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Running wom.sh in Terminal, but Error message Appears

I followed the instructions at the World of Minecraft Website. When I enter the command line in terminal /home/apotter96/Downloads/wom/wom.sh it finds it but the Terminal comes back with Error: Unable ...
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Windows/Modded Minecraft Performance: How can it be improved most effectively and cheaply?

I've been playing FTB (Direwolf20) Minecraft for a while. My system isn't like SUPER AWESOME by any stretch, but I thought it was a decent enough system for gaming. The framerate has never been ...
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Steam Error Mac

My Steam on my mac is giving me the error *SteamStartEngine(0xbfb334f0) failed with error 1: CMultiFieldBlob(pSerialized) : Bad field -extends past end of blob. I have tried the terminal command, ...
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How do I continue playing Soul Reaver on PS1 when it hangs?

I'm playing Soul Reaver on Playstation 1 and in some locations the game hangs and never continues. How do I keep playing when it happens?
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Counter-Strike Global Offensive stuck on updating at 100 percent

My CS:GO gets stuck on 100 percent when its updating. When I click on the game to play it pops up the box that shows the estimated amount of wait time till I can play the game. The estimated amount of ...
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Why does my camera get stuck scrolling?

This is a frequent glitch that happens to me. I will be scrolling by using WASD and then my camera will get stuck and keep scrolling. The only way I have found to fix this is spamming the WASD keys or ...
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“No apps are installed to open this type of link” error message when running Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) [closed]

I have installed Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) on my Windows 8 laptop. It installed properly but when I run the game, it's giving me an error message that says "No apps are installed to open this ...
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League of Legends won't open. I get an error that refers to a PVP.net Patcher Kernel. Fix? [closed]

When I attempt to start LoL the logo will pop up but I immediately receive a pop-up that PVP.net is not working. I have checked my files and it seems that they have all downloaded correctly. The game ...
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Missing/Red terrain in Mount and Blade: Fire and Sword

Quite often when I play Mount and Blade:With Fire and Sword I will encounter missing or red terrain anywhere in or out of battle. Nothing I have done seems to stop it from occurring and I haven't ...
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Global Mu Online “The game client is loaded only through the official website”

When I start the game through the official website I get the follow error: "The game is loaded only through the official Website" even thought I'm starting from the official website. When I click ...
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Need help to debug unexpected server crashes

Recently my friend got his computer fixed and he was finally able to join my server. He was lagging a bit at first but then he made some changes that seemed to improve that. I also added another GB ...
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What video card drivers are needed to play Minecraft with an integrated Intel GPU on Windows 8?

I have installed Windows 8 Pro and realized Minecraft doesn't work, and have found a tutorial to find out my device info. What drivers are required with this video card? Manufacturer: Intel ...
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Upgraded to Windows 8 Pro Trial, but Minecraft doesn't work! [closed]

My device is the Toshiba NB255 and I have Java 6 and the net framework 3.5, is there something else I'm missing? Okay well, after I logged into it I got the following crash report: Bad ...
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Skyrim CTD during intro sequence after clean install

After experiencing some problems with Skyrim and my mod loadout after installing Dragonborn, I figured the easiest way to fix everything would be to start from scratch, so I uninstalled Skyrim (and ...
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In BioShock 1 I can't get past the first loading screen

I'm playing on PS3 and can only get through Andrew Ryan's first speech, after that the game black screens every time without fail. Is this a thing that happens often? How do I get through this?
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How can I choose which monitor a game starts on?

Currently I am using a three-monitor setup, based on a GeForce GTX 680 graphics card: 3D monitor for gaming and work. Secondary monitor for work, only. TV for watching movies and sometimes playing ...
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How to Manually Update an App on Kindle Fire HD [closed]

For all the Kindle Fire HD users (especially with Dragonvale), how do you update an app manually, if you can? I need to update Dragonvale manually, for I cannot get Diamond Dragon without doing this. ...
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How to remove the red box in War Inc. Battlezone?

I play War Inc. Battlezone on Steam and I have an issue with the weapons and other items being a red box instead of the actual image. Any ideas how to fix it?
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Can the Ratchet and Clank “Burn Ring” Appear in today's games

there's a cheat/glitch in the first Ratchet and Clank game where you can glitch up one of the races so your onfoot and positioning yourself under a bunch of creates so they're off screen and using a ...
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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. ...
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Modded Minecraft Crash Report/Windows/CodeChickenCore and Not Enough Items

Okay so I am trying to get the mod Not Enough Items to work...I got CodeChickenCore to work but as soon as I add NEI to the coremods folder, log in, and try to start a world itll load but then ...
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LBP2 Infinite Loading Screen Glitch - Hangs/Stuck at “Important Information” at Startup

I haven't played Little Big Planet 2 in months. After all the updates were finally done downloading and installing, I started up the game, only to find that it hangs at the "Important Information" ...
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Bioshock Infinite won't launch, goes to background everytime

In my PC, Bioshock infinite doesn't launch properly. 9 out of 10 times it minimizes itself on launching. Repeatedly attempts may lead to successful launch, but even after that after 1-2 hours it ...
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Can I play GTA IV TBOGT with a standard GTA IV?

My episodes of liberty city on Xbox doesn't load because of a reading error, I was wondering if I could install the niko bellic GTA onto my hard drive and play The Ballad Of Gay Tony?i still have the ...
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How to fix black screen on Minecraft after login [closed]

Hi guys. Every time I log into Minecraft it just goes to a black screen as if it has frozen. I have tried deleting the .bin folder, and forcing update, and both at the same time. I have windows 7 and ...
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Steam thinks it's running in compatibility mode

I tried to start up Steam, but it says it is currently set to run in compatibility mode. I checked under Properties but compatibility mode is not enabled. I looked at settings for all users, but ...
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Should triple buffering always be enabled?

Besides a minor tax on memory, I've gathered that triple buffering is always a win-win situation, and that there's little, if any, reason to not use it. Is this the case? Should I just leave ...
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Are all Vsync options equal?

I've noticed there are a handful of ways to apply v-sync to a game: In-game option Catalyst Control Center D3DOverrider RadeonPro Windows 7 Desktop Window Manager (via DWM.exe when gaming in ...
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Left 4 Dead 2 Crashes PC

Left 4 Dead 2 Crashes PC After a recent video card installation, Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2) has been crashing my PC after loading a level. This is not a crash to desktop, rather a complete system crash: ...
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Remove “Set Optimal Settings” message

How can I get rid of the message that pops up sometimes when starting Call of Duty 4 - Multiplayer? Your computer appears to have changed since the last time you ran Call of Duty 4: Modern ...
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Could not contact master game server to retrieve server list

I am not sure whether this question is related to this site or not. (if not please migrate it to the correct site). I installed Counter Strike 1.6. and now I am trying to play it online. When I hit ...
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What is the most preferred approach of LAN gaming in Counter Strike 1.6 or Condition Zero?

The issue is common for both CS1.6 and C-Zero. I am trying to connect with 3 other laptops in an ad-hoc network for LAN gaming. Three Dell Laptops and one Acer. All have different OS viz. Windows 7 ...
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Steam Connection Dialog

A period of time after I've logged onto my computer a (minimisable) steam dialogue box appears telling me I am not connected; . I first press "Quit". This dismisses the dialog window (and displays ...
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“side-by-side configuration is incorrect” error when launching Dead Island

My friend and I both bought the Dead Island game. I set up my copy and it works flawlessly but for my friend it responds with this message "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side ...
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Don't starve getting VERY Choppy framerate. Help please?

All right, let me tell you what I know so far. Enabling Vsync and Triple Buffering may help, but my AMD VISION menu doesn't allow me to do that. This game played PERFECTLY on this laptop before, but ...
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None of them is running?

I recently downloaded 18 wheels of steel pedal to metal but when I run the game on win 8 it shows following errors Please help me as I was not able to get anything helpful on google
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CreateTexture failed(8007000E)

I get this error fairly often, usually in less than 10 minutes of gameplay: UT2004 Build UT2004_Build_[2005-11-23_16.22] OS: Windows NT 6.2 (Build: 9200) CPU: AuthenticAMD Unknown processor @ 3601 ...
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How to fix the Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer crash on startup?

I have installed Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on my Windows machine. The single player mode works perfectly, but when I try to run COD4 Multiplayer it crashes on startup. Windows then shows the ...
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Diablo 3 constant freeze lag spike, but low ping and constant FPS [closed]

I'm sorry if tech support is outside the context of this site. If so you may close this question. Just recently I've started getting lag spikes. I used to get this lag spike all the time but only ...
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Error Logging into Minecraft

After pressing the log in button it would said updating minecraft and after that it said Failed to launch Fatal error occurred (4): null I have forced an update and updated Java but it still doesn't ...
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How to change interface language of SimCity?

Apparently, there is no easy way to change the interface language of SimCity. I had installed it via Origin on Windows 7 system. OS interface is in English, but locale is different, therefore, Origin ...
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Graphics are glitching out [closed]

I play Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands with Swift Shader 3.0, but it runs at low FPS, it's incredibly slow, and there's bad graphics with glitches. How can I fix this? My system configuration: 1 ...
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Turtle beach X12 making a subtle HISSING sound

I just bought a Turtle Beach X12 headset, and plugged it into my TV's audio out port (Red and white RCA connector). When I plugged the USB power into the Xbox, I could now a hear a subtle hissing ...
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Why does my Xbox 360 controller take minutes to connect?

I bought a controller with the Transforming D-Pad some time ago, and I love it. However, this controller has a growing problem, it takes minutes (around 2-3 minutes at least) to pair with the 360. If ...
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Why Won't Garry's Mod Load my Addons?

I opened Garry's Mod earlier, and noticed that all of my addons (installed from the Steam Workshop) were missing. Not disabled, but missing: it says "None Found!" when I open the addons menu. The ...
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Mass Effect 1 wont start

Just bought Mass Effect 1 from Origin on my new rig. Every time I try to start it, just stops working. I can't even get to the title screen. Running the game with Admin privileges doesn't help. All ...
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Setting up permission in McMyAdmin with groupmanager

I have a served hosted at Fragnet.net. Here the default admin tool is McMyAdmin. I want to set up permissions in MyMcAdmin with group manager as suggested by the fragnet knowledgebase. But even after ...
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Assassin's Creed 3 runs slow continuously and voice is out of sync [closed]

When playing Assassin's Creed 3 the game is sluggish and audio often gets out of sync. This is a continuous problem that I experience during cutscenes and during regular gameplay. Sometimes it gets ...
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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 ...
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: Input lag with both keyboard and mouse

I just got Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time from GOG.com, and I'm having a problem where all inputs are lagged, both keyboard and mouse. I've changed AA, AF, Catalyst A.I., and wait for V-sync, ...

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