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General Software Discussion / Re: PlayOnLinux might be what the Linux world needs to succeed

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 30, 2008, 09:16 PM »

I managed to get Halo installed (somewhat, I got lost and confused) and after a bit of file searching and figuring out exactly what happened, I was able to watch the cinematic intro cutscences and get to in-game menus (audio only, with interaction based on my photographic memory of the thing).

It still is a dead end for that, but at least it is a large step in the right direction. Now just have to wait for WINE to become more compatible...

EDIT: I hit Post just as zridling's post showed up in Pop-Up Cody. Good to know you got it working

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: DC Forum Post Notifier Lite (a.k.a. Pop-Up Cody) - v1.1.6 - May 21, 2007

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 30, 2008, 07:07 PM »

Any updates or anything on this? Dead project?

It would be nice to have member map info and whatnot, kind of outdated

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General Software Discussion / PlayOnLinux might be what the Linux world needs to succeed

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 29, 2008, 06:20 PM »

I am a big fan of Linux - the idea, the operating system itself, the whole "community" system of thought and whatnot... but no one with any power gives a hoot about it. Hardware companies don't support it, Microsoft laughs at it, and the old "Mac OS X is based off UNIX" is getting old. Yet, surprisingly, the OS and community behind it lives on. I find it amazing, but thats just my point of view.

Anyways, I was googling around earlier for DirectX for WINE, a popular Windows-application handler that is capable of executing WIN32 EXE files via use of the Win32 API. In other words, EXE's are not Windows only anymore. While on my ignorant bliss of a journey through google, I stumbled on this program PlayOnLinux. It claims that you can run a wide amount of Windows applications on it (including games) with great ease. My experience?

It makes Windows look stupid. The install process was easy, and while I had to go into the terminal the first time to start the app and get to the options to activate the Ubuntu Main Menu entry, it was a no-brainer thereafter. It updates itself, takes you through a process to get all your required prerequisites (simply hitting Next a few times), and your set down in a simple GUI. Some scanning of the forum (documentation is on its way) reveals how to obtain, install, and use programs, and the website layout is smart and professional.

I can't yet speak for the program's ability to execute games (Halo Combat Evolved is being copied to my external hard drive right now), however it seems very promising.

Anyone here have experience with PlayOnLinux? Thoughts?

-Brandon

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 29, 2008, 02:09 AM »

I guess I'm a lil slow, took me like 2 minutes to get the fun razor joke

-wreckedcarzz (September 25, 2008, 10:02 PM)

I had to explain it to mouser before he got it. So I guess you're one of the other two cats who "getz it 2."

-Deozaan (September 26, 2008, 03:24 PM)

I has edj0mucashun in LOLZ-READENG. I understand all! (Kind of a close resemblance between my avatar and that cat...)

Figured I might as well pitch in, since everyone seems to be poking fun with mouser

Mouser, after a hard day of bug checking:


Another take on why mouser is single...


 

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Counter-Strike Fun

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 28, 2008, 11:44 PM »

BUMP! Yea, I know, 11 months old - whatever.

I recently got CS:S 1.7 (not CS 1.7, but CS: Source 1.7), no steam, and it owns CS 1.6.

My sister is IN LOVE with it... she wanted to go against me earlier this evening, here she was about a second after she planted the bomb...

PWNED!!!1!!!eleven!!1!! (I couldn't resist )

If you have CS:S, let me know

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [FIXED TOPIC] TrackMania Nations Forever - Free, fun, and totally awesome!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 28, 2008, 11:40 PM »

Yea, I can host servers via my computer right here - so that's what I do. I might put them up for download, but right now all you have to do is give me a bump (IM or something) that you want to race, I'll put the server into motion, and when you connect, Trackmania downloads the track from my PC and (if activated) calculates the shadows for the track. Then your off!

And the tracks work for LAN and Internet. I've hosted without internet entirely (Intranet I guess), and have hosted servers where people around the world join. Great fun!

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / The browser wars are on! (SnapSuite topic)

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 28, 2008, 11:35 PM »

The browser wars are on! Say what???

OK, it's official, Walt wants to show me up with his browser. When you stop laughing, continue reading (just kidding ).

Unfortunately, Walt's browser looks good, and MiniBrowse looks... Windows ME, anyone (with a dash of 98SE on the side)? But I still have options, and a tray icon + menu... but his browser sports Favorites and History (I think?). But why do you want that, when you can have it (history, cookies, etc) cleaned up for you on exit, a-la Firefox, in MiniBrowse?

Idiotic, semi l33t ( ) conversation about this...

Spoiler

(Edited to clean out NSFW material )

[20:58] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: visual vs freaking overly functional
[Passing time]: ...
[21:00] Walt: and mines gonna function
[21:00] Walt: Beautifully
[21:00] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz:
[21:00] Walt: FavoritesPanel close button now coded
[Passing time]: ...
[21:02] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: i was so happy to get the settings working
[21:02] Walt: How'd you do it?
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: just does checks based on each thing
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: when u click save
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: it like
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: does w/e it needs to
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: based on the checked property
[21:03] Walt: Does it write to txt file??
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: of each checkbox
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: no
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: stored in the exe
[21:03] Walt: So are the settings permanent?
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: ye
[21:03] Walt: How in the **** do you do that?!
[Passing time]: ...
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: *laughs evilly*
[21:03] Walt: Thats it
[21:03] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: 1 file application
[21:04] Walt: This is mo ****** war
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz:
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: lol
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: XD
[21:04] Walt: I proclaim this
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: LOL
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: XD
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: XDXDXDXD
[21:04] Walt: BROWSER WAR
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: LOL
[21:04] [ToW] Wreckedcarzz: i r gun post this @ DC lmfao

Here is an up-to-date image of both (click for full size)...

And please ignore my complete ignorance in promoting Firefox (at least) 3x in my image...

This could get interesting... EDIT: And funny

-Brandon

EDIT: In response to Walt's below post... that was kind of random... (NSFW)

Spoiler

You might have an AK-47, but this is all that's left of you

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DC Gamer Club / Re: [FIXED TOPIC] TrackMania Nations Forever - Free, fun, and totally awesome!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 26, 2008, 12:26 AM »

BUMPAGE!

50 complete tracks and counting (approx 8 are friend's/collaboration tracks), with a few more being made now.

Seriously, if you haven't given TM a shot yet, now is the time - I have a track for ANY type of racing:

• Simple, quick tracks
• Medium, intermediate tracks
• Long, confusing, annoying tracks
• Road/dirt combo tracks
• Dirt only tracks
• Rally tracks
• Road/air tracks
• Stunt tracks
• Acrobatic tracks
• Challenge tracks
• Maze tracks
• Choice tracks
• Drift tracks
• Drag tracks
• Circuit tracks
• Insane-speed-so-fast-the-camera-shakes-away-from-the-car speed tracks
• And more...

Some tracks have custom signs, MediaTracker functionality, and several have near-impossible to beat ghost cars: "Mixed Reactions", anyone? (I was beating that ghost, and I HIT THE TOP OF THE FINISH LINE!!! 2 seconds ahead, gone in .15 seconds.

You know you want to try...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Who Amongst us Plays WoW?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 26, 2008, 12:17 AM »

Stop playing games so much and start designing and coding new ones for us !!!

-mouser (September 19, 2008, 06:31 PM)

 

WOC : World of Cody

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Lets get organized so we can get gaming!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 25, 2008, 10:09 PM »

 

Inorite? I We spend like 5 2 months (dramatization, lol) making a DC map and he comes in for like 15 minutes... then his hard drive is covered with mysterious "CodyRulez" FPS games...

(The irony: I have Visual Studio open right now)

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 25, 2008, 10:02 PM »

LOL @ the dialup snail!!!

I guess I'm a lil slow, took me like 2 minutes to get the fun razor joke

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SnapSuite program family/Free online computer help

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 25, 2008, 06:06 PM »

I'll be pushing out a new version of SnapSuite soon (well, an update, since it isn't complete yet, so it's not really a new version... anyways...) with a couple new changes, and the installer including checks/auto-installing for .NET 2.0 and 3.0 (in addition to the standard 3.5 and Windows Installer 3.1). This is simply to help update computers lacking the technology.

I am working to get BasicBrowse done, but Walt has a couple additions he is working on for it (I don't know what the heck happened to Easy Browse Beta...it was looking really good ). So that's on hold until the new additions are finished.

I would give a time, but each time I say it'll be done in X days, it takes like 5x that long, and still isn't done, so I'll keep quiet.

EDIT: Mouser presented an intriguing program idea to me... I'm pondering what to do - more details later.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The New (And Improved?) VLC

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 25, 2008, 05:49 PM »

The new UI looks like a large improvement, and the options dialog looks simple (I never tinkered with it).

I'm assuming they released Windows, Mac and Linux versions already? I'm too lazy to boot Ubuntu...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 -- ribbons for everyone!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 23, 2008, 10:26 PM »

The ribbon looks cool/flashy/Vistay IMO, but I've never used it - I like the traditional menus. Not all of us have widescreens, nor 24" (or 30") monstrosities capable of 8,000,000x4,500,000 resolution (that would be 16:9) (yet). The 4:3 and 5:4's live on (it is 4:3 and not 3:4.. or.. whatever...).

Smaller is better, and more compatible with older/smaller screens (IMO).

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Lets get organized so we can get gaming!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 23, 2008, 10:13 PM »

[not-so-subtle-hint]
Maybe we should get mouser to add a gamertag/other gamername section onto the profile info. Might make things easier
[/not-so-subtle-hint]

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 23, 2008, 10:10 PM »

Shouldn't that be "all your case are belong to us"? I get the quote, but it would be funnier...

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Improved URL button

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 22, 2008, 09:38 PM »

The change confused me at first, as I am used to highlighting the URL and then clicking the button... the request again for a URL kind of had me puzzled.

Works better though, and now I can post text links like the people that can actually work with BBCode!

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Developer's Corner / Re: Universe Project

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 22, 2008, 09:30 PM »

I played some of the older versions of Universe, and it was very interesting to be able to go out wherever I wanted. I'm into the whole "explore everything" kind of gameplay (after I find everything, then let battles commence! ), so I went around and found about 1/2 of the planets (after about 45 minutes).

Good idea, good setup, good fun

EDIT: Gotta love the "Donationcoder Games Division" splash screen

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 -- ribbons for everyone!

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 19, 2008, 07:40 PM »

I think there are some nice things to like about the Ribbon.

But this whole discussion just underlines a point I have been trying to make: The OS designer/company should stop focusing on writing applications.

The very fact that the focus of "Windows 7" discussion is about adding ribbons to the microsoft applications which really have nothing whatsoever to do with the operating system itself tells you how far down the wrong path we have gone.

-mouser (September 19, 2008, 11:42 AM)

Good point - the company does more about the applications IN the OS rather than the OS itself - it should be the other way around.

It is nice to have a cool shiny car with a fresh paint job. It is better to have an average looking car that runs well.

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Living Room / Re: I can haz LOLMouser plz?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 19, 2008, 12:38 AM »

LOL

Wow... keep 'em coming, this is just too funny!

*Goes to lolcats.com*

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General Software Discussion / Re: Do you keep two computers synchronized? i.e. work + home. If so, how?

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 19, 2008, 12:33 AM »

http://DropBox. Only 2GB at the moment, but in the very near future 50GB. It just doesn't get easier than this, they solved the problem. You don't have to push a button.

-justice (September 17, 2008, 11:57 AM)

I've used DropBoks (not Box, thats a different service) ever since it first showed up on the web - small files for school and personal stuff, but it it freaking awesome how they keep it simple, yet powerful behind the scenes. Familiar interface, compressed.

EDIT: Also, unlike DropBox, DropBoks doesn't require a download - you upload and download your files in a small explorer-like box.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / SNAPSUITE 2009 FINAL - PREVIEW AVAILABLE

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 18, 2008, 01:55 PM »

OK, I am almost done with SnapSuite 2009 (Final) - it uses all my new applications (FloorIt, MiniBrowse and PlayMe 2.3), as well as the OLD installer (the single click one). This makes it [the install process] non-customizable, however it makes it easier for everyone: most people don't worry about where a program is installed to, and the install is faster than it was previously. It is easier for me because I don't have to tinker with my FTP program, or worry about convoluted updates. So yes, it has its flaws and drawbacks, but in most cases it is better than the more complex route.

Overall, it is a nice release, and runs much better than the alpha versions I had (I redid the solution from scratch, bringing over the GUI and code as I "refreshed" it to be more readable (code) and more logical (GUI layout)).

Download:

Anyways, if you absolutely MUST have the new version RIGHT NOW (3 months early ), feel free to click here and click the "Install" button. SnapSuite will notify you of updates as I roll them out to the server. SS is prepared for "enable updates", where as I complete various portions of the program, I enable the options to allow access. If it isn't enabled (grayed out), it isn't ready yet.

Any last second feedback, thoughts or feelings: give them to me ASAP! I am ready to make the 2010 version, so if I don't know about something you would like to see changed, it won't happen in this years version.

ENJOY!
-Brandon

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Living Room / Re: You might want to skip the whole Blu-Ray generation

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 17, 2008, 07:50 PM »

SSD/flash media seems to be the new way to backup small amounts of data (unless you fork out the cash for one of those humongous flash drives). I use an external USB hard drive for most of my stuff, with a complete set of setup files ready on command for those "60 minute" reformats.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Chrome - What Will It Take

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 14, 2008, 10:52 PM »

I uninstalled Chrome the other day and rebooted. Then when I noticed that Google Update was still running, I looked around for it. I found about 6 copies of Google Update in temp files and in a pagefile (or something related to the pagefile) not to mention Program Files and somewhere else.

Google Update also was never in my Add/Remove Programs list, so I had to search and destroy manually.

-Deozaan (September 14, 2008, 10:08 PM)

Strange, I downloaded the first beta, ran it and uninstalled it without a hitch. Odd (un)install process, though.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: SnapSuite program family/Free online computer help

« Last post by wreckedcarzz on September 14, 2008, 08:02 PM »

@Texaslady: I sent you a PM with some instructions. Let me know how it works out.


Back to programs:
FloorIt 1.0 is going to be released Friday. I am checking for updated utilities now (the ones that FloorIt uses) so that everything is as up to date as possible.

GoOS is going to have some updates here in the next month, possibly a public beta. Not sure at this time though, depends on the time I have to devote on it.

-Brandon