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12:02 AM
@sjohnston More in the series of metapocalypse.
 
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Q: Street fighter 4 - what is meant by technical , reversal move?

daedlusHi, what moves are considered as technical , reversal in street fighter 4? what do they mean? thx.

 
@badp in the finest discordian style
 
12:30 AM
 
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Q: I am trying to play rockband 3 with 2 wireless mics and cannot see the last one that connects

feniixI have the 2 mics from sing it (by microsoft) And I am trying to play with both one person singing harmonics and the other lead. Is that possible? For some reason I start the game and only "sees" the controller that was plugged first. Am I missing something?

 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Music visualization.
 
@badp Well yes.
But it's also the greatest Guitar Hero spinoff ever
 
Well, it needs alcohol blobs falling to be truly complete.
 
12:46 AM
work in progress
Version two to incorporate COLORED FIRE
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz How about INVISIBLE FIRE
 
@badp We have had this conversation before I think.
Invisible fire is terrifying.
 
Invisible is the best color after rainbow.
 
1:46 AM
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Q: How do I change difficulty in Gratuitous Space Battles?

indyK1ngI'm playing for the first time on my Mac and can't figure out how to change the difficulty. How do I do it? I haven't beaten the third mission yet (I read something that seemed to imply that difficulty needed to be unlocked).

 
 
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3:35 AM
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Q: Stuck on loading screen on WoW

acidzombie24It appears this question is common but i dont see any solutions online. I am stuck on the loading screen on my main account on WoW. I tried deleting the 3 folders mention here and tried repair.exe and restarted my comp. No luck. What can i do to get this loading again? i tried not touching my c...

 
4:23 AM
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Q: disable notifications on Xbox 360

Jeff HandleyThe Xbox pops up notifications when a friend signs on to Xbox live. This interrupts movies and games. Is there a way to disable the notifications?

 
5:00 AM
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Q: How do the boomerang birds work in Angry Birds?

Evan KrallObviously, you touch the screen and they turn around. But can someone explain the physics behind them? How do I know how much room it takes to turn around? What direction do they go once turned around?

 
5:15 AM
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Q: How do I slow down the opening crawl in Lego Star Wars?

Andrew GrimmI like reading out the Opening Crawl (the yellow scrolling text) between levels in Lego Star Wars, but I find it goes a bit too quickly. Can I slow it down?

 
@GraceNote Doesn't sound like a good idea at all
 
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Q: Can minesweeper be played using the keyboard?

Andrew GrimmCan minesweeper be played using a keyboard, like in Weird Al's "White and Nerdy"?

 
6:27 AM
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Q: Ancient art of war Flash game?

Abe MiesslerI used to play this game years ago on a DOS machine. I was just wondering if anyone had come across it as a flash game...

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Q: Can't remember the name of a Space RTS 3D PC game

BrunoHi. I've been trying to find a game that I played some time ago with the description above but so far no luck, just found similar ones. About the game, I only tried the demo at that time, and the game probably launched around 2000-2005, I'm not sure. Had an isometric view, and in the game we sta...

 
6:58 AM
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Q: WoW - How to sell bound bags/pouches

tilmanHow can I sell a bag/pouch that I previously equipped? I bought a new bag and want to equip it, but can't because my bagspace is full. Thanks.

 
7:25 AM
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Q: How to ungroup units in Battle for Middle Earth lotr pc game?

MugenI selected archers and moved them behind peasants. Instead they have joined forces. Now whenever I select archers peasants also get selected. The archers shoot arrows while peasants idly stand and watch. How to ungroup them again? This is Lotr: Battle for Middle Earth (but I think it should be t...

 
 
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9:01 AM
Tag wikis are now shown on tag hover. There's also a "subscribe" button to activate email notifications (meh).
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Now, instead of working, I can see how to pixelate those too.
For great justice.
 
9:31 AM
Jeff Atwood

After successfully implementing active assistance for new askers, we’d like to do the same thing for new answerers. So we’ve been analyzing characteristics of answers by new users to determine what makes an answer fundamentally good or bad.

One strong predictor of a poor quality answer may surprise you: the presence of the words thank or thanks in a short answer.

That’s right, the humble, innocent desire to thank your fellow man (or woman) for some question or answer they have contributed was sadly choking our system in thousands upon thousands of contributed “answers”.  …

 
10:26 AM
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Q: xbox360 + kinect pricing

clampok, so i want to get an xbox360 with a kinect - a bundle. currently the lowest price in my area (central europe) is €350 which includes a 250GB console and the kinect. i think this is quite pricey. do you think that it might be worth waiting for prices to drop or is it unlikely this price will...

 
 
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11:53 AM
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Q: When do I get a bigger office and can employ more people?

FabianIn Game Dev Story the number of people is limited by the size of your office, so in the beginning you can only employ 4 people. At some point I was asked if I wanted to move into a bigger office and I'm now wondering what triggers it. So, what do I have to do to get a bigger office?

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Q: Top tags requiring a tag wiki.

badpTag wikis are now prominently shown on hover -- all the more reason to at least write their excerpts down! If you have 2,500 rep, please consider contributing in tags you have upvotes for -- there are precious few users elegible for each tag.

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Q: How deep I can dig in the diamond mine?

Mehper C. PalavuzlarI'm playing the diamond mine mode in Bejeweled 3, and I could only dig to 240 meters. As I go deeper, the game gets harder. Is there a limit to the level I can dig, or is it an endless mine?

 
12:23 PM
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Q: Is there a cheat code for invincibility in SW: The Force Unleashed 2?

mackeSome parts of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 is either ridiculously difficult or I'm painfully bad. Either way, I'm more of a play-to-see-the-story guy rather than a very avid gamer and I'd rather cheat my way through than spend days learning how to do it proper. So my question is, is there a ...

 
12:46 PM
@Feeds hmmm, how are cheat code requests going to work ...
 
@CRoss This is a SP cheat request so it's fine.
The only worry is, will we get drowned with cheat requests?
 
I was more thinking of "what are all the cheats for X"
yes, it can be overwhelming
 
@CRoss That's a repository, which is bad!
 
@badp what about asking a separate question for each cheat?
"Is there an invincibility code" "Is there a level skip code" "Is there an extra gold code", etc
 
@CRoss sounds more reasonable, given that asking for just one cheat lets us know more about the why and the how...
For example, I doubt this one cheat exists, but we can find a similar cheat or maybe offer regular help instead.
 
12:49 PM
but if they spam a dozen questions that way?
anyway, we're just musing about possible problems, there's nothing wrong with that one question
 
@CRoss that happened on day 2 with the WoW guides :)
nothing new.
 
1:01 PM
-- 2011-01-04 rep +45   = 7145
-- 2011-01-05 rep 0     = 7145
-- 2011-01-07 rep 0     = 7145
yay for downvotes on deleted posts?
 
Oak
1:12 PM
Edited a tag wiki or two, but still doesn't show up on tag hover
I'm guessing it's heavily cached
 
@Oak That, or the bubble tries fetching them from meta :)
 
Oak
:)
 
This is the song to which I wake up each morning. It is the only song to which anyone should wake up any morning.
 
Oak
1:34 PM
Updated now. Just takes a while.
 
1:54 PM
@Mana o_O
Is it 5 mins of that?
sigh
if I haven't linked this already
 
2:33 PM
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Q: How to play Street Fighter 4 PC on LAN?

daedlusHow to play Street Fighter 4 for PC on LAN?

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Q: Getting the 'Trying Anything Once' achievement in Just Cause 2

DrakeI am trying to achieve "Trying Anything Once: Drive all 104 vehicles" in Just Cause 2. I almost reached 75 vehicles but I miss about 30 now. Where can I find a list of all vehicles type and the area in which they can be found? And additionally, is it possible to understand which are the vehicl...

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Q: Guides on how to drift in Gran Turismo 5

DavidYellI've been looking for some great guides on setup and technique, but I can't really seem to find any which aren't for the Prologue version of the game. Anyone got any ideas, links or tips? Ta

 
 
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4:43 PM
Retag request for my OpenTTD question, which should appear shortly here
Need somebody with enough rep to create the [openttd] tag for this
 
@YiJiang with the 'openttd' tag I guess?
okay.
I hope there's a player though
 
@badp Yeah, I searched a bit, and AFAIK there's no satisfactory solution to this
 
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Q: Is it possible to create a two-way transfer system in OpenTTD without creating two stations

Yi JiangIn OpenTTD a feeder service can be created, as per the wiki, using the transfer option when giving orders. As the note at the top of the page notes, this won't work two ways, since the vehicle will simply pick up the same cargo again, resulting in the cargo moving in circles. The normal workaro...

 
5:07 PM
@YiJiang Your question is unclear, so I'll try this. I'll edit in a diagram so you can tell me what A and B are, okay? :)
I already made the diagram for my answer, but I realized I don't understand what the problem really is.
or, actually
you there @YiJiang?
 
@badp I'm not very sure if my queston was unclear
 
Well, I can't get it really, so:
                     A → X (first station)  │ Goods'
                     ↑   ↓                  │ intended route
    (second station) Y ← B                  │

              (both) A → X (unload)         │ First
                     ↑ ↙                    │ transportation
              (load) Y   B                  │

                     A   X (load)           │ Second
                       ↗ ↓                  │ transportation
            (unload) Y ← B (both)           │
 
It's basically just 'I need what that wiki post says, except without using two stations'
 
what is A, what is B?
 
@badp Both should be banks
The two in between stations are airports
 
5:12 PM
...well, there'll be something by the banks I guess as a departure and arrival point?
 
I'm using trucks to plug in the missing distance between the bank and the airport, so yes there's a loading bay by the bank
 
okay so A is a truck station by the bank, X is an airport, Y is an airport and B is another truck station and they are all built already, right?
 
@badp Yes
Actually, it's a lot simpler than that
You can take one set of truck station and airport out of the equation since the route is symmetrical
 
I'm not sure I understand what the problem is however
you already have the two middle points.
 
@badp Try setting up a transfer system like the one-way feeder article says
Then try it without the 'No loading' option set on the drop off point for the transferred cargo
 
5:16 PM
awww, what's the fun in answering questions for games I can play.
:P
 
You can see the vehicle dropping off the goods, then immediately pick them up again, which totally defeats the purpose of the transfer system
I've got the trucks picking up valuables at the bank and dropping them off at the airport. However, I've also got airplanes arriving with valuables, and those need to be dropped off somewhere.
The airport doesn't accept valuables, since it's too far from the bank. So I need the trucks to pick up the valuables from the airport to the bank
It's really really simple in the game, but it's a lot longer to explain
 
so you'd like bank A → bus station A → airport A → airport B → bus station B → bank B and viceversa
and what happens instead is bank A → bus station A → airport A → bus station A → bank A
 
@badp Yup.
 
hmm, wouldn't piggybacking on another airport do the trick?
 
@badp You can't seriously suggest I build two airports? :P Anyway, you can't usually build two airports in the same city
 
5:23 PM
@YiJiang No, I meant, a second airport in another city with another bank.
 
Something about noise level, those pesky town authority :)
@badp Well, it's not too bad a solution I suppose, but to juggle things like that, hmmm..
 
okay so the situation right now is you don't have a Y really
 
But yes, definitely an alternative I haven't considered
The problem is that you're not going to fully utilise the resources if you're going to do that
 
the solution is that Y doesn't have to be an airport.
or it can be a different airport.
 
Say if I move stuff from Bank X -> Airport X -> Airport Y (Drop) -> Airport Z (Pickup) -> Airport X
You're not using the plane moving from Airport Y to Z, it's empty when, theoretically at least, because banks like passengers both supplies and accepts, you can actually move stuff between Y and Z
 
5:27 PM
I'm getting lost
 
5:55 PM
Okay. The difficult I had in the understanding is that in the double feeder model, the XY bits are always empty
that obviously defeats the point.
what a mess :P
closes tabs in frustration
 
@badp Yup. But hey, if you submit that as a solution, I'll accept it
Talking to you helped me with coming up with a partial solution
 
well, the problem is that the bulk of the transportation in the double feeder model is really AX, YB and BY, XB: those are the bits actually doing transportation.
XY is just a dummy segment
here we named XY the airport link
so I'll need to forget everything as my brain is going in circles on the issue, trying to model the thing the wrong way round.
 
Hehe... does diagramming help?
 
...it'll help tomorrow .P
 
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Q: can't turn off red-green 3D graphics on games for windows 7

Becwhen we upgraded to windows 7 suddenly all our games with 3D graphics displayed in red-green 3D and are pretty much un-playable without 3D glasses. It's not a feature of the games themselves, it seems to be windows doing i to all the games, and it doesn't work very well on some of them. How do...

 
6:23 PM
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Q: Call of Duty Black Ops Perks Challenges

BrianHey, Of all the perks, which is the easiest to get the challenges for to get pro? Thanks.

 
6:45 PM
@Feeds Choo choo here comes the migration train...
 
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Q: Possible to bridge PS3 to use laptop and iphone shared 3g connection

JM4I am able to broadcast a wireless signal from my iphone to my laptop using an ad-hoc network. Unfortunately, PS3 does not recognize ad-hocs 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 U...

 
Yo @badp, what's the tag syntax?
to get like that fancy tag look
 
[tag:maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaana]
[meta-tag:duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude]
 
[tag:test]
what am I not getting
 
...on the site, I meant. They don't work here.
 
6:49 PM
oh
 
They also don't work in the preview.
 
you lie
draws sword
tests
oh you're right
 
@Mana view source if you don't believe me
 
@badp Yeah, I thought someone had said that was fixed, but clearly that's a lie.
 
@TimStone Well, with the bubble it'd now be... problematic.
 
6:50 PM
I believe you now!!
 
Well I also wanted to brag about my markdown :P
not really.
 
:/
 
@badp Why's that? I also think I may have been imagining things, I'm not sure where I thought I read that
Ahh
 
ahh
 
It was the spoiler tag that's now shown in the preview, not the [tag:] links.
 
7:01 PM
Yeah.
 
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Q: Differences between Controllers and Peripherals?

ManaThere are these two tags on our site, controllers and peripherals. Both are in need of tag wikis. I don't think we have a site policy on how the tags should be used, and I'm noticing some questions tagged as peripherals while questions with similar topics are tagged as controllers. For example, ...

 
^^ man what a great question by a cool guy. Who wrote that question? He deserves like a medal or something. Maybe 50 medals.
 
@Mana Would you perhaps settle for a badge?
 
@badp - Good point about superuser
 
7:29 PM
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Q: Minecraft Redstone circuit design wanted: inactivity timeout

Kevin ReidI 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 ...

 
7:43 PM
@LessPopMoreFizz You need to update your answer here: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/8965/…
 
@IvoFlipse: Here now, feel free to do so.
(brb food)
 
lol, somebody is behind schedule
Take part in the closed beta of Zombie game #Die2Nite http://betakeygiveaway.com/wE - Follow @BetaKeyGiveaway & retweet!
It's been 39 days now that Die2Nite is out of closed beta.
 
8:03 PM
hah, the filename of the image i just uploaded contains the string "baadp"
good lord i have no life
 
hmmm, I thought media wiki one boxed
 
8:35 PM
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Q: Is the Amputator taunt useful?

C. RossI recently crafted the Amputator, mainly for the set bonus. I've tested the taunt and it certainly seems to heal people, but is it really useful when you have unlimited healing with the medi-gun?

 
hi
 
@TheX hi
 
@badp whats up?
 
not much; slacking off as usual
 
Cool, I just got back from buying some milk, it is freeeeeeeeeeeezing outside
the thing says it is 22 degrees F, but I believe it to be much much colder then that
 
8:56 PM
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Q: Which items are common from exploring buildings?

NickExploring 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?

 
9:21 PM
The trailer for DC Universe Online looks pretty good
 
@SteveV I think it makes sense, in theory, but what does that leave out?
 
but it also looks like it has nothing to do with the game
 
Printers?
I guess the keyboard and the mouse and the monitor would count as peripherals, except they're better tagged with the specific tag anyway.
Actually, I think each of those is better tagged with a specific tag, leaving "hardware", or "peripheral", or "controller", or "thingadongdong", for the generic case or the more exotic inputs.
 
@badp: Right. And "peripheral" should probably be the most generic case.
Well, maybe not.
 
I just think that SEs will never get tagging 100% right anyway. It's not that critical after all...
 
9:30 PM
Controller really should be classed with "joystick", "mouse", "keyboard", while "peripheral" perhaps would be in with "hardware" and "wtf_nes_power_glove"
 
@badp I agree, but if we want good tag wiki entries having some basis of how to tag is useful.
 
Which is why I stand behind my 9-word flowchart. It's "good enough" most of the time.
 
@Mana It'd be actually useful if tag excerpts were shown as you actually tag. (Okay, that may happen down the line.)
 
@Steve Yeah, thanks for the flowchart. I'll let that question sit for some time to see what other people think and then if your flowchart thingadongdong's still high up there I'll add it to the tag wiki.
 
Which reminds me, when are you "supposed" to make a meta answer Community Wiki?
 
Oak
9:35 PM
When you intend the answer to be a collaborative effort, I suppose
Like badp's recent one about tag wikis
No special reason to do it otherwise
 
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A: Top tags requiring a tag wiki.

badpTop tags without an excerpt For each tag wiki excerpt you add: Please remove it from the list, and Please find the next top tag without an excerpt Do not use the direct "edit tag wiki" link from the bubble hover -- it'll go to the tag wiki for this meta. strategy ps3 achi...

or also...
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A: What cars are available in NFS:W?

badpStarting cars (tier 1) Car Spd Acc Hnd k$ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Mazda MazdaSpeed 3 200 175 150 20 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT ...

If you have 150 rep and feel bored, you can launch the game and see if anything changed, and fix it yourself if it has.
I guess the building tree has stopped getting upvoted so I'll make it CW too
 
Right, and with "regular" (I'm not sure what the term is) SE sites it's obvious when to make something Wiki. But Meta is by definition more...something. Slippery.
Seems to make sense though. Thanks
 
@SteveV For the top tags wiki post the thinking was easy -- I need everybody with 1.5k rep to collaborate, but editing posts regularly takes 2k rep. By lowering the editing requirement to 150 rep (IIRC) I let them in.
@LessPopMoreFizz and @tzenes could clear a few from that list.
 
nod
Ouch. Them's is some steep requirements to tag wiki editing there.
 
Yeah, not just 1.5k rep but also being a top 20 user for that tag.
 
9:45 PM
I think the bronze badge requirement is kind of dumb
and it kind of showed with the game-rec tag wiki
 
@badp ARE YOU HAPPY NOW? (d2n)
 
@ArdaXi PRETTY MUCH, YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH (norly)
(see the thread about @CRoss)
(also, if you could open the welcome boxes)
 
why
 
@badp Thread?
 
why not?
@CRoss on Die2Nite. "EPEZU AND CROSS..." "...they got into the town in SOMEONE'S coalition. You know who you are, go wake them up and make them be productive members of the town. We can't afford deadweight here!"
I didn't feel like spamming you, given that I now know you (or your husband) is at work now.
 
9:56 PM
today is Saturday ... but thanks
 
oh, whoops. Well you have 3 mins to log in if you want to.
 
@badp well I logged in, and made some planks
 
@CRoss Awesome, we have spiked pits planned tomorrow.
 
and hopefully clicked the water so I don't die
but it stopped responding right after it removed from my menu, so I don't know
 
:/
 
10:01 PM
@CRoss 11 mins of thrill!
 
always exciting
 
That last, @badp
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz If it makes you happier, I also don't.
Apparently proposing tag synonyms requires no upvotes, but voting does. Who woulda thunk?
 
10:20 PM
bah, my water drinking didn't take...
 
@CRoss oh well :(
I'll take that ration and pour it onto you.
 
oh man
 
star for "Now also coming for Linux!"
 
10:39 PM
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Q: Crysis crashes on last level (Reckoning)

Eric AnastasI'm been playing through Crysis with out a problem, but now that I'm at the last level (Reckoning) I've been having a lot of technical problems. I'm at the point where you have to battle the large spider robot on this ship deck. I'm can run around fine for a few minutes but eventually everything ...

 
11:06 PM
Gah, I need more talkative followers on Twitter
Now when I rant about something, nobody agrees with me.
If I want people to disagree, I'll just utter something stupid here.
3
 
11:24 PM
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Q: Minecraft: Find & Replace Block Types (Single Player)

UrdaHey Gaming! Quick Question... I can't seem to find an application that can do a "Find and Replace" of block types. Specifically I would like to switch Cobblestone blocks to Smooth Stone blocks in my single player game. The only application that I could find that has this feature is MineEdit. Ho...

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Q: question about pc game pad

daedlusHi, I have a thrust master dual analog 3 game pad for PC. iam using xpadder to assign keys. I notice that the dpad and the left stick control are detected as same. i.e while assigning keys when i press d-pad down button , xpadder high lights both d-pad down click and left stick down.which mea...

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Q: How do you display framerate in Fallout New Vegas?

Tyler SzaboI would ideally like to know a console command that will display the framerate (current and a running averages would be even better).

 
11:45 PM
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Q: What is the best way to avoid being shot by snipers? (MW2)

Time MachineI always get frustrated when those stupid snipers start to camp somewhere where I cannot find them and they continuously shoot me. Often I try to find them to shoot them, but their one-shot kills don't let me. Sometimes I just get a Riot shield just to get closer to them >.< What are the best...

 

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