Recent Questions - Arqade |
- What is the probability of getting an 8 in Minesweeper?
- I gave up this minesweeper board, is there a correct move that makes this solveable with certainty?
- Can you share save files on Steam Family Share to other accounts?
- What do the titles on the team confirmation screen mean?
- Are low profile GPUs better than laptop GPUs or are they same thing?
- What do the badges mean during loading / picking a pokemon in Pokemon Unite?
- How is XP shared between multiple teammates attacking the same wild Pokemon?
- How do I determine whether my pokemon scales with physical or special damage?
- Name for games that have abusive in app purchases
- My friends can't connect to my Minecraft Hamachi server
- How does the handling differ in PPT1 vs. PPT2?
- How can I make Minecraft PE on iOS forget my xboxlive account so I can start with a new account?
- Is there any advantage to catching Shield Knight?
- How do I stop community content in specific languages from appearing in the new Steam library?
- Changing player heads size that are on the ground
- What do we call the line of a character in a video game when he makes an attack?
- How to maximize the distance recorded for Portmanteau unlocking
- Is there a term for accidentally saving a game when you're about to die?
- How can I find servers for Primal Carnage?
- If I leave a player's realm, will my buildings and chests be deleted?
- Creating a new Nintendo network ID on 3DS with games on it
- Is there a common name for pop-up damage numbers, such as in RPGs?
- What is the best power source to use?
- What is the point of the Anti-Gadoid gun in Dying Light?
- Is there a term for games with overly precise controls?
- Why are my Imperial assignment rewards not appearing?
- Is there a definition for the polygonal art design found in games?
- How to time travel with a game GTA IV EFLC mod
- Genre name for real-time, 2D games where you create soldiers that automatically advance to the enemy base?
| What is the probability of getting an 8 in Minesweeper? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:51 PM PDT After spending more time than I care to admit trying to answer this question, I found myself wondering if Minesweeper had ever produced an 8. I thought to myself that it's technically possible, but would the game's code actually allow it to happen? Well, as it turns out, yes, it can happen (according to this Reddit post):
This got me thinking even further, while it's possible, how likely is it to occur? After some searching, I came across another Reddit post, where a comment claimed that the probability was in the realm of 0.011320847% for an expert board. Why limit this question to the expert difficulty though? I continued my investigation, but I haven't had any luck finding probabilities for the other difficulty levels. What is the probability that a single square will be surrounded by 8 mines in Minesweeper, for each level of difficulty?  | ||
| I gave up this minesweeper board, is there a correct move that makes this solveable with certainty? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 04:09 PM PDT I have stared at this board for way too long and can't figure out how to move on.
As far as I can tell the main problem is the bottom part with the double stacked '4'. It seems to me that I have multiple possible solutions there that would all work out, so I can't decide for certainty which one is the correct one.  | ||
| Can you share save files on Steam Family Share to other accounts? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:15 AM PDT I've been playing on my brother's Steam account for a long time and it's about time I should get my own Steam account now, but looking up the Family Share it keeps saying that everyone will have their own save files. So is it possible that I can have my old save files from my brother's account to my new one? Or do I have to restart all of my games from the beginning?  | ||
| What do the titles on the team confirmation screen mean? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 03:01 PM PDT After selecting a team and equipment for a mission, the confirmation screen will often display titles below my team like "Born Leader" or "Warrior's Spirit" What do the titles on the team confirmation screen mean?
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| Are low profile GPUs better than laptop GPUs or are they same thing? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:27 AM PDT I'm overwhelmed by the different types of GPUs. Recently I came to know that laptops have different GPUs that have lower power consumption and are smaller in size. But no matter how much I tried to find, I couldn't find a photo of any GTX 1050 or 1080 or RTX GPU for laptop. All I could find photos were like this:
I'm not really sure what kind of GPUs are used in laptops. Especially in terms of how they look and what weight and size they have. Then I came to know about some low profile GPUs. They use less power. A quick Google search for low profile GPU shows something like this:
Now I'm wondering if low profile GPUs are actually the GPUs used in laptops - I'm not really sure. Because I can't find any reference about this. Which lead me to ask this question. But I can't find a photo or article about the (mainly physical) differences between desktop GPUs and laptop GPUs (and differences between laptop GPUs and low profile GPUs in case they are also different things). I've researched and found that desktop GPUs in most cases perform better in gaming than laptop GPUs in the same series, given similar specifications. For example, an i5 (8th generation) desktop with a 1650 GPU gives better FPS in most games than an i5 laptop with a 1650 GPU. So, are there any differences between low profile GPUs and laptop GPUs? If yes, for the same GPU (e.g. GTX 1080 or 1050 or 1660) series, which one is supposed to give better performance?  | ||
| What do the badges mean during loading / picking a pokemon in Pokemon Unite? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:45 PM PDT I have no screenshot at the moment, nor could I find it online. However, if you played the game, you might have seen it yourself. Its location is more at the top border of the "card". I do not mean the badges after the game btw, but before.  | ||
| How is XP shared between multiple teammates attacking the same wild Pokemon? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:02 AM PDT Alt title: Does Pokemon Unite have a Last Hit mechanic? When me and my teammate head up the lane and start farming xp, how is xp shared between us? Is it based on our overall contribution to the kill, or is it based on who gets the last hit, like in some other mobas?  | ||
| How do I determine whether my pokemon scales with physical or special damage? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:10 AM PDT How do I determine whether my pokemon scales with physical or special damage? It seems like neither type, range/melee, roles, nor colour on moves indicates the scaling of each pokemon's attack. I have done some testing individually, but I see no pattern nor information that the game provides in an accessible spot - am I missing something?  | ||
| Name for games that have abusive in app purchases Posted: 18 Aug 2021 05:21 AM PDT I am looking for a new game and finding searching hard. The problem is that most games have in app purchases these days. So I eliminate a lot of quality games by trying to filter those out. But at the same time, some games are abusive with it. Frequently requiring an in app purchase every few levels or to replace hours and hours of pointless grinding. I want to filter out the second kind, but not all of them. I have found that "pay to win" comes close, but it is not the same. I have played many great games that allow paying to win, but did not require it. Is there a common term (that I can use for searching) that means games with in app purchases where you HAVE to pay or you CAN'T win?  | ||
| My friends can't connect to my Minecraft Hamachi server Posted: 17 Aug 2021 06:54 PM PDT My internet provider doesn't lets me to open ports unless I buy a static IP. So I researched a bit and learned that I can use Hamachi to open a server to play with my friends without opening ports. I downloaded and sucsessfully set up minecraft server files. When I double click the To see the error message, I runned the When I remove the IP adress from Here is a screenshot of my current Hamachi configuration:
And this is the diognastics tool result:
I've already tried allowing javac.exe, javaw.exe, hamachi's executable etc from firewall but this didn't changed anything. By the way unlike other VPNs, Hamachi doesn't changes my ip at all. Even Hamachi was on and running, my ip was different from Hamachi copies to the clipboard. Is that normal?  | ||
| How does the handling differ in PPT1 vs. PPT2? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 12:20 PM PDT I've seen a lot of Tetris players commenting on how Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 feels a bit slower compared to Puyo Puyo Tetris 1. Does anyone have exact frame counts and numbers for comparison? (For context, I've heard speculation that the developers slightly increased the timing delays for Tetris to balance Puyo vs. Tetris play.) I'm curious about specifics like ARE (spawn delay), lock delay, line clear delay, DAS (delayed auto shift), ARR (auto repeat rate), and SDF (soft drop factor). I found the PPT1 timings on the Hard Drop wiki: https://harddrop.com/wiki/Puyo_Puyo_Tetris_timings Does anyone know the timings for PPT2?  | ||
| How can I make Minecraft PE on iOS forget my xboxlive account so I can start with a new account? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 11:03 PM PDT I've tried deleting Minecraft PE (which should delete all associated data from the device) but when I reinstall and try to sign up, it magically remembers my old account. It brings up a webview dialog that connects to sisu.xboxlive.com  | ||
| Is there any advantage to catching Shield Knight? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 12:33 PM PDT In the dream sequences, you are asked to 'catch her' meaning Shield Knight who will fall after a little while. But I wonder, if you just don't catch her, does anything change? Are there any consequences if you fail that?  | ||
| How do I stop community content in specific languages from appearing in the new Steam library? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:25 AM PDT The Steam Library has a display of the latest community content beneath the information for a game. The problem is loads of this is in Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages that I can't read and am not interested in. Is there a way to filter out content in specific languages?  | ||
| Changing player heads size that are on the ground Posted: 17 Aug 2021 05:01 PM PDT The Minecraft YouTuber, Wisp, has a texture pack and plays Hypixel UHC. When he kills people, they drop player heads, but they're enlarged when on the ground. How does he do it? Can you tell me how to edit a PLAYER HEAD size on the ground?  | ||
| What do we call the line of a character in a video game when he makes an attack? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 05:24 AM PDT Here's the line is referred to as a sound effect, but it's too vague in my opinion, because it's something that's voiced by a character and not just a sound. Is there a more specific word in the context of video games?  | ||
| How to maximize the distance recorded for Portmanteau unlocking Posted: 18 Aug 2021 02:08 AM PDT Compared to e.g. a fitness tracker running on the same phone, Wizards Unite only counts a fraction of the distance traveled towards unlocking Portmanteaus. I'd like to collect best practices on how to maximize that distance.
Has anyone more observations here? Is there an additional factor? Are there technical means to improve GPS to at least the level of other apps on the phone?  | ||
| Is there a term for accidentally saving a game when you're about to die? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:50 AM PDT I'm sure everyone has at least once had the pleasure of saving their game only to discover upon resuming play that they were just about to die from an attack they hadn't seen. And then you load your save and discover that at the moment you saved, it was too late to avoid the attack: each time you load your game, you are immediately hit and killed. Even worse, this could equally well happen in a game with automatic checkpoints instead of manual save games. For example, just as you accidentally walk off a cliff to your doom, the game decides that now is a great time to auto-save. So, is there a term for this situation? (Or perhaps a different term for when it happens via manual saves or autosaves?) I suppose this is a type of softlock, but I'm wondering if there's a more specific term. Note that I'm specifically asking about saving one's game immediately before the player is about to die or otherwise lose the game. I'm not asking about the more general case where a player decision results in a hidden fail state that is not revealed until much later, as is common with many point-and-click adventure games (e.g. an item that can only be obtained at the start of the game is required at the end in order to win).  | ||
| How can I find servers for Primal Carnage? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:13 AM PDT I just bought Primal Carnage on the current Steam sale; the original version, not its sequel, Primal Carnage: Extinction. It's a multi-player game. There's no single player mode; you need to join a server. But I can't find any.
The list is empty. Refreshing doesn't help, nor changing the settings. I've searched with Google for What else can I do to find the servers? Version is 1.3.0; build ID is 132188. Addendum 2018-05-03 Well, it may be a bug. After installing it on a new machine, a list of servers showed up and I'm able to play. Upon reloading it is empty occasionally, though.  | ||
| If I leave a player's realm, will my buildings and chests be deleted? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 01:55 PM PDT Will my inventory, buildings and chests be deleted if I leave a players realm on Minecraft Pocket Edition?  | ||
| Creating a new Nintendo network ID on 3DS with games on it Posted: 17 Aug 2021 01:07 PM PDT So I got this used 3DS XL at a pawn shop that has a number of different games downloaded on it. They told me when I bought it that the games were tied to the system so not to try to reset it myself or I would lose all the games and the save data. I recently went to the Nintendo eShop and wanted to download the Pokemon Sun and Moon Demo. When I went to do so it said I needed to link a Nintendo Network ID in order to use this software and prompted me to go to the NNID settings. When I went to the System Settings and then to the NNID Settings, it said "Hi there, kids! Please have a parent or guardian look at this for you, OK?" then when I hit A (OK) the next screen said "Welcome! You can link a Nintendo Network ID to your system here." The next few screens have info about the NNID and then I reached a screen that had two options; one to link an existing ID and one to create a new ID. I am assuming that this means that there is not a NNID linked on this 3DS. So what I was wondering is: first off if someone could help me confirm if my assumption is correct or not; and two, if I proceed and create a new NNID on this system, will I lose the games and save data I already have on it?  | ||
| Is there a common name for pop-up damage numbers, such as in RPGs? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:48 AM PDT It just occurred to me that I've never heard a name for the damage numbers that pop up over characters, typically in RPGs. After some searching I found one person call them "poppers", but no other names.
Is there a name, perhaps used inside the gaming industry, for these numbers?  | ||
| What is the best power source to use? Posted: 17 Aug 2021 09:03 PM PDT I have used all of them, but I still cannot figure out which one is the best overall. What is the best overall power plant/ power source to use?  | ||
| What is the point of the Anti-Gadoid gun in Dying Light? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 01:33 AM PDT I found the Anti-Gadoid Gun but can't figure out what to do with it:
I have seen on the web (link above):
Is that right? It doesn't do anything? You can't use it on a side quest or something?  | ||
| Is there a term for games with overly precise controls? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:49 AM PDT There have been a bunch of recent games that feature controls that feature overly precise controls, for the sake of humor, challenge, or both. The player typically controls individual muscles or body parts rather than simply pressing buttons to perform actions. Such games include: Is there a term specifically for this type of game?  | ||
| Why are my Imperial assignment rewards not appearing? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 12:08 AM PDT I have been having an issue with Imperial assignments:
Has anyone else experienced this, and if so, do they know why this is happening, and/or how to fix it?  | ||
| Is there a definition for the polygonal art design found in games? Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:50 AM PDT While every 3D game includes polygons, some games use polygonal art design.The overall shape of the characters and environments is often simplified with strong geometry. Most colorful platform games of the 90's had a polygonal art / low poly approach mostly due to technical aspects. Games such as Crash Bandicoot, Ape Escape and Grim Fandango come to mind. I'm trying to find modern day games that use mainly polygonal art design. I made a search on Google and couldn't find an exact definition or term for this. Please enlighten me. NOTE: The polygonal art I'm referring to is not the same as minimal or pixel art. UPDATE, found this interested video on the subject. Crash Bandicoot Title Screen
Crash Bandicoot 3 Gameplay
Spyro Screenshot
Polygonal Art found in graphic design
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| How to time travel with a game GTA IV EFLC mod Posted: 17 Aug 2021 04:06 PM PDT How do I time travel in the GTA IV EFLC mod that I have downloaded from moddb.com. I don't know the assigned keys. Thanks in advance.  | ||
| Posted: 18 Aug 2021 03:42 AM PDT I've recently noticed some games emerging in a certain style for which I know of no name. I'm curious if there's any name for this style of gameplay - such a name will allow me to more efficiently search for more information about this genre. I'm guessing it's some subgenre of strategy gaming. General Game Description
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