Thursday, November 4, 2021

Recent Questions - Arqade

Recent Questions - Arqade


League of Legends punishments list

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:18 AM PDT

My question is about dogging and leaving games and their punishments. I need to know if there is a specific chart that tells me how many times I can doge/leave games without being punished, and if I do get punished what is the punishment? Can someone help me?

Do the latest computers struggle to run new games as well as older computers running old games?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 03:51 AM PDT

Why does it seem like the latest computers struggle to run new games as well as older computers running old games?

By run well I mean the following:

  • high FPS
  • stable FPS (relatively little frame drops)
  • no noticeable change in FPS despite high model count

For example, I grew up playing games like Age of Empires 2, Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne, and Age of Mythology.

In particular, Warcraft 3 had custom maps that often flooded the screen with hundreds (yes, hundreds) of models, as well as all of their respective particle effects, yet the game ran buttery smooth and never dropped a frame.

If you look at modern games, like Final Fantasy XIV or New World, you will find that even on modest settings, the top shelf gaming computer will struggle to keep up a respectable FPS (60+, although 120+ preferably) even with only 30 or so models (much less than hundreds) rendered on the screen.

What are the main factors that could explain this gap in performance? I'll list the ones I can think of, but I have a feeling there are more that I am overlooking.

Reasons:

  • low sample size, could just be differences in development studio product quality
  • modern graphics are many times more complex and demand way more computing power
  • modern graphics cards cannot keep up with the demand of computing power from modern graphics (non-linear demand)
  • optimization cannot be achieved as easily as before due to increased complexity of graphics and rendering
  • popular game engines (such as UE4) used by mainstream game studios prioritize things like ease of development over optimization and performance scaling

I could be very wrong about this, but this is just what I have seen in my experience with games over the years. I am curious to hear the experiences of other gamers.

Thanks

What does the "Blessing of the Mermaids" do?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 02:55 PM PDT

After completing puzzle 5 of Turquoise Cove, a mermaid gave me the "Blessing of the Mermaids". Up until now, completing NPC challenges has unlocked free single-use items that can be picked at a shop. However, completing the mermaid's challenge didn't add any items to the shop or my inventory.

What does the "Blessing of the Mermaids" do?

receiving blessing of the mermaids

Are you supposed to be able to get this tear with a fronthop?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 12:11 PM PDT

In Nayru's Silent Realm, there is one Nayru's Tear that is suspended in mid-air. This tear has a minecart nearby it which can be pulled under the tear to obtain it, however Waking Water pulsates under the minecart, making it difficult to pull it. On my first (failed) attempt at Nayru's Silent Realm, I didn't realize that the minecart was supposed to be pulled, so I was wondering how to get the tear. I tried a fronthop towards the tear and it worked. I thought that was the intended method until I noticed the minecart on my second attempt. I tried many times after that to obtain the tear with a fronthop, but could never manage to get it again.

Was the tear meant to be able to be picked up like this?

I can not install the new Minecraft Launcher [duplicate]

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 01:08 PM PDT

Error message: "Verify that you are connected" "Then retry to update. We were unable to update windows. (0x80131509)"

No updates right now and my pc is Version 21H1 (OS Built 19043.1320. Please help because I had also accidentally deleted the old launcher too.

I checked thru Arqade and found this question, I tried what it said and it had not worked - Unable to install Minecraft Java, error code 0x80131509

How does the Nintendo 3DS play DS games?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:27 AM PDT

Games for the original Nintendo DS run, and have always run, on Nintendo 3DS hardware. I've been trying to read about how this works but am not really finding anything definitive.

How does the Nintendo 3DS play and run DS games?

  • Does the 3DS include a DS "System on a Chip" a la Playstation consoles?
  • Does the 3DS architecture natively support DS code?
  • Does the 3DS use software emulation to run DS games?

To be clear, I'm not asking for technical support with my 3DS. I'm also not asking about any homebrew setups here, but just about Nintendo's official operating system and firmware for the 3DS.

What's the longest speedrun world record?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 07:17 PM PDT

Various classics have been speed run in surprisingly short amounts of time, for example Mario in under 5 minutes and Ultimate Doom in about 20 minutes and many others (Zelda, MineSweeper).

I learned that some people are speedrunning Final Fantasy VII, which doesn't seem like a game that would lend itself to speedrunning, due to its length.

Which game has the longest current world record in the 100% or any% speedrunning categories?

Minecraft Classic no link given but world destroyed

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 08:33 PM PDT

I had a world and I went to sleep. When I joined back (never gave anyone a link) there were blocks placed like coal (which I don't even think you can get), plus a 32x32 hole 4 feet down at my base.

Is there a way someone could acces my world with no link?

Unable to install Minecraft Java, error code 0x80131509

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 01:09 PM PDT

As said, each time I try to install Minecraft (Java Edition) through the official newest version of the installer on my laptop, it just shows me this error code. I cannot find any information about it online, and Microsoft's helping team didn't help at all.

I already tried reinstalling the installer, I finished all of the possible update of my PC but nothing works.

It always says:

"Verify that you are connected" "Then retry to update. We were unable to update windows. (0x80131509)"

Why was I given a quest from Chapter 5 during Chapter 1?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:19 AM PDT

After choosing a house (Black Eagles) during my first playthrough of Fire Emblem: Three Houses, I got a strange notification:

A quest has been added from Chapter 5 of the main story on. You will find the quest via the bulletin board. In order to accept it, you must have the ability to invite people to tea parties.

The bulletin board only lists three quests: Fresh Catch, Green Thumb Beginnings, and Share a Bite. None of them are labeled as being from Chapter 5.

Why was I given a quest from Chapter 5 while I'm still in Chapter 1? Is it a quest I can work on early?

Notification for Chapter 5 quest

Can PS5 use HDCP DRM in games?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:30 AM PDT

I intend to connect using a HDMI splitter with a projector and/or television and haven't made any effort to ensure that my chain of devices is HDCP-compatible. Since my usage will be purely gaming-related I was planning to disable the HDCP in the system settings, but the explanation explicitly states that some games won't work (the screenshot isn't mine, I don't own the console yet):

screenshot

I initially assumed that HDCP is only used with DRM'd streaming services — can games freely use HDCP as well?

How do I track which players join my Aternos Minecraft server [BE]

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 04:48 PM PDT

I have a Bedrock Edition Minecraft server that is hosted on aternos.org. I haven't yet made it public, but I'm wondering if there's any way to track which players join my server. I know that Aternos keeps a log in the console (which includes which players join the game) but it is deleted after the next server startup.

Is there any way to either preserve all of these logs as they are created, or use commands in some way to track joining players? (A couple ideas I've had are summoning mobs with the same names as players in a pen or summoning items above a hopper but I don't know how to implement.)

How do I contact a person from their summoner name in League of Legends?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 06:57 PM PDT

I got a persons summoner name and tried to add them when I got home, but their friend requests were full. I was wondering if you could contact them another way?

How do I win on the Contamination gamemode in Splitgate?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:43 AM PDT

I have a weekly challenge to win 3 matches of Contamination. It's basically infected from other games, where a team of Zombies only have bats and portals, attacking survivors with Carbines, Shotguns, and no portals.

I have won rounds as both the Zombies and Survivors, but the counter for the challenge has not increased. How do I win rounds of Contamination?

Can I view a memory before the Captured Memories Quest?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 01:09 PM PDT

I stumbled upon the Lanayru Road East Gate memory location prior to completing the Locked Mementos quest. I have collected the camera rune from Purah, now the quest states:

You proved the Camera works again by capturing an image of Purah! According to Purah, the album already has pictures from the past in it. Where could these have come from? Impa in Kakariko Village may have the answer.

I was wondering if I would be able to view the memory, however, no memory shows up. See image below:

Lanayru Road - East Gate No Memory

I then spoke to Impa to complete the quest and receive the Captured Memories quest and sure enough, the memory is available. Lanayru Road - East Gate Memory Available

Do I have to complete the Locked Mementos quest prior to being able to view the memories? If this is the case, I just think it is unfortunate that you have to back track to Kakariko village before being able to see the memories even though the memories are on the Sheikah Slate. If this is not the case, are the memories available at certain times?

How to set Steam options from a batch file?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 12:01 PM PDT

I repair computers and often need to reconfigure or reinstall the software. Some users want Steam installed. I have a batch file that installs all the requested / required apps, including Steam. Steam has the ability to set various options from within its GUI, but that requires logging in. Besides, setting things through a GUI violates the whole idea of a batch file: run just one file and let it automatically do everything that's needed with no further operator interaction.

I found out how to keep Steam from auto-launching by running the following command after Steam is installed:

REG DELETE "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "Steam" /F  

But I need to set several other parameters / options as well. Logging into Steam to get to the GUI is simply not an option. How can I set things from the batch file?

minecraft server error

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 03:01 PM PDT

I've been getting this error for a very long time while trying to create a minecraft server with my friends. this is the error code:

06.02 20:50:53 [Server] main/INFO Environment: authHost='https://authserver.mojang.com', accountsHost='https://api.mojang.com', sessionHost='https://sessionserver.mojang.com', servicesHost='https://api.minecraftservices.com', name='PROD'  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/WARN Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, destination] and [teleport, targets] with inputs: [Player, 0123, @e, dd12be42-52a9-4a91-a8a1-11c01849e498]  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/WARN Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, location] and [teleport, destination] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/WARN Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, location] and [teleport, targets] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/WARN Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, targets] and [teleport, destination] with inputs: [Player, 0123, dd12be42-52a9-4a91-a8a1-11c01849e498]  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/WARN Ambiguity between arguments [teleport, targets, location] and [teleport, targets, destination] with inputs: [0.1 -0.5 .9, 0 0 0]  06.02 20:50:54 [Server] main/INFO Reloading ResourceManager: Default  06.02 20:50:55 [Server] Worker-Main-8/INFO Loaded 7 recipes  06.02 20:50:55 [Server] Worker-Main-8/INFO Loaded 927 advancements  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Starting minecraft server version 1.16.5  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Loading properties  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Default game type: SURVIVAL  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Generating keypair  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Starting Minecraft server on <correct ip was here>:25667  06.02 20:50:56 [Server] Server thread/INFO Using default channel type  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/WARN **** FAILED TO BIND TO PORT!  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/WARN The exception was: java.net.BindException: Cannot assign requested address: bind  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/WARN Perhaps a server is already running on that port?  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/INFO Stopping server  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/INFO Saving worlds  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] Server thread/ERROR Exception stopping the server  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO java.lang.NullPointerException: null  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(SourceFile:572) ~[minecraft_server.jar:?]  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.t(SourceFile:599) ~[minecraft_server.jar:?]  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at zg.t(SourceFile:567) ~[minecraft_server.jar:?]  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.w(SourceFile:707) ~[minecraft_server.jar:?]  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at net.minecraft.server.MinecraftServer.a(SourceFile:257) ~[minecraft_server.jar:?]  06.02 20:50:58 [Server] INFO at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_212-1-ojdkbuild]  

I would appreciate any help., thanks.

Can I access the shrine near Kakariko village after completing the rest of the game?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:45 AM PDT

I've done every possible quest in Kakariko. I am also unable to obtain the shrine ball through the event. Is it possible that I broke it due to me completing the game and ignoring that event? I didn't know it existed until now.

I already know about the quests needed, I simply missed the event.

I completed all Kakariko Side/Shrine Quests. I am at post-Endgame and accidentally ignored this event in my run. I've done the event on a different profile and it worked.

How do I make a kill counter in MCBE without using XP?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 01:03 AM PDT

How do I make a kill counter in mcpe without using XP?

The problem is, if there are 2 or more players on my server, if I snipe a player across the map, the nearest player from the player I sniped gets the kill instead of me. What commands can I use?

How to fix command blocks not changing settings?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 03:02 AM PDT

I've been working on a mini game for a while now, everything has been going smoothly until recently any command block I put down will be stuck on an impulse, always active setting despite changing the settings. Changing the setting will change the texture of the command block but it will still work the same as an impulse command block.

I've already tried fixing this by turning on and off cheats, leaving and rejoining world, and even closing out Minecraft entirely and relaunching it.

COD Warzone crashes to desktop (CTD) with no message 5-10 min in game. Any new solution or upcoming fix?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 05:11 AM PDT

New MSI GS66 PC with 10th gen i7, latest GTX 2070 with 8GB VRAM, all windows & nvidia updates made. The game is up to date.

Approx 10 min in game, it crashes to desktop with no error message. Has this not been fixed yet? I tried like 2 months ago, had this problem and didn't play since hoping an update will fix it. Now it still crashes.

Tried suggestions that I found here and there that are 3-4 months old but to no avail (such as this: https://www.reddit.com/r/CODWarzone/comments/fm8rfe/my_cod_warzone_keeps_crashing/).

Anyone have a more recent solution to the problem or do you know if an update is on the way to fix this?

How do I start a game from Steam from a batch file and wait for it to exit?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 04:04 PM PDT

I have an autohost app for Space Empires which I use to process turns in multiplayer games, but when I hook it up to the Steam instance of SE5, I find that it uploads the turn before it finishes processing!

Here is the command line I'm using in my batch file:

"C:\Users\edkol\Documents\Apps\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 1690 %*

And the arguments that get passed in as %* are just the standard SE5 command line arguments to process a turn, something like this template:

"{EnginePath}\Savegame\{GameCode}.gam" "{Password}" -moddir "{ModPath}"

So is there something I can add to my command line to wait for SE5 to exit before returning?

How to keep Steam in Offline Mode?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 11:02 AM PDT

I use Steam on Ubuntu almost exclusively without internet. I've taken the following steps to enable offline mode:

  • Per this answer, created a file ~/.steam/steam.cfg with the following contents:

    BootStrapperInhibitAll=enable  BootStrapperForceSelfUpdate=disable  ForceOfflineMode=enable  
  • Per this answer, modified the following lines in ~/.steam/steam/config/loginusers.vdf and made the file read-only:

    "WantsOfflineMode"      "1"  "SkipOfflineModeWarning"        "1"  
  • While online, signed into Steam, selecting "Remember my password", then selected from the Steam menu "Go offline..." -> "Restart in offline mode".

Nevertheless after some time (2-3 weeks), when opening Steam I get the "Create new account / Login to an existing account" dialog. I have seen multiple claims that it should be possible to stay indefinitely in offline mode. How?

Deleting a user account on the PlayStation 3

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 09:07 PM PDT

My son is giving away his PS3.

If he deletes himself as a user on the PS3, will this affect his PS4 account or his PSN account? He has one PSN account which he used on both devices. He does not want to give it away with his personal info on it, and accidentally allow access to his PSN account.

Are there non-breakable weapons?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 12:41 PM PDT

Based upon the early reviews/previews of Breath of the Wild, it seems pretty clear that at least when starting out, all of your weapons break with repeated use.

However I'm wondering if this also holds true in the mid- to late-game?

For instance, I'd assume based on some of the promos I've seen that the Master Sword exists in the game, and that as a unique and magical weapon that's significant to the plot it's not possible to just break it fighting some orcs (or bokoblins, or whatever). Would that be correct? And are there any other similarly unique, magical, and non-breakable weapons that can be obtained?

If there are non-breakable weapons available in the game, how early is it possible to obtain one of them (I absolutely hate games that foist you with equipment that wears out and breaks, and will happily go well out of my way to avoid having to deal with this mechanic if possible)?

Is it possible to affect NPCs from the CustomNPC mod via commands?

Posted: 04 Nov 2021 02:02 AM PDT

I am currently using the 1.8 version of Custom NPC. As I am making a map, I would like to know:

  • Can I TP an NPC using command blocks?

  • Can I clone an NPC using command blocks?

It would help me a lot if there is already a website or a video instructing ALL (or MOST) of the commands or abilities that can be done with command blocks + CustomNPCs.

What are the chances of Mr. Game-and-Watch's Judgment Hammer?

Posted: 03 Nov 2021 08:24 PM PDT

In Super Smash Brothers Mêlée (SSBM), Mr. Game-and-Watch is a playable character. His side special move is what's known as his Judgment Hammer. Performing this move, in one hand, he holds up a randomly numbered sign that will display a number from 1 to 9 (inclusive), and with the other hand, he swings a sort of mallet. The power of this move seems to be proportional to the number that is generated. How does this work?

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