I´m looking for a car driving simulator with the following characteristics:
PC or MAC application.
Focused in good driving practices (signal recognition, road rules training, etc.)
Non browser based game.
Non flash game.
Steering wheel or Keyboard-mouse option (no other specific hardware)
3D gr...
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Guitar Hero supports both 4-lane and 5-lane drums mode. I assumed it wouldn't be possible to play 5-lane drums in Guitar Hero using the Rock Band cymbals, but then I found these, which claim to work with Guitar Hero.
So is it possible to play 5-lane drums using a Rock Band drumset and the new c...
Just looked at the recent update on what's coming in the next Civ 5 patch. We're going to have to do a lot of editing answers. Maritime city-states, upgrade track, policy selection, transparent diplomacy... Can't wait!
I haven't been playing for very long and I know it was daylight at one point, now I feel like night is taking forever! I can't tell if the sun cycle happened because I moved around or if it is just on a clock cycle. If it's time based, how long does it take? If it's event based, which areas trigg...
For example
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/11174/help-me-identify-these-two-old-games-from-before-i-knew-english-well-with-scree
What value does this question have to anyone else on the planet, other than the one person who asked? In other words, what internet user is going to be sea...
The first game I played, which had bullet-time, was Max Payne. Was there any game before that to have a similar feature?
Also, which game do you think has mastered bullet-time?
Those questions are good for the same reasons duplicates shouldn't be deleted, or even closed.
Use case: I have this awesome game in mind, but only recall a screenshot or some details of the game and Google isn't helping. I ask and get my answer.
The next person who is going to look for that ga...
@badp IN this specific case, we can fairly easily say Max Payne and be done with it. The developer actually held the trademark on the term for a while, until a dispute with WB (re: the matrix) cast it into dispute
(The question asks if there's anything before Max Payne, btw.)
> @noah unfortunately I've been "sleeping on" math.se for weeks now. It isn't magically getting any better by itself. I am pushing hard for moderator elections next week though, so if you don't want me here then MAKE ME OBSOLETE. Get elected, take control of your own community, and stop the rampant frog-boiling incivility. – Jeff Atwood♦ 1 hour ago on meta.Maths
Emphasis mine. Elections are close! At least for some sites.
Hi guys!
I bought the game but it in Russian. I want to change the language to English.
I think by replacing the file (( Coalesced.RUS )) with an English one could solve the problem.
I searched everywhere on the net but couldn't find it,
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE UPLOAD THIS FILE...
THANKS IN...
I don't quite know where to post a question about StackExchange it self, but here is goes.
I use several of the Stackexchange sites, including GIS and ServerFalut, but I need to have seperate user account for each of these sites. Why is that? Wouldn't it be great to have a single StackExchange...
In Dwarf Fortress adventure mode called shots (aimed attacks as they're called in the game), have two modifiers.
Difficulty (Chance to hit)
Easy Strike
Tricky Strike
Difficult Strike
Squareness (Damage Modifier)
Can only graze
Square
Very square
How are these things determined, and can th...
Power Armor Training in FO:NV is available at the end of a few different quest chains in order to provide access for a variety of paths.
From the Brotherhood: After completing Eyesight to the Blind or Still in the Dark, wait 24 hours for the lockdown to end, and the Elder will offer you PA:Train...
You'd think at 23k views I'd've had my Nice Answer badge sooner.
Hi,
I'm quite new to dwarf fortress and trying to make my way thru it. I read most of the utterly newby guide and want to go. Now, I'm trying to make the preparations. In the item menu, it seems that i cannot take an Iron anvil with me. I know I have enough points but the anvil just won't appear ...
Is there any way to set up the RB3 drum kit + cymbals so that the hi-hat (yellow cymbal) is straight above the snare? It would be nice to be able to use either hand for the snare while playing running sixteenth notes on the hi-hat. Actually, failing that, I'd really rather have the hi-hat to the ...
Are there any modern equivalents or works in progress that resemble the "Homeworld" series of games? For those who are unaware, think of them as RTS games, in 3d, wherein the z-axis is given equal treatment with the x and y axis. So you could attack people from above and below as well as from t...
Or rather, why does Jin appear three times there, just because he posted the design concepts for each of the graduating StackExchange sites on their respective Metas?
In Civilization 5, to quote the manual,
You acquire technology by accumulating
“beakers,” which represent the amount
of science your civilization
possesses.
However, looking at the icon that is always used for these: One can pretty clearly see that the are not beakers but rather are ...
I've just started playing Progress Wars and unfortunately I'm quite hooked. This truly is the best mafia progress game I've ever played. But is there an end to this progression? Will I ambush soy beans and sell the Yakuza forever, or will I eventually reach a point where I can progress no further?
Okay, so, after about 30 minutes experimenting with editing cookies, I finally found the answer.
The answer:
While you can't strictly stop progressing in the game, there does come a point along the line where the game breaks; after each click you will gain a level, and the progress bar overflow...
Do we need a separate tag for Dwarf Fortress adventure mode? Obviously, it's pretty different play experience with different questions than fortress mode.
The tag dwarf-fortress-adventure already exists, but isn't used. Should I go slap it on all the applicable questions?
For example
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/11174/help-me-identify-these-two-old-games-from-before-i-knew-english-well-with-scree
What value does this question have to anyone else on the planet, other than the one person who asked? In other words, what internet user is going to be sea...
Sometimes Jeff picks really weird battles to throw his weight behind. Personally, I feel like he should have a second, "secret" account that he uses for stuff like this, so it doesn't get undue attention just because it has his name attached.
By all means, bring up the issue, but why should it have special weight because of the Coding Horror icon next to the question?
I guess in this particular example, it seems like pretty much everyone who has bothered to answer disagrees, but he's still making the exact same arguments, with the exact same links in every thread.
@sjohnston Because he has more knowledge of the interworkings of the SE engine + communities. Chances are he's thought through a lot of the basic implications of a question. Basically, he uses that account so we don't condescendingly try to explain to him how the engine he built works.
Also, how do we know he DOESN'T have an account like that?
His arguing tactic, at least for this question, is to maintain incredulity that we believe they are of value and win by attrition (or by dictatorship).
I find it worrying that people are lashing out at Jeff essentially because he wears a diamond.
Let's not start developing an "us Gaming" vs "them StackOverflow" mentality. The question would have been as legitimate wasn't Jeff wearing his diamond.
If he didn't make the exact same argument in every comment thread, I wouldn't be so upset. But that argument had been addressed 3 different ways and he still made it again.
At that point it's not intelligent discussion any more.
I think his arguments look the same because he's good at arguing. All arguing comes down to looking at how arguments are constructed A + B + C = D. You either disagrees with A or B or C or that they add up to D. There's nothing else you can do. He just does it directly.
One day, he'll find hisself at a loss, trying to figure out what that awesome movie snippet he once saw on youtube and can't find anymore but totally fits this blog post he's writing.
And my only comment in that meta thread counters your other point.
"Why must every single question draw traffic to the site? Is it not enough that most questions do? We can let these questions cater to the existing community on the site, and the others draw extra traffic"
Dear Mr. Atwood,
I have been an active user on Math.SE for several months now. I have enjoyed
participation in the website together with the interaction with other
mathematicians that it has brought me. I have learned much from the answers provided
me by experts, and I am glad to have contribute...
Maybe the SE team has data to refute this, in which case fine, but I don't see what the harm is in lowering the captcha threshold to, say, 250 rep, and making a captcha pass grant you immunity for half an hour or more
I have been looking all over the web to find out if the Xbox Classics/Platinum Hits version of the game (the one with the extra green border on the cover art) has the DLC content from the GOTY edition included.
Thanks.
The text of the email that I would have sent, minus his real name:
(name)/97832123,
Because of your post here, combined with your history and past warnings, your accounts on both meta.math.stackexchange.com and math.stackexchange.com are suspended for 5 days.
During this time, your acc...
SE is a business, so I expect business cooperations. From the sounds of it, AskUbuntu didn't get core engine rules changed, or special moderators? Math is already special in having the Special Math formating feature when no one else is getting special features
Is it legitimate for a user to ask a question about a hacked or modded game console, provided said question is about gaming on it?
For example, would/should we shut down a question about running MAME on a hacked classic XBox?
SE 2.0 has thrown a lot of new variables (and new people) into the community. I don't know if this can all be chalked up to growing pains, or if some more serious changes will need to be made.
In hindsight, everyone probably should have expected to run into difficulties. A crazy number of new sites are being created. While the population hasn't increased dramatically compared to the trilogy, the administration becomes a lot more complicated.
@Oak I don't think anyone has a really conclusive answer to that, and it's part of the problem. How do you address a problem when you can't really pinpoint what it is?
So far as I can tell (having only read what I've found branched from what badp linked) one of the main problems was the idea that the moderators need to be mathematically superior to the average user, or that contributing good math is in and of itself qualification for being a moderator. Then there's a load of disputes about how the moderators behaved.
Funny thing: moderating doesn't sound like it takes a whole lot of math... quite the contrary, you have to be good with people.
I might be over generalizing... it may have come only from the one suspended user. Its hard to tell without having watched it exactly what came from who besides him
@Oak except in this case the community moderation doesn't seem to have worked well, as Jeff is currently sort of in charge, and it's not completely clear why. Who's to say this won't happen again...and again. Maybe real moderator elections will make everything better, but somehow I doubt that would really change all that much
@WillfulWizard I think it's pretty interesting too, especially since this sort of stuff is likely to affect everyone if it ends up being enough of an issue. However, I am also completely out of my depth in terms of analysys or offering any useful solutions beyond what's already been discussed.
Once again, I feel we were very lucky with our interim moderators. I have not witnessed a single complaint about their behavior. And, of course, they add considerable value to the site as individuals.
@WillfulWizard in the military, it's often more important to just have a commander. Even if he gives bad order, just the fact everyone follows them is important. Same with mods - even if they're not good, at least they have legitimacy behind their actions, granted by the community.
@sjohnston I guess you could give a large bounty over a question asking "please bring me food to this and this address". It's off-topic, true, but as long as the bounty is active it can't be voted as such.
But then again it would be flagged into oblivion...
And you can't place a bounty until 48 hours after, and it will get closed meanwhile...
but if you somehow survive those 48 years, you've got free food!
A bit of a followup from How can I tell if a corpse is safe to eat?, what is the best manner of avoiding death by hunger?
Previously, I had eaten corpses and whatnot whenever I could find them, and with the info in the aforementioned post I am able to now figure out which corpses to avoid eating...
I'm on day 3 of the Die2nite beta, and I noticed that a "Betapropin tablet 5mg" has appeared in my inventory as a professional tool. The mouse-over description in the "Use an object from my rucksack" section states "this small tablet has a somewhat surprising effect..."
What does this tablet do...
Guitar Hero supports both 4-lane and 5-lane drums mode. I assumed it wouldn't be possible to play 5-lane drums in Guitar Hero using the Rock Band cymbals, but then I found these, which claim to work with Guitar Hero.
So is it possible to play 5-lane drums using a Rock Band drumset and the new c...
I started making a custom map and I want to change the tileset to a different one, is there a menu setting for this?
How many dogs spawn when you get the attack dog kill streak?
I'm wondering if there is a set amount or do they just spawn for X seconds?
For example
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/11174/help-me-identify-these-two-old-games-from-before-i-knew-english-well-with-scree
What value does this question have to anyone else on the planet, other than the one person who asked? In other words, what internet user is going to be sea...
The first game I played, which had bullet-time, was Max Payne. Was there any game before that to have a similar feature?
Also, which game do you think has mastered bullet-time?
Those questions are good for the same reasons duplicates shouldn't be deleted, or even closed.
Use case: I have this awesome game in mind, but only recall a screenshot or some details of the game and Google isn't helping. I ask and get my answer.
The next person who is going to look for that ga...
In Dwarf Fortress adventure mode called shots (aimed attacks as they're called in the game), have two modifiers.
Difficulty (Chance to hit)
Easy Strike
Tricky Strike
Difficult Strike
Squareness (Damage Modifier)
Can only graze
Square
Very square
How are these things determined, and can th...
Are there any modern equivalents or works in progress that resemble the "Homeworld" series of games? For those who are unaware, think of them as RTS games, in 3d, wherein the z-axis is given equal treatment with the x and y axis. So you could attack people from above and below as well as from t...
Or rather, why does Jin appear three times there, just because he posted the design concepts for each of the graduating StackExchange sites on their respective Metas?
In Civilization 5, to quote the manual,
You acquire technology by accumulating
“beakers,” which represent the amount
of science your civilization
possesses.
However, looking at the icon that is always used for these: One can pretty clearly see that the are not beakers but rather are ...
I've just started playing Progress Wars and unfortunately I'm quite hooked. This truly is the best mafia progress game I've ever played. But is there an end to this progression? Will I ambush soy beans and sell the Yakuza forever, or will I eventually reach a point where I can progress no further?
I have been looking all over the web to find out if the Xbox Classics/Platinum Hits version of the game (the one with the extra green border on the cover art) has the DLC content from the GOTY edition included.
Thanks.
The text of the email that I would have sent, minus his real name:
(name)/97832123,
Because of your post here, combined with your history and past warnings, your accounts on both meta.math.stackexchange.com and math.stackexchange.com are suspended for 5 days.
During this time, your acc...
Is it legitimate for a user to ask a question about a hacked or modded game console, provided said question is about gaming on it?
For example, would/should we shut down a question about running MAME on a hacked classic XBox?
I'm on day 3 of the Die2nite beta, and I noticed that a "Betapropin tablet 5mg" has appeared in my inventory as a professional tool. The mouse-over description in the "Use an object from my rucksack" section states "this small tablet has a somewhat surprising effect..."
What does this tablet do...
