Austin, TX
Personal journal of a programmer in the games industry.
October 27, 2005
AVG, Spybot Search and Destroy, Zone Alarm. I thought that would be enough to protect my desktop.
AVG, Spybot Search and Destroy, Windows Firewall. I thought that would be enough to protect the laptop.
Wrong. Laptop, which NEVER goes anywhere dodgy - 234 different accounts of spyware and malware -…
AVG, Spybot Search and Destroy, Windows Firewall. I thought that would be enough to protect the laptop.
Wrong. Laptop, which NEVER goes anywhere dodgy - 234 different accounts of spyware and malware -…
October 25, 2005
Been trying to learn WSE 3 stuff, was getting extremely fustrated at samples working yet my stuff not. Also with a certificate store on Windows 2000 - makecert certificates don't seem to be able to add to the "OtherPeople" repositry. Oh yeah and finding out that "Personal" actually means "My" and…
October 11, 2005
*finally* managed to figure out various dll and lib issues with my framework. Turns out Ogre and Open AL like to be destroyed and created like this (or CoUninitialize throws in Openal AlCloseDevice)
1. Create OpenAL stuff
2. Create Ogre app stuff
3. Destroy OpenAL stuff
4. Destroy Ogre stuff.
See befor…
1. Create OpenAL stuff
2. Create Ogre app stuff
3. Destroy OpenAL stuff
4. Destroy Ogre stuff.
See befor…
September 26, 2005
Not that anyone reads this, but anyway my sound director is now usable, next thing is to write the Ogre extension that uses it.
Learned TinyXml and applied it so it can just look at a config file for what kind of device it should use. For the realtek chipset in a particular machine, this has to …
Learned TinyXml and applied it so it can just look at a config file for what kind of device it should use. For the realtek chipset in a particular machine, this has to …
September 06, 2005
Well this is my friends site, he does some kick arse drum and bass stuff and his music will be featured in my 4E4 entry.
So Andy Matthews, aka DillusionMan, here is your journal plug: http://www.dillusion.co.uk/ - Dillusion DnB/Breaks tracks, album clips, mp3s galore!
See Dogs on Acid Profile For Di…
So Andy Matthews, aka DillusionMan, here is your journal plug: http://www.dillusion.co.uk/ - Dillusion DnB/Breaks tracks, album clips, mp3s galore!
See Dogs on Acid Profile For Di…
August 31, 2005
My OpenAL problems could well have been hardware based... the Realtek ALC650 only seems to works reliably in generic software mode, rather then generic hardware.
I've got things I must do at work, my bread and butter that is nothing to do with games. Trying to get excitment back for that, and not l…
I've got things I must do at work, my bread and butter that is nothing to do with games. Trying to get excitment back for that, and not l…
August 19, 2005
Well it's passing the unit tests I've set so far for it. Yep that sound director audio framework using openal works. A program using the dll need not include any openal or ogg include files, as it's all nice and abstract. It now buffers ogg files completely in memory or streams from them. Plus …
August 17, 2005
That last entry wasn't too inspiring was it, yeah it was a bad day, but things have got a lot better since!
This isn't my primary blog, I do plan on just keeping this one as a dev diary but I've let emotion creep in to this one and tech has def creeped in to the other one.
My contest entry... well I'…
This isn't my primary blog, I do plan on just keeping this one as a dev diary but I've let emotion creep in to this one and tech has def creeped in to the other one.
My contest entry... well I'…
August 03, 2005
TODAY SUCKS.
You ever feel demoralised? Well even my gamedev.net escape seems to be that way today.
You ever feel demoralised? Well even my gamedev.net escape seems to be that way today.
July 21, 2005
Well https://sourceforge.net/projects/taglib-winport/ includes my changes to make the taglib library more windows friendly.
I hope to incoporate the library in with a soundplugin for ogre, so artist data for sounds and music can be easily be got at and displayed in game. Will be useful immediately…
I hope to incoporate the library in with a soundplugin for ogre, so artist data for sounds and music can be easily be got at and displayed in game. Will be useful immediately…
July 19, 2005
Well I managed to get taglib built and working against the example application in Visual Studio 2003. Though that might not sound like much, I'm not at all used to working with make files and such and in this instance completely ignored them, that and I am (but increasingly less so) rusty with C++…
July 13, 2005
A bad day
- Coding in general, work and play, meh
- Amplifier still was not getting any rear channels. Took it back in again at luchtime. Got a decent distance and realised I had forgotton the remote control (was in a bag at work)... turned around, got it, dropped it off.
- Scratched car up and dented …
July 10, 2005
I sat through that lecture in awe, and I just had to shake the guys hand. I just said something along the lines of "I just wanted to shake your hand, you've been an... inspiration"
He said "thank you".
A little dorky I know, but well... his whole life story and what he has achieved through his mediu…
He said "thank you".
A little dorky I know, but well... his whole life story and what he has achieved through his mediu…
July 06, 2005
Well Danni is looking for work properly in the states now... I'm a bit concerned about how hard it may be for me to find work... being a spouse of a citizen rather then a citizen but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it I guess. I've put feelers out in the forums to see whats up.
Well I'm now u…
Well I'm now u…
July 01, 2005
... well this test lead development is proving its worth. Developing new parts of the robot game and well the 8th test past first time I coded it but the 6th one failed after changes I made to get the 8th working.
Now if I was using a ui and just playing the game this one might have slipped through…
Now if I was using a ui and just playing the game this one might have slipped through…
June 30, 2005
Well I've got another test done and dusted, I've probably got about half a dozen more to write before I'll be ready for visualastion.
Now there's a screenshot thread that has been giving me something to think about. So my project plan is
Now there's a screenshot thread that has been giving me something to think about. So my project plan is
- Robot part business logic done
- SDL 2D version of robot part of …
June 29, 2005
We have a badger badger badger icon? Sweeeeeeeeeet
Anyhew just spent lunch on this baby
Oooo yes, the unit test console goodness.
Well I inadvertently revealed a few things about my entry
1. My game will be called "Mercenaries of Broadwater"
2. My characters have their own games that are part of a grea…
Anyhew just spent lunch on this baby
Oooo yes, the unit test console goodness.
Well I inadvertently revealed a few things about my entry
1. My game will be called "Mercenaries of Broadwater"
2. My characters have their own games that are part of a grea…
June 24, 2005
EDIT: Not sure why but this journal entry is top of googles hits for "Ogre sdl" when I just did a search for it.
You probably want to go here:
http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Using_SDL_Input
evolutional > the Passanda (that creamy curry) tasted like the creamyness of the source had gone off. …
You probably want to go here:
http://www.ogre3d.org/wiki/index.php/Using_SDL_Input
evolutional > the Passanda (that creamy curry) tasted like the creamyness of the source had gone off. …
June 23, 2005
So I got a curry from Asda (owned by Walmart) and it was off and me and the Mrs are now unwell from it. Went to complain and they only wanted to refund less then half of it! Had to kick up a fuss and get the manager - didn't get 200% on Asda brand like they promise on those signs everywhere, but …
June 23, 2005
http://tut-framework.sourceforge.net/
TUT - C++ Unit testing reworked with C++ in mind, rather then a straight port of JUnit. No messy macros, just a simple to use framework written from a C++ point of view.
Having used my own properity mechanisms before for testing in C++, I must say this is more e…
TUT - C++ Unit testing reworked with C++ in mind, rather then a straight port of JUnit. No messy macros, just a simple to use framework written from a C++ point of view.
Having used my own properity mechanisms before for testing in C++, I must say this is more e…
June 20, 2005
I've just booked my ticket to see Peter Molyneux at the NFT in London on July 9th
Peter Molyneux The Trailer
NFT is here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/about/location.html
Other stuff is on there that day (and over the weekend too I think) http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/calendar/dayfilms.php?da…
Peter Molyneux The Trailer
NFT is here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/about/location.html
Other stuff is on there that day (and over the weekend too I think) http://www.bfi.org.uk/showing/nft/calendar/dayfilms.php?da…
June 20, 2005
Well I was up until 1:30 AM this morning figuring out Firefox extensions, but I wrote one using another GDNet extension https://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=297674 as a template, and this page as a reference:
http://roachfiend.com/archives/2004/12/08/how-to-create-firefox-exte…
http://roachfiend.com/archives/2004/12/08/how-to-create-firefox-exte…
June 19, 2005
Do journals have your signature on? I think they might - but signatures cannot contain images. Bummer I just spent substantial time this evening doing a signature image. Kind of a collage of important elements in my life (my wife, my dog, the sea, computer)
Ah well... wadda 'ya think?
Ah well... wadda 'ya think?
June 18, 2005
So I've joined the happy family of GDNet+. I have another journal elsewhere, but I expect I'll keep this one more dev.
Feel a bit guilty for spending the money on subscription just after going in to so much debt having to replace the car, but I've decided I want to become more involved with the gam…
Feel a bit guilty for spending the money on subscription just after going in to so much debt having to replace the car, but I've decided I want to become more involved with the gam…
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