Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Can anything be done with the cloth dropped by zombies?

Question

Note that this question is about Minicraft (Notch's Ludum Dare entry). NOT MineCraft.

I've got tons of cloth but I'm unaware of any uses for it. Can you do anything with the cloth that zombies drop?

Answer

No

According to Notch himself, he was going to use it to make the pow glove, but then he decided against that for some reason.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Is it worth it to remove Item Modifications?

Question

In SWTOR you can put various modifications into various items that you wear/use -- and you can remove these and put new ones in, at a charge.

Is it worth it to remove them and sell them, if you're not planning on reusing the items (obviously if you intend t reuse them, it makes sense)? Or will the cost to remove them always be greater than the amount earned by selling them?

Answer

You cannot remove mods and sell them to other players.

Once you remove the mod the item and mod becomes bound to you and then the only person that you can sell the weapon/armor/mod to is a vendor.

If you are talking about removing the mod just to sell, the cost of removing it is greater than the cost of the mod itself when sold to a vendor.

How can I have Fun with the Lutefisk Cube?

Question

I recently attempted to convert a spare Horadric Lutefisk Cube I found into lutefisk.

Instead of lutefisk, the cubes produced a fiery death. (I survived the initial explosion, but the fire got me the next turn. Cause of death is listed as "spell mine.")

Are there any other items (e.g. N-dimensional Lathe) which produce Fun instead of lutefisk when placed inside the cube? If so, what kinds of Fun can I obtain through fanatical devotion to the lutefisk god?

Answer

To answer the question, no, only Lutefisk cubes have this reaction when put into another Lutefisk cube, anything else will just be skoled into lutefisk.

How does dual-wielding affect weapon skill special attacks and stat bonuses?

Question

Do the stat bonuses and passive special attack chances from weapon skills double when dual-wielding two weapons of the same type? Do they stack when dual-wielding with two different weapon types (i.e. a mace and a staff)? What about when using a weapon skills active attacks?

Answer

If you are dual wielding you get all of the applicable weapon skill bonuses for each weapon. Therefore if you wield two weapons of the same type, you get twice the bonuses from your weapon skill tree.

I don't yet know about special attack chance, but I'll keep an eye out and update this answer if I find out.

What causes Templars to try to knock down the ziplines?

Question

Is it random? Does your presence/alertness bar have any impact on whether Templars will try to dismantle the zipline?

Answer

I've seen these guys all over, generally in zones still controlled by the Templars. It never occurred to me that they were trying to dismantle the ziplines - they just seemed to be working on them in some way. It made sense in my head since these Templars always seemed to be working on the tops of ziplines while regular guards always seemed to be stationed at the bottoms of ziplines (so that I could assassinate them more conveniently).

To answer your question, I imagine that when Templars control a zone, they know Assassins might try to gain access via zipline, so they try to destroy it. But as far as I know they never get far enough to actually disable a zipline. I think it's just a visual cue to let you know that you're in a Templar-ridden area and that they want to disable your ability to move around.

How can I kill Beitrid without anyone seeing?

Question

So I'm on the first part of the Dark Brotherhood questline, and I have to kill Beitrid in Dawnstar. I've done it before on a previous character, but I can't for the life of me seem to get it to work here.

I'm entering her house, under stealth, no one sees me, and I use my bow to one-shot her in the back whilst she is sleeping.

It seems that for some reason, the mage who lives in the house NEXT DOOR is a witness to my crime, despite him being in, you know, another house, and he summons the guards and tries to kill me.

Any advice?

Answer

The easiest solution actually is just to tell her that you are there to slay her.

She will then scream something like "Come and get me!" and attack you.

After that you can slay her without getting bothered by the guards.

I do not know if this option appears all the time though or if it's connected to i.e. your Speechcraft skill or something else.

What does “Touchpad mode” change in Flight Control HD?

Question

Flight Control HD, available for Windows and Mac OS X, has a little option called Touchpad mode. The in-game help says: Ensure "Trackpad mode" is enabled in the options for optimized controls.

Well, "optimized controls" is too vague for me. I want to know (exactly) how it changes the gameplay interaction.

From the few minutes I played with it enabled, I didn't notice any difference.

Answer

In order to draw a path for a plane with Trackpad mode OFF:

  • You must press and hold down the left mouse button while drawing.

In order to draw a path for a plane with Trackpad mode ON:

  • You can either press and hold down the left mouse button while drawing.
  • Or you can click on a plane and then move the mouse without any button pressed.

In other words:

  • Trackpad mode OFF: Click-and-drag.
  • Trackpad mode ON: Either click-and-drag or click-move-click.