The Bridge

I'm playing Formula 1 2011 for the 3DS and I can't for the life of me figure out how to actually start my racing career. I went to the Career menu, then opened the Laptop and accepted two trial invitations. They show up on my calendar, but I don't see any way to actually go and race. How do I s...

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman That's the second-to-last area. Last one before the first wizpig race

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Boulder canyon.

Ah, here we go.

Ronan Forman

I so need tk play it again.

user15026

@GnomeSlice My parents still have my stuff. :) My sister just bought Harvest Moon64 for it.....Man, I loved that game. :) It was the best Harvest Moon game.

GnomeSlice

I love the way the music changed in different areas of the map/levels in DKR. Something Rare took over to Banjo-Kazooie.

Ronan Forman

4:23 PM

I love the announcer voice. Bolder canyon-yon-on-on

OrigamiRobot

No fifth season of The IT Crowd T_T

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I'm almost positive there is a fifth season.

Yes, there is.

OrigamiRobot

"Although a fifth series has been commissioned, Graham Linehan announced on 20 October 2011 that there won't be a fifth series, only an extended special in 2012"

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot I'm... sure I've seen it. Could be mistaken.

But I have to say my favourite music of DKR is hands-down, Jungle Falls.

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Listen to it.

The only problem is that I got to the point where I would finish all of my laps before it even got to loop once. =[

Ronan Forman

I don't Remeber bolder canyon sounding like that.

GnomeSlice

4:26 PM

@RonanForman Like which?

I still remember where all of the hidden keys are too.

One of them is in Ancient Lake, off to the right just after the starting line, at the top of a small ramp with the Rare logo engraved in it.

Ronan Forman

Are you sure this is the right music, maybe my memory's going.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Which one? The one labelled 'boulder canyon' is the music from boulder canyon

Ronan Forman

I know, I just don't remember that music.

user15026

I liked Hot Top Volcano's music best, myself.

Ronan Forman

I'm playing it again.

user15026

4:29 PM

It's kind of insane how well I remember all this music.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn That was a great one.

I also liked just driving around the island.

And listening to the genie sing along with the island's theme music.

Ronan Forman

I don't remember the music at all, I'm a horrible person.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Yeah. I liked DKR so much better than Mario Kart.

user15026

@RonanForman It's okay, I like you anyhow ;)

GnomeSlice

Here's the music for when you were near the Genie on the hub island:

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Ronan Forman

4:31 PM

I can only remember the first track's music.

GnomeSlice

I love the way they did music transitions between areas. It was one of the coolest things about the game, as well as Banjo-Kazooie.

@RonanForman Ancient Lake. <3

I used to lap the AI racers in that one.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Haha, him singing along always made me laugh.

user15026

@GnomeSlice Oh, I liked Banjo Kazooie. I never beat it, but I loved it.

GnomeSlice

Whoa! There's a secret song that isn't heard in the game!

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user15026

@GnomeSlice Oh neat. It's a very happy sounding song.

Ronan Forman

4:34 PM

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user15026

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user15026

I loved Frosty VIllage.

GnomeSlice

I wish there was a way we could play DKR online

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn No! Not you too! D:

GnomeSlice

Eee, Frosty Village was probably my least favourite track.

user15026

4:35 PM

@Ullallulloo What? Oh, Rainbow Dash?

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn yes :(

user15026

@GnomeSlice I just thought it was pretty

GnomeSlice

The Space levels all had pretty good music.

user15026

@Ullallulloo Sorry. I tried to resist, but it is just too awesome. Please, don't hate me forever ;)

GnomeSlice

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Ullallulloo

4:36 PM

@AshleyNunn Too late. >:(

GnomeSlice

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That last one was also in the credits.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I don't remember those as well as I do the others.

user15026

@Ullallulloo saddest of sadfaces

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn =[

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn :p

GnomeSlice

4:37 PM

That last one I linked is one of the best music tracks in the game.

user15026

@GnomeSlice I think because it always took me so much playtime to get there

user15026

Whereas me and my sister would play the first few areas over and over and over.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn You didn't just keep one file with everything unlocked?

Also, I've never been able to place it, but Walrus Cove's music sounds like an actual Christmas Song:

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user15026

@GnomeSlice That would've been smart.

GnomeSlice

I don't think it is, but I always feel like I've heard it at Christmas time before.

@AshleyNunn Did you ever get to the reverse adventure?

user15026

4:39 PM

@GnomeSlice Nope :(\

GnomeSlice

AHHH HAUNTED WOODS <3

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Such good music!

Needs the laughing Wizpig heads to be authentic though.

user15026

@GnomeSlice This one always creeped me out a little bit.

GnomeSlice

I'm very annoyed that I can't seem to recall the name of the track with the water world's key in it. Or the name of the water world x_x

I remember where they all are.

The snow one is in Snowball valley, in a niche off the track to the left of the starting line.

The water one is in a niche in the stone to the left of the track along the first coastal stretch. You had to drive in the water to reach it.

The Greenwood one is in Boulder Canyon. You had to bit the bell to raise the drawbridge, then turn around and boost up it to reach the key.

:3

And just like that, everyone vanished.

I swear, I left her by the river. I swear, I left her safe and sound.

Ronan Forman

4:58 PM

Okay I'm Playing this game now b

user30

nothing to see here

badp

2

Q: How can I make a lot of gil?

What is the fastest way to make gil? Is there some trick to repeatedly gain lots of gil? I am more concerned on a high level, what's the trick to get a lot of gil? Is there some way to repeat something and get a lot of gil every time?

money final-fantasy-13

vs

8

Q: Where should I go to farm Gil quickly in Final Fantasy 13?

I'm trying to complete the last achievement that I need in FF13, the one where I need to upgrade all the weapons/items to hold every item possible in the game. I'm wondering where I should take my fully maxed out party to farm gil that yields the best possible gil per hour ratio.

money farming final-fantasy-13

close or keep?

user30

hmm.

user30

first one into second?

Anna Lear

I'd close, merge, and edit.

It's basically the same question and each version has a decent answer.

Raven Dreamer

5:03 PM

@GraceNote Can you confirm whether or not GamingGrant has recieved an email from me?

Ronan Forman

If you've never had to blow on a cartridge...

Raven Dreamer

Erps.

Banner dropped. I should fix that.

Ronan Forman

@Raven It was when gnome nominated.

Raven Dreamer

@RonanForman Mana's little joke, I assume.

Ronan Forman

My joke!

Mana

5:06 PM

@RavenDreamer It dropped before then!

Raven Dreamer

@Mana Suuuure, buddy. Whatever you say. wink nudge saynomore :)

Mana

@RavenDreamer :.(

anyways food time

Raven Dreamer

Yum!

Ronan Forman

How am I so bad at this game?

Lazers

0

Q: Can you skip dialogues in Cave Story?

I am playing Cave Story on hard. I don't find it too difficult, but I would like to be able to replay some segments of the game more quickly. Especially boss fights work on my nerves sometimes, as they are introduced with quite long dialogues. Pressing 'z' makes the dialogues scroll by faster, b...

controls cave-story

Tristan

5:22 PM

@RonanForman What game?

Ronan Forman

Diddy king racing.

Tristan

@RonanForman I miss that game... =(

Ronan Forman

We all do.

Wipqozn

@RonanForman Great game.

@AshleyNunn, you are so much cooler now that you have a Rainbow Dash gravatar.

Tristan

@Wipqozn At least 20% cooler, I'd say.

Ronan Forman

5:33 PM

How is the badger so good at this?

He doesn't even have thumbs!

Tristan

@Wipqozn Did you get the Drake Sword? >.>

Wipqozn

@Tristan Well, I did get it, but I've never used it because it's terrible.

Tristan

@Wipqozn It's not terrible when you're just starting out... lol It was the ~2nd weapon I found.

Wipqozn

I have a couple characters, but the main character I play (who is on NG+) uses a Great Scythe +15. I'm considering using the Murakumo though.

Lazers

0

Q: How do I get the Gold Standard?

I was playing Domination in Quarrel (on XBLA), and when I finished the battle, I got a Silver Standard. I am assuming that there is probably a Gold (and maybe a Bronze?) standard for each level/battle. How do I make sure I get the Gold Standard on every level?

quarrel

1

Q: How does the game determine if I can wield a weapon with two-hands?

I know that wielding a weapon with two-hands allows you to wield weapons you normally don't meat the strength requirement for, but I'm uncertain exactly how the game calculates this. How does the game determine if I can wield a weapon with two hands?

dark-souls

user15026

5:38 PM

@Wipqozn Hurrah! is one of the cool kids now

Tristan

@Wipqozn Sadly, I had to get sell the game before I made any real progress in the game... I'd just rung the first bell.

Wipqozn

I must say @AshleyNunn, I was surprised you didn't run for moderator.

user15026

@Lazers Wrong "meet". I fixed it for you.

user15026

@Wipqozn Oh?

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn is embarrassed

user15026

5:39 PM

@Wipqozn It's all better now. :)

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Yeah. You're fairly active on the site, so figured you would run.

You're good at leaving comments when flagging as well.

user15026

@Wipqozn Aw, thanks. :) I figure it took me a while to learn how the site works, so I want to help other people.

user15026

I don't participate in a lot of meta, though, so I don't know if I would make a good mod XD

user15026

I have a couple of days to decide, though. :D

agent86

ChatterBox version 3.1 available now. In addition to displaying the title of your inbox items, it will now show the body. A new checkbox in the config lets you mark you items as read when you open the inbox.

if an owner wouldn't mind pinning for a couple of days, otherwise I'll just remind people a couple of times this week so that everyone has a chance to upgrade.

user15026

5:48 PM

@agent86 Do I just download it again?

user15026

0

Q: Play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Without Steam

I bought Modern Warfare 3 off of Steam so I don't have the disks, although I do have all the files needed to play. Is there a way I can play the game without having to go through Steam to play (game can only play with Steam open)? I have already tried to copy all the files,put them in a new dire...

modern-warfare-3

user15026

Do we do the whole "help me illegally crack this thing?" - I was tempted to edit out the bit about cracking it - it is still a halfway decent question even without the questionably legal bits.

StrixVaria

GnomeSlice is running in this election? Shouldn't there be some kind of restriction like "is not the most banned user in chat"?

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user15026

(Also, @Wipqozn, this is one of the big reasons I am not running - I still have so many questions like this that I just don't feel comfortable being "in charge").

agent86

@AshleyNunn yes, it should just replace the old version.

user15026

5:51 PM

@agent86 Awesome. :D It is one of my favourite addons. :D

agent86

@AshleyNunn I just answered it with "there's no way to do this legally without steam" which covers it if the "crack" parts are removed.

StrixVaria

I'm not running because I'm bad at being civil with people who disagree with me :(

user15026

That works. I think I might edit them out - iirc, we don't do illegal stuff.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria No you're not.

user15026

@StrixVaria :( but at least you know your limitations?

StrixVaria

5:52 PM

@Wipqozn I'm not?

user15026

@StrixVaria and I also wouldn't say you are that bad at it.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Yes. You're very civil with people who disagree with you.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Erm, I mean...**** you. I'm right you stupid horse thing.

See?

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria well dang, proved me wrong!

StrixVaria

Anyway, on the issues I felt I made the best argument for on meta, I have around -6 and -8 votes.

user15026

5:54 PM

@agent86 you are an edit ninja!

Tristan

So, I just saw an ad for a kids snuggie ripoff called CuddleUppets. Has anyone seen these things?

agent86

@AshleyNunn yeah, I mean "can I play game X without steam" is kind of a valid question, although I should probably do a dupe check now

user15026

@agent86 I am working on that too :)

agent86

I don't see that anyone's asked if you can play MW3 without steam...

user15026

@agent86 There is this one, but I don't know if it is a dupe or not:

agent86

5:56 PM

@AshleyNunn thank you :) I'm pretty happy with it now. I hope I won't have to change it very much in the future...

user15026

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Q: Can I play Steam games without running Steam in the background?

Is there a way I can play without having Steam running in the background?

pc steam

user15026

@Tristan No, but it sounds ridiculous

user15026

@agent86 Possibly this one too? gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/48178/…

Tristan

agent86

@AshleyNunn Added this to my answer.

Tristan

5:57 PM

Is it just me, or does every single one of them look stoned? O.o

user15026

@Tristan Those look scary, and/or on a lot of drugs XD

user15026

@Tristan yeah, no, it is not just you.

agent86

@AshleyNunn he mentioned he didn't buy it on disc, but I added that one too

Mana

@AshleyNunn To be fair, I'm unsure of the site policy oftentimes too. It's perfectly okay for mods to ask questions.

user15026

@agent86 Awesome! Go-go-gadget teamwork!

user15026

5:58 PM

@Mana I just feel like a herpaderp XD

Mana

@AshleyNunn That's not a word!

Don't make it a word.

user15026

@Mana It should be a word.

agent86

@Mana it helps that the first policy of G.SE is that there's very little policy :P

OrigamiRobot

@Tristan Wanna give your children nightmares? Buy CuddleUppets!

agent86

and it's all kind of open to interpretation

StrixVaria

5:59 PM

Now that I'm thinking about it I still probably wouldn't be a good moderator because I'm too lazy to go through the flags as it is.

agent86

@Tristan I was just about to say, "man, those pets look stoned"

user15026

@OrigamiRobot Hahaha this. Definitely this.

Tristan

Well, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought that when I saw them. =P

Mana

@agent86 :(....

Lazers

-3

Q: Play Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Without Steam

I bought Modern Warfare 3 off of Steam so I don't have the disks, although I do have all the files needed to play. Is there a way I can play the game without having to go through Steam to play (game can only play with Steam open)?

steam modern-warfare-3

1

Q: How do I beat the dinosaur

I can't beat the boss of the first world, are there any specific tactics I should use? Such as should I charge the boosts and rockets or fire off the level 1 versions? Does he speed up if he's behind me, or does he slow down if I get too far behind?

diddy-kong-racing

agent86

6:02 PM

@Mana I don't know if I'd :( this, it's just so often things fall into a gray area.

user15026

@Mana I think that it's not that there is little policy, it is more that there is so much grey area - it is hard to make hard and fast rules.

Mana

Uh. Wow. You two are both in sync.

agent86

plus with the fact that almost everyone has limited moderation powers (ie, there are a ton of people with close vote and down vote powers) and you end up with some funky subjective situations often

even if there were tons of hard and fast rules, they'd still be open to interpretation, and there's a lot of interpreters :)

user15026

@Mana Yeah, that is a little creepy!

user15026

@agent86 That's always the hard bit. My view on rule x and yours might not be the same, even though we are reading the same words.

OrigamiRobot

6:08 PM

@AshleyNunn @agent86: grey vs gray. FIGHT!

Ullallulloo

@AshleyNunn Usually, that means you need clearer words, no? :P

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot: Everything I say is a lie.

user15026

@Ullallulloo That would probably help.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn What did you say in this case?

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot That everything I say is a lie.

OrigamiRobot

6:13 PM

@Wipqozn Well, that is a lie.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot No it's not.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I will find an example of when you were not lying.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Damn, this paradox failed to destroy you!

Clever robot.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn It is not a paradox

The fact that "Everything I say is a lie" is a lie simply means that "Not everything I say is a lie" is true.

A paradox you be saying "This statement is falseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee‌eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee‌eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee‌eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Excellent.

OrigamiRobot

6:17 PM

Hello everyone! I am OrigamiRobot. How are you today?

Ronan Forman

Great, now I have another question.

user15026

@Wipqozn That is awful, and funny, all at once.

Arda Xi

@AshleyNunn Just like the guy who posted it, really.

Nick T

More LoL Tribunal gems: "(1:18): that's what your cat said after I fucked it in the ***"

somehow they censor "ass" but not "fucked"

user15026

@ArdaXi You have a very good point.

Arda Xi

6:21 PM

@NickT ...bed?

I'm a very optimistic person.

OrigamiRobot

@NickT Its not censorship. It just adds mystery.

Nick T

they should censor random nouns and verbs

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Brant

lol

the jokes are so easy to make, but they're still so funny

Nick T

that should be an Apr 1 thing for StackExchange, randomly censor words in chat

Brant

whoa, good idea

OrigamiRobot

6:26 PM

@NickT Are you running for mod? I'll vote for you.

Lazers

1

Q: Applying companion customizations

Just before leaving the starting area, I got a "Vette Customization 2" as one of the quest rewards. Right-clicking it just tells me I can't equip it. How do I apply it to Vette?

swtor

0

Q: Read XBOX 360 save files on my PC

I have a memory stick that I have placed my DA:O saves files on, but I want to be able to read them on my PC (so I can use the toolset to extract the character settings/image). Unfortunately the XBOX does not write simple files to the stick. Is there any way to get the individual save files ont...

xbox-360 save-games dragon-age-origins

0

Q: Bananas! What are they for?

I've heard the collecting bananas increases your speed, is this true? As I don't seem to speed up when I get a bunch. Although that may be because the speed of each one is too subtle to notice.

diddy-kong-racing

Nick T

eh, I'm happy enough with current field

badp

low expectations, eh?

Brant

Don't blame me, I voted for ronnie.

badp

@Brant You voted? Already?

HAAAAAX!

Ronan Forman

6:36 PM

Enjoying the rep @ashley?

badp

throws a monitor at Brant

Brant

That's it, I'm just going to put Nexus Mod Manager in my Startup group; Skyrim is the only reason I'm ever in boot camp anyway.

Lazers

2

Q: How can I get an existing DA:O character image uploaded to the BioWare site?

I have an existing DA:O character that I created without logging into the BioWare site. After logging in the charcter data was uploaded but did not include the character images. A web search has suggested that the character images are only uploaded when the character is first created. Is this tr...

xbox-360 dragon-age-origins

badp

6:55 PM

@Brant Isn't Skyrim Steam Play?

I thought it was now public information that Steam will also manage Skyrim mods for you through the Workshop.

Brant

I usually run it through NMM because it checks for updated versions of mods, and has a handy SKSE button.

badp

(although this is all I know on the subject)

Brant

Has that launched yet?

badp

How would I know? I don't have Skyrim.

Brant

Oh.

badp

6:56 PM

If you opt-in to the Steam beta you might see it.

or the Skyrim Beta.

No idea.

Brant

I think the skyrim beta is now the release version

there wasn't a skyrim beta anymore when I checked the steam prefs yesterday, anyway

Ronan Forman

This is acutally pretty cool.

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badp

I'm on the Steam Beta and it shows TF2 workshop stuff on the TF2 game page, so... I dunno?

Brant

Tristan

@RonanForman It's like Skyrim + Minecraft + Family Guy. o.O

Ronan Forman

6:59 PM

@Tristan Aaaahhhh. Sssssssss. Aaaaaahhhh.

badp

@RonanForman that three is much more bold than that!

Brant

A couple of those mods require that I run skyrim using SKSE (SKyrim Script Extender) instead of skyrim.exe, so I just do it through NMM so I can check for updates at the same time.

badp

I have no idea of how the Workshop support for mods really work tbh

Brant

And yes, that IS a Dr. Zoidberg mudcrab mod.

Because Dr. Zoidberg is awesome.

Deal with it.

Tristan

@Brant I was actually more worried about the killable children....

Brant

7:03 PM

I only installed that to spite the ESRB.

And hey, if I happen to use that shout that calls down meteors in the middle of Whiterun, and there's some collateral damage... so be it.

badp

7:13 PM

gives Eversion a look

Lazers

0

Q: How To Play Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Without Steam

I recently bought/downloaded MW3 from Steam, now I have all the files to play the game but I dont have the CD. How would I play MW3 Multiplayer without using steam (non steam version)with no CD? I can play the Single Player mode because I copied all the games files off steams directory and made a...

steam modern-warfare-3 call-of-duty

Ronan Forman

Are we not game on!ing today?

(It's TF2)

Arda Xi

My head is full of Portal references. Someone just said "Moriarty" and all I could think was "Holmes vs. Moriarty. Aristotle vs MASHY SPIKE PLATE"

Wipqozn

Right, I keep meaning to fix the Game on! time

daylight savings time screwed it all up

It should be happening an hour later than it actually does

Ronan Forman

So we want it at 8UTC instead?