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October 13

Star Trek Fleet Command

If I send my ships to mine Dilithium overnight, and I wake up in the morning to see that they have been destroyed, do I still get the Dilithium that they mined? Also, how can one get more dilithium without paying for it, is there any quick and easy way? Are there any cheat codes? I am not willing to pay any money. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.105.98 (talk) 08:16, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I don't play mobile phone games (and never will for personal reasons), but I will presume this from all the RTS games I've played: if the mining ships have to return to a place to drop off their collected resources upon reaching a certain amount, and they die before they reach said place, then you won't acquire the resources they mined. Otherwise, you would usually continue to get a steady stream of whatever resource your ships are gathering until they die, as long as they stay there and are actively mining.

I've never heard of any phone game that comes with cheat codes. Actually by this day and age, it would be correct to say that cheat codes are a thing of the past. --72.234.12.37 (talk) 07:17, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

True cheat codes are very rare in modern games especially AAA titles. I don't know if it makes sense to say something present in the "the second-biggest launch in the history of entertainment" (as of 2018?) are a thing of the past though even if using them prevents saving etc [1]. See also [2] Nil Einne (talk) 14:25, 20 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Movie to ID

This is going to be tough because I don't remember much. I would have seen it on home video in the early to mid 1980s and it was probably made in that time frame (i.e. a relatively recent release). Hollywood movie. The only part I recall is that there were these two high-rise apartment buildings and one of them had a kind of hobbyist club of dirty old men who called each other to share tips about voyeurism opportunities in the building across the street. It was played for laughs ("Ooh, check out four down and sixth from the right..." kind of thing) and the movie was probably a comedy. I don't think it's at List of films featuring surveillance and we don't have an article for List of films featuring voyeurism. Any ideas? I got shuffled out of the room, so the context is minimal, but I'd like to figure out what 10-year-old me missed out on thirty-five years ago. Matt Deres (talk) 22:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's probably listed here: Scott-Travis, Shane. "The 25 Best Movies About Voyeurism". Taste of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists. --2606:A000:1126:28D:ACA6:60A3:A30E:8B4F (talk) 23:35, 13 October 2020 (UTC) . . . [edit: 23:43, 13 October 2020 (UTC)] . . . or, maybe not -- none of the synopses fit your description.[reply]

No, I'm pretty sure it's not there. For one thing, it looks like very few are from the late 70s - early 80s period and, as you said, none of them really match up. Matt Deres (talk) 15:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Body Double? (sorry, it is on that Wikipedia list, but I still thought it kinda fit) ---Sluzzelin talk 13:28, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm pretty sure it's not a thriller or erotic and the scene I described involved a group of old farts scanning a high-rise apartment. But thanks! Matt Deres (talk) 15:28, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Was it Stakeout (1987 film)? --Jayron 32 12:40, 19 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]