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Some “Serious Sam” Levels End Prematurely
While playing through Serious Sam II (PC) I found that some of the levels ended prematurely (as though the level were successfully completed).
For example, on the first level of planet Ellenier, ...
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Can Ugh-Zan IV be defeated at all on Serious difficulty at 400% health?
I wanted to try how the ultimate Serious Sam 3 tastes like, so I started the last level on Serious difficulty with infinite ammo and 400% enemy health, for a whopping ×57 multiplier. It's pretty ...
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Can I do anything to improve the damage done by the demon summoned by my follower's Maximus?
My enchantress uses the legendary two-handed sword Maximus, which quite frequently summons a large demon to fight with us.
It's quite a handy proc, but I'd like to know if there's any way I can make ...
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How do I defeat the White Lord with Vitals?
In Etherlords 1, how do I win the final battle with Vitals? It is an extremely difficult matchup. Vitals only way to win is with mass creatures, and the boss has mass removal every few turns and ...
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Quickest method to sell everything
I've built up a huge empire and have accumulated a sufficient fortune, but unfortunately (accidental pun) my empire is built on by-gone technologies that are limiting my profit potential (though it be ...
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Is there a mod to replace the cryptic alphabet font in Fez, so I can read the text?
I quickly discovered that the gibberish written all over the place is a mono-alphabetic cipher. It was easy to crack, but, I'd rather not have to do the replacements by hand (or google that ...
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How to set production quotas when using SpaceChem's puzzle creator?
In ResearchNet it seems that you can select what molecules or atoms are required at the outputs for an assignment. But I can't find any place to set the quota numbers. It seems every "Research ...
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What distance counts as “nearby”?
Certain buildings are described as having a positive effect on certain types of "nearby" buildings -- such as a Fire Station in "Cat-in-tree" mode improving housing quality, or the Salt Mine improving ...
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Gear: Stats and rating
I didn't find a good/exact explanation on this so:
How much rating (e.g. crit rating/penetration rating) is needed for 1% of the stat?
How much hit rating is required? (cap for pve/pvp?)
How does ...
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443 views
How to counterattack with Xiba?
I am attempting to learn how to play as Xiba, but my first foray into online fighting has left me 0-3. I had trouble opening up the opponent's defense, and couldn't get off my back feet to initiate an ...
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What other combinations with ion disrupters are there?
I know that it is possible to mix ion disruptors and cluster flack arrays in the same turret to create ionized flak because the ion charges will arc between the flak fragments.
Is it possible to do ...
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Which melee(Monk/Barbarian) skills can't be dodged?
With the addition of brawling in 1.07, its now possible for players to fight each other, and thus the dodge attribute of some classes (i.e. DH and Monk) now becomes a major factor in some matches in ...
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How much damage do mecha knights do?
I've noticed that whenever I activate a mecha knight, it doesn't seem to do much besides distraction, though it makes a big show of performing a spinning sword attack. Enemies they attack never seem ...
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Targetting heals
As a cleric, there is a single-target heal spell. I have been able to use it by pointing my mouse over my teammate and pressing the bound key. Is there a way to target this heal other than by ...
6
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Bioshock Infinite FOV (keep it constant)
Is there a way to keep the FOV (Field of View) constant in the PC version of the game ? (I couldn't find any tweak for that by Googling).
I really don't like the FOV and mouse sensitivity variation ...
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171 views
Formula for diplomacy in Civ 5?
Since the AI in civ 5 are, as their name suggests, artificial, that means that all their actions are determined by numbers and formulas.
That would include the diplomacy between the AI and the ...
6
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What abilities, mechanics, classes, spells, etc. are CHANGED by Kaedrin's PrC Pack for NWN2?
I've never messed around with Kaedrin's Prestige Class Pack before, but I'm in the process of installing it now because it'll let me put together the build I want for my next OC/MOTB run. (For the ...
6
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How much speed does a down ramp impart?
I'm working on my third major project in this fort (the first was a 4.8 kilodorf water turbine reactor and the second was a 90 Z-level magma pump stack to move the magma forges and smelters up to the ...
6
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How exactly do missile defenses work?
I've done pretty well with missile defenses while playing Endless Space so far. Getting killed by missiles? Put in more of best known flak module. Problem solved! But now I'm getting interested in ...
6
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I need more corpses
I've noticed in Dead Space 3 that on some occasions corpses from Necromorphs seem to disappear entirely too quickly. It seems around 3 is the magic number, though I've had some disappear before my ...
6
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The World-Eater's Eyrie - Broken Ring Puzzle Door with Diamond Claw in Skuldafn Temple
I have browsed all of the google hoping to find an answer to my problem.
I am in Skuldafn Temple, and I'm having the same problem others seem to have had with the ring puzzle door.
Initially, the ...
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How is “Modified DPS” caculated?
My weapon DPS is 169.
Modified DPS is 320.
Total damage is 221-357. The Average of this is 289.
Attack speed is 0,91 seconds per attack.
How is the modified DPS caculated? The closest i get is 289 ...
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Any way to play Majesty multiplayer cross-platform?
So I've been on a nostalgia fix recently, and have been hoping to get my girlfriend in on my old school gaming action. Unfortunately, she is a mac and I'm a PC, so our retro multiplayer exploits have ...
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What's the most efficient/an efficient AP Farming route at endgame?
I've finished the primary plot quest. Not only that, but I've finished the quest achievements for every zone, so while I may have missed a simple breadcrumb sidequest somewhere along the line, I'm ...
6
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Crusader Kings 2 raise levy size
I'm trying to decipher CK2, and how I can amass an army. One of my vassals has a town, and in this town are 132/158 levy troops, and it says I can raise the top 20.8% of the levy. At the top, it ...
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Do 'Faster Cast Speed' Equip Bonuses Affect Your Pet?
It's been a while since I played Torchlight, but I seem to recall that my pet would sort of randomly cast the 'Heal All' skill, and the 'Summon Skeletal Archers' skill that I'd given him. It seemed ...
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How do you find and load an autosaved level in the Portal 2 Test Chamber editor?
I was working on a level, hit save, quit, and after returning to the editor the level was in a previously saved state. Is there a way I can check if there's an autosave file containing these changes ...
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Descent 2, level 24 - how to deactivate this force field?
The screenshot below shows the room through the yellow door. One of the secret doors in the main chamber with the final boss leads to a room where you can get to the other side of the force field ...
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How is skill damage calculated?
This answer to a related question I've asked helped me understand that, given a specific skill, I don't really know what affects its performance.
So what I'm looking for is concrete data: given skill ...
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How to deal with magma cubes in the Nether?
I have created a large zombie pigman gold farm in the nether.
But, the magma cubes are killing production. if I AFK for more than a day, I get zero production, because there are magma cubes all ...
5
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How can I rob the church collection box if I'm not playing a rogue?
I've just picked up the Tithe Box from Dawnbringer Natrisse, who has asked me to deliver it to Brother Merring back in West Harbor. I remember from past playthroughs that it's possible, through some ...
5
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Purchased horses refuse to wait
I purchased a horse in Skyrim, and he simply refuses to wait for me. At first I thought it was because I was near a city. But even in the wildest part of Tamriel, it still trots away whenever I stop ...
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How to use TSL maps for Civ 5 (making True Start Locations work)?
Some maps for Civilization 5 are advertised as 'TSL', featuring True Start Locations. An example is http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=388696 . How do I make these work? With the map ...
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What changes occur in New Game+?
In the "Dead Island" (DI) video-game, what changes occur in New Game+ (NG+), in comparison to non-new-game-plus?
Acceptable: In particular, I want to know how prices are affected. Someone asserted ...
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If you volunteer recycling trucks to another city, does your city have to process the recyclables?
In one of my regions, I have a large city surrounded and supported by several smaller cities. Many of which do not have recycling centers, but have an educated enough populace to start recycling. I ...
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Are expansion civs/natural wonders more likely?
I've played several games of Civ 5 with the Gods and Kings expansion, and it seems like every game has involved a similar cast of characters (Austria, Sweden, Byzantium) as well as many of the new ...
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How do I see more rival's best time in Super Mario 3D Land?
I notice that in each level my time is being compared to a rival. I want to know who my rivals are, and if I'm the fastest one in the world in completing that level. Is that possible?
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In a fight why do I instantly lose
When I challenge someone to a fight in NHL 13 (Be A Pro), sometimes I instantly get taken to the ground. Is this because I have fought to many times in the game?
It seems like a glitch or bug to me, ...
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Stuck halfway through Sonic Generations, have all available levels completed
I am up to, and have completed, Radical highway. I have at least a D on all courses, with many being completed with an S or A rank. I don't know where I can go from here. I cannot advance any ...
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Can't unlock the full Bend will shout
I'm on the At the Summit of Apocrypha quest line where I have to unlock the bend will shout.. I have already learned the Earth but of the shout but I can't learn Mind and Dragon because I don't have ...
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When is the top armor value used?
When is the (usually very weak) top armor value of a unit used?
Do helicopters always hit the top armor, or only when they are close enough to the target?
Can (non-artillery) ground units hit the ...
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What crew do I need to complete the SemiConductors R&D project in Project Space Station?
So i'm playing Project Space Station in DOSBox. I'm doing the "Semi-Conductors" R&D project.
So far I've made a few breakthroughs and my current revenue is 250, but I can't seem to get past ...
5
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“Mastering / crushing / playing” Steam game info for Borderlands 2
If you try viewing game info of a person playing Borderlands 2, it will show you "Mastering 1-52", "Crushing 1-9" or "Playing 1-11" and also "Dominating".
The first number means the playthrough ...
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Frequent disconnects over LAN?
I'm experiencing frequent disconnects while playing Civilization V in multiplayer over my home wired LAN. I do not experience something like that in other multiplayer games. Is there any known ...
5
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327 views
Kill Holy Roman Emperor?
In Europa Universalis 3, as Burgundy, I have been given the quest to gain the vote of Bohemia for Holy Roman Emperor. I figure that the best way to do this, since I already have 200 relations with ...
5
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I lost my Silver Sword in Witcher 2
So I went and got all my stuff back from Ves in Flotsam after the drunken night I can't remember. But I never got my Silver Sword. Was it somewhere else? Is this a glitch or have I forgotten to do ...
5
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217 views
Swapping boot and ROM chips on N64 cartridges
Is this as simple as it seems? Find a matching game that uses same boot chip and swap it over to a seemingly dead board? Or do the opposite and move the game ROM chip over to a board with a working ...
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How does sharing missions work?
The help files aren't very specific about this, but apparently you're supposed to be able to hit the 'share' button in your missions journal to give the quest you're currently on to party members.
...
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351 views
How can I re-enable unicode support?
A recent patch, I'm not sure which, has broken the unicode support within my Steam copy of TF2. Server names with non-Roman characters don't show. I don't even have umlauts which is silly considering ...
5
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588 views
How is the damage to items and the repair cost calculated?
While reparing your items was just a nuisance before patch 1.0.3, at least as long as you didn't die excessively, it is a very significant gold drain now. I'm trying to understand which factors affect ...
