How do I prioritize local hydrogen over remote hydrogen from a gas giant?

I recently exploited my local gas giant for hydrogen and fire ice, which is quite useful. The main reason was to get started on deuterium production for various advanced items. But I just noticed that my oil refining is falling far behind what my factory uses and I want to massively expand it now. But one by-product of oil refining is hydrogen and I'd like to avoid blocking the refined oil pathway if hydrogen accumulates. The obvious solution would be to set this all up so that the hydrogen from the gas giant is only drawn upon last afte . . . [More]

How do I prioritize local hydrogen over remote hydrogen from a gas giant?

I recently exploited my local gas giant for hydrogen and fire ice, which is quite useful. The main reason was to get started on deuterium production for various advanced items. But I just noticed that my oil refining is falling far behind what my factory uses and I want to massively expand it now. But one by-product of oil refining is hydrogen and I'd like to avoid blocking the refined oil pathway if hydrogen accumulates. The obvious solution would be to set this all up so that the hydrogen from the gas giant is only drawn upon last afte . . . [More]

Can I alter the biome of an area?

In part 3 of my adventures, I would like to find out if there is a way to change biomes. In part 2, fredley said that it is possible to move terrain from one world to another, but the biomes wouldn't match. Is there any way I can change the biome of a specific area to, say, Savanna? Question from user John the Green at gaming.stackexchange.com. Answer: When Minecraft 1.2 is released, using the new “Anvil” file format, biomes will be stored in the chunk data so that they can be redefined on a per-column (x,z) basis . . . [More]

Can I alter the biome of an area?

In part 3 of my adventures, I would like to find out if there is a way to change biomes. In part 2, fredley said that it is possible to move terrain from one world to another, but the biomes wouldn't match. Is there any way I can change the biome of a specific area to, say, Savanna? Question from user John the Green at gaming.stackexchange.com. Answer: When Minecraft 1.2 is released, using the new “Anvil” file format, biomes will be stored in the chunk data so that they can be redefined on a per-column (x,z) basis . . . [More]

Are there any games - tactics where infestor controlled units are used to build foreign units?

I recently completed the "Zerglot" achievement, as described here. In short, you have to warp in a Zealot, while playing Zerg. You can do this, by using neural parasite (Infestor) on an enemy probe and use the probe to build a nexus. Then you control a nexus and you can start up your own Protoss build and go for Gateway and then Zealot. While something like this is most likely extremely difficult to pull off against a human opponent, I was wondering if this has actually been used in game before? Are there any games where somebod . . . [More]

Are there any games - tactics where infestor controlled units are used to build foreign units?

I recently completed the "Zerglot" achievement, as described here. In short, you have to warp in a Zealot, while playing Zerg. You can do this, by using neural parasite (Infestor) on an enemy probe and use the probe to build a nexus. Then you control a nexus and you can start up your own Protoss build and go for Gateway and then Zealot. While something like this is most likely extremely difficult to pull off against a human opponent, I was wondering if this has actually been used in game before? Are there any games where somebod . . . [More]

Black Screen when alt-tab or exiting fullscreen games in Windows 10

When I use alt+tab on a fullscreen game to go back to the Desktop in Windows 10, most of the time the screen goes black. It doesn't happen all the time which is makes this even more confusing. It also turns black sometimes after exiting the game. I have a single monitor and an Nvidia Graphics card. Some things I've found about this:. I can press alt+tab again and it comes back to the game. I can press Windows+P two or three times and Enter to blindly try to switch to multiple monitors setup, doing two or three times gets me back t . . . [More]

Black Screen when alt-tab or exiting fullscreen games in Windows 10

When I use alt+tab on a fullscreen game to go back to the Desktop in Windows 10, most of the time the screen goes black. It doesn't happen all the time which is makes this even more confusing. It also turns black sometimes after exiting the game. I have a single monitor and an Nvidia Graphics card. Some things I've found about this:. I can press alt+tab again and it comes back to the game. I can press Windows+P two or three times and Enter to blindly try to switch to multiple monitors setup, doing two or three times gets me back t . . . [More]

Do weapons earn Freshness during a Splatfest?

The Freshness flag is representative of that weapon's highest Freshness rating:. According to the wikia:. If Fresh is reached with a weapon before dropping back down to Raw, it will still display the Fresh flag on the weapon select. I played a lot with my Aerospray MG during the Splatfest, I also got the "30 Reefslider wins" so I definitely won a lot of battles, but my flag freshness is still at the lowest level, the grey flag. I couldn't check my Flag freshness during the Splatfest, since that part of the screen i . . . [More]

Do weapons earn Freshness during a Splatfest?

The Freshness flag is representative of that weapon's highest Freshness rating:. According to the wikia:. If Fresh is reached with a weapon before dropping back down to Raw, it will still display the Fresh flag on the weapon select. I played a lot with my Aerospray MG during the Splatfest, I also got the "30 Reefslider wins" so I definitely won a lot of battles, but my flag freshness is still at the lowest level, the grey flag. I couldn't check my Flag freshness during the Splatfest, since that part of the screen i . . . [More]

Whats the last GTA V Franklin mission?

The only character with a number below their name is Franklin, this indicates that there is a mission remaining, but I cannot find it! Any ideas what it might be? Could it be a street race, as I have not done all of those? Question from user PhilHibbs at gaming.stackexchange.com. Answer: The last mission for Franklin is a Strangers and Freaks mission, which can only be done after a 100% completion in the game. The Strangers and Freaks mission can only be performed by Franklin. . Answer from user muralbobcat7717 at gaming.stackexchan . . . [More]

Whats the last GTA V Franklin mission?

The only character with a number below their name is Franklin, this indicates that there is a mission remaining, but I cannot find it! Any ideas what it might be? Could it be a street race, as I have not done all of those? Question from user PhilHibbs at gaming.stackexchange.com. Answer: The last mission for Franklin is a Strangers and Freaks mission, which can only be done after a 100% completion in the game. The Strangers and Freaks mission can only be performed by Franklin. . Answer from user muralbobcat7717 at gaming.stackexchan . . . [More]

How can I copy part of a Minecraft world into another Minecraft world?

Backstory.The places that have been built on in my world aren't that big. It's a ~100x~100 square, a ~150x~50 rectangle in the Nether, and another ~100x~100 square accessed by portals.The world is currently unplayable due to the server console spending so much time printing errors that the players time out. That, and for some reason it decided to spawn hundreds of sheep.So I was wondering, is it was possible, and if so how, to move sections of this world into another, new, world?Question from user John the Green at gaming.stackexchange.com.Ans . . . [More]

How can I copy part of a Minecraft world into another Minecraft world?

Backstory.The places that have been built on in my world aren't that big. It's a ~100x~100 square, a ~150x~50 rectangle in the Nether, and another ~100x~100 square accessed by portals.The world is currently unplayable due to the server console spending so much time printing errors that the players time out. That, and for some reason it decided to spawn hundreds of sheep.So I was wondering, is it was possible, and if so how, to move sections of this world into another, new, world?Question from user John the Green at gaming.stackexchange.com.Ans . . . [More]

How can I get more coal?

I'm running out of fuel and need some coal. I have no trees and I don't want to waste the little wood I have left. How can I find more?Question from user Young Guilo at gaming.stackexchange.com.Answer:How can you get more coal?You can burn Wood to make Charcoal (Don't confuse with coal), but you can also harvest coal from Coal ore blocks.Coal ore is a block common in almost all maps and elevation, you can easily found them by digging. . Just dig - SevenSidedDie.You are running out of fuel?If you are using it in powered minecarts, Coal and C . . . [More]

How can I get more coal?

I'm running out of fuel and need some coal. I have no trees and I don't want to waste the little wood I have left. How can I find more?Question from user Young Guilo at gaming.stackexchange.com.Answer:How can you get more coal?You can burn Wood to make Charcoal (Don't confuse with coal), but you can also harvest coal from Coal ore blocks.Coal ore is a block common in almost all maps and elevation, you can easily found them by digging. . Just dig - SevenSidedDie.You are running out of fuel?If you are using it in powered minecarts, Coal and C . . . [More]

Whats the most efficient Minecraft mining strategy?

When I'm not exploring fresh caves or lands in minecraft, I'm busy trying to find deposits of diamond, gold and iron deep in the earth. So far I've just been digging around just above bedrock on a whim to look for these rare minerals but I've started thinking that I should be taking a more controlled, efficient approach to mining.What is the optimal mining strategy that yields the most rare minerals while minimizing blocks removed and time spent digging and traveling?Edit: The existing answers are great for mining, but no one has addressed trav . . . [More]

Whats the most efficient Minecraft mining strategy?

When I'm not exploring fresh caves or lands in minecraft, I'm busy trying to find deposits of diamond, gold and iron deep in the earth. So far I've just been digging around just above bedrock on a whim to look for these rare minerals but I've started thinking that I should be taking a more controlled, efficient approach to mining.What is the optimal mining strategy that yields the most rare minerals while minimizing blocks removed and time spent digging and traveling?Edit: The existing answers are great for mining, but no one has addressed trav . . . [More]

Is Angry Birds deterministic?

While trying to get 3 stars on the more complex levels (the ones with a lot of destructible entities) I noticed that even after playing the same level over 50 times, doing always the same thing, I've never seen the same final result. Something always goes differently.Does the same input always result in the same output, or is there a random factor in there?Question from user Andreas Bonini at gaming.stackexchange.com.Answer:The algorithm is deterministic, but it's arguable that the overall result of launching a bird is effectively non-determini . . . [More]

Is Angry Birds deterministic?

While trying to get 3 stars on the more complex levels (the ones with a lot of destructible entities) I noticed that even after playing the same level over 50 times, doing always the same thing, I've never seen the same final result. Something always goes differently.Does the same input always result in the same output, or is there a random factor in there?Question from user Andreas Bonini at gaming.stackexchange.com.Answer:The algorithm is deterministic, but it's arguable that the overall result of launching a bird is effectively non-determini . . . [More]