@Yoshinkeru: This is a great idea. :D I'll have to remember that. XD
edited 1:01 PM EDT May 30, 2006
While I was offline, I freed up enough drive space to re-install WinXP. Unfourtunatly, this means I need to rebuild my settings (and my hardrive structure) to get things where I'd like them to be. Because my drive is being rebuilt, I have about 12-15gb of duplicated data that I need to sort through. Hopefully I'll be able to clean it out, and get things in a manageable manner quickly.
On a side note, Raxco Perfect Disk (a disk defragmenter tool) isn't working for me. It says that it's unable to mount my computer. Anyone happen to have any suggestions on who to fix this? If I can use Raxco, it's much more efficient and clean than using the MS provided disk defragger. Like as in, it can actually defrag your drive before Windows boots up, enabling it to defrag system files. Also, it inteligently defrags the drive, moving the commonly used files to the fastest area of the disk, and the less frequently used files to hte edges and slower areas of the disk. And, unlike the MS defragger, it moves the empty/freespace to the end of the drive, instead of leaving it scattered about and inbetween files, like the MS defragger does. This helps keep fragmnting down when you add new files. Any help would be appreciated. However, considering this is a message board mainly dealing with USFs and other similar things, I don't expect to get much help here. But I also figure it won't hurt to ask either.
Anyway, that's why I've been so quiet lately. Mouser X over and out.
Just for kicks, I thought I'd mention Narbacular Drop here. It's a very short game, but with the potential for lots of fun. You can find it here. After you've given this game a look, take a look at this. The guys who made Narbacular Drop are the same guys who made "Portal." Apparently, they were hired on the spot, when they showed their game.
If you decided not to look at Narbacular Drop, at least take a look at the video I posted. Once you've watched that, I suggest you give Narbacular Drop a second thought. Again, while the game is short, it has a lot of potential for some very interesting "physics breaking" ideas. And, if the game does bore you, you can find a level editor (or tools, I should say) in their downloads section. If the instructions they provide are inadequate, try these. They simplify the process for those who would like to try this out.
Oh, and one last thing. For some reason, some of the levels don't load all of the objects properly. If this happens, simply restart the level. It should work that time (I wish I had known this. I spent 10 minutes looking for a turtle, and finally dived into the lava just to see what would happen). Hope you enjoy this fun and inovative (though short) game. Mouser X over and out.
This particular code is to help fix the game's online cooperative play.
void CBlubberfishDlg::OnCoopfix()
{
// Coopfix for Blubberfish
// Uses jazz.h by J2NSM (Jam, Grytolle and NeoBeo)
// Code is (C) 2006 Peter S. Conway
// certifiedunknownfile@gmail.com
// Inits and stuff
static int coopfixenabled;
static int version;
static int gametype;
static int online;
Jazz2 j2;
// this function only works with 1.23
version = j2.Version();
if (version == 9) {
j2.TSFEcho("|[BF] Sorry, this hack doesn't work with TSF.");
}
// else {
// if (version == 6) {
gametype = j2.GetGameMode();
// this next block of code doesn't work for reasons unknown
// online = j2.ReadByte(0x58B0C0);
// if (online < 1) {
// j2.Echo("|[BF-System] This hack only works in online play.");
// }
// else {
j2.EchoToSpy("[BF] JJ2 appears to be running 1.23, proceeding with patches.");
if (coopfixenabled == 1) {
j2.EchoToSpy("[BF] Error occured: JJ2 has already been patched.");
j2.Echo("|[BF-Coopfix] Coopfix has already been enabled!");
}
else {
// Area End Of Level
j2.PokeHex(0x439532,6,"90 90 90 90 90 90");
j2.PokeHex(0x439555,1,"EB");
j2.PokeHex(0x439527,1,"02");
// Area End Warp
j2.NOP(0x439661,12);
// Area Revert Morph
j2.NOP(0x4397c8,6);
// Queen Boss
j2.PokeHex(0x423160,1,"02");
j2.PokeHex(0x423168,5,"F0 B7 5D 00 06");
// Swartz Boss
j2.PokeHex(0x422850,12,"C7 05 F0 B7 5D 00 06 00 00 00 90 90");
// End of the block
j2.Echo("[BF-Coopfix] Coopfix has been enabled.");
coopfixenabled = 1;
}
// }
// }
// }
}
Now I have a resit coursework which I'm working on... I have 5 days to finish it but it is coming together... I could have it finished by tomorrow if I rushed so I'm not panicking yet.
I have also been building up my code library... I wrote a simple encryption lib for use in protecting data in game saves... it's not so hard for someone to crack but it will deter most people from trying to edit data :P
greetz :)