I have little fighting skill. How can I get rid of a Wither?

I have set up a Minecraft server for my 5-year-old son and a friend of his. They use it in creative mode to build stuff. Today, my son copied instructions he saw in a YouTube video and created a Wither boss. Upon creation, it blew up two quite beloved constructions of his and proceeded to wreak havoc in their town. This is when I got called in. I had hoped that some kind of operator command would be available to kill a monster and found               /kill @e[type=WitherBoss]      but that killed my avatar rather than the Wither. I think this is due to these options not yet being available. Would upgrading the server to the latest version allow me to kill it this way? If not, what is the best way to get rid of the thing? It does not necessarily have to die - if it were to sit somewhere a bit further away from the constructions and be quiet, that would be fine too. But I'm looking for a way with preferably little or no fighting skill required, since neither of us has much of that. And it'd be nice if we can save some of the scenery as well; he was rather shaken and sad already due to the destruction.


What can I do to get the most "fully stocked" tower bux bonuses?

I'm interested in any answer, but I'm particularly curious if there is a limit on how often you can it for a given store. For the Food store's it is normally hard to keep them stocked, and if I can only get "Fully Stocked" tower bux bonus say once an hour per store, than I wouldn't work as hard to keep those stores full.


Is it safe to buy a pre-owned Wii?

I want to get a Wii to play the new Zelda game, but I am on a pretty tight budget. I have only about $150 to spend, so my best option appears to be buying a used Wii at GameStop for $80 and buying Zelda and the motion plus. My only concern is the reliability of a used console. Are there any common console failures that I might be at risk for with the Wii? My main alternative would be to get the black Wii + Mario bundle, but then I would have to wait to get Zelda, which would not be the end of the world. The last thing I want is to get stuck with a broken console because I was cheap. Most of my Nintendo stuff in the past has been high quality and I am not particularly worried, I was just wondering what common types of Wii failures occur, and what to watch out for.


What are the fast ways of leveling  without using platinum?

I use the daily elixir and the Playa's potion which gives a 1.5 exp gain and I can only level up twice everyday. Will getting to Mt. Fang be at all helpful?


How do you reset the training counter with the console?

I can't find how to reset the _trained this level_ -counter. Is there a command to do so via the console, and if so--what is it?


How can I make Quick Play Start Working

Up until not long ago, I could go into the quick play section, hit the "play now" button, and I would get a server. Recently it has stopped working, saying there are no servers available. Yet I can find servers in the server browser, favorite etc. Is there any fix for this? Could this have been caused by me installing a new HUD?


Why did Steam erase all my games?

Steam just erased all my games without warning. Here's my setup and what I've done recently that could be related (I'm including probably too much detail in the hopes it helps someone figure out what happened):   * I've had my Steam account in use on 3 computers for months, and added a fourth about a month ago. There were no issues with this other than the normal needing to coordinate which one is signed in at what time.   * Yesterday I restored part of a backup (made on Computer **A** several months ago) to Computer **B**. This was a bit problematic; it failed once, then again when I tried in Offline Mode, and worked the third time although there were connection issues and I had trouble getting Steam to exit after it finished. In the end this exercise was entirely useless since Steam wanted to download the entire games again anyways.1   * Today I completed some of the downloads on Computer **B** (COD1 and Worms Crazy Golf).   * I then signed in on Computer **C** , forcing Computer **B** to be logged out.   * Then I put Steam into Offline Mode on Computer **C** , and logged in on Computer **B** again.   * Next I started up Worms Crazy Golf on **B** and exited Steam when I realized that **B** didn't have my saves since the game doesn't use Steam Cloud. (Despite this, Steam reported that it was syncing to Steam Cloud when I exited.)   * Finally I started Steam on Computer **A** before connecting to the internet, and it naturally gave me a connection error. I connected and hit Retry. Instead of logging in it said something like "Exiting", the main window flashed briefly, and it exited.   * I believe this is the point where it erased everything because the log-in window came back up about thirty seconds later and, while it remembered my username, it didn't remember my password and otherwise looked like it does when you start it up the very first time.   * After signing in none of my games were marked as installed, and my Favorites menu was empty (and ended up empty on the other PCs as well). My steamapps\common folder on the hard drive was empty and nothing could be recovered with undelete tools. So, now I have a few questions:   * Why did Steam erase everything? Is this a known issue?   * Did I do something "wrong"? I was the one doing all of the actions, setting up and playing, though who knows what their heuristics thought of it. My account doesn't appear to have been suspended or anything.   * How can I prevent this from happening again?    1The re-downloading could be because there were updates to the games, but I don't think so since the downloads were the size of the entire games. COD:MW2 couldn't possibly have had 11 GB of updates, right? Either way I am sticking to manual backups from now on, Steam's are too slow and obviously unreliable.


Where is Bruce Wayne?

I know that the Watch Dogs is set in the city of Chicago, not Gotham, but I saw at some site the profile of Bruce Wayne with $20 billion dollars in his bank account in some random street in Watch Dogs. So the question is: does Bruce Wayne really exist in Watch Dogs or this is a hoax? If it's true, did someone find where he hangs out? Here is a picture showing this: ![as in the Batman Bruce Wayne](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zbknZ.jpg)


What option will generate fewer aquifers in world gen?

I am facing an aquifer at every conceivable location it seems. I finally figured out how to tunnel through on a freezing map, but I don't want to spend so much time above ground. My dwarves need their tunnels.


Guild Wars - How To Lower Ping / Change District?

I've never played the original GW - but I thought I'd give it a try. When I connect and start playing, the game seems slow and unresponsive. If I bring up the performance window I can see that my ping > 400ms. Can anyone tell me if there are European verse US servers like there are in WoW? I don't remember being asked, nor do I see a way to choose. I've tried to Google it; but I'm having trouble avoiding results for 'Guild Wars 2'. I was able to find information about 'Territorys' which seems like what I want; but I can't figure out how to set it's value. My NCSoft account was created in the United States; perhaps there is no way to change it?


Where are the droid legs on M4-78 in The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod?

I've recently reinstalled KOTOR II with the Restored Content Mod and have gotten to the Droid Planet (M4-78). I've been okay with the other quests, but Fixing Droids quest has me stumped. I've repaired both the droid in environmental and the droid outside the industrial sector, but I cannot find the legs that the droid by the landing pad entrance needs. Any one know where I should look? Alternatively if anyone has found a guide/walkthrough for that includes the sections added by the Restored content mod that would be appreciated.


Is the N7:Cerberus Attacks mission internally time sensitive?

I know that the mission itself must be completed before the Priority:Tuchanka mission, and that's not what I'm asking about. Within the mission I hear a lot of hollering of "save me" from the civilians that Cerberus are attacking. Meanwhile this area has tons of hidey holes with stuff to find. Will I be penalized for moving slowly through this area and farming instead of hauling butt to save the civilians? (Sort of like how it's okay to put priority missions as the last thing on your to-do list?)


How do you put mana symbols in your name?

In all of the Magic the Gathering: Duals of the Planeswalker games so far, you can add mana symbols (and other symbols?) to your name using special character sequences. **What are all the character sequences?**


If I'm farming the Warrior using the moonshot, can I switch to the new Tiny Tina DLC and still farm?

I've been farming the Warrior on UVHM (finally got there last night), but I also want to play the new DLC. If I jump to Dragon Keep (or whatever the station is for the new DLC), will I still be able to continue farming the Warrior with moonshots? My assumption is that I'll have to kill everything on the way there (since I can't just teleport into the Vault of the Hunter) but not have to kill the Warrior again. Is that correct?


My steampunker wont spawn even though i have all of the requirements to get her and i have a sutible house

I cant make the steam punker move into my house even though i killed a mechanical boss, i removed the hollow from my house, the house is sutible, i just don't know what went wrong


Jungler or Support in Twisted Threeline (3v3 map)

I play a lot of 3v3 ranked (currently gold I) and I noticed that sometimes a team would have a jungler, and sometimes a support that will assist one of his teammate bot or top. I was wondering what are the advantages and disadvantages of using both strategy, and in which situation would one work best? Thanks


fort suddently died, looking for explanantion

I had reclaimed a fortress in a hot region, and started to dig looking for water. Then a message about the fort's death appeared. One tick, I had 7 dwarves happy digging, farming, brewing, in multiple layers of cavern, and one tick later (a looong tick, the game froze a bit) and I got the fortress death message. I did not have a savegame since not even a season had passed. I don't have any mods. Just ironhand tileset. After reclaiming again I've got a hidden collapse, skeleton of dwarves and a dog on upper layer, and just some bag in the lowest layer where miner was working. No cave or other !!FUN!! has been located. I'm puzzled. EDIT: Another collapse on level lower than I had dug. I'm puzzled and scared. EDIT: Corpses are found "dehydrated", but dwarf was fine and a lot of booze was there. EDIT: Dug to the collapse, seem unrelated as I found a seasonal flooding magma sea and water. Also a lot of nether-cap inside the magma sea suggest that the first winter's magma flooding has filled the cave causing the collapse somehow, maybe the first time meeting the water lake.


What is the Xbox 360's repair warranty term?

I'm debating whether or not to ship my Xbox 360 in for repair (three red lights, out of warranty, original Xbox 360). Its warranty expired in 2008. If I pay for Microsoft to fix it and it breaks again two days later, will they cover it? Can someone please confirm what the post-repair warranty term? 30 days? 90 days? Anything? I didn't see this explicitly mentioned on their site.


How does auto-leveling work?

In the **Options** screen under **Gameplay** , there is an option to turn " **Auto Level-Up** " on or off. I understand the gist of auto-leveling to be that the game decides how to increase the abilities of your team. But what criteria does it use to decide what to focus on when it comes to a character- by-character basis?   * Does the game always level up character X in the same way?   * If I leave auto-leveling on for the duration, will my squad be underpowered toward the latter half of the game compared to the min-max approach that's typically done by the player?   * Does the game attempt to min-max abilities, or does it put points in everything equally? Here's the actual **Options** screen I'm talking about: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/P9VEo.jpg) Notice the lack of useful information being displayed at the bottom.


In mass effect 3, how does Fortification work?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What does Fortification do? Does fortification increase Damage resistance in general? Or just Health? Or Shield/Barrier?


Can't use any DLC red text content for Borderlands 2

I cant seem to use any DLC redtext weaponry even after completing Captain Scarlet's campaign. It still says at the top of a weapon pane " requires pirate booty " of which i happily looted previously.


How does the DPS between Nova's rank 5 evolutions compare?

At rank 5, Nova can evolve one of two different ways, **Power Recharge** or **Half Blast**. The descriptions are:   * **Power Recharge** - Increase recharge speed of all powers by 25% for 15s.     * Damage: 385     * Force: 585N     * Radius: 4m    * **Half Blast** - Gain the option to use nova two times in a row by reducing its barrier consumption by 50% but at the cost of reducing damage and force by 40%.      * Damage: 245     * Force: 405N     * Radius: 4m Given these statistics, how much DPS does each version of the power do over the same period of time, all other factors (enemy shields/armor/barrier, difficulty, etc.) being equal? I'm having trouble figuring this out by eyeballing it because I'm unsure if Power Recharge increases Nova's recharge as well and what effect that would have. If there are other, more situational factors that would significantly affect the DPS output that are more clear from hands-on experience with each version (basically, if it sounds good on paper but actually isn't so much in practice), please mention those in your answer.


When do the suicide grunts explode?

I was playing halo reach last week and there was a suicide grunt running at me. I ran away since I had no ammo or grenades and I sure as heck wasn't going to melee him. Well I ran around a rock thinking he would blow up on his own. 15 minutes go by and it still didn't die! He died when I thought he blew up but I was wrong! Why did he not blow up until he reached me?   Do they actually blow up on their own at some point?


How do I pick up multiple units at the same time with the Medivac?

In some videos I've seen Medivacs scoop up a whole load of units at the same time. I'm trying to get by right-clicking all the units to pick them up, but knowing how to do this properly would of course be helpful.


How can I remove older items from the downloads page, and display newer ones?

The downloads section of Steam's has been frustrating me. It's clogged up by some items I haven't been touching in months, whereas fresh downloads don't show up in the list. To add to the frustration, the status bar only shows the progress of the fresh downloads, ignoring the staler ones. Removing local content of games in the downloads page does _not_ remove them from my downloads page for some reason. How can I make the downloads page stop showing these few old downloads, and show newer ones instead?


Does playing a low-level quest in Diablo III give me less XP per kill?

If I've skipped to Act II as soon as I can, but I come back eventually and play with a level 3 player, the mobs are very easy. Are they providing me with less XP per mob then I would've achieved if I were level 3? Are they providing my friend with less XP then if he were playing with another level 3 player?


Civilization 5 vs Rise of Nation

I really enjoyed Rise of Nations and with all the Civi 5 questions popping up here, how is Civilization 5 different than Rise of Nations? Rise of Nations employed the concept of territory but also had RTS elements.


What does the potion medal do?

I just discovered the potion medal. The game's description seemed pretty vague. I've now got too much stuff to carry in all my adventure pouches. I need to decide what to carry with me and what to leave behind with the totally unstable item check lady. Help me decide. **What affect does the potion medal have?**


Do mortar strikes cause friendly fire?

In _Battlefield 3_ , ( _non_ -hardcore) I know that grenades can damage both enemies and teammates. Does this also apply to mortar fire? Am I hurting my own team with splash damage?


Does JOYSTICK-IT work with MAME on PC?

I'm thinking of getting a JOYSTICK-IT by ThinkGeek, the guys who developed the iCade. However, **I would like to know if the Joystick works for a MAME Emulator on PC.** It should be able to connect fine, since it is Bluetooth based, however I have doubts because of the iCade's incompatibility with PC (Discussed here). Does anyone have experience with the Joystick? Or can anyone tell me if it would work?


How do I force a pilot to eject without murdering him?

I'm trying to achieve "It's Cold Outside" which means that I have to force someone to eject from their ship. I loaded the game and flew to the first waypoint, and then jumped to one of the systems marked in red on the galaxy map. I quickly got into a pitched battle against a group of Terran fighters, but no matter how close I got to destroying their ships, they wouldn't eject. How can I force someone to eject from their ship?


Can I play Mass Effect 2 with 0 Paragon points?

I'm replaying ME2 as a 100% Renegade femshep and I just cured some plague on Omega so Mordin would follow me. I got some Renegade but I also got Paragon. Is it possible to play through without getting a single Paragon point? My aim is to be 100% Renegade and get 0 Paragon.


How do I get Enriched Terrain and Compost?

Is it possible to create your own **Enriched Terrain** (also known as **Fertile Terrain** ), or are you stuck with the ones provided? And related, where do I get more **Compost**?


How can I use all four weapon slots?

How do you use your four weapon slots in _Far Cry 3_? I own the holster/sling for four guns but I can only use two even though I own more.


Do accidents have any long-term consquences?

I'm not the best truck driver in the world. I'll usually crash into a couple things on a mission, resulting in the truck I'm driving taking damage. I've only done Quick Jobs so far, so any damage done to the truck is just taken off my fee for driving the truck. However, are there any other consequences to crashing into things, which go beyond the scope of my mission? Such as not being able to take on certain jobs due to having a high crash rate?


Are Jarvis Virus/Ada Refactors useless to the other side?

If an Enlightenment player picks up an ADA Refactor or if a Resistance player picks up a JARVIS virus, are they of any use? (Apart from recycling!) Each appears to be a weapon that can only be used by one side.


How do I interpret rally pace notes?

This applies probably much more broadly than to _DiRT 3_ only, but what do all the pace notes my co-driver provides mean? (Left|Right) [1-6]|"Hairpin" is easy enough to understand, along with the literal "keep left", "near house", but there are random numbers mixed in and other more abstract directions.


iPad stolen. Can we retrieve a Minecraft world?

My son has spend ages building his Minecraft world pocket edition on my iPad. However the iPad was stolen.   Is there any other way he can access his world from another iPad or laptop, etc..?


How do I unlock new hideouts?

In Watch Dogs, you start out with two hideouts you can fast-travel to. However, both are on the far corner of the island, so if I want to travel to a different corner, I have to make the long drive there manually. I assumed I'd get more hideouts through missions or something, but I'm about 5 hours in and still have just the two. **What do I need to do to unlock new hideouts?** Also, how many are there total, and where are they?


SimCity (2013) not loading

I have a Mac with the correct requirements and I have played the new SimCity before on it. Now that I've updated my system to Mavericks and updated SimCity, it no longer loads. When I click Play in Origin, it just sits there bouncing on my dock until it disappears (closing itself). After reinstalling Origin and reinstalling SimCity, the same thing happens. Any ideas why this is happening?


Does Design Type Matter?

Does "Design Type" matter in Space Empires 5? Specifically does it have any impact on how the AI or computer will build or manage those ships/units? I already noticed that units are grouped by design type.


Where can I find official data on character frame data and hitboxes?

In super street fighter 4, people often talk about frame data and hit boxes, and technical details about these topics can be found online. Has Capcom ever released these information? Or are they simply from guesswork and deductions by players?


How can I view the map in Assassin's Creed III?

Ok, this is a total newb question, but can't figure it out. I'm playing AC3 on a PC with an XBOX 360 controller connected. How can I open the map? Or, can I open the map? I have this tiny minimap in the corner of course, but I'd like to see more of the map. Or can't I open the map until later? I'm almost done with sequence 5.


What's the use of Alchemy?

I've now tried all three crafting trees and I must say, I don't really see the point of alchemy over the other two, save for lore. As I see, alchemy has a few shortcomings   * Takes ages to level, unless powerleveling it (which to me is a bit of an immersion sink).   * Doesn't give that extra kick crafted and enhanced/enchanted weapons and armor do   * Poisons have to be applied constantly which brakes the flow   * It's hard to know if the applied poison will make a difference or not. You might oneshot a mob without poison and in that case it's a waste of charge.   * More often than not, poisons are resisted, like the draugr.   * You can buy pretty much anything you need from an alchemy shop. Even as a non-alchemist I was basically drip feeding myself with potions.   * While not exactly boring, enchanted weapons still allow for more versitality and interesting combinations. All in all, I don't really get what all the hype about the alchemy tree is. I've read that it's quite overpowered but so far I haven't seen it. To me it's functional but uninteresting. I don't really see why I would pick alchemy over the other three. Could it be that I'm missing anything?


How does a New Game + differ from a standard New Game?

I've completed my first game of Bravely Default, and now I have the option to start a New Game +. If I choose a New Game +, what do I get to keep from my standard game? Are there any new areas? Are there any plot differences?


What do the lighter squares in your skills mean?

When playing The Sims 3 and improving your skills, one or two of the skills will have lighter squares around a certain level in the skill. So far I've only figured out that they're somehow related to my job (I think). Can anyone tell me what _exactly_ these squares mean? ![Example of squares](http://i.stack.imgur.com/gq9hq.jpg)


What attack upgrade do StarCraft 2's roaches use?

The Evolution Chamber allows for 2 different attack upgrades: melee and missile. It's obvious zerglings benefit from the melee upgrade and hydralisks benefit from the missile upgrade, but which do roaches benefit from?


What's the Atelier Rorona Plus Premium Box?

On the wiki in the 4th paragraph talking about the new stuff in Atelier Ronona Plus > The "Premium Box" editions of the game also differs slightly in content > between the PS3 and PS Vita versions however as far as i know there's only 1 version available to download for each, what is this "Premium Box" and how is it different to the normal versions for the PS3 and Vita and the PS3 and Vita versions of itself?


Error Hitch warning: 2636 msec frame time while launching COD4 Server on lan

Error Details; I have changing server option to internet and lan they both not worked for me. While changing server to No game runs but server is not detected to other lan mates. Any help would be great thanks.               WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_local' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_local2' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_ambient' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_hurt' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_player1' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_player2' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_music' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_musicnopause' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_mission' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_announcer' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     WARNING: unknown dvar 'bg_shock_volume_shellshock' in file 'shock/damage_mp.shock'     -----------------------------------     Hitch warning: 2636 msec frame time


How can I trade Pokemon between my 3DS and my PC?

On one hand I have Sapphire on my PC, running with VBA emulator, and on the other I have Pokemon X on my 3DS. I wanted to trade several Gen 3 and lower Pokemon between them, but couldn't find out how. I tried to connect the 3DS to my PC with a USB cable, but it still didn't help. On the 3DS I found you can switch with wireless connection, but since I dont have another 3DS, I dont see how it helps. Is there such an option? And if so, how do I do this?


My Sims are pausing every once in a while and all NPCs seem to have been stuck somewhere?

In Sims 3, me and my fiancee have settled with doing the change active household style of playing as discussed here Multiple users and households in Sims 3 Anyway, I have a feeling that some of the NPCs and the other Sim is getting stuck somewhere. Let me explain. Say i have Sim-A, and my fiancee uses Sim-B. I am currently playing my sim (Sim-A) and going about with my busy career etc. I do try to call on Sim-B to invite her over etc and she keeps saying sure, but 5 seconds later she says something came up. That seemed possible(even after 2 days of trying to call...my sim is lazy and busy so going to Sim-B's apartment is not really practical at the moment) So, when I sometimes try to play for tips in front of the movie theater, I see a bunch of NPCs naturally go there and sometimes chat around, do whatever the want, etc. I do notice though that most(if not all) of them are complaining of lack of sleep etc. I noticed this too when playing Sim-A or Sim-B(when playing Sim-A, Sim-B keeps complaining of lack of sleep, and vice versa) This also happens to most Sim-A's friends. They all complain and I had a suspicion that they're getting stuck somewhere. So the question is, is this a known bug, or is there a way to "debug" this problem without using tedious methods(like logging into every active household and checking them one by one)? An added note: Sim-B invited Sim-A to stay the night over since they're both tired(and still complaining of lack of sleep). Sim-B proceeded to sleep on her bed, but Sim-A just stood there, waiting for something to happen(add to the fact that Sim-A was already RELAXING on the bed...he stood up to do nothing!). After an hour of just standing there, I finally got fed up and switched active household over to Sim-A. He certainly wasn't stuck and I had to manually ask him to sleep on the bed(which he did). I am playing Late night btw and the only other major mod i don't have is fast lane(and i think that's even just a stuff expansion) I hope someone can shed light into this. I have a feeling Im gonna have to reset all the sims in my town for this to work


Can you run in Minecraft?

I've seen a lot of people on SMP that seem to go faster than me when playing. Did I miss a run button that I'm not aware in the game?


What does the Strike attribute do?

Equipping your golfers affects each of their stats: Power, Accuracy, Strike, Spin, and Putting. Most of them are pretty straightforward, but what does Strike do?


What items can I find in Die2Nite?

Items in the town bank seem to be broken in to four categories: Resources, Armoury, Furniture, and Miscellaneous. However I haven't been able to find a list of what items can be found or what they actually do. Is there an item list anywhere?


Which champions scale with kills in League of Legends?

I'm talking about skills like   * **Sion** 's _Enrage_ : TOGGLE: While toggled on, Sion has increased attack damage at the cost of some health for each autoattack. While Enrage is active, Sion permanently increases his maximum health whenever he kills a unit with either his attacks or abilities. This effect is doubled against champions and large units. **or**   * **Nasus** ' _Siphoning Strike_ : ACTIVE: Nasus' next attack within 10 seconds will deal additional physical damage. Siphoning Strike permanently gains 3 damage if it kills an enemy unit. This bonus is doubled for killing champions, large minions and large monsters which can scale **indefinitely**. Is there some comprehensive list of those champions somewhere? I was unable to find it so far.


How do custom skins work in TF2?

In TF2, my friend subscribed to a skin pack for scout to become femscout. The person tried loading the game, but the game was not changed. How would my friend cause the changes to occur?


Which slots can roll which affixes?

Certain affixes can only appear in certain slots, for example, CD only ever rolls on gloves, rings, amulets and weapons, Obviously, legendaries are an exception to this. Some you can find, for example for CD: http://www.diablowiki.net/Critical_hit_damage, but for others, like +Damage from certain skills I cannot find anywhere. What are the slots that _Increases Meteor damage by x%_ can roll on? More generally, what are the slots that any given stats can roll on?


Can't restore my Wii: BootMii Won't Work

**I am trying to restore or un-modify my Wii. When I try to start BootMii from the Home Brew Channel, I get only a black screen. Can somebody please help me?** I don't know how the heck I would have deleted BootMii but maybe that did happen. I do have the NAND.bin and KEYS.bin though. Would I be able to recover a bricked Wii with just these 2 files? I think I might just need to reinstall BootMii but the official Web site http://bootmii.org/ tells me to install it through HackMii - but I'm afraid to do that since my Wii is _already_ hacked.


Why does plugging in a monitor improve AA performance?

When I play Modern Warfare 2 using anti-aliasing on my Macbook Pro and no monitor, the game lags too much to play. But lo and behold: When I plug in a monitor to my Macbook Pro and turn on AA and put all textures to high, the game runs just fine. Why is this? why does plugging in a monitor improve performance? EDIT: Without the monitor, I can run the game at medium resolution, but no VSync and no AA (but medium specular) With the monitor, I can run the game at highest resolution, no VSync, 2x AA and medium specular unless there is lag.


Walkthroughs for Armed Assault

Armed Assault is a really tough game. I was in the Army and I still think it's tough. I'd really like a good walkthrough for Armed Assault. Does anyone know of one?


Where can I find Grand Soul Gems on Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

In order to cure my character's vampirism, I need to find 5 Grand Soul Gems to give to the witch. Where can I find these?


How do the racers differ?

Apparently the racers have different characteristics. Do they have different speeds, accelerations, handling etc. or can I choose the racer I want? (tiptup)


Can I use Mass Effect 3's coalesced editor to make it think I've completed a certain mission?

I've been having an issue with the Grissom Academy mission. It's a glitch, one that doesn't seem to have a chance in hell of getting fixed in the near future, and EA didn't seem interested in a problem that only a handful of people are experiencing. I suppose servers have to explode before they'll bat an eye. Anyway, the glitch is causing me to not be able to complete the mission. I finished the game once (and was not happy with the results of not completing the Grissom mission), and am now doing a Part II runthrough in which I've used Gibbed's Save Editor to tweak some romance options, etc. Nothing big. I've also updated both my game and Origin to their respective latest updates (I'm on PC if you can't tell). I've worked my way back up to the Grissom mission and am still having the same fall-through-the-floor-after-Orion-cutscene problem. Very irritating. And before you ask, I've tried everything I can think of to fix the problem, including things suggested by others. I doubt there's a workaround; it's something that needs Bioware's attention, if only they'd actually pay attention. So what I'd like to know is if I can use the handy coalesced editor that I've downloaded (Wenchy's version) to make my game think I've completed the mission. I realize I could totally exploit this and make ME think I've completed ALL the missions, but then what's the point in playing? I just want to make it think I've finished THIS mission, since Gibbed's editor doesn't let me edit which missions have been completed like it does for ME1 and ME2. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!


How can I reach Whimsyshire, the secret level in Diablo III?

There's information that there's a secret level in Diablo III, similar to Diablo II's "Secret Cow Level". How can I reach that secret area in Diablo III?


Leroic's bone in the fireplace in the manor house

I have ran this with everything I have made, monk, warrior, ect. and I still cannot find this fireplace with the bone in it. Please help


How many Nexus Mods can Skyrim run before breaking?

I wanted to know how many Nexus Mods I can install and run on Skyrim before the game can't handle anymore. I'm looking to install a lot of mods that fix bugs, graphics, NPCs and other general fixes for the game that make the game a much better experience. At the moment I have around 30 mods installed and the game is running fine, but I don't know how far I can go with the number of mods until I break something.


Tremulous with unlimited building: Should aliens focus on destroying nodes or repeaters after destroying the human reactor?

When the alien team destroys the human reactor, and there is a limited time before humans rebuild, what's a better tactic - focusing on destroying nodes or repeaters? By killing nodes, aliens have a chance of winning right away, and low node count slows down spawning humans, making it harder for them to defend. By killing repeaters, aliens make surrounding human buildings non-functional, even after humans build a new reactor, which makes it easy to destroy later, but spawned humans can rebuild the repeaters and defend the other buildings.


Source-based games hang every time on the loading screen

I've been playing Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 specifically, and I noticed that every single time a screen appears with "Loading..." in the corner, it momentarily "hangs" my computer, at least that's what is seems like. This also happens when TF2 is "Requesting server information...". I can hit `Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Delete` to get to the Windows 8 actions menu, and after that if I click the back arrow and `Alt` + `Tab` to the Desktop, I can interact with the taskbar but I can not use my mouse to interact with the rest of the screen. Using the keyboard works, though. It seems like these games create an overlay of sorts, which - while it's hanging - prevent any and all actions with my mouse outside the taskbar. I'm using Windows 8 right now, but this happened in Windows 7 as well. How can I get rid of this overlay or get these games to run hang-free? My computer specs are:   * **Processor:** Intel Pentium Dual E2180 2GHz   * **Memory:** 4GB   * **Graphics Card:** Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 2GB   * **Hard Drive:** SAMSUNG HM400JI ATA (400GB)


How do I increase difficulty in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night?

I am a big fan of Castlevania: SOTN and I've completed the game at least twice so far. And the game is far too easy. Are there any ways to make the game more difficult during a normal course of play, something which won't require me to remember to not collect some items or so, but also any community-known self- imposed challenges?


What reason do I have to equip an ammo pack in my utility slot?

Engineers start the game with ammunition packs in their utility slot (`4`), and can unlock tank mines or anti-personnel mines to equip in that slot instead. However, regardless of what is equipped in your utility slot, you can always drop ammo packs by switching to your nano-construction tool (`5`) and pressing the Fire Mode key (`B` by default). Other than the fact that you have to spend certs to unlock mines, what's the point of equipping an ammo pack in the utility slot at all? Is the ammo pack in your utility slot somehow different from the packs your construction tool create, or are they completely redundant?


What do shields do?

What is the point of the shields in your cities in Civilization II? I know that they are related to the amount of soldiers you can have, but how do I find out those numbers? They don't seem to be on the units themselves. Also, are they related to the city's defense?


How do I deal with riots?

Lately I have been replaying Civ 2 and there seems to be a constant problem in my cities, namely riots. I know that too much trade and not enough entertainers can cause riots. However, when I convert one of my citizens to a entertainer there is always a famine. What improvements are there that will make citizens happy/ improvements that will allow for more food production from each food square (can you put them in list form)?


What is the ideal number of farms and wine fields?

What is the ideal number of corn fields ( squares) that the farmer can farm to maximize production? What is the maximum number of grape fields that a wine farmer can collect from?


Running the CraftBukkit Server for minecraft?

I recently download Craft Bukkit for running a multiplayer minecraft server, and according to tutorial I created a run.bat file in the note pad with following code to run the server java -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -jar craftbukkit.jar -o true PAUSE and according to tutorial's the server should start but insted of it the following error message appears ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/guu4R.png) I dont know what is wrong cause the same thing happens with other server builds i try to run so please help me.


Lechucks Fortress Acid Pit Bug

I have recently started playing _Monkey Island 2: Special Edition_ on Steam and have finally gotten to Lechucks Fortress and have been hovering over the acid pit. After some length of mindless messing about I fell into the acid and died so after a short cutscene with Elaine I am returned to hovering over the acid pit, this time with no cursor and no way of doing anything except bringing up the menu or changing to "old school" graphics mode. No inventory, no way to interact with anything, nada. My problem is that in exiting the game it saved over the autosave and now I have no way to go back even a few minutes. This is 75% into the game and I really don't want to have to play through the entire thing just to get back to this point. I've found a couple of threads on the Steam forums that seem to indicate that LucasArts consider this a "will not fix" bug: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1350583 Does anyone know of a way around this or where I can find a saved game just after (or just before) this point?


iPhone Galaxy of Fire - finished opening campaign, now what?

I was really enjoying Galaxy of Fire on the iPhone, but once I finished the opening campaign and did a few of the open-ended missions, it got really repetitive. Is there something else I'm missing? And are there any other Terran ships after the Wraith for example? I know it's only an iPhone game and I shouldn't be expecting the world, and I've loved being fondly reminded of Elite, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't more gold to mine before moving on.


Is there enough synergy in different race combinations to justify a race switch when playing 2v2?

I prefer playing as zerg generally, although I do a fair amount of "random", but I've recently started playing 2v2 with a friend who's also a zerg player, and I have been considering switching to playing terran, simply for the synergy of medivacs and zerg, but also to offer up a few more options when dealing with issues like stealth, air, drops, early rushes, etc. I would like to keep my question focused, and also widely applicable, so my primary question is: will switching to T/Z give us an edge in 2v2 over Z/Z assuming I'm almost as good at Terran as I am as Zerg? But some secondary questions I wouldn't mind getting feedback on are:   1. What Z/Z synergies might we be losing? I'm specifically thinking of the benefit of having 2 people producing creep instead of 1.   2. is it a good idea in general to choose races in 2v2 based on race synergies?   3. what other race combos have interesting synergies/strategies?


How to experience full PS:T experience?

I want to experience PS:T because of the story. I am, however, short of patience for gaming nowadays so I found what seems to be the best novelization around. I feel in my gut I should play the actual game though, which I already bought some months ago and stopped playing after 30 min, because I do not have the patience for the combat mechanics. To decide, I want to know: - can I experience the story as in the novella with one run-through ? (which should I do, I'll cheat and also play on Easy as a means to not get bothered by combat) ? - if so, will it require me to go and chat with _every NPC just because 'what if he has something to say?'_ ? I remember fondly of playing BGII:SoA, but I know that if I'm required to explore all the NPC's and handle inventory I'll end up not playing the game. I do expect to read a lot, but not to pixel hunt and do inventory management. This question of course was also born of a fear of the novella being incomplete in relation to the game, though it doesn't seem that way. Link to the stuff I found: http://discogenie.dyndns.org/planescape/ What I really want to know: can I play for the story without getting bothered by game mechanics ?


Where can I find all of the keepers?

At the start of Mass Effect, after your initial meeting with the Council, Ashley notices Chorban, who is crouching next to a keeper using an experimental medical device to scan them. Upon speaking to him he offers to give you the device and in return expects you to scan all of the keepers on the Citadel. ![scan the keepers](http://i.stack.imgur.com/pk7Wl.jpg) How many keepers are there in total and where can I find them all?


What is the strongest weapon in Kid Icarus: Uprising?

I want to know the strongest weapon is in _Kid Icarus: Uprising_. My guess would have to be either the Midnight Palm, the Cutter Palm, the Ninja Palm, the Samurai Blade or the Ogre Club.


Will followers swap weapons "intelligently"?

I've just aquired Cass and according to the wiki, she can be good at both melee and guns. If I give her both a melee weapon and a gun, will she swap weapons during combat accordingly? I.e. if the monsters start nibbling on her shins, will she switch to melee? Or are the choices you select in the panel set in stone? Or even better, can I give her a sniper rifle and a shotgun and let her decide when it's best to use either? As it is now, she has `All American` and `Riot shotgun` and tries to snipe enemies from the other side of the desert with the shotgun.


Does a hunter's machete increase damage from smite?

Smite deals 460+(lvlx30) damage to minions, pets and monsters. Hunter's Machete causes a champion to do +10% damage to monsters. Does a Hunter's Machete increase smite damage to monsters by 10%?


Does Tekkit support 1.5.x?

I'd like to play Tekkit. I'd also like to play it on 1.5.x. Is this possible? Does Tekkit support 1.5.x?


How do you beat the dragon in Heroes of the Lance?

Heroes of the Lance was a game based on DragonLance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, utilizing the main characters from the book and letting you play their journey into Xak Tsaroth and confronting the black dragon. In the book Goldmoon confronts the dragon with the Blue Crystal Staff. Assuming you were lucky enough to have her still alive in your party and the staff still had energy, as soon as you approached the dragon your entire party would immediately be killed. A quick search didn't reveal any walkthroughs for the game that might tell me how to beat it.


Should I see a difference with the upgraded SCOPE?

I always bring 2 snipers in my squad, that are equipped with a SCOPE. I upgraded the SCOPE in the foundry, and the description of the upgrade said something along the lines of "highlights sensitive areas in the target" However, I didn't notice anything different in the following field mission, is the effect noticeable or is it just increased accuracy with no visual difference? I don't need to build new SCOPEs, right?


Two bases at one mineral field

It is most effective if you have 30 drones at one field, but could you get more minerals, if you build two bases there, and collect from both at the same field?


How do I enchant weapons until they exceed level 40?

You cannot repair weapons which are above level 40+. How do I know how much I can enchant a weapon until it reaches level 40? How is this calculated? 5 levels per perk or how does this work?


Reset (not respawn) a dungeon/area to my current level

Is there a console command to reset (not respawn) a dungeon/area. I mean that when you enter an area it is locked to your level at that point (within certain constraints). I want to completely reset an area so that I can enter it again (now at a higher level) and have its inhabitants/contents set to my current level. I know how to respawn an area using the console but is it possible to reset an area? Thanks in advance.


Cut Scene Freezes on Wind Waker

I'm currently playing Wind Waker on Dolphin (not using it on Wii), and when I get to one of the first cut scenes (after you get the telescope and go back to your Grandma) it freezes/shows a black screen right when I open the door / trigger it. I have tried running Tales of Symphonia and have had success with that game so far. **I guess my question is:** Is there some kind of solution to getting around cut scenes, or some kind of specific settings I might need to run? I am currently running the latest version of Dolphin. **Computer Specs**   * Windows 7 x64   * Intel® Core™ i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz   * 6 GB RAM   * AMD RADEON HD 6450


Do I need to gain weight in order to be a better windshield cannoneer?

While driving around to get the windshield cannon achievement, I 'accidentally' crashed head on with another car. To my surprise, I wasn't launched from my car but the other driver was launched from her car. Since we were driving identical cars, the only difference I could tell was that the other driver was chubbier than me. This leads to my question, does putting on weight have any effect on the chance and distance for a windshield cannoneer?


Pokemon X and Y Hacked Pokemon

I got a shiny Rayquaza on Pokémon White 2. It has the normal ability, and normal stats/moves, but it was caught in Sinnoh on level 41. I would like to know if it is hacked, would it affect my Pokémon X game? Would the save file corrupt?


How can I get the potion in "Thirsty", level 46 of Spelling Jungle?

Like in this question, I'm trying to get a difficult-to-reach potion here (the blue one towards the right side of the level). However, I'm not sure it's actually possible to get this one. ![screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0PhMB.png) It looks like I might be able to throw a bridge from above it (beside the `T`) but I need the bridge to get back across the water after getting the letters on the left side. I can't see any way to use the rock to get back across, since it falls into the pit when you cross over the first time. Oh, and I checked -- there are no invisible platforms over the pits. Is it possible to get this potion? If so, how?


How to hit Monster X on hard?

I've been stuck for quite a while in Cave Story+, fighting the following boss (Monster X): ![Boss: Monster X](http://i.stack.imgur.com/JjTZS.gif) Since **I'm playing on hard** I don't really get the chance to 'explore' what I'm supposed to do, as **every hit is an instant death**. When he starts shooting at me I can't seem to fend off all his projectiles, there are always some that come through. Any pointers on how to hit/where to hit this boss?


Does Enduring Agony increases the damage of bleeding and poison?

I know that Enduring Agony (finesse ability) increases the duration of poison and bleeding but does it increase their damage as well?


Imperial Assignments not appearing?

It's been 2 or 3 days since my third slot had an Imperial Assignment in it. Is this anyone else's experience? I am 9 hours away from completing the last build of Imperial Levels, except for the Overbridge. I'm wondering if Imperial Assignments stop or run out...


Guild Wars 2 necromancer mask

Is it possible to hide or not even use mask in character creator for necromancer class in Guild Wars 2? If yes, how?


What sort of DRM does Kingdoms of Amalur have on the PS3?

I've just given the Kingdoms of Amalur demo a spin on my PS3 and I have to say I found it most enjoyable (with the horrible facial animations, or lack thereof, serving only as a mild distraction). However, I couldn't help noticing that once I fired up the demo, it performed all sorts of suspicious things like authenticating with EA servers. I also had to agree to two massive end user license agreements, and was heartily encouraged to create an Origin account. This is a new and daunting experience for me on the PS3, as I thought this sort of nonsense only happened on the PC. And that got me wondering what sort of DRM restrictions does the game impose on me when played on the PS3. Of specific concern are the two following points:   * Does the game require an active online connection to function? What happens if it can't get in touch with its mysterious EA servers?   * What is it that I am agreeing to in those massive agreements? Anything related to Origin is notoriously devious. Am I allowing some sort of information to be collected? Any other information on the matter would also be greatly appreciated.


How can I counter Saiki's (boss) desperation move?

I have been unable to hit Saiki when he kneels down. Is it possible to hit him during his desperation move, or do I just have to block and wait?


Why does my profile consist of numbers instead of my username?

On Steam, my profile is the following: > http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964085566/ Notice the numbers at the tail end of the URL. While other users also have numbers for a profile like mine, I've seen many others users with their usernames in their profile instead. It makes it a lot easier to link and remember your profile page based on a short username instead of a couple dozen integers. **Why do some users have a username in their profile instead of numbers and vice versa? Is there a way to change this?** I originally thought it was based on the age of the account since I was a pretty early adopter back on January 24, 2004, but I've seen new and old accounts with numbers and usernames. * * * _Update:_ I've since updated my profile URL so clicking the above link will renavigate to the following: > http://steamcommunity.com/id/johnjon


Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack DLC broken?

I recently downloaded the Mediterranean Traveler Map Pack, but it appears to be broken: I have no new MP maps and can't even choose the maps in a new custom game. I've already tried downloading the content again. Any ideas how I can fix it? Is this broken for anyone else?


Lara talks at hyperspeed?

I found an old old copy of _Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness_. I got it installed and at first it ran super-fast. So I googled and found the advice to turn on Wait For V-Sync. Now the menu and game speed runs normally. But the voices don't. They speed by so fast that if I didn't have subtitles on, I wouldn't know what's being said. How can I fix it? My laptop that I'm playing on has Windows XP, I haven't tried my Windows 7 computer at home but I'm travelling and won't be able to for a while.


How do points work in Team Fortress 2?

I've recently gotten into Team Fortress 2, and for a while now, I've been wondering how points actually work. I've noticed some servers have custom plugins that assign points to players that seem unrelated to TF2's actual point system, but **what actions earn you (official) points in the game?**


How much CDR does Yasuo's Q get from bonus attack speed?

> The cooldown and cast time of Steel Tempest is reduced based on Yasuo's > bonus attack speed and unaffected by cooldown reduction. Say I buy Blade of the Ruined King (+40% attack speed) If Yasuo's Q is based on attack speed, how much CDR does Yasuo's Q get from that?


Best practice to prevent lack of tools?

One of my biggest problem during a game of Banished is the ongoing lack of tools.   Every citizen seems to need tools (of iron or steel) again and again. What is the best practice to reduce the amount of such tools (made by the blacksmith)?


How do I get someone as a Friend in the Pokémon Global Link?

On the Pokémon Global Link, you can have Game Pals on your profile, made up of Friends and Trade Pals. Trade Pals are pretty straight-forward, but I can't figure out how to add someone as a Friend. It says to add them in your Pal Pad in-game on the system they conect to the internet with, but I did that. My friend still isn't showing up in the roster though. Is there anything else you have to do?


What can I do with Rotten Flesh?

I have about 10 double chests of rotten flesh (my zombie pigman farm is working nicely thank you very much). While rotten flesh is great for dogs, I just can't imagine using any more than a hand full of stacks for them. I have also been using it for some decay timers. But that uses 1 every 5 minutes. So, in about a third of a year I'll have used it up.... Does Rotten Flesh have any other uses?


How can I avoid being disarmed by Draugr bosses?

I decided to play through Skyrim again, and since I've already tried a thief and a mage I figured I'd make a melee character this time through. Things are going relatively well, until I found the named Draugr at the end of the Forsaken Cave. Every time I try to fight him, he opens by disarming me, which I can't seem to dodge in the restricted space available, and then he and his minions beat the tar out of me while I'm searching the ground for my weapon. I know it's possible to avoid the Disarm shout projectile, but when that's difficult to do in a confined space is there any other way to avoid being disarmed?


Who do you meet if Grunt, Kasumi or Jack were killed in the suicide mission in Mass Effect 2?

In the save i imported to ME3 all my squadmates survived. Who do you encounter in the following missions if they died in the previous game?   * Attican Traverse - Krogan Team   * Grissom Academy - Emergency Evacuation   * Citadel - Hanar Diplomat


Having problem recording screen in DotA 2

Maybe this question doesn't belong here, but please bear with me. I'm unable to record screen using camtasia. The software just records audio not the video. I've tried every option in the recorder, also included -noborder in the launch options to start DotA 2 as a borderless window. And I don't wanna use FRAPS, camtasia is very advanced and I like it. If anyone has tried screencasting using camtasia please help me point out how to do this.


Is there a wristband-like controller for the wii?

We've been playing Just Dance and Wii Fit quite a bit lately and I was thinking a small wrist-band or watch type controller would be handy. The wiimote gets heavy for my 5-year-old and you really just need the motion sensor for these games and maybe "A" and "B" buttons to advance through menus. Does this exist already?


Can I help Madanach and still become Thane of Markarth? I realize that these seem mutually exclusive, but I was wondering if you could gain/regain Jarl Igmund's trust.


How can I beat the first mission of the final campaign with a might warrior?

I got to the final campaign (finished the inferno campaign). Ii chose Kiril (inferno) to complete the final 2 campaign missions. At the moment I am at the first mission and I found myself in a impossible situation - I have to defeat the first angel to move on and take the first fort (to open the gates) but the angel seems to be a "god". He does not have a massive army..but he has a magic ability (lightning chain) that kills most of my army - from 20 Hellounds, 75 Lilims, 60 Demented and 15 Breeders, he kills all the Hellounds, 8 Breeders, 30 Lillims and 30 Demented. I find it impossible to defeat the angel and he also starts first. How can you beat the first mission with a might warrior?


Best car for the Tsukuba race from 08/01/2012 Japanese 80's Festival Seasonal Event?

In the Seasonal event from August 1st, 2012, what is the best car to use in the 5 lap Tsukuba race (the first one). The event is a 420PP, 80's Japanese car race with comfort soft tires, and it's 5 laps. The lead car is usually 25-30 seconds ahead of you by the end of the first lap and I've never been able to get any closer than maybe 12 seconds from the first place car. The track is so short that it's difficult to see where to make up 3-4 seconds a lap when I'm already doing 1:08-09's. Is there a car that makes this race easier? Were there any special modifications needed?


What are the requirement to gain experience in Guild Wars 2 when killing a mob?

What makes me gain experience when I kill a mob? Sometimes I try to help other players and when I kill a mob and I gain nothing. Why? Should I engage the fight? Is there a minimum damage? What is the rule?


Loadout unavailable on dedicated TF2 LAN server

When I’m playing on my dedicated Team Fortress 2 LAN server, I am unable to access my load out, because my server cannot connect to the item server: > WARNING! The server you are playing on has lost connection to the item > server. As a result, your loadout will not be available on this server. I am sure it’s not a problem with my TF2 client or with the item server, because when I play on any random public TF2 server on the internet, I can access my loadout just fine. I’m running it on Debian GNU/Linux with the following startup command:               ./srcds_run -game tf -autoupdate -steambin /home/tf2server/hlds/steam +map koth_king      When I start up the server, I notice the following in my server’s output during startup. No idea if it’s relevant.               Initializing Steam libraries for secure Internet server     *********************************************************     *********************************************************     *   Unable to load Steam support library.*     *   Unable to load Steam support library.*     *   This server will operate in LAN mode only.*     *   This server will operate in LAN mode only.*      Furthermore, when I connect to the game, I see the following output on the server side:               Sending CMsgGameServerMatchmakingStatus (state=ServerMatchmakingState_NOT_PARTICIPATING)     NULL ISteamGameServer in ConnectClient. Steam authentication may fail.     Client "Mr. Marlon" connected (192.168.1.184:27005).     Cannot verify load for invalid steam ID [I:0:0]     WARNING: ClientActive, but we don’t know his SteamID?      What could be the problem and how do I solve it?


Where do I get the teleport spell in Candybox?

I have been playing for six srtraight days now, and the teleport spell is still nowhere. Where am I supposed to get that?


How should I decide what Rock Band equipment to invest in?

I was talking to the fellas at the office about how my nephew is really into Guitar Hero, and that I was considering picking up the game for myself. Then they told me about Rock Band. Wow... drums and all! Anyway, I've decided that I must get in to this game. I know I can just go to K-Mart, buy a Wii or something, then the Rock Band starter pack or whatever, but I've heard that's just the beginning. I was completely overwhelmed by a Google search, so I was hoping you could help. Once I pick the console system, how should I decide what Rock Band equipment to invest in? I would really love to hear stuff like... the types of equipment available (like pro quality versus kids toys), which manufacturers to avoid, do you really get what you pay for, etc...


Need help editing the .DAT files in NexusTK's folder

It's the very first MMO, and so most of it's files are in .dat format. This means I will have to locate the original programs responsible for creating those files. I've searched across the Internet, but have had no luck thus far in finding a program to edit the files (Notepad ++ doesn't even work). Any help is appreciated... I guess I should put this in question format. Is there a program to edit .dat files?


What are the differences between the races in multiplayer?

(Alternate title: How can I float like a turian and sting like a drell)? I know that each race has different abilities available to it (eg. a human adept has different abilities than an asari adept), **what other differences exist between races**?


How to show the life bar under units?

![kings bounty pic](http://i.stack.imgur.com/xfJgW.png) Does anybody know how to show that bar? It's disappeared...


Cant download minecraft mod

I want to download a mod but I cant. It says there is not enough disk space within all the folders of minecraft. I want to delete a couple minecraft folders but I dont know what i can delete. I already deleted that meta folder. help!


Do names retire in multiplayer?

When naming my second character in multiplayer I wanted to use the same name as my first, but this is not permitted and it wants unique names for each characters. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/VliKT.jpg) Is this name released for reuse once i retire my character or will i have to come up with new names every time?


Easily copy all saved data to PlayStation Plus?

I've got nearly 20 folders in my PS3 Saved Data Utility, many of those having 4 items or more in them. I want to copy them to PlayStation Plus, but can't seem to find a way to do them all at once. It appears that, at the very least, I have to go into each individual folder and select all the items to be copied over in one batch - one folder at a time. However, for data flagged as "Copy Prohibited", it seems the "Copy Multiple" function isn't available at all. So, my question has two parts really:   1. Is there any way to copy multiple "Copy Protected" items to PlayStation Plus?   2. Is there a way to copy _all_ of my data ("Copy Protected" or not) to PlayStation Plus in one batch?


Exactly how do the contents of a furnace effect a comparator?

Can someone tell me how the contents of a furnace affect a comparator? I want to create some automation in vanilla Minecraft, but don't know how the mechanics work.


FIFA 14 PS4 Career Mode Virtual Pro Low Match Ratings

I have consistently low match ratings when playing my striker. Even in games where I get a goal or two or an assist or two my ratings will stay sub 7.0. I never have any successful 1 on 1 or key dribbles despite stats at the end of the match saying I complete most of my dribbles. I even get the skill boosts for beating players off the dribble. Occasionally out of nowhere I'll get a 9+ contributing the same stats as any other game. Any ideas of what's going on?


Why are some items marked Copying Prohibited?

In the PS3 Saved Data Utility, some data is marked as "Copying Prohibited". This data comes with the following restrictions:   * Can _only_ be copied via PlayStation Plus Online Storage or the PS3 Backup Utility.   * Cannot be copied to USB, outside of a full system backup.   * If copied via full system backup, can only be restored to the same system.   * If copied to PlayStation Plus Online Storage, cannot be downloaded to another system within 24 hours of the most recent upload. I understand that some companies are really asinine about piracy issues and such, but the protection of saved game data (e.g.: player profiles, game status/progress, etc) seems just a little ridiculous on its face. Beyond that, certain things that are copy protected strike me as odd in reflection of some other things that aren't. Of the nearly 20 folders of data that I have, only 4 have any copy-protected data:   * Mass Effect   * Mass Effect 2   * Sonic The Hedgehog 4   * YouTube The confusing bit centers around the Mass Effect titles. All data in Mass Effect is copy protected, but in Mass Effect 2 only the Profile data is secured. The saved games can be copied freely. So, I'm curious to know what reasons (if any) are given for copy protecting some data but not others? Based on my data, it seems relatively few games are using this and some that do are making odd choices as to what should be protected. Is there an official answer for this?


How to fix MC 1.8?

I was attempting to launch Minecraft 1.8 for the first time, and I cant seem to make it work. Ive done some looking, but found nothing.               Crash Report: [17:16:21] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user:     [17:16:21] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is token:6a7663a818754b239fcfd034a36601f1:3400b197154a46f4bd2db0ee71664b98)     Exception in thread "Client thread" com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was STRING at line 1 column 1         at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:815)         at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:768)         at ry.b(SourceFile:148)         at ry.<init>(SourceFile:42)         at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.<init>(SourceFile:155)         at cyi.<init>(SourceFile:40)         at bss.<init>(SourceFile:282)         at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:120)     Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_ARRAY but was STRING at line 1 column 1         at com.google.gson.stream.JsonReader.beginArray(JsonReader.java:338)         at com.google.gson.internal.bind.CollectionTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.java:79)         at com.google.gson.internal.bind.CollectionTypeAdapterFactory$Adapter.read(CollectionTypeAdapterFactory.java:60)         at com.google.gson.Gson.fromJson(Gson.java:803)         ... 7 more      Please respond with how to fix. Thanks for your time.


Can an opponent deploy units behind my base, if I build it beside the natural border of my land?

In Star Wars Commander you are given a tract of virtual land where you can build your base. I have yet to engage a multiplayer opponent and, from what the game states, I will not be attacked until I first attack another player. Since I am about to start attacking opponents, I want to be sure that I have an optimal base layout. My question is, can I use a corner of my build-grid as a natural barrier, or will the game allow an attacking opponent the ability to deploy opponents a square or two from behind the barrier of where I am allowed to build? Currently I can build 60 wall units and that isn't enough to protect all of my buildings. However, if I can use an edge of my space to my advantage, I think I can wall-in all of my buildings and protect myself from a rebel assault.


Garrus is taking forever to fix the AA gun

Garrus seems to be stuck during the mission _Arrae: Ex-Cerberus Scientists_. What can I do to help him? Cerberus attacked and I killed them all. Now dramatic music is playing but nothing is happening. What can I do?


Missing Vehicle

I've been progressing through the story playing with Franklin and had a customized Feltzer in my starting garage, but after I performed the first heist my car wasn't transported into the new safehouse. Any ideas as to where the car could be located? (I've already tried the local impound.)


Left For Dead Characters

Are the characters in Left For Dead 1 and 2 modeled after real-life people?


Is there an after-cast delay in League of Legends? Specifically I think I've noticed it on Wukong. When I am using nimbus strike to harass, I want to use decoy immediately afterwards to try and stealth and run out of range again so I can harass without the opponent poking back at me. However it seems there is about a .5 second delay before I can decoy and in this time the enemy can usually get one hit or one spell off before I can stealth. I wonder if I just had a spike in latency when that happened or if there is a un-noted aftercast delay. Can someone with Wukong test this out for me?


What is a Crescent Jetpack, and where can I get one?

I'm enjoying my newly minted copy of Global Agenda from the recent steam sale, but I can't help but notice that the documentation on the game is rather sparse -- a far cry from the encyclopedias of WoW-everything I've been spoiled to have had. I see a lot of peple spamming the in-game trade chat for something called 'Crescent Jetpacks', and while the Global Agenda Wiki acknowledges that they _exist_ , that's really all it has to say about them. So two-part question: What is the difference between a Crescent Jetpack and a standard combat jetpack, and how can I get my hands on one (assuming I don't want to buy it).


Multiplayer minecraft on one PC

Is it possible to run two instances of Minecraft and have two players on the same world on the same PC with no internet connection? Does anyone know how this could be done. I have tried to run Minecraft twice but there was just one player not two.


How to counter a champion with a long range/harass?

In League of Legends, the laning phase is all about juggling last hitting the minions and harassing the enemy champion to prevent them from last hitting the minions. What do you do in a scenario in which the enemy's harass has a farther range or is just better in general? Specifically, I had to mid lane against a Brand with me as Ryze and it was kinda painful. Ryze inherently has a hard time last hitting unless he starts to spam his spells which will often leave him mana-less. When I tried to get in range to use my spells, Brand had already used his combo to stun me and gotten back before I could use more than one spell. Is there a strategy I should adopt when playing against a champion whose range and harass is obviously superior to mine?


What are the advantages of giving the experience to the legacy bosses?

After beating one of the legacy bosses (Zoma, for instance), I'm offered the choice to let the boss have the experience from the battle. What are the advantages to doing this? Is the boss the more likely to drop rare treasure?


Can multiple people share a single Minecraft account on my server?

I'm new to the Minecraft server world and I have a question: is it possible to let multiple users play on the same account on my Minecraft server?


Batman Arkham City crashes when interrogating riddler informants

Every time I want to interrogate a Riddler informant, the game crashes with some fatal error. I interrogated 3 or 4 Riddler informants at the very beginning of the game. But then, I tried interrogating another one and the game crashed for the first time. After this "first crash" I can't interrogate anyone without getting a crash. Did I do something wrong? it's a bug that I'm not aware of? Anybody knows how I can fix this? _**PS: That is, by the way, the only situation in which the game crashes._** Cheers ## Some system info   * Laptop ASUS K52JE.   * Windows 7 64bit SP1.   * 2GB Ram p6100 2GHz.   * ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470.    * DirectX 11 newest version.


How to fix League of Legends loading on dual screen?

I have dual screen and **sometimes** when the game loads it sort of loads in the middle of both of them making it impossible to play. I already have it set to windowed borderless and I´m not going to "turn off my monitor" since that defeats the whole purpose of having dual monitors. Is there any way to fix this?¨ Here is an image of it happening: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/AReiy.jpg) My taskbar being on the right screen which has a slightly lower vertical resolution _Note: I'm running League of legends in Windows 7_


Resurrect A Lost Religion

I founded a religion in my capital (Buddhism). After another civilization converted my city to their religion, I used an Inquisitor, thinking it would remove the other civilization's religion. However, I was wrong.... **_very wrong_**. Now, when I refer to my Religion Overview, it turns out no other cities/city-states follow Buddhism, so clearly my religion `did not stand the test of time`. _Question:_ Is it possible to resurrect a religion? Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Besides Death, what else happens when you die?

In League of Legends, your character is in fact a CHAMPION who has been SUMMONED to do battle in the arena of the League by a powerfull magic user dubbed a SUMMONER (who is supposed to be you as a person). The minions of the arena we know, are mindless soulless constructs. The champions however, are real living breathing people in the games lore. What happens to say, Katarina for example, if Karthus (also for example) slays her in a League Match? P.S. - I dont mean in real life, because I know your champion will respawn after a set time, I meant in the game's lore. Does Katarina actually die? Or somehow get whisked from death to respawn in the game's lore as well?


Is the + weapon damage% included in the displayed damage?

If I have a a weapon that does +10% damage with 10-20 base damage, is the 10% already included in the 10-20 or will really it do 11-22? How does that work with other damage items, such as rings and off-hand items?


What is the lowest level you can get Kairoes without gems or real-life money?

I am level 16 and I just got the perch of Kairoes, I read through the info and I know it will take me forever to get him! I don't want to race like crazy as well...


Where do I find Malena after she runs away?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  The Witcher 2 (sidequest spoilers) - Where did Malena run off to? So I decided to be nice to Malena this time around and let her go from the guards even though she was clearly guilty. Unfortunately, in spite of my amazing generosity, she decided to send the Scoia'tel after me anyways. Even more regrettably, she ran off while I was busy keeping myself from dying. Now I need to find her again, and that's not exactly easy; there's a whole forest to search and I have no idea where to start. Where do I find Malena?


Which metrics give a better measure than global win rate?

Inspired by this question I wanted to find out which metrics within World of Tanks are a better measure of performance than the global win rate when comparing tanks of different nations? In my opinion using global win rate, or win rate at all, is a highly flawed measure of a tanks balance against other tanks. When comparing like for like, such as tier V heavy tanks, opinions seem to be split by which tank each person prefers rather than any objective measure or weighting system. Measuring by win rate ignores many of the factors that go into making up the win rate such as the composition and quality of the players playing a particular tank, class, or nation. It also doesn't factor in the difference between high tier and low tier battles as some nations, like France appear to be balanced between high and low tiers. i.e. Because the French low tiers are so awful they appear to be balanced by making the high tiers much better.


Email notification specification

Is it possible to set somewhere to get only notification on email if my whole portal was destroyed? Because at the moment I see (@Ingress phone app / Device / Email) only that I can turn on/off if I want to get Game notifications on my email but I can't set for which events...


Teammates and Tourism Victory

If I'm playing Brave New World multiplayer as part of a team it appears that, unlike science, our culture and tourism are not combined. That means the best way for the team to win a culture victory is to give all the great artists to one player, let that player build all tourism benefiting wonders and basically concentrate entirely on that player's civ, which seems like it might not be much fun for the other player(s). Have I understood this correctly? Edit: I've just read the question that people have marked this as a duplicate of, sounds like it's even worse - everything I've said is true, plus you need to influence your partner too, yet you can't have open borders with them! Sounds like this isn't a good way to go in multiplayer.


Is there a point to forming bigger squares?

In _Dots_ for iOS, is there a reason to form larger squares, or closed shapes, other than just a the smallest possible (4 dots) square? When you create a simple square of a color, it removes all dots of the same color from the game board, the same as if you strung together many dots and finished by closing a shape off. Are there point bonuses based on the number of dots in a shape, or some other benefit? Or, is there no point to creating larger shapes other than taking more time to create them?


Where can I get a candyfloss for Elizabeth?

When you're at Battleship Bay with Elizabeth, if you idle in a number of areas you'll find her skimming stones or trying to lift an exercise ball and there's a couple of other little things that Elizabeth will do when she is "freed". However, I've seen a couple of screenshots and fan art that shows Elizabeth holding a candyfloss - I've wandered about for a bit in Battleship Bay but can't find where to get one.


Are there alternate ways to unlock Split Path?

In _Doritos Crash Course 2_ , each level has a Split Path that can be unlocked by apparently purchasing them with collected stars. However, the first level appears to unlock by doing something in the level (can't remember what exactly). Is that first level unlocked just to show you how the Split Path works, and all other levels have to be purchased, or do other levels offer some way in the level to unlock it's Split Path without spending stars?


Is the Holy Trinity Needed for Neverwinter Raiding?

I have never played neverwinter, but I'm planning to start. It seems that there are classes in the game (Wizzard Cleric, Two Handed Fighter, A Shielded Tanker and a Rogue). For general raiding, will I always need a Tanker + Healer + Dps's in the party? How does the raiding system work? (Guild Wars 2 managed to "solve" it by giving dodge and self healing abilities to every class)


How do I make the Jelly potion?

I've tried a handful of times and always come up jelly-less. Anyone have more precise instructions for cooking jelly than are in the potion manual?


What do the different icons in the ladder table mean?

Does the up/down arrows mean you are going to go up/down a league? Do they mean you are advancing/losing inside the division?   What do the other 2 icons (-- and !) mean? ![alt text](http://i.stack.imgur.com/585Qj.png) Is there some visual indication (reference) in that screen I'm missing? (I couldn't find the answer there)


How does the level downscaling work?

When you visit lower level regions in Guild Wars 2, your level gets adjusted to the level of the area but what else is affected by this downscaling? I might be wrong since i didn't test it, but it seems to me that i do quite a lot more damage in areas scaled to level 5 than when i actually was level 5, so it seems some properties don't get fully adjusted. How does downscaling affect inherent stats, item stats (damage, defense & bonus) and other effects?


Cloak and Dagger, what's the catch?

Cloak and dagger has 100% generation rate, besides you remain half-invisible even if the cloak is depleted. This looks like it has lots of advantages over Invisibility Watch but not any shortcomings. But there has to be some. Can someone tell me what they are? And considering these disadvantages what is the best situation to use it instead of regular Invisibility Watch?


Is it possible to fill abandoned buildings in SimCity?

In a new SimCity, sometimes buildings get abandoned, and I wonder if I should destroy and rebuild them, or there is a way to naturally fill them back up. I understand when the building is abandoned due to unchecked fire etc., but sometimes the higher wealth house can get abandoned if I had to cut services to survive hard times, so I do not see this kind of property as so dilapidated people cannot return when the land value goes up again. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/cB94T.png) Also, I had advisor warn me that simply destroying the building adds to contamination to the soil, which isn’t good either.


What should I be using banked mana for in the early going?

I'm early in the game, thus far, but I've got a small amount of mana banked. I've been using it to upgrade my weapon, but it seems to me that investing mana in my low-level weaponry is a waste. I get to maybe make a small attribute change for an investment of several thousand mana. Is this process actually worth it? If not, what should I be investing my mana in early in the game?


Does anyone know how to use health-upgrades that we get as rewards?

I'm currently playing **Tomb Raider - Guardian of Light**. In the game we receive health-upgrades and ammo-upgrades as rewards. Now there are two ways this can happen: **1. Lara reaches a difficult-to-reach place and finally gets the pick-up reward.** Here the result is instantaneous. We can immediately see the health bar increase.      **2. Lara completes a level bonus objective** (like enter spider tomb in 5 minutes or collect 10 skulls in the level) and the health-upgrade seems to be added to the inventory. **The question is, for step 2, how do we use that health-upgrade**?   The upgrade remains in inventory and nothing happens when we click it. I thought the upgrade was automatically applied after the level. But in the next level I see my health-bar exactly the same as previous level end. Any ideas?


What's an effective use of the ornithopter?

Atreides and Ordos can both build the Ornithopter starting from mission 7 onwards. The unit requires that I build a HI-Tech factory and upgrade it, after which the flyer can be bought for the same price as a Heavy Factory Siege tank. But does this pricey but fragile attack flyer have any practical use whatsoever? Whenever the enemy attacks with these units, they will be fairly hard to shoot down unless I have built at least a couple of rocket turrets, and they are a proper threat against my tanks out in the open. My own ornithopters, even if I already have destroyed the enemy construction yard and taken out their turrets, will take forever to actually destroy anything seeing as the enemy simply repairs faster than the ornithopters can damage them. Add in the non-controllability into this mix and I usually give the ornithopter a pass in favour of standard tanks. How do I efficiently use this unit? Is there at all an efficient use of them?


How to get better gear as a high level character?

I've got Blood Elf Paladin (primary spec retribution) level 85 and I got kind of stuck with my game progress. My average item level is 350 and when I enter Cataclysm heroic dungeons, other players often complain about my DPS and quality of my gear. But the problem is that I have better gear than the one dropped in normal difficulty dungeons, so I'm stuck. What should I do? Are there any other ways to improve my equipment? For those who are interested, this is my character. I would appreciate any other advice as well.


When trying to launch minecraft my launcher closes and then reopens instead

How do I fix this?               [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x000000006903d238, pid=340, tid=8088     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # JRE version: 6.0_17-b04     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (14.3-b01 mixed mode windows-amd64 )     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # Problematic frame:     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # C  [atio6axx.dll+0xd238]     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # An error report file with more information is saved as:     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # C:\Users\Zach\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid340.log     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.     [23:46:17 INFO]: Client> #     [23:46:17 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 1)     [23:46:17 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash     [23:46:17 INFO]: Deleting C:\Users\Zach\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.5\1.7.5-natives-271016666110916     [23:46:17 WARN]: Couldn't delete C:\Users\Zach\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\versions\1.7.5\1.7.5-natives-271016666110916 - scheduling for deletion upon exit


How accurate is simcraft?

Most people playing wow know that there is a tool that calculates your max DPS based on your gear/specc etc. Now while this looks all pretty calculated and professional I just wondered how accurate it actually is. Of course you'll be below the maximum most of the time but I remember some cases where I went above this "Max DPS" in a 4:40-5:00 min patchwork fight (I think it was the third boss in Mogushan vaults 10 man). This was pretty much at the start of the pandaria expansion and maybe simcraft improved their algorithm since then. After this all happened I really ask myself 2 questions: How accurate is the "Max-DPS" and How can you do more than "Max-DPS"?


Bombing the Ballot - How can I disarm the bomb?

In chapter 4, the case "Bombing the Ballot", I am truly stuck as I am unable to disarm the bomb. I have replayed it 3 times, each time with a different wire cut. But it always blows up. I can find no hint or clue anywhere in the game.


Ender Dragon spawn egg?

I know that in a previous version of Minecraft, you could get a Ender Dragon spawn egg (a white egg, like it has no texture). Is that still possible, and if how do i get it?


Dungeon Siege 2 has no sound during cinematics

I'm trying to run my Dungeon Siege 2 game on Windows 7 64-bit and it has no sound during cinematics, but sound works during gameplay. What could the cause be and how could I fix it?


Why does Counter-Strike Source have low frame rate?

I'm using nVidia GTS 450, a card in midrange of GPUs. It allows me to play Battlefield 2 at frame rate of almost 100 frames per second (with all graphic settings set to max). However, I can play Counter-Strike Source at only 20 frames per second (map de_inferno for example). Is Counter-Strike Source too bad at graphic optimisation?


PS4 controller / Dualshock 4 for Mac not working

I read here that the DS4 will work on Mac out-of-the-box by plugging the controller via a micro USB cable—they said it will automatically work as a regular joystick. I got the DS4 yesterday (controller only, no console) and tested it on my Mac but it doesn't seem to work. The computer detects the controller but the games I have doesn't seem to recognize any inputs on the DS4. I tried the controller on Fez, Rayman Origins and Monaco—which all have joystick support—but no luck. Also tried mapping the controller thru Joystick Mapper, it will say "1 Joystick Connected" but when I try to bind the controller, click "scan" while clicking a button on the controller, nothing. I've read on the manual that comes with the controller titled "Registering (pairing) the controller" that there is a need to pair it on the PS4 console to complete registration. Is this a requirement for the controller to work? It's either that is the reason why it's not working or the DS4 is just not compatible with my games (I think it should be tho, since it's supposed to work as a regular joystick when plugged thru USB cable).


When buying an energy potion, does it permanently increase your energy?

In Bloons TD Battles, you have the option to purchase energy potions which increase your energy by a certain amount, depending on the package you buy. My question is, is this change permanent? For example, if you buy the large energy potion, will your max energy increase by 50, or will it just give you 50 energy and then go back to normal once you have used all of your energy?


How to unlock the Hunting Log in FFXIV ARR?

I'm in the Level 12 (Gladiator - Ul'dah) and my Hunting Log isn't enabled. What quest (main or not) it's necessary to complete to unlock the Hunting Log?


Are Spore Galactic Adventures only about filming?

So far as I see. Spore: Galactic Adventures. Are only about filming and sharing stages with other players, judging by this video: But their page: http://www.spore.com/what/ga says, it actually allows me to exit my spaceship and do mission both on planet as around the planets. So what is it actually? Is it something that actually makes game richer or it expands the gameplay? Or it's just next tool, to generate videos which you are producer of?


What happens when your follower dies?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  Can followers (templar, enchantress, scoundrel) die? Much like my former question involving player death, I am curious as to how death works yet again, but this time the focus is on Followers, not players. In the previous installments of Diablo death worked differently depending on the game. How, in Diablo 3, does death work upon your follower? Does he\she respawn? If so where? Does it cost money to bring them back? Ect.


How do I identify Asura gates at a distance?

If I get within a few feet of an Asura gate, text will appear telling me where it leads. However, this is not very convenient in places like Lion's Arch, where there are many gates. Is there any way to identify Asura gates on the map? Failing that, is there any way to identify them from far away?


How can I determine if an enemy is within range of a skill?

Playing ranged characters, I want to take my first shot against an enemy from as far away as possible. However, there don't seem to be any obvious cues to tell me what that maximum range is. This forces me to do a bit of trial and error, taking a shot, then moving a little closer, then taking another shot until one actually hits. Is there any way to know (aside from experience with each skill) if I am in range to hit an enemy before I actually take the shot?


How do I increase my mining yield?

What are my options as far as skills, rigs, and fittings that will increase my mining yield? Also, I think there are some bonuses based on what ship you fly but I'm not sure because there are so many.


Are meta 4 Heavy Neuts as good as Tech 2 Heavy Neuts?

There are quite a few item types where the meta 4 variant is as good as the Tech 2 variant, often the meta 4 is even easier to fit. I did compare the Heavy Energy Neutralizers and on first glance the "Heavy Unstable Power Fluctuator I" seems to be identical in effectiveness to the "Heavy Energy Neutralizer II" while being easier to fit. But then I noticed one difference in Pyfa in an obscure parameter: The parameter `entityCapacitorLevelModifierSmall` is -97.95% for the meta 4 Neut and -78.04% for the Tech 2 Neut. Does this parameter make any difference, and if it does what exactly does it affect? Are the meta 4 Neuts equivalent to T2 Neuts in performance, or is there a difference?


How do I determine a good Babysitter?

How can I ensure that my children are receiving an education befitting their noble birth? I've ended up trying a number of different things, from educating them myself, (which is only allowed sometimes, apparently) to giving them to a learned scholar, to giving them to someone with balanced, moderately high stats. I haven't noticed much of a difference, except that when self-educated I get to choose certain traits, but that might be the low sample size inherent in having only a generation or two of gameplay. Is there some sort of formula that can help me determine the appropriate guardians for my spawn?


Could some AI Racers be Undercover cops?

In NFS Rivals, as a cop, I can choose an undercover car that resembles those of the racers. While playing as a racer myself (especially offline), I've often wondered if any of the AI racers that I meet in the world could infact be undercover cops. Especially because taking on some of them on a head-to- head challenge seems to drive me straight into a hornet's nest full of cops in wait. And many times, it seems the cops are only trying to attack my car while sparing the AI racer. Is the concept of an undercover cop only available for human racers in multiplayer mode? Or is it possible for an AI racer (during offline play) to be an undercover cop? If yes, how can I tell?


Stuck successfully completing an early gang takeover in Saints Row 3

I've barely begun the PC version of Saints Row the Third - and I simply cannot get past this part where I have to get rid of a gang operation comprising a huge bunch of crooks in an open park area. Wave after wave of gangsters and helicopter mounted snipers keep spawning and I get killed off. How do I get past this part?


My minecraft Crash

My minecraft crashes every time when I play forge and normal. it happens when I start to play in snapshot, but I forget to do a "snapshot" profile. Now I can only play in snapshot, not forge or normal, so it crashes when I try to play in forge and normal. Here's the crash report:               -- System Details --     Details:         Minecraft Version: 1.7.10         Operating System: Windows 7 (amd64) version 6.1         Java Version: 1.7.0_65, Oracle Corporation         Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation         Memory: 124652944 bytes (118 MB) / 227368960 bytes (216 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)         JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M         AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used         IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 13, tallocated: 95         Launched Version: 1.7.10         LWJGL: 2.9.1         OpenGL: GeForce GTX 560 Ti/PCI/SSE2 GL version 4.1.0, NVIDIA Corporation         GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.     Using framebuffer objects because OpenGL 3.0 is supported and separate blending is supported.     Anisotropic filtering is supported and maximum anisotropy is 16.     Shaders are available because OpenGL 2.1 is supported.                    Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.     Type: Client (map_client.txt)     Resource Packs: []     Current Language: English (US)     Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)     Vec3 Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used     Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)


Is there a way to not have a username for Minecraft PE?

Is there a way to not have a username in Minecraft PE? I'm playing on an iPad mini.


What's the best way to sober up?

I needed some information out of someone so I had to out drink him. After a few mugs of ale, my vision started to blur and the room started to wobble, but he still wasn't ready to talk so I had a few more mugs. Eventually he caved, but by that time I was pretty far gone. Now I'm seeing double and stumbling all over the room. I'd hate to try to fight in this condition. What can I do to sober up? Will I get better over time, or is meditation the only option?


How can I farm orens?

Is there any way to "farm" for orens in _The Witcher 2_?


Graphical Artifacts in SC2 on Mac

Has anyone ever encountered trails/artifacts as in the picture while playing SC2? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/zIUpf.jpg) I've tried other 3D apps on the machine such as Portal2 -- That worked just fine. Wondering if anyone has encountered this before and if so how it was resolved. Additional info:               Hardware Overview:           Model Name:   iMac      Model Identifier:     iMac11,3      Processor Name:       Intel Core i5      Processor Speed:      2.8 GHz      Number Of Processors: 1      Total Number Of Cores:        4      L2 Cache (per core):  256 KB      L3 Cache:     8 MB      Memory:       4 GB      Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s      Boot ROM Version:     IM112.0057.B00      SMC Version (system): 1.59f2          ATI Radeon HD 5750:           Chipset Model:        ATI Radeon HD 5750      Type: GPU      Bus:  PCIe      PCIe Lane Width:      x16      VRAM (Total): 1024 MB      Vendor:       ATI (0x1002)      Device ID:    0x68a1      Revision ID:  0x0000      ROM Revision: 113-B9710C-238      EFI Driver Version:   01.00.417      Displays:     iMac:      Resolution:   2560 x 1440      Pixel Depth:  32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)      Main Display: Yes      Mirror:       Off      Online:       Yes      Built-In:     Yes      Connection Type:      DisplayPort     Display Connector:      Status:       No Display Connected


Can you edit your deck in Magic The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers?

I know that you can move the cards you have _earned_ for your deck to your sideboard, but I was wondering if you can move original cards that you start with in your deck to your side board, or change the amount of mana in your deck.


How does game difficulty work in a multiplayer game?

> **Possible Duplicate:**   >  What happens when two players play the same game at different difficulties? I play a cooperative game with another human, with all the other players being AI. Apparently every human can choose difficulty separately - she chose prince difficulty and I chose Emperor difficulty. Looking at What changes are made when playing King through to Deity difficulty?, I see some aspects of the difficulty affect the player - such as base happiness - and I understand how it works in a multiplayer game; but many aspects affect the AI players. Since we chose different difficulties, what exactly is the effect on the AI? Are they all prince-level AI? Emperor-level? Some this and some that? Somewhere in-between?