Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Oct 15, 2005 6:15pm PDTGot to experience a few hours of Chicago traffic today. Totally awesome. It's really all that I had hoped for. Maybe more.
- GPS is kinda awesome - Windpower blows - Your iPod is obsolete - Phones recognizing the way you walkLastly, I was actually 4'9" when I was 26. A few years and surgery later, I'm 6'3"!
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Play Descent II & I on Windows XP!
I present to you D2X-W32: http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html
Direct link to executable: http://www.descent2.de/resources/d2x-w32.zip
I was sad when I found out the hard way that Descent II didn't work in Windows XP. Fortunately, someone awesome created this port of the game similar to what JonoF did with Duke3D and Shadow Warrior, except for Descent II. Descent I is also supported to a slightly lesser degree (playable but with possible texture issues), along with some mods and user made maps. The port supports OpenGL which makes it prettier than the original, and tons of other options and fixes. This needs a faster computer than the original but it runs smooth as silk in my modest system.
Instructions
1) Install Descent II through it's DOS-based setup (it'll run in Windows). The full (crazy) install is probably necessary.
2) Exit setup immediately once it gets to config stuff or bad things will happen!
3) Download and unzip the above file into your Descent II directory
4) If you want the redbook audio and movies, open up d2x.ini in Notepad and add a ; before -nocdrom and -nomovies
5) Run d2x-w32.exe
6) Enjoy!
Some notes: The main menu is a bit buggy in that it will occasionally black out except for the option you're hovering over. Just press ESC to go back and it'll be fixed. Also, use the keyboard to bind controls rather than clicking them with the mouse. Make sure you select the resolution you want with space bar before leaving the screen or it won't change the resolution (just hitting enter won't work I think).
I have to give credit to moonbreaker for showing me this. He is awesome.
Oh and incase you missed it last night:
Descent I redbook soundtrack: http://dopefish.shackspace.com/Descent
Descent II redbook soundtrack: http://downloads.omnova.net/d2_redbook.zip
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http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/fate/review.html
Just tried the demo this morning, bought it 2 hours later. Seems a lot of fun. Not much stories, and the quests almost feel like a MMORPG "kill him and get this quest item and i'll give you this" but it's a great turn your brain off game.
I just found a fish that permanently turns my dog into a much more powerful black widow spider! I feel like a total nerd for my excitement.
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I come out from some game playing and find this
http://stgdz.shackspace.com/Dogs/Oscar/oscarshirtsleeve1.jpg
http://stgdz.shackspace.com/Dogs/Oscar/oscarshirtsleeve2.jpg
I have no idea how he got himself in there and he was lucky he didn't hurt himself on the tile. After I pulled him out he was happy as hell and was racing all over the house. He used to do this all the time when he was a pup but he could get himself out of the sleeve fairly easily.
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If you have not played this game you need to. I reinstalled it after not playing it in forever. It is soo much fun. If you want something different in a fps give it a try.
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=5054
This is the full game. Patches come with the zip file.
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xvid: http://dionex.shackspace.com/videos/mp2_bangbang_dionex.avi
wmv: http://dionex.shackspace.com/videos/mp2_bangbang_dionex.wmv
1st vid can be found in the same directory.
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However, no sites were blocked if you went direct to the IP address. Shacknews.com didn't work but http://whatevertheipwas did. The problem is that haiku is a hack all chatty links reference shacknews.com instead of a relative path.
So, how hard would it be to write a PHP page that would then open every page in a frame and would interperate the domain names and load the page with those names changed to IPs to get past silly shit like this? Or would an actual plugin/extension work better?
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Jesus christ this was absolutely insane. Totally exceeded my expectations. The controls, the music, the graphics (especially). Unreal.
Question : Is there anyway to turn on 16:9 when using progressive scan? right now it is only showing up as 4:3. Is it even possible?
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So far no fire just a low on gas chime :(
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it is basically linux, right?
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and
Zombies!
Nogova Virus Teaser Trailer for Dslyexci's incoming megaposts.
So, last night we took on the Zombie mission a few times and survived it a few less. Here's some footage of one such attempt. It should speak for itself.
http://www.foxhawk.com/Files/Movies/Shacknews_Zombie_Nogovality.wmv
Complete with voice!
Best lines caught in said clip:
"Waste 'em"
"...actually quite thrilling"
Not the best footage, but it's alright. If you don't like the music you can suck it. If you're wondering about the specifics of the game, all text added is mine, voice audio is from Teamspeak. Compression is poor but I used WMM so :P.
Look forward to Dslyecxi's megaposts, complete with separate zombie post, in the near future!
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Try connecting to my server 129.21.61.23:27015
Tell me how ping, performance is, any issues please!
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Where: bf2.shackbattles.com
When: Tonight at 9:00 P.M. EST
Teamspeak Server: ts.shackbattles.com (always recommended, but we're not forcing players to use it)
We are testing out the current modifications to the game.
MORE IN REPLY.
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I can go about fading audio clips in Premiere by...
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When Doom first came out, I would play it for hours on end and get the same effect that it takes only an hour or so of KD to attain.
DAMN YOU NAMCO!
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Istall instructions: hopefully this works. Right click->Save as these links, and put them in your GameData\Tracks\Challenges\My Challenges\ folder in your Trackmania Sunrise folder. If things don't work maybe I can zip them up or something.
http://mysite.verizon.net/~pkasting/Island%20Hopper.Challenge.Gbx
This track should work with the demo version as well as the full version of the game. I did this back when I only had the demo. A fairly short track, this features two moderately tricky jumps, one of which has a "fallback" option if you miss the main jump, which will still get you there but take longer.
http://mysite.verizon.net/~pkasting/Crossover%20Odyssey.Challenge.Gbx
I did this track yesterday. I think the theoretical best time on it is about 2:15; my best is around 2:18, and the gold is 2:25. Not really a track for beginners as there are some rather tricky bits, but it should always be clear where you're supposed to go.
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http://www.world-mysteries.com
~voodoo~
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/204841.shtml?5day?large
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funny: showing the dead human in the scene of buenos aires but not the dead dog
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http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/15/katamari_damacy_2_pl.html
Counterstrike: Source!!!!!
Now now now !!!!!!
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What would be the best approach to making a sound, such as a gunshot, sound muffled and distorted by distance? I've tried a lowpass but I think that sounds more like it is underwater. I'm using Goldwave btw.