title: The Ship Dedicated Server - Sourcemod causing random crashes

text: I'm no stranger to Linux server administration, but I'd probably still consider myself an amateur compared to some of the very skilled out there. I'm familiar with TF2 server administration to a fair extent, and have been doing so on our community's server for a couple of years now, and I'm familiar with the newer stuff since the switch from hlds to srcds, though I don't think the latter applies to The Ship. Anyhow, we recently got into The Ship, and I decided to throw a server up since there's only one server with users seemingly, and it lags and isn't even on Hunt. Anyhoo, I downloaded the server onto my box:               ~/hlds$ ./steam -command update -game ship -dir theship      a 64-bit Debian Squeeze VPS with Linode, 4GB of RAM and 4 vCPUs:               $ uname -a     Linux serenade 3.5.2-x86_64-linode26 #1 SMP Wed Aug 15 14:31:07 EDT 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux      and it wouldn't even connect to the master servers. I did some googling, and came to find that the binary that Steam supplies (~/hlds/theship/bin/engine_i686.so) does not connect to the proper master servers, and got the bytes that I needed to patch ( http://forum.i3d.net/hlds- valve-linux-newsletter/190790-hlds_linux-ship-freeze-start-server.html ) to get the server working:               ~/hlds/theship/bin$ md5sum engine_i686.so.bak     bc45841d4e5e4a69bb105cefc8733aee  engine_i686.so.bak     ~/hlds/theship/bin$ md5sum engine_i686.so     76d68eb174b108aa25c983a31e71181d  engine_i686.so      I did that, and the server booted up just fine. Very shortly into gameplay, a jerk came on, flaming other people and ignoring the game mode (i.e. killing everyone and having a very low amount of money; we disabled the kick for this since it really can happen accidentally, and we wanted to judge on a per- situation-basis), and after asking him to stop and him cursing at me, I decided I wanted to ban him. I did and rcon_password and an rcon, only to find the password I set for some reason didn't work (it ended up being the double quotes wrapping it that the default server.cfg provides for some reason). Anyhow, it took around two minutes for me to get him banned, and I decided that I wanted sourcemod. I grabbed the newest metamod:source (mmsource-1.9.0-linux.tar.gz), as well as the newest stable sourcemod (sourcemod-1.4.6-linux.tar.gz), since the sourcemod wiki alleged that even the newest versions should be compatible with The Ship, since it's based on Source Engine. I have, however, also tried with the newest (at the time) dev version (sourcemod-1.5.0-hg3657-linux.tar.gz), but without any different (near as I can tell) results. It started crashing, even with basic configurations. I'm not running any special extensions, and I had a few non-standard plugins enabled (godmode.smx rules.smx sum.smx vbping.smx), but began disabling them in an attempt to debug (disabled rules.smx sum.smx and reservedslots.smx since it was kicking humans before bots, and we have yet to have a full server). Once I got debug working (had to install gdb), I got a few crash logs:               ----------------------------------------------     CRASH: Mon Oct  1 04:35:19 MDT 2012     Start Line: ./srcds_i686 -console -game ship +map rubicon -maxplayers 16 -ip mpql.net -port 27016 -tickrate 100 -secure -debug     [New Thread 3518]     [New Thread 3522]     #0  0xf75e2610 in ?? ()     No symbol table info available.     End of Source crash report     ----------------------------------------------     ----------------------------------------------     CRASH: Mon Oct  1 10:36:48 MDT 2012     Start Line: ./srcds_i686 -console -game ship +map rubicon -maxplayers 16 -ip mpql.net -port 27016 -tickrate 100 -secure -debug     [New Thread 3923]     [New Thread 3927]     #0  0xf1eb9a58 in ?? ()     No symbol table info available.     End of Source crash report     ----------------------------------------------     ----------------------------------------------     CRASH: Mon Oct  1 12:25:52 MDT 2012     Start Line: ./srcds_i686 -console -game ship +map rubicon -maxplayers 16 -ip mpql.net -port 27016 -tickrate 100 -secure -debug     [New Thread 4470]     [New Thread 4471]     #0  0xf75ed610 in ?? ()     No symbol table info available.     End of Source crash report     ----------------------------------------------     ----------------------------------------------     CRASH: Mon Oct  1 16:30:20 MDT 2012     Start Line: ./srcds_i686 -console -game ship +map rubicon -maxplayers 16 -ip mpql.net -port 27016 -tickrate 100 -secure -debug     [New Thread 4592]     [New Thread 4593]     #0  0xf1e50a58 in ?? ()     No symbol table info available.     End of Source crash report     ----------------------------------------------      The most recent of which, generated this in the console:               Segmentation fault (core dumped)     BFD: Warning: ~/hlds/theship/core is truncated: expected core file size >= 256499712, found: 1261568.     Cannot access memory at address 0xf774f8f0     Cannot access memory at address 0x484     ~/hlds/theship/debug.cmds:3: Error in sourced command file:     Cannot access memory at address 0xf774f8f0     email debug.log to linux@valvesoftware.com     Mon Oct  1 16:30:20 MDT 2012: Server restart in 10 seconds[/code]And here're the       Here're the sourcemod logs:               ~/hlds/theship/ship/addons/sourcemod/logs$ cat *     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:31: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 19:48:40: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 19:48:40: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:45: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:45: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:45: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:54: [sum.smx] SUM: Query failed! column steamid is not unique     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:54: [sum.smx] SUM: Query failed! column steamid is not unique     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:54: [sum.smx] SUM: Query failed! column steamid is not unique     L 09/30/2012 - 20:13:35: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 20:13:35: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:13:35: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 20:25:01: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 20:25:01: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:25:01: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:16: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:42: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:30: [sum.smx] SUM: Database failure: Could not find database conf "sumdb"     L 09/30/2012 - 21:09:09: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 21:09:09: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 21:09:09: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 22:38:14: Error log file session closed.     L 09/30/2012 - 23:56:19: SourceMod error session started     L 09/30/2012 - 23:56:19: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20120930.log")     L 09/30/2012 - 23:56:19: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 23:59:38: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: [SM] Unable to load extension "sdktools.ext": ~/hlds/theship/ship/addons/sourcemod/extensions/sdktools.ext.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: [SM] Unable to load plugin "basecomm.smx": Required extension "SDKTools" file("sdktools.ext") not running     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: [SM] Unable to load plugin "funvotes.smx": Required extension "SDKTools" file("sdktools.ext") not running     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: [SM] Unable to load plugin "funcommands.smx": Required extension "SDKTools" file("sdktools.ext") not running     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: [SM] Unable to load plugin "playercommands.smx": Required extension "SDKTools" file("sdktools.ext") not running     L 10/01/2012 - 00:35:11: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 00:35:11: Info (map "batavier") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 00:35:11: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 10/01/2012 - 00:39:34: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 01:09:20: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 01:09:20: Info (map "rubicon") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 01:09:20: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 10/01/2012 - 02:05:24: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 04:35:36: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 04:35:36: Info (map "rubicon") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 04:35:36: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 10/01/2012 - 04:41:43: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 10:37:10: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 10:37:10: Info (map "rubicon") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 10:37:10: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 10/01/2012 - 11:44:59: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 12:26:04: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 12:26:04: Info (map "rubicon") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 12:26:04: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 10/01/2012 - 13:34:15: Error log file session closed.     L 10/01/2012 - 16:30:33: SourceMod error session started     L 10/01/2012 - 16:30:33: Info (map "rubicon") (file "errors_20121001.log")     L 10/01/2012 - 16:30:33: [SDKTOOLS] Could not locate FireOutput - Disabling detour     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 09/30/2012 - 19:43:26: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 19:48:17: [basecommands.smx] "Console<0><Console><Console>" refreshed the admin cache.     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:45: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 09/30/2012 - 19:51:45: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 19:54:09: [basecommands.smx] "Console<0><Console><Console>" refreshed the admin cache.     L 09/30/2012 - 19:55:03: [basecommands.smx] "Console<0><Console><Console>" refreshed the admin cache.     L 09/30/2012 - 20:13:35: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:13:35: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 20:25:01: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:25:01: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.4.6")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:15: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:18: [UPDATER] Successfully updated gamedata file "sdktools.games/engine.ep2valve.txt"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:18: [UPDATER] Successfully updated gamedata file "sm-cstrike.games.txt"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:18: [UPDATER] Successfully updated gamedata file "sm-tf2.games.txt"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:18: [UPDATER] Successfully updated gamedata file "core.games/master.games.txt"     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:18: [UPDATER] SourceMod has been updated, please reload it or restart your server.     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.4.6")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:30:41: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.4.6")     L 09/30/2012 - 20:52:29: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 21:09:09: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.4.6")     L 09/30/2012 - 21:09:09: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 22:38:07: [SM] Changed map to "atalanta"     L 09/30/2012 - 22:38:14: -------- Mapchange to atalanta --------     L 09/30/2012 - 23:40:58: [SM] Changed map to "rubicon"     L 09/30/2012 - 23:41:07: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 09/30/2012 - 23:56:19: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20120930.log") (Version "1.4.6")     L 09/30/2012 - 23:56:19: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 09/30/2012 - 23:59:35: [basecommands.smx] "Mopsy<18><STEAM_0:0:32502293><>" changed map to "rubicon"     L 09/30/2012 - 23:59:38: [SM] Changed map to "rubicon"     L 09/30/2012 - 23:59:38: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 00:33:21: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:35:11: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 00:35:11: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:39:32: [SM] Changed map to "atalanta"     L 10/01/2012 - 00:39:34: -------- Mapchange to atalanta --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:41:54: [SM] Changed map to "rubicon"     L 10/01/2012 - 00:41:54: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:45:44: [SM] Changed map to "andrea_doria"     L 10/01/2012 - 00:45:47: -------- Mapchange to andrea_doria --------     L 10/01/2012 - 00:49:00: [SM] Changed map to "cyclops"     L 10/01/2012 - 00:49:03: -------- Mapchange to cyclops --------     L 10/01/2012 - 01:05:40: [SM] Changed map to "cotopaxi"     L 10/01/2012 - 01:05:44: -------- Mapchange to cotopaxi --------     L 10/01/2012 - 01:09:20: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 01:09:20: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 02:05:24: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 03:13:31: [SM] Changed map to "batavier"     L 10/01/2012 - 03:13:32: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 04:22:24: [SM] Changed map to "atalanta"     L 10/01/2012 - 04:22:25: -------- Mapchange to atalanta --------     L 10/01/2012 - 04:35:36: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 04:35:36: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 04:41:38: [basecommands.smx] "Mopsy<17><STEAM_0:0:32502293><>" changed map to "andrea_doria"     L 10/01/2012 - 04:41:41: [SM] Changed map to "andrea_doria"     L 10/01/2012 - 04:41:43: -------- Mapchange to andrea_doria --------     L 10/01/2012 - 05:50:06: [SM] Changed map to "batavier"     L 10/01/2012 - 05:50:07: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 06:54:16: [SM] Changed map to "atalanta"     L 10/01/2012 - 06:54:17: -------- Mapchange to atalanta --------     L 10/01/2012 - 08:04:07: [SM] Changed map to "huronian"     L 10/01/2012 - 08:04:13: -------- Mapchange to huronian --------     L 10/01/2012 - 09:12:34: [SM] Changed map to "andrea_doria"     L 10/01/2012 - 09:12:35: -------- Mapchange to andrea_doria --------     L 10/01/2012 - 10:19:42: [SM] Changed map to "cyclops"     L 10/01/2012 - 10:19:46: -------- Mapchange to cyclops --------     L 10/01/2012 - 10:37:10: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 10:37:10: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 11:44:57: [SM] Changed map to "batavier"     L 10/01/2012 - 11:44:59: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 12:26:04: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 12:26:04: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 10/01/2012 - 13:34:14: [SM] Changed map to "batavier"     L 10/01/2012 - 13:34:15: -------- Mapchange to batavier --------     L 10/01/2012 - 14:43:22: [SM] Changed map to "atalanta"     L 10/01/2012 - 14:43:23: -------- Mapchange to atalanta --------     L 10/01/2012 - 15:47:47: [SM] Changed map to "huronian"     L 10/01/2012 - 15:47:48: -------- Mapchange to huronian --------     L 10/01/2012 - 16:30:33: SourceMod log file session started (file "L20121001.log") (Version "1.5.0-dev+3657")     L 10/01/2012 - 16:30:33: -------- Mapchange to rubicon --------     L 09/30/2012 - 21:58:39: [vbping.smx] Cochise has 1 ping warning (Ping: 310.516937)     L 09/30/2012 - 22:11:59: [vbping.smx] LandLubber has 1 ping warning (Ping: 326.913452)     L 09/30/2012 - 23:18:34: [vbping.smx] Cochise has 1 ping warning (Ping: 274.923400)      Anyhow, if you've gotten this far, I really appreciate you reading everything, and sorry for the long post. I'm trying to be thorough so as not to upset anyone donating their time. I apologize in advance if I've left out something important, or done something incredibly stupid that might be causing this issue. Let me know if there're any tests or commands you want me to run (but be prepared to explain what they do if I don't recognize them -- I'll also be checking Google to see if it agrees with you!). Also, I've replaced all instances of "/home/<my username>/" with simply "~" -- both sans quotes -- more paranoia than a security issue, I'm aware. Nothing of mine is outside of my home directory though, so it shouldn't affect anything. Thanks in advance to anyone with any insight, and to anyone else who read everything. =] P.S. I tried tagging this as the-ship, but I have less than 300 reputation, so it will not let me. I searched for other tags, but found nothing relevant.


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text: I was driving to do some mission when suddenly a red glowing monster just spawned in front of me. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/RAyTp.jpg) Are they some kind of rare? Because he was petty easy and not a Badass.


title: Does "Katamari Damacy" actually translate to anything?

text: I was wondering about this. I kind of doubt a katamari is a real thing, so maybe the word "katamari" is a made up, compound-y kind of word? That's what I'm guessing. Anyway, does katamari damacy actually mean anything?


title: What are all the ways to increase Friendship in Pokemon X/Y?

text: I'm looking for all the ways to increase Friendship in Pokemon X and Y. Note that Friendship is different from Pokemon Amie Affection; they both do different things.


title: How to download and play xbox games offline

text: Guys, My friend has one Xbox 360. But he has small internet connection in his home. But, he want to buy games online and download in to the xbox 360. Problem is the internet. So, He can buy and download games from my home. Is there have any option to download or redeem games from the store to a portable/cloud drive. Then use on xbox 360. Any suggestions?


title: How to sell a familiar?

text: This question is regarding the Blood Brothers mobile game on Android (and potentially other systems). How do you sell a familiar? I remember at the start-ish there was some hints about selling any 'extra stock' to make some cash, and I can also see a monetary value against each of the familiars in their stats screen, but nowhere can I find an option to sell. My characters level is 20+, so I am well out of the tutorial section if that makes a difference.


title: How do I unlock Golden Guns in Gears of War 2?

text: Noticed that while playing **Gears of War 2** on Xbox Live, some of the other players will be running around and shooting down the horde with golden lancers and hammerbursts. Where are they getting these versions of weapons from? Is it something that needs to be unlocked in the game, or can you just buy them?


title: What tools do I need to properly multi box in WoW?

text: I already own multiple account (4), so I need tools **that are authorized by Blizzard** to:   * Be able to control 4 games at once (1 keyboard and 1 mouse)   * Be able to see one screen in large and the other in small (and ideally be able to easily switch) Note : tools would be programs and maybe in-game addons/macros Return of experience of successful multi boxers will be greatly appreciated.


title: What are the cheat codes for Age of Empires 2?

text: I recall there one being 'beefsteakjimmies' but that's the only one I can remember. What are all of the codes and what do they give you in the game?


title: How do I access the new Halloween map/content?

text: I haven't beat all the maps in regular, nor any challenges, but I'd like to see and play the new one if I can.   * where do I find the special map so I can unlock outfits?    * do I have to beat the regular maps first?    * Is the map available in both ranked and open?


title: How large is Act V compared to previous acts?

text: How much content is there in Act V in Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls relative to other acts? For example, Act IV is generally considered to be around half as long as Acts I-III. Qualifications: Assume that I am playing on an appropriately-challenging difficulty level (i.e. not cruising through on Normal with a pimped-out character), not attempting any speedrun shenanigans, and am experiencing the content for the first time. (I'm aware that the RoS expansion adds plenty of additional content in addition to a new act, but I'm just asking about the additions to campaign mode.)


title: How to skip intro video?

text: The age old question of how do i get right to the action ... NOW. ;) How do I skip the intro videos? So far I have been training in the Campaign mode. So I am not sure if online or co-op players have this problem too. cheers


title: Where are my Minecraft saves located?

text: On Minecraft I am stuck really far down (see this question) and can't get out. When I search for my save I can't find it. I am on a Macbook.


title: Is this email claiming to be from Blizzard legit?

text: I just got an email: > Dear Players, > > Take a trip back to Azeroth with 7 days of FREE game time! Simply click > below to claim your time and experience all of the latest improvements and > additions to World of Warcraft®... but act fast, as this offer will expire > on Mar 22, 2011. It looks incredibly professional, and looks very real. The only suspicious thing is the link to claim 7 free days of game time, which seems to be a squat of battle.net (you can see the actual link in the revision history for this post if you're so inclined). How can I tell if this an actual Blizzard thing, or if I'm being phished?


title: What are the base stats for each tower per upgrade level?

text: Although I primarily play an apprentice, I will be experimenting with the other classes. Therefore, **I am interested in knowing the health, attack speed, damage, and range for every tower and for all upgrade levels of the towers.** For towers that do not deal damage, knowing their health levels and the degree to which their other effects scale per tower level would be sufficient. Edit: I am interested in the base stats, not stats for all possible builds. If you want to tack on how the stats affect each tower, however (such as: +.5 damage per point in tower damage), that would be a nice touch!


title: What is the best strategy to take out a tank or armored vehicle if you've snuck up next to it?

text: I keep seeing tanks and being able to walk right up to them seems like a huge advantage when the gunner is looking somewhere else... but I'm not sure if there's an unlock that I still need to get that would give me something to completely disable an armored vehicle at close range. Shooting at it with a weapon is pointless. A rocket launcher would work but takes 2 or 3 hits.


title: How do i unlock mii outfit B on mario kart wii?

text: I really want to find out, please answer! I have mii outfit a, too. But i want to earn mii outfit b. By the way, is mii outfit C real or fake or perhaps a mistake in the game?


title: Can blacksmithing/enchanting skill be completely replaced with potions?

text: It really does not sit well with my role playing fantasy that my light-armored assassin who actually sneaks great and shoots well - is also a master blacksmith and an enchanter! In a real setting, such a person would not have any time to waste with forges and enchanting tables. While wishing that Skyrim provided a way to give 'orders' to blacksmiths/mages to custom-smith or custom enchant my weapons and armor (I'd pay a mountain of gold to Eorlund or Festus Krex if they can just upgrade my Daedric bow to legendary and add a couple of choice enchantments), and idly surfing the 'net, I found information about the atronach forge! I can make Daedric weapons now without having to waste perk points on heavy armor smithing. However, I would like to know if wearing enchanted smithing apparel (bought from radiant raiment), and downing a blacksmith's elixir and going to work on the grindstone, will give me the same level of improvement as having the perk point for Daedric artifacts? If it won't, will the gap be too large to ignore despite having the entire archery tree?


title: Guild Description on SWTOR

text: Is the guild description in SWTOR public or private (to guild members only)? I want to put some teamspeak info in game and can't find a good place, this seems like a good place IF its private to guild members only.


title: How can you play fullscreen-specific games windowed mode?

text: The question is pretty straightforward. I have games such as Thief: Dark project, Thief: Metal age and Arx fatalis (Possibly the greatest RPGs of all time, but anyway) and these are fullscreen- only games. Is there any way to make them windowed? Commands such as -window, -w, ALT+TAB or ALT+ENTER don't work with these games. I'm looking for some software or alternate way of making them windowed.


title: How do I complete "The hardest puzzle in the game, part 1?"

text: ![This is the room.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/vZ5YXl.jpg) I'm in this room and the objective is to get all the cubes on the lights, when I move them with the magnet buttons to smaller white cubes travel faster.


title: Force a repair of Star Wars: The Old Republic

text: I successfully downloaded/installed Star Wars: The Old Republic (SW-TOR) and ran it. But, I uninstalled it to try to fix something else. Before I uninstalled it, I made a backup of most of the files in another directory. Within a day (i.e. no additional release patch between first and second installs), I decided to re-install it with the web installer again. I restored the files I had to the directory to which I installed it, and then ran the client. It appears that I didn't back up a few essential files because the launcher wants to re-download everything. Unfortunately, I can't select the "Repair" option in the Launcher Settings, either, because it doesn't acknowledge that I've completed a patch download. **Mainly, I want to know how to download only the files I would need.** I would think that the Launcher would detect that I have all of the files for the _Assets_ , _Movies_ , and _swtor_ directories, which constitute over 99% of all of the data I need. But, it doesn't detect this, which leads me to believe that a "Repair" would fix this, except I can't run it. If indeed I have no other option outside of a Repair, how to I trick the Launcher to enable the _Repair_ option? `FixLauncher.exe` only fixes the Launcher, but not the full repair.


title: How to unlock Lyndons final quest in D3 RoS

text: I've done the event where we find Lyndon's brother, now, having the dagger I need to seek Rea. Lyndon's quote was that we would deal with it after it's all over, meaning defeating the final boss, but after that he has no new quotes and adventure mode removes the quotes at all. What am I missing?


title: How do I create chat links?

text: I have noticed frequently in general chat people advertising for guilds but now also for groups using chat links, which as per the screenshot below open up into an additional window containing more information: ![Chat Links](http://i.stack.imgur.com/J0rmd.png) How is this achieved? How would I go about making a link of my own like this?


title: How can I identify items?

text: As a Survivor in _Divine Divinity_ , I was given access to Identify as a passive skill. The problem I am facing seems to be that I cannot identify any items I've picked up, as it won't let me actually _use_ my ability. Do I need some kind of unmentioned item? **How do I identify my loot?** Note: I do know how to identify with the merchant. I do not know how to identify using my passive skill.


title: Install / Sync Multiple Steam games over LAN

text: I have a bunch of Macs that I'd like to install the same Steam games on (they all have separate accounts) I'd like to be able to install it on one and have Steam leach the files from that machine instead of the Internet. The games total 10GB which would be fast over LAN but slow over the net. I know it uses some P2P tech, is it clever enough to detect nearby hosts? Or can I copy some steam install files manually?


title: How can I get the Platinum Chip from Benny?

text: I know that he currently is keeping it in Caesar tent, but unfortunetly my reputation among Legion is very bad hence all legionnaire attack me if I come in tent. What could I do? Putting on Legion's wear didn't help, I am still recognized.


title: How do I get the other lockers to reset in Silent Hill Downpour?

text: How do i get the other lockers to reset themselves so i can use a password for them? I found the first one in the parking lot after you first enter silent hill and I put in the pistol and bat code but only took the pistol. Now I found one in the subway and and its already open with a bat inside, it wouldn't let me enter a code at all. After that i tried taking the bat out at the subway locker and leaving the area, then going back again but it was still open even though it was empty. Any suggestions?


title: How do I make sure a GPU will support most games?

text: I put together a computer last year for, among other things, playing The Force Unleashed. (OK, that and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis). Anyway, IJATFOA worked just fine, but TFU always froze on me. I eventually got in touch with Steam, then Lucasfilm, then the actual developers, and figured out that I was using an unsupported GPU. I downloaded Portal to try that as well, and it turned out THAT froze too. So, I think I'm just going to ditch the Nvidia I have now and replace it. But I want to make sure that the board I end up buying will work with as many games as possible. How can I pick cards that will be compatible? Edit: Mobo is ASUS Sabertooth X58; GPU is nVidia 470. I don't need specific buying recommendations; it seems like I don't understand how GPUs should be chosen. Like, do I need to check every game I buy to make sure that my card is SPECIFICALLY supported before buying it? Is it normal to have two or three boards, one compatible with some games that the other doesn't support and vice versa, and have to switch them out when I want to play the games that need them? Or is my problem maybe not my board at all; the devs I talked to were wrong, and I should look somewhere else for the reason I can't play my games?


title: How to obtain legit Gold Box games?

text: Are any of the original Gold Box engine based games (i.e. Pool of Radiance, Champions of Krynn, etc.) available via digital distribution? GoodOldGames and Steam don't seem to have them in their catalogues. Original boxes are pretty rare (especially for further installments of the series) and thus quite expensive. Sometimes they also come on 5.25" floppies, which are tough to use on any modern PC. If they are not available via DD, are there any rumors or plans connected with their release?


title: Extremely low FPS in Dwarf Fortress

text: 5 FPS. 5 (FIVE)!!! After two weeks of playing with 40-60 at least.   Kind of slow motion movie. What can cause such effect?   160-height tunnel to magma sea?   40x40x6 designated dig area?   Pets(but most of them already caged)?


title: How can I get something like Dwarf Therapist running on a Mac?

text: I'm quickly losing track of my dwarven brothers because there are so many of them and their names have nothing to do with their jobs. I want to use something like Dwarf Therapist on my mac, but the latest version that Mac Manager supports is like 0.28 and I'm playing the latest version. Wine doesn't open Dwarf Therapist, so I'm wondering if anyone knows how to get it or something similar working on a mac short of running a Virtual Machine.


title: Enable TNT in certain areas only

text: Is there any way you can enable TNT in certain regions in Minecraft (regions defined with WorldGuard) but disable it where it is not specifically allowed using WorldGuard? If not, are there any addons which can do this?


title: In Bayonetta, what are the circumstances/contexts where the different weapon combos are most useful?

text: I am relying on the katana and the durga for most of my general fighting, but would like to know when it is better to switch to the other weapons; esp with respect to the fight against Jeanne in Chapter XII: Verse V (on the airplane where she starts fighting on the motorcycle). I have tried using the durga/kilgore on her there, but i just cant seem to kill her. Although I do well against the cardinal virtues, i think the reason i am consistently getting silver medals is a side-effect of the weapons i am using.


title: What items does Krinjh carry when he first joins the party?

text: What are the items (weapons, armor, magic tomes, et cetera) that Krinjh carries when he first joins the party? Is there anything (lower character levels) that affects this? I restarted my game, but I could have sworn that the first time, he carried a second spellbook.


title: In Minecraft how do I randomise the output in a redstone circuit?

text: I have 5 buttons and only one of these can be correct, all others must be false. These 5 outputs will go into 2 outputs, in between there needs to be a circuit which changes which single button out of the 5 will go down the "correct" output of the final 2. The 4 remaining buttons must go to the second of the final 2 outputs. Both final outputs must give out a true signal for a brief period the same as a button on its own would produce. There should also be a way of activating the circuit. Not sure if that is explained well enough so I have made a basic diagram of what I need. ![Diagram of redstone circuit](http://i.stack.imgur.com/8ILfK.png) The diagram shows how I need the signal to be split. However in between the buttons and the final two wires there needs to be a circuit (marked by the grey box). This circuit changes the single button connected to the left wire. The right input should start the circuit and randomise the 5 buttons. There are no limits to size, amount of materials used or method used.


title: Is there a reason I seem to see more Dominixes then any other T1 Battleship?

text: No matter what part of space I fly, there always seems to be a Dominix not that far off. I almost never seem to see Scorpions or Typhoons (or really, few other Minmatar ships at all outside of Minmatar space). So I have to ask, is the Dominix somehow better than the other T1 battleships in some massive way that makes it so popular? Is it cheap? Low on skills? Amazing at PvE or PvP? Maybe people just love to take it strip mining. Or is it just that the Dominixe fan club is following my around in space? Edit: both great, accepted Mad Scientist's as he also gave a great link.


Since getting to level 90, I have noticed that in the Talents/Glyphs screen it states I no longer need 'Dust of Disappearance' to reset my abilities and glyphs, but instead need 'Tome of the Clear Mind'. Where can I find Tome of the Clear Mind?


title: How many masks can you own?

text: In the inventory you can only buy 9 masks but there are more than 50 masks available. Can you have all the masks? Or are you limited to only one page?


title: My follower turned invisible, how can I fix it?

text: After a long lag spike, my follower (scoundrel) is now invisible. I can see him shoot and hear him speak and even see his health bar appear when he is wounded, but the model itself is invisible on the screen and does not appear in the minimap. How can I fix it? Screenshot (click for full size): ![Screenshot that does not show the Scoundrel's toon but does show the portrait in the upper left corner as well as arrows firing from nowhere.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/bUkS3.jpg)


title: Does Pyrovision give the wearer an advantage in TF2?

text: I've really enjoyed the Pyromania Update and Pyrovision in particular. Meanwhile, my game has improved. I used to be slaughtered on public servers and now I'm regularly getting a kill/death ratio around 1. (Both before and after the update I gravitate toward playing as a Pyro.) Maybe that's not the best metric, but I _do_ feel like I'm scoring more points and helping the team better with Pyrovision enabled. I have three theories:   1. The simpler graphics of the mode improve my framerate, which improves my game,   2. The simpler graphics of the mode make finding enemies and other important game objects easier, which improves my game, and/or   3. I've just gotten better/lucky since the change. I'm looking for answers that either demonstrate objectively the plausibility of #1 or #2. Basically, I'd like to know if there really is a difference or if I'm being fooled by all the balloons, lollipops, rainbows and whatnot.


title: Quarrelsome Quilen Quintet?

text: What is the location of all of the Jade Quilen in the Mogu'Shan instance for the Quarrelsome Quilen Quintet achievement? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/b4qTh.png) > **Quarrelsome Quilen Quintet** > > Collect all the Jade Quilen located throughout Mogu'Shan Palace on Heroic > difficulty. Are these always in the same locations or are the locations randomly generated?


title: Combining already socketed gems?

text: According to the splash screen > Don't save your Ember for later! Use them in any piece of equipment with an > open Socket. You will find better varieties soon, and the ancient art of > combining gems to make better ones has been lost in this era. Does this mean that I can combine gems already socketed with out losing the gem or the item? This just seems like bad advice from the game.


title: How do I get "Can't Feel a Thing"?

text: The Can't Feel a Thing challenge in Caustic Caverns requires you to stand in the acid pools for 30 seconds without entering Fight for your Life mode. When I first got a shield immune to Corrosion damage I thought I cracked the secret. Surprisingly, corrosive-immune shields don't actually protect you from the acid. And at level 38 the acid is still quite painful even in Playthrough 1. How do I get this challenge? Do I need max level and a crazy shield or is there some trick to it? FWIW I'm a Siren and could conceivably boost up a Turtle Shield with skills and a Class Mod but ideally I'd like to know a way all characters can do this.


title: Where is the voice recording #4 in Dead Island?

text: I just came across #5, but the last one I found was #3. I looked through most of the quest locations in the city already, but I can't find it. Where is recording #4?


title: Early version of Wolfenstein 3D

text: Wikipedia on Wolfenstein 3D development mentioned, that _"... **early concept** of the game included some innovative stealth concepts—dragging dead bodies, swapping uniforms with fallen guards, silent attacks"_. It seems very interesting. Reason for not having it here was, that it _"drastically slowed the game down and made the controls complicated"_. Is it possible to obtain it, or see this version somewhere on the internet - videos or playable version would be best ... Thank You very much. :) (I wonder if I should contact the developers about it, but perhaps this version is out - so I am asking there.)


title: I've been bitten by a cave spider, how can I cure the poison?

text: I've been bitten by a cave spider in a dungeon and now I'm poisoned. I'm taking too much damage when poisoned and I want to be cured. I know when eating rotten flesh, I can be poisoned too, so an antidote could also help those who have eaten it. What's the remedy?


title: Where can I find NPC villages?

text: Some have reported already to have found those in the pre-release and the option to create them is ON. I've tried to create about 20 maps and been looking everywhere and haven't found one. Where do they spawn ? Which environment (biomes) they live ? What's the best way to find it ?


title: How to create/submit a portal in iOS

text: iOS version of the game has recently released. I faced the idea to submit a new portal in an area where theres is a low amount of them, and all the tutorial that I found consist in "sharing" the image with `NIA Service Ops` or press and hold on the map inside the app to make appear a menu that contains `New Portal` option. ![Create Portal option from Android App](http://i.stack.imgur.com/MzgWdm.png) But this must be only for Android version of the app. I'm level 1 and maybe this could affect, however I didn't read anything specifying that there is a minimum level. So the question is... can a new portal be submitted from iOS?


title: Europa Universalis Dutch Republic Event

text: What is the event id for the Dutch republic to change your government to a Dutch Republic. When playing as Burgundy, I formed the Netherlands and it kept it to Burgundy's government.


title: Can I farm more than one of each key before crafting my Infernal Machine(s)?

text: I plan on farming Act 1 for a while, as I've done so much Act 3 farming I'm quite bored with it. I've added Fields of Misery to my farming path once I get 5 NV stacks, so I can get my first key. However, once it drops, will I be able to continue farming more Act 1 keys? I want to be able to use 3 Infernal Machines at once, to ensure that I get one of each combination of bosses, but I'm not sure if I can have more than one key at a time.


title: Redstone Golf: Light up a random torch

text: ### The Challenge: Design a redstone circuit that accepts an input from a button and lights up a random redstone torch. ### The Rules:   * One redstone torch should be lit, with all the others off.   * The state of the torches should be held indefinitely until the button is pressed again   * The circuit must be stable (it can't burn out).   * There should be at least 2 torches. ### Example: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NPceH.png) * * * Answers will be judged based on the amount of redstone used. Please submit answers in the form of an image, created using Baezon's Redstone Simulator.


title: If I exit the game during a battle, can I resume it later?

text: What happens when you close your browser before finishing a battle? Does the game save your progress?


title: What happens when you run out of attempts for a battle?

text: What happens when a player fails a mission enough times that they run out of attempts? ![Replay battle screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/H4V5F.jpg)


title: Wine on OS X: Playing Counter Strike

text: Today, I was a bit bored so I decided to install Wine on my Mac. I am running Mac OS X Lion. Normally, when I wanted to play a Windows-only game, I would fire up Windows 7 through Boot Camp, but I wanted to try something different. After quite some time of messing around, I finally managed to install everything that I needed to and run it. When I fired up the game, I noticed a few things: the gameplay is not very smooth and the mouse control is not very sensitive. The second problem can be overcome by adjusting the mouse sensitivity, but this is odd because if I were to load the same game using Boot Camp, the mouse would be much more sensitive _at the same sensitivity_ than it would be using Wine. Anyways, the first problem is a bit more concerning. I am running a 1999 game on 2011 hardware, so I would imagine that performance shouldn't be an issue. I could play Counter Strike (1.6) on my Boot Camp partition without a single hiccup/slow down. However when I load the game up using Wine, the frame rate is slashed by half, and the performance is rather bad. I understand that Wine is not going to give native performance, but it performs at least 150% worse than it does using Windows. Is this normal? Have any of you had a problem similar to this? If so, how (if you) did you solve it? Thanks a ton in advance!


title: How do you take screenshots in GTA V?

text: I would like to take screenshots in GTA V on my PS3, but it's not possible from the XMB bar. I looked around on the Internet and I see a lot of people talking about a capture card, but these are for video recording right? Is there any way that I can take screenshots (not videos) from GTA V?


title: How to get more quests from Vex after bypassing a bug with Heimskr's house?

text: I was given the Shill job quest to place a gem in Heimskr's house in Whiterun. The problem is that if you have already completed the Stormcloak Rebellion questline, Heimskr's house is gone - it is covered by rubble and does not appear on the map. The Wiki makes note of this and suggests using the console to advance through the quest, IF you are playing on a PC. I am, but while this can "finish" the quest, Vex will not offer you any more jobs when you return to her - the option simply isn't in her dialog. Any suggestions?


title: Dungeon Defenders: Transfer character (PS3)?

text: I have been playing Dungeon Defenders with 4 players on 1 PS3. We would like to transfer 2 characters to another PS3 (which has a different PSN account) so we can "LAN" play together. How can we transfer the characters (or save file)?


title: Are some puzzles/secrets temporarily unsolvable?

text: I'm playing Fez with my wife, and we're really enjoying the secrets. I'd like to finish it, or as much as I can bear, without using a guide or anything to solve the puzzles. The one thing I'd like to know is: are some puzzles temporarily unsolvable? What I mean is, when I encounter a puzzle, do I automatically have everything I need to solve it, or could I be lacking an in game item or ability that makes it possible to solve. I don't want examples, I just want to know if there are puzzles I might encounter that can't be solved till I play further in the game. That way I can stop banging my head against the wall (temporarily). Thus far, I've yet to encounter a puzzle that couldn't be solved on the spot - but I theorize there are some abilities or something that I'll get later that make other puzzles solvable that are not yet.


title: Does #loot'ing unpaid bags cost money?

text: My level 6 human wizard fell its way to an hardware shop in the Gnomish Mines. She wanted to buy a bag he saw in there when the shopkeeper commented, > "Just 5,355 zorkmids for you, good lady." Puzzled, she figures out there must be something very special about that bag -- or rather, _inside_ that bag. However, she can't quite tell if there is something inside the bag without opening it. Problem is, she only had the chance to collect 235 gold. She's afraid that `#l`ooting it might trigger some kind of charges against her, just like reading an unpaid scroll means you must pay for it before you can continue. Chances are she can't afford them. She'd _hate_ that. Is it safe for her to `#l`oot that bag so she can just purchase the empty bag, which she should be able to afford?


title: Where can I get cooking recepies >289 for World of Warcraft

text: My current main char is stuck at level 289 cooking. Where can I buy new recepies, or where can I go to do quests for cooking?


title: What can I do with animals in cages in Dwarf fortress?

text: I bought some animals from a caravan because I thought "oh cool, animals!" but I don't really know what I can do with them. I guess the dwarves would like a bit of jaguar meat, but that seems a waste. I tried using my kennel to train wardogs (acording to the wiki, this will actually train other animals too) and train hunting dogs (ditto), but it told me there were no animals available. So I tried moving the caged animals from the stockpile to somewhere else and tried again. Still no luck. The animals were tame, so I tried releasing them from their cages and trying again. Still no luck. Have I just been unlucky in buying, like, six animals none of which I can train, or am I doing it wrong? [P.S. If I wanted to put animals that are roaming around the fortress back in cages, is there a way to be selective, or should I just put traps near my food supply and hope the right ones wander in...]


title: What is a good way to earn Supreme Slayer?

text: One of the more challenging achievements in the Steam version of Desktop Dungeons is Supreme Slayer, which requires you to slay a monster nine levels higher than you. In other words, you need to defeat a level 10 monster at level 1. Any good ideas on how to accomplish this? All items, classes, bonuses, etc. are fair game. Obviously you'd want to explore the entire level and pick up as much as you can, but I'm still struggling to come up with a way to do enough damage at level 1.


title: How do I make stone bricks in minecraft?

text: I did it according to this from the wiki, but it does not work. I'm in survival mode. Can this be the problem?


title: What is the first Service to the Empire reward?

text: What, exactly, is the first reward, earned at 100 Imperial Service Medals, for the current Service to the Empire event? Is it supposed to be a completely new (previously unavailable) costume or just "extra inventory" of one or more of the existing costumes?


title: Swordfighting extra hits

text: In Sid Meier's Pirates! while fencing you can sometimes get an extra hit when you complete the jump defense move. The move has you on a rope that swings you to hit your opponent. What is the probability of this occurring?


title: Steam user interface display problem

text: I've been using steam on windows 8 for a while now and it's been fine. However all of a sudden it's displaying weirdly. The game library has game's screenshots/image background overlapping the game list in details view. Many dialog boxes appear very small with no UI elements showing, or with all elements on top of each-other. Has anyone had this before? Any suggestions? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EoY9T.png)


title: Prevent zombie pigmen from spawning near nether portal in overworld?

text: With the release of Minecraft 1.3.1, there now a small chance that a zombie pigman will spawn next to a nether portal in the overworld. This has already happened to me twice in the space of a few hours. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?


title: Combat Efficiency Ribbon Streak Bonus

text: What constitutes a Streak Bonus? This is in relation to obtaining the Combat Efficiency Ribbon, which states that you have to obtain 3 Streak Bonuses in a round.


title: bioshock problem with animation

text: I just recently bought the bioshock package from steam and started playing it. Its pretty good so far except i found one problem. the animation of everything is really bad, i dont know if its the game itself or if there is a problem. everything that has movement(AI, knocked boxes or anything that you can interact with that can move when you walk into it) seems that it has super bad animation, picture it as really bad fps just for that item. I play the game on about 180+ fps so i doubt that its my pc. Is there a problem with the game or is that just how it is?


title: Does the item damage indicator take the skills used into account?

text: So if I got a weapon that gives me bonus poison or elemental damage and/or bonus skill damage to a skill which I use, is this taken into account in the added/substracted damage rating of the item?


title: possible different ways to get the kanto starters and ways to get fossils in x and y

text: hi there I was wondering if you guys would happen to know the most effective ways to get the kanto starter pokemon because using friend safari seems kind of ineffective and slow. also how would one obtain fossils aside from the original glittering cave ones thanks


title: Check if player has item, if so remove it

text: I'm messing around with command blocks, and I'm wanting to try and make an XP vending machine. My idea is if you click a button with a Diamond in your hand, 1 diamond gets removed and you get x amount of XP. Is this possible using command blocks? If so, what commands would I need to look at? I already know `/xp myAmount @p`, it's just the checking/removing of items I can't seem to get.


title: Can I use extra/free guns to complete Uncharted on Crushing?

text: I've loved both Uncharted games but haven't finished either of them on Crushing difficulty, mainly due to the crazy difficulty spikes in some of the fights. I'm wondering if I can use the free guns I've earned (that I can enable from the menu) or if this will count as cheating and stop me from finishing the game and getting the trophies. Thanks!


title: NPC Thieves in Skyrim

text: I have a chest in Riverwood where I'll keep everything I can't carry I.e. Dragon bones, books etc. And lately I've noticed an abundance of theives running away from riverwood whenever I fast travel there. I manage to run them down but this never happens in any other town. Question: Should I be worried that they are stealing from me?


title: What is the difference between "Damage Health" and "Ravage Health"?

text: I've been experimenting with Alchemy in Skyrim, and I've noticed that I've acquired two distinct alchemical effects: "Damage Health" and "Ravage Health". They both cause instant poison damage, so what's the difference? Why do some ingredients give "Damage Health" while others give "Ravage Health instead?"


title: Do missions change if you wait?

text: If you shoot down a UFO, does it matter at all how long you take to send your strike team there? Will the Aliens kill more Civilians or spread around on the map more if you take your time? I get the impression that sometimes the enemies on a map were all still close to the space ship and other times they are really dug in already (i.e. hiding on rooftops), and I was wondering if that is entirely luck-based or if it's a matter of how fast you get to the crash site.


title: Should I accept embassies from AI civilizations?

text: The AI seem to be very fond of paying me 15 - 25 gold to establish an embassy in my capital very early in the game. I'm quite fond of free money, so I've generally taken the deal, but is that actually the right decision? What advantages / disadvantages does an embassy offer to me when playing against AI?


title: Permanent Shroud of Darkness debuff

text: I'm playing on elvishly easy with permadeath. At least since the 3th or 4th floor, almost every time I encounter an enemy I get debuffed with the Shroud of Darkness. I'm at level 7 now and the situation hasn't changed.   It is really unpleasant, since the effects stack and most of the time I can't see a single tile around me. How can I get rid of it? Is there a way to find out what/who cast it at me? [I am playing with a handful of mods activated, but I've once beaten the game with them and never had this problem, so I don't suspect the problem lies there.]


title: Brood war mining worker micro

text: **Background:** I played sc:bw when it came out but I was extremely casual just playing the campaign and a couple for-fun LAN games with friends. I now play SC2 and, probably due to the internet community, I have developed much more strategy to the extent that I think about things like efficient mining and micro-management during battles. I went back to play sc:bw yesterday just for fun, after probably 10 years. I was ASTOUNDED how difficult it was. Choppy animations, annoyances everywhere, only selecting 8 units at a time, units running off in the wrong direction, not being able to select more than 1 building (for example to train many units at a time i had to individually click buildings and hit the hotkey, instead of selecting many buildings and hitting the hot key many times). The most annoying thing was how workers mined. I noticed workers just clumping up at one mineral patch instead of mining, and i would have to tell them all to mine. I set my rally point on a mineral patch and apparently in sc:bw this does not tell them to mine automatically. **My question is:** What is the best way to get workers to work in sc:bw? Do you have to select each worker as they are trained and tell them to mine? That just seems like mindless repetition. What does worker management generally look like for sc:bw? Also, what are the optimal worker numbers per patch for sc:bw? How many per patch? How many per geyser?


title: Is micromanagement of early units "required" by Protoss?

text: I'm not very good with my micro, and frankly, I'm not sure if the responsiveness of my machine will support good micro play (it's a very baseline machine with settings already turned down to minimum). For the average opening skirmish between 8-16 troops, am I going to struggle as Protoss? I see a lot of the higher level players utilizing _multiple_ force fields for choke points on the attack, and more rarely, selective blink of weakened troops. Even from the standpoint of insuring your troops are deployed in a particular order (zealots, sentries, stalkers/immortals) seems to be more effort than is required with other races. When I compare to my fellow races like the Zerg, I see a pretty straightforward effort in the early game. The Zerg are point and shoot, with Roaches and Zerglings having no special abilities or big advantages to micromanagement of battles. On the Terran side, marines and Maurauders are about as simple as you can get. (Perhaps you kite a group of Zealots, but that's about it)   1. Are the Protoss fairly micro heavy in the early game?   2. Can an underpowered computer limit your ability to micro in a game?


title: What champions can break out of suppression or use abilities while suppressed?

text: With the v1.0.0.111 patch notes it is mentioned that Tryndamere had a bug where he couldn't use his ult during suppression. This sounded weird to me since I was under the idea that suppression was a stun that you couldn't cleanse out of or use abilities while suppressed. Looking around the Internet I can't seem to find a hard defined rule for when a champion may get out of this or use his ability, some champs can just do it with some abilities but I can't find a complete list. So which champion abilities can be used while suppressed?


title: How difficult is it to bring someone back from the dead?

text: My partner accidentally died. I would like to resurrect her and I read up on the oh my ghost opportunity. Does it take long and is this oppertunity missable? Also, my partner was the cook, can she make the ambrosia while dead? Can dead Sims cook?


title: How did I get near-infinite magicka?

text: In the middle of doing the Mages College quests in Skyrim I noticed that my magicka bar was not appearing at all despite casting spells. I found that I could cast the Flames spell indefinitely without my magicka ever draining. I looked at my Current Effects and saw that I had three extra Magicka Regen bonuses, but there was no indication of where they had come from. So I was pretty much indestructible for the next hour of playtime or so before the effects wore off. Where would these effects have come from? Would it have been anything to do with the Eye of Magnus (which I "Activated"), just a glitch, or something else?


title: Visual Boy Advance Unknown File Type Error on MAC

text: I am on a MacBook Pro running Maverick and I recently downloaded Visual Boy Advance v. 1.7.6 and am having trouble loading saved game states. I was playing Pokemon Emerald and saving via the in-game save option ( _not_ using the "Freeze state"). The saves seemed to work successfully and no errors popped up when I saved the game. After quitting the emulator and returning later, however, I had only the "New Game" and "Options" selections at the main Pokemon menu. The "Save States" folder has a file labeled "Pokemon Emerald1.sgm" that gives me an "Unknown file type" error when I try to open it with VBA and the "Battery Saves" folder has a file labeled "Pokemon Emerald.sav" that also gives me an "Unknown file type" error when I try to open it with VBA. Can anyone help me pinpoint the problem, please? I apologize for the lengthy description but wanted to be thorough.


title: Starcraft II Public Test?

text: I have just realized there is a new menu item called "Starcraft II Public Test" which I think has been installed with one of the latest updates. What is this? I'm not very comfortable with launching executables whose function I don't know.


title: Is Steel Plate Armor better then Daedric Armor if I'm already close to the armor cap?

text: I'm currently using Steel Plate Armor (Legendary) with 191 AR and 38 weight. Crafting Daedric Armor (Legendary) would give me an additional 67 points of AR, but it has a weight of 50. I have about 500 AR which is already near the cap. Is the extra armor worth it?


title: How can I set up an AssaultCube server?

text: Everything I find when Googling it references a file called "bin_unix". A search of my system indicates I don't have it. Is there any other way to set a server for AssaultCube? BTW, I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.


title: What do I need to do to find the missing girl?

text: After beating the Skyview Temple and returning to Skyloft, a lady approaches Link, asking if he can find Kukiel, her missing daughter. Some citizens of Skyloft say that she was last seen around the graveyard, but I haven't figured out what to do there. How do I find her?


title: MI6 SPEC OPS: What difficulty rating should I use to get 4 stars?

text: Playing on the PS3 version of **_Goldeneye 007 Reloaded_**. Just completed my first MI6 OPS mission (station - stealth) and I used default modifiers and got myself two stars for the effort. Bearing in mind I did it in about 3.5 mins, what do I need to do to get 4 stars? I know making it more difficult will probably do the trick, but what "Difficulty Rating" do I want to aim for to make 4 stars achievable? **EDIT** : On the same mission (station) I upped all the mods except "Enemy Health" (so I could still get head shot kills) and this gave me a difficulty rating of 2448 - I did this in 3 mins 27 secs and still only got 2 stars, my final score was around 35000. Are there any factors other than speed that contribute to a high score? Such as killing with subdue, accuracy etc.


title: Where are the four telescopes in Southern Shelf Bay?

text: The "I Can See Your Corpse from Here!" challenge in Southern Shelf - Bay requires actioning four telescopes. I found one on the ship, one on the fort's top level, and one in-between the bridges, but it'd be good to show all four locations in greater detail. (There's also a telescope outside Liar's Berg, but I don't think it counts.) ![Four telescopes](http://i.stack.imgur.com/4yBuP.png)


title: How do I know if I spawned so bad it's not even worth playing

text: I have started playing with friends online, and both of my spawns were horrible even with start bias turned on (hill tundra and plain desert). How do I know if my spawn spot is so bad it's not even worth bothering ? I'd rather not stay in a four hour game where I have exactly 0 chance of winning.


title: When should I kill my friends?

text: On expert realism mode, if a survivor is incapacitated in the safe room at the end of a level, how much health do they spawn with on the next level? Are they still incapacitated? I usually kill anyone who's hurt so they can spawn with full health, but this is risky because the safe room door remains open while you're doing it. Incapacitating them would be faster, but it only makes sense to do so if they spawn with full health.


title: What happens when you die in Borderlands 2?

text: What are the penalties upon death? I know money is lost, but how much? Is it a percentage of money in hand, or is it based on level? Are stats affected? How much progress do you lose? Do you lose any items in your inventory? Do the enemies reset? Do you go to the nearest checkpoint or the last one triggered (with the "saving" Borderlands logo)?


title: How does experience work in co-op?

text: ### Exp & drops Is experience gain individual, divided/split between players, or duplicated for each additional co-op player? If so, do you get experience for others' work when you aren't in the same area of the map? Do all players get the same quest rewards? How are experience, difficulty, and item/money drops affected for each additional co-op player? Does the area difficulty scale to only the host's level, or does it accommodate/average difficulty between all players? ### Large level differences Some games have disincentives when characters with large level differentials play together—is that the case in _Borderlands 2_? Are higher-level characters' stats adversely affected when joining a lower-level character's game? Or vice versa (boosting a lower-level character using a higher-level character's game)? Are experience gain or money/item drops diminished/impaired with large level differences? If so, what are the specifics? How does the game change in co-op/multiplayer?


title: Steam won't work

text: My computer was reformatted but the when I try to open Steam now it gives me this message > Steam failed to load StartSteamEngine(0x1bf598) failed with error 1. Unable > to write to the current Steam application folder. Please move Steam to a > folder where you have write priveleges" I am anything but techy, so does anybody have an idiot's guide to what to do next? Any help is much appreciated


title: Is a summoning Witch Doctor build viable in Hell and Inferno?

text: Summons are fun, however they do not seem viable in Hell or Inferno We recently started Hell, and none of my summons survive more than a hit or two, even the Gargantuan, which is supposed to be the Witch Doctor's tank Furthermore, I feel many of the Witch Doctors skills are mandatory to survive Hell+, such as Soul Harvest to prevent my dps from being laughable, or Spirit Walk to survive, or Vision Quest to keep mana up, which makes me feel like I have to play a Witch Doctor with a specific build if I want to play at higher difficulty levels. Is it possible to be an effective summoning Witch Doctor in Hell or Inferno? And if so, how?


title: Does the monster's class/type matter?

text: All monsters have a type or a class. For example beast, undead or demon (as seen in the picture): ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PzqeE.jpg) Do these types have any affect on the game play? Are there any weapons or skills that are more effective against certain types of monster than others? Are some types of monster more resistant, or even immune, to certain types of damage?


title: Do Card Effects Stack?

text: I have a number of cards that grant a % more of a specific block type, if I have more than one of them chosen when I start digging will the effect stack or does it just choose the highest?


title: How can the shortcut doors be used effectively?

text: Throughout the game you come across "shortcut" doors marked with intersecting squares. Is there any way to predict where these doors will take you without just going through? It seems they are intended as a shortcut, yet they don't seem to show a preview of the destination like normal doors, and the connections don't seem to appear on the main map. This makes them hard to use as a shortcut unless you have a photographic memory of their locations. Am I missing something? Do they serve some other non-obvious use?


title: I've defeated the Overseer. Now what?

text: I've reached the Overseer's Chamber, lit the area up, defeated its inhabitant and ate his eye. This opened no new areas to explore, however. Now what? Defeating him didn't complete any quests I had, while I still have quests open such as "The Shimmering Deep" or "A Cure for Corruption" that apparently don't find an answer here and now.


title: Does selling with your pet net you as much money as you would've got by selling in person?

text: Selling items with your pet is a very handy feature, but does it net me as much money as I would've gotten had I used a town portal scroll and sold it myself?


title: How do you prevent friends from joining your game?

text: When trying to get some solo achievements or when running the game for the first time with a new friend, your other friends can be a bit too friendly and barge in, killing everything or just making the mobs beefier. How do you block people from joining your game?


title: Extreme headshot ranges in Battlefield 3

text: I have been looking at these damage charts of the main weapons in Battlefield 3. I am also using this Battlefield 3 stats provider, which is much superior to the built-in one that is provided by DICE. When I confront both data, a question comes up: how is it possible that some people have attained headshot ranges of around 4000 m (see here), if the most powerful weapon, the M98B, is uncapable of firing beyond 3250 m? In addition, and from my in-game experience, attaining a headshot at 500 m is hard. I imagine that attaining a 1000 m headshot would be almost impossible, since the enemy soldier would be practically (if not totally) invisible. 4000 m sounds impossible to me. Any ideas? Is this a result of plain fluke? Was this achieved with a different kind of weapon I am missing?


title: Do I ever stand up?

text: I've noticed that after holding down kick for a while I stop kicking, does the same happen to ducking, as far as I can tell it doesn't. Also are there any other reasons not to hold down duck all the time? (apart from sore fingers) Such as it interrupting other moves.


title: Strange sound right after loading a saved game

text: For long time now I hear strange sound right after loading any saved game - it wasn't like this from the beginning but can't remember when it started. Can't really describe it, so I recorded it - you can hear it here. My best guess is that some sort of item is responsible for this but no clue what it might be. Anyone faced this and found out more? Note: the sound is not triggering after fast travel, only after loading.


title: What is the purpose of "Reset All Stats"?

text: I noticed in the Prestige Shop there is an option for 10th level prestige where you can reset all stats. What is the purpose of it? The only use I could think of is using it after you've beat the multiplayer and just feel like beating it again for the hell of it.


title: Is it possible to queue multiple Steam games for installation in one action?

text: When you buy multiple games in one purchase from Steam, you have the option to set them all to be installed, and the Steam client automatically queues them all at once. However, Is there a way to do this manually? For example when you've just re- installed Steam, can you select your 30 favorite games, and click _"Install"_ once? Installing each game individually can get really tedious.


title: Does Cheer have any effect on TinkerBell?

text: Tinkerbell is not a normal summon, as she doesn't get rid of Donald and Goofy, and sticks around until the end of the fight. The description of cheer is > Increases the summons' MP gauge, giving them more time and attacks per > battle. Equip to entire party to boost effect. Tinkerbell, however, doesn't have a visible MP gauge, doesn't have attacks, and doesn't go away when out of MP. So does cheer have any effect at all on Tinkerbell? If so, what effect does it have?


title: How to install the Skylander USB Driver?

text: I am trying to use my portal of power on the Skylander Webpage. I have installed the USB driver, but when I plug in the portal, it asks to try to manually install the driver, but the computer can't find the copy I've installed. Does anyone know how to recover from this issue?


title: Is there any difference between champion colors?

text: Do different colored champions have different bonuses, and, if so, what are they? I.e. Are green champions the same as red champions? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/jAglp.png)


title: How do you know if your Pokémon has been traded in the GTS?

text: Is there any way to tell whether the Pokémon you put in the GTS has been traded without actually going in and checking? Is there some kind of notification?


title: What game is this?

text: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Kv3wd.jpg) Google reverse image search times out. I found the image in this article and my friend recognized it. We can't figure out what the name of the game is or what it was about. My friend says you could pick up a few items in this room (the game started here). You could also go downstairs and talk to some people and go even further down to the basement. Sorry, that's all the info we got...


title: What exactly happens if I choose to erase a game's progress?

text: In `Settings > Other`, I have the option to "Delete [Subgame] Progress" for each subgame. I am considering doing this for Warrior's Way because I've hit max numbers and have all the hat tickets for having said high numbers. I'd like to know exactly what "progress" means before going through with it though, because while I presume that completed tickets will stay completed, I don't want to lose progress for incomplete tickets (such as, I have about 180 wins vs. opposing player-monarchs out of the necessary 300, and I don't want that to restart).


title: Do ruby-socketed helms work for Paragon experience?

text: Do experience bonuses from rubied helms and helmets work for post-level 60 Paragon experience? How do rubied helms affect Paragon experience gain?


title: Can more than a single copy of a legendary be obtained in Dream Radar>

text: In Pokemon Dream Radar you can catch 3 Radar-specific legendary Pokemon. You can also, depending on the game inserted in the actual DS System, capture Lugia, Ho-Oh and other game-specific legendaries. I noticed there are simulations that are unlocked that are repeatable "captures" of the Radar-specific legendaries. Does this mean they can be captured again? In other words, what is the point of the alpha, beta, and gamma simulations if not to capture them multiple times? Can Lugia, Ho-Oh, and other cartridge specific legendaries be captured more than once? I am assuming that the only way to do this would be to delete the saved data for both Black/White V2 and Dream Radar, but aside from that, can they be captured more than once and transferred to have multiple copies of each?


title: How do I view "friends of friends" for my RealID friends?

text: In World of Warcraft, you could view the friends of your RealID friends and send them a friend request. Where is that option in Diablo 3?


title: Why do I have blank friends in Diablo 3?

text: When looking at my friends list in Diablo 3, I noticed that there are several accounts listed that have no name. All my friends are accounted for, so I don't think that's the cause. My best guess at the moment is that they are the friends that I added during the beta, because I had to re-add them when the game released. If this **is** the cause for the phantom friends, how do I delete them? ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/PbRD3.jpg)


title: Auction item in stash but not in inventory

text: What if your bought item from the auction house is in your stash but no where to be found in my inventory. No my inventory is not full. Yes I clicked on send to stash in the completed tab. :)


title: Does shield recharge rate scale with warframe's maximum shield?

text: Say you have 100 shield capacity and you apply the mod that improves your shield recharge rate (fast deflection) making it recharge your shield completely in 2 seconds. Now say you have 700 shield capacity with the same amout of shield recharge rate, will it still recharge 700 in 2 seconds?


title: What lots give the Beautiful Vista moodlet in Isla Paradiso?

text: Isla Paradiso is the world included in the _Island Paradise_ expansion pack for _The Sims 3_. What lots give the Beautiful Vista moodlet in that town, and what are the values? The only location I know of is 1 Alto Road, which gives a +30 moodlet.


title: Is there a certain strategy for "bomb jumping" in Metroid: Zero Mission?

text: In Metroid: Zero Mission, I am trying to get the Varia suit. I cannot time the bombs correctly to jump up to the first ledge; is there any strategy to doing this?


title: How to incorporate individual cells into existing cell blocks?

text: I'm having a problem with my new cell block. I created it the same as the last one but I can't seem to manage to incorporate the individual cells with the existing cell block. This is making it really annoying to search the cells, because I have to do every one individually instead of just "Search Cell Block". Does anyone know how to fix this problem?


title: Does 'overcharging' a sniper increase its damage?

text: As a Sniper, I know that if I charge my sniper rifle, it will do more damage, but does the time for which it is 'overcharged' (i.e. scoped in when the charge meter is already full) affect the damage it does on its next shot? The reason I ask is that, a couple of times, I have scoped in for about 30 seconds (in a sneaky spot) and have dealt about 500-600 damage (which is more than enough to kill even a fully-overhealed Heavy). Is this just a coincidence? If 'overcharging' a sniper **does** increase its damage, is there an upper limit to how much damage it can do?


title: Moneymaking in Perfect World International?

text: I like to play Perfect World International, but I'm not interested in spending real money on the game. How can I make "game money" easily without paying "real money" for it?


title: Using a Generic Gamepad for Batman Arkham Asylum (or PS3 controller)

text: I need some help setting up my PC to play Arkham Asylum. It was the one Arkham game I have yet to play (minus Knight but I'm no time traveller :P) and I got it on PC via a Steam Sale ($5 was a bargin!) The problem is I want to use my generic gamepad. I have a few of them for game development so it seems daft to buy an X360 controller for one game. But after half an hour of searching via Google, I can't find a suitable tutorial. Can anyone help me with this? I do have a PS3 controller if that makes setting controller-based gameplay easier. Thanks to any who can help! EDIT: Where in the game is the ability to change controller methods? I am looking for anything to do with the so-called "X360 controller" section but I can't find it.


title: How do I get inside the caged area in the Temple Ruins near the South entrance?

text: I have been exploring the Temple for what seems like an age and I can't find my way in to this area. Can anyone tell me where I need to go?


title: How to use the Steam overlay in StarCraft II?

text: Is it possible to use the Steam overlay in StarCraft II? I tried adding it to Steam, but the overlay closes whenever I hit "Play" from the launcher. I tried running Steam as admin too, but that didn't help. Is there someway to use get it to run in-game?


title: Does Minecraft PE have commands?

text: Are there any commands in Minecraft Pocket Edition? I'm looking for both singleplayer and multiplayer commands including admin commands.


title: Getting all Kanto starters in X and Y?

text: I have beaten the Elite Four and somebody is selling me a Mega Stone for Venusaur in a shop in Lumiose City. I have chosen Charizard, and I'm wondering if the only way to get Venusaur is through the trading methods of Pokemon games.


title: Getting "Unable to load Steam.dll" when trying to load Peggle Extreme

text: I installed a game called Peggle Extreme, a free game in the Steam web store, but when I tried to play it, it gave me an error: `Unable to load Steam.dll`   * I do not have this issue with any other games.   * I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but to no avail; I still get the same error.   * As far as I am aware, it has fully downloaded and ready to launch. I was wondering if this is a widespread issue, or if it is just me. I have attached a screenshot: ![Steam Screenshot of Error](http://i.stack.imgur.com/e7v36.jpg)


title: How can I make the selling phases less laborious?

text: Selling stuff is an easy way to make money in Far Cry 3. But the store doesn't seem really convenient: I spend precious minutes to double click (or double tap `Enter`) to sell everything as fast as I can. It's even more painfull when I want to quick-sell craft items (leaves or animal skins), because I have to deal with a confirmation pop-up. Is it possible to make it faster ? By multi-selecting items, for instance, or just selling the whole content of your bag in one click ?


title: What are "Attempts Remaining" in the code hacking minigame?

text: When I'm in the code hacking minigame, I always see "3 attempts remaining" at the bottom of the screen. I'm not sure how this is used though. ![hacking minigame](http://i.stack.imgur.com/ritNW.jpg) In my experience, if I run my cursor into a red section, it removes one piece I've already hacked. If I do that when I don't have any pieces hacked, I get locked out of the system, and can't attempt a hack again. So where does the 3 attempts remaining come in?


title: How do I install a Steam game from the DVD disc, and into a custom directory?

text: I want to install a Steam game into a custom directory. For example, I want to install my new game which I activated through Stem but then cancelled the installation because I have the retail disc, into the directory `E:\Program Files\`. How do I go about installing the Steam game into a custom directory?


title: Is it possible to play games that run off of Steam, on a Linux or Unix-based OS (other than Mac OSX)?

text: I was wondering if it is possible to install and play Steam games like Skyrim off a Linux or Unix-base Operating System (OS), such as FreeBSD or OpenSUSE? Update: Apart from installing through Wine, which is an emulator and would hence defeat the purpose, because it would cancel out any performance increase you might get over running through Windows. In short (as far as I am aware), running through Wine would give even less performance than running through Windows.


title: Where can I find weak Pixelmon?

text: When I start up a new world of Pixelmon in Minecraft, all I have is a level 5 starter, and I'm surrounded by Pixelmon ranging from levels 10-45. Finding a reasonable challenge is, in itself, a challenge. Where can I go in the world to find weaker, lower-level challenges for my starter to grow and fight against? Or am I stuck praying to find a low-level pokemon without accidentally running into a level 45?


title: In pokemon y can you mega evolve an Infernape?

text: I just recently transferred all of my pokemon from my old games and have my lv 100 Infernape on my Y game now and was wondering if I could mega evolve my Infernape or not, and if so how?


title: Keeping a long term base in DayZ

text: I have acquired a black SUV and been able to keep it for several days now. My current gear include a pile of weapons (DMR, multiple AK's, Bison, MP5SD, pistols etc), plenty of food, a tent and lots of other stuff. I've been keeping everything in my car, and I've found a very good place to park it when I log off. I'm playing on a semi-busy server with peak daily player count at around 20-30. I haven't really been able to keep a base in DayZ for very long before. Mostly my tents have been looted within 2-3 days, and I've lost all my vehicles pretty quickly up til now. I'm wondering if anyone can give me some advice on how to keep and maintain a base over longer periods of time. I know location is important. But how about routine server restarts? Are tents safer than cars? How about enter/exit routes to and from the base? Perhaps splitting a base into several smaller bases? Any advice will be appreciated. **EDIT:** I always thought the end goal of DayZ was to establish a base somewhere to operate more freely out of. Recently I've realized that this isn't the point of the game at all, and that "horders" (players who accumulate lots of gear in a car/tent) is often critized for playing this way. More seasoned players will often destroy bases they find without even looting them first.


title: What is the visual indication when Hysteria triggers?

text: What is the visual indication in-game that the Scoundrel's "Hysteria" skill has triggered?


title: How can you share quests?

text: So I'm giving The Elder Scrolls Online beta a try and I figured out how to join an ad hoc group. But I can't figure out how to share quests with that group. When I bring up my quests (J key) and then click on one, there is a Share option (F key). However, clicking on it doesn't seem to do anything and the others in my group can't join me in the quest. So how can I share quests?


title: Maxing Out Perks?

text: The level cap in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is 50 but you can keep going after that to about level 70 if I understand it correctly. This means you can get about 70 of the 250 perks in the game. Jail time can lower your kills so that you can train them up again would that allow you in theory to get all 250 perks by getting to level 250? Let me know what you think?


title: How do I complete Challenge 1-18?

text: I cannot for the life of me figure this level out. I figure I have to use the white and blue rectangular blocks as stepping stones to the top, but I can't seem to make it work. How do I complete this challenge?


title: Are all trainers the same?

text: On Tython I've encountered two trainers, and the second didn't have any new moves to offer me. Do all trainers teach the same moves? Or do I need to seek them all out at the right levels in order to learn everything?


title: Is it possible to make a decent army in the early game?

text: I am new to Civilization; I bought Civ 5 a couple months ago and I have only played around 4 or 5 games so far. Maybe it is because I am new to the game, but the early game goes so fast that there seems to be very little time to engage in prehistoric conquests. Am I right or wrong? When I start expanding myself and destroying other empires this happens in the mid to late game, around the 1800s and later. Is it possible to make decent armies that can occupy cities before the II or III century? If so, any tips on how to achieve it?


title: Are there any background walls which are immune to explosives?

text: Explosives are powerful. Maybe a little too powerful for my liking. I've set up a trap where mobs fall into a pit of explosive proof material (in this case, mythril ore), where I'm free to throw dynamite or bombs to my heart's content. However, I want there to be a background wall so that mobs won't spawn inside the pit while it's closed off (using active/inactive stone blocks). So far all my attempts have failed with the background being blown clean off the sky. Is there a wall that will remain in place even if dynamite goes off right in front of it?


title: How does one dispose of stolen aircraft?

text: I'm doing the 6th vehicle theft for Rigg in _Saints Row the Thrid_ , stealing a Woodpecker from the airport. How do I actually turn it over to him? With the boats and helicopters I just had to get it close to the drop off icon, but that does not seem to work with an airplane.


title: How can I check if Steam is up?

text: I opened Steam, attempting to login... and it just sits there for minutes then finally gives me "Could not connect to Steam network". I know I have full internet connectivity. It really seems like Steam (or parts of it) is down.


title: Use a command block to "Sense" a player in a certain area

text: OK, so on my friends and my server, we have a skyblock map. My issue is when somebody joins they spawn above the Void. What I need is for a command block to determine if a player is near the Void and send a redstone signal to another command block that will teleport them to the main island.


title: Are there more resources in candy box 2?

text: I have candies (obviously), lollipops, chocolate bars and pains au chocolat. I have finished the game.


title: In Dark Souls 2, what does this white soapstone icon mean?

text: In Dark Souls 2, I recently noticed this white soapstone icon. What does it mean? ![White Soapstone Icon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SJEgr.jpg)


title: Can you run an installed Xbox 360 game off of USB flash drives now?

text: Since you can use USB Flash Drives for data storage now, is it possible to install a game to one? Or, can you install to HDD and then copy to flash drive? Unfortunately I'm one of those with an old 20GB HDD...so before I go buying a USB stick or two rather than a bigger HDD, I'd like to know.


title: In Fable 3, what is the rent/profit payoff time interval?

text: In Fable 2 i think it was every 5 minutes, regardless if the game was playing. Any idea what the interval for rent/profit payout is on Fable 3?


title: LA Noire Launcher DirectX not found problem (Windows XP)

text: I keep getting the "The Launcher cannot query DirectX. Please update DirectX by installing the latest redistributable" I'm on Windows XP and this is the Steam version of the game. GPU=NVIDIA 9800 GTX+ running 285.x drivers (newest available for XP) Problems started after the most recent patch (the patch that added directx 11 support... but I'm XP so whatevs). Pre-Patch, I would get the problem, the launcher would crash, but then the game would start anyway, so I didn't care, but now it doesn't launch at all. I can't downgrade retroactively (as far as I know?) because it's Steam, so I don't have the original media. I've tried reinstalling directx, uninstalling & reinstalling directx. Launching the game directly, launching the game as admin (I'm running as admin already, but I do "Run As" and uncheck the "protect this computer box"), Launching steam as admin, validating the game cache. re-downloading and reinstalling. Nothing works. I've tried disabling my anti-virus (Avast) ("C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps" is already whitelisted). Tried downgrading my gfx drivers to 280.x version. I have no idea how to proceed, but any tips would be great.