Xbox 360s to TV with HDMI suddenly creating static

My XBOX is connected through an HDMI cable directly to the TV and even though the picture remains perfect, the audio begins to crackle after it’s on for anywhere between 5-20 minutes. It just started this weekend and has never happened before. It happens when I’m in game (even when nothing is going on, so not related to sound fx), and it continues if I exit to the dashboard. I’m playing Mass Effect right now, and the static gets progressively worse the longer I play, but gets momentarily better if I fast travel in the citadel or save and reload. I sat on the galaxy map for 5 mins just waiting and listened to it go from a low crackle where I could still hear the background music to an overwhelmingly loud static where nothing in game could be heard. Once again, it also happens when I exit to the dashboard, so it’s not in game only. I have the XBOX connected directly to the TV to HDMI 1 port. I tried connecting it to HDMI 3 and same static noise was heard (picture great). I tried plugging into HDMI 4, but picture was blurry and came in and out (maybe HDMI 4 has different decoding, I don’t know). I had this XBOX connected through this HDMI cable to this port for the last 2 months with zero issues. I had my old XBOX connected to through this cable and this port for 3.5 years with zero issues. I have sound sent to my receiver with composite rcas. Sound from tv to receiver while watching tv is crystal clear. ‘Jiggling’ HDMi cable has no effect on sound (still static) or picture (still great) quality. I tried connecting through 2 other HDMI cables in 2 different ports on the tv with no change in sound quality (still static). Plugging my optical cable directly from XBOX to receiver has zero issues (sound is great). I have yet to try another tv as I don’t have one with HDMi. I also haven’t tried composite, s-video, or component yet. I have yet to try a different game or a movie. My TV is a 46” Samsung a650 LCD. It is 3.5 years old. Just before this started happening, the TV did something random. While playing XBOX, it decided to change input back to TV (through analog wire, no set top box). After I changed it back, a few minutes later the settings menu for the TV randomly popped up. I then closed it and turned off the TV and waited a few minutes. After turning it back on, 20 mins later the TV auto shut off. I turned it back on and another 20 mins later it auto shut off again. I waited a few more mins, then turned it back on, and since it has not done any of these things. The static sound started a couple hours after this. I thought it might be the XBOX itself, but it’s been working for months and the sound through optical is great. I also thought it might be my TV, but the sound is crackling on every HDMI port. I thought it might be my TV to receiver connection, but that works great for watching TV.


What's the optimal placement for water pumps?

In what was undoubtedly an act of poor judgement, I recently elected reinstalled Sim City 4. Now that my addiction is in full force, I'm wondering if there's an optimal placement for water pumps in my city. Will they lower property value if I place them near residential areas? Will water pollution be worse if I place them in industrial zones or will water pollution always be a problem near industrial areas, just like air pollution? Just where _should_ I be placing those blasted pumps?


What do I do when an immigrant does not want to show his papers?

In the game, Papers, Please, you play as an immigration inspector. Normally, the immigrants and visitors will show you their documents and papers once they've been called to the counter. This one didn't: ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/GUkjE.png) This is Day 3. I'm pretty much stuck with this man until the end of my shift. How do I get this man to leave the counter?


Can I stop the FTB launcher from refocusing while it loads the pack?

As you may have noticed, FTB refocuses about four times while launching the selected pack. For example, if I launch it and then come to Arqade, it refocuses when it checks for an update for the pack. then, it refocuses during the Forge initialization. Then it refocuses yet again when the window for the pack appears. How can you prevent this from happening?


How does Sand Wraith's Ultimate work?

Sand Wraith Ultimate let you create illusions that attacks your enemies and you can switch to whoever you want to hunt. I don't know how to make that switch or the teleport! I've purchased HoN since it was closed beta I am not a newbie but all this time I never figured how this ultimate work. ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/BffBe.jpg)


In Bioshock Infinite on PS3, how to get past game freezes in Memorial Gardens?

I just arrived at the Memorial Gardens cemetary, and have had the game freeze three times. The first couple of times through, I was looting corpses before approaching the gate for the main objective. Both times, the prompts stopped appearing when you looked at a corpse, then the loot prompt stayed on the screen and wouldn't go away. I tried pausing the game, to see if a screen change might clear things up, and that's when it froze. This happened twice. I powered the system down and restarted from the last checkpoint. The third time, I went directly for the main objective. This time the prompts stopped at the main gate, I just continued by pressing the Use button when it was apparent I needed to interact with something. The boss battle began and the game froze when I brought up the vigor selection wheel. I'm stopping for now, hoping someone knows a way around these glitches. Update: Using the last strategy I mentioned, I booted up the PS3, restarted the last checkpoint and immediately ran to the main gate to see if I could somehow make it through this level. After several game freezes, I finally got to the boss fight and brute force fought my way through with the two weapons I had in stock - the Heater and a shotgun. I died a couple of times, but was able to finish without bringing up the vigor select wheel or other loot menu. I did respond to Elizabeth providing me health and salts during the battle, and fortunately that worked. I got through to an auto-save, so now I'll see if the problem was that particular map or not. Update: Well, the last auto-save file is corrupt and hangs during load. Looks like I'm starting back at an earlier chapter.


Reduced Mana reserved - how does it work?

How much mana will "Reduced Mana reserved" reduce from Spells that reserve Mana? Here is what I mean: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Reduced_Mana_Reservation An Example is Sovereignty: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Sovereignty Putting points into it nets you 14% reduced mana reserved. Let's say we have 10% reduced mana reserved When you cast Purity of Lightning: http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Purity_of_Lightning Which reserves 40% mana. By how much will it reduce the reservation?   * by -10% additive result: 30% mana reserved   * by -10% multiplicative result: 36% mana reserved Incase it was additive: How does it work with a second aura? Let's say #2 is 20% mana reservation   * -10% of 40%: 30% mana, and 20% from the other, result: 50% mana reserved   * -10% of 40%: 30% mana, and -10% of 20%: 10% mana, result: 40% mana reserved


My PS VITA doesnot turn On

I am trying to turn on PSVita but it blink icon on screen and didnot turn On. i charge my PSVita but unable to Turn On it.. Please help me... I tried to charge the PSVita. It show yellow light on Icon after few minute light is turned off.


In the EXALT Covert Data Recovery missions, what's the effect of disrupting comm relays?

In the EXALT Covert Data Recovery missions, the covert operative can optionally disable the various comm relays? What does this actually do? Does it delay or reduce the size of subsequent waves?


Moving NPCs from house to house?

I cannot get an NPC to move from his current house, to a more convenient option. The house he currently lives in now has no light, walls, chairs or tables, yet he still lives there. Why?


Unused area of laptop display while gaming

When I start playing a NFS Most Wanted or COD: Modern Warfare, I observed that the laptop screen is not used completely. There are 1.5 inches margins on both left and right ends of the screen that remain blank. The game is focused on the center. I've tried changing the resolution but it hasn't helped. Please advice on how I can make the games utilize the entire screen. P.S: I have only tried playing the above-stated games.


Error Code 6002 while installing

Can anyone help me to install Prince of Persia: Sands of Time? I'm getting an error message while installing the game. The following is the error message which I got: > Setup has experienced an error. Please do the following:   >  - Close any running programs   >  - Empty your temporary folder   >  - Check your internet connection [Internet-based Setups] > > Then try to run the Setup again   >  ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Error Code: 6002


1-2 FPS when using ShadersMod in FTB

I've just installed the Shaders Mod, and in game I get around 1-2 fps, rather than the usual 30-60. I'm using the DireWolf20 mod pack. I get the lag even with out applying a shader pack. The way I installed it was I followed this guide, but the basics are download the jar, put it in the mods folder, start/close your game so it generates the shaderspacks folder, paste your shader pack in there, load the game again. Is this lag down to my pc spec?               i5-3570K     16GB RAM     AMD Radeon HD 7800 4GB      Or could there be another underline issue causing this?


How to replace the Enchanting alphabet in Minecraft?

In Minecraft enchanting, the spells are in Standard Galactic Alphabet, which is clever - but gets old real fast. :) I seem to recall seeing a post about replacing the letters, which I can't find again. So how can I replace the Enchanting alphabet with readable letters? Is there a texture pack for it? If so, where would I get it, and how to replace it?


What are all the ways to get Speech Bonuses in Skyrim?

What are all the ways to get Speech bonuses in Skyrim? I want to maximize the amount of gold I get when selling to a vendor.


Is it possible to access your PS3's hard drive over the network?

To bypass the lame external hard drive limitations for the PS3, is there any way one could access the PS3's hard drive over the LAN? Having a media server running on a PC works great in general for streaming media on the PS3 so I am not really looking to solve any problem but am curious. Perhaps using a protocol like FTP or a SAMBA equivalent. Alternative but related question: Is it possible to manually place files onto the hard drive? What I mean is that assuming I remove the hard drive and plug it into my PC, would I be able to transfer pictures or music directly onto it?


What does the AP Mid GP10 meta entail?

I've heard a lot of talk from high level players about AP Mids starting to build a GP10 setup and having a lot of success with it. TSM Mid player Reginald has even expressed how much he hates the "new mid GP10 meta" because of how passive it is. I've looked around several of the common League of Legends theorycraft sites and not really found a definitive answer to what all this new meta entails, and why it is viable. So my question is, what are the common builds, runes, strategies, and champions for this "new mid meta?" And when, why, and how exactly it is viable? Strengths and Weaknesses would be a big help too.


How many wards do I have to use to make sightstones efficient?

I know that wards are extremely important in League of Legends, and I know that often, people like to buy the sightstone. However, many times I go for straight up wards instead. The sightstone is not used enough, in my opinion, to be more beneficial than the cost of buying that wards themselves. This may be because I am in bronze 2, but I am just wondering, how many wards do you actually need to use (and, how many times do you need to go back) for the sightstone to be worth it? I need to know, because if you have to go back so many times that you lose about 2 levels compared to your lane opponents, I will just buy regular wards.


Getting Battlefield raw weapon data

I know you can get weapon data from symthic.com. However, i am wanting to get RAW weapon data from the game files. Symthic, claims they are getting their data from the game files. I was wondering if anyone knew how to get this information. For battlefield 3 or 4. * * * **UPDATE @ 31 October 2013** I posted a question on the Symthic forums and an admin said he will be adding more information regarding the raw data soon. I will update this question when he has posted that information.


Reconnect to Ubisoft servers

From time to time, my PS3 loses connection to the Ubisoft servers. Normally, I wouldn't care about it too much, but I really do enjoy using my tablet as a map thanks to the Assassin’s Creed® IV Companion app, which is pretty much useless when the game is no longer online. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find a way to reconnect to the servers, except by quitting the game to the main menu and starting Uplay. How can I reconnect to the Ubisoft servers without quitting my current game session? Is it even possible? Uplay takes ages to load after all...


How to get Full Speed Run trophy in Braid

I'm looking at getting the "Full Speed Run" trophy in Braid on PS3. The description of the trophy is: > Did some kind of speed run through the game. So, two questions:   1. Do I have to get _all_ the puzzle pieces, or can I just plow through the levels?   2. Do I have to beat the challenge time, or can I take as long as I need?


How to get the Steam Workshop to work with "Civilization V" for a Mac?

I currently own _Civilization V_ , (not the _Gods & Kings_ expansion,) and have the latest version of it and have subscribed to several items on the Steam Workshop, but when I start-up the game, none of them appear to be in effect. I have enabled mods and can clearly see the MODS button on the main menu (as outlined by this:) > How can I enable Civ 5 mods on Mac OS X? ...but it still refuses to acknowledge any of the mods I subscribe to from the Steam Workshop. How can I enable these mods specifically?


Target Priority for Turrets?

Obviously, turrets prioritize minions unless a friendly champ takes damage from an enemy champ within the turret's range, and if there are no minions the turret will target the first enemy champ to come within range. My question is this - if there are multiple enemy champs within range as the last friendly minion dies, how does the turret prioritize the enemy champs? Is it random, or is there some factor that affects which enemy champ the turret will start attacking first?


Can you select primary and secondary skills using a mouse wheel?

My play style with the Monk tends to involve switching between a few primary and secondary skills on the two mouse buttons. The Diablo 3 GUI is not optimized for this sort of quick switching: it requires a few keystrokes or menu selections. Is there a way to select skills using the mouse wheel?


Why are there items with absolutely no attributes?

I have found 5 or 6 items now, all jewelry, that have no attributes. Just a socket and that is it. Is this a known bug, or is it just the luck of the draw? I would think an item is completely worthless without any attributes at all.


My followers won't stop attacking my horse!

I use EFF and Convenient Horses, and lately I've been having this problem where my followers attack my supposedly friendly and essential horses and I can't get them to stop. They stand there, slashing at the air, while the horse stands there doing nothing. I can't talk to them, and I don't think EFF has an option like AFT and Vilja do where you can command them not to attack whatever they're attacking. ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/kMOKll.jpg) Stopcombat, unfortunately, doesn't help. They immediately unsheathe their weapons and go back to attacking the horse.


How long does it take for fury decay to start?

Bashiok mentions in this thread that Fury decay is not immediate, and I've observed that to be the case myself. How long does it take for Fury to start to decay? Are there other factors to consider, or does it always start after the same amount of time? Does gaining Fury under always reset the timer?


Which items are common from exploring buildings?

Exploring certain buildings in the wastes often gives a certain type of item, i.e. you'll get various alcoholic items from searching a Shady Bar. What are the other building types and the items associated with exploring them?


How do I properly spec as a Balance druid?

I'm not new in the World of Warcraft World, but currently I'm trying a new class, a Druid (Level 79 as of yesterday). I'm leveling as a Tank, but I'm looking for a DPS off-spec. I don't like the idea of melee DPS since I have a Warrior and a Death Knight, so I was thinking about speccing as a Balance druid. With all the changes and the "Moon Circle" rotation, I have no clue on how to gear/spec it. I haven't found something useful by browsing forums, so any suggestions regarding the construction of a decent Level 85 Balance druid spec would be awesome. An extra note: Getting gear is not a problem, as I'm planning on leveling and running heroics as a bear until I get a set for the bird to raid with. :)


Possible to bridge PS3 to use laptop and iPhone shared 3g connection

I am able to broadcast a wireless signal from my iPhone to my laptop using an ad-hoc network. Unfortunately, PS3 does not recognize ad-hoc networks so I am unable to use this wireless connection. My initial attempt to connect was as follows: Allow my Windows 7 laptop to connect to the internet using USB tether to my iPhone (with MyWi software). This works and does not use any wireless signal from my laptop itself. I then tried to bridge both the wireless and LAN connections to an ethernet connected PS3 but nothing seems to work. The connection to my PS3 comes in and out frequently as if it is trying to find an internet signal, fails, the disconnects. Has anybody had luck with this in the past?


How do I create an inactivity timeout device?

I want a redstone circuit which has one input (or an arbitrary number of ORed inputs, but I can wire that up myself), one output, and where the output is on whenever the input is on as well as a for a long time delay (say, two minutes) after the output turns off. The input turning on during that period should reset the delay. I'm generally familiar with logic circuits, but I'm looking for something which will be efficient in the redstone used, as I have little stock and want to get this built before doing lots more mining. What comes to mind is either a very long delay line (with parallel wiring to reset it fast) or, more likely, a binary counter which is reset by the input and stops (and turns off the output) at a specific value. But I don't know about good designs for a compact counter — I haven't worked with flip-flops at all.


How do you reflect the laser in level 13?

On level 13 of _Enigmo 2_ for the iPhone/iPad, you have all the tools to bounce the water, but no mirrors to reflect the laser beam that turns on. How do you solve this level?


Should I press forward (w) when skiing?

In Tribes: Ascend, the in-game skiing tutorials cover game mechanics (ski down slopes, jetpack uphill) but not controls. It feels like I'm more maneuverable when not pressing forward all the time, but I wonder if I'm not achieving maximum velocity if I don't press forward. Should I be pressing forward (`w`) while skiing to go forward? Or should I just let momentum carry me while skiing?


Help me make sense of the Starcraft 2 ending

Upon seeing that opening vid, I actually thought all marines were convicts sentenced to death and put in the front line as their death penalty. But it seems to me that only Tychus has this deal with Mengsk. In that case, it is safe to assume that it was Mengsk who set Tychus to join Raynor's Raiders. But in the ending scene, Tychus' orders seem to be actually to kill Kerrigan, not Raynor (I thought he was supposed to kill or bring Raynor to Mengsk). But for that to happen, was Mengsk expecting that Raynor would actually go and try to save Kerrigan? That it was just his convenience that Kerrigan was converted back? Or was it a huge conspiracy of sorts where Mengsk told his son to get Raynor to help him become his father's successor (much more believable than Mengsk dealing with Raynor himself). I mean it was Valerian who researched and fixed the artifact right? So was Arcturus counting on that for Tychus to have a shot at Kerrigan?


Attack damage or Armor penetration?

The last few months I main Zed. I believe that I'm good with him when it comes to mechanics but when it comes to the build I use, I just a find one on solomid, or mobafire and run this. So I would like to take understand a bit more the runes and masteries I'm using for him. For now I'm wondering which runes are better to run on Zed? Armor penetration or Attack damage?


Will there be Steam on PS3?

Is Steam going to be available on PS3? If so, does that mean that if I have purchased a game through Steam on my PC, and a PS3 version of that game exists, will I automatically be able to play it on my PS3 as well?


No thermal stone in survival tab

I'm on day 18 in Don't starve. With the onset of winter I need to build a heat stone, but when I check the survival tab the stone does not appear there for crafting. It's not even that I can't build it, it just isn't on the tab. I have a shadow manipulator, am playing in sandbox mode and am playing vanilla with no mods. Why can't I build it?


Where are the Origin settings on a Mac?

I am on a mac and I don't know where the settings are on Origin. I am trying to install The Sims 3 to an external hard drive.


My game tends to crash

I play the Binding of Isaac a lot. I'm trying to unlock the D6, so I must beat the womb as ???. But when I get to the loading screen for the womb part 1, the game always crashes. Is there a way to fix that?


How can I use Kinect for voice chat during gaming?

How do we use the Kinect to chat instead of a headset for game chat? For example, using Kinect for chat while playing Call of Duty: Ghosts.


What happens when vampires use "hypnotic gaze"?

In The Sims 3 Supernatural a vampire sim can use "hypnotic gaze" interaction when talking to other people.   One would expect it to hypnotize the sim it was used on or something but as far as I can tell it doesn't do anything at all. What does this "hypnotic gaze" interaction do?


Does full synchronization in Assassin's Creed influence anything?

Does full synchronization in Assassin's Creed influence anything, like story outcome or abilities that you get or even Easter eggs or dialogs? Or is there absolutely no point to those bonus objectives?


How is Shepard supposed to know how to make the final decision in Mass Effect 3?

Mass Effect 3 has, depending on certain conditions, up to three possible endings. > The end-game options are clearly laid out for Shepard, and each scenario is > apparently represented by a different path Shepard can walk down. It is made > very clear that how the ending plays out is up to Shepard to decide in this > moment. So it only stands to reason that Shepard should be explicitly told, > or given a clear visual indicator to, which path would lead to which ending. However, when I reached the final decision point, I did not see anything that clearly indicated which actions would lead towards which ending. Certainly, I could have gone online and looked up a walkthrough to help me figure things out. However, I really feel that the game should have done a better job of leading me towards where I wanted to go. In the end, I went with what my gut was telling me _might possibly_ achieve my desired result - though I still really worried that the action might have actually led to an ending other than the one I desired. Fortunately, this ended up being the right choice for me. So, in some regards, I suppose it can be said that the game did its job even though I don't really feel like it did. Still, I'm left wondering if I might have missed something. Is there a clear in-game indicator of which actions will reflect each of Shepard's possible choices? I'm specifically _not_ looking for a simple guide that says "if you do this, you'll get that ending". I want to know what, if anything, the game does to give such directions to the player.


How do you complete the achievement 'Artillery Mastery' for the Osprey?

It says 'Get to Sector 5 without upgrading your weapons system'. The Osprey has two weapons systems, one for standard weapons and one for a special beam weapon it has. Am I restricted from upgrading one, the other, or both?


Why was I leaving orange ghosts behind?

Yesterday, I was playing a game online, and while I was respawning it said something about showing zombies. After spawning, I noticed that every couple of seconds I was leaving orange ghosts, or perhaps "zombies", of where I was then. I died pretty quickly though, and never found out why. Does anybody know why that was happening?


Does Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood build on the saved game from Assassin's Creed II?

Some games (like Mass Effect 2) build on the saved games from earlier versions by allowing the player to keep going with the choices they'd made earlier. Assassin's Creed isn't big on non-linearity, but my ACII character does have nice armor, weapons, and some cash. Will AC: Brotherhood notice that saved game and pick up information from it or does Brotherhood always start from scratch?


Does Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection recognize the Kombat Stick controller?

When Mortal Kombat 9 came out, I picked up the Kombat Stick controller (not to be confused with the Klassic Fight Stick from the same peripheral maker). Does the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection recognize it or is it a one-trick pony that works only with the latest Mortal Kombat?


How does science in teams work in Civilization V?

Was playing team based game with my brother against the AI and noticed that the number of turns to research something dropped when we both selected to research the same technology. How does this work? Does it combine all players in the team researching the same technology (ie. its addictive)? or there diminishing returns? and if so what is the formula.


How do I place coins on the ground?

The changelog for 1.2.4 indicates you can now place coins in the world. I can't figure out how. Do I need to craft them into a pile? Just place them in my hotbar and click? How?


What determines the price of Unusuals?

As implied from the question, what gives Unusuals their values? I've seen many different unusuals go from 1-2 buds, to as many as 20-25 buds? What gives Unusuals their value?


What does the free edition of Starcraft 2 include?

Free edition: > Play the first five missions of the epic single-player campaign and wage > unrelenting war on your friends. Does it really mean it includes multiplayer? Are there any limitations? Is the only thing you get from buying the full game is the rest of the campaign?


Can you migrate a US Starcraft 2 license to an EU one?

I'm thinking of buying an extra copy for a friend, with the Black Friday 50% sale. Problem is, the sale is only valid in the US, not EU. If I buy the US version, would I be able to convert it to the EU?


Arcadia called me a Nord, even though I am a Breton

After experiencing difficulties with a stuck loading screen in Skyrim, I had to force my PS3 to shut down. Thankfully my saved file wasn't completely screwed up in the process. But after I loaded my save game, I travelled to Whiterun to get some ingredients from Arcadia. Once I interacted with her, I was shocked to hear her say "Maybe a hardy Nord like you doesn't need a cure-all, hmm? What about an invisibility potion?" This isn't right. I am a Breton. I really hope this doesn't have anything to do with corruption in my save file. I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this issue. I don't want to be confused for a Nord throughout the rest of my Skyrim gaming experience.


What does the Comedy Specs extra do?

The first extra that you can unlock is called **Comedy Specs**. However, turning on this extra does not appear to make any changes to the game. What does this extra actually do?


How can I unsubscribe myself from Ingress notification list?

I've searched far and wide, including their help, and their dashboard and their intel map, and found nothing. Is there a way to make Ingress not send me notifications on resonators of mine that were destroyed etc? I'm afraid that my mail is compromised and I don't want sensitive data there. (Also, it's annoying to get a notification every time something happens).


Store a function or even a variable to call in console for Skyrim

Is there a way to create and store a function in skyrim for future use? I don't like having to re-enter codes all the time of what I commonly use, so I'd rather I be able to just call a function like `function items()` and it it activates something like               function items() {       player.additem xxxxxx;       player.additem xxxxxx;       player.additem xxxxxx;     }      Or even just be able to store and call a variable via command line like:               $gem=player.additem 2E504 10;     $gem;


Graphics Card 'Time-Out' Only Affects Minecraft Modded

I'm having a lot of trouble with my graphics card and Minecraft. I usually play Minecraft while watching a video on my other monitor. However while I am playing Minecraft, chunks in the distance will start to flicker, Java will crash and Windows will show a notify icon with the information:               Display driver stopped responding and has recovered     Display driver display has stopped responding and has successfully recovered.      This will also bring up a dialogue box with this information and a YesNo option that asks me to go to the (Microsoft) KB site with information on it. I have followed the information there and increased the time to recover, however this has obviously not worked. The weird thing about this is that this only happens to (heavily) Modded Minecraft. This does not happen with other games, even ones that are graphically intensive. It's getting pretty annoying now as I'm not able to watch videos while playing (first world problems I know) and after I usually have to restart my PC anyway because applications that use the card (like Chrome, etc) wont work as well as they did before the reset. Can anyone give me any details as to why this happens and any means to stop it from happening again (other than increasing the timeout time). Specs:   * Intel i7-3770K (4 cores)   * RAM: 32GB   * NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690   * Windows 8 Pro 64x Mods (Minecraft 1.6.4):                - Forge      - BspkrsCore Mods: ArmourStatus, DirectionHUD and StatusEffectHUD,      - Advanced Machines,      - AdvanceTime,      - Applied Energistics,      - Backpack Mod,      - Buildcraft Tools,      - BiblioCraft      - Biomes o' Plenty      - BuildCraft,      - BuildCraft Additional Objects,      - ChickenCodeCore Mods: Chicken Chunks, EnderStorage, NEI and WirelessRedstone,      - ExtraUtilities,      - Factorization,      - Forestry,      - iChun Mods: Hats, PortalGun and Morph      - ImmibisCore Mods: Peripherals, LiquidXP and RedLogic,      - IndustrialCraft,      - InventoryTweaks,      - IronChests,      - ModularPowersuits,      - Natura,      - Numina,      - ObsidiPlates,      - Optifine HD U C6,      - RailCraft,      - SoulShards,      - Tinkers' Construct,      - Teleport Pipes,      - Twilight Forest,      - Underground Biomes,      - ZansMinimap.


I have a mediocre GPU but loads of RAM, is there any way to gain more performance?

I recently downloaded the **Tribes: Ascend** beta and while it's really good, my graphics performance _isn't_. I've currently got these specs (forgive me if I'm not the best with technical jargon):   * Toshiba Satellite laptop   * Intel Core i5 processor, according to CPU-Z it's 2.67GHz   * 8gb of DDR3 RAM (up from the factory-issue 2gb)   * ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 Right now I'm getting around 30fps on Tribe's worst possible settings, (minimal quality, manually turning all graphical fanciness off in the config file, 1280 resolution). I know my machine doesn't have the best GPU, but is there any way I can use my extra RAM to my advantage? Thanks.


Is it possible to use a shield in one hand and magic in the other?

It seems that despite no matter how many combinations of right clicking, left clicking, and favorites I set up, I can't seem to use a shield in one hand and magic in the other. Is this always impossible? Is there perhaps a perk that allows this ability?


How do I identify criminals?

The "War on Crime" achievement in Tropico 4 instructs the player to arrest 10 criminals in a single mission. I figured there would be a list of criminals in the almanac, but no such luck. How do I identify a citizen as a criminal so I can arrest the correct people?


When does The Great Wall become obsolete?

Before a recent patch change, the Colossus used to go obsolete upon Navigation: > Goes obsolete once any player researches the Navigation technology. Pretty clear wording. The Great Wall, however, is a little more ambiguous: > Upon discovering Dynamite, The Great Wall becomes obsolete. The question is, **whose discovery of Dynamite**? The owner of the wall? The enemy trying to walk inside the wall's owner's territory? Any player, like the Colossus?


Will Prince of Persia 3D run on Windows 7?

According to its system requirements, the game says it needs Windows 98 or Windows ME. Can I play it if I have Windows 7 instead? Or do I need an older OS to be able to run it?


How much range does 'Range' add?

For the weapon proficiency "Range", it does not show on the weapons stats the details of the improvement. How much range does it add compared to how much range Silencer removes?


Disabling the safe alarm in chapter 3 ("Enemy of the State")

Is there a way to disable the safe alarm during the mission where I have to steal gas ration stamps or am I stuck hauling tail from the New York's finest?


Where is the first available house in Skyrim?

As I grabbed everything that wasn't nailed down so far and as I don't want to throw away any ingredients I could use later I though it would be time to look for a house to store all my stuff. My inventory is getting fuller and I'd like to deposit all my crafting ingredients in a safe place. How can I get a house to store all my stuff the easiest way at the beginning of the game?


What is the noisy white circle on my minimap?

Occasionally I'll see a white circle filled with what looks like static on my minimap, which will eventually disappear. It usually doesn't last long, so I haven't had the time to see what it is - what exactly causes this to show up, and should I avoid it?


Is there a benefit to buying landmarks?

Is there a reason or benefit to buy landmarks? Do they generate income or is there some other benefit? If they generate income, is that income based on the cost of the landmark, or a fixed income?


Why did the portal close on level 5 of Soul Arbiter's Maze?

I made it to the secret treasure on level 5 of Soul Arbiter's Maze on Darksiders II and the portal closed behind me there is no way out. I watched a walkthrough video of someone else and they just went right back through the portal. What happened - is this a glitch?


Unicorn on a Stick — what does it do?

I killed a unicorn and it dropped the item called "Unicorn on a Stick", which is the decapitated unicorn's head with a stick jammed in it. It is not a crafting material and cannot be equipped. What does it do?


Where do I find a Dwarven Armor Fragment?

So I failed the Little Sisters quest in Chapter 2/Roche's Path and looted a diagram for the Mahakaman Sihil steel sword. Amongst others the sword requires a dwarven armor fragment, but I don't have the faintest idea where I could get one. Maybe somebody knows?


How do "Spirits" in the Distillery work exactly in Bastion?

The potions here seem to work very differently from any other game I've played. This is how I believe they work:   1. You have a set of potions, that you either find or buy.   2. At any time, only one potion per level is active.   3. You can activate a potion in the Bastion, and this act consumes it. Its affects last permanently ... or until you choose another potion for this level. Am I right? Am I missing anything? Note that I don't refer to do normal life / power potions (those seem rather simple), but only to the special potions.


How do I change my personal Mii on the 3DS?

I imported my old Mii into the 3DS from my Wii. Now, I'd like to replace the "personal Mii" that I set up on the 3DS with the one from the Wii. Is there any way to do it, without editing the existing Mii to look like my old one? A valid workaround would be to let me erase all my Mii data (but not the purchased games on the system), and start over with an import.


What was going on with Watts at the very end?

> At the end of the game after Watts and Rosalene are talking by Johnny and > River's graves in front of the lighthouse, the "world" begins to shake and > glow red. It's the same sort of occurrence that Watts and Rosalene > experience inside Johnny's "world of memories." Also, immediately > experiencing the red shakies, Watts chugs some pain pills he denied being > addicted to earlier. Am I reading into it too much? Or is this alluding to the possibility of Watts and Rosalene's "real world" as being simply another "world of memories"? Were there some other clues dropped pointing towards this? Or is there a better evidenced explanation?


Tekkit factory line, avoiding item surplus?

I am trying to create a fully automated HV solar panel factory in tekkit, but I have a problem. The parts I need for various other parts and machines are all produced at different speeds, and some of them do not have an EMC, meaning that I cannot just chuck all the surplus items into an energy condenser to get rid of them. How can I deal with this problem? For instance, one of the machines require 2 electric circuits, some redstone, and other parts. The redstone slots are at 64 all the time, while the circuit slots in the automatic crafting table are at 1-2, meaning I over-produce redstone for this particular part of the factory. Redstone is easy to deal with, but I also have this problem with other parts. I notice that the energy condensers that produce the raw materials (through energy collectors) just fill up and stay full, is there a way to set up retrievers or what not to pull in what is needed instead of pumping them out continously from the energy condensers? Meaning, when the crafting table is ready to accept redstone, it will ask for it? Is this possible?


Where can I catch each of the fish required to earn the 'Pandarian Angler' achievement?

On the island of Pandaria, there is a variety of aquatic life forms and an achievement to capture them all. These fish are used in a variety of recipes for cooking and other things, in addition to contributing towards Zen Master Fishing. The new fish are:   * Emperor Salmon   * Giant Mantis Shrimp   * Jade Lungfish   * Krasarang Paddlefish   * Redbelly Mandarin   * Spinefish Alpha   * Flying Tiger Gourami   * Golden Carp   * Jewel Danio   * Mimic Octopus   * Reef Octopus   * Tiger Gourami Some of these fish don't appear to have pools that spawn as far as I can tell, and I have caught Golden Carp from Reef Octopus pools. Where can I find each of these fish?


Does Armor/Magic Resist affect percentage damage?

Is % based spell damage like Liandry's Torments passive or Amumus Despair (W) affected by Magic Resistance? Same goes with Botrk and armor.


How do I counter enemy Hazards?

On Pokemon X and Y, I do a lot of online battling. One thing I notice, is that many people use hazards like Toxic Spikes, Stealth Rock, ect. ect.. I know Flying types and Levitate can go around the ground based ones, but not Stealth Rock. Is there a way I can deal with these hazards, or do I just have to tough it out?


Are Friend Safari Pokémon gender locked?

I have this Ponyta, Pyroar, Braixen Safari and have been trying to get a male Pyroar off it. At some point, I noticed something must be wrong and paid attention to the genders I was encountering, here are the results:   * Out of 7 Ponytas, 1 was male   * Out of 15 Braixen, 1 was female   * Out of 30+ Pyroar, none was male. This leads me to the conclusion that the Pokémon in the Friend Safari are at least very strongly shifted towards one gender, in some cases possibly even locked to one gender. Can anyone confirm or disprove this theory? I don't want to spend hours searching for that male Pyroar if it just doesn't exist...


How many rewards do you get from each person / good during ship battles?

In Sid Meier's Pirates during the ship battles you will occasionally see people and goods falling off the ships. If you pick them up what will they give you as "rewards"? I know crew will give you crew and goods will give you goods. The question really is, How many "rewards" do you get from each?


How does the Bukkit plugin "AsyncWorldedit" differ from "SafeEdit"?

I am familiar with both the plugins SafeEdit and AsyncWorldedit and how they operate, I think. If I understand correctly, SafeEdit pastes in WorldEdit files by doing them chunk-by-chunk, and AsyncWorldedit performs WorldEdit actions by having them be spaced out among each tick per second to reduce lag, to explain them very, very basically. So, my question is, **_which plugin results in better performance on a server and why?_** I have heard rumors that SafeEdit is a less stable plugin, and that AsyncWorldedit is the more stable option to take. I don't know if this is true or not, but I just wanted to confirm it with hard evidence if it is.


What items are only available during the Halloween Event?

The Halloween Event goes until November 10, and I'm wondering what items I should try to focus on getting until that time. I've been spending time trying to obtain Goodie Bags, which drop a number of vanity items. But what other Halloween-specific items are only available during the Halloween Event? I know that certain NPC's sell unique items, but what should I buy before they disappear?


When should I start seeking out DLC missions?

I've already played through Skyrim on the PS3. Now, finally tired of waiting on Bethesda to re-align their fecal matter, I've bought the game and all DLC on the Xbox 360. While I did enjoy the story and everything about the game the first time around, my new playthrough on the 360 is going to be primarily targeting DLC. I'll probably be putting off a lot of the main quest line in favor of prioritizing the DLC. To that end, I'd like to know when an appropriate time would be to start pursuing the missions associated with each DLC. Do they each have a minimum level, or a particular place in the larger story? Or are they fairly well separated from the main story, and level down or up to match the player? Could I dive straight into things, right out of Helgen - or do I need to buff up a bit and slay a few dragons, giants, mammoths, etc. first? I would like an answer to cover all of:   * Dawnguard   * Hearthfire   * Dragonborn


ingress updated level from phone to browser?

I have been been playing ingress for a few days now, and my phone shows one of the sides of the octagon half-way of being full, but when I log in to the website, I still see the octagon on the upper left side of the screen as being empty. Any ideas? Am I doing something wrong?


How does the Shrine of the Gunbringer work?

I came across the Shrine of the Gunbringer where it looks like I can sacrifice something or someone it the main chamber.... How does it work and how can I use it? I saw a video of it here but when I tried jumping in it & having my friend hit the lever, it didn't do anything. Is there any criteria that has to be met to use it? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/MEhsA.jpg) Some of the comments on YouTube Suggest the following: > Step 1. Go to the shrine. > > Step 2. Make SURE no person presses the button early or it will be wasted. > This has happened multiple times for me. People run up and press the button. > The light should be green on the button. If it is red, someone was an idiot. > > Step 3. Have all of your sacrifices get in the hole. > > Step 4. Sacrificed them and wait. Can anyone confirm or deny these suggestions? Sorta spoiler below: > I just completed the Rescue Roland quest. Tried the button and it did not work.


Which treasure is worth the most gold?

Some of the map spots in Scurvy Scallywags are timed bonus areas with multiple types of gold - coin piles, gold bars, and (IIRC) money sacks. So that I can maximize my looting, which of the items is worth the most gold?


Friend can’t connect to my Diablo 2 LAN game

When I host the game my friend can’t connect to me. Our IP addresses are `192.168.1.100` and `192.168.1.101`. When I run a second instance of Game.exe I can connect myself without any issues. Both computers have Windows 7. I tried to find some information on Google to configure Windows. There was advice to remove IPv6 protocol, but it doesn’t help.


What will happen when you reach 1000 saves?

In Skyrim, I make backups of my quicksaves very often, and I have a question: what will happen if you save the game more than 999 times ( **with** overwriting, while I made 150 saves in Skyrim, I have only about 30 individual save files)?


Does increasing my attack increase the attack of my djinni?

If I use a djinn or a psynergy move that increases my attack, does it also increase attacks of summoned creatures and djinni? Or is it just my party's weapon attacks?


How does one obtain these achievements in Black Mesa: Source?

Taken from enter link description here > **Quantum Capacitance** : Overcharge it anyway. > > **Remote Detonation** : Kill a Barnacle with a Satchel. > > **Unified Coupling Theorum** : Help the Barnacle and Headcrab find true > love. [ _0/10_ ] > > **Permeable Infrastructure** : Use the alternative path in the Office > Complex. I'm having trouble with these four in Black Mesa: Source. I have already completed all the other achievements, but these have stumped me. What exactly is a Barnacle? Do they mean Headcrabs? I'm very confused.


What does the clock icon mean in Skill Descriptions?

![Screenshot of a skill](http://i.stack.imgur.com/HzH3J.jpg) I know from "What is this new icon in some of the skills?" that the water droplet icon means that a skill can't be used underwater, and the cooldown icon is easy enough to figure out, but **what does this clock icon mean**?


Is there a way to reach that second path in Macalania Temple

when your making your way to the temple you see this ice path in the back, i'm wondering if it's at all possible to reach it cause it seems a bit off to add it there when the rest of the area is devoid of anything else Edit: as per Adam Jensen's request i couldn't get a screenshot since i have yet to configure a PS2 Emulator or find a non-artwork image of the 2nd path however i did find this Macalania Temple Let's Play In the video above you'll see the path i'm talking about, you can also check out the rest of the video to see more of the path. it is this second path i am talking about


Overcoming a Protoss player who turtles until carriers

Ok I'm admittedly still a bit of a noob at this game, but I'm fairly experienced in RTS games in general, and feel that I have a decent grasp of early game strategy in SC2. However, I can't seem to beat one friend of mine (I play Terran). Here's usually what happens: I'll start a couple racks pretty early, and get a group of maybe 8-10 marines & marauders. I'll try to hit him early, but what usually happens is he is protected by a couple well placed photon cannons, which will do a decent amount of damage before I can get in his base. At that point, the couple of units he does have will usually finish me off. I'll try to keep pushing, but it's usually never enough (even more turrets now), and then eventually he'll get Carriers. At that point I usually just stop playing because even if I built up a bunch of Vikings, they are never enough for all the Carriers. Any good strategies for taking him out early? I realized I could probably expand a bunch and eventually beat him in the resource wars, but that frankly just seems boring and a waste of time.


What are my chances at uncrating an Unusual?

I have just been playing TF2 for a while now and I am still wondering what the unusual drop chance is. I understand that unusuals in TF2 can only be found through uncrating. However, when I tried to search up on the unusual drop chance I came up with several different speculations. For example: ![According to www.tf2finance.com/rate/ this is how the drop chance for unusuals are calculated](http://i.stack.imgur.com/nPw8Z.png) According to www.tf2finance.com/rate/ this is how the drop chance for unusuals are calculated However, according to Steam forum posts, people claim that the drop rate is a fixed 1% or 0.6%. > As far as i'm aware the Percentage is of 1% So, 1 in 100? But then again, > seeing as this is a binomial experiment. The results being YES or NO and the > result we pay attention being YES UNUSUAL, you are most likely to find it on > your 50th try. In other words, I am at a lost here. Since all these data is based on other peoples backpacks and the crates other's have uncrated. **My question is, has Valve ever released any info on what the official TF2 unusual uncrating chance is? If so, what is the official unusual drop rate?**


Why do my neighbour deals keep ending prematurely?

There is this strange bug (or so I assume) in Sim City 3000 where my neighbour deals are messed up. What happens is, I make a deal of selling power to a neighbour town, and immediately this deal gets cut off, and I'm bankrupt. But I know I have plenty of excess power to sell. Additionally, apart from the penalty I get (for apparently being the culprit of the cut-off deal), my finances window shows another (similar) amount that I have to pay for at the end of the year (shown in the 'neighbour deals' row), but this amount gets added at another time than the penalty for the broken deal. This has happened several times in a row. * * * According to the game's pie chart, I am using `708.000 MW-h` of power a year, and all my power plants show they use 29% of their max. capacity.   `(708.000/29 * 100) - 708.000 = 1.733.379 MW-h = the other 70% of excess power`. The neighbour deal is about me selling `50.000 MW-h` a month, so obviously I can spare that amount of power. I read something online about this, saying that the cause may be a shortage of power cables going to the neighbour town. But I installed 6 extra power cables (connecting with the respective neighbour), and my last deal was a selling of about `40.000 MW-h`, where I had only 1 power cable. So an additional 6 should be quite enough. * * * **Does anyone know what can solve this issue?** I have to fix this right away, or there's no point in continuing the game, as I'm completely broke. ## **Edit:** I've found that (at least a part of) the problem lies withing the distribution of my power. My city has a river in the center, and is built around this river on both sides. Just now, I found out that, for some reason, the power for the neighbour deal is only subtracted from power plants on just one side of the river. This causes my power plants to run at full capacity for a while (even though the deal is cancelled the very first second). I've now built a bridge over the river, with power cable towers next to the bridge on both sides of the river. But it doesn't seem to make any difference. **Does anyone know if the power _should_ get distributed by default, or otherwise how to make it distribute some other way?** Whether this works like it's supposed to or not, there is another part of the bug; after the deal gets cancelled, when I remove the power connection to the respective neighbour, the mayor of that town notifies me of the cancellation, and **again** I get a penalty/fine. So that's _two_ fines for _one_ cancelled deal. Sweet.


How can I advance the Companion's questline?

I am stuck on the Companions questline. In my journal, "Proving Honor" is marked as completed, but the top objective "Return to Jorrvaskr" isn't filled in, so it may be bugged. The Silver Hand quest has not been started. When I talk to any of the leaders, they say "Didn't Skjor already give you a job?" or something. I went through all the misc objectives that had to do with killing bandit leaders and none of them were related to Skjor (I finished them and the bounty collection was always someone else). Could this have anything to do with another questline (e.g. civil war) not being complete?


Where are the missing books?

During the "Hitting the books" mission, I had the fight with the caller; the game guide says the books are on her body. I searched her and the entire room including surrounding rooms but no books anywhere. Does anyone know where they are or has anyone experienced this problem?


How do I save all the citizens in the first Masyaf key mission?

In the first Masyaf key mission in Assassin's Creed: Revelations, I have to save all citizens in order to achieve 100% synchronization. Are they before the gate and the crusader? Or do I have to somehow make sure the crusader doesn't kill more hostages than necessary? Who do I have to save and how?


How do I lower the post game mega stone price for charizard?

I beat the elite four, beat the rival again and went to buy Mega Stones for Charizard because I chose Bulbasaur in the beginning. Yet the clerks sells me the stone with a price tag of 1000000. What's going on? Is there any way to lower its price?


How do I run my game in full screen?

I am using a lenovo z560 laptop but the game runs in the center of the screen but not in full screen. How do I make it appear in full screen?


SteamCMD "Error! App '237410' state is 0x10502 after update job"

I should most likely contact Steam Support as well about this, but my hope is this will be an easy fix. My friends and I recently purchased Insurgency, so, in an attempt to get a server running, I downloaded SteamCMD, set the installation directory, and ran               app_update 237410 -validate      Unfortunately, for whatever reason, SteamCMD failed to complete the download and gave me an error                Error! App '237410' state is 0x10502 after update job      This was all done on my server machine which is currently running CentOS 6.5 64 bit. Does anyone know what would cause this error?


Moving on in Candy Crush

In playing the mystery quest game in _Candy Crush Saga_ to unlock level 36, I understand it as I have to play and win 3 games, one game a day. If I don't win, say the first mystery quest game the first time I try, can I keep trying until I win that day or do I have to wait 24 hours before I can play that game again? In other words do I get one shot at it each day?


Can a Squad Sight Sniper use Mindfray on an enemy outside their line of sight?

Can a psionic sniper with the Squad Sight ability use Mindfray on an enemy not in their line of sight?


Getting Full Lives

Is it just me or is _Candy Crush Saga_ one of the greediest games ever conceived? Every single aspect of this game costs something... Want more levels? Well you have to wait... or you can be impulsive and pay up... ![](http://rndgames.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/113_1_1_182239217.jpg) Well I am tired of giving that glutton of a girl my hard-earned cash. I have already forked over enough money to put my child through college _(not literally)_. That being said, is there any way to get full lives without having to:   * wait 2.5 hours   * pay $0.99   * use a third-party application ?


How do weapon statistics relate to game play?

I'm interested to know what the weapon stats mean in the game. I have made some assumptions, but I'm curious to know if there is any official line on them. Take the following example of adding a short barrel to my rifle. ![car-4 short barrel](http://i.stack.imgur.com/1bPLY.jpg) So does this mean that with reduced accuracy I'll have less chance to hit an enemy, so more weapon spread. What about mobility? Is a higher value better? Does it affect weapon swapping? Reloading? What benefits are there of lots of noise? There doesn't really seem to be anything in game to understand what the stats actually mean in real terms.


Getting slimes to spawn

I'm trying to make a slime farm, but I can't get slimes to spawn. I've found the Slime chucks, I'm below level 40, I have a 3 high room, I know it's a slime chuck because when I place a mob spawner to place slimes they spawn, the spawner does nothing in a no-slime chuck. Do slimes need anything else to spawn other than under 40, and in a 3 high room?


Do my arcane spells hit harder if my mirror images cast Wave of Force: Arcane Attunement?

Using the Diablo 3 Wizard Spell "Mirror Images" or "Teleport: Fracture", do I get the arcane damage bonus if my mirror images cast Wave of Force: Arcane Attunement or is the bonus linked/limited to the mirror image? _theoretical build example:_ http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QlgkSd!RWeS!YZbZYb **Wave of Force: Arcane Attunement** - Each enemy hit increases the damage of your next Arcane spell by 2% Maybe this is related: **(passive) Elemental Exposure** - Do Mirror Images' spells stack the debuff on enemies?


Can i make friends with mobs on minecraft?

I made a world and filled it with monster mobs. Can I make "friends" with the monsters? By friends i mean like where they wont attack (not hostile)


Can I light the sides of a netherrack block on fire?

I am building a house in the over world made entirely of netherrack. I want it to be very bright, as in, you look into the distance and see the sun on the horizon, but its not the sun, its my flaming house. The only problem is that I cant light the sides of the netherack blocks on fire, if I click on the side of the block with a flint and steel nothing happens. I want flames to lick up the sides of the netherrack and stay on fire, like when you light the sides of wooden planks on fire. I drew a picture to make it easier to understand: ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/z9U6H.png) Is there anyway to light the sides of netherrack on fire? If not, are there any alternatives to making my house _look_ on fire?


Identify this game: breaking into a museum to restore exhibits, ran on a Mac

So, I'm looking for a game that involves breaking into a museum, it is a point-and-click adventure. I remember playing it on the old Macs, the ones that had different color cases and a really old OS. The premise was you had to break into the Museum for something, but you had to cross through a labryinth, and you had to find keycards to get you into the museum. Like below (old image): ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/Nz81K.jpg) But after you got into the museum, you had to restore the exhibits one by one, and different parts of different exhibits could be found in other exhibits. And you could interact with the exhibits, there was one in like a fair, there was one where you could explore a nuclear reactor, and Louis and Clark exhibits.


Help Playing DOS Game

I'm trying to play an old pc game, Are You Afraid of the Dark, but am having trouble getting it to run. I tried Dfend but did not have any luck. I also tried DOSBox, but was not able to get it to work. I am using Windows 7 64 bit. Can someone walk me through the setup please.


Why did my sheep spawn pink?

While I was building a barn for sheep, I spawned a lot -- and I mean a _lot_ -- of sheep. Then I noticed something funny: I spawned a _pink_ sheep. I didn't have any dye in my inventory. How on earth did this happen? Could someone please explain?


What happens if you have more than one Stalker mark?

So, I was farming parts when I got marked by the Stalker, twice. Does this make him able to spawn twice in one mission?


Number of trophies recieved determination

So I have been playing clash of clans for a while now and have noticed that the number of trophies recieved on a win greatly fluctuate. By this I do not mean for a full win only. I am talking about winning with 1 and 2 stars mostly. Does anyone know if the percentage of destruction on the enemy village has anything to do with the amount of trophies you get on said 'win'? I have a feeling that it does since I have looked at the number I recieve from a 2 star at 50% and 2 star at 95%, but like I said its a personal thought. Can anyone confirm?


Flush/Reset Graphics

One of the biggest issues I've had with the Alpha builds so far of Prison Architect is that the graphics bug out, and are using the wrong sprites in most, if not all, locations. I was wondering if anyone knows of a way to 'flush' or reset the sprites without changing the graphics settings, as I'd like to be able to play in full screen, but this seems to mess up the graphics more often than not.


Why do I get "Error: Reliable snapshot overflow" while loading maps?

This happens to me about 80% of the time. The error appears right at the end of the map loading screen—when it says, "Loading client..." I get a popup: "ERROR: Reliable snapshot overflow". So I have to reload the map (which takes much less time than originally). This happens when I choose a server in the server list (a map in progress), and when I am already on a server and there is map change. What could cause that? How can I solve this? ![](http://i.stack.imgur.com/auYdF.png)


What is the towers' damage?

In HexDefense, what is the actual damage each tower type (and its upgrades) do? Having this information will be helpful for maximizing the damage output of my layout. I care less about the actual numerical damage values (because I don't know the creeps' health so it's meaningless anyway) and more about comparing the various towers.


Dual wield 1H vs 1H + Quiver vs 2H + Quiver?

As a demon hunter, you have three choices:   1. Dual Weld 1H crossbows   2. 1H crossbow + quiver   3. 2H crossbow/bow + quiver Given equivalent level items of all of these types, in every single situation I have ALWAYS found the 2H crossbow/bow + quiver to be the highest dps of the three combos. Next highest is 1H crossbow + quiver and the lowest dps is dual weld 1H crossbows. Is there ever a reason you would ever choose anything but a 2H crossbow/bow + quiver for end game dps? Are there other important factors to think about besides DPS (like attack speed)?


What is the fastest way to earn tank EXP in World of Tanks?

Ok, so I have a teir 4 scout, and its next upgrade takes like 5,000 EXP to research. So what would be the easiest way to earn that much EXP in a short amount of time?


How does adrenaline generation for the heliotrope sign work?

I'm playing a sign-oriented witcher this time and I just unlocked the heliotrope sign. But I haven't seen it in action yet as I'm not building up enough adrenaline to actually activate the sign. I didn't have this problem with a Swordmanship witcher, just hitting enemies was enough to charge up the sign. For the heliotrope sign it seems to me that only magical damage increases the adrenaline bar, not damage caused by my sword. Even when I fire a few Ignis in row I don't get the bar completely charged. How does the adrenaline generation for the heliotrope sign work exactly, is it only gained by sign damage or are there other factore? What are effective ways of increasing my chance to fill the adrenaline bar and activate the sign?


Witcher 2 starting gold

I just passed the siege part and noticed that I have over 3000 orens in my inventory. Anyone knows where they might have come from? List of what choices I did: > Suggested that amulet is unlucky. Missed the shot. Spared Aryan, who later > torched the castle.


How powerful are guns in Dead Island?

I just got Dead Island on Steam last night as part of the summer sale (my favorite time of year). A friend and I plan on playing the whole game co-op, and I kind of want to play the Firearms character. However, I've heard in reviews and forums that guns aren't a viable option for a number of reasons, among them are these:   * Ammo is extremely scarce   * Guns do less damage   * Guns don't even show up until late game I'm looking for any hard evidence to support and/or refute any of these claims. I don't want to nerf myself by playing the Firearms character.


Are Fallout 3 savegames on the PS3 compatible with the GOTY version?

This question is very similar but it's specific to the PC version: Use Fallout 3 savegames in Fallout 3 GOTY I have the original Fallout 3 disk for my PS3 and I'd like to get the GOTY version. Will my existing savegames be compatible with the new disk?


How difficult are the quests from the terminal in the Orochi Group van in Blue Mountain?

I finally polished off all of the 'Major' missions in Blue Mountain last night. Or at least, I thought I had, as I had done all the quests from every NPC marked on my map. Until, as I finished my last quest in the zone, I noticed a computer inside of a black van in the Orochi compound. It had two quests for me. Both were marked **devastating.** Being a fearless sort, I picked up The Filth Amendment and tried it anyway. This was not a good idea. The mobs in the quarry tore me apart, and in short order, disabused of any notions of completion, I moved on to Egypt. What I want to know though, is when should I return to Blue Mountain to take care of these quests? They were marked as devastating when I was in full QL6 gear with a QL8 weapon. At what point do these quests transition to Hard or Normal?


Help / Suggestions in building Diablo 3 Barbarian

I am upto Act 3 inferno and have completed some quests however seem to continually die, mainly against elites or hard hitting melees. Realising that this could be gear dependant I have purchased gear using the RMAH however this continues to frustate me. Below are my stats duel wield (shield):   * Strength 1364 (1211)   * Dexterity 287   * Intelligence 326   * Vitality 1548 (1456)   * Armour 7273 (8138   * Damage 16830 (13643)   * Attack per second 1.49 (1.2)   * Critical Hit Chance 23%   * Critical Hit Damage 50%   * Block Chance (22%)   * Block Amount (1960-2794)   * Dodge 14.5%   * Damage Reduction 70.80% (73.3%)   * Resists 750-800 (800-900)   * Health 69000 (67000)   * Life per second 800   * Life per hit 1743 (883) My skills are:   * Frenzy Sidearm   * Ignore Pain - Contempt for Weakness (Iron Hide if not killing Ghom usually) or Battle Rage / Marauders Rage for more DPS   * Revenge - Provocation   * Overpower - Crushing Advance (Usually Furious Charge Dreadnought if not killing Ghom)   * War Cry - Impunity   * Wrath of the Berserker - Insanity (To take down elite groups)   * Nerves of Steel   * Weapon Master   * Tough as Nails - (Usually Swap for Ruthless and focus on more attack if not killing Ghom) Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. At the moment I am trying to buy a 29% block shield, justice helm and 2 lantern rings hoping this will magically fix things, or 2 LOH rings and LOH amulet. But after $200 spent I am pretty fed up. I generally play solo but sometimes play with 1-2 others, monk/wizard


Can you play Saint's Row 3 DLC co-op when only one of us bought the DLC?

I got a season pass for Saint's Row 3, but my friend doesn't. Can we play the DLC together?


How can you free yourself from a grab in SSBB?

While playing SSBB, I noticed that sometimes CPU-opponents can free themselves from my grab (`B`+`1` in the horizontal Wii-Remote mote, and I believe `Z`+`A` otherwise), while I or other humans who I play with cannot. Also, the time you can hold/beat opponents while grabbing them seems to differ all the time. I guess, either this is because we manage to free ourselves while bashing random buttons, or it is randomised. Is there some trick to break loose from an opponent's grab or how does it work? Bonus: (How) Can I prevent to be grabbed at all?


How to find and extract the audio files from Skyrim?

I'd like to get the shout sounds from Skyrim. I bought the soundtrack but they contain just the music and not the shouts. I'd like to get the actual shouts. Does anyone know how to get audio from Skyrim?


My wife, Orla, ran away.  Where to?

I married Orla and during the ceremony she left as I said "I do" and now I can't find her. I know she's not in the temple of Dibella because I've spent days in there and haven't seen her.


How do I complete the Snow Ballin' Achievement?

How do I get the Snow Ballin' achievement in CrimeCraft GangWars?


Where can I find the materials needed to make a bomb?

I just beat Balrog for the second time, rescuing the robot he so callously crushed. And, good news! He'll build a bomb for me so I can free the voice trapped in the closet! He wants Charcoal, a Gum Base, and a Jelly Jar - I know how to get the Jelly Jar, but the Charcoal and the Gum Base elude me. I _did_ find a door with the word "Gum" written on it, but the door is locked, so I'm unsure how to get through if that _is_ where to go. I have no idea on the charcoal. Where can I find these items? (I'm playing Cave Story+, if that matters)


Can I abandon a quest and get it back in Dungeons of dredmor?

I have spent hours on 2 empty floor(s). On occasion I find items I did not have room to pickup. But no sign of my quest item or monsters. Can I abandon the quest and reacquire it to reset the quest or something?


Minecraft offline

I host a weekly Minecraft night. All LAN server. Tonight, the Minecraft authentication server was down for nearly an hour. Blew game night out of the water. There used to be a "play offline" ability, but now, when I start the launcher, it immediately goes to username and password, and even left blank, I can't get past that screen. Any way to play LAN multiplayer games offline?


Is it possible to figure out why someone was murdered?

I've been playing around with Dwarf Fortress' legends mode and was reading about one of the figures. He was murdered at age 23 by someone else. Is there any way to figure out why he was murdered?


How does Force regenerate?

I've been playing my Sith Inquisitor and, though the resources for the other classes have been either self explanatory (Knight/Warrior) or have helpful info about regen rates on mouseover (the other 6), when I mouse over my "Force" bar, it only displays the amount of force I have remaining - both as a raw number and as a percentage. What determines the rate of Force Regeneration? Is this listed somewhere on the UI like the other resources?


The wishing lever - what are the blue drops on ground?

I found a magic penny. then pull the lever and a 3x3 of blue drops appears on the ground - walking over them pops them like bubbles, but I notice no other effect. What is this about?


How can I replay the Gravitron?

How can I replay the Gravitron from the game? I know about the Super Gravitron in the secret lab, but that's too hard to be fun.


Can I reinstall Starcraft 2 on Windows using the key from my Mac?

I want to buy StarCraft 2, but have one question. Currently I have an iMac and I know I can install SC2 on it. My problem is that later I want to sell this Mac and buy a PC. Will I be able to install it on my future Windows box and run it with the same key without paying additionally? (I will not be using the Mac anymore). Thanks.


Mass Effect story question

I recently played The Arrival and part of its storyline confused me: > It said that the Reapers would arrive through the Alpha relay, which they > would use to move throughout the galaxy as it was a particularly powerful > relay. OK, fine, that makes sense, destroy the thing and slow them down. But isn't one of the central plot points of Mass Effect 1 the fact that: > the Citadel itself is one giant relay and acts as the Reapers' entrance to > the galaxy? The two plot points seem in direct contradiction. Here are my questions: > If they can get to the Citadel directly, why the fuss about the Alpha relay? > If they need the Alpha relay to get to the Citadel, shouldn't we have known > about this earlier?! Unless I'm really misremembering things, it seems a little sloppy on Bioware's writers.


How do I stop NEI from cheating in blocks?

I got NEI for minecraft 1.7.10. But when I try to use it in survival to find recipes it gives me a stack of the item I click on. How do I stop this from happening?


My Nintendo has a blinking light and no video; is it fixable?

Every game I try in my Nintendo Entertainment System just flashes the red power LED on and off and never sends a signal to the TV. I've tried inserting several different games. I've tried inserting them in all the way or just barely enough to push down. I've cleaned the cartridges as best as I can (mostly blowing really hard). Can I fix this problem or should I retire the trusty old friend?


Can the Origin artifact be unlocked on Drizzle difficulty? Drizzle difficulty would make the run much easier, but I'm afraid that even if I beat the game, the artifact wouldn't be unlocked.


What does the star/asterisk next to a technology mean?

When I trade with other races, sometimes there is a little star (*) next to a technology. This happened both with my technologies and theirs. Unfortunately as with many things in GalCiv 2, it is nowhere explained in the GUI. What does the star mean? ![enter image description here](http://i.stack.imgur.com/0uUEU.png)


Dark Souls 2 keeps crashing on load

So recently (today) my Dark Souls 2 game instantly crashing at the end of the loading screen. I thought maybe it was because I was using a symlink to sync my game saves as of a few days ago but I copied my saves folder back to where it was and it's still not working. Does anyone know what could cause this or maybe a good place to ask the question. I'm running Windows 7 (64 bit) with an AMD Phenom II processor and AMD Radeon 6800 for my graphics card. Don't know if anything else would be relevant in terms of my computer environment.


Time Lock Bukkit plugin stuck at eternal day

I've set my Minecraft world to eternal day and I want to make it back to normal day and night cycles. How do I do this? The `/tl` command does not work!


Changing Minecraft Biomes

In Minecraft, biomes are (supposedly) decided by an area's calculated temperature and moisture. A very "dry" area may be a desert, a "cold" area may be a tundra, etc. This also affects things like grass color. In my experience, forests tend to have darker grass than plains. If I, for example, plant a lot of trees in a plain, will it be handled as a forest and make the grass darker? (There's a specific area of my map that would be great for building a base, but the grass annoys me.)


How can I lose an election?

I tried my best to be the worst dictator in history of Tropico 4.   * I set wages for uneducated to 1, high school educated to 2 and college educated to 3.    * I built not a single housing building, so everyone was living in shacks except for my soldiers and generals   * Not a single church or cathedral   * Not a single garbage dump or pollution-reducing edict   * I declined every faction demand, except when it was something I would have done anyway   * Every criminal got executed without trial Some positive things I did out of necessity or laziness:   * Soldiers and generals got normal wages - I needed a happy military because of unsurprisingly strong rebel activity   * My military lived in an army base with military modernization, which gave them proper housing and health care   * I had some entertainment, but priced in a way that only the army could afford them   * I built one (1) clinic, because critical specialists dieing due to bad health care became a problem   * I had proper food supply to prevent important workers from starving   * I admit that I had a grade school, high school and college - I needed these to qualify people for my army and some administrative buildings.   * I had some police - executing criminals got tedious   * Some media buildings because the campaign goals required them. I didn't bother to demolish them after the goals were reached I was following this strategy in campaign missions 13, 14 and 16 and expected that elections might become problematic, but to my surprise people still kept voting for me. Even though I didn't even bother to have a campaign speech or do election fraud I still got over two thirds of the votes. What else could I do wrong so I need to actually put in some effort to win an election?


How do I engage in hand to hand combat?

I'm not sure I understand how to get into hand to hand combat in RE5. It seems that I occasionally get a hint to press `F` and make hooks, but other than that and the machete, I don't see a way to just punch or kick an enemy. Am I missing something here?


Are toughness and healing values switched between player and follower in the display?

On console, below the equipment ring, there are three symbols with values (and please read the whole question before jumping to conclusions here).   * Sword (DPS)   * Shield   * Two plus signs On my own character, at level 34, the values are 3177, 18.8k and 285 respectively. I would understand this to be dps (that I'm sure of), toughness, and healing. **The reason I'm asking** is that when I move over to my follower, the exact same symbols have these values:   * Sword: 398   * Shield: 498   * Two plus'es: 13.7k In other words, if the shield signifies toughness, then I have 18.8k and my follower 498? Or if the two plus'es signify toughness (unlikely if you ask me) do I really have only 285 toughness? So, is this a bug in the display, follower and own character shield/plus values are switched? Or does my follower really have 13.7k healing? This is the Templar by the way. Or have I gotten the icons completely wrong to begin with (except DPS)? Here's some more hard numbers, my own Wizard (now level 37):   * Sword: 3995   * Shield: 26.5k   * Plus'es: 353   * Strength: 65   * Dexterity: 66   * Intelligence: 1670   * Vitality: 804 Templar:   * Sword: 579   * Shield: 767   * Plus'es: 20.7k   * Strength: 468   * Dexterity: 45   * Intelligence: 362   * Vitality: 1576   * Skills: Heal (heal 4402), Loyalty (+147 regen/sec), Charge, Inspire (resource regen)


Sejuani vs Leona Support

Yesterday, I decided to mix things up a bit in teambuilder and try an irregular support. I decided on Sejuani since she has a little bit of CC (Q and Slows and after Lv6 Ultimate), I thought she'd be able to peel moderately while still dishing out damage. Pros:   * Can deal more damage than Leona   * At Lv6 She can shutdown hyper carries that try to go after your ADC or other important targets.   * Ultimate's stun is more reliable as it is slightly faster to stun and it slows just like Leona's ultimate. Cons:   * Not quite as tanky as Leona (negligible in my opinion, due to Sej Passive).   * Engaging is slightly more difficult as Sej's Q is shorter range than Leona's E.   * Only one stun (Not huge since Sej's Q knocks up enemies). My Sej Build (so far): I start with Relic and just play Passive Aggressive. I avoid taking unnecessary damage until I feel we have an opening then I go in. Fights before Lv.6 haven't gone terribly well, but not awful either. Once I hit Lv.6 it becomes an easy kill every 2 minutes or so. I've even stunned 4/5 enemies and slowed the 5th with Sej ult (something I've never even come close to doing with Leona). Relic -> Sightstone -> Iceborn Gauntlet -> Randiuns -> Situational items such as MR or Rylai's. I feel I did really well as Support Sej but obviously this was only against a couple of enemies. Once against Lux/Caitlyn and another against Thresh/Caitlyn. We won both matches, however, I can't help but feel this was solely because both teams had a Yi both games and all I had to do was Ult their Yi and ours would destroy their team. **Question(s)** : Is it agreeable that Sejuani can support? Are there other Pros/Cons I have missed? Things to keep in mind? Do you think Sej would be viable without using a hyper-carry like Yi?


How many Pokemon are there as of X/Y?

Before _Pokemon X_ and _Pokemon Y_ there were 649 Pokemon in the National Pokedex, not including variant forms. How many new Pokedex entries does _Pokemon X/Y_ add and what are the total number of Pokemon now? Particularly:   * Do the new Mega Pokemon each have their own entry in Pokemon X/Y's National Pokedex?   * Does Pokemon X/Y have a National Pokedex? What's the highest National Pokedex number of a Pokemon in X/Y?   * Does Pokemon X/Y have any legendary Pokemon like Mew, which aren't normally encountered and haven't been officially announced yet but might still appear at the end of the Pokedex? (This may be harder to answer than previous generations, since 3DS ROMs are harder to hack and therefore mine for raw Pokedex information.)


How does the sun work in Tiny Wings?

I would like to get to island 8 and I'm wondering, does the sun just tick down at a constant time chasing you as you fly (therefore you want to fly as fast as possible)? Or does it speed up as you get to later islands? Also, does it have a max where you can't get too far ahead of it? (i.e. if you go super fast on the first island does it actually help more than going regular fast? or can you only get so far in front of the sun?)


Swarm Host/Hydra/Viper vs. Siege Tank/Banshee/Viking

When I play Zerg and use a Swarm Host/Hydra/Viper build I always lose to SiegeTank/Banshee/Viking.   1. The Terran players uses his Vikings to kill my overseers before my hydra can get in position.   2. Then he uses cloaked banshees to kill hydra and swarm host in conjunction with scanners.   3. His siege tanks can take out my locust if they are behind a supply depot wall-in.   4. My vipers can't get to the siege tanks to abduct them because of the vikings. Is there a better strategy to deal with this when I have already committed to it? Would mass spore crawlers be better around my swarm host? How about a nydus worm drop in the back of his base. Alos I am constantly supply blocked because his vikings are killing my overseers faster than I can produce them.


2nd player control doesn't work in ZNES 1.42 using netplay

Although the question is more technic- and not game-content-related I hope that someone here might help with this issue: We are 2 players who tried to play a ROM over ZSNES 1.42 on two different machines using the Netplay Function. We have no problems to connect our computers to each other using _netplay_ , when he (Player #1) starts as a server and I (Player#2) connect to his computer as a client using his IP address. We also got the game running on both our machines: **Player#1 starts** the game and via _netplay_ **Player#2 can** see the same screen as P#1 with audio, video and P#1's navigation on the screen. After starting the game in **2 Player Mode** , P#1 is able to navigate through game menus, move the character etc. but P#2 **can't move** , navigate or do anything inside the game using the keyboard settings that he configured. P#2 will be able to pause the game, change his configs and restart the game again in the emu but input via **keyboard seems to be ignored for most in-game commands**. Sometimes, when the game is restarted one key might work for p#2, but all the others which were set in the P#2 input configs are still ignored. **Here** are the specifications of our systems and which settings we already tried: **Player#1**   * acts as netplay server   * Windows 7 - 32-bit   * ZSNES 1.42   * playing with Gamepad   * Config Input#1: Keyboard/Joystick   * COnfig Input#2: None (no key set for any control) **Player#2**   * acts as netplay client   * Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS or Windows 7 -32 bit   * ZSNES 1.42 (in Ubuntu and in Windows)   * playing with keyboard   * Config Input#1: None (no key set for any control)   * Config Input#2: Keyboard/Joystick We first assumed that the differing OS of our machines would be a problem but running the game under Ubuntu or under Windows for P#2 results in the very same problem. Do you have any ideas for this? Thanks in advance!


Counterstrike 1.6 noforce command line parameters?

Does anybody know the noforce command line parameters for Counterstrike 1.6? I have a monitor that runs with a refresh rate of 75hz and with the default configuration for graphics card setting when going online I get a lot of FPS lag.


Where is the Custom Challenge Editor?

In Ryse: Son of Rome, where is the Custom Challenge Editor and how do we access it?


How to perform Flawless "Gun Show" move on Dance Central 2, ""What Is Love"?

I can't reach a flawless performance of the _Gun Show_ move on " _What Is Love_ " (at least not consistently). I looked at several videos of others performing the song and all perform it "nice" not "flawless". Any idea how to do it?


How to pause a multiplayer game of Civilization IV in OS X?

I know that the pause key pauses the game's turn timer in Windows, but how do you do it in OS X?


Can a PSP play PSOne Classics from PSN (e.g., Final Fantasy VII)?

I'm thinking about getting a second hand PSP, the original one with UMD Drive. I just noticed that the PSN Store has many PSOne classics (like Final Fantasy VII and IX), but I wonder if that works on a PSP, or if it needs a Playstation 3, which I don't have?


Can we really hack each pc we come across in Fallout 3?

In Fallout 3 you can try to hack into computer terminals if you have enough science skill. If you try to hack it you get a list of words and 4 tries to choose the correct password. (rant)   I noticed that most of these terminals usually contain some trivia and are pretty useless if all you want is to finish your quest. So I typically quick save before hacking then again quickload and try again. So this time I noticed that I'm doing this repeatedly without any luck. Then while trying to solve it I found that the list of passwords doesn't contain the correct one. Here, check out ![this screenshot](http://i.stack.imgur.com/aD5at.png). So my question is is this normal or is it a defect? And what is the best strategy to hack terminals?


Which happens first, the zombie dying by despair or the spawn?

The answer in this question states that a zombie in the zone may die of despair for every two zombies killed in the zone, but it doesn't state whether or not if this happens before or after triggering additional zombie spawns due to their presence. So if I have two zones next to each other like so: [12][0], and I clear the zombies down to: [4][0], is there a chance the zone with 0 zombies in it will spawn one zombie before the 4 in the zone that originally contained 12 zombies die of despair? Also along the same line of thought: If I have a single zone of 12 zombies, and I kill 8 of them, leaving 4, will the zone generate additional zombies first and then kill off 4 from despair, leaving the zone potentially with some zombies left, or will the 4 die first and then the zone will no longer spawn any zombies?


What mission order should I use in order to get an orbital command by "The Dig"?

I would like to have 'scan' for 'The Dig' mission. Which other mission should I pass to get it? Thanks.


Why can't I connect to the Nexus?

The Nexus is my favourite Minecraft PC multiplayer server. However, when I try to log in, it says "Connection Lost, Failed to login: Bad login". I tried direct connect too, but that didn't work either, any ideas?


A good UI for Dwarf Fortress

Do you know if there exist a fancier user interface for Dwarf Fortress instead of the ASCII one?


Expeditions in Die2Nite

I do not really understand how expeditions work. Should I just go outside the town and follow the preassigned route or should I tell somebody first? Are expeditions something built in the game or is it just a game strategy that players agree on?


Is there a way to disable the Mighty Eagle icon?

The new (today!) version of Angry Birds (at least on iPhone) _offers_ the help of a new character: the Mighty Eagle. If you fail twice a level, the Mighty Eagle icon appears close to the _Pause_ icon.   Clicking on that ME icon brings the Apple _payment_ screen, so that you can get the Mighty Eagle to help you on that level (never tried, but seemingly it crashes the whole pigs construction and - I guess - you get a 3 stars by giving 0.99 cents). The things is, to get 3 stars by playing normally, requires to reload the level a number of times! Making that ME icon to appear all the time, and I don't want to pay - _cheat_ - in order to get the 3 stars... **Question:** Is there a way to prevent that Mighty Eagle icon to appear on the screen? It takes quite some place, and the screen is already pretty busy...   And while I don't intend to use that ME option, the icon is anyway available from the Pause / Restart screen.


Is the "auto director" startup avoidable?

In Double Fine's Happy Action Theatre, the game automatically starts in a "director" mode, which automatically cycles through scenes. This is usually fine, but sometimes I just want to go straight to a particular scene. I've figured out that I can wait till the game starts in director mode, then pause it and manually select the scene I want. The problem is this involves several long load times and I'm impatient. The spotlights that appear during load up appear interactive, but I haven't been able to figure out how to stop the director from being selected. Is there a shortcut to avoid the director mode on start up?


Why am I always "sneaking"?

In Skyrim I'm playing a Khajiit thief/assassin type, so as you can imagine Sneaking is one of the more important skills. In my most recent saves, though, my character appears to be sneaking all the time; he moves more slowly, rolls instead of sprinting, and his animation shows him crouching. However, no-one else in the game seems to notice! I can't make sneak attacks or pickpocket, and it's nearly impossible to move around undetected. This makes the Dark Brotherhood quests more interesting, perhaps, but a little too spectacular for my tastes. I've tried remapping the controls so that 'sneak' is on a different button but to no avail. Pressing the sneak button has no effect whatsoever. I'm assuming this is just another bug and I'll have to go back to an earlier save, but it's not the first time I've come across the problem, and I was wondering if anyone else has noticed it too. Cheers!


What's an effective endgame Blade/* DPS build?

So, I find myself in the situation of having a far better Blade than any other weapon available to me. (A QL10.1 purp would tend to be.) Fortunately, thanks to doing my vertical progression using the **Slayer** deck, and tanking 5 man dungeons for quite a while now, I've purchased every single ability in the Blade section of the Ability wheel. 100%. So I have a lot of options for how to use my shiny new cutlery. Where I find myself stymied is trying to figure out how to effectively complement it when I'm _not_ tanking. (Tanking is easy, Chaos, Escalation and Reality Fracture/Karma/Pulling the Strings as appropriate, use proper passives, hooray.) Fortunately, I'm at a point in the game where AP is relatively easy to come by, so I can branch out into any tree pretty easily, and already have most of the really great passives, as near as I can tell. I also have 10 skill points in the damage tree on every weapon. So I've got options there too. But I just have no idea what to do from all those options? What's an effective Blade/* build for DPS in Elite/NM's (yeah, yeah, I know melee in NM's, can it), as well as for survival DPS soloing elite mobs to farm signets/quest in Transylvania? AP is not an issue, nor is weapon skill. That said, double brownie bonus points* for Blade/Pistol, for reasons of both Style and Substance that are specific to my unique special snowflake situation. * To be delivered via a bounty, quantity TBD.


What healing abilities either scale with stats other than Healing Power, or don't scale at all?

Having to mix in +Healing talismans in order to improve my sustainability is a drag. Sadly, most active, and even most passive healing skills scale primarily off of the Healing Power stat. Which of course, I can't get any of if I want to max out my Attack Power or Health (or some combination thereof). I know of a few abilities that don't require any +Healing to be effective. **Turn the Tables** is the most well known, as it provides a flat, instant, 642 healing at any time. Another option for Blades users is **Point of Harmony** , which provides healing scaled based off of your max Health, for a total of 30% of max HP over 3 seconds. Are there any other healing abilities that scale based on Health or Attack Power, or which provide high, un-scaled returns for players that are not otherwise built for healing? I'm particularly interested in passives that provide these benefits, but active abilities are, of course, of interest as well.


Lost all my stuff

Ok, I was just killed and went back trying to recover my body and my stuff and was killed again. I've lost nearly everything it took me months to collect. Is there a way to go back to a previously saved set of game data to recover my stuff?


Moving games from a steam account to another steam account?

I need help with my steam accounts. I got two steam accounts, and installed games on both. I want to move my games from one account to the other one. The games were bought in a regular store, so I have the CD-codes. How can I move the games to the other account?


How do I get the Condor VTOL out of the park for the related vehicle delivery mission?

I have attempted this particular vehicle theft mission at least a half dozen times now. I have to raid a STAG outpost that mysteriously popped up inside of one of the city's parks, and steal a Condor VTOL, and fly it to the airport. The problem is that this vehicle is made from papier-mâché. If it isn't already smoking by the time I fly out of the park, random police and STAG soldiers shooting at it quickly get it to that point. I can eventually get up high enough to be outside the range of small arms fire, but then when I try to land at the airport, enough soldiers have already massed there that they put the final few bullet holes in the plane and I smash into the delivery point in a charred mass of metal and phallic weaponry. What's the trick to this vehicle theft?


Quake 3 Cheats - Enable Give All Persistently

I have disabled pure server to try out some of the built-in cheats. I like using '/give all' but as soon as you die you lose all weapons. Is there a way to persist this throughout an entire map, even after respawning?


Can you transfer your Eyepet save to Eyepet & Friends?

I have both Eyepet (original addition, upgraded to Move Edition) and the new Eyepet & Friends. I have a saved character for the first game on my system. Upon starting the new game, it seemed to do some kind of import, after it finished (it seemed to take a while, as it checked data on every account on my system), I expected it to import my save file, but that doesn't seem to be the case, as non of my old pets appear in the new game. I can only guess the import was for previous DLC. Does anyone know if it's possible to import pets from the previous game into the new one?


Where is the golden horn?

One of the achievements in Assassin's Creed: Revelations is "Almost Flying" where I must jump from Galata tower to the "Golden Horn." I know where Galata Tower is, but I haven't seen the "Golden Horn" as a landmark on my map. Where am I jumping towards?


Planting money trees?

In the previous games of Animal Crossing, players were able to plant money trees. Is it possible to plant money trees in New Leaf? If so, how?


Where do Badass Marauders spawn on Pandora?

In Borderlands 2, I'm having a hard time tracking down which area Badass Marauders are local to on Pandora. I'm assuming they have the same spawn points as regular Marauders, but I'm still having a problem tracking them down.


Will I get Victorious Elise skin if I don't have the champion?

I saw that Elise will get the victorious skin after the end of S3. My question is whether I get the skin if I don't have Elise or not?


Does the amplified terrain setting modify ore generation?

If I create a world with the 'amplified' terrain setting, is ore generation affected? Will ores spawn higher than normal, or will I still have to find them at the same levels? Is their distribution changed? I'm guessing there will be an effect due to the lack of stone to generate in, but it would be good to see some data.


Change mini-map to North up?

In Need for Speed Most wanted (2012 edition), is there a way to make the mini- map stay with a fixed north position so I know which way I'm going without having to pause and look at the pause screen map?


What happens when stats go above the "max"?

I've read on some guides that certain stats have a max (usually 50). My apprentice is level 37 and has a tower damage stat of over 100: about 60 on the character and 40+ on equipment. Usually level ups take me by surprise, and I haven't had a chance to confirm what's happening to my tower damage when my stats go up. Do bonuses to these stats apply indefinitely? If not, what is the hard cap? Is there a certain point at which I should stop adding points to tower damage, tower attack rate, etc.?


Where can I get a basic list of all permissions that I can deny/allow in PEX?

I am currently building my server, and I chose the PEX Bukkit plugin. It is so far very easy to use. (Although I am a programmer, so any weird settings file that you have to edit using the command line hooked via SSH to your Raspberry Pi is easy.) That's not the point. I have been wondering is there a Wiki or similar page that lists all the basic permissions in a fresh Bukkit install? I can easily get them for my mods mods; almost all of them are well supported and have a little section on their page. The ones that aren't I would never give away the power to use them "cough cough anti-greif." However I cannot find a simple list of the basic permissions that will be compatible with PEX. **What I want are things like "stop server" or "help" that are standard to Minecraft.**


Is there a way to determine weapon strength

In the description of the weapons I see range, speed and fire rates. However there has to be a difference in power.


How can I create a "master" switch with redstone?

How can I create a "master" switch with sub-switches all connected to the master switch? When then master switch is turned on, it allows power to go to all the sub-switch (when the sub-switches are on). When a sub-switch is turned off, its output cannot receive power.


Where can I farm Titanite Chunk?

Titanite Chunk being the item required to upgrade Normal weapons from +10 to +14, and some armours from +6 - +9. No merchant seems to sell it, and I really would like some. Where can I farm for Titanite Chunk?