title: How can I find or recall my horse?

text: Lately, I've been finding my horse to be more of an annoyance to use than an asset to have. But, maybe I'm missing something that could resolve this - or maybe it's the _game_ that's missing this. I'm hoping someone here can help. First, there's the bit about not being able to fight while on horseback. Okay, I'll acknowledge that's a game limitation and we have to live with it. But, it's still no less annoying and actually leads in to the problem I'm really asking about here. There's often times where I'll get off my horse to do battle, or perhaps explore something in the area that's caught my eye. Then, in the course of natural events, I'll shortly find:   * I've wandered too far from my horse, in too many odd directions, to quickly find my way back to it.   OR   * Something's attacked or otherwise spooked the horse into wandering from where I'd left it.  In either case, I'm then left out in the middle of nowhere (a description that probably fits about 85% of the land area in Skyrim) and often times I was well on my way to somewhere that I don't have a nearby Fast Travel location I can jump off from to get to. My options here are:   * Wander around aimlessly and hope I stumble across my horse.   OR   * Walk the rest of the way to my destination.   OR   * Fast Travel to the nearest available location (which may not really be so near) and start my trip over again with my horse, who's then magically teleported nearby. Two much more ideal options would be:   * Whistle for my horse to come to me. (Must be within a certain range of the horse.)   OR   * Add a horse tracker to my compass. Are these features that I'm missing, or features that the _game_ is missing? Does anyone have other suggestions as to how I can avoid these situations, or better recover from them?


title: Is there a way to call your horse in Skyrim?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I find or recall my horse? I am contemplating buying a horse, but for the price of 1K I want to know if I can at least call it to me once I have it.


title: How do decorations influence the number of visitors?

text: An in-game tip hints that I should buy more decorations to attract more visitors. I'd love to make it a decoration wonderland, but poppa's a little strapped on the old cash flow. So, before I go spend a bunch of money, how do decorations influence the number of visitors? Is there a coin to visitor ratio, are there any caps, etc.


title: What is this exclamation mark menu item?

text: When I opened CS:GO today, this exclamation mark menu item appeared which wasn't there before. Nothing happens when I click on it. What exactly is it and why did it suddenly appear? ![screenshot showing the mysterious exclamation mark](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zWCuS.jpg)


title: How to Rotate Objects in The Sims 4

text: I just bought The Sims 4 and so far it's great but I don't know how to rotate objects. How do you rotate items?


title: Blood on the Ice - No interaction with the clues in Hjerim possible

text: As the title says, I'm having huge problems with the "Blood on the Ice" questline. On my first playthrough, I was able to finish the quest withouth problems, was able to buy, clean-up and furnish the house, but on the second playthrough, this questline is utterly broken, and I dont know why. Quest triggered normally (walked into the graveyard at night), and I was able to persue it until the point where I had to investigate Hjerim. I talked to Tova Shatter-Shield, got the key and entered Hjerim. Inside I found the usual mess. Bones, blood, etc. The Quest updates to "find the clues". And this, I think, is the point where my quest broke for some reason I cannot fathom. Whenever I want to investigate ("Use") something inside Hjerim, nothing happens. I tried to use the chest, the bed, the little shelf with the amulet and the fliers and the "false" cabinet. But nothing happens. I'm not able to open the cabinet, I'm not able to pick up the amulet or the fliers. Also, instead of "Investigate Bed" for example, it says "Investigate InvestigationTarget". I got desperate, so I tried to jumpstart the questline by putting a flier in my pocket via a console command. The quest updated, and I went to find Viola Giordano. Once I found her, she came with me to Hjerim, to investigate further. She stopped next to the false cabinet and told me, that it looked unusual, and that I should investigate it. BUT I still cannot interact with it. I cant open it, and I'm stuck. I also tried to finish the whole questline via console, bought the house, cleaned up the mess, furnished it, but I still cant open the false cabinet in order to get access to the alchemy/enchanting lab. I just dont know what to do anymore, since I cant find anything on the internet about this particular situation. I hope someone can help me. Hjerim is the one house in the game with the most storage place, and I really wanna have it (working).


title: How does Height play into hostile mob spawns?

text: The Minecraft Wiki Spawn page goes into great detail about how hostile mobs spawn. But it omits details about how height plays into common spawns. It DOES mention how slimes require the chunks they spawn in to be at a certain height level, but I'm more concerned with how the rest of the common hostile mobs spawn. (Namely Zombies, Creepers, Skeletons and Spiders) To clarify a bit: > Mobs spawn naturally within a 15x15 chunk (240x240 block) area around the > player. Ok, well, thats simple enough, one chunk is a 16x16 block centered on the player, got it. But, thats a two dimensional measurement, and this is a VERY three dimensional game. Is height irrelavent in such spawning mathmatics? If so, wouldn't that mean that I could be at sea level, with a dark cavern at bedrock beneath me, and have some of the mobs I want to slay spawn all the way at bedrock rather than at the same height I am? Or even more prevalent, (and the main reason behind the question reveals itself) I have a monster grinding tower that I've built. The tower currently has 6 floors with each floor boasting a 2 block high space for the mobs to spawn in. If you include an extra block for the actual 'floor' of each level of the tower, that makes 18 blocks high. Now if I'm near enough and far enough (as the reqs require for spawning) to and from from the tower for mobs to spawn inside of it, how (if at all) will the different high levels of the tower affect my spawn rates inside each floor?


title: What happens if I read the Elder Scrolls over and over again?

text: I already know the interesting thing that happens when you read the Scroll on the highest of Skyrim's mountains, and I already know what happens when you read a Elder Scroll anywhere else. I also read from in-game sources that reading the Scrolls over and over again will make you go blind forever. Does this actually happen in the game or are we just Aedra who can read the Scroll over and over again with only temporary blindness?


title: Can NPCs steal from your home in Skyrim?

text: I have the Skyrim Hearthfire DLC, and would like to know if bandit NPCs can steal from my house or not. Is this possible, and is there a way to prevent it?


title: Most effective hero?

text: I have heard that the Warrior is the easiest by far for new players due to easily blasting through lower levels; however, after level 15 the Warrior's performance is significantly hindered and eventually drained once all of the health potions are consumed. The Rogue, on the other hand, can be very useful in the higher levels, as can the Mage/Huntress. What I'm wondering is which hero is most effective for beating the game (reaching level 26).


title: What happens in the case of a tie in Clan Wars?

text: When there is a clan war, what happens in the case of a tie? Does it default to some of the stats used to describe the clan war? or does it have like a deathmatch?


title: Are joysticks an advantage in Elite: Dangerous?

text: I basically want to know if spaceships in ED are maneuvered with keyboard&mouse in a way that a joystick is no longer needed (or even a disadvantage).


title: Use of Criminal Rating in San Andreas?

text: I have a `Pee-Wee` rating right now. Can I do anything with that or it's just for fun.


title: Mask of Madness - How does the Bonus damage recieved work?

text: I ask about this ability: http://wiki.teamliquid.net/dota2/Mask_of_Madness Unfortunately the wiki has not alot of information about the extra damage recieved: "Bonus Damage taken: 30%" How does this Bonus Damage work?   1. With other sources of bonus damage?      * Additive,     * Multiplicative?   2. Which attacks will get you extra damage?      * Physical attacks,      * Spells,     * Reflect,      * Poison damage*?   3. What kind of extra damage will it be?      * The same kind as the attack?     * Physical,      * Magical,     * "Pure Damage"*?   4. Can I reduce the extra damage?      * Armor,      * Magic Resist,      * Magic Immunity     * "Evasion"*? Stars-Explanation:   * Poison damage: Damage Over Time   * "Pure Damge": Damage that ignores Resistances such as armor or magic resist   * "Evasion": There is on the one hand Evasion vs Physical damage against hits, and on the other hand there is atleast one Passive that I know of that has a chance to evades Spells


title: Does the numbing traps passive from multiple Demon Hunters stack?

text: The numbing traps passive text reads:               Enemies you Slow or hit with Fan of Knives, Spike Trap, Caltrops, Grenades,     and Sentry fire have their damage reduced by 25% for 3 seconds.      Let's say you're in a game with 4 Demon Hunters, all running the numbing traps passive. Would the damage reduction from these passives stack? If so, I'm assuming they stack multiplicatively.


title: Material research and time efficiency?

text: I am still pretty new to EVE online so please correct me if I'm wrong about these two mechanics - my understanding of material research and time efficiency is that these are values for individual blueprints which are trained up as a research process and effect the amount of materials wasted and the time taken when building an item from that blueprint. These statistics are accompanied by skills of the same names, which effect how long the research process to attain a level in either of these statistics takes. My question is, what is the maximum level that material research and time efficiency can reach on a blueprint and what is the base time it would take without any modifiers to each that maximum level? For bonus points, which skills in game further modify the time these processes take?


title: How do I get a sleep potion?

text: The recent version 3.25 update to Clash of Clans has a line item that says: > Heroes recover health faster thanks to the Alchemists' new sleep potion When I look in my Spell Factory after the update, I don't see any such potion - and sources I've checked online don't have any information on it. Is this just a cute "canon" way of explaining the patch detail, or is the sleep potion a real thing you can purchase/create? Also, what is the new rate of health regen?


title: How do I show FPS in Dwarf Fortress

text: How do I enable the FPS readout?


title: Is it possible to combine active and passive gems of different colors?

text: I'd like to combine Item Rarity (passive blue) with my AoE Rain of Arrows (active green). Of course I can socket these gems the way I want, but will the Rain of Arrows benefit of the Item Rarity's boost ?


title: Can sibling in-laws have romantic relationships in the Sims 2

text: In the Sims 2, is it possible for siblings in-law to have romantic relationships. Here's a scenario, just in case Sibling in-law isn't the correct term: I have a man, let's call him Andy to be simple. Andy has married a woman -- let's say Betty. Andy has a brother (an adult) called Charlie. Can Charlie and Betty do anything romantic? That is, can someone be romantic with his brother's wife? Charlie and Betty aren't related at all, and on the Sims family tree they do not appear related. However, I can't seem to get kissing or anything to come up. So that's my question. Can Charlie get with his brother's wife? EDIT: Should point out, this is for the PC, NOT console.


title: When and why is it very effective to use Zhonya's Hourglass?

text: Yesterday I played Swain. I thought buying Zhonya's hourglass is pretty awesome on him, because of ap and armor of course, but mainly because I like to focus on the active. A pretty cool thing about it is, that when you use Zhonya's while he has his ultimate on, it stays active, which saved me very often. I was able to use Zhonya's at low health and when my Zhonya's active expired in the teamfight, I had like half hp or so. The thing I wish to know from you guys is that which champs are good with Zhonya's and which are not, because I don't know which ultimates get interrupted by Zhonya's and which not.


title: Can I gift Final Fantasy XIV to a friend?

text: Final Fantasy XIV is sold out in every retail store it seems. I can purchase it online, but I want to gift it to a friend and not create an account for myself. Can I purchase a digital copy of FFXIV as a gift and give the account to someone else?


title: Where is my horse?

text: During an epic multiplayer horse adventure we stopped in a desert and had a run-in with monsters, panic, and general chaos. In the morning, we had lost a horse in the jungle across the river from the desert, and combing the place didn't turn up any sign of it. We were fond of that horse, and would like to rescue it. It definitely didn't get killed by monsters, as it was dismounted far from the site of battle and horses aren't targeted by mobs unless there is a player on it. We just can't _find_ it. How can we locate our horse? This is a heavily modded Forge-based MC 1.6.2 server, so mod solutions are welcome. (I can't use Bukkit plugins right now, but those are welcome too as I may be adding Bukkit support later, and the horse is likely in an unloaded chunk and not going anywhere anytime soon.) Note that I've seen the Where is my horse? + Horsebook mod, but it doesn't help _after_ you've lost your horse.


title: Can I turn Azura's star from white to black?

text: I've already turned Azura's star white and now when I see of it over the Internet it's just been wasted can I turn it black now?


title: EVE Online - questions about station trading

text: I've got an alt that's engaged solely in station trade, I had a few questions maybe some other more experienced traders could answer:   1. Do you put all the money in your possession into buy orders, or do you leave a little in your wallet? My plan was to have this alt generating income with which to fund other activities, but I can see that I'm not making the most of my ISK. What do you do with your money?   2. Is there any way to be notified of which orders have been completely filled? Would I need to rely on an external application to do so? I ask because I've run into times where I fill up my buy orders with stuff, but I don't remember the exact quantities that I'd set so when I get back, I see lots of goods in my hangar but no buy order. It'd be great if I had some way to refer both to the quantity set in the original order as well as the price (aside from the in-game transaction journal)


title: What happen if I look too suspicious?

text: I know that if I spend enough time without doing anything suspicious, things calm down, but what happens if I'm too suspicious? Will I return to prison?


title: How would you know what to do with "Giant's Kinship"?

text: I know what it does, but when does the **plot** tell you what it is and where to use it?


title: Villages on "Old" Worlds?

text: I have the iPod 4th generation so I can't use "infinite" worlds. Are you still able to get villages on the "old" world? If you can, do you know any seeds that have villages on the "old" world?


title: How does the Venom Gauntlet poison damage work?

text: In Mass Effect 3, the Cabal Canguard character has a class power Venom Gauntlet. A passive bonus is the following: > 30% of melee damage is applied as poison damage over 5 seconds. If I attack an enemy, does it get 70% of the attack right away, and the spare 30% in those 5 seconds, or does it instantly hits for 100%, and is the 30% extra?


title: How to test if someone died twice and then put them in creative with invisiblite x in command blocks

text: I am doing a minigame map, and there are a couple events I want to set-up:   * If someone dies twice they will be eliminated and put into creative with invisibility X   * If all of a persons wool is captured, and placed on an enemy stand, the owner of the wood is eliminated. I do not have a scoreboard set up yet, but if someone could tell me how to do what I said above that would be great. ![Senario](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AFcBi.png)


title: When to build that second base?

text: I am looking for advice on expanding your reach from your starting base. When is a good time to start building further bases? Should you try to go for it early in the game to stop the loss of funds from other continents or is it better to stick with the first base for a while to not run into money trouble? Should expanding be a priority from the start? Should your other bases have xenonauts too or is it more cost-effective to stack them with airplanes to shoot down UFOs in that territory? What is a good expansion strategy?


title: How do you decorate your home in Die2Nite?

text: I found a padlock and chain in the desert. It claims to be a home decoration. In my home, I don't seem to have the option of decorating with it. Is it because my home is a tent? Or because I have no AP so it's not listing the option? Or something else entirely?


title: Open Entrance in Shrine of Worship?

text: This video shows the entrance to the Shrine or Worship open in Shadow of the Colossus. How exactly do I achieve this?


title: Do modern Nintendo DS games still work on the original DS?

text: I'm an extremely casual gamer - I only own a PS2 and use it for DVDs more than games - but I'm attracted by the type of games you get on the Nintendo DS. I'm not looking to spend a lot of money, so would be happy to buy a pre-owned original DS, but will it still play _modern_ DS games? Obviously, I wouldn't be buying games that explicitly require DSi hardware features, but what level of support does the original generally get from new games? If it makes any difference, the kind of thing I'm interested in is _Professor Layton_ , and other adventure/mystery/roleplaying games.


title: Is there a way to remotely determine asteroid field composition?

text: It seems pretty time-consuming to have to check dozens of asteroid fields to find the type of ore I want. Is it possible to see what types of ore are available in asteroid fields without actually visiting them?


title: What does the StarCraft 2 Collector's Edition Thor model look like compared to the regular one?

text: I just heard that the Collector's Edition has a different Thor model than the regular edition. Does anyone know of a comparison shot of the two different models? In this case I am talking about the Thor model inside StarCraft 2, not the Thor pet in World of Warcraft.


title: Total war: Shogun 2 Computer crashes on splash screen

text: I'm not sure if this is the right place to post a question such as this but I am not sure if there are any others stack exchanges that this would be more relevant to. I recently purchased the total war complete pack on steam due to its massive discount and proceeded to install shogun 2, I downloaded it on my laptop then used the steam backup/restore function to transfer it to my main pc. after installing I tried to play the game, it got as far the splash screen and then crashes my entire computer. I have searched the internet for quite a while and it appears my problem is in no way unique but I have yet to find solution that helps me. My graphics and audio drivers are up to date, my computer exceeds the minimum specs (I can run Skyrim on ultra without a problem) I have reinstalled the game, deleted some steam .blob files, verified cache until it didn't come up with anything new and still nothing. Any help at all in fixing this problem is greatly appreciated and please let me know if you need any more details. The crash happens about 30 seconds to a minute after the splash screen has first displayed the courser doesn't change to the total war cursor, the computer locks up I cant move my mouse then the screen goes black and computer reboots itself. System Specs:   12gb ram   Amd -4100 quad core 3.60Ghz   Windows 7 64bit   Ati Radeon 6850 -1gb   Asus M5A99X Evo Motherboard


title: Does Hide of Nemean Lion reflect pre-mitigated damage?

text: The Hide of the Nemean Lion Reflects 20% of all basic attack damage back to the attacker as magical damage. Does it return pre-mitigated damage? for example, if the enemy deals 100 damage it would return 20. If protections make them only do 20 damage. would it then only send back 4 damage? I guess another very related question is: _is it possible for 1:1 damage taken:damage returned?_


title: How can I set xbox live to not auto-renew so I don't spend $20 I don't need to?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Discontinue Xbox Live Online Starting 2010-11-01 Xbox Live is going from $50->$60 per year. Amazon sells the 12 month subscriptions for $40, so I don't see a point in spending $20 I don't need to. How can I set my Xbox Live subscription to not auto-renew?


title: StarCraft 2 keyboard shortcut to select hatchery

text: Is there a keyboard shortcut to select and center view to the Command Center/Hatchery/Nexus? Playing as Zerg, I tried pressing `H` but it doesn't select the hatchery. I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut that will select and center view even if the current view is elsewhere on the map (something similar to pressing space).


title: What counts as a Predator Encounter?

text: I have completed the story without finishing all of the Dark Knight systems 'Worst Nightmare' tree (basically the challenges which reward you XP and gadgets for predator encounters). To complete the rest of them I need to find more 'predator encounters', but what actually counts as one of these encounters? Is it just determined by a rooftop full of armed guards, or are they limited to the story section of the game where you are contained to a room? If it is restricted to the story encounters, does your progress on the Dark Knight system get taken over when you start a NG+?


title: How do I get rid of ctOS scans?

text: I'm having lots of issues with ctOS scans in Watch underscore Dogs. I'm driving a fast car, but the scan areas are huge. If I use a jammer, it just spawns new scans that follow me in the direction I'm moving. If I switch direction, I'm caught in the existing scan. Whenever I seem to be in the clear, new scans just spawn around me and close in on me until I'm caught in a scan again. Hiding in the car doesn't help and I've already tried using all my jammers (about 10, crafting on-the-fly), chaining them properly. How can I get rid of the scans for good?


title: Confusing information on Steam regarding version of Settlers 7

text: The page in the steam store for Settlers 7 Deluxe Gold Edition says it includes all the DLC content > The Deluxe Gold Edition includes the original game fully patched and > **complete DLC content** , plus free additional content: > >   * 13 exclusive maps: 6 multiplayer maps and 7 single player campaigns. >   * A dozen new buildings. Including the Crypt, Order of Knights, Infernal > mine. >   * Over 30 new locations. Including Field of Mandrake, Treasure Island, > Pilgrimage site. >   * Castle forge elements allowing players to make their cities unique and > customize their castles: 1 gate, 2 windows, 1 bay, 1 balcony and 1 gargoyle. > However, a little under that text there's a link to purchase the DLC content ![Settlers 7 purchase information screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/mqeU8.png) So, does the game include the DLC or not? Is it referring to another DLC?   Also, I was unable to find "the original game" (the one that's not the Deluxe Gold Edition) in the store.


title: Contact steam user that is offline

text: I have a user in my steam friend list that I need to contact to. But he is offline for few days. There is no contact information specified in his profile. Is there a way to send him an email notification (or any other way), get his email or any other way to contact him? EDIT: He didn't provide his contact info in his profile. But he must use his email to login to his profile. Maybe I can get his contacts by using Steam API? EDIT2: OK. I can't get users email if he didn't provide it as a public data in his profile. I think it is good for security reasons.


title: Is there a way to display a player name in /tellraw command?

text: like the title says, I'm looking for a way to display a player name in a /tellraw command which is run by a command block. Example:               /tellraw @a {"text":"","extra":[{"text":"A player has won the game!","color":"blue"}]}      And the output is something like this:               A player has won the game!      But I want the output to be something like               JasonSPQR has won the game!      Using the @p parameter Thank you.


title: What is the real duration of the Viking's transformation?

text: According to the in-game tooltip, the official site, and practically every other source the duration of the Viking's transform ability is 3 seconds (either from ground to air or air to ground). However, when transforming a large group of vikings it seems that they don't all finish the transformation at precisely the same instant. I've read that this divergence is simply created by them moving a little before starting the transformation, for spacing, but upon testing it behaves the same even if I space them in advance. Besides, it happens in the ground to air transformation as well, which doesn't really have any positioning issues. Is it just a cosmetic effect and the ability does have a constant duration, or does it actually have a random element, just like burrowing has a random element in the duration?


title: AC Brotherhood - Completing all of subject 16's puzzles

text: I completed the game first before I completed all of Subject 16's puzzles. When I run around on subject 16's secret level I reach a dead end where nothing happens and there is no further place to free-run to.   Is this meant to happen? Or have I done something wrong? I have to re-load my last save to continue from where I left off in Rome.


title: Is there a special way to set up Garry's Mod for Mac?

text: I just downloaded Garry's Mod from Steam and every time I try to play Single Player on the first map, it crashes on the Loading Resources section of the progress bar. Here is some of the exception information the system prints out:               Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)     Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x000000001acec4d0     Crashed Thread:  4      When I ran it on the Windows side (Bootcamp), Windows 7 required me to give Garry's Mod some permissions. I wasn't asked to do this on the Mac side. Maybe that's it? Is there some kind of special setup for the Mac?


title: Does Fairy Lock prevent switching or fleeing moves?

text: According to Bulbapedia and Serebii, _Fairy Lock_ prevents all Pokemon on the field from switching or fleeing. I've been wondering in regards to the potential viability of this move, whether it also prevents the use of moves such as _Volt Switch_ , _U-turn_ , _Roar_ or _Teleport_ , which either switch out the user or the opponent. For example, I know that Mean Look prevents Teleport, but it doesn't stop the switching moves or Roar. So, does anyone know what will and wont work against Fairy Lock?


title: I've lost my portal home, and I am invincible. How can I leave the nether?

text: I've gone into the Nether and seemed to have lost my portal out of it, I also can't die in lava or by mobs attacking me, I'm appear to be invincible and can't die. This is Single Player by the way. Why is this happening?


title: How can I go back to the overworld when playing in creative mode?

text: Help - my 7 year old has built a world in minecraft and has gone through a nether portal and cannot find her world again? I'm no gamer that's for sure and I simply can't help her she is distraught - Is there anyway we can get her back from where she is stuck?


title: Lost in the nether, how can I find my original portal?

text: > **Possible Duplicate(s):**   >  I've lost my portal home, and I am invincible. How can I leave the nether?   >  Help! I got lost in Nether! I'm lost in the nether. Is there a way to find my original portal other than running around aimlessly?


title: Why don't Marines get back into Medivacs?

text: Sometimes during marine drop when I detect that coming opponent forces are overwhelming I am trying to get all marines back into Medivacs and go back to my base. Usually I have marines and Medivacs in one group and when I need to go back I do right-click this group on each Medivac with 'shift' key pressed. Usually one Medivac is fully loaded while all others are empty and 5-10 marines are left... I am trying to get them back into empty Medivacs (keep right-clicking on them), but that doesn't help: marines stay on the ground, medivacs don't go to them to pick-up. Question: Why? What am I doing wrong?


title: What's the connection between Dragon Age: Origins, and Dragon Age: Awakening?

text: I recently bought Dragon Age Origins -- Ultimate Edition from steam, and aside from a few minor issues, I think I will end up enjoying it. However, I'm a little confused about what I'm supposed to be playing -- when I go to "new game", I have a choice between Origins and Awakening: ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Fwxvh.jpg) What am I choosing here? Is the difference like that of Diablo II and it's expansion (where the expansion is the base game _and then_ the expansion ((though the expansion offers items / classes / etc. not available in the base game))) or is the assumption that one plays through Origins first, and then plays Awakening (like a true sequel, e.g., Mass Effect 1 to Mass Effect 2)?


title: Are there any Candy Box bugs higher than level 5?

text: In Candy Box, the developper’s console lets you create bugs. It shows different buttons for different level bugs depending on how many lollipops you have. If you have 100 billion or more, it says that there are no level-six bugs, but “maybe level 7”. If you have 1 trillion or more, it says there are no level-seven bugs either, but “don’t give up”. However it doesn’t change no matter how many more lollipops you have. You can add 10e200 and it remains the same. Is there something more to see or is that goading text just a ruse or prank to hassle (obsessive) players and trick them into wasting some time. * * * ![Screenshot of developper’s computer with “don’t give up” message](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1mvUo.png)


What are the precise requirements for "The Day After" garbage collection mission? The in-game information says that 250 cans of trash must be collected in a 24-hour period. I recently failed the mission despite collecting, according to the garbage adviser, over 2,800 cans of garbage. Is there a known discrepancy between how the mission counts and the garbage adviser counts? Is there some trick to the mission? **Update**   Based on my repeated attempts, it may be that the mission only counts residential garbage. Also, it may be that the mission is really counting the number of residences, not cans.


title: PS3 Move not very responsive in The Fight

text: I have problem with this game, I can jab ok(no great, but ok) with a pad, but move is useless. When I throw strikes its like im trying to hit an angel. i need to aim down, but even then most strike doesnt count as strikes. Any idea how to make PS3 Move be more responsive?


title: Is a Zerg fast expand impossible to stop with Terran?

text: A friend (platinum) told me that early Zerg expand cannot be stopped by Terran. In 99% of games a good Terran can build a bunker and can bring ONLY 1 marine inside. The Zerg's task here is keep 6 zerlings running between the bunker and pass from which Terran reinforcements are coming and kill all incoming reinforcements. In this case 1 marine in a bunker won't make a lot of problems for the hatchery. He also told me that next task for Zerg is to build one Spine Crawler far away from the bunker, but in way that it will be able to kill the bunker. In the same way if the bunker doesn't reach a mineral line the hatchery can produce drones and that can gather minerals... From what he is saying, I see that Terran can NOT prevent Zerg from early expanding. He can (and MUST) only delay a quick Zerg expansion. Is this true? Are there any other ideas here? Thanks a lot!


title: Why do my arrows drop after flying a few meters?

text: I'm playing as a khajit in skyrim, going to assassinate Beitlid in Dawnstar. Now, the first time I did it on her porch and just killed her with the Blade of Woe. I got caught somehow, whatever, so I loaded a previous save because mid-jailbreak the guards decided to just attack instead of attempt an arrest. Then I tried sniping her... and now my arrows have FED, Flight Erectile Dysfunction. They fly... like two feet before suddenly dropping off. It's weird. It doesn't matter how long I hold the trigger, it just droops.


title: Does a quarry keep chunks loaded after it has finished?

text: After a quarry has finished its dig (reached bedrock or lava), will the chunks be unloaded or will they remain loaded until the quarry block is removed?


title: Whats so interesting about the picket fence at the St. Johns Dairy in Episode 2?

text: When you are in the front garden of the St. Johns Dairy farm in Episode 2 you can examine part of the picket fence to the left (as you are facing it) of the gate leading up to the front door of the house. Lee remarks that it is, 'very interesting' or words to that effect. Yet it seems entirely unremarkable to me and I have now finished this chapter and the only thing that seemed to relate was, > After I was confronted by Andrew St. John outside the house and was fighting > him we fell down the banking and crashed through roughly the same part of > the fence but there >! is no way that Lee could have known that was going to > happen. Did I miss something about this fence?


title: Changing speed of the player by custom bound keys

text: I'm trying to bind keys for making a huge jump and walking faster. I added the following code in "autoexec.cfg" file:               alias "+fasterwalk"     "cl_forwardspeed 640;   +forward"     alias "+fastforward"    "cl_forwardspeed 4000;  +forward"     alias "+fastback"       "cl_backspeed    4000;  +back"     alias "-fasterwalk"     "-forward;  cl_forwardspeed 320"     alias "-fastforward"    "-forward;  cl_forwardspeed 320"     alias "-fastback"       "-back;     cl_backspeed    320"     alias "+longjump"       "+fastforward; wait; cl_upspeed 2000; +moveup; wait; -moveup; cl_upspeed 200; wait; -fastforward"     alias "-longjump"       "wait"          bind ALT "+longjump"     bind MOUSE2 "+fasterwalk"     bind UPARROW "+fastforward"     bind DOWNARROW "+fastback"      It doesn't work. When I press the ALT key, the player only jumps and lands to the exact same point. And when I press the second mouse button, the player moves forward with the default speed. Up and down arrow keys also make the player move at default speed. It is like the `cl_forwardspeed #` and `cl_backspeed #` commands have no effect. What am I doing wrong? How do I fix this configuration?


title: How do Morphling's replicants work?

text: I know that he can replicate another hero, and that the skills of that hero are available to you. What I don't understand is (and I've tried googling this but I can't find definitive answers for this patch)   * how do skills work? Say you replicate Lich, and you drop a chain frost on the enemy team, does it do full damage? Does whether on which items the replicated Lich had i.e. whether he had Agh's Scepter or not?   * how much right click damage does the replicant do, 50%?   * how long do the replicants last?   * how much damage can replicants take?   * does anyone have a good, detailed guide on how to play his replicants? Note - I'm not asking you for how to use replicants, just for any pre-existing guides - though if you have any key tips to effective replication I'd love to hear them!! Again, appreciate this is out there on google, but I can't find anything that answers all of these for latest patch, so any info you've got would be helpful! Thanks all!!


title: Can systems be replaced once all rooms are occupied?

text: What happens once all available rooms on a ship contain a system? Can a new system replace an old one, or will it become impossible to change systems (except for the medbay and the clone bay)?


title: How to stop Dota 2 Workshop tools download?

text: I have mistakenly clicked the download Dota 2 workshop tools button inside the game. Now it is downloading 5GB of content. I don't want to download this. So I canceled the download from Steam. But after a Steam restart, the download is starting from the beginning and each time I have to stop it manually. Is there a way to stop this completely? Thanks in advance. EDIT: I have tried clearing the download folder and clearing the app cache folder. Both do not work.


title: My character moans, how do I make him stop?

text: I got hit by a zombie, bled and bandaged myself. Now my character constantly moans even though I have the healthy status message in my inventory screen. Besides the obvious fact that i've been hit by a zombie, what is the cause for this? It doesn't always happen after being hit.   How can I cure it?


title: Is there any way to switch a professional sword?

text: I think that my question is pretty obvious. I currently have the sword of life, and I want to know if I can switch it to the sword of flames or the sword of summoning in any point of the game.


title: What do Civilians do?

text: In Civilization 5, I noticed that all my cities have "civilians." The longer the city is well and the more food it has, the faster I gain new "civilians." What bonus do I get from having these civilians in my city?


title: Now where do I get my wood?

text: I _just_ got Hearthfire for Skyrim and I was going to buy wood for my house when a blood dragon attacked me! I killed it but I had seen him bite and throw someone. That someone was the person I get the wood from! Now what?


title: Where to buy lumber?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Where can I buy sawn logs for all the different plots in Hearthfire? I need more logs to finish up my house and the quest tells me to buy lumber. I've traveled to Riverwood to speak with the guy working by the sawmill but there's no dialog about buying wood from him. I've tried to cut the logs myself at the sawmill and no luck there either. How can I get logs or lumber?


title: Why I can't get the advanced soldier rig?

text: I loaded a cleared game save and after finally reaching the store at the end of chapter 1 the rig isn't available I thought all you had to do was complete the game and then pay 99,000 credits for it, why it isn't in the store then?


title: What are the differences between the regular and uber bosses? What strategies are effective?

text: Jay Wilson stated in his interview that the Uber versions of the bosses would not simply be increased hp/damage versions of the existing bosses, but that they would not create totally new bosses either. So that means primarily some new procs and fighting strategy. What are the differences between the Inferno bosses and the Uber bosses? What are good strategies for facing off against the pairs?


title: What is Uplay? Can I play Ubisoft games without it?

text: Heroes of Might and Magic VI seems to have installed a program called "Uplay", which it uses to launch (in _addition_ to Steam, mind!) What exactly is Uplay supposed to be? I notice that when I stop playing, it captchalogs the highlights of my past session (achievements earned, etc.) - which is kinda cool, but also kinda creepy and big-brotherish. Given that I value my privacy, is there anyway to play Uplay games without using Uplay? Is this just Ubisoft's infamous "always-on" DRM?


title: How do I update PSP firmware Via Storage Media?

text: I've downloaded the latest PSP firmware to my computer now I just need to know where to put it on my PSP so I can update it.


title: How do I play Monaco with friends?

text: I see no obvious way to play Monaco with friends, but surely that must be an available option in a coop game that uses Steamworks?


title: How do I get rid of the "log in to social club" window?

text: Whenever I launch GTA-IV (via Steam), I'm prompted to "log in to Social Club". I'm not interested in multiplayer or video uploading features, at least at the moment; how can I stop this window from appearing every time I try to launch the game?


title: Do shields scale with defenses?

text: When I'm using a character with a shielding ability such as Lee Sin's Iron Will, does the "power" of the shield factor in the defenses of the champion? For example, does the 200 armor Malphite's shield last longer than an AD carry's shield?


title: How do I remap the 'take screenshot' in Starcraft 2 when playing on keyboard without F13/PrintScreen?

text: I have a MacBook, and I don't have an `F13` or `Print Screen` key. How do I take a screenshot in StarCraft II? This Q&A didn't help me.


title: How do I fix a corrupted file in Minecraft Pocket Edition 0.9.5?

text: I have a big horrible annoying problem, but on my sisters Android Tablet. What happens is: say you press on a world - or new world then it instantly comes up with 'This is a corrupted file, this world can't load' or something like that. I'm so confused and my sister is really upset about it. I've tried deleting it and re-installing it but it's still the same because it still has the same worlds. Please help!


i've been reading though walkthroughs to see what the hell i have done wrong to get to the point where i get slaughtered on the first turn in this consecutive battle i'm in (it's the one where you fight 3 pink troll dudes and one of the Larva who have been changed, quite sure it was the guy in the Red Armour, Azert i think his name was) and i keep reading about these DLC dungeons. i have the European Version released by Ghostlight, i checked for DLC for Agarest Generations of War Zero maybe a month ago and only saw the Agarest Generations of War 2 there (which is strange cause i previously brought all of Agarest Generations of War DLC prior the upgrade to the Playstation Store) Is there any DLC for Agarest Generations of War Zero for the European Version or not


title: Do summoned creatures get stronger as I level up?

text: Do the creatures I summon—like the flame atronach—get stronger when I level up, or do they remain the same regardless of my level or the level of my enemies?


title: How can I improve the performance of Minecraft?

text: I'm a happy _Minecraft_ player. I place my blocks, mine my coal, and generally nobody gets hurt. Lately though, those mean creepers have been sneaking up on me from behind, and killing me. Why? Because my framerate is so darn low. Adjusting the graphics option (Fancy to Fast) and the render distance help, but they are not enough. I have seen mention of outside optimizations and programs that people have made/used. What hacks, tricks, and mean mods can I use to improve my _Minecraft_ FPS?


title: How can I increase my FPS in Minecraft?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I improve the performance of Minecraft? I'm running a Toshiba A665 with Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit) and just installed the latest version of Java. Every setting in the game is set to lowest, yet I still in the range of 20-25 FPS. I would be content with 30-35. What can I do to increase this number? Is there a .config or something I can edit, similar to what Team Fortress 2 has?


title: How to get fastball pitches over 150 km/h in wii sports (baseball)?

text: I once got fastball pitch of 150 km/h (93 mph) in the baseball game of Wii Sports. I only did it only once, all my other fastball are much slower than that usually 100 mph (62 mph). I don't know how I was able to throw a pitch like that. I don't remember what technique did I used. I would like to know which motion or pitching mechanic I need to achieve these speeds.


title: How can one correctly judge how aggressively to play, particularly in public games?

text: I tend to have a hard time deciding how aggressive to be, mostly in-lane, in MOBA-style (based on DotA) public games. (Private games are not an option for me) Sometimes, I will go in for a easy first blood and my lane partner will just sit farming creeps. Other times they tower dive every other minute. How should I judge, based on the actions of my teammates and enemies, how aggressively to play in lane? _Note for clarification:_ I'm not looking for specific game mechanics here; I'm looking for general advice. I put this in a non-specific category not to induce ambiguity, but rather to serve a wider audience in the future, as I suspect the answer would hold across multiple games.


title: Running games in windowed mode with black borders

text: I have recently replaced my monitor setup, I used to have a setup of 1x 24" and 1x 17", but now I have 3x 27" 2560x1440 monitors. On the old setup, I ran games at 1920x1200 in borderless window / fullscreen windowed mode. This allowed for easy (&fast!) multitasking between game and desktop. However with this new setup, to run fullscreen windowed, I'd be forced to run the games at 2560x1440 resolution, and that takes a major toll on the FPS. I'd like to run games in windowed mode (non-fullscreen) at 1920x1200 or 1920x1080 **with black borders** surrounding the non-gaming area to improve performance (i.e. same way fullscreen with lower resolution works on many monitors, but without the alt-tab delay which happens when changing resolution between desktop and game). Running games in windowed mode is technically not a problem, the problem is that whatever is behind the game (i.e. my desktop/applications running in the background) is somewhat distracting me from the game. **TL;DR:** Is there a good way to run games in windowed mode at resolutions **less** than a monitors maximum resolution, with black borders automatically applied? I'm using Windows 7.


title: Why is the Dark Aurora full of railways and electric towers?

text: This is more of a lore question: When you enter the Dark Aurora, there are three things floating around everywhere:   * Railways   * Railway signals   * Electric towers You see them everywhere, in every floor, repeated over and over and over again. **_Why?_** I can accept that there is a lot of wreckage and debris in the Dark Aurora, but why railways and electric towers only? In Luxendarc, I don't think we ever see a railway system. And the closest thing to electric towers would be Eternia's white magic cables. So, my question is: is there any canon source explaining the large number of these particular objects in the Dark Aurora?


When reloading, are the remaining ammo in a partially empty gun magazine/clip discarded or not? I would like to know as ammo could be hard to come by in Killing Floor and I don't want to waste it, if reloading a partially empty magazine/clip might discard the remaining bullets or shells.


title: How can I improve CPU usage in Skyrim?

text: My system specs are as follows: CPU: AMD Phenom X4 - 2.4GHz GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti (ASUS, Fermi) RAM: 8GB DDR2 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit The issue I'm experiencing is that whenever I play Skyrim, after only a few minutes, regardless of my in-game location, my CPU usage skyrockets all the way to 100% and stays there. The fan, of course, also runs at 100% when this happens. When I press Escape and leave the menu open for about 5 seconds, the CPU calms down. It seems the graphic settings are not my issue, as I've lowered my resolution as well as setting the game's settings to 'Low', with no change. I've also uninstalled all of my mods, and unchecked the Dawnguard DLC in the Data Files menu. No change. I also tried uninstalling patches all the way back to 1.1, and still nothing. What can I do to fix this issue? It's keeping me from playing the game, as I'm 1) annoyed at the noise of the CPU fan when this occurs, 2) concerned about overheating my CPU and causing it damage.


title: What's the fastest/most efficient way to farm Black Marks of Venice?

text: I'm looking to upgrade to more epic gear, and PVP gear is a nice parallel means of doing so while sitting on Nightmare lockouts. However, PVP gear is throttled by a limited acquisition currency: **Black Marks of Venice**. I know that I can get these by capturing a facility in Fusang every half hour, or by winning in El Dorado or Stonehenge. What I don't know is which of these three gives me the most black marks per unit of time. For the sake of determining what's most efficient _for me_ , (since I understand mileage may vary based on a variety of factors), you can assume that I'm bad at pvp and uninterested in improving much, and that I am playing on a faction/server where I can reliably count on 'my team' to win most PVP matches thanks to population imbalance in our favor. Thus, solutions that maximize the reward for group success as opposed to individual contribution to that success are ideal.


title: is this a bug? no stunner yet i've got free equipments

text: first, let me create a scenario iv'e got a soldier (no specific soldier) with psychic ability `mind control`. he is facing 2 enemies, namely a muton and a sectopod. iv'e used `mind control` on the muton and succeded. i ended the round and as usual, the muton is flanked by the sectopod and killed the muton. iv'e killed the sectopod and the round finishes, thus winning it. at the rewards iv'e received are `plasma rifle`, `plasma pistol`, and a `alien grenade`along the 6 weapon fragments(yup, iv'e calculated it). so, is this a bug? take note that i didn't even bring an arc thrower in this mission because iv'e interrogated every alien at this point.


title: In GTA Online, how do you get rid of your Annis Elegy RH8?

text: In GTA Online, I noticed that the Elegy RH8 shows up as "Free" when purchased on the Internet as a reward for signing up to the Rockstar Social Club. I ended up buying 5 of them in different colors, all for free, but now they're taking up too much space in my garage. How do I get rid of these cars? Can I sell them?


title: How does Gauntlgrym work?

text: In the Neverwinter MMO, there is an endgame area called Gauntlgrym, that is supposed to have PVE and PVP areas. When my friends and I have ventured there, all we ever see is an area that is full of locked gates and maybe a few AFK guys standing around. Is there a specific time that events occur there? I've looked all over net and haven't really been able to find a good answer for how to go about that area, and all the folks that are actually alive and moving in there seem just as lost as I am... Help?


title: "Fixing" sigil counter stacks

text: I've reported this as a bug already, but I was wondering if anyone has any tips. I use a Sigil of Luck when trying to farm around. When the going gets tough, I'd like to switch to a Sigil of Corruption. Unfortunately, it seems like once I already have a counter for Luck and switch weapons to the Sigil of Corruption..... I continue to gain Luck counters. If I main-hand the Sigil of Luck weapon and off-hand the Corruption weapon - I gain only corruption counters. The only way I know to fix this is to get knocked down or to fast travel - neither one is ideal. Also, if any engineers are reading this, be aware that Kit/Turrent/Golem kills do not count toward sigils unless you get the last hit with the sigil weapon. :\


title: What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying games in Nintendo eShop vs physical cartridges?

text: Certain Nintendo 3DS titles (e.g. _Animal Crossing_ ) are available as both physical copies and in the Nintendo eShop. What are the advantages and disadvantages to buying from each?


title: Does ranked premade 5v5 MMR affect your 5v5 normal premade matchmaking?

text: I've wondered if my 5v5 Ranked team MMR affects my 5v5 premade normal matchmaking. Since soloqueue MMR influences the matchmaking of soloqueue normal games (i'm currently G1 and i always play vs G2 - P3 in normal and ranked games when i'm soloqueue), would it be possible that the team Ranked mmr also affect your normal games if you are 5 premades? I mean if you are playing with 4 of your friends the enemy team will also have 5 premades. And it would be kinda unfair (although it's almost impossible) if a team that only consists of silver players but has a 5s ranked rating of like plat/diamond plays vs 5 other silver players.


title: Is there a place online to find listings of co-op multiplayer games for PC?

text: Is there a place on the internet to find a listing of PC games that have co-op multiplayer in the last 5-10 years or so?


title: What moves can Smeargle not Sketch?

text: Smeargle gets the special move Sketch, which allows him to copy any mover permanemtly. I plan on "sketching" out some plans for Smeargles (see what I did there), and I want to know which moves are a no-go, if any.


title: What is the average rate at which sufficiently lit grass spreads in a line?

text: ![A line of dirt surrounded by water.](http://i.stack.imgur.com/7hdl0.png) I've built those corridors that let me go across the lake. As I went back and forth on them to reach my mine and shelter, I noticed the grass slowly advancing over the area. This gave me a crazy idea for time tracking: **the stochastic calendar.** To make sense of it all, however, I need this piece of information: **What is the rate at which sufficiently illuminated grass spreads on a single line?** If I built a dirt line long 30 blocks, with one block at one end covered in grass, how much time would it take on _average_ for this _stochastic calendar_ to be fully covered in grass?


title: What are the rules for animal mating?

text: The game does not seem to make a difference in male/female, judging from the merchants that visit my town. Before I buy some animals I would like to know:   * How many animals do I need to make them mate / breed them?    * How long does it take for a baby animal to be born?


title: Can you drop your current spell without using it?

text: In the TF2 Halloween update this year, you can pick up spells, that when cast do various things. You can only hold one type of spell at a time, and you can pick up more spells (when empty) as you roam around the map. Is there a way to drop your current spell (like the teleport or highjump) in order to pickup a new one without using it first?


title: How to downgrade game bought on steam?

text: I bought a game on steam (sins of a solar empire: rebellion) and I was using a mod for the game. Now all of a sudden I turn on the computer and start the game and it says that the game automatically updated to version 1.80 (it used to be version 1.52) and the mod doesn't work on 1.80. How do I downgrade the game back to 1.52?


title: Where is Uncle Grimmly?

text: In Luigi's Mansion for the Nintendo Gamecube, the lights to the entire mansion shut off after I approach the door to the left of the Balcony. Then, Professor E. Gadd calls me on the Game Boy Horror and tells me I should find Uncle Grimmly before turning on the lights. He also told me that Uncle Grimmly likes rooms with mirrors. Umm... one problem. Almost every single room has mirrors in it! Where could Uncle Grimmly possibly be?


title: How do I run Space 1889/Twilight 2000/Mega Traveller in Windows 7

text: I have windows 7. I have two old Paragon games Space 1889 and Twilight 2000. How do I play them or get them to work in windows 7? I have just obtained the three Mega Traveller games and want to play them also.


title: What age was Sofia in AC Embers?

text: In the short movie Ezio plays a old man, maybe in his 70's. Now I understand that all characters in the movie have flawless skin. You can understand that Ezio is old from his hair color. But Sofia, his wife, looks flawless and looks like she is in her 30's? So roughly what age was Sofia in the movie?


title: Will Redd always have at least one real piece of art?

text: Redd has turned up in my town for the first time. I eagerly went in, and... I'm pretty sure they're all fakes. Does he ever have all fakes? Is it worth buying on of the ones I'm less sure of being a fake?


title: What are Fuel Cells used for?

text: What are the Fuel Cells used for in Metal Gear Rising? I see it under my health bar and I see it deplete but I don't know it's purpose. I'm also new to the series.


title: What does Wit do?

text: There are three character attributes: Strength, Wit, and Health. Strength and Health are fairly standard and it seems pretty clear what they do. But what is Wit? What does it do? It's significantly cheaper to upgrade than the other two, but that makes me feel like it might be less useful.


title: First Time Setup runs every time I click Play

text: Whenever I run Dota 2, Steam shows me this UAC dialog:   ![UAC Steam Program Files \(x86\)\\Steam\\bin\\steamservice.exe /installscript steamapps\\common\\dota 2 beta\\runasadmin.vdf 570](http://i.stack.imgur.com/9bZNB.jpg) If I click **No** , the game launches. If I click **Yes** , I see the following and then the game launches.   ![Performing First Time Setup | Installing \(Step 1 of 1\)](http://i.stack.imgur.com/06Ncs.png) It's just an annoyance, but how can I prevent this from happening? I've tried reinstalling both Steam and the game.


title: How to stop being redirected to other servers in CS 1.6?

text: I have been playing CS 1.6 in a particular server for a long time. The problem started just from today evening. Suddenly I observed everytime I connect to that particular servers address, I am redirected to some random server where the redirected server may be full or empty. The server is enlisted in Gametracker (ip: 84.200.5.189:27015). I can also see people are playing there, but sadly I cant join now. Please help me to fix this problem. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game. No luck. **EDIT** - The console after connection looks like: > ]connect 84.200.5.189:27015 NET Ports: server 27015, client 27005 Server IP > address 116.203.182.90:27015 Connecting to 84.200.5.189:27015... Connection > accepted by 84.200.5.189:27015 Unable to open resource/gamemenu.res [AMXX] > Simple Redirection - Redirecting to 46.17.98.104:27019 * Privileges set > > ## Connecting to 46.17.98.104:27019... > > You are using HLServer 1.16 by [RTsK] RATWAYER Technical support - ICQ > 289012 > > ## Have Fun =) > > Redirecting connection to 93.119.24.96:27015;bind "h" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "v" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "x" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "z" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "c" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "ALT" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F3" > "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F4" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind > "F5" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F6" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind bind "F6" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F7" > "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F8" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind > "F9" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F10" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F11" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "F12" > "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "INS" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind > "DEL" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "PGDN" "Connect > 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "PGUP" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "HOME" > "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015";bind "END" "Connect 93.119.24.96:27015". > Connecting to 93.119.24.96:27015... Connection accepted by > 93.119.24.96:27015 Can't unbind ESCAPE key * Privileges set My config file is totally clean and it is "read-only". So how can I solve this problem? Thank you.


title: Why Use EU to Power Quarry?

text: NOTE: I'm playing FTB Ultimate pack. I'm thinking my quarry is horrible powered and highly inefficient. Currently I'm using an Ender Tank pumping lava in from the Nether to power two Thermal Generators. This is hooked up to a BatBox, keeping it maxed out all the time. I then have an Electrical Engine with a Bronze, Tin, and Iron upgrade powering the Quarry. After re-reading the wiki on the Quarry, it says it can take up to 100 MJ. I believe my Electrical engine (with it's upgrade) is using 27 EU/t and generating 8 MJ/t (is there an MJ reader?). This equates to (30000 EU / Bucket * 8 MJ / 27 EU/t) 8888 MJ / Bucket of lava. If I wanted to be more efficient on the Lava side of things, wouldn't it make sense to just use Magmatic Engine engines which are at 18000 MJ / Bucket? And if so, I'd need 25 Magamatic Engines to generate the needed 100 MJ/T?


title: Double Enchant - Second enchantment don't work (soul trap)

text: I just got the "Extra Effect" perk and enchanted my one-handed axe with Health Absorb+Soul Trap, but the Soul Trap is not working. After killing enemies i don't trap the soul on the gem. Is this a bug? It's possible to have the soul trap as second enchantment?


title: Is there a workaround to the glitched level in Portal: First Slice?

text: I can't seem to complete Level 11 in Portal: First Slice. It seems to be glitched up. I can shoot portals, but cant go through them. What's going on? Is there a fix or workaround for this?


title: How do I target the nearest enemy?

text: In X Rebirth, what is the key I can use to target the nearest enemy? I can't seem to find it in the control settings.


title: How do you set your control groups?

text: I have found that I have no problem setting my buildings as control groups, but I rarely set my army as control groups. Some people have suggested that you set your whole army as one group, and then individual unit types as others, but I never get around to this because it's so labor-intensive and I feel like I never have time because I'm always doing something else, and always creating new units so my groups are never really accurate. I never really had this problem in WC3 because the units were less expendable (granted they're not expendable in SC2, but they are MORE so than in WC3. I think this is because of "upkeep") so creating groups made more sense. I know that if I'm going to get better at this game I need to learn to use control groups for units, but I'm just having issues creating/maintaining them. **How do I effectively set, and add to, control groups?**


title: Can I play Diablo III with one disc, two different battle.net accounts and two computers?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do I need to own Diablo III to download and install the game? Basically, my friend has a Diablo III disc which I plan to borrow, and I started my own battle.net account, so can I play on a different battle.net account, on a different computer, with the same disc?


title: Installing Diablo 3 on multiple computers

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do I need to own Diablo III to download and install the game? I have read on other questions that you're allowed to install Diablo 3 on as many computers as you want but I have tested this and it's not true. I have a copy installed on my Mac and I downloaded it for my PC but upon installation the Blizzard website launched asking me to login. After I logged in it asked for the cdkey (I had downloaded this from Blizzard - I didn't order a cd) I looked around on the Blizzard website and don't see a cdkey anywhere. I also checked my email to see if any cdkey information came along when I did the purchase and I don't see anything there either. Is anyone else having this problem?


title: Can I play Diablo 3 on a secondary battlenet account when its already installed by disk?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do I need to buy multiple games to be able to play Diablo 3 with my wife?   >  Do I need to own Diablo III to download and install the game? My brother bought the disk version of Diablo 3 and dowloaded the game and can play online with all features it comes with. I made my own battlenet account so I can play on the same computer the disk dowloaded on but it asks to upgrade to full version of Diablo 3. Do I have to pay 60 bucks then dowload it again when its already downloaded by disk? Or just paying 60 bucks give me clearance to play online with all features it comes with as if buying and downloading Diablo 3 for the first time? Me and my brother are using the same computer to play Diablo 3.


title: Do I need to buy multiple games to be able to play Diablo 3 with my wife?

text: I know that the account is connected to your Battle.net account(I already have one through SC2 and she doesn't have any yet). I am buying the game tomorrow and I wish to know if one CD is enough. I doubt that Blizzard would allow this as this will obviously make them lose some sales(if a group of friends pool their money and pass the cd around and then play with just one cd alone). Which brings me to my question:   * does it need a CD to play? (SC2 doesn't so hopefully it doesn't also)   * do I need to buy 2 games? I find it a waste of DVDs especially since you probably don't need the disc to play the game   * is there like just a license purchase of some sort? Kind of like just buy an D3 account or something? Or do I have to buy a digital copy?


title: Can I run Diablo 3 on 2 different battle.net accounts with 1 disc?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do I need to buy multiple games to be able to play Diablo 3 with my wife? My brother has the physical disc copy of Diablo 3. I want to play it also, but not on his Battle.net account. My question is, can I use the same disc he used to install it on his computer to install it on mine, but use a different battle.net account?


title: Battle.net accounts and Diablo 3

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Do I need to buy multiple games to be able to play Diablo 3 with my wife? My boyfriend has Diablo 3 on his computer but I don't want to use his Battle.net account. If I register my own battle account can I play on his computer without having to purchase another copy of Diablo 3?


title: An issue with large map for Tamriel Rebuilt mod

text: I'm playing with Tamriel Rebuilt installed and I am using Morrowind Code Patch to get map expansion so that the whole map is visible, for some of my savegames there seems to be a problem when the two old and the new maps overlap like this:![](http://i.imgur.com/7Xlu7.png). It seems that the original map is on top of the MCP map. This is the issue only with some savegame files, for others it works as intended, is there any way to fix this? For Oblivion there were some utilities which could update savegame files, are there similar tools for Morrowind?


title: How to breed a Copper dragon?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I breed a Copper dragon? How do you breed a Copper Dragon on DragonVale? I have spent almost 250 gems trying the Lightning/Metal combo but all I get is Magnetic dragons. If anyone has any other successful combos please let me know.


title: What shield is this item referring to and is it really better than what I have?

text: ![Picture of the item](http://i.stack.imgur.com/j1JyD.png) Is this item really better than what I have? Assuming I can enchant this item to have generic damage instead of holy, is it worth the material to do so? Shouldn't the mace be slighly better, especially since it has vitality? Also, what shield is the set bonus referring to?


title: How do I get a baby dragon pet?

text: I have seen players with a baby dragon as pet in Stendhal. ![Cute baby dragon](http://i.stack.imgur.com/m6iFl.png) How do I get one?


title: Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 won't work on Windows 8?

text: I'm trying to run Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 on my Windows 8 laptop, but the game won't even start. It runs fine on Windows 7 however. My laptop is a _Dell XPS 15 (L502X)_ with a Nvidia GT540M and Intel HD3000 in Nvidia Optimus. I have tried   * Running the game in compatibility mode, and    * Configuring the game in the Nvidia control panel but I haven't had any success.


title: Why after the weekly reset am I at 300 valor points after completing only the Battlefield: Barrens quest?

text: Last week I hit the Valor point cap (1000) and I had the Valor of the Ancients buff. This morning I logged on, and completed the Battlefield Barrens quest which awards 200 Valor points. I honestly cannot remember how many points did I have, but when I checked my weekly limit it showed that I had already reached 300/1000. The other odd thing is that I still have Valor of the Ancients buff, considering I have no other characters with capped Valor points. My question is, is this a glitch that my cap is now at 300 or did I gain extra Valor due to my buff? **Edit** : I should add that as of 10/7/2013 this does not happen anymore as the Valor of the Ancients Buff is not available when logging in after a reset. (I tried this today and got the 200 valor promised by the quest).


title: Do fury effects work during group fury?

text: In Dead Island Riptide, a new group fury option has been introduced. It is unlocked by putting at least one point in the appropriate skill in the middle of the Fury skill tree. Group fury is activated by pressing the Fury button again before hitting anything in Fury. Some Fury skills affect you while you're in Fury, but it is unclear whether or not that they still apply if one activates group fury. Do fury effects work during group fury?


title: Is the Trickmaster an optional boss?

text: I just finished the Wonderland world of Kingdom Hearts however towards the end of the level I found the Cheshire cat sitting on the table, if I talk to him it will start the Trickmaster boss battle. However if I ignore him and drink the potion that makes me large again and continue back to the Rabbit Hole area I can save then go onto to another world. So, is the Trickmaster an optional boss or will I have to go back later on to beat him?


title: How do zerg counters mines

text: I'm platinum level so I don't think I have enough micro to split units when I see a mine about to fire. In early game, I tried zerglings & roachs, speedlings seem to be the best for me because I can send some suicides to deactivate alone mines, then progressively go forward. But since there are marines with mines, I can often barely trigger the later. I tried to provoke friendly fire but this occurred not to worth the change for me (after comparing losses on replay). Mine drops are not really a problem for me if (when I'm well aware), now I simply do at least a spore and a spine on each mineral line, and pull off my drones when the drop is coming. In late game, I dispatch overseers then some lings when I see mines, but I still break my teeth on defenses with mines. So the question is: **In zerg platinum level, how to counter widow mines in early, middle, late game ?**


title: How important is mouse DPI in games?

text: It seems that mouse DPI is getting pretty high these days. How much DPI do you really need? Update: This question is targeted at gaming, by the way :) I'm interested to know what is noticeably different (and important) between 2000 and 5000 DPI when playing high speed games like Quake and SC2?


title: What do the values on the Minecraft debug screen represent?

text: If you hit `F3` while playing Minecraft, an overlay appears. Some of the items, such as `fps`, `x`, `y`, and `z` are obvious, but I'm curious about some of the other values. What do they all represent? ![Debug screen](http://i.stack.imgur.com/maoFW.png)


title: Xbox live updates fails over and over

text: I keep trying to download the latest Xbox Live Update and it keeps failing. I have done a test connection and when it gets the part where it tests the Xbox Live it says there is an update. I try to down load it and it will eventually fail (on the second screen after attempt 3 of 3). This is the useless status code it gives me: 3143-3151-A080-0F00-8007-2EE2 Is this code really useful for any form of support of help? All xbox.com/support does is try to reconfigure my hardware. My Hardware is connecting to the internet and xbox live just fine (I get part of the update). What I can I do to get real support, not just canned wizards that assume the problem is on my hardware?


title: How do I move giant boulders?

text: I know that I can lift and move small rocks, but there are giant boulders around Hyrule and Lorule that I can't seem to move. Bombs and the hammer don't seem to work, unless I am doing something wrong. How do I move these giant boulders?


title: How do you get multiple saves?

text: In Prison Architect how do you get multiple saves? I can only have one autosave at a time, and if I make a new account it gets deleted!


title: How can I get a specific Floor in my Tower?

text: I really **really** want a specific floor (Glass Studio) in my Tiny Tower. How does the game decide which exact business will go into the "Creative" floor? Do I have to meet requirements (such as tower height) to unlock certain floors?


title: How to get a specific floor in my tower?

text: > **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How can I get a specific Floor in my Tower? I havent played Tiny Tower in a while, and I was reading that you could select the floor you wanted to build when that floor is under construction. But it didn't mention how you do that; how do I select my floor type while it's under construction?


title: Why does updating my MTGO always comes up with protocol errors?

text: I frequently experience "protocol errors" while updating Magic: The Gathering Online. Every time, the error is a different number. It's as if the server gets interrupted during updates or the location on the server is invalid, or something like that. Question: Is there a way to download the update files manually, i.e. off a zipped file or something? EDIT-ADD-ON: (Eg of one of the numerous protocol errors, each time a different file~) ![Image of protocol error](http://i42.tinypic.com/29102td.png)


title: Crysis 2 activation on Steam

text: I'm thinking about picking up a copy of Crysis 2 on PC, and saw it for £8 in my local supermarket (a lot cheaper than on Origin) - I would love to use this on Steam instead, so can I activate the disk copy on my Steam account, or will I need to add this as a "non steam game" and therefore lose out on achievements, time played counter etc?


title: In DragonAge: Origins, is there a way to increase the maximum zoom level?

text: I find the overhead view in DragonAge useful for commanding my party members during harder battles. The problem is that the maximum height is very low, so you can't see very far in this mode. Is there a console trick or mod to adjust it?


title: Is there an easier way to beat Lilith in Jade Cocoon 2 (PS2)?

text: I've finally finished all the Dark forests (through the Kaya gate) in Jade Cocoon 2 for the PS2, but I'm really stuck on how to beat Lilith (the transformed Levant). I keep having long battles which don't really amount to much, so I keep resetting without saving so I keep my items. Does anyone have any strategies that have worked?


title: What are the chances of crafting a Rare or Uncommon background?

text: I've noticed that in the Steam Market, there's a variety of Steam Trading Card Wallpapers on sale, but some wallpapers have the prefix Uncommon, or even Rare. What's the "craft" rate of getting these? Can I only get "rare" backgrounds from crafting foil cards? Or is it just a slim slim chance of getting one through regular crafting?


title: Do you get more money if you choose a higher difficulty?

text: You can choose to increase the difficulty before a mission in GTA Online, which corresponds to a 1.5x multiplier of RP. But does it also increase the amount of money obtained ?


title: Does creep spread speed depends from amount/concentration of creep tumors?

text: During the Heart of the Swarm campaign I've was given the advice: if you lay more creep tumors, your creep will spread quicker. Is that the case in multiplayer game?


title: ZvT: How can I effectively deal with Medivacs?

text: In ZvT when Terran plays bio, what is the best way to snip Medivacs? I thought that could be Corruptors, but actually they are quite slow and expensive. Hydras are vulnerable to marines. Surprisingly, Day9 mentioned that Mutas (together with lings and Bannelings) are good vs bio, but I don't understand why: Mutas suffer even more from Marines then Corruptors and hydras. Could you please advise what are tricks to snip Medivacs? Should I really use Mutas? If yes, then how?


title: Are there long-term consequences for homicide?

text: In Gunpoint, it's possible to kill guards by various means - up to and including beating them to death with your bare hands. It seems like some quest-givers prefer this direct approach to operational security, whereas others don't. This obviously affects their rating of how you handled that particular mission. However, aside from per-mission ratings, does a bit of the ol' ultra-violence have any long-term effects?


title: What are the Class Badges for?

text: Among other loot, I'm occasionally awarded with Badges. There seems to be many different badges, each corresponding to a particular character class. They all sport the same item description; > Gives the user a higher Rank and changes his or her appearance to a > _Veteran_. I put _Veteran_ in italics because in the game's item description the word is colored yellow, showing it's of some importance. What does **higher Rank** mean? What does **Veteran** mean? What do these items do? They clearly make my characters appear different, but do they have any other signifigance?


title: How do I change my nexus wars builder skin?

text: So I've been playing nexus wars for a while. I've seen lots of people with different builders (other than SCV) how do I change my builder?


title: Are you placed into separate 1v1 leagues per race chosen in StarCraft II?

text: I have played my league placement matches as Protoss and been placed into the Gold league. I have played 3 or 4 games as Terran and Zerg combined, so I have next to no idea what I'm doing with those races. If I were to play a 1v1 league game as one of those races, would it count against my Gold league rating or would it be a separate set of placement matches as the new race? I know you can be in multiple team leagues at the same time; I am currently in 2-3 2v2 divisions, each with different teammates.


title: How do I get Mod Loader for Minecraft?

text: I have tried to find a download for mod loader but no one seems to have it. I've had no luck finding a download or following video tutorials to help. I want to get the Explosives+ mod so would be grateful if someone could provide a link to a compatible modloader.


title: How do I effectively counter a cannon rush with Zerg?

text: I was a victim of a cannon rush in my last Starcraft 2 game. I was playing Zerg and my opponent was playing Protoss. About four minutes into the match, cannons and pylons started going up in front of the only entrance to my base. What is the best strategy for handling such a tactic? Massed banelings seemed to be pretty effective, but I couldn't get enough of them to break through. Am I better off attacking the cannon cluster directly, or should I ignore it, push to mutalisks/brood lords and attack my opponent's base?


title: The 'Save Scumming' Feature Is Ambiguous... which toggle means you can't cheat?

text: OpenXCom has a setting to use a new random seed when reloading a save (or not). Unfortunately, the option and description are ambiguous and I don't know whether the YES or NO is meant to prevent cheating. ![Screenshot from OpenXCom Settings](http://i.stack.imgur.com/yUsw4.png)


title: Urban Terror not launching on OSX 10.9

text: I installed Urban terror yesterday on my Mac OSX 10.9 and It refuses to launch, I just get a black screen and then it quits. It's in my applications folder. I ran it from the package>Contents>MacOS>Quake3-UrT.i386 and here is the log: > Last login: Thu Oct 31 17:33:21 on ttys000   >  IVCMBP-013:~ ivcmbp013adm$ > /Applications/Quake3-UrT.app/Contents/MacOS/Quake3-UrT.i386 ; exit;   >  ioQ3 1.35 urt 4.2.015 macosx-i386 Sep 25 2013   >  ----- FS_Startup -----   >  Current search path:   >  /Users/ivcmbp013adm/Library/Application Support/Quake3/q3ut4   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_qvm.pk3 (3 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0024.pk3 (253 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0023.pk3 (21 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0022.pk3 (88 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0021.pk3 (12 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0020.pk3 (348 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0019.pk3 (472 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0018.pk3 (145 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0017.pk3 (109 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0016.pk3 (12 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0015.pk3 (34 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0014.pk3 (25 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0013.pk3 (6 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0012.pk3 (173 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0011.pk3 (48 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0010.pk3 (26 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0009.pk3 (139 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0008.pk3 (377 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0007.pk3 (2097 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0006.pk3 (1136 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0005.pk3 (557 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0004.pk3 (1707 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0003.pk3 (1168 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0002.pk3 (1547 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/zUrT42_0001.pk3 (2122 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/ut4_jumpents.pk3 (8 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4/ut4_commune.pk3 (150 files)   >  /Applications/q3ut4   > > > ----------------------   >  12783 files in pk3 files   >  execing default.cfg   >  couldn't exec q3config.cfg   >  couldn't exec autoexec.cfg   >  Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok   >  ----- Client Initialization -----   >  Couldn't read q3history.   >  ----- Initializing Renderer ----   >  -------------------------------   >  QKEY found.   >  ----- Client Initialization Complete -----   >  ----- R_Init -----   >  ...loading > /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Libraries/libGL.dylib:   >  Calling SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)...   >  SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) passed.   >  Initializing OpenGL display   >  ...setting mode 4: 800 600   >  Using 4/4/4 Color bits, 24 depth, 8 stencil display.   >  GL_RENDERER: Intel HD Graphics 4000 OpenGL Engine   >  Initializing OpenGL extensions   >  ...GL_S3_s3tc not found   >  ...using GL_EXT_texture_env_add   >  ...using GL_ARB_multitexture   >  ...GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array not found   >  ...ignoring GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic   > > > GL_VENDOR: Intel Inc.   >  GL_RENDERER: Intel HD Graphics 4000 OpenGL Engine   >  GL_VERSION: 2.1 INTEL-8.18.26   >  GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384   >  GL_MAX_ACTIVE_TEXTURES_ARB: 8   > > > PIXELFORMAT: color(32-bits) Z(24-bit) stencil(8-bits)   >  MODE: 4, 800 x 600 fullscreen hz:N/A   >  GAMMA: hardware w/ 0 overbright bits   >  CPU:   >  rendering primitives: multiple glArrayElement   >  texturemode: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST   >  picmip: 1   >  texture bits: 32   >  multitexture: enabled   >  compiled vertex arrays: disabled   >  texenv add: enabled   >  compressed textures: disabled   >  SDL_SetGammaRamp: Received signal 11, exiting...   >  ----- CL_Shutdown -----   >  RE_Shutdown( 1 )   >  -----------------------   >  logout   > > > [Process completed] Additionally following are the messages in Utilities/Console. > 10/31/13 5:50:10.347 PM Quake3-UrT.i386[22814]: CPSGetCurrentProcess(): This > call is deprecated and should not be called anymore.   >  10/31/13 5:50:10.347 PM Quake3-UrT.i386[22814]: > CPSSetForegroundOperationState(): This call is deprecated and should not be > called anymore.   >  10/31/13 5:50:11.317 PM Quake3-UrT.i386[22814]: CGDisplayBaseAddress is > obsolete and returning NULL for display 0x42731c0   >


title: Minecraft Launcher won't run latest version of Minecraft (v1.7.2)

text: I recently updated my Minecraft Launcher, and v1.7.2 of the game appeared in the drop-down menu of which version to play. The version I played before updating the launcher was v1.6.2 without any issues. So installed the new version in the launcher and then tried to run it. When I press play the "wait" icon appears on my cursor for a second then goes and nothing happens. I left it for about 10 minutes before retrying. I then pressed the force clean button and it updated the game files automatically. When I tried to run the game the same thing happened. I went back and selected v1.6.2 and the launcher ran it straight away. I can't figure out why v1.7.2 of the game won't launch?


title: How does the Seasons Clock work?

text: In either **Pokemon White** or **Pokemon Black** , the seasons switch regularly. The problem is, We're in _Fall_ and it's saying that the season is _Spring_. Why is that, and how can I fix it?


title: Is there an HP glitch for Noel in Final Fantasy XIII-2?

text: I fought the long gui (and lost), I selected "retry" but did not fight him again. However, in my next battle with a weak enemy, Noel had only a critical level of HP. Every battle since has started with the same critical level... has anyone else had this problem? He can be cured with wound potion, but once the next battle begins he is back to critical. I even tried to let him die and used a phoenix down, but that didn't work either... help!


title: How do I use /setblock and what are the possible options?

text: The new Minecraft command /setblock is very exciting but poorly documented. How do I use the command? For example to set a yellow stained glass at a certain location? To create a chest full of enchanted swords?


title: Alliances (factions), completely separate areas, except for the PVP zone?

text: In Elder Scrolls Online, I started my character in the Ebonheart alliance. Now I'm level 20 and have visited into neighbouring areas out of curiosity, discovering level 48 characters and similar. By neighbouring areas I am still talking about the areas in the Ebonheart alliance, up to the right in the global map. Does this mean that the areas I play in now, around Morrowind, for the Ebonheart alliance, is completely separate from the two other alliances? In other words, are there 3 completely separate areas, and the only place I will meet characters from the other 2 alliances is in the PVP zone? Or do I need to travel to one of the other areas in time to further level up and continue playing?


title: "Strange Scrap Metal" after killing a metal dragon. What do you do next?

text: I have installed the Immersive Creatures Mod.   After fighting a metal dragon I looted it and found "Strange Scrap Metal" which had "Blackreach" written on it. I read in the discussion on that mod that this is a "quest" of some form in the mod, but they did not give any details.   I traveled back to blackreach and walked around a bit, but nothing happened. What am I supposed to do?


title: How is attack strength calculated?

text: Sometimes I just can't figure out how the unit strength value is calculated in combat. For instance, yesterday I was sinking poor outdated barbarian ships with my sub, and when peeking at the combat preview I saw this: ![Submarine vs Caravel](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xMYBM.png) Why is the caravel's strength listed as `6` and not `15`? And why is the sub's strength listed as `130.8` and not `60 * (1 + 0.6 + 0.33) = 115.8`? Does anyone know the formula the game actually uses?


title: How does one find shops in Dwarf Fortress Adventure mode?

text: After spending more time than I'd care to admit learning and playing Dwarf Fortress Fortress mode over the last couple weeks I decided to give Adventure mode a shot. So far I'm getting the hang of it just fine, except I can't seem to find any shops to sell all the junk I'm hauling around. I'm in a Human Hamlet where the wiki would lead me to believe I should be able to find a shop, but so far no luck. Is there a trick to finding a shop? Maybe there's one here and I just don't realize it.


title: How can I search Diablo 3 profiles by name

text: Does anyone know of a way that I can search for Diablo 3 profiles by name and view them? I mean looking at character, items, played time, etc. I couldn't find such functionality on battle.net.


title: Arkham Asylum : Final Boss - Quickly Beating Joker's Henchman

text: After rebuying the game to finally get to play it (it was cheaper to buy a PS3 version than to buy the controller needed to get the PC version to play like I want), I have stormed the game and really enjoyed it. Except for the final boss. In my opinion it has ruined the game for me. It is so stressful. Sure Poison Ivy's fight was as well but it was more difficult than stressful. The time allocated to dispose of the henchman until Joker turns his back so I can pull him off the platform is just too short for me. Perhaps this is just me. Did anyone else have this annoyance with the final boss? I have tried various strategies including IGN's method and it just doesn't work. I even tried using Explosive Gel as well. Did anyone manage to find a fool-proof strategy?


title: Who is the stealthiest follower?

text: Playing a stealth thief, I find that followers (specifically Lydia) are not useful on missions. She just keep getting us detected, so I'm forced to tell her to wait before starting a mission, which is annoying given that almost all dungeons have alternative exists that make me have to go back and get her again. Is there a follower that would go well with a stealth character or should I not use any follower at all?


title: What do the 2 sections of the XP bar represent?

text: In GT5 when you finish a race you are awarded prize money and experience. When the dialog appears to show you your experience increase there are 2 sections to the bar. The left hand portion is a solid colour; the right hand end is lighter, and fades in-and-out a bit. This happens for A-spec and B-spec XP bars as well as for the B-spec drivers' individual XP bars. So, what do the 2 sections of the bar represent?


title: Starcraft 2: Why use Roach over Hydra?

text: I have frequently hear casters talk about how Roaches have replaced Hydralisks in the mid game. In what ways have roaches replaced hydras? Isn't the DPS and range on a Hydra considerably better?


title: Icewind Dale: Party formation

text: For the first time I have picked up 'Icewind Dale' after playing Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. At the starting screen of Icewind Dale it gives you the option to create up to 6 starting characters. Is this how the game is supposed to be played? Are there still NPC's throughout the story line that enrich the story by joining your party or are you best left creating your initial party?


title: Why can I not find servers with ping lower than 180?

text: I've been playing Black Ops Multiplayer for about a week now, and something's been annoying me for a while. I can never find any servers with ping lower than 180. Ever! I live in Brazil, and there are dozens of servers available in my country, but all of them are above 180 ping for me. It's so bad that sometimes I get USA and Canadian servers show up above the Brazilian ones on the browser. Other people in these servers don't have the same problem, so I think it's not an issue with the servers. But I've never had this problem with other online games before (ping < 100), so I don't think it's an issue with my connection. I've tried a lot of stuff, from disabling sync and steam community, to customizing the cl variables, but it hasn't changed a bit. The only explanation I can think of is that all servers are geographically far from me (Brazil is a big country, and I kind of live on the edge). But there are so many servers, I find it hard to believe that not even a single one is close to me. Has this issue been documented somewhere? Does anyone have any idea of what might be causing it and how to solve it? **UPDATE!!**   I think I have almost tracked it down. While playing TF2, I noticed a few local servers also showed very high ping for me. Looking into it, it seems all of them have IPs that start with 189.1. All the local TF2 serves that good start with 200.xxx. give me great ping. I tried tracking down the location of these servers, but they both vary between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, so it's not a geographic issue. The issue is certainly NOT in the game either, Doing `ping IP_address` on the command line returned the same ping values I am getting in-game. I'm starting to think it might be my ISP, so I'gonna keep looking into it. **Second Update:**   Ok. I just tested, and all computers in my house have very bad latencies when pinging the IPs in question (tested on wireless and wired). I think it's a network issue, but it's complicated. A friend of mine has the same ISP as me, and his house is about 1 mile from mine, and he doesn't have this problem. When he pings the same IP from the command line, he always gets latencies below 50. It might also be my router, but why would my router have bad latency for one IP but not for others? I think this has turned into a SuperUser question, so I'll post it there. Feel free to post here if anyone has any thoughts.


title: Why is [Vial of the Sands] so rare?

text: Most WoW players know about Vial of the Sands primarily because of the ridiculous amount of time and mats that it takes to acquire. My question to this forum is why can't I ever find this item for sale at the auction house on my server? I saw it for sale a couple of times about two weeks ago, but since then I haven't seen it since. I even created a guy on the Alliance (I usually play Horde) just to check and see if they have any, and what-do-you-know, they had one listed for 60k. However, here's the part that I don't get -- I see Hordies in Org that have it, so I know that there are some alchemists with it. I'm not seeing that I see it a ton, but I can usually fly around Org and see at least 2 people with it at any time. Any speculation as to what the hold up is on my server? **EDIT** : Against all odds, my wife just got this recipe last night. Surprisingly, she got the canopic jar on her 2nd solve in Uldum and then got the recipe in the canopic jar.


title: Do the split beams in Fallout Vegas for energy weapons share the same hit chance?

text: For instance, if I use the beam splitter on a 20 damage laser rifle, it splits it into 3 beams (6.7x3), which I know, is a bug since its supposed to split into 2 and do 30% more damage. However, do each of those beams now have a separate hit/crit chance or is it still calculated once per shot? Also, what about for all those shot guns.


title: How do you use these sideways platform?

text: There are a bunch of platforms that you activate by down-attacking in the air. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dmTxT.png) These, however, spawn vertical platforms when you down-attack them, rather than horizontal ones that you can stand on. How do you use these platforms?


title: Does the Interceptor have an advantage over the Deliverator?

text: The car, Interceptor, is unlocked after the Deliverator. In all the other cases, the car unlocked after the previous one is better overall or has a max stat that is better than the previous. However, all of the Interceptor's max stats are either equal or less than the Deliverator's. The Interceptor has 6, 4, 2 max stats in speed, handling and armor respectively, compared to the Deliverator's 6, 5, 4. Disregarding the stats, does the Interceptor have another advantage over the Deliverator? ![Deliverator](http://i.stack.imgur.com/F4Gx7.jpg) ![Interceptor](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YUVAP.jpg)


title: In Secret of Mana, did kicking stones to make them smile have a consequence?

text: I always wondered something about Secret of Mana (Super Nintendo). Remember those stones everywhere? They looked like :( And when you hit them with your sword, they looked like :) I always wondered if they were some kind of switch, but never could figure it out. Were they? Was there a trick there?


title: How do I get monsters to spawn in a certain place?

text: Okay, I have an SMP server and I don't want monsters to spawn near my spawn area or anywhere within it. Also, I have built castle walls around it and a huge house (which keeps getting destroyed), but they still spawn inside; is there any way to fix this?


title: Sniper- hold down to zoom in, rather than toggle?

text: In TF2, when I'm a Sniper, is there a way that I can hold down (MOUSE2) to zoom in (and release MOUSE2 to zoom back out again), rather than toggling zoom with MOUSE2? There doesn't seem to be an option in the keybindings. Is there a way around this?


title: Afuris vs Twin Vipers?

text: I've been using the sniper pistol, Lex, lately and enjoying it, but it's in the mid 20s and I've started thinking I'd like to try a different pistol when it maxes out. Lex is relatively low DPS but very ammo efficient, so I've been thinking I'd like to try something at the opposite extreme, one of the pistols that does amazing DPS but chews through ammo at a horrific rate. The two dual auto-pistols, Afuris and Twin Vipers, appear to share the crown in that area, and are actually pretty similar. What are the advantages each has over the other? What situations or playstyles is each better for, if any? What implications do the differences between them have when selecting mods to put in them?


title: Odd symbol below my stamina bar

text: I was playing Dark Souls 2 recently and noticed an odd symbol below my stamina bar (where my ring status effects usually are). It appeared to be a white shield in a red square. I have played the game before and have never come across this symbol for 4 different characters. I unequipped all my gear and it was still there. I had not used any consumables either. I did a bit of looking around and found a similar thing which turned out to be a feature that set up an auto walk after pressing a designated key. Note: I use a controller, the only time I use the keyboard is when I'm typing in my characters name.


title: Mods on minecraft

text: I have a Mac, I installed minecraft and have its folder. I installed modloader, put into mincraft using a tutorial, followed another tutorial to load a mo creatures mod into the minecraft folder, and now I can't play the new mod because I can't find it in my game. There is no button and no animals to view anywhere. What's wrong? How do I access the mod?