Thursday, 3 July 2008
Universal Extractor 1.6 Beta
Universal Extractor is a brilliant utility that I've been using for some time. It enables you to extract files from pretty much any archive, whether it's ACE, RAR, ZIP even Installers can be opened. The version which is available on FileHippo & the LegRoom website is the older version which is incompatible with Vista. But you can download the Beta version from here which works fine with Vista.
FreeBASIC
I've been using FreeBASIC for some years now; it's a compiled version of BASIC which has support for a lot of libraries such as OpenGL, GLUT etc.
In order to use it efficiently you'll also need to download a Code Editor (IDE) to type your code into. I use FBIde but there are others like FbEdit & JellyFB Editor.
In order to use it efficiently you'll also need to download a Code Editor (IDE) to type your code into. I use FBIde but there are others like FbEdit & JellyFB Editor.
newLISP
newLISP is a version of the LISP programming language. It can be downloaded from here & there is a discussion forum which can be visited here.
Writing OpenGL programs & creating executables is really simple in newLISP. It's even easier if you download some of the documentation especially the newLISP manual.
Writing OpenGL programs & creating executables is really simple in newLISP. It's even easier if you download some of the documentation especially the newLISP manual.
Tomb Raider III Video
Nice little Tomb Raider III video can be seen here. It shows you how to complete the 'Thames Wharf' level in under 5 minutes.
Scribd
Scribd is a site where you can download & upload different documents like PDFs, DOCs etc.
This is my Scribd page, I recommend that you check out the site as there are a huge number of programming books which can be downloaded from there.
This is my Scribd page, I recommend that you check out the site as there are a huge number of programming books which can be downloaded from there.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
7-Zip compression
DrPython IDE
DrPython is a code editor for Python, it works in both Linux & Windows & I highly recommend that you take a look at it here.
In order to use it you must first install wxPython. Windows users can get it from here, while Linux users can use their package manager to install it.
In order to use it you must first install wxPython. Windows users can get it from here, while Linux users can use their package manager to install it.
O'Caml Executable
I created my first Executable in O'Caml yesterday. The program was a simple OpenGL routine that displayed a triangle on the screen & I used the following commands to create it.
Just enter the above code in a Windows Command Prompt, making sure that you are in the folder where your source file is.
During compilation a few warnings were displayed & I had no control over the name of the .exe but I think I know how to solve those problems.
ocamlopt -I +lablgl lablgl.cmxa lablglut.cmxa simple.ml
Just enter the above code in a Windows Command Prompt, making sure that you are in the folder where your source file is.
During compilation a few warnings were displayed & I had no control over the name of the .exe but I think I know how to solve those problems.
Zip folder association
Ever had that problem in Vista when you remove some compression software & the built-in zip software won't work?
Copy & paste the text at this link into Notepad & then save it as zipfolder_fix.reg
Double click it & it will be added to your registry & fix the file association problem.
Copy & paste the text at this link into Notepad & then save it as zipfolder_fix.reg
Double click it & it will be added to your registry & fix the file association problem.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
O'Caml
O'Caml is a language I first heard about some time ago. I've recently installed the Windows version & messed about with OpenGL. I'll make another post in the future containing more information & I'll probably put a tutorial on my Wikispace.
You can find out more about O'Caml here on this Wikipedia page. Also here is a link to the O'Caml site & here is one to the OpenGL implementation to O'Caml.
You can find out more about O'Caml here on this Wikipedia page. Also here is a link to the O'Caml site & here is one to the OpenGL implementation to O'Caml.
Ubuntu Game Design Links
Here are some useful links if you're interested in game design & you're using Ubuntu.
Fixing Google Toolbar in Ubuntu
When I first installed Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0 in Ubuntu I found that everything worked apart from the bookmarks function. You can read more about the problems I was having in this blog post.
Recently I tried using ColorZilla but I found that the eyedropper function wouldn't work. After some searching I found this post on the ColorZilla blog.
So I tried the solution out by typing the following into a terminal.
After reinstalling ColorZilla the eyedropper function worked but it also fixed the problem that I was having with the Google Toolbar, so I was able to remove the 'Deng Google Bookmarks' add-on that I had previously installed & fully use the Google Toolbar.
I was so happy that the toolbar problem had been fixed that I posted the solution in this thread on launchpad.
There is also a thread on the Ubuntu forum about this issue which can be found here.
Recently I tried using ColorZilla but I found that the eyedropper function wouldn't work. After some searching I found this post on the ColorZilla blog.
So I tried the solution out by typing the following into a terminal.
sudo apt-get install libxul-dev libstdc++5 gcc-4.1 libstdc++6
After reinstalling ColorZilla the eyedropper function worked but it also fixed the problem that I was having with the Google Toolbar, so I was able to remove the 'Deng Google Bookmarks' add-on that I had previously installed & fully use the Google Toolbar.
I was so happy that the toolbar problem had been fixed that I posted the solution in this thread on launchpad.
There is also a thread on the Ubuntu forum about this issue which can be found here.
LHA Compression in Ubuntu
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