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Living Room / Re: Lots of New Members

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 03, 2011, 07:24 AM »

Welcome, Techno!

I know what you mean about spending LOTS of time on the site. It's my online home

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Living Room / Lots of New Members

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 02, 2011, 08:50 PM »

I've noticed we've gained in the neighborhood of 20+ new members just in the past 24 hours.  Is this a normal rate, or are we enjoying an unusual influx? 

Welcome, all you newcomers!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / NANY 2012 Release: Kyrathaba's Source Code Line Counter

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 02, 2011, 09:43 AM »

Introducing Kyrathaba's Source Code Line Counter, a donationware program that, given a project directory, will tally the lines of source code across all source code files within the project (or multiple projects).  Has the option to exclude blank lines and comments.

NANY 2012 Entry Information

Application Name	Kyrathaba's Source Code Line Counter
Version	1.0.1.0
Short Description	counts lines of source code across all files in a project (or even across multiple projects) using physical SLOC
Supported OSes	Windows XP forward
Setup File	KyrSrcLineCounterSetup.zip (~330 Kb)
System Requirements	requires .NET Framework 4.0; the setup program detects the absence of .NET Framework 4.0 and installs if necessary
Author Info	kyrathaba, author of Kyrathaba's Hangman. My past NANY entries include: Crocus Contacts, Blackjack, and NANY Excuse Manager.
Description	Option to count or not-count comments and blank lines. Use standard folder-selection dialog, or drop folder on the listview Automatically recounts when file extension is changed in the dropdown combo box Automatically recounts when a folder is dropped on listview Ability to count files/lines across multiple top-level directories Supports C, C#, C++, VB, Delphi/Pascal, Bash, Java, AHK, Auto-It
Screenshots
Installation	use the Setup file created by Inno Setup
Using the application	Should be highly intuitive; I await feedback ([email protected])
Uninstalling	use the uninstaller
Known Issues	none

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Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 02, 2011, 08:00 AM »

The Scrolling Game Development Kit is freeware and aimed at 2-D development (mostly platformers).

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 02, 2011, 07:23 AM »

This has the added benefit of reducing the setup file from 1.51 Mb to 1.16 Mb.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 02, 2011, 07:22 AM »

Very well!  Version 1.0.3.6 is available, and changes PDF format to CHM for Help file.  Thanks for the feedback.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Improvement upon SizeFrame

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 08:01 PM »

There is a freeware VB6 application by Alex Vallat called SizeFrame, which can be used when designing user interfaces that are to be used at resolutions smaller than those of the system on which they are designed. Rather than having to change the screen resolution this utility simply displays a rectangluar frame of the appropriate size which can be moved around the screen to check what will fit inside it. A drop down list allows you to change the size of the frame to any of the standard resolutions between 640x480 and 1280x1024.

My challenge is for someone to develop a more flexible version of the program.  For example, the resolutions in SizeFrame are hard-coded in the executable.  Why not have the resolution dependent upon the user's input?  I'm sure you can think of other enhancements. 

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General Software Discussion / Re: IrfanView Version 4.25 released

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 07:28 PM »

I'm a fan of IrfanView, and found the following today that might be useful to some power-users (click on image to go to the webpage):

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Developer's Corner / Re: Free icons for developers

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 07:12 PM »

Found ReadyIcons today.  Nice. 

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Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 07:08 PM »

RainEngine is a GPL alpha-stage multiplayer 3D RTS engine.  Found this one while browsing today.

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General Software Discussion / Re: FlatPress blogging platform: flat text file stored, open source, freeware

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 07:01 PM »

There's also QuickBlogger.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 05:48 PM »

Found JumpCraft today while browsing the Primewares site.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 04:56 PM »

I'm using HelpNDoc to generate my PDF help file.  Do you guys prefer PDF as the help file format, or would CHM be preferable?

Because CHM compresses the internal HTML, its file size is smaller than the corresponding PDF, but I wondered if CHM is natively supported by all versions of Windows, whereas I know that PDF support is nearly ubiquitous.  Can't remember the last time I found a system that didn't have some sort of PDF reader software installed.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 04:45 PM »

That stickman is wearing a mighty fine top hat to his execution. I guess he knows how to go out in style Thmbsup

He is a rather dapper fellow, I admit

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Developer's Corner / Re: Game Engines and Apps

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 02:52 PM »

There's also the Mad Game Engine.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 10:42 AM »

Application version 1035 has been released.  It fixes a bug introduced by the previous version, and now shows # of program runs in About box.  The number of program executions is not reset when you update to a later version, because this data is stored in AppData rather than the C:\Program Files\... application directory.  So, the number of program executions shown reflects the number of executions since the very first version of the program the user installed (note that the yellow highlighting shown in the second screen-shot is for the purpose of this post only, and doesn't appear in the actual running program):

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on July 01, 2011, 09:12 AM »

I've updated the PDF help to elaborate a bit more on the newest option.  It'll automatically be included in v1035.  For those currently using v1034, I've attached it.  It should be placed in the application's directory, wherever you installed it (by default, C:\Program Files(x86)\Kyrathasoft\KyrHangman).

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Virtual Collectible Trading Card Game Framework

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 30, 2011, 08:32 PM »

Mouser,

I'm kinda getting stoked about this idea.  I've long wanted software that would allow me to create my own card games that could be played across a network.  Like many people, I was once heavily into the "Magic: The Gathering" card game, and just loved the permutations and strategies that came into play.  I'd love to have something that could enable me to create a similar game, but with my own unique rules set.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Virtual Collectible Trading Card Game Framework

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 30, 2011, 05:40 PM »

Fantastic!

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Virtual Collectible Trading Card Game Framework

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 30, 2011, 03:28 PM »

Complete polishing optional for submission by 12/07 deadline; mandatory by New Year

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Virtual Collectible Trading Card Game Framework

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 30, 2011, 11:33 AM »

I know there have been some attempts at this before (done mostly in Java), but I've yet to find one that doesn't seem buggy or off-puttingly complex:

I'd like an application (desktop or online) that let's me develop a set of cards, complete with artwork, flavor text, and rules about how each card functions.

If multiple people have access to the app, they can play via internet access.

The most important requirement of this app would be (1) a non off-putting learning curve and (2) a scripting feature to implement rules sets for games, (3) it should implement a way to "win" collectible cards if the particular game is a CTCG.

This is probably pushing the envelope of proper NANY scope, but we've got 6 months, and it doesn't have to be completely polished by the Dec 7th submission deadline, just functional.

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Pledge & Early Beta: Kyrathaba's Hangman

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 29, 2011, 10:18 PM »

Version 1.0.3.4 is out.  I've addressed a request made by a couple of people: now you have the option to compete only against yourself (the program will submit a score if it beats your own previous scores) or against everyone registered to your application instance (all user-names that've played the game on a particular computer).  The default is to compete against yourself:



The inline Help pdf addresses this option.

If you've already installed the program, you need only update it using "Help"->"Update".

This version also addresses a small cosmetic "bug" in previous versions (which others may not have noticed, but which caught my eye).  While the splash screen is showing, there is no longer a funky taskbar icon related to it.

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Living Room / Re: Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours Sunday

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 29, 2011, 02:39 PM »

Whoa!  Dunno who my benefactors are, but since my previous post earlier today in this thread, I've gained another two GB for referrals.  Thanks, whoever, you are: I'm up to 7 GB

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Living Room / Re: Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours Sunday

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 29, 2011, 12:23 PM »

Another happy SpiderOak user here. Got my kids and mother-in-law to sign up, so now I have 5 GB of free storage. Plenty for my meager needs.

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Living Room / Re: Drive Dock: Turn bare drives into floppies

« Last post by kyrathaba on June 28, 2011, 09:24 PM »

Yes, I really like the Thermaltake BlacX Duet SATA.  Very sharp.  But I don't think it'd work with my old drive, which is IDE.

If they just added in a 6-port USB hub it would be the perfect addition to a technician's field kit.

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