Commented 8 years ago2016-07-25 06:48:59 UTC
in journal: #8723Comment #68063
Don't have any illusions, if somebody is special at something they are already discovered and being worked on. Anyone and everyone can always be better at something than someone. It is important to realize how much you can realistically make and how much do you need to have a proper life. You can do anything if you like doing it, don't ever think that you can't, but it is something only to do when you are in free time. 0.1% of people really do what they like doing as a way of income (and from that to have enough for all expenses). Find something you can do to earn money and have enough room to do what you like to do. Some people even take vacations to play games because they otherwise can not.
Game development is too shaky of a foundation to base your working carrier onto. Unless you plan on working day and night of course
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-24 12:16:00 UTC
in journal: #8723Comment #68065
@Striker That's 35 things. And, thanks!
@2muchvideogames I'm not sure if I will ever emigrate. Emigration depends on my career, and my career is related to game development, so I might run my own studio somewhere, or be a co-founder, my friends from school and I talked about it. In fact, that seems like the best idea for now.
@Stojke You're like a teacher of morality, and life. The more you give, the more you get, it seems.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-23 19:19:38 UTC
in journal: #8723Comment #68060
it sounds like you feel that your national origins is an impediment to your life goals. Maybe it's time you talk to your parents about emigration. The earliest would most likely be when you apply to study abroad in college.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-23 09:27:13 UTC
in journal: #8723Comment #68062
Not a single person is like another person. Every one is different somewhere. Being different is natural, trying to become similar, in good things, is positive.
Do not run trying to become something you already are, run to find out what reality is, and you will never know reality until you see and understand some one else's point of view.
Every time you feel like you should react, but see no reason why, ask your self, stop and think. Only by your self you will get no where, only with some one else will you truly get somewhere. Rejecting somebody because their opinion differs than yours and letting go of the opportunity to spend some time with and teach because you feel like they do not understand is truly a waste of time, not the other way around.
To give is to have, to let go of something you like for some one else is the only way to make some realize and change.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-19 10:23:17 UTC
in journal: #8722Comment #39676
It's a science fiction & psychological horror 80s throwback that is equal parts Spielberg, Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, Carpenter, Stephen King, and still somehow it's own thing. There's an intriguing, creepy mystery at it's core, great characters and an amazing synth score. The whole atmosphere of the show is so on point it's not funny.
It is unabashedly in love with it's predecessors, so if you're not a fan of any those it might not grab you the way it did me, but I'd recommend it anyway. It's just damn solid TV.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-09 02:09:18 UTC
in journal: #8717Comment #67618
Why are you using default compile tools when there are 15 years newer ones, and why in the name of all thats holy are you using textures of size 1024x1024? It is impossible for HL engine to process these textures the conventional way and there is absolutely no need no matter what you think for a beginner to use such texture size.
This post was the first post i made on here and much, much, later i decided to archive it as a journal for future reference as to not repeat my mistakes.
why do i use the old compile tools? because i dont like new things. For example i would never be caught dead playing half-life or a mod there of with the HD models turned on.
Does it make sense that i use them? nope. it doesn't. So i understand where your coming from.
Why the heck would I use a texture size of 1024x1024? I wouldn't and I was testing to see what would happen if i did. I know now the max texture size usable is 512x512 max.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-08 07:57:12 UTC
in journal: #8719Comment #68053
I too was wary of spending money through the internet, but as time went by I was exposed to enough of it to tell the difference between serious and scam. Non-tech-savvy parents weren't exposed to any of it so they can be justified in their distrust. It's a new thing to them.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-07 18:46:47 UTC
in journal: #8719Comment #68055
@Urby
I don't really know. They perhaps never heard of Lord GabeN XD
My dad first said the thing about scams when I was 8, I wanted to buy an activation code for Blockland, and I even showed him the 10 reasons to buy Blockland.
Then he said, begin quote: "Listen son, I know you really want it, but the people who sell these passwords on the Internet are scammers. They, once you enter the credit card number, will sweep all our money, it doesn't matter if it costs $10 or even 5, the prices are always higher in the background." Huh, as if everyone is a hacker. Tell that to the people who have the codes.
I remember these words very well, and I'll remember them for the rest of my life, just to prove the opposite.
I believe I asked him: "But how do these thousands of people already have the serial key?" He never replied. My mom, of course, has very little idea on how to use a computer, so she never talked about these things.
Now I can finally grab my chance, if you remember my 2 journals of "Teh epik master plan". I'm opening the bank account in less than a week, and I will finally bring justice to my neighbourhood!
(yes, the neighbourhood, I also have a cousin/neighbour, who also wants to buy games on his mom's mobile phone, but they won't allow him)
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-04 10:47:04 UTC
in journal: #8718Comment #62888
"Also, stop the warez. Buy the games."
Just go here. You'll soon find out that all this piracy of mine will stop. I have the will to buy, but my parents never, never, but would never buy me a game on Steam. Sadly, even the Steam wallet codes are hard to find.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-04 08:53:47 UTC
in journal: #8718Comment #62887
No, the runtimes were for the VM, my host OS already had them. How do you think I made my maps on GameBanana (?), if I hadn't installed the games?
And it took me 3 days to get the VM working, mostly because it took forever to download the ISO file, and then to install VirtualBox itself and get that working. Everything else went well in a couple of hours: the installation, the drivers, installing WON Half-Life etc.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-04 04:12:16 UTC
in journal: #8717Comment #67616
Why are you using default compile tools when there are 15 years newer ones, and why in the name of all thats holy are you using textures of size 1024x1024? It is impossible for HL engine to process these textures the conventional way and there is absolutely no need no matter what you think for a beginner to use such texture size.
Commented 8 years ago2016-07-03 20:33:25 UTC
in journal: #8718Comment #62886
Facepalm*
I installed the WON version because I was too lazy to make the cswarzone non-Steam version, install properly. It needs C++ 2005 Runtimes, I think...
Afterall the weapon bobbing is SO MUCH better in the WON Half-Life, so it won that round. I hate the weapon bobbing in Steam Half-Life, Quake II is better than that, especially with that "free-style" swing-it-around bobbing when you move the cursor.
Plus, I want to have the hardware limitations. I mean, a Voodoo 3 + Pentium 2 setup would perform nicely at buttery-smooth 25 fps. Explosions + gibs would drop the framerates to 15 fps.
Contradictory, my Intel GMA X3100 would be the holy grail of GPUs back then, in 1999. It would even handle Crytek's demos from 2001 very well. That's why, I decided to do some VMery, even though I could just set fps_max to 24.
You can do anything if you like doing it, don't ever think that you can't, but it is something only to do when you are in free time. 0.1% of people really do what they like doing as a way of income (and from that to have enough for all expenses).
Find something you can do to earn money and have enough room to do what you like to do. Some people even take vacations to play games because they otherwise can not.
Game development is too shaky of a foundation to base your working carrier onto. Unless you plan on working day and night of course
That's 35 things. And, thanks!
@2muchvideogames
I'm not sure if I will ever emigrate. Emigration depends on my career, and my career is related to game development, so I might run my own studio somewhere, or be a co-founder, my friends from school and I talked about it.
In fact, that seems like the best idea for now.
@Stojke
You're like a teacher of morality, and life. The more you give, the more you get, it seems.
Being different is natural, trying to become similar, in good things, is positive.
Do not run trying to become something you already are, run to find out what reality is, and you will never know reality until you see and understand some one else's point of view.
Every time you feel like you should react, but see no reason why, ask your self, stop and think.
Only by your self you will get no where, only with some one else will you truly get somewhere. Rejecting somebody because their opinion differs than yours and letting go of the opportunity to spend some time with and teach because you feel like they do not understand is truly a waste of time, not the other way around.
To give is to have, to let go of something you like for some one else is the only way to make some realize and change.
Or something.
If it's me, then I can say that I treat mapping etc. exactly as I treat other people. Calmly, carefully, and with a good grip and a smile on my face.
Yes, it's a modded GTA III or something. That's how lame Bosnia is. Yes, it's pirated, yet I paid for it.
Worst of all, I'm still waiting for that debit card, and my parents won't say anything about it.
It is unabashedly in love with it's predecessors, so if you're not a fan of any those it might not grab you the way it did me, but I'd recommend it anyway. It's just damn solid TV.
Hold on, it actually does, I tested it
Bank Account - Not Completed
Debit Card - Not Completed
I'm sorry to say this, but I'd prefer a debit card over a gift card. After all, the debit card I'll get is a MasterCard, not Maestro.
why do i use the old compile tools? because i dont like new things. For example i would never be caught dead playing half-life or a mod there of with the HD models turned on.
Does it make sense that i use them? nope. it doesn't. So i understand where your coming from.
Why the heck would I use a texture size of 1024x1024? I wouldn't and I was testing to see what would happen if i did. I know now the max texture size usable is 512x512 max.
I don't really know. They perhaps never heard of Lord GabeN XD
My dad first said the thing about scams when I was 8, I wanted to buy an activation code for Blockland, and I even showed him the 10 reasons to buy Blockland.
Then he said, begin quote:
"Listen son, I know you really want it, but the people who sell these passwords on the Internet are scammers.
They, once you enter the credit card number, will sweep all our money, it doesn't matter if it costs $10 or even 5, the prices are always higher in the background."
Huh, as if everyone is a hacker. Tell that to the people who have the codes.
I remember these words very well, and I'll remember them for the rest of my life, just to prove the opposite.
I believe I asked him: "But how do these thousands of people already have the serial key?" He never replied. My mom, of course, has very little idea on how to use a computer, so she never talked about these things.
Now I can finally grab my chance, if you remember my 2 journals of "Teh epik master plan". I'm opening the bank account in less than a week, and I will finally bring justice to my neighbourhood!
(yes, the neighbourhood, I also have a cousin/neighbour, who also wants to buy games on his mom's mobile phone, but they won't allow him)
Uhm... why?
also if you go to a shopping mall and buy a coca-cola you can go home and pull a vertice then do some carve and stuff then go sleep
Just go here. You'll soon find out that all this piracy of mine will stop. I have the will to buy, but my parents never, never, but would never buy me a game on Steam. Sadly, even the Steam wallet codes are hard to find.
In fact, I'm opening it by the middle of July.
Insert not bad meme here
Also, stop the warez. Buy the games.
And it took me 3 days to get the VM working, mostly because it took forever to download the ISO file, and then to install VirtualBox itself and get that working.
Everything else went well in a couple of hours: the installation, the drivers, installing WON Half-Life etc.
I installed the WON version because I was too lazy to make the cswarzone non-Steam version, install properly. It needs C++ 2005 Runtimes, I think...
Afterall the weapon bobbing is SO MUCH better in the WON Half-Life, so it won that round. I hate the weapon bobbing in Steam Half-Life, Quake II is better than that, especially with that "free-style" swing-it-around bobbing when you move the cursor.
Plus, I want to have the hardware limitations. I mean, a Voodoo 3 + Pentium 2 setup would perform nicely at buttery-smooth 25 fps. Explosions + gibs would drop the framerates to 15 fps.
Contradictory, my Intel GMA X3100 would be the holy grail of GPUs back then, in 1999. It would even handle Crytek's demos from 2001 very well. That's why, I decided to do some VMery, even though I could just set fps_max to 24.
Asus A7V333
AMD AXDA2800DKV4D
1GB Samsung PC3200U-30331-Z CL3
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500
Sound Blaster Live CT4620 + CT4660
Windows 98SE
Future setup:
EPOX EP-8KTA3 PRO
AMD A1400AMS3C
512MB SDRAM
3DFX Voodoo 5 5500
Diamond Monster SOund MX300
Windows 98SE