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How to force Maximized Fullscreen mode in any game?
I have seen several games that have a video display mode that is windowed with no borders, at the same resolution as the desktop. It's sometimes called "Borderless Windowed" mode, or "Maximized ...
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Minecraft crashing - Ubuntu 12.10
When I play Minecraft 1.4.2 on Ubuntu (with and without Optifine), after a while (about five minutes or so) it will crash the whole of Ubuntu, SSP and SMP (frozen interface, no responsiveness).
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Windows 7 & Age of Empires II: works but not quite? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
The Age of Empires II Scrolling Bug
I'm trying to install Age of Empires II on Windows 7.
The graphics are so so, but when I enter a tutorial, the map keeps panning ...
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Where do Minecraft texture packs go on OS X?
I play Minecraft on OS X and for some reason clicking this button doesn't do anything.
Where should I be putting my texture packs?
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Façade on Windows 7
I downloaded Façade from official site. But it seems it doesn't work properly on Windows 7.
How can I run it seamlessly on Windows 7 (32-bit)?
Problem: They stop talking at the beggining of the ...
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Bioshock has no sound in Windows 7
I just bought a new PC with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Everything is peachy except Bioshock: it has no sound after the game starts.
I've searched on Google but can't find a definitive answer; or ...
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No wifi connection on DS Lite
I recently switched internet providers (Telenet, in Belgium) and I want to be able to connect my DS Lite to my new router (which they also provided me with).
It's a "CPN / SVG6540E" combined ...
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1answer
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My Blizzard downloader is stuck
So I decided to pre-download Diablo 3 for the release date. My downloader is at 100% and has been for some time. Any idea's on how to unstick it? I tried running the now-complete installer.exe that ...
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I can't get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim
I just tried to run Skyrim and once the splash screen appears, I hit "Play." The splash screen blinks and pops up again. Nothing else happens, and the game does not open.
I'm stuck in a endless loop ...
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Will installing a game on Xbox allow me to bypass a location at which the disc becomes unreadable?
I purchased "Batman: Arkham City" 7 days ago, and I was playing and it began saying "Disc Unreadable".
I proceeded to inspect the disc and noticed a sort of blur in the disc so it doesn't look the ...
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2answers
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Using a laptop as the monitor for a console
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes:
How can you use the laptop monitor as the visuals for a console? I only have a Wii to test it with. I'm not very good with hardware ...
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2answers
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How can I slow a game down?
I'm trying to play The Binding of Isaac on my laptop, but the game is just running too fast for me. I can slow it down if I unplug my laptop, which I believe throttles my CPU. I'd like to find some ...
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2answers
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I teleported too far away and now the game crashes on world load
I'm stuck in Minecraft! I was flying around teleporting myself to random locations to find new biomes to build on. I teleported to 12345678,64,12345678 and it froze. I restarted minecraft and my ...
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1answer
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PlayStation 3 wireless controllers won't connect to the system, screen won't even turn on
I got a new game for the PS3 recently and was hoping to try it out yesterday, but to my surprise, when I turned on my PS3, two things happened:
The controllers wouldn't connect at all.
The screen ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
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What are the 3D Analyse settings for Sands of Time?
I want to play PoP Sands of Time but when it starts it shows a box saying "video card not supported". I have used 3D Analyse to play many games which I could not play before but I am still not able to ...
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Why did you have to blow into an NES cartridge to make it work?
Did doing this actually help at all? If so, how?
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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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1answer
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Why can I not find servers with ping lower than 180?
I've been playing Black Ops Multiplayer for about a week now, and something's been annoying me for a while. I can never find any servers with ping lower than 180. Ever!
I live in Brazil, and there ...
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Why did Steam erase all my games?
Steam just erased all my games without warning. Here's my setup and what I've done recently that could be related (I'm including probably too much detail in the hopes it helps someone figure out what ...
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2answers
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Why does over-clocking a CPU cause audio in Diablo 3 cinematics to go out of sync?
I have recently purchased Diablo 3 and noticed that the sound in the cinematics of that game was out of sync and always a few seconds behind the visual and the subtitle.
I then read that overclocking ...
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2answers
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Loadout unavailable on dedicated TF2 LAN server
When I’m playing on my dedicated Team Fortress 2 LAN server, I am unable to access my load out, because my server cannot connect to the item server:
WARNING!
The server you are playing on has ...
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1answer
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TF2 dedicated LAN server not found in game’s server browser
I’m running a dedicated Team Fortress 2 server on my LAN to which I can connect through my TF2 client’s console. However, it does not show in my TF2 client’s server browser. When I go to Servers > ...
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2answers
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NFS World crashes and PC restarts automatically
I've downloaded NFS World from official site and done the updates, however when I open the game at the lowest resolution and lowest texture at some point (after about 2-3 minutes) the game hangs and ...
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1answer
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How do I fully uninstall the Diablo 3 beta for Mac?
The beta doesn't have an uninstaller, Blizzard's directions are (by their own admission) not thorough. Where are all of the D3 directories and preference files, and what is the most effective way to ...
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Glitched shadows after update 1.5
Ever since I updated Skyrim to the 1.5 version the shadows are all glitched. The position of the shadows changes greatly when I move the camera with the cursor or by walking. It's annoying and it ...
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Where did this guy's face go?
I'm having a bit of trouble in certain areas with NPC's faces disappearing in Skyrim on PC. It's very odd because their skin and eyes are no where to be found but their facial hair stays intact. It's ...
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Why doesn't Bioshock 2 start from within steam?
My question is similar to but a little different from this one: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/1420/bioshock-on-steam-hangs-on-startup
I couldn't find anything in the steam / bioshock ...
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How can I run Dwarf Fortress in text mode on my Linux VPS?
I installed Dwarf Fortress on my Linux VPS to use with dfterm. It's running Ubuntu 10.04. I'm fairly certain I have all the dependencies:
I've installed:
ncurses
ncursesw
libsdl
libsdl-image
libgtk
...
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1answer
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Skyrim launcher brings up UAC dialog and never launches [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I can't get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim
When trying to play Skyrim on Windows 7, I double-click the icon, and the Steam ...
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How can I run GOG's Empire Earth on my Windows 7 x64 system?
I recently purchased Empire Earth Gold Edition from GOG.com. Unfortunately, I've yet to be able to actually play it.
System Specs:
Make/Model - HP EliteBook 8530p
OS - Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 ...
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1answer
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How can I connect my Xbox 360 to Xbox Live through my Laptop?
What steps do I need to do in order to connect my Xbox to Xbox Live through my laptop? I can connect them physically, but I also have a wireless adapter (if it's possible to create a bridge using the ...
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Crysis crashes on Windows 8 Pro - what to do?
I recently got a new PC, which came with Windows 7. I installed Crysis on it and worked just fine. A few days later, Windows 8 was released and I had the option to update - which I did.
I ...
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1answer
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Driver: San Francisco pauses for about 10 seconds every 30 seconds
I just bought Driver: SF, and it's unplayable - every 30-40 seconds, it completely stops for about 10 seconds. The problem looks like this (warning: minor plot spoilers from the first 10 min).
I've ...
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Skyrim crashes as soon as I boot up into the menu. How do I fix this?
Whenever I boot up Skyrim, it crashes as soon as it reaches the main menu with no dialog or anything. I thought this was related to my using dual monitors somehow, but I disconnected the other monitor ...
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Minecraft crashes on a ubuntu 11.04 system with an EVGA GT 240 video card
I have a computer with Minecraft It runs Ubuntu 11.04 The game freezes sometimes and it outputs this bug report:
System: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 28 15:07:17 UTC 2011 x86_64
X ...
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2answers
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Strange graphics issue with Windows 7 - multiple user accounts
I've bought a copy of 1701 Gold Edition. It installed fine on my main account, an administrator account with UAC. But when my son tries on his non admin account, the trees are drawn wrong! Really big ...
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1answer
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Sims 2 gives blue screen of death while playing on windows 7
I've installed sims 2 on windows 7 and am playing with my cd present in the drive. Everything goes fine for a few minutes and I can start playing the tutorial. However, in the middle of the tutorial I ...
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2answers
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Where can I report SC2 bugs to Blizzard? (also, check out this wild creep glitch)
Took this with my phone hence it's not pixel accurate like a screen shot would be but you can see what I was seeing, I had been watching a Replay and switched my Textures graphics level then went and ...
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4answers
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How can I change the installation directory to drive A?
My friend is trying to install Diablo 3 in his windows 7. But he kind of messed up a little with his partitions.
All his files (and also extra space) are in the drive A, but his OS (windows 7) is ...
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2answers
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PS3 restore backup restores no data
My PS3's blu-ray drive died recently, so I performed a backup with the Backup Utility and sent my console in for repair.
About a week later I received a replacement PS3 from Sony and have attempted ...
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An error occured during age of empires online beta launcher
I found I had a problem "An error occured" whilst patching the AOE beta for the first time.
How can I solve this?
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Minecraft Java Virtual Machine Error
When I got my new HP dv7t Quad Edition 17" laptop, I immediately got Java and Minecraft (and Chrome). I opened Minecraft and awaited the famous login screen. I was then surprised with the following ...
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1answer
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Minecraft Keeps crashing when fullscreened on server
In single player Minecraft, I like to get the full experience and I hit F11 to go full screen as soon as I log in.
But unfortunately when I did this on multi-player the game crashed unless I waited ...
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What parts of Autorun need to be disabled to avoid Autosave lag in Skyrim?
I've read that disabling Autosave in Skyrim helps to avoid the lag it can create after the savefile has exceeded a certain threshold. However, I'm wondering if it really is all of Autosave that needs ...
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Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer is “Currently Unavailable?”
I started up Steam today to play some Modern Warfare 3, and finally play for more than 10 minute increments... Regardless the reason for me playing, the game would not start- and notified me:
"This ...
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My 3D Games crashing in these scenarios
I have a situation here which I am unable to solve.
I bought a PC last year March, here are my specs:
Intel Core i3 550 @ 3GHz
4 GB RAM @400 MHz
XFX GeForce 9500 GT graphics card 1GB @550MHz
500 GB ...
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Skyrim sudden FPS drop during zone transition
Does anyone know how to fix an issue where changing zones (immediately after loading screen appears) FPS drops to single digits. Restarting the game is a workaround but I'm looking for a long-term ...
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2answers
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Bad Company 2 freezes on Bootcamp
I'm trying to play Bad Company 2 on bootcamp (iMac "late 2009", windows XP single user "student whatever edition"), but the multiplayer apparently always freezes after less than 1 minute of play. I've ...
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1answer
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Just Cause 2 on Steam hanging on “Preparing to Launch”
I've been playing Just Cause 2 for a bit. I went a few days without switching on my desktop. I wanted to get back to playing the missions today, so I launched the game on Steam and it hangs on ...
