Min/Max Boards

As I understand it, an Antimagic Field suppresses spells, but not the ability to cast spells. If I am right in my assessment, then some examples should work like this:

• Me and my team stand inside an Amf, I cast haste and as soon as we leave the field, haste takes effect.
  
• I stand in the field and cast Fireball outside the Amf, the "pea" that normally comes from the fingers comes into existance outside the field and detonates at the point I desired.
  
• Me and my opponent are in the field, I cast Orb of Force on him and he suffers damage.
  
• A creature inside the amf with Orb of Force as an Su or Sp ability can't cast it, because all Su and Sp abilities are suppressed. But he could cast it from the outside into the field.

Am I correct here, or is there something wrong?

Characters with darkvision (dwarves and half-orcs) can see lit areas normally as well as dark areas within 60 feet. A creature can’t hide within 60 feet of a character with darkvision unless it is invisible or has cover.

1. So, is that an autodetect for everything that's not invisible or doesn't have cover within 60 ft?
2. What if a creature outside of the range of my darkvision is hiding, then running in to attack me. Am I flatfooted?
3. Would a creature need cover all the way from the square it is hiding, to my square to get me flatfooted?
4. Let's say another creature has Hide in Plain Sight (the one from the Shadowdancer), could he hide?

Could you let the 4 cubes from sculpt spell overlap, so that you'd get 4 times the normal damage/effects?

The Elvencraft modification from Races of the Wild (p. 166) allows the bow, to threaten all squares around you. In "The Archery Handbook" it is mentioned, that you can therefore prevent taking AoOs from firing the bow when threatened.
However the only rule I could find was, that firing a bow when someone threatens you, just provokes an AoO. No other cause is given.
So is this just a make-believe?

1. Is there any way to reliably make the int check up to greater deities, without raising intelligence to 40?
2. Can you avoid the int/cha decrease and the disability to cast arcane spells somehow if you should fail?
3. Is it possible to make the answers more certain?

As CoP is seen as one of those "cheats" for wizards, there must be a way around those problems which I am not aware of, I figured.

Wouldn't it be better if every system (4th, 3.5ed, Pathfinder) had its own subboard of "Ask a Question"?
If we have to tag every topic with [3.5] or something similar, it gets very unclear and difficult to search for the right answer.