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12:33 AM
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Q: Social Skils for Militia Captains?

C. RossWhat social skills are important to militia captains? The ones I think might be, but have no way of confirming are: Leadership Organization Teacher Are these used by militia captains? If not, are any social skills at all?

 
1:03 AM
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Q: Lego Star Wars - TCS: How to get unlimited purple vehicle tow bombs?

Jeff HandleyIn many of the flying chapters in Lego Star Wars TCS, there are purple tow bombs that you have to use to blast your way through barriers. In the minikit guide videos, the player always has an unlimited supply of these, but I cannot figure out how to get that unlocked. How do you get the unlimit...

 
 
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2:33 AM
Iron Grip is definitely a... different game.
 
2:51 AM
I'd be tempted to get A.R.E.S. Extinction if it'd let me use my Gamepad.
It's one of those dumb titles that only recognizes Xbox 360 controllers, rather than any DirectInput device.
 
3:44 AM
we broooooooooos
we brooooooooooooos
 
4:59 AM
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Q: Is there a way to reduce or prevent crashing when trading?

DunkirkI've always had trouble when buying caravan cards. It seems that if I try to buy too many, when I "accept" the transaction, the game will pause, and then crash. I've had some success at getting around this by just buying a few cards at a time, "banking" the transaction, and continuing shopping. ...

 
 
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6:14 AM
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Q: Multimedia and gaming.

codyI really need your help guys.I want to create some game like bomber man.But the only language I know is C language on Unix platform with the concepts of multithreading.But as everyone knows we cannot print a cartoon character using a c language. We only have characters and special symbols in C.bu...

 
 
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8:27 AM
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Q: Preventing item loss after death

kilimciI'm really sick of getting all of my items destroyed when I die. Is there any way, even by cheating, to re-acquire the items or to disable the 5 minute item-disappearance countdown?

 
9:09 AM
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Q: What strategy games were made with help of generals/professionals/strategs?

user712092I know Soldier Of Fortune was made with John Mullins, a professional soldier. What strategy games were made with professionals on war strategy?

 
9:40 AM
this garshasp game is comically bad - it seems they had a decent art department and decent programmers, but they were mindless drones carrying out the visions of someone who had none.
the only hard parts are when their so-helpful-we-pause-the-game-for-you "hints" don't cover what you actually needed to know to pass a section, so you keep trying until you accidentally figure out how to proceed.
 
10:39 AM
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Q: How much are strategy games realistic?

user712092How much are the problems You solve in strategy games similar (differend) to problems real generals (conquerors, admirals, ...) solve? My questions is pointed to how much are these games realistic.

 
10:53 AM
@Powerlord ...seriously? That's stupid :/
 
11:03 AM
posted on July 04, 2011 by yx_

Global Agenda is an online team-based third person shooter that recently went to the free-to-play model.  The game world is set in a post apocalyptic 22nd century Earth where a severe global disaster has decimated the majority of Earth’s population and a tyrannical government called the Commonwealth rules through an army of artificially intelligent robots. [...]

 
 
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1:38 PM
Hmm, I have 1336 reputation, it's not possible to earn one point right?
 
@CruelCow Downvoting an answer costs 1. Getting an edit suggestion accepted, or accepting an answer is worth 2.
Alternatively just use the browser developer tools and declare yourself an imaginary winner :P
 
Yeah, I don't think I care enough to do either of those :-)
 
2:29 PM
@StackExchange @badp needs to write an article like this, but for TF2.
 
2:49 PM
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Q: Best weapon combination for heavy.

ProSayWhat is the best equipment/weapon combo?

 
 
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4:20 PM
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Q: How does battle.net select a custom game to join?

tenfourIf you select "Join Custom Game" and search for a map - for example Xel'Naga Caverns - you can join the game and play against a seemingly random player who had created the open-to-public custom game. But how does battle.net select the game? Is MMR considered? Is it purely random? First come, fir...

 
user30
Monkey patching is the best
 
4:59 PM
Mission ends in 60 seconds.
and by that, I mean Steam sales change time
Lets see what new ticket games I have.
1...2...3... Kick It, Trine, Serious Sam HQ, and the screenshot one.
and Steam went down.
 
Kick It? Seriously?
wonders if that game is ever going to be finished
 
@ArdaXi Yup. Get 75% of max score and over 50,000 points in any map on City 15 or something like that.
 
user30
No sale today?
 
user30
oh, must have caught it mid deploy or something
 
@ThomasMcDonald Of course there are.
That's the only Kick It achievement.
kicks it
 
user30
5:07 PM
http://store.steampowered.com as of one minute ago:
 
There we go. Ticket.
Their cache is messed up.
 
user30
oh okay
 
Always happens.
Okay, now to make a Portal 2 screenshot.
And then I think I'll just start redeeming random stuff.
 
user30
"value": 1065353216,
 
user30
and how the chuff do I get an RGB value out of that?
 
user30
5:12 PM
ah
 
it's raw hex?
0x3f800000
is it argb?
you split that into pairs of two, then convert the pairs back into decimal to get decimal rgb
63, 128, 0, 0
@ArdaXi just when I was catching up, they make more tickets D:
 
user30
doh.
 
user30
"name": "set item tint RGB",
"defindex": 142,
"attribute_class": "set_item_tint_rgb",
"min_value": 0.000000,
"max_value": 0.000000,
"effect_type": "neutral",
"hidden": true
 
@lunixbochs You've got 24 hours.
 
and some of the games aren't cheap enough to justify
 
5:18 PM
Redeemed the SpaceChem, AAAAA and Defense Grid DLC.
 
but yeah, what exactly this badge mean?
 
I only have 7 tickets left from previous days
 
> Unsung Hero Zero score accepted answers: more than 10 and 25% of total
 
user30
@lunixbochs many thanks
 
@Wipqozn you have more than 10 accepted answers, at least 25% of your total answers, which have a score of zero
 
5:19 PM
@Wipqozn Having more than 10 accepted answers that have not been upvoted, 25% of your total amount of accepted answers.
Now comes a choice. Portal 2 DLC or Killing Floor DLC.
 
thanks @lunixbochs @ArdaXi I thought it said that but it is a very awkward wording
 
it looks like there might be enough tickets to get exactly all the stuff
over the course of the sale
 
user30
I wonder if any of the two tone paints share a colour with the single tone paints
 
out of the 7 old tickets left for me, I can get five without buying an expensive game
(or buying anything)
 
of course :/
Trine does on sale for $2 after I bought it for $5
 
5:22 PM
Hmm, looking at Frozen Synapse. Seems like a good game.
I got Trine for like $0.05
 
@ArdaXi yeah, the what have you pack for charity from last year ?
 
Humble Indie Bundle
 
@ArdaXi That's the one
 
I got all of those, they're awesome
I helped raise the mac average
frozen synapse was a cool idea but despite claiming mac support never made it past the loading screen
 
Trine is an awesome game. I'm glad it's going to get so much recognition today.
 
5:25 PM
played through trine twice in a row, once with coop
visuals and gameplay were so awesome.
 
@lunixbochs Yeah, planning to play through it with two friends
 
Unfortunately, I don't have my save game data anymore. I wonder if that's on the steam cloud or not.
 
excited for trine 2
 
Looks like it might.
 
@lunixbochs How does the co op compare to single player ?
 
user30
5:26 PM
Paging @TimStone without the intention of bugging him.
 
I do have to download it again though.
 
you get extra characters, but you have to think about working together
I really liked the coop
extra = two people on screen at once
or three
instead of swapping characters
there's a different approach to parts of the game with more people
 
I'm proud to say I have the: "Better than Developers!" achievement.
 
I was pretty happy with my floating platform
 
Congrats on Medium Rare, @lunixbochs
 
5:28 PM
I was able to float myself around
@RavenDreamer I got a slightly blistered finger though, killed myself on two levels
took three hours for just them
but I tried a gamepad and I was just too used to the keyboard to finish with it
 
Told ya you shoulda bought a gamepad :P
 
I definitely had better response times from it though
found myself making jumps early because that's what I had to do with the keyboard
 
5:43 PM
looks like Kick It achievement is bugged
 
I just played two songs, revalidated my kick it cache, and played one more
met the requirements on all three plays
and didn't get the achievement
 
yeah :/
 
We'll see if they remove it or not.
Just like they removed the Spiral Knights one.
 
lol. costs me less to get the thq pack again than to get both homefront and dow retribution
 
5:47 PM
I... erm... welll...
 
I'd get darksiders, homefront, mx vs atv reflex, red faction, saints row, and dow II retribution
 
The other thing about the Kick-it achievement is that the in-game menu lists 50%, and the steam achievement lists 75%.
I just beat it with 75% and 80k, and didn't get it either.
Back to re-downloading Trine, I guess.
 
Yeah, I noticed as well @Raven
 
user30
6:22 PM
The Steam people could really do with some bigger auth servers
 
having the worst time trying to launch trine right now
 
user30
Okay, I can hold off no longer, I'm buying Terraria.
 
user30
If it comes up on sale now I'm going to be annoyed
 
tomorrow
cmon, why buy a game for full price during a rolling sale? :P
that's a great way to get mad at valve in a day or two
there's only about a week left
 
Wasn't Terraria already on sale?
 
user30
6:35 PM
It's got 25% off
 
6:48 PM
They took my ticket!
:(
 
@ArdaXi which ticket?
 
@RavenDreamer The Kick It Ticket.
 
Oh, you finally got it?
 
I got it immediately. But then they took it.
 
user30
First thoughts: terraria is awesome
 
6:50 PM
Shortest SpaceChem circuit ever.
 
user30
Although night appears to be a bit long
 
Night is irrelevant if you start digging.
 
user30
Yeah, but I don't want to dig a hole in my house yet/now, do I?
 
The Kick It one is gone now, yes.
They swapped in a Zombie Driver ticket instead.
 
@ThomasMcDonald if you take out the dirt background, monsters can't spawn there.
 
6:54 PM
@Powerlord But I don't own that game.
 
Nor I
 
Should I?
 
I don't understand why I don't get a ticket for having already posted screenshots.
 
@Powerlord Neither do I
 
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Q: How to find my steam ID?

TemplarHow to find my steam ID? I haven't bought any games, but I am playing a free one and need ID, maybe only user who buys something get ID?

 
7:00 PM
Just for fun, I went into TF2's Mann Co Store, dropped the Summer Sun Bundle into it, and said I was going to make a huge mistake... buying said bundle.
 
I don't follow.
 
@RavenDreamer Because it's useless.
$15 on purely cosmetic stuff.
 
I don't understand why you prefaced that with "Just for Fun" though.
 
@RavenDreamer Well, yeah, thanks to Steam not counting things I've already screenshotted, I had to create a new one...
So... I screenshotted that in my cart and captioned it.
 
I see. You missed the part where you said that was a screenshot originally.
Now I follow.
 
7:02 PM
I still have a relatively low Steam ID. STEAM_0:0:7612179
 
I can't find my steam ID because I can't log onto steam powered with my browser, and the steam browser doesn't have a URL visible (does it?)
Oh, I got into Google+ yesterday.
 
@RavenDreamer It does.
 
It's neat.
@ArdaXi - where?
 
Hrm, I don't have you on Steam I think...
 
Probably not.
Only one I have on steam from Gaming is Dave McClelland, and that's 'cause I met him before he joined gaming
I am 'veok' if you want to add me.
 
7:05 PM
@ArdaXi Oh, are we measuring our e-peens? Mine is STEAM_0:0:1081621
 
Heh.
 
But then again, I registered HL1 to Steam just after it started, and they gave me all the other base HL1 games for free because of it.
 
Blasted Steam Guard isn't letting my log in on Chrome.
 
I love how Valve is posting TF2 blog updates today (a US Federal holiday), but not issuing a fix for the TF2 Linux server.
 
"What Message? I don't have a message from Steam Support?"
"Did you check your spam folder?"
"No luck still... I don't have a message from Steam Support"
 
7:10 PM
Also, Spiral Knights sucks if you get stuck in a sucky random group.
 
"Let us help!
Sorry you're having trouble. We know your Steam account is valuable to you, and we're committed to helping you keep access to it in the right hands."
/facepalm
Welp. I think I need to go check out Darksiders, now that it finally stopped downloading
 
"Hey, we're all 0 and 1 star equipment guys, lets run down the extra hard sections of the floor." I bailed on one group who did this after my second death, and the very next group I joined did the same damn thing.
and I logged out as soon as someone opened the door to it.
Well, not as soon as... when the other 3 players were standing on the switch to start the monsters appearing.
 
Yeah, Danger Rooms are pretty rough.
I like Arenas much better.
Just get in a large guild
People in guilds are generally better players ('cause if they're in a guild, they want to get out of PuGs)
 
7:26 PM
Seriously, though, Spiral Knights seriously needs an easy way to change out of your current group without having to log off.
After doing some crafting I went to the dungeons one last time... joined a group whom, it turned out, was on a clockwork terminal floor when I joined. We promptly went down to an arena floor (which I hate, btw), and we barely scrape through the first part without dying, and they decide "oh, lets not leave, lets keep going!"
and I thought... OK, but only ONE more. Died twice and ran out of energy during the second part.
No one was attacking the healers but me.
See also: The comic someone linked to earlier.
 
they pulled kick it and swapped it for zombie driver
 
36 mins ago, by Powerlord
The Kick It one is gone now, yes.
36 mins ago, by Powerlord
They swapped in a Zombie Driver ticket instead.
 
aha, I guess I skimmed a bit loosely through the backlog
 
Is it sad that one of the best experiences I've had in Spiral Knights was when the gate server was acting funky and wouldn't let me join a group, so I did 4 or so floors solo?
I think maybe I should just create invite only groups, those appear to be handy for farming items.
I don't know why, but I'm tempted to start playing the original Spyro the Dragon trilogy again.
 
7:42 PM
@Powerlord I liked my Kick It Ticket.
 
@ArdaXi Tough. It sucked, the ticket wasn't apparently being awarded to most people.
 
I can't work out what prize to get next...
 
@Powerlord Probably everyone who tried getting it legitimately.
 
Oh, and when I said "It sucked" I mean the game itself, not the achievement. ;)
@ArdaXi Used the ARG save? :D
 
@Powerlord Err... no.
 
7:43 PM
ARG level even.
 
When I cheat, I just cheat.
 
@ArdaXi Using an achievement unlocker? They again, I've already noted that it could burn you doing it that way.
 
@Powerlord I've used this thing for like 2 years now.
I got a Cheater's Lament, 4 DLC and an account in good standing.
 
@ArdaXi Valve likely doesn't care for normal achievements.
 
They do. Point is, they can't detect it.
 
7:46 PM
@ArdaXi and you know that... how? Achievements on Steam are worth relatively little. There's only been one time there's been an exception to that, during the Valve Treasure Hunt sale.
and this could, arguably, be the second.
 
@Powerlord I know that by being familiar with the Steamworks API.
@Powerlord They've tried to stop cheaters with the TF2 thing, but they've never gone after achievement unlockers.
Besides, lots of TF2 items are coupled to achievements.
Even now, for example, the SpaceChem promotion.
 
zombie driver one is really easy, you just need to survive two rounds to get the flamethrower, then drive backwards while using it so you don't run zombies over before they burn
trine is easy too, just use scales of fish and go about two minutes into the caverns level to find water
 
Anyone know what this is?
It's supposedly Prey 2 related.
 
8:26 PM
and the kick it achievement is gone
 
user30
see above before powerlord quotes himself again
 
the alien breed achievement is being very elusive
I've only managed to complete one coop mission so far
 
8:43 PM
@ThomasMcDonald 'Ello
 
user30
evening
 
I was paged? :P
Oh, right, of course.
 
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Q: Any reason *not* to trade Fallen Legion Artifacts to Vulgrim?

Raven DreamerI've been playing Darksiders. In the course of beating the souls out of dumpsters, traffic cones, and sign posts, I discovered a Fallen Legion Artifact. The game helpfully popped up "Ooh, take this to Vulgrim and be rewarded!" So I did, and on Vulgrim's interface there was a new "press R to trad...

 
I do indeed have a server, I'll just need to reimage it tonight. Do you need anything specific to get it into working shape?
 
user30
:)
 
user30
8:46 PM
Just Java will do the trick
 
user30
Nothing else that I'm aware of
 
Alright, excellent. I'll get on that in a bit and should have the details for you tomorrow.
 
user30
merci
 
I finally have the overpowered Scout gun in TF2! Hopefully I'll get to use it before the inevitable nerf.
Anyway, I need to dinner now.
That is, cook and eat.
 
user30
 
9:00 PM
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Q: How can I change my steam adress

Kuraldi recently moved to a different location. How can I change the adress in steam? regards Kurald.

 
@Lazers I don't remember steam asking for my address...
 
@CruelCow It asks for it every transaction.
 
Hmm, not me. Probably depends on the payment method
 
Trailer: ibb and obb (Richard Boeser) http://bit.ly/kmKkRL
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4 tickets left from previous days
 
9:11 PM
I've got precisely 3 tickets left to spend.
Torn between Killing Floor and Portal 2.
 
oh, I meant left to get :D haven't spent any yet
 
Team Fortress 2 is the only game I've never really lost interest in.
@lunixbochs I don't have enough money to get all.
Well, I guess I do, but not disposable.
 
Can somebody in UK or US or whatever tell me how many games are there in store.steampowered.com/sub/426 ?
 
I've mostly only bought $2 games so far
 
I feel like I'd be ripped off if I bought it in Italy
 
9:15 PM
@badp 6
 
@badp I'm seeing the exact same list for all countries.
 
17,19€ Individual price
34,99€ Package price //WTF?
-11,55€ Limited Time Offer
-14,70€ Limited Time Offer
8,74€ Cost to you
8,45€ You save
 
that's usa ^^
 
Valve uses Crazy Moon Logic.
 
This is europe.
 
9:17 PM
Either that or you'd better order now before they raise the price.
 
publishers choose their prices
you'd save $4 USD by getting someone in the usa to gift it to you
 
Granted, I got the entire iD pack for like $30 3 years ago, so...
 
I don't get why Steam puts the € sign after the price.
 
gotta love those christmas sales
 
@ArdaXi Feels natural to me.
 
9:21 PM
Here it's €9,99
 
@ArdaXi The three games I 'wanted' were €9.97
(here)
 
I mean like €X,XX instead of X.XX€
 
Yes, €X,XX feels natural to me.
It's correctly localized for Italy.
 
Not here.
 
9:48 PM
Sigh
5-14 is easily understandable but annoying to do
 
Medieval medic is fun to play on medieval mode
 
Same with 5-15
5-16 I don't get how to start
 
@ArdaXi Yes, it works surprisingly well.
 
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Q: How can I change the screen resolution used by BIT.TRIP RUNNER on Mac ?

Sylvain DefresneOn my Mac Book Pro 15" the screen is corrupted when I try to launch BIT.TRIP RUNNER. The game appear to launch correctly as I can hear the game music after some time (probably time to load the game), and I can quit it using ESC key. After looking in the Steam forum (first topic, second topic), i...

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Q: What new keybindings does Absolute Annihilation define?

depeszInstalled Absolute Annihilation 6.0 on Total Annihilation from gog.com. It works great. One thing I did notice, though, is that AA did add some new keybindings - for example "q" increments build count for first object on build list. I haven't found any list of new keybindings provided by AA. Do ...

 
10:27 PM
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Q: How to solve 5-4?

badpWhat I do is, all while holding the running button: Run off the platform and jump Jump then hold jump for a little longer to climb that extra height Jump off the wall onto the left. Jump off the wall onto the right. Reach slightly above the first repulser Reach slightly above the second repulse...

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Q: What is going on with these pistons?

TyrI was messing around with pistons today, and I cam across this weird senario whhere they are not working as expected. I took some screenshots, they are Here and are in order. I have three pistons on top of each other (A, B and C) with A on top. I have a redstone repeater aiming at a wood block ...

 
user30
Oh, seen that.
 
10:44 PM
men of war ticket took... effort, on Easy... after losing twice I had to get creative and steal some heavy machine guns from vehicles to make my assault
 
11:04 PM
I had forgotten how funny the dream episode of Buffy was ("Restless")
 
So since I can't get any world 5 level done (GAH!) I'm going back to earlier worlds collecting bandages
Got from 13 to 17.
 
"I think I've figured out how to steer by gesturing emphatically."
 
SMBStats telling me what levels have those is tremendously useful.
 
"What I'm about to tell you may save your life. starts speaking gibberish"
 
clique :P
 
11:20 PM
"We're thinking up a plan for world domination. The key? Coffeemakers that think."
"[P.A.] The demons have escaped, run for you lives." "This could be trouble. We'd better make a fort." "I'll grab the pillows."
 
11:39 PM
Huh, I figured this question would have been reopened by now.
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Q: Standard Weapon Builds for a Heavy.

ProSayWhat are the standard equipment/weapon builds for a heavy (both offensive and defensive), when combined with a Medic?

 
cheese
 
@lunixbochs "At least you guys didn't dream about the guy with the cheese."
Quote from the same episode as the other quotes I said earlier. ;)
 
yeah I know :)
 
Oh well, I'm almost finished writing a response to that question. Guess I'll save it until the question is reopened.
 
I need someone to vote to reopen something: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/25779
anyone around who wants to?
 
11:51 PM
@tzenes It's open now.
I already vote to reopen it, but apparently someone else did just a minute ago.
Also, ew, my answer is completely bad looking unformatted like that.
 
appreciate whomever that was
 
Bolding the weapon names makes that so much easier to read now.
 

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