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Off Topic / I'm making a Real Time Strategy game, and the old topic expired.

« on: March 23, 2016, 01:14:16 PM »

So yeah, I was gonna bump the old thread, but it went "too old" on me.
Anyway, here's the latest video of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qLojl_rAe4&feature=youtu.be
Here's the last topic:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=290837.0
Here's some pictures:

What basically happened was that I was working on the old game, and my stuffty coding habits got me to a point where it was pretty difficult to try and add new stuff to the game. So I decided to rewrite the entire game, figuring it only took me a week to get to the point you saw in the video, so it should only take me a few days to rewrite. I guess I just wasn't very motivated to redo all my work though, so I ended up mostly forgetting about this until school started later that month. Two months later, I'm back and about to have the new version of the game at the point I left off at mid-January.

Off Topic / Anyone know how to configue GRUB bootloader for Windows?

« on: February 24, 2016, 02:32:44 PM »

So I downloaded a Windows 10 Disk ISO. I tried installing it to a partition on another hard drive and it worked, so I know the ISO is valid.

Second, from that other hard drive, I ran gparted and got my primary hard drive split in two, with the first partition being the one I'm using now.

What I now need to do is get that ISO onto that second partition in such a way as I can launch the windows installer and install windows on that partition.

I tried formatting the second partition as NFTS and just copying the ISO's files onto it as I had done before when testing the ISO. I then ran the update-grub command. It found a windows **7** option and a windows recovery option. When I restarted and selected either option the select screen would simply freeze for a bit. After pressing a key when it was frozen the select screen would disappear and all I saw were a bunch of randomly coloured lines that just stayed there.

I just tried running update-grub again and now there's only one entry in my grub.cfg file:

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    ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
    menuentry 'Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda2)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-00C7FFBD4C4600A8' {
    	insmod part_msdos
    	insmod ntfs
    	set root='hd0,msdos2'
    	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  00C7FFBD4C4600A8
    	else
    	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 00C7FFBD4C4600A8
    	fi
    	parttool ${root} hidden-
    	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
	    chainloader +1
    }
    set timeout_style=menu    
    if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
      set timeout=10
    fi
    ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

I feel like if I set the "boot" flag for the partition I could get it to work, but then I might end up losing the ability to boot back into my primary Ubuntu partition.

tl;dr If I want to boot to a partition with a Windows 10 ISO burned to it, what should my grub.cfg entry look like?

Off Topic / Building a PC with some old parts. Looking for guidence. edit: new power supply

« on: February 12, 2016, 03:44:46 PM »

So I posted this over at Reddit's /r/buildapc, but there's over 300k people there and I doubt it will get much attention. So anyway, I'm about to build a PC. It's my first time building a PC from scratch. I currently have a desktop and a laptop. The desktop is around 5 years old, but I've added some new parts to it since I got it. But now I want to build something new.

I've got about $800 to spend right now, with the intention of buying some things later on. Here's what I'm about to buy:

Product Type	Link	Price
Case	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854023	$70
Power Supply	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438049 Modified	$75
Motherboard	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130880	$175
CPU	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117561	$250
Liquid cooling	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181090	$100

Additionally, I will be gutting my old PC for some things:

Product Type	Link	Price
RAM	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233185&cm_re=cmz8gx3m2a1600c8r-_-20-233-185-_-Product	N/A
SSD	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6233S73665&cm_re=Samsung_SSD_840_750gb-_-20-147-250-_-Product	N/A
Another SSD	http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0D9-0006-00089	Comes as a gift with the motherboard

Lastly, I will eventually be buying either a GTX 980 or a GTX 980 ti to put in the machine later on. I might even get a pair someday, but that's pretty far off. Oh, and I will be getting http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231929&cm_re=g.skill_tridentz_16gb-_-20-231-929-_-Product as my RAM replacing the old RAM since I assume I can't have both sets of RAM in at once.

So guys, what I want to know is this:

1. Is this all compatible? This seems like the most important thing and even though I can check I'm not quite confident enough to buy based only on my own assessment.

2. What extra little things will I need to buy? I realize I will need things like cables (above and beyond what I can get from my old PC) and things like thermal paste but I have no idea exactly what I need. Any help here?

3. Are there any obvious ways I can save money on this build? Obviously this isn't going to be a budget build, but if there's probably something obvious I overlooked.

Off Topic / So I'm gonna try and make a Real Time Strategy game.

« on: January 02, 2016, 08:57:09 PM »

So if you've been around the forums long enough, you've probably seen me post a few topics where I am developing a game. None of them really panned out, even if I got some decent tests going. The problem with all my previous attempts is I tried to jump right into a multiplayer 3d world and it's just a huge project for an amateur developer. Not to mention I had no real plans beforehand.

With that said, I've shifted to trying to create an RTS. I suppose my inspiration is a lot of the classic RTS games I played as a kid: Rise of Nations, Age of Empires, Command & Conquer and so on. I've only been working on this for a few days, and my voice in the video sucks, but here's a video:

Video showing basic terrain generation and map structure.
Pathfinding and unit animation demonstration.
Sound, selection, and fog of war. (Newest video.)
(Feel free to skip around to the end if you don't want to sit through the whole video.)

It has all the basics, terrain generation, buildings, units, decorations and animation. Now I've just got to start actually making the game itself. Once I have the programming to an acceptable level I'll probably commission some drawings with the money I make from my job.

[So I haven't updated this OP since I posted it, later today I'll rewrite it.]

Screenshots that are out of order:

Off Topic / Care to take an anonymous survey for me? (300 replies!)

« on: October 30, 2015, 01:14:35 PM »

Hi it's me DrenDran back from the dead. I gave this survey to a subreddit and while I appreciate their participation they do seem to be quite politically homogeneous. I figured I'd give out the survey here since there seems to be a fairly diverse group of people here at times.

Anyway, here it is:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1VaJK2xhE4b8lFfDAM_PUzuL34Uekf3aoYJUItlq3k4s/viewform

Be sure to check "BLF" as the source for the survey. Ideally this is for high school students and higher only, but I suppose middle school students can check the high school option for education. If people want I'll post the results later on.

edit: I've added another question or two. I think it's possible for you to go back and revise your answers. That said, if you can't please don't retake the survey.

Off Topic / Is this a good mouse? Is this a good headset?

« on: July 03, 2015, 08:36:58 PM »

http://www.amazon.com/TeckNet-Nano-Cordless-Optical-Mouse/dp/B001DHECXA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1435973628&sr=8-3&keywords=mouse

http://www.amazon.com/SA-708-Stereo-Headphone-Headset-Microphone/dp/B00DU2CHE2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435973733&sr=8-1&keywords=headset

Modification Help / Anyone have my old binary saving add-on?

« on: June 29, 2015, 01:25:10 PM »

The two add-ons in here:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=265798.0

I'm trying to find them to see if I can't rerelease them and maybe work on them.

Off Topic / So my mom escaped from prison.

« on: June 28, 2015, 07:41:43 PM »

She escaped on the 18th during the day from her federal prison in west Virginia. Marshalls came and questioned me and other people that knew her if we could help provide any information. They caught her 10 days later, today. Apparently a local hotel was missing soap and towels and called around to report it and it got to the prison. They ended up finding her in the woods behind the hotel camped out, just a short distance from the prison. She didn't even bother to leave the area.

Off Topic / So I created a little multiplayer webgame.

« on: June 12, 2015, 01:14:16 PM »

http://63.251.20.184/

I'm just working on making a stuffty clone of agar.io to prove I can do this. The front end is Javascript using websockets and HTML5, the server is C++ using the SDLNet library.

Feel free to join. I'll be on for another hour until I have to go. I'll probably be adding stuff to the game frequently.

Off Topic / Are Java Applets being deprecated?

« on: May 26, 2015, 11:16:46 PM »

Like, if I wanna make a web game, should I bother with making a Java Applet.
Chrome already doesn't support them.

What should I use instead? HTML5?

Off Topic / Right board this time: We name ethnic groups.

« on: November 11, 2014, 06:30:48 PM »

Alright, I'll start. Guess which ethnic group these are:

Basketball American
Urban Achiever
The Defendant
Tyrone
Muh Dikas
Non-Swimmer
Antique Farm Equipment
High-Contrast American
Dindu Nuffins
Napsters

Suggest your own and we'll vote.

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