon slots are unlocked on Character B, but I'm not positive.


title: Crash when launching ships in Industry Giant 2

text: I was recently asked about a crash that occurs **when launching ships** in Industry Giant 2. I have tried to reproduce it, but cannot. Has anyone else experienced this issue and if so is there a way to solve it? I suspect this issue may occur only for specific video cards. For reference, here is the comment thread pertaining to the issue on my website. In order to avoid suggestions that have already been tried, here are the steps that I recommend when playing the game on Windows 7:   1. Install the IG2 addon version 2.1 patch OR disable popups and videos.   2. Install the video card fix.   3. Run installer.bat OR remove problem files   4. Run as administrator and with Windows 98 compatibility.


title: What are the core items for a jellymancer?

text: I haven't picked up this game in a while and it looks like there were a lot of nifty updates. I want to give jelly wrangling a try but I don't have a clue as to what type of items I will need to keep an eye out for. So what kind of items should I be seeking if I wanted to become a Jellymancer?


title: Lair Rally points messing up

text: SC2 HotS multiplayer. Whenever I upgrade to a lair or hive as zerg my rally points get cancelled and sometimes just as a hatchery it happens too. I'm needless missing mining time and have units out of position anyone having the same issue or know whats going on here?


title: Missing/Red terrain in Mount and Blade: Fire and Sword

text: Quite often when I play Mount and Blade:With Fire and Sword I will encounter missing or red terrain anywhere in or out of battle. Nothing I have done seems to stop it from occurring and I haven't found anyone else with this problem. I can't figure out how to upload the picture dicrectly but here is a ling to a screenshot I took while playing http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=83429384


title: Where can I see the Achievements?

text: In Assassins Creed III, I sometimes see "Brawler" or hunting achievements pop up, like > Kill a captain (4/10) Where can I view the open achievements I still have to do? I couldn't find it anywhere in the menu.


title: Is there any way to switch your point character after character selection but before the match?

text: In MVC2, if you held either of the assist buttons going into the match, that character would come out first, in place of the character you chose first. If you held both assist buttons, the 2nd and 3rd characters would switch positions. Is there any analogue to this functionality in the new 3rd installment?