Why doesn't Bioshock 2 start from within steam?

My question is similar to but a little different from this one: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1420/bioshock-on-steam-hangs-on- startup I couldn't find anything in the steam / bioshock forums or troubleshooting manuals about this... Neither could I find any log files that _Bioshock 2_ generates. I recently got Bioshock 2 via Steam. When starting it from within Steam, the only thing I see is the launcher and the game binary appearing and (about 30s later) disappearing again in Process Explorer. The strange thing is, that I **can** start Bioshock 2 from Windows 7's Start menu. I tried around with admin priviliges, to no avail. Using Steam's function to _Verify the integrity of the game files_ was a mistake. It apparently restored the files that were updated when installing the patch that was forced on me by the _Games For Windows Live_ framework that _Bioshock 2_ appears to be glued to. I'm currently trying to recover from this by removing and completely re-downloading the game from steam. My system is a 64bit Windows 7.


How does regen vs magicka vs reduced cost affect my efficiency? What is my destruction spell damage?

**The Questions**   1. What are my character's derived stats? (regen time etc)   2. What will each magicka and destruction enchanting effect do to my overall character?   3. How is my damage output affected by choosing different spells?   4. How does cast speed effect my damage? (very important at -100% cost)   5. What is my effective spell cost after perks, equipment and skills? Soon after I started playing Skyrim I wondered whether it was more efficient to get more magicka or more magicka regen. _**How should I balance them? Ahhhhh_** I then started delving more deeply into it, and started also considering issues like sustainable damage output (from regen) vs. high initial damage output (from a large magicka pool). I also was no way near being able to enchant -100% cost equipment, and so I still had a major trade-off to decide on. Higher ranked Spells get more magicka inefficient. I then had to try and see how much additional DPS that extra cost was worth, and how it effects my sustainable effectiveness. _**Choices, choices and choices._** I attempted to answer these questions. In the spirit of sharing useful information, I have uploaded my spreadsheet where you can see how your own character is doing - what her vitals are! And dispelling myths over destruction: DPS with Thunderbolt is ~187/s, at range - not too bad, eh?


How can I bind keys in Team Fortress 2?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How to map keys in Half Life 2/Team Fortress? How can I bind keys in Team Fortress 2? I tried to Google it, but I can't find any results I can understand (because I am not English).


Starting Quake 3 Arena Server Using Config File

I would like to know how I can accomplish the following:   * Start dedicated Quake 3 Server using a config file (rather than manually entering settings each time)   * Setup bots in the config file   * Setup teams in the config file (e.g. CTF game) Can someone point me to an example of how I can do this? I've been searching and cannot find an example of how to add bots or teams to the config file.


Why does all the Basic Commendation Gear from Vendors have no Defense?

I am a Level 55 Juggernaut Tank and was looking at the appropriate Vendor for my class and specialization. I had to find out, that the Gear from those Vendors have 0 Defense on it, except 1 Belt and 1 Wrist Item. Is there any logical explanation for that? Where can I get Gear of the same quality with my Basic Comms but with Defense and more appropriate Tank Stats?


Can I get golden or silver tools if I am not the mayor? (other user) Animal Crossing New Leaf

I played Animal Crossing New Leaf with a cousin. I have not started playing it before my cousin started playing... He became mayor and I was the side character (other player). He doesn't play anymore and I play my other player but I really want the gold axe and I have not got it yet. So can I really get golden tools when I am not the mayor.


I'm missing 2 Salarian Medallions in Mass Effect 1 and I already got to Ilos: will I get the chance to find them?

No spoilers please. Are there any other new planets to explore after Ilos? Because I actually found a 9th medallion today, after loading from an older save. But I'd rather continue playing on Ilos and find Saren & the Conduit. If your answer is "no", then it means I'll have to load and search again in every solar system I've been during the first 10 hours of play, when I didn't know that you could find secrets in asteroid belts and on the planets. Outside of the Salarian Medallions quest, I completed the game 100% ::- ), side quests and everything, so I'm trying to get this last one nailed down as well.


How do I plant crops newly acquired in trade?

My village has squash and peppers natively and they're growing fine. Traders brought wheat and I traded for 100 units of it, then designated a farm, but when I try to assign it to growing wheat, only my squash and peppers are options. What's the trick? ETA: A couple years later, a trader arrived with a single cherry tree seed. I bought it and planted it with no problems.


Does anyone know of a WebSite where I can sell TF2 Items?

Like a website where I can sell scrap for money or Steam wallet funds.


Is it possible to reach the other side of the heart pit on the second world of GBC croc?

I began playing Croc again for the first time since I was a kid, and I suddenly encountered something I spent a long time trying to defeat in my youth. There's a ledge to the left of the heart pit (with jello on the right side) after the first cave in the second world, which looks like it should be reachable through a double jump off the ledge onto the jello. Is this ledge reachable? What lays beyond it? ![Pit of doom](http://i.stack.imgur.com/dNtmP.jpg)


Does the Last of Us season pass include a multiplayer key?

A friend of mine has inherited a copy of `The Last of Us` from another friend, but the multiplayer key has already been used. As a birthday present, I'd like to buy them the season pass - but I was wondering if that will include a multiplayer key in itself, or if that has to be purchased separately? I'm unable to find a definitive answer online so have resorted to asking here :)


Does it matter how many days have passed?

Every time I go to open my inventory to check out some new gear I found, which is approximately every 37 seconds, I see the game clock staring back at me. Sometimes it's nice to know if it's day or night since there are certain magic items that give you bonuses during the day or at night, but does the number of days elasped since the game started matter? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/NZOBF.jpg) >   * Are there any quests that have hidden a time limit? > >   * Are there any events that occur after a certain day? > >   * Does something bad happen if I ignore the main quest for too long? > >


Adding A Different Character to Gibbed Borderlands 2 Save Editor

I've added a new character to my Borderlands 2 game on Steam. I'd like to play with several friends who are higher levels (30-64).How might I accomplish this without destroying my Commando (Lvl 72, UVHM)? Nothing I've tried has allowed me to save both characters. Thanks. PRS


How can I get rid of these thick and pixelated outlines?

As you can see in this screenshot, there are these thick black outlines all over the place: ![Heavy black lines](http://i.stack.imgur.com/L3WsKl.jpg) I've attempted:   * Changing resolution   * Using fullscreen or windowed   * Upgrade FPS to maximum   * turn sync on   * turn up anisotropic filtering.  The issue continues regardless of these settings changes. What's the cause and how can I change it?


Can towns be founded during a game in OpenTTD?

I just started a small map (64x64), and there is only one town. It's 1890 and I don't know if I'll have to play the entire game with just one town. Can another town appear during the game? Can I found a new town?


Can dwarfs freely walk over traps without setting them off in Dwarf Fortress?

I am building my first trap system and im wondering if i have to setup a maze of traps that my dwarves will walk around or can I just block off my entrance with rows of traps without having to worry about my dwarves getting caught in them.


Is crouching in Quake Live useful?

In Quake Live I see users crouching when using gaunt or shotgun. Is there any advantage to crouching? Or are these players doing it for no reason?


How does Potency factor into the damage formula?

I've been playing Final Fantasy 14 for a couple weeks now, and I'm running into something I can't seem to figure out. All my spells have a "Potency" attached to them, ranging anywhere from 20, right up to 100. Checking a couple wikis, the best I get out of them is, "The mathematical base damage of an ability.", which doesn't really tell you much about how it actually works. Is potency a percentage-based value? Or how does it work to apply damage to whatever it is I'm targetting?


What does player level do?

As I've made my way through Story Mode, I've noticed that I've been accumulating "player points", which has slowly added to my "Player Level". However, I am unclear as to what exactly what player level is used for. **What is the purpose of the player level, and how does it affect gameplay (if at all)?**


Can I change class/stats between playthroughs in Mass Effect 1?

I was wondering if I start a new game and carry over my Shepard from my first playthrough, can I switch up stats and my class? This isn't moving from Mass Effect 1 to Mass Effect 2, strictly in Mass Effect 1.


In Mega Man Revolution, what effect does collecting all of the "MEGAMANR" letters have?

In each of the eight main robot master stages of Mega Man Revolution, there is a collectible letter located in some part of the stage, usually requiring the use of an utility item and/or taking a harder stage route. My question is, if one collects all eight of the characters ("M", "E", "G", "A", "M", "A", "N", and "R"), what effect does it have on the game? I have heard that it affects the ending but, I would like some confirmation on the matter. Thanks!


Does Abaddon's compendium immortal item, Mace of the Chosen, have any unique effects?

So... does the Abaddon immortal item from the 2013 compendium, Mace of the Chosen, modify anything? I am pretty sure it doesn't change the normal attacks. Curse of Avernus, Shadow Coil, and Borrowed Time seem to be unchanged as well. So am I missing something, or is it just a weapon model change?


What Euro Truck Simulator 2 mod adds this Scania truck?

I just saw a video, in ETS2, and the person who was filming it had this truck but he didn't put a link, and I decided to search for that mod. I know one just like that, but without a 6X4 chassis, just with a 4x2, and I don't like 4x2. I found a 6x4 SCANIA R700, looked just like the one in the video, however, it's GTS (German Truck Simualtor) mod. I've been searching for a ETS2 Scania R700 6x4 2013, but I can only find one for GTS. I've tried the GTS version on ETS2 but this didn't work. I've been searching for 5 months, can't find. I have seen that guy having that same Scania on ETS2! Heres the video:


Why is there a glitch in my superflat world?

I wanted to do a superflat survival. I go into my new world, but when the world is generating, I see that there are clouds below me under the ground!!! What is happening??? when the world is fully generated, I look up in the sky and I see no clouds! I press esc to the pause menu and did this: Options>Video Settings>Clouds. I check but it says the clouds are on. I think this might be a glitch.


Are there different endings for Antichamber?

I beat the game, but the timer ran out and I did not find all the pictures. If you beat the game within the time limit, is there anything special that happens? What about if you find all the pictures?


In Dragon Age, how can you get Morrigan to come with you with Isabela in the Pearl?

If you go to the Pearl, you can get Isabela to give you Dueling lessons by either playing cards or having a bit of .. fun.. on her ship. How can you get Morrigan to join in? I've got her as interested, but she doesn't seem to want to go. Does she need to be hardened or something? If so, how can I harden her?


Where can I find a complete list of Game Room games?

Where can I find the complete list of available Xbox 360 _Game Room_ games?


How to calculate gold earned from a Wonder if another civilization finishes first?

In Civilization V I noticed that when you are about to finish producing a Wonder and another civilization finishes it first, you will earn gold equivalent to how much production you have produced for that Wonder. For example, I'm constructing the Statue of Liberty (total prod of 1060 prod points) and I've finished 1000 production then another civilization completes it first. How much gold will I earn? Is there a formula for calculating money earned from unfinished wonders?


What is the use of building boats?

In Rome2 you can move your troops off the land and they will get into transport ships, the faction I chose started with a boat and I also made a few more with the harbor. Now the enemy moved his troops into the water so I tought it would be an excelent time to take his transport ships down. But right before the battle started my winning chance was really low. But I went ahead with it anyway and got utterly destroyed, their boats were stronger then mine and even more filled with troops then mine. Their army of Javelin throwers were greatly outnumbering my Javelin thrower boats. Not to mention their melee troops just ram your boats and start taking them over. So what is the point of building boats from your harbor and not just placing your troops on the water?


Dwarf Fortress saved games

How do I create multiple save points of a fortress?


How to make carts go up an incline?

I've made some tracks and a cart but I can't figure out how to make the cart "go." It kind of glides along slowly when I put it down on the track and hop in, but does not have enough momentum to even go up a 1 cube incline.


Optimizing Soul Fire

I'm kindof new in World of Warcraft, so I asked several people about a Destro Warlock's optimal build. Most of them agreed that my main "Nuke" should be Soul Fire (on my level, at least) but all of them disagreed on how. How can I optimize Soul Fire? I have heard about differing Talent builds, specific Items, etc.. anything that can maximize it to its fullest. What do you guys think?


Can't get out of a mission

I'm stuck in the mission Tending the Flames. First of all, the ghost doesn't have the scroll and no matter what I do, reload, shout, use fire, nothing happens. I can't get the scroll. I also went down a well during the mission and have no way back up and with no previous saves as I cleared all but the last few, is it true I'm just officially stuck in this mission with no way out?


Glitches in portal 2

While I can't play Portal 2 right now, I found this, which demonstrates that most portal 2 co-op chambers need only one person to solve the puzzle, using some glitches. In that video, there's several interesting glitches, including reportal glitch, TRT, and this awesome glitch. When I first played Portal 2, I was disappointed because many glitches in Portal disappeared, and thought that there's no glitch in Portal 2 (and that was totally wrong, as you can see above). Are there any other glitches in Portal 2? For example, when I was playing Portal 2 co-op, I found that there are some glitch about gel, so I could step on blue gel which was blocked by a wall.


Play DemonFront in a emulator?

I have the PCB but my CAB is actually out of service. I saw that there is a dump of the game out there. But when I try it in MAME, there is just a kind of counter that counts to 0 and then nothing happens. Is there a way to play it? I found some screenshots. They look like they are made in a emulator so i assume there is a possibility to play it. Can anyone help me?


Change sea level in Minecraft

Is there any mod or server plugin that changes the map generation in Minecraft to adjust sea level? Basically I am looking for something that will let you customize what you want the sea level to be and then it changes the water to be at that level. However it should also take into account things such as trees and beaches. So if where a tree would normally generate is now underwater then the tree would no longer be there, additionally it would make beaches at the new water level rather than at the 63 block height.


How to get the Wall of Flesh to face the right direction

On the PS Vita release of Terraria, I cannot fight the wall of flesh (fairly). I have built a long bridge across the underworld, but no matter where I drop the doll, the Wall of Flesh always spawns facing away from me and moving towards the closest border of the world (i.e. if I'm east of the spawn point, he will appear east of me, heading east). This makes for very quick, very messsy battles with him, which I inevitably lose. I attempted to simply spawn him in the middle of the underworld and he simply did the same thing - he spawned to the side of me, moving away. Since I was behind him, he dragged me in front of him, which had the unfortunate effect of trapping me against an underworld skyscraper underneath my bridge, drowning in a pool of lava.


How to sneak better?

It's certainly much more advantageous when you see the enemy first and not the other way around. Ring of Fog helps a great deal with that, but you still need to walk instead of running to stay hidden longer before enemy sees you. But what other tricks are there to it? I've noticed how different armor pieces produce variable amount of noise while moving, but does it matter in terms of stealth? Also, shooting arrows near enemies will distract most of them and they'll turn around to the source of sound (where the arrow or a spell hit) and they'll stand like that for several seconds, allowing to sneakily get behind them and score a backstab.


How many workers do I need for my cities?

How many workers do I need for a given number of cities in the early stages of Civ 4, say when I have around 5 cities and the biggest is around size 5?


How do you win the baby rocking minigame in Tomodachi Life?

I am having trouble figuring out the motion for the baby rocking minigame in Tomodachi Life. I have tried swaying, both by holding my hands steady and rocking my hips as well as by moving the 3DS side-to-side. I have also tried rotating the 3DS up and down or back and forth slightly. I can't get the baby to stop crying! Does anyone know what I'm supposed to be doing? _Edit_ : It seems it's hard to describe how to do this so let me give a prompt. How should I initially be holding my 3DS (flat as if it were on a table, the top screen perfectly parallel to my face, or something in between), and in what direction should I be moving it, both in three-dimensional space as well as on its three-dimensional axis? I managed to get it after a fluke so I still don't know the "correct" way to do it, so I'm still looking for answers.


Does the new Final Fantasy VII have native gamepad support?

Does the new version of FF7 (English link) have native gamepad support? I was unable to find anything on the official website.


Why do I keep getting "Hack acquired no items" in Ingress?

This just started happening to me. For a long while I was getting something pretty much every time I hacked a portal. Tonight I'm frequently getting the message "Hack acquired no items.". Sometimes it's happened 3 portals in a row. Is there something that triggers this, or is it just really bad luck tonight? ![Hack acquired no items](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Wb4il.png)


How do I keep my ship alive long enough to kill the bad guys?

Someone told me that I should do the 'Epic Arc' that starts with Sister Alitura so I managed to find her but I'm stuck on the second mission. There are a couple of red ships and they get through my shield really quickly so that I have to run away, dock in a station, wait for my shield to repair and then try again. How can I make my ship tougher so that I can finish of the NPCs without running away? Edit: I'm using a Rifter


What are the differences in HP/Shield/Barrier and damage stats between multiplayer difficulties?

I see a lot of assumptions and guesswork, but can anyone confirm (with a source) the differences between HP/Shield/Barrier pools, and the damage output modifiers applied in each separate challenge? BioWare is very vague when it comes to concrete numbers of damage, health, exact modifier values or anything for that matter. Mathematics preferred for theorycrafting. Thanks!


Hunting or normal spears for hunting low level creatures

What's the most cost effective for hunting with a paladin in Tibia? I often hunt in the Venore Salamander cave to the west of the south exit. I'm currently using normal spears, but would it be better to use hunting spears when it comes to cost and speed of gaining experience?


Automatically crafting Buildcraft Mining Wells

Minecraft Version: 1.2.5 Mods: Buildcraft plus additional pipes plus logistics pipes, equivalent exchange, thaumcraft, IndustrialCraft, Forestry, RedPower2 Using the Buildcraft automatic crafting table in conjunction with the crafting logistics pipes, I've set up a large autocrafting system (currently 68 items, and always expanding), but I am running into an issue with adding the mining well to my system. The mining well requires an iron pickaxe, and those do not stack. Furthermore, the crafting pipe will not craft an item from an an automatic crafting table if there is not more than 1 item in each stack. Is it possible (and if so, how is it done) to have an automatic crafting table craft items that require non-stacking items without having to babysit the automatic crafting table?


How can I get the reddit hat?

I've taken part in the 2013 April fool's reddit event and now it's finally payday for this old tired mercenary. How can I disgrace my forehead by donning that ridiculous homewreck of a headgear?


How do different calibers of the same weapon class compare?

As you progress through the game, you will unlock various weapons, many of which are higher-caliber variants of weapons already in your arsenal: there are 3 plasma guns (CREW 500ep, CREW 1000ep, CREW 1500ep), 2 machine guns (RPE 75mm Pd, RPE 150mm U), 3 guided fighter missiles (S2SFCM Mk I, S2SFCM Mk II and S2SFCM Mk III). They seem to follow a pattern of higher damage, lower fire rate and ammo capacity/energy efficiency, slower projectile speed. Are higher-caliber versions of these weapons mostly superior to their lesser variants, or is the choice situational/based on preference? Ideally I would like to know their exact stats to make an informed decision.


What's the best way to fight an Enderman?

When you're looking at one and it's running at you really fast, you know you're in deep trouble. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/6Z5AJ.png) My question is: What is the best tactic to fight an Enderman because they seem to teleport behind you or on your side which makes it kind of hard to deal with them.


Plot hole in Watch_Dogs - did I miss something? (Possible Spoilers)

I'm enjoying Watch_Dogs and the main story picked up a bit after the first few missions. Anyway, I'm now in Act IV and I can't help wondering if I missed something in a previous act. > Early on in the game, the main antagonist, _Damien_ , kidnaps Aidan's > sister. Aidan spends most of the rest of the game brutally slaughtering > various gang members in order to get her back. Not only that, he traces > phone-calls and hunts people down via the ctOS network on several occasions > throughout the main campaign and in various side missions. Did I miss something here? Why doesn't Aidan simply > Trace Damien's calls in the same way and hunt down the location he's holding > his sister? He handled an entire apartment block full of Iraq's goons with > relative ease and from what I can gather, Damien does not have anywhere near > as many resources as Iraq (at least in the early game). Does this get explained anywhere, or are we left to simply make assumptions that, for example > Aidan is worried if he makes a direct attack, Damien will simply kill his > sister? If that's the case, why, at the beginning of Act IV, does Aidan > Call Damien's bluff by telling him to kill his sister? Surely if he thought > Damien was bluffing, he would have made a positive move against Damien to > retrieve her, rather than the passive move he made.


Can I bypass the ridiculous obstacle course during the last mission?

So, during the last mission, you are required to fly through a long winding tunnel while avoiding collisions. I find it ridiculous and infuriating. I'd like to see how the game ends, but I'm not wasting 30 minutes on the obstacle course. Is there any way at all for me to bypass it?


Is "XBox Live Vision Camera" the same as "Kinect"?

I have a Kinect, and I recently encountered an older XBox Arcade game called Puzzle Arcade, which lists support for the "XBox Live Vision Camera". I assume this was how camera support was listed before Microsoft unveiled Kinect, but I'm unclear if the two literally mean the same thing. For my purposes I basically want to know if games which list features that require "XBox Live Vision Camera", can support those features if you have a Kinect camera.


How do you trigger vistas?

I am in the Grove, right by a map marker for an "undiscovered vista." There seems to be nothing special about it except for a nearby balcony. There seems to be no apparent trigger around except for a discussion tree with Nikkyta (which apparently I've known since forever except I'm not even born yet, but that's a matter for a different day.) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/SpRhs.jpg) So... what am I missing here?


Can I use a wired "Xbox360 gamepad for Windows" on an Xbox360?

I currently own a "Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller for Windows". This is obviously the exact same gamepad in its shape as the ones which come with the Xbox console. My question is: can I use it on an Xbox console as well, or can it be connected only to PC?


Manual save missing, only autosave available

I'm asking on behalf of my brother, who has a problem with his copy of NBA 2k14 for Xbox 360. In "My Career" mode, he has no option to save manually, the game just saves automatically after matches. I just assumed thet's the way this game is, but he swears that a friend of his has a "save" option in My Career menu, between "options" and "quit". He wants manual saves because he wants to create multiple saves in case the screws up a match and the game autosaves on that, also because he corrupted a save already so he wants some redundancy. Is there some option enabling manual saves, hidden somewhere deep, that we've missed? Update: so, managed to get his friend to take a picture: ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/FOLba.jpg) Now what?


Will the save file for the retail version of Persona 4 Arena work with the digital version?

I’m planning to get the “Ultimate Edition” from PSN that includes all the DLC. However, will the save file for my retail copy work on this version?


How does hit chance and damage work in Warhammer Quest?

I've started playing Warhammer Quest for iOS and I seem to be missing with my attacks a lot. I see stats on my character sheet called called "Ballistic Skill" and "Weapon Skill" and I assume they somehow govern my chance to hit with ranged or melee attacks, but I don't understand how. Likewise, I see that weapons have a damage range, such as 5-7, which I assume means it does a base of 5-7 damage. But I've also seen weapons that say something like "4-6 damage, not affected by strength", which leads me to believe that Strength normally affects damage somehow. How does this all work? Do Weapon and Ballistic skill play into hit chance, damage, or both? Is there some sort of Dodge stat that they're compared against? And how do Strength and Toughness play into this? I'm trying to get a better sense of how these stats work so that I can make informed decisions about the gear I find, so while I definitely need to know the basics of what the different stats affect, I'd also appreciate seeing some hard numbers so I can quantify how much I might expect boosting my Elf's Ballistic Skill by 1 might actually help versus choosing some other upgrade.


Is it possible to remap LMB (shield) to Shift in Dark Souls 2 on PC?

I find the game to be completely unplayable with the new keybindings - disappointing does not even begin to cover it (double left click and double right click, **SERIOUSLY**?) I want the old DS shift to block setup. Frustratingly, in-game options give you a predefined list of absolutely pointless key combos for these things, but not any key you want. Am I missing something simple here?


How do I upgrade my sword at the Sorceress Hut?

In Candy Box, I have a diamond sword and 80,000 lollipops, but there is no "Sword, better sword" option. What do I have to do to get that option?


Do the upgrades in Lunar Racer help me be a better racer?

The game doesn't really explain how the garage and the upgrades work. The upgrades seem to be mostly aesthetic (changing the look of my wheels or my nitro boost), but are they actually helpful? What does each class of upgrades actually do for my vehicle?


If I purchase a second online pass, can we use both discs to play multiplayer together?

_Mass Effect 3_ has two discs and I know multiplayer works on both. I also have two Xbox 360s. If I purchase a second multiplayer online pass, could we each use a disc to play multiplayer together (provided that we have separate online passes)? And how much is an Xbox 360 _Mass Effect 3_ online multiplayer pass?


Does having Javik along on the first playthrough of Mass Effect 3 give more exposition?

Since Javik is a Prothean who has already dealt with the reapers and understandings things a bit better, if you complete Mass Effect 3 with him as a squad member do you gain more insight about the history of the Reapers?


Rollercoaster Tycoon screen tearing

I've just decided to re-install RCT onto my system for a little fun.. All works fine and dandy (I bought it off of GoG.com, so it was downloaded up-to- date), the only issue I'm having is that the game tears TERRIBLY when I move the scene. I don't remember if this happened on my old computer (which probably wasn't running it at mind blowing FPS) but I did try limiting the FPS with afterburner. But yeah, it's that old that afterburner couldn't hook up to it. I also tried DXtory, but that program loves to crash. I tried forcing vsync in Nvidia control panel, but that didn't help at all. How can I fix this problem?


Can I change the Galactic Readiness in my game by editing the configuration?

Is it possible to increase Galactic effectiveness in Mass Effect 3 by editing the coalesced.bin? If it is, how can I do this?


Can you aim squad mates' powers?

In the Priority: Mars mission, you're introduced to squad mates' powers. The first introduced is Liara's "singularity". When you first access her power, she puts it right in the middle of some troopers above you on the balcony, to great effect. This placement of her singularity power, and the placement/aiming of powers in general, seems to happen outside of your control, but I could be misunderstanding how it works. Maybe the power always affects whatever your crosshairs are centered on and I'm mistakenly believing it's the AI deciding that placement. Thus the question: **When you trigger a squad mate's power, do you control where the power is aimed, or is the ally intelligently aiming the power on his own?** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pRdOg.jpg)


How do I get to the "Personnel Facilities" waypoint in Priority: Mars?

In the second mission of the game, Priority: Mars, you fight your way inside a building and go up a large elevator. Once you take the elevator all the way up, you find yourself in an area that kind of looks like a big garage. Some enemies attack you from the walkways above and, once you defeat them, a waypoint appears to "Personnel Facilities." Shepard makes a comment about figuring out a way up there, and then that's where I get stuck. I found a button that raises one of the large yellow vehicles but then I run around all over the floor of area and can't find a ladder or any other way of reaching the walkways above. The only thing I can find is an elevator the enemies have conveniently sabotaged. So, with all that said, **how do you get from the floor of the "garage" to the "Personnel Facilities" waypoint above?** ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/eAWBX.jpg)


How can I unlock the hidden Navigators?

In Persona 4: Arena, there are six Navigators (essentially, announcer voice packs) that are available as optional paid DLC. In the Marketplace description for all six DLC items, however, it states that "skilled players can unlock this content by playing the game." I know of the following **confirmed** methods so far: > Teddie: Clear Story Mode completely   >  Mitsuru: Complete 100% of one character's challenges   >  Nanako: ???   >  Aigis: ???   >  Fuuka: ???   >  Yosuke: ??? How can I unlock the remaining Navigators?


What are the spheres that appear over the dragons and what do they do?

In Dragonvale, when you get a shrine to level up, your dragons can go beyond level ten. When you level them past ten, a sphere shows up over the dragon's head. I'd like to know what they do or what they are.


How should I build a character that exclusively uses bound weapons?

I am planning to make a Conjuration character that will only use bound weapons and their related perks. (No other conjuration perks will be needed, such the ones related to summoned atronachs and raising the dead.) My main source of damage will be the bow, followed by the battleaxe. I don't plan on using one-handed weapons, only the battleaxe and the bow. Since I will not be able to upgrade any weapon that I will be using, nor enchant it, I can ignore most of the Smithing and Enchanting Perks. **My Questions are :**   1. Which other trees would be useful for my path?   2. Should I use Heavy, Light, or Robes (No armor, alteration way of life)   3. Is it viable to play the game on Master difficulty using only conjured weapons as my main source of damage? **Observations:** I Have no problems in using mods such as "Better Conjuration Bounded Weapons" (which increases the "Mystic Binding" perk to 3/3 instead of 1/1) or "Bound Weapons Damage Scales With Conjuration" (which is self-explanatory) and that sort of thing.


How can I open secret doors in alien bases?

The mission briefing for the alien base tells me that there are hidden doors that I can use . ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/YSdMW.jpg) I took over the Command Room, revealing the entire map of the alien base. It's pretty clear where all the secret doors are, but I can't seem to use them. No door icon appears when hovering the cursor over that wall section, and I also can't simply tell my guy to walk into the secret corridor. How do I use them? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/UfmXJ.jpg)


Does changing main resource amount change the corresponding resource amount for Caves and Ruins?

Because Caves and Ruins basically have reskins of the main world resources (rocks, grass, twig bushes, etc), I figured they might also change in number when changing the amount of normal (main map) resources generated in landgen options when you create a new world. Is that so?


Why won't my hibiscus bushes flower?

I bought a hibiscus start from the Island and planted it. It grew to full bush size days ago, but there are still no flowers. It's summer so I figured it would flower just like the island. Are there conditions to making the bush flower?


When should I use Shen's ultimate?

I usually play Shen toplane and I'm wondering how to use his ultimate. It is on a pretty long cooldown and I'm wondering how and when I should use it. I like to use it whenever someone bot lane get's ganked, but people sometimes get mad at me when I do, saying I'm stealing their xp. Often, as soon as the gank is over, I recall then run back to top lane. But I'm wondering if there's a more efficient way to use it. I am mainly looking for uses during the laning phase but information on how to use it in teamfight phase would also be nice


How do I know which damage type monsters inflict?

For some sources of damage it is pretty easy to guess what damage type it is. For example, if a monster hits you with a huge ass axe, it's probably physical damage. The burning floors at the butcher is most likely fire damage. The chilling construct monsters in act 2 seem like they inflict cold damage, etc. However, the damage type is not so obvious for all attacks. Belial's ultimate skill (the green colour seems to indicate poison, but the sudden explosions might indicate fire, and Asheara yells "Watch out for the fireballs" in the quest prior to Belial, where similar green explosions occur). Azmodan's black pools on the floor. Zoltan Kulle's whirlwinds. **How do I find out what damage type a certain opponent is able to inflict, so that I know what type of resistance is most important?**


What does destroying the vendors do?

There are various vendors located around Rapture. I know that destroying the health stations will yield a few first aid kits, and I overheard over the PA system an announcement warning against vandalizing the vendors. I assume that means they must drop something when they're destroyed, though I never got the opportunity to wretch one. So what exactly do vendors drop when they're destroyed, and will it have any other effects, like cause a security alert?


Problems with the EE3 minium stone and the Buildcraft auto-crafting table

When I put a minium stone in an auto-crafting table it won't place in. I am using version 1.5.2. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this, or an alternative mod that can auto-craft things. Thanks for any help.


How is the "fully stocked" reward for a level calculated?

I've noticed that when I fully stock a level I receive a small amount of coins. Since I've seen the amount vary a lot, even when stocking the same level, I was wondering if there's a formula behind it or if it's chosen randomly every time.


Can I name my tiny tower?

I was wondering if I can name my tower like how you can rename your different floors. Then when the bitizens talk about it in bit book they will refer to it by its name rather than just tiny tower.


How can I play Police Quest I on Windows 7?

How can I get _Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel_ to run on a Windows 7 64-bit machine? I used to have this game when I was a kid and want to give it another go.


How do I keep two different versions of Minecraft installed?

When a major version of Minecraft is released, it takes a while before mods are updated to work with it. It can happen that you want to install the new version, but keep a copy of the old version with mods installed. Windows version keeps data in `%appdata%/.minecraft` regardless of the executable's version. Is it possible to keep two versions of Minecraft installed at the same time, without conflicts?


How can I have multiple Minecraft installs?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I keep two different versions of Minecraft installed? I'd like to have at least three different Minecraft installs - one Minecraft Vanilla, one FiniteWater modded, and one the latest snapshot (where everything is ran as a SMP server). Is there a utility or method to have the `.jar` files for each stored in different places, or some soft of install manager? Currently I have .rar'ed .minecraft folders that get zipped and unzipped as I play different versions, but surely there's got to be a better way of doing this. I'm on Windows 7.


Is it possible to use a different folder than .minecraft?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  How do I keep two different versions of Minecraft installed? My problem is that I can run minecraft from a different folder, but when I run it, it is still using .minecraft folder. It saves the worlds there and so on. How can I run it like "everything get from and save to my folder"?


Does the MP-APS stop Gunship cannon rounds?

Yesterday I was playing Naval strike and attempting to capture D objective on one of the maps that granted the gunship ability as their commander was spawnining them in as fast as possible. I got the flag neutralized but the gunship locked onto me and killed me on both attempts to capture it. Does the MP-APS protect against AC-130 cannon rounds or does it not have any effect? Could I drop a MP-APS down and hide behind it or does the protection angle not reach high enough?


What projectiles does Slow Time not affect?

I have noticed that certain things, such as the spikes from Quill mobs and mortar fire are not influenced by Slow Time's 90% projectile slow. What other sorts of ranged attacks fall into this category?


Is Ice Climber limited to level 60?

Ice Climber is a level 60 item. Is it limited to level 60 or does it also drop as a level 70 version? I found already three or four Fire Walkers but not Ice Climber at all. Fire Walker was originally a level 50 item but drops also as level 70 item. I am wondering if it is the same with Ice Climber? Does anybody have a level 70 Ice Climber?


Rescue or Harvest?

Is it better to rescue the Little Sisters in Bioshock, or just harvest them? I know you get more adam for harvesting, but can you get all the tonics without Tenenbaum's _special gifts_? This being asked after having already obtained the `Little Sister Savior` and `Dealt With Every Little Sister` achievements the first time around.


Do Olimar's Pikmin increase his weight?

Do the pikmin that follow olimar in ssbb add weight to his character, and if so does the weight build and translate into smash damage? I'm wondering because I've noticed that my smashes in the home-run-contest are a bit stronger when I have more Pikmin. ![=](http://i.stack.imgur.com/OS5g3.jpg) ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/b60mA.jpg)


What do I do with the mechanical pig?

I've hunted down and defeated the mechanical pig, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do next. How do I proceed? (The QR code on the side tells me what I _need_ to do, but I don't know _how_ to do it.) ![Screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pjZus.jpg)


Does a crit boosted backstab do more damage against giant robots?

**Backstabs** do massive damage in the normal game, only an uber or play dead watch can allow someone to survive a backstab. Another feature of the backstab is that it is often described as an automatic **critical** hit. From TF2 Wiki.net: > Due to the nature of achieving a backstab, **it is technically impossible to > score a non critical backstab**. The large robots in Mann vs Machine can survive multiple rapid backstabs, and I'm wondering if there is a way to up the damage even greater. The spy can gain automatic **criticals** after a kill in Mann mode, and also a spy may use a canteen, medic, mark of death or jarata to gain **crits** or **mini-crits**. **However, if a backstab is already a critical hit then is there any damage bonus gained by crit-boosting a true backstab?** (Excluding face stabs, of course, which do gain from crit boosting)


Is Mikkel Toivosson's health bar supposed to refill?

I keep trying to beat this fight at the end of The Championship Fight quest and I can only get him down to about half health before he quickly runs back to where he is at the beginning of the fight and his health recharges very rapidly until the bar is full. He does this repeatedly while I am fighting him. Am I doing something wrong or is my game broken?


Getting back missing content after reset

Unfortunately, my Tiny Death Star game was affected by the "game reset" bug three days before an update that backs up the game. Is there any way I'll ever be able to get back the Pannacity level and Holiday Boba Fett that I had before it was reset?


On the temple level at the end I lowered the water and found one of the ancient glyphs glow

On the Temple level I made it to the top and sat in the circle. The story played and then finished. I got up and turned around (faced away from the stone statue). Across the way was a glyph (shows the person going down the mountain). I floated down under the water a bit and when I saw above last ancient glyphs there were 6 grave stones with 3 grave stones on either side. I called out here and the camera view changed and pointed to something and the water went down a section. What happened? Is this a glitch or a secret? I can't finish this level (since I can't get back to the top). UPDATE With the help of the last couple cloth creatures I had just enough scarf to fly up. Now I'm at the top again (water is still receded). Also, while I was a section below I went to a neighboring ancient glyph and when I call out the lights glow and then fade out. Only one of the glyphs has done this. It makes me think that something might happen if I had a companion call out at the same time. UPDATE - the neighboring glyph is to the left and down from the first ancient glyph I mention at the beginning of this post (that started it all). It is just under the water and in the first major left column. It ALSO has the 6 gravestones in the middle with 3 on either side. It doesn't have any lit up story on it. I swam to the left and the ancient glyph that's a neighbor to this one does have lit up story. NOTE: I couldn't reproduce it the second time. I think it had to do with a companion activated the last ancient glyph, then they left. Then I went down to the glyph and was able to activate it again (bug). In any case I'm still able to go to the neighbor ancient glyph, call out and the grave stone glow like they are going to do something.


How should I approach the fight with Ordrak?

Ordrak is the final boss of Torchlight and stands head and shoulders above anything seen up until him. The fight can take new players by surprise by being an order of magnitude tougher than anything experienced so far. Playing as a very hard / hardcore character I rather not get all the way to the end boss and then dying as that would be rather depressing. How should I prepare for the fight to have the chances overwhelmingly in my favour?


What is the most efficient way to achieve "End Game" in Secret of the Magic Crystals?

In "Secret of the Magic Crystals", the hardest achievement (0.7% completed) is called "End Game" and is described by the following sentence: > By the power of the Magic Crystals I was able to bring this Story to a Happy > Ending! After some research on the Internet, I understand this achievement consists in breeding five _different_ level 5 magical horses for the quest to uncover the secret of the magic crystals, one of each type: >   1. Unicorn: The grace and beauty of this horse is one of a kind. >   2. Pegasus: The Ancestors of this Colt were unique racehorses. >   3. Fire Steed: This colts ancestors were fearless and wild by nature. >   4. Ice Steed: Mountain People Bred this kind of muscular horse. >   5. Demon Steed: People of forgotten civilizations passed on the secrets of > breeding this type of horse. > However, the stable contains only six different slots. And to get a level 5 horse, I need two level 4 horses and one empty slot, which would suggest I need to sell the level 5 horses, based on the pigeonhole principle. So what is the most efficient way to achieve "End Game" in Secret of the Magic Crystals?


How do I open the door in the cave between Bree and Hobbiton?

I found a key to open the first door, but no characters seem to be able to interact with the door inside.   Also, what will I find once I'm past the door?


Possible Glitch When Trying to Edit Deck in Hearthstone

I lost all of my cards whilst playing Warlock in a ranked game (started drawing dead - only just lost / more suicide than anything)... well when I went to edit my warlock cards, I couldn't anymore. Is this part of the gameplay or a glitch?


Mission five of MSD, any hint how to handle it?

The last update added to the game "Mission", which are staged with preseted deck and no base upgrade. The first 4 ones are quite easy, but I m struggling at the 5th one. This mission give you Tarma, Fat Tarma, Drill Slug and Sand Bag, with the goal to stay alive 80seconds. Problem is, the map start with 5 wall of worms, which are suicidary charging powerful unit if activated by one of your unit going near them. Basically, if activated, it s game over since your unit can t spawn and kill them fast enought. Add to that a powerful giant worm which can kill in one shot both Tarma, and it seems to me that you re supposed to spam Drill Slug, that have a too long recharge time. Can anybody hint me on the strategy to use? (The only thing I found on internet is to use Sand Bag and Drill Slug at the first wave to try to kill the more maggot possible, but past this point, I usually have maggot + giant worm breaching the sand bag, kill Drill Slug and my base before being able to respawn Drill Slug, both Tarma get killed before being able to use the shotgun).


Is there any way to use two consoles for simultaneous play on the same TV by using Dualplay?

Are there any devices that can merge two HDMI device signals into one 3D-like signal so that I can display them using Dualplay? Normally, Dualplay requires a game (and console) that supports this feature to be played on just one console. I would like to use two consoles on the same TV using the Dualplay feature and play something over Live or system link. In other words: I want to play two separate games on the same TV at the same time, but not be able to see each other's game. _For those who are unfamiliar:Dualplay is television feature (developed by LG) that utilizes the 3D layering features of certain televisions to project two separate channels of information that are then viewable with 3D glasses which filter one of the two channels. This allows you to play a dual player game, but at full screen instead of the traditional split-screen style of play where each player can only see their own information._


Is there a limit to the number of Dragon Souls you can carry?

Is there a limit on how many Dragon Souls you can store? A couple of times after a battle, the dragon does not give me a soul and doesn't even disintegrate. Most times this happens I'll have at least 1-4 souls in my inventory.


Can't enter Beyond Void in Final Fantasy 13-2

I'm getting frustrated over this one and have been looking into Wikis and FAQs for the past two hours. Here's my current state:   * Coliseum -???- AF   * New Bodhum -003- AF (1/1 Gates Open)    * Bresha Ruins -005- AF (2/3 Gates Open) - can't find the last gate     * Bresha Ruins -300- AF (1/1 Gates Open)     * Yasha Massif -110- AF (nothing to do he besides fragments?)    * Locked Location (Academia??)   * Sunleth Waterscape -300- AF (3/3 Gates Open)     * The Archylte Steppe -???- AF   * Coliseum -???- AF And somewhere the _Beyond Void_ - which is inaccessible. What I've read through FAQs is that I can re-enter the Void through _Time Reversal_ on _Sunleth Waterscape_. But I can't trigger the Time Reverse on this Zone, as I don't have the Seal for it. AND the Seal is in _Academia_... which is still locked. So I'm turning in circles and can't progress.


How can I effectively  use towers in Lord of Ultima?

My city is out of the protection week. I do not have a castle built yet. I was wondering how I should build my towers? What mix makes sense?


Benefits of leveling a Guild

I have created a Guild with 2 of my friends. It seems like for smaller guilds, there is almost no way to level the guild. Since the requirement for the first level up is 2 million exp, it makes it impossible to level. Should we even donate any exp to the guild? Does it only make sense to donate exp at max level?


Is there any upgrade to Shampoodle?

I've been getting my hair changed everyday just in case there is an upgrade available, but if there's not I don't really feel the need to change my hair every day. Does Shampoodle every upgrade? After what conditions? Is there only one upgrade?


Is there any advantage in having a rare player in my squad?

Fifa 13 Ultimate Team provides us some "rare" players, which are identified by bright cards. But what makes a player rare? Are they rare because of any specific attribute, such as strength, acceleration, pace, dribbling or whatever, which would add some real value to a player because he is different from the others, or because they are just artificially uncommon, which would surely make them rare but would not add any value to the player? For example, I could consider a player rare for having an enormous ball control, much greater than the average. But I'm not sure this is how it works in FIFA 13. I've played against some squads formed completely by rare players and yet I can't see why it would be a good idea.


How can I use controllers with FIFA 13 on the PC?

I just bought a controller because I am tired of not to being able to do any tricks with keyboard controls. The problem is I am can't configure controls as FIFA 13 PC version doesn't consider a controller in their settings. Does anyone know how to do this?


Are there any blacksmith merchants who sell "master" level components?

I've been buying "Improved" and "Greater" tier components from merchants, especially the blacksmithing merchants in Rathir. I was hoping that once I got to the eastern continent I could find a merchant that sold "Master" tier components. However, there doesn't appear to be a merchant of this type in Mel Senshir, and the other couple of places I've come across (mostly Fae encampments) don't have them either. Is there anywhere in the game I can buy Master (or better, if it exists?) weapon and armor components?


Farming rebel controlled sectors?

Does it ever make sense to not run from the chasing rebels? I often end up in the situation where my last couple jumps out of a sector are through rebel controlled locations. The fights are tough, but I often destroy the ship instead of jumping away early. The rewards are paltry, 1 fuel or ~50 scrap. But the rewards are non-zero. Has anyone successfully tried farming this?


What does harder difficulty change?

In the game Child of Light by Ubisoft, what does selecting harder than normal difficulty level do exactly? ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GaNJE.png)


What all is different between the 4 worm types?

According to the tutorial the Heavy worm is "strong" and the Scientist and Scout worms are "weak". However so far I haven't found out exactly what it means by that...they start with the same health and appear to take about the same damage from attacks. What does the "toughness" of the worms do for them? I also know there are some other effects like the Scout's speed and thin-ness and the Scientist's stronger turrets. What are all the differences between the 4 worm types?


F1 2012 is freezing after about 10 minutes of gameplay

The game crashes all the time. It just stops responding and I have to Ctrl+Alt+Del out every single time I load the game after like 10 minutes of gameplay. The window closes and then steam says the application was already running then it looks like the game is updating for like 2 seconds. I have looked up countless solutions. I've tried reinstalling, I've updated my graphics drivers, my sound drivers, I've verified the cache on steam, I disabled automatic updates, I turned off multisampling, turned on V-Sync. It's ridiculous how bad this game is in terms of actually working. I had an easier time getting the original Thief to work than I have this game. Specs:   * Windows 7 64-bit   * Intel Core i7 2600K   * GeForce GTX 560   * 310.64 WHQL graphics drivers


Remove donated troops during preparation phase

Any one know of a way to remove the troops that someone donated during the preparation phase? One of the clanmates donated lvl 3 giants to everyone when lvl 5 wizards were available.


Bad Company 2 modes

Is someone able to confirm for me (or whatever) if that new mode that was only coming out for consoles is also coming to PC...? Cos it would be nice if it did...


Is it possible to craft armor-piercing ammo while on the reloading bench?

Is it possible to craft armor-piercing ammo yourself on the reloading bench, or can you only find/buy it?


How to beat Terran by another Terran if he FE with following factory?

Few days ago **in TvT** I've seen a good implementation of the terran FE strategy. It was something like this:   * 9 Supply;   * 11 Rax (pump marines);   * 13 Rax (pump marines);   * 14(15) gas;   * 15 OC;   * once have enough gas build 1-2 TechLabs;   * once have money build CC;   * once have enough gas build Factory, pump tanks, research siege mode. I consider this as a pretty good opening that is hard to be beaten by other Terran strategy: - you will have enough marines to defend against avarage push (Definitely, you need to scout and for case if opponent does MegaRax you need to delay CC and build 1-2 more Rax till you don't have tanks); - you will have own tanks a little bit later then your opponent, but taking into account distance, you will have marines to hold push, and you will have own tanks pretty soon to deny push; - you will be also defended against Banshee rush: having enough marines and two CC (each with OC) you can be relatively easy defend yourself. Last time in TvT I play the following strategy and it seems workable for me (at least against opponent of my strength). **Question** : What is a weakness of that strategy? How could I beat that myself if play against other Terran when detect that he is going to FE?


How do I turn with the keyboard while taxiing in a DC3?

I'm trying to find the key to turn left and right while taxiing in a DC3. (I don't have a joystick.) On planes like the Cessna I can just use the the left and right arrows on my laptop keyboard, but for the DC3 it doesn't work.


What is "Bonus DPS" feature for Vikings?

On teamliquid wiki page about viking there is two bonus features: > Bonuses: +4 vs Armored air > > Bonus DPS: +2 vs Armored air I understand that Viking do +4 more damage to armored units (comparatively to non-armored), but what does "Bonus DPS" mean? Thanks.


Advice to not completely suck with a Lore-Master on LOTRO

I played the game for a couple of weeks a while ago and would like to start again. I really like the lore-master class but apparently it's one of the more difficult classes to play. What knowledge can you share with me that will make my group not hate me? What would be expected of me in a fight? What is a lore-master best at? What should I _never_ do? Any advice is welcome...


Black ops: Playing without the map pack

Treyarch's Call of Duty: World at War was an abysmal abuse of releasing map packs on xbox-live. Instead of Infinity Ward's separation of playlists (if you don't have the map pack you don't play with people who do), Treyarch mashed all playlists together. This made world at war near unplayable for people who didn't have the map packs! Treyarch's simple answer was boot the player and bring him to a screen where you can buy the map pack. Does Black-ops handle players without the map pack like World at War? Or have they learned from their ways?


Anyone know of a translation patch for Xenoblade?

I've been looking around for translation patches for Xenoblade and The Last Story for a while now. Seeing as Xenoblade has been out in Japan for a little while now I figure there must be a patch for it by now. To my knowledge there is a Italian patch for the game at the moment, which makes me think that there must be an English one. Anyone have any information about a menu/subtitle patch for Xenoblade? I'm sure there must be one either in the works or completed.


Does giving an employee the same job on each game decrease their effectiveness?

I just bought Game Dev Story, and I've made a few games. Each time, I assign the developer with the best relevant stat to each task. For example, I always use the developer with the highest _Scenario_ stat to write the proposal, the one with the highest _Sound_ stat to do the music, etc. However, around my third or fourth game, these people started saying "I'm doing the ___ _ again? I'm not sure I can give this one my best..." Does this mean that assigning them to the same job each time causes them to lose effectiveness? Should I be occasionally hiring outside consultants or using new hires?


Can't unlock the full Bend will shout

I'm on the **At the Summit of Apocrypha** quest line where I have to unlock the **bend will** shout.. I have already learned the _Earth_ but of the shout but I can't learn _Mind_ and _Dragon_ because I don't have any dragon souls saved up, And I can't absorb any more souls thanks to **Miraak** stealing them all from me. Anyone know what I can do or is it game-over for me?


Are some jobs more dreamy than others?

Is it just me or do you get some dream jobs way more often than others? In my case it is Holochess Hall and Mos Espa Café. I made at least 60 bux from employing these people, but my Lightsaber Craft still has got just one star and I'm pretty sure that that's the only bitizen who ever wanted to work there. **Is it possible that the better and more expensive floor, the rarer the dream jobs?**


Is there any way to reset your stats without losing prestige/ level/ etc.?

I know that there is a "Reset All Stats" button, but I don't want to be all the way back at level one after getting tenth prestige. When I started playing MW3, I hadn't played CoD in forever, and I was a negative K/D player. Now I'm at least a 4 or 5 K/D player and I get MOABs like every other round. My K/D though is still only 1.50 :( Just wondering if it is resettable via mod or something.


Can't jump while moving

I've encountered a bug where I can run and walk but can't jump while doing so. If I'm not moving I can jump. I've ruled out encumbrance by trying this with empty bags. How can I fix this? I'm playing Skyrim - Legendary Edition on Windows 7.


Can desmume connect to wireless to trade pokemon with yourself?

I'm trying to trade Pokemon between Black and White on Desmume Wifi-capable. For some reason I cannot get the emulator to connect to a network so I can use the global trading or any of the wireless features in the games. I've followed video tutorials but the emulator still won't connect. What steps are needed to get a connection so that I can trade between the two games?


Which features are unlocked when playing the Little Big Planet 2 story mode?

I realized that I needed to finish the first pack of missions in Little Big Planet 2 story mode to play the community levels. Now I would like to know what else I get if I finish the other missions, and the whole game.


What are the creative benefits of getting the full version of Minecraft?

I want to buy the full version of Minecraft, but I'm one of those creative types. What are some of the differences in Creative mode in the full version of Minecraft?


How to repair Puzzle marked as ??? in Puzzle Swap?

At the last StreetPass-exchanges, I saw in Puzzle Swap a puzzle marked as ???. Normally that's a new puzzle, but on the other side I also saw no pieces. I think it can be linked to the new puzzle recently came here in Europe via SpotPass (Kid Icarus I think). I got the message and the new puzzle, but that's no longer available in my puzzles. How can I repair that?


Why won't the multiplayer matchmaking work in Assassin's Creed: Recollection?

When playing Assassin's Creed:Recollection, whenever I tap "Versus Mode" on the manu screen, it gets to the Game Center matchmaking screen as normal and usually gives me an "estimated wait time" of around 10-20 seconds. However, when I tap "Find Players," it will wait for a few seconds and then bring me back to the menu screen, without any indication of what went wrong. Even when I try several times it always gives the same result. What is the proble, and is there anything that I can do to fix it?


Can I use a Dungeons of Dredmor expansion purchased through Steam in Desura?

I bought the Dungeons of Dredmor expansion, Realm of the Diggle Gods, on Steam. However, I prefer to play DoD on Linux, through Desura. Is there any way I can move the expansion to the Desura install, perhaps through copying some files over?


What are the purpose of Soul Remains?

I've been playing Demon's souls again recently and I'm at Shrine of Storms (4th pillar clockwise). It seems that `Soul Remains` has a high drop rate amongst the Skeleton enemies. Looking at the description `Attracts those who are hungry for Souls`, chucked a few here and there but can't really seem to ascertain what they do. Are they useful for anything?


How do I get to the new area(s) in the Prepare to Die edition?

I originally played through _Dark Souls_ on the PS3 and now am playing the Prepare to Die edition on the PC. I've gotten to the point where all I have left to do is kill Lord Gwyn, but I haven't stumbled upon any of the new areas. What are the new areas, and how do I get to them?


What do I do about a caravan that is being attacked?

So, in order to get money in Assassin's Creed 3 you've got to send out caravans (or naval caravans) to ship your goods across the lands and all that Jazz. Well when the game was first explaining this they had me send out a single caravan to an area just as demonstration. However, now this Caravan is apparently under attack and has been for quite some time. The menu has no options or anything of the sort to give me ways to deal with this, and the caravan just sits there in the menu being completely useless. What do I need to do with this caravan in order to get it out of its "attacked" state and usable again?


What level will I be on Borderlands 2 after completing the main game and all DLC?

I have just completed Borderlands 2 main campaign and all of the side quests (except for the infamous Terrormorphus) and am sat at level 35. I am aiming to hit level 50, and feel that instead of just grinding through TVHM I might enjoy playing the DLC instead (I will be getting this either way). I am just curious to know, what level I would be after completing all of the current DLC? I know it's tricky to predict as people have played the DLC at different times, but I am sure someone must have completed it all before reaching level 50.


Does anything transfer from Fable 2 to Fable 3?

I know a lot of games have been doing this recently (Mass Effect), but does Fable 3 have any such features? Just wondering if I should boot Fable 2 up and finish some things before playing Fable 3.


How can I make the mean goth kids talk to me and be my friends?

The goth kids behind the school are jerks. But I want to be friends with everybody! And besides, they have pretty okay taste in music. When I try to talk to them, they blow me off because I 'look like a conformist' and mention an old dude by the U-Stor-It who sells 'clothes like theirs'. I found the Hobo merchant in question, and was able to buy an Emo Haircut, Eyeliner, Du-Rag (which doesn't seem very goth, to be honest) and some gloves from him, but even when wearing all of those items, the goths won't give me the time of day. What gives?


Does the Operative talent "Flash Powder" work on bosses that are immune to the incapacitate from Flash Bang?

Specifically raid bosses - are they affected by the accuracy debuff? I know a number of other similar effects (i.e. from Snipers and Marauders) _do_ work on raid bosses. Wondering if this would be a useful addition to my Operative's toolkit, or if it's a waste of two talent points.


How do you view previous Inside Xbox (or any old feed) in the 360's new 'metro' UI?

In the NXE I could view hints and tips from old Inside Xbox episodes from a history channel. I can't find this in the new Metro UI - I can view the most recent stories only, but that only ever covers the last month or two and I regularly buy old games and want to view the feed from when they were released. How do I do this in Metro? What am I missing?


Can I use my own sound files instead of the default ones?

After playing Terraria for a little while, I have started to find the default sounds for when a player takes damage a little annoying and I'm looking for a way to use my own sound files instead of the default ones provided with the game. I have seen that it is possible to change to an already existing sound in the Terraria sound folder (here), but I am looking to use my own sounds so this doesn't exactly fit what I'm looking for. I guess I need to know a couple of things in order to be able to do this:   * What format should the sound files be in?   * What should I use to convert the files to the .xnb format?


Can I play AOE 2 over LAN, cross-platform, between Mac and Windows?

A few friends and I want to play some AOE over the weekend. I have a MacBook Air, and they have PC's running Windows XP. They are all able to connect to a single host using the "Local Area Network" option in multiplayer, however, I cannot connect to a host running Windows. I am unable to locate any option which says "LAN" in the multiplayer screen. Also, even though we're all connected to the same router and have IPs like 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, etc, I can't directly connect over TCP/IP using their IP address. I have Googled for this and have seen posts saying that AOE II does not support cross platform multi-player gaming. I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have ideas?


How is the Mute ability supposed to work?

So I have the **Mute** ability in one of my sets but I'm having a tough time figuring out how to actually use it. It's supposedly prevents _any_ Templar around me within a certain distance from being able to kill, stun or use their abilities. I figure the orb that forms around me shows the region it's supposed to affect. However it doesn't seem to be working for me at all. If I'm on the hunt and use it on a target, they almost always are able to contest the kill or stun me. Likewise when I'm being defensive, my pursuer is able to just run up to me and kill me. Yet somehow, if other people manage to use it on me, it always seems to affect me. It doesn't seem to matter if I use it only when close or preemptively for the approach. In case it matters, I'm playing the PC version and it seems I'm connecting laggy hosts every once in a while. Kills, stuns or contested kills I know I should have gotten don't seem to register for me at times. But even if this is causing problems, why isn't it working even when I use it before they're anywhere near striking distance _and_ if I try to compensate for the lag? How the heck am I supposed to use this thing?


Why does my Xbox 360 sound constipated playing some games and not others?

My Xbox 360 seems to make a LOT more noise while playing COD:MW2 than COD:BO. Is there a reason for this or am I just imagining things? Also, is there a way to reduce the noise vibration makes? It is a Xbox 360 Slim (4GB) console, about 6 months old.


My PS3 says my WPA2 key is wrong

I just bought a used PS3. The first thing I did was tried to connect it to the internet. However, it won't accept my WPA2 key. So far I've tried increasing my clients available setting on my DHCP server, setting my wireless to G only, the age-old 'turn it off and on again' with both the console and router, and setting up a guest connection. Nothing works- it just keeps saying the key infomation exchange timed out. Your wpa key may be wrong. I'm sure it's not the WPA key- I've even tried specifically changing it to test this. I'm out of ideas. Can anyone help me with this?


Can I "autoloot" all items?

Even low mobs seem to drop gold in multiple bits - so probably bosses are likely to drop lots of stuff separately. Do I always have to click every single item or is there a way to quickly loot everything on the ground?


What is the name of this spell and which mastery give it?

One of Hades Generals have a spell that creates a large circle on the ground under the target it is attacking that sucks health and energy of the enemies within. Is there a mastery to give this spell and what is it's name?


Does LeBlanc's second cast on her W proc SpellBlade (Lich Bane)?

The title says it all. For example:   * LeBlanc stands around near an Ashe.   * LeBlanc W's towards the Ashe.   * LeBlanc auto-attacks the Ashe and activates Spellblade.   * LeBlanc quickly W's back to her original spot.   * LeBlanc auto-attacks the Ashe. Does LeBlanc get the buff when she W's the second time?


How can I escape from deep lakes?

I just fell into a deep lake underground and miserably died because I was not able to jump out. Are there any techniques to survive in this case, or is this one of the dangerous aspects of being a miner?


How to have a name floating over a button

In lots of Minecraft minigames I have seen buttons, for example to start the game, that have a floating name tag above them. How do they do that ?


How do you get to the fourth island without great slides in tiny wings?

I have the x24 multiplier nest. The next nest has an objective that requires you get to island 4 without any great slides. This has turned out to be much harder than I anticipated and I'm wondering if I'm missing something simple. I am trying to time my landings to hit the top of the hill before the dip, thus removing the chance of a great slide. Is there an easier way?


Steam thinks it's running in compatibility mode

I tried to start up Steam, but it says it is currently set to run in compatibility mode. I checked under Properties but compatibility mode is not enabled. I looked at settings for all users, but compatibility mode wasn't enabled either. Thinking it got fixed, I tried to start up Steam again but it still thinks it's set to run in compatibility mode. How do I fix this?


I know that ME3 deals extra damage to headshots on organic enemies, which is reasonable since they have their vital squish brain parts up there. But with synthetic enemies like the geth, they could be designed to store their vital components in a more protected area. Do headshots do extra damage to synthetic enemies? Is the damage bonus the same as it is to organics?


Did the update fix the multiple Panna City Medicine levels bug?

Prior to the recent update fixing the holiday decoration bug, I have seen people say that they built more than one Panna City Medicine Level due to their decorations resetting and being able to make the same achievements over again. I'm closing in on that situation myself, and I want to know if the recent update fixed this bug, or am I going to have two Panna City Medicine levels?


How can I defeat the dragon's challenge in Candy box 2? (Hell)

So the question is, how do I defeat the challenge from the dragon? The hell with the devil. I thought I'd have to use Anti Gravity + Jump to get over those 2 lava holes, but when I want to jump this "bat" or what ever is placing mobs on my head, so I can't jump. Any tutorials? Thanks in advance.


Do pain au chocolats stack?

I've thrown 3 pain au chocolats down the well, and spent one on each upgrade. If I were to throw another down, would the effects stack?


How can I preserve a Jungle that was generated with Corruption inside it?

In my world, the Jungle was generated with multiple large veins of Corruption running right down the center of it, as well as throughout the Underground Jungle. I'm interested in preserving as much of my Jungle as possible as I transition into Hardmode, and would like to take whatever steps I can to help protect it beforehand. I know that I can create an artificial Jungle if needed, but I'm playing on a large world so I'd like to preserve the large naturally-occurring Jungle that I already have, if possible. I know that it's possible to "inoculate" an Underground Jungle in early Hardmode by deliberately spreading Hallow around it before the Corruption has a chance to reach it, since Corruption can't overwrite Hallow. However, I am unsure whether that technique is applicable since the Corruption already exists _inside_ my Jungle. I also know that it's possible (though laborious) to un-corrupt land that has been taken over by the Corruption, but I'd greatly prefer to prevent the Corruption from spreading any further, rather than having to do damage control afterwards. The existence of the Corruption that's already there doesn't bother me, either, I just don't want it to get any worse. Are there any simple steps I can take (pre-Hardmode) to ensure that my Jungle isn't fully taken over by the Corruption once Hardmode starts? (Preferably ones that involve less effort than manually excising the interloping Corruption block-by-block. :))


How do you obtain the octopus king's crown?

I've heard that the octopus king will drop his crown upon dying, but I've killed him many times and I see no crown.


Do character positions at the table matter?

Question is already in the title, but I'll be more precise. Is there any difference in the character positioning? Should I always have tanks left and supporters right or something like that?   I read something about Necromancer buffing himself and his neighbors, but can't find the statement anymore. And alongside with this:   If it does matter, is there a chance to resort the party without deleting a character and starting at lvl 1 again? Thanks!


Is the max skill of retail dream job bitizen only 8?

I have cycled through 500 bitizens (using a tower bux to move them in, and then evicting after) in order to try and get bitizens with a dream job and skill level 9 into each job slot, but I have not seen a bitizen with a skill of 9 in retail (purple) yet. Not even in bitizens that have other dream jobs. Is retail capped at a skill of 8, or am I just extremely unlucky so far?


Corpser or Vile Roaches in HOTS?

![Roach Choice](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Rfld4.png) Evolution Chamber choices in the HOTS campaign: one is between Corpser and Vile Roaches. Trying to avoid buyer's remorse with my choice here :) Corpser roaches create 2 roachlings when they kill which have a limited life like locusts from the swarm host, while Vile roaches have an attack that slows enemy units by 75%. What are the advantages of each? Which work better in a mixed army? What is the best mutation depending on what type of Roach I chose? * * * **Mutations**   * **Adaptive Plating** : Gain +3 armor when life falls below 50%   * **Hydriodic Bile** : Gain +8 damage vs. light units.   * **Tunneling Claws** : Move at full speed when burrowed, and gain 100% life regeneration rate.


Where to find the Old Keepsake Box?

The Old Keepsake Box contains 8 of the journals needed by Act 1 achievements "A Quick Study" and "Historian of Tristram". Based on the answer at http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/70084/26911, it can be found randomly in Old Tristram or The Old Ruins. Is there a quick way to locate the box? List of Journals:   * Cain's Old Journal, Part 1   * Cain's Old Journal, Part 2   * Gillian's Diary, Part 1   * Gillian's Diary, Part 2   * Lost Journal   * Old Diary   * Despina's Journal   * Old Tristram Journal


Can you always win last man standing?

I seem to frequently die in the 'last man standing' showdown because:   * Out of ammo.   * Target is obstructed by cover.    * Max is in an awkward position e.g.doing a flip, and can't get a target in time. Can you actually do anything in these situations to not die?


Increase video cache size in Lineage 2

Is there any command line option to increase the video cache size to a greater value in Lineage II Goddess of Destruction Harmony client? This would in turn allow me to have lesser lags and greater loading times. I read in the official forums that there is an option to do exactly this by editing the `l2.ini` file but that would be altering the client so I want to know if there is another way around this problem... Or altering `l2.ini` is the only option for doing this.


how to play resident evil 5 co-op on two computers without tunngle/hamachi

I want to play Resident Evil 5 on my two pcs connected directly to the network through a strait through cable as co-op mode. Do I still need a third party software like tunngle/Hamachi or even without using the these applications I can play on my local network. If so How??


How can I murder with a No Crime morality follower without them turning against me?

I'm playing Skyrim on the PS3, and I have Uthgerd the Unbroken following me, who will attack me if I commit crimes against residents of Whiterun. Is there a way I can kill people without her attacking me? Because I really want Nazeem and the Talos preacher guy dead, but I don't want to have to either kill Uthgerd, or make her go home every time I want to murder someone.


How can I back up a saved game on Nintendo DS?

My wife and I share a single Nintendo DS. Many DS games permit only a single slot; one example is Etrian Odyssey. I would like to be able to back up my Level 18 Etrian Odyssey party so that my wife can try the game without my losing the many hours I have put in. I have heard there is a device called "R4" or "R4DS" which might make this possible, but I can't figure out which device to buy or how to set it up. **How can I back up a Nintendo DS saved game onto an external flash card, then later restore?**


Do DLC weapons level with me?

This is just a quick question. If I had bought the DLC and then opened the box, The weapons are like very low level, will the weapons level up with me? Or should I have waited till I was a high level then returned to get the weapons?


Playstation 3 Backwards Compatibility and Upgradability

My PS2 has finally died, and I am looking to hunt down a PS3 60GB for the hardware backwards compatibility. I've located a few for ~250$. Since I've never really used a PS3, I have a few questions. First, the one I am looking at the most says it comes with the 2.7 firmware. If I upgrade the firmware, will that completely remove hardware backwards compatibility for PS1 and PS2 games? According to Wikipedia all firmwares can play PS1 games, but emulation for PS2 games seems to be a bit less clear. Second, can I replace the internal hard disk with a custom one (something like a 1tb hitachi travelstar)? I've found reports that the hard disks are user upgradable on wikipedia. I'm just trying to figure out the current "state of the union."


**Questions about portal key possesion in Ingress:**   1. Is there a limit to the total number of Portal Keys you can keep in your inventory?   2. If yes, what happens when you key limit is reached and you got a new key via hacking?   3. Is it "legal" to hold several keys to the same portal? There were rumors that 35 was the limit, according to this article 35 is the maximum number of portal keys including duplicates a player can hold. However the recent update confirmed that this was rather an app bug.


Tier system in SWTOR

In SWTOR you have light/dark points at 1000 point you have tier 1, where can I buy it or just it is a requirement? is it PVE set? how can I buy the pvp set?


How do you craft bombs?

I already bought the crafting diagram, but I could find a crafter in Floatsam to make them for me. Are there other type of crafters in other cities?


How exactly does the Gyrocopters Flak Cannon work?

I recently used the Gyrocopter for the first time and I must say, he was an extremely fun play. His Flak Cannon ability seemed to work great for farming, allowing my basic attacks to target everything around me in an 800 range aoe. (works nice in team fights too) I soon noticed however, that if I activated my Rocket Barrage skill with Flak Cannon up, the Rockets seemed to ALSO target everything in the 800 aoe. This leads to my question, what exactly does the Flak Cannon apply to? The two guides sported at playdota.com don't specify, so I'm asking here. Does Flak Cannon apply only to my basic attack? (was I wrong with my impression that it upgrades Rocket Barrage as well?) Or does it apply to other skills, if so which ones and how exactly?


Tactics to beat pioneer rush?

The German pioneer rush can be very effective especially against the Brits. What tactics can you use as Brit or American to defeat this move?


Do I have to get each collection achievement from the Claptrap DLC in a single playthrough?

I'm trying to get the following achievements:   * The Lubricator   * Bobble-Trap   * It's so realistic   * What a party! It is taking forever to get some of these. Do I have to do this with in one playthrough? What about if I collect these in multiple playthroughs but with the same character? Is it cumulative over all my characters and all my playthroughs in my save game?


Minecraft crashes after logging in: A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment

Minecraft crashes after I click "Login" at the Minecraft Launcher Window. The credentials are valid, and minecraft.net and notch are up because I have tried to launch minecraft on another computer and it works. Things that I have tried and haven't worked:   * Reinstalled java   * Installed Java SE7, JDK7, JRE7   * Reinstalled minecraft, forced update   * Deleted .minecraft and deleted Minecraft.exe   * Restarted the computer   * Forced minecraft to update   * Checked my internet connection   * Deleted everything to do with minecraft, including Windows PF files and reinstalled minecraft # Interesting Observations I noticed that the command that the minecraft.jar file is being run with says that it can have up to 1024mb of ram. I only have ~500mb of ram, so it would be referencing pointers in an unknown location. I also notice a gl issue, which I'm not really sure how to fix. I have no idea what to do next. After Minecraft crashes, it generates a file named hs_err_pd(random number) which has some interesting crash information. The contents of the file is posted below (with personal information starred out): # Update The issue does not have to do with Java 7. Updated log file.               #     # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:     #     #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x5278b517, pid=2480, tid=228     #     # JRE version: 6.0_26-b03     # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (20.1-b02 mixed mode windows-x86 )     # Problematic frame:     # C  [atioglx1.dll+0x3fb517]     #     # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:     #   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp     # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.     # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.     #          ---------------  T H R E A D  ---------------          Current thread (0x49e4c400):  JavaThread "Minecraft main thread" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=228, stack(0x49c30000,0x49c80000)]          siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0x000000be          Registers:     EAX=0x00000000, EBX=0x00000000, ECX=0x00000000, EDX=0x49c7f4f0     ESP=0x49c7f4b0, EBP=0x52a58040, ESI=0x00000000, EDI=0x52a8e0a8     EIP=0x5278b517, EFLAGS=0x00010206          Top of Stack: (sp=0x49c7f4b0)     0x49c7f4b0:   529de368 00000000 42353434 44324645     0x49c7f4c0:   30305c7d 4f5c3030 476e6570 72505c4c     0x49c7f4d0:   000000f0 00000065 00000000 00000000     0x49c7f4e0:   00000000 00000000 527abc8b 49c7f518     0x49c7f4f0:   00000000 00000608 00000000 00008000     0x49c7f500:   00001000 00000000 00000000 00000000     0x49c7f510:   00000000 00000000 49c7f474 49c7f55c     0x49c7f520:   49c7f55c 7c90e920 7c910060 ffffffff           Instructions: (pc=0x5278b517)     0x5278b4f7:   e8 74 f5 ff ff b8 01 00 00 00 5f 5d 5e 5b 83 c4     0x5278b507:   30 c2 04 00 cc cc cc cc cc 83 ec 30 53 56 8b f1     0x5278b517:   8a 86 be 00 00 00 84 c0 8b da 74 1c e8 68 07 00     0x5278b527:   00 8a 86 be 00 00 00 84 c0 74 0d 5e b8 c8 00 00                Register to memory mapping:          EAX=0x00000000 is an unknown value     EBX=0x00000000 is an unknown value     ECX=0x00000000 is an unknown value     EDX=0x49c7f4f0 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x49e4c400     ESP=0x49c7f4b0 is pointing into the stack for thread: 0x49e4c400     EBP=0x52a58040 is an unknown value     ESI=0x00000000 is an unknown value     EDI=0x52a8e0a8 is an unknown value               Stack: [0x49c30000,0x49c80000],  sp=0x49c7f4b0,  free space=317k     Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code)     C  [atioglx1.dll+0x3fb517]  atiPPHSN+0x356267          Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code)     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsContextImplementation.nCreate(Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;Ljava/nio/IntBuffer;Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;+0     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsContextImplementation.create(Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/PeerInfo;Ljava/nio/IntBuffer;Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;)Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer;+10     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.Context.<init>(Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/PeerInfo;Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/ContextAttribs;Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/Context;)V+104     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/PixelFormat;Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/Drawable;Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/ContextAttribs;)V+88     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Lorg/lwjgl/opengl/PixelFormat;)V+9     j  org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create()V+13     j  net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a()V+135     j  net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run()V+6     j  java.lang.Thread.run()V+11     v  ~StubRoutines::call_stub          ---------------  P R O C E S S  ---------------          Java Threads: ( => current thread )     =>0x49e4c400 JavaThread "Minecraft main thread" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=228, stack(0x49c30000,0x49c80000)]       0x49e4cc00 JavaThread "Timer hack thread" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1168, stack(0x49b80000,0x49bd0000)]       0x48ff4400 JavaThread "Keep-Alive-Timer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=1608, stack(0x49570000,0x495c0000)]       0x003b6800 JavaThread "DestroyJavaVM" [_thread_blocked, id=3492, stack(0x009c0000,0x00a10000)]       0x490ac400 JavaThread "TimerQueue" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2700, stack(0x49510000,0x49560000)]       0x49068400 JavaThread "AWT-EventQueue-0" [_thread_blocked, id=3992, stack(0x494c0000,0x49510000)]       0x4903b800 JavaThread "AWT-Windows" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=2284, stack(0x49310000,0x49360000)]       0x4903a400 JavaThread "AWT-Shutdown" [_thread_blocked, id=1032, stack(0x492c0000,0x49310000)]       0x49037000 JavaThread "Java2D Disposer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3456, stack(0x49260000,0x492b0000)]       0x48cdf400 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3980, stack(0x48f30000,0x48f80000)]       0x48cdc800 JavaThread "C1 CompilerThread0" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3968, stack(0x48ee0000,0x48f30000)]       0x48cd7c00 JavaThread "Attach Listener" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2500, stack(0x48e90000,0x48ee0000)]       0x48cd6400 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=2496, stack(0x48e40000,0x48e90000)]       0x48cc9800 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3056, stack(0x48df0000,0x48e40000)]       0x48cc5000 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon [_thread_blocked, id=3296, stack(0x48da0000,0x48df0000)]          Other Threads:       0x48cc1000 VMThread [stack: 0x48d50000,0x48da0000] [id=740]       0x48cea000 WatcherThread [stack: 0x48f80000,0x48fd0000] [id=3964]          VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)          VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None          Heap      def new generation   total 157248K, used 79087K [0x02a90000, 0x0d530000, 0x17fe0000)       eden space 139776K,  56% used [0x02a90000, 0x077cbc10, 0x0b310000)       from space 17472K,   0% used [0x0b310000, 0x0b310000, 0x0c420000)       to   space 17472K,   0% used [0x0c420000, 0x0c420000, 0x0d530000)      tenured generation   total 349568K, used 0K [0x17fe0000, 0x2d540000, 0x42a90000)        the space 349568K,   0% used [0x17fe0000, 0x17fe0000, 0x17fe0200, 0x2d540000)      compacting perm gen  total 13056K, used 12886K [0x42a90000, 0x43750000, 0x46a90000)        the space 13056K,  98% used [0x42a90000, 0x43725b78, 0x43725c00, 0x43750000)     No shared spaces configured.          Code Cache  [0x00a10000, 0x00bc0000, 0x02a10000)      total_blobs=1031 nmethods=797 adapters=169 free_code_cache=31814784 largest_free_block=0          Dynamic libraries:     0x00400000 - 0x00424000     C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javaw.exe     0x7c900000 - 0x7c9b2000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll     0x7c800000 - 0x7c8f6000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll     0x77dd0000 - 0x77e6b000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll     0x77e70000 - 0x77f03000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll     0x77fe0000 - 0x77ff1000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll     0x7e410000 - 0x7e4a1000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll     0x77f10000 - 0x77f59000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll     0x76390000 - 0x763ad000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.DLL     0x629c0000 - 0x629c9000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL     0x74d90000 - 0x74dfb000     C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll     0x7c340000 - 0x7c396000     C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\msvcr71.dll     0x6d7f0000 - 0x6da9f000     C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\client\jvm.dll     0x76b40000 - 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Can tamed pets accidentally teleport into lava?

I've been having an issue with my dogs. Specifically, they keep dying while locked up tight in my fortress. I've got a few levels, each three blocks high. As I'm going up and down doing stuff, my dogs follow me, but _occasionally_ I hear one die rather quickly. My first thought was to blame Endermen, since I am building three high, they can easily have the run of the place. However, after placing a command block to zap those creepy dudes from existence every few ticks, the problem is persisting. Nothing else can spawn inside, I've checked and re-checked every nook. I then had a bit of an epiphany: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kmwbp.png) (Don't mind the command blocks, they're just a convenient mode of transportation as I work on a very large adventure map I'm building - the lava was just an experiment with using lava for lighting) Is it possible for pets to accidentally teleport into lava while trying to follow you? I can't figure out what else is killing my dogs so randomly.


New Vegas Companions Quests

Are Companion Quest in New Vegas necessary to complete ? Are there any penalties if I don't complete all of them ?