Players outside of playable map in Rush game mode - exploit or legit?

Question

I was playing Rush on Operation Firestorm as the defending team (Russians) and the opposing team was able to sit in the hills to the right of their spawn point and snipe. When I tried to rush that section of the map I was getting the warning message that I need to return to the map.

Update Another tactic I see players using is to camp within this dedicated zone and spam mortars.

Is this legitimate or is this an exploit? It was quite annoying and gives the opposite team an unfair advantage.

I was playing on the Xbox 360.

Asked by DarkShiva

Answer

It's actually like that so that the defending team doesn't spawn kill the attacking team. All maps have zones where one team can't enter, those zones are defined with grey stripes in the minimap

Answered by Serge

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How do I find a specific place in a city?

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I am having troubles finding some specific places in cities. I know, and that is a good example, that I should look for a general store to sell things but I am not able to find it when I am at the city.

I think my biggest problem is how to understand and use the bar (or map, i do not know how its called) that is on top of screen (which shows coordinates). That bar shows some icons that I cant understand.

I already looked for those tips on the internet and also a official beginners guide but i could not found anything.

So, how to find specific places in cities and what those icons means?

Asked by Rafael Colucci

Answer

Make sure you are using the "local area map" for that town (you can toggle between this and the world map on the map screen). All the discovered shops/houses should be marked with names on that one, as opposed to the world map. The compass at the top of screen isn't very useful for finding shops, unless you have a quest objective there.

If you got that covered, you can usually make a good guess which houses contain shopkeepers by looking at the name of the house.

There's also a list of stores covered on http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Stores if you feel like looking them up.

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Skyrim - How to find specifics places in cities

Question

I am having troubles finding some specifics places in cities. I know, and that is a good example, that i should look for a general store to sell things but i am not able to find it when I am at the city.

I think my biggest problem is how to understand and use the bar (or map, i do not know how its called) that is on top of screen (which shows coordinates). That bar shows some icons that I cant understand.

I already looked for those tips on the internet and also a official beginners guide but i could not found anything.

So, how to find specific places in cities and what those icons means?

Asked by Rafael Colucci

Answer

Make sure you are using the "local area map" for that town (you can toggle between this and the world map on the map screen). All the discovered shops/houses should be marked with names on that one, as opposed to the world map. The compass at the top of screen isn't very useful for finding shops, unless you have a quest objective there.

If you got that covered, you can usually make a good guess which houses contain shopkeepers by looking at the name of the house.

There's also a list of stores covered on http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Stores if you feel like looking them up.

Answered by Hex

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What does a red dot on a minecraft map mean?

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Title about says it all.

I built a map on minecraft. It has a red dot on it. My guess is that it means there's a bunch of lava at that spot. could it mean anything else?

Answer

It's really anything that is the majority of the blocks in the chunk shown, and is considered red by the maps. Here is a video to help explain it:

. Its in't red wool because that is considered white since it share the same data value as all the other wools. Lava, Netherbrick, TNT are detected as red. Bricks might turn out red also. If it isn't an area you have interacted with yet, I would have to say lava.

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Look at original StarCraft maps online?

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I want to look at the official StarCraft I maps to study them. Is there any place online which lets me do so?

Answer

Here are the official images from battle.net: http://classic.battle.net/scc/lp/sc.shtml

This includes all maps on the original game disc, and from Brood War. They are sorted by the number of players recommended for the map (click on the links at the top to see the maps).

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Cloned maps in Minecraft SMP without cheating

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Can maps be cloned in SMP without cheating? (i.e. without editing saves or using /give or similar commands).

Can this be done only at creation time (all the clones are created together), or can they be also cloned later (you already have a map and you clone it)?

Answer

It's not possible to clone maps at the moment without cheating using the /give or /i command. It's stated on the Minecraft Wiki that maps can only be cloned by using a command.

Below is a quote from Notch's Blog, he said that there will be some way to clone maps. He has not yet implemented a way to do so (wthout cheating).

You will also be able to (somehow) CLONE maps so that two separate map items link to the same map data.

So in short, no at the moment you'll have to use the /i or /give command. Until Jeb makes a way to do so.

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Where is the Dremora treasure in Skyrim?

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After freeing the Dremora in the Dark Midden Under the Winterhold College I was given a vague map of where the Dremora's treasure was located. (Somewhere near Winterhold) After searching near the landmarks shown on the map, I still can't find the right spot where the treasure is hidden. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Answer

If you go to pilgrims trench by winter hold, there should be an island with a talos statue on it. Stand in front of it on the beach and your loot will appear.

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Load more maps for counter strike 1.6

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How to add more maps to counter strike stream 1.6 ?

I am playing that on my local desktop against bots.

Answer

First, you must download the maps. There are several good online sources for them.

To install them, follow the instructions in this faq

Most maps you just extract in your counter strike 1.6 folder, which is located at:

\Steam\SteamApps\ yourusername \counter-strike\cstrike

If the map is not packaged properly, then you'll have to place the individual files into their respective folders.

• \counter-strike\cstrike .wad
• \counter-strikee\cstrike\maps .bsp | .bsp.ztmp | .txt | .res
• \counter-strike\cstrike\sound .wav
• \counter-strike\cstrike\models .mdl
• \counter-strike\cstrike\sprites .spr
• \counter-strike\cstrike\gfx\env .tga
• \counter-strike\cstrike\overviews .bmp

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Players outside of playable map in Rush game mode - hack or legit?

Question

I was playing Rush on Operation Firestorm as the defending team (Russians) and the opposing team was able to sit in the hills to the right of their spawn point and snipe. When I tried to rush that section of the map I was getting the warning message that I need to return to the map.

Is this legitimate or is this a hack? It was quite annoying and gives the opposite team an unfair advantage.

I was playing on the Xbox 360.

Answer

It's actually like that so that the defending team doesn't spawn kill the attacking team. All maps have zones where one team can't enter, those zones are defined with grey stripes in the minimap

Check more discussion of this question.