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Toward the end of dinner last night, I was feeding my son fruit.
He leaned over, looked at me, and said "I love Dada".
He then put him arm around my shoulder and gave me a hug.
This all came spontaneously.
We often say "I love you" to him and hug him, but it's still great to get such a response from him out of the blue.
I already know that he's going to grow up to be a wonderful man.
He leaned over, looked at me, and said "I love Dada".
He then put him arm around my shoulder and gave me a hug.
This all came spontaneously.
We often say "I love you" to him and hug him, but it's still great to get such a response from him out of the blue.
I already know that he's going to grow up to be a wonderful man.
Not a spam journal... A day ago i agreed to work on a mod with my friend called "quake: source" (i think that's what it was called), me and my friend play quake 3 arena quite often, and all of a sudden out of nowhere my friend just says "How neat would it be to make a quake 3 mod for source?"
So, we just kinda "dived in" to the thing...
I wonder if it'll last, it damned better, else all the work of making that damn machine gun will go to waste (i know the machine gun is pretty easy, but it took me 3 attempts before i figured out id's "secret" as to how they made the damned thing)
We have also encountered a couple of problems on the way, mapping, blaze says he can't make a remake without a "goood flythrough of the map", he can't simply walk around in singleplayer with no bots and base it off that.
textures, copyright.
sounds, copyright.
and oh what do you know, MOAR FUZZIN COPYRITE.
So, we just kinda "dived in" to the thing...
I wonder if it'll last, it damned better, else all the work of making that damn machine gun will go to waste (i know the machine gun is pretty easy, but it took me 3 attempts before i figured out id's "secret" as to how they made the damned thing)
We have also encountered a couple of problems on the way, mapping, blaze says he can't make a remake without a "goood flythrough of the map", he can't simply walk around in singleplayer with no bots and base it off that.
textures, copyright.
sounds, copyright.
and oh what do you know, MOAR FUZZIN COPYRITE.
OMFG! After 3 days (Probably totaling about 15 hours) I finally got the camera-rigging in my map working properly!
So I now have the foundation for my first SP source map layed out.
It will be a Zelda-Like map. The old-skool zeldas Where you can explore a screen only so far, then once you reach the edge of the screen, the camera scrolls to the next screen/room so on and so forth.
I can't beleive how simple it was. Let me tell you guys how i accomplished this:
So the way my test map is layed out, i have 9 rooms each numbered with a room number just like it is on a keypad:
X-direction: 1-2-3
Y-direction: 1-4-7
I have a func_movelinear set on the X-direction with it's origin in line with the middle of room 1. I have the max distance set to 1408, because that's the distance from room 1 to room 3. I have another func_movelinear set up similar for the Y-direction. If you can't see that, here's a visual:
So when you move from room 1 to room 2, the camera is parented to "screen_x" and the "SetPosition" of "screen_x" is set to .5. Since room 2 is half the distance to room 3, "screen_x" (and the parented viewcontrol [Camera] ) move to room 2.
Say if you wanted to move to room 5 from room 2, the camea is then parented to the "screen_Y" entity, and then it's setposition is set to .5 as well.
Every time you parent the camera to another object it stays in the same position while being parented.
I was trying to move the parented object the whole time while i only needed to move the camera...
Anyway. Now i can focus on the mind-games within the game instead of the mechanics. Which i have functioning!
Here's a screenshot
Don't pester me about the lighting, that'll come later. I wanted to get the mechanics down before i messed with looks.
So I now have the foundation for my first SP source map layed out.
It will be a Zelda-Like map. The old-skool zeldas Where you can explore a screen only so far, then once you reach the edge of the screen, the camera scrolls to the next screen/room so on and so forth.
I can't beleive how simple it was. Let me tell you guys how i accomplished this:
So the way my test map is layed out, i have 9 rooms each numbered with a room number just like it is on a keypad:
X-direction: 1-2-3
Y-direction: 1-4-7
I have a func_movelinear set on the X-direction with it's origin in line with the middle of room 1. I have the max distance set to 1408, because that's the distance from room 1 to room 3. I have another func_movelinear set up similar for the Y-direction. If you can't see that, here's a visual:
Say if you wanted to move to room 5 from room 2, the camea is then parented to the "screen_Y" entity, and then it's setposition is set to .5 as well.
Every time you parent the camera to another object it stays in the same position while being parented.
I was trying to move the parented object the whole time while i only needed to move the camera...
Anyway. Now i can focus on the mind-games within the game instead of the mechanics. Which i have functioning!
Here's a screenshot
Member since:November 21, 2007
Steam Rating:10
Playing time:110.5 hrs past 2 weeks
Half-Life 2 43.1 hrs
Source SDK 42.2 hrs
Garry's Mod 22.1 hrs
I think I went insane @_@. I didn't see these till' now.
Steam Rating:10
Playing time:110.5 hrs past 2 weeks
Half-Life 2 43.1 hrs
Source SDK 42.2 hrs
Garry's Mod 22.1 hrs
I think I went insane @_@. I didn't see these till' now.
I was with my dad, in the showroom, picking out a new car.
I know, but I saw Yodalmans shoutbox post and couldn't resist.
It wasn't a shower anyway. We were in a bath.
I know, but I saw Yodalmans shoutbox post and couldn't resist.
It wasn't a shower anyway. We were in a bath.
Yesterday I ate my sister's puff pastry.
No, seriously, I'm thinking of buying a Nintendo DS. My PSP is broken and the DS have some fun games. That's why I'm now asking TWHL DS players: is it worth the money?
No, seriously, I'm thinking of buying a Nintendo DS. My PSP is broken and the DS have some fun games. That's why I'm now asking TWHL DS players: is it worth the money?
Got Far Cry 2 today, based purely on mixed reviews and the cool looks off it. So, some screenshots for you lovely people!
Dawn in Africa. Rather peaceful.
A desolate miserable town, better not stop here.
Hmm.. Fire..
Glad i followed that 2 hour course gardening for pyrotechnics!
Dawn in Africa. Rather peaceful.
Today i installed windows 7, this time instead of a vm, i used a partition so i could actually use it for something.
I just so happened to notice the wsr and gave it a shot, after a frustrating 30 minutes of trying to get it to do something, i decided to write a little something in notepad.
This time did you write once upon a time there's a very CCREPPIE speech recognition software called windows speech recognition you does not work.
If you attempt to open up at what is it will not work it will say what was that? And therefore he lost the opening itself for it does not know how to open notepad it does not know how to do anything!
If you do offer attempt to do something like to call with it you wind up doing it yourself you cannot simply tell it to do something and it will do it it will once again ask what was that?
And it also eases up a set of a large amount of your res Computer Resources see better have at least 30,000 pages of at.
This concludes my bomb went above a stupid program that was made in Windows Vista and windows seven thank you for reading a line by line is we've made in windows speech recognition software.
What i was trying to say at the end was it was made in speech recognition software itself, but that screwed up.
Anyways, i hope you got a laugh at this, this time i'll see if i can make it correctly :>
EDIT: Second attempt, failed damn horribly.
Once upon a time that there's a very stupid program but not to which one is to even make the toll to two.
It's a very stupid program on national and it's a.
Had to say is a monster but program I've ever come across.
Tara even though it sometimes gets things write it never gets some of
I can see why this program is made of people can just type
It in an EM Keenan union of the Ethel to see why this program is made for people can just season OPS
In fact you cannot even watch program without a keyboard or mouse
But fail to see the point of this new tests are but that's not the point
Bill to see the point of this tiny little microphone button and I'm listening and the status bar floor speech recognition
At one day it one day this program will be made to a vacant and people will think they like it
But right now people for a very neat and ease of a day that program that
Maybe someday we'll have two when told will not do when not to let
Thank you for listening to my rant about this race race to beat solely program that is made a bad people they're very bad guy comes with a spare and windows seven.
I just so happened to notice the wsr and gave it a shot, after a frustrating 30 minutes of trying to get it to do something, i decided to write a little something in notepad.
This time did you write once upon a time there's a very CCREPPIE speech recognition software called windows speech recognition you does not work.
If you attempt to open up at what is it will not work it will say what was that? And therefore he lost the opening itself for it does not know how to open notepad it does not know how to do anything!
If you do offer attempt to do something like to call with it you wind up doing it yourself you cannot simply tell it to do something and it will do it it will once again ask what was that?
And it also eases up a set of a large amount of your res Computer Resources see better have at least 30,000 pages of at.
This concludes my bomb went above a stupid program that was made in Windows Vista and windows seven thank you for reading a line by line is we've made in windows speech recognition software.
What i was trying to say at the end was it was made in speech recognition software itself, but that screwed up.
Anyways, i hope you got a laugh at this, this time i'll see if i can make it correctly :>
EDIT: Second attempt, failed damn horribly.
Once upon a time that there's a very stupid program but not to which one is to even make the toll to two.
It's a very stupid program on national and it's a.
Had to say is a monster but program I've ever come across.
Tara even though it sometimes gets things write it never gets some of
I can see why this program is made of people can just type
It in an EM Keenan union of the Ethel to see why this program is made for people can just season OPS
In fact you cannot even watch program without a keyboard or mouse
But fail to see the point of this new tests are but that's not the point
Bill to see the point of this tiny little microphone button and I'm listening and the status bar floor speech recognition
At one day it one day this program will be made to a vacant and people will think they like it
But right now people for a very neat and ease of a day that program that
Maybe someday we'll have two when told will not do when not to let
Thank you for listening to my rant about this race race to beat solely program that is made a bad people they're very bad guy comes with a spare and windows seven.
I was not aware of this dirty little secret in American history.
In the 1970's, the American public endorsed the idea of eugenics, and the Supreme Court upheld such practice.
60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized because they were deemed "feeble-minded".
Anyone who is homeless, illiterate, or is an orphan is qualified as inadequate for bearing children.
The obvious eliticism behind such shocking discrimiantion did not bother most people.
My wife's parents are illiterate farmers. If the government had gotten to them, my wife would never have been born, and my son would not exist today.
My wife graduated as the top student of her high school, and she went on to become an engineer.
In the 1970's, the American public endorsed the idea of eugenics, and the Supreme Court upheld such practice.
60,000 Americans were forcibly sterilized because they were deemed "feeble-minded".
Anyone who is homeless, illiterate, or is an orphan is qualified as inadequate for bearing children.
The obvious eliticism behind such shocking discrimiantion did not bother most people.
My wife's parents are illiterate farmers. If the government had gotten to them, my wife would never have been born, and my son would not exist today.
My wife graduated as the top student of her high school, and she went on to become an engineer.
I think I just witnessed the begining of a drug bust in my hometown.
My mom, a guy from my confirmation class, and I stopped at an intersection near a two storey plaster (I think) building, and there was an unmarked dark green van in front. For some reason, I instinctively turned my head towards it and saw some guys in dark, unmarked SWAT-like uniforms. My first thought was 'Bomb squad', then some sort of grenade went off. I think it was a tear gas grenade, because I saw no black smoke, no fire, and I wasn't affected by an after-image of the blast, but my mom says she saw some 'phosphorescent' blast in there, so I dunno what it was. Anyway, then all the guys started yelling 'Go, go go!' and rushing into the building, just like in the movies, tv, and video games. Then my mom drove off, which was a good idea, just in case things got ugly. I swear this is all true, and I'll report back if there's anything about it on the news tommorow night.
My mom, a guy from my confirmation class, and I stopped at an intersection near a two storey plaster (I think) building, and there was an unmarked dark green van in front. For some reason, I instinctively turned my head towards it and saw some guys in dark, unmarked SWAT-like uniforms. My first thought was 'Bomb squad', then some sort of grenade went off. I think it was a tear gas grenade, because I saw no black smoke, no fire, and I wasn't affected by an after-image of the blast, but my mom says she saw some 'phosphorescent' blast in there, so I dunno what it was. Anyway, then all the guys started yelling 'Go, go go!' and rushing into the building, just like in the movies, tv, and video games. Then my mom drove off, which was a good idea, just in case things got ugly. I swear this is all true, and I'll report back if there's anything about it on the news tommorow night.
I had the most craziest dream ever last night!
I dreamed that Valve announced a sequel to L4D, of course this would be stupid since L4D has only been out for about 6 months... But with the announcement they posted gameplay clips too, and it looked terrible! You could set zombies on fire pretty much using the igniter tool from Garry's Mod but with a gun model. But it didn't stop there!
It got even more strange and completly random when the whole dream was set somewhere in southern America, the accents were INCREDIBLY annoying and you could basically see the inbred irradiating off all of it.
I woke up in a sweat and screaming! Eventually I calmed myself down and realised it was all just a dream, Valve wouldn't take the path of EA and make some adjustments then slap a "2" on it for what appears to be the need for money.
Imagine that! A bunch of redneck's running around setting zombies on fire with bullets, it doesn't start a meere flame, BUT CAUSES THE ZOMBIE TO BURST INTO A WILD BLAZE. And whilst all of this is going on, they're all wearing ridiculous clothes which wouldn't fit with a L4D theme.
Well, thank God it was all just a dream.
... Wait a minute.
I dreamed that Valve announced a sequel to L4D, of course this would be stupid since L4D has only been out for about 6 months... But with the announcement they posted gameplay clips too, and it looked terrible! You could set zombies on fire pretty much using the igniter tool from Garry's Mod but with a gun model. But it didn't stop there!
It got even more strange and completly random when the whole dream was set somewhere in southern America, the accents were INCREDIBLY annoying and you could basically see the inbred irradiating off all of it.
I woke up in a sweat and screaming! Eventually I calmed myself down and realised it was all just a dream, Valve wouldn't take the path of EA and make some adjustments then slap a "2" on it for what appears to be the need for money.
Imagine that! A bunch of redneck's running around setting zombies on fire with bullets, it doesn't start a meere flame, BUT CAUSES THE ZOMBIE TO BURST INTO A WILD BLAZE. And whilst all of this is going on, they're all wearing ridiculous clothes which wouldn't fit with a L4D theme.
Well, thank God it was all just a dream.
... Wait a minute.
Just arrived from an epic, 4-day festival.
Conclusion:
Irish pub metal + large amounts of beer = win.
Conclusion:
Irish pub metal + large amounts of beer = win.
PC Upgrade !
New memories arrived at my door today !
4x1GB DDR2 1066 mhz , Kingston HyperX !!
Here they are, I already installed them in the pc ( you can see the metallic things near the CPU cooler) :
Here are the old rams :
Those were 2x1 GB Corsair Twin DDR2 800 mhz, Enhaced Performance Profile.
I think I'm going to keep them for now, in the current month I'll run my pc with the new memories to see if I get BSODs ( with the corsair ones I never had) . But after that, over the summer I'll sell them ( I only used them half a year) , add some money and get a new motherboard with an E8400 or E8500. Or maybe keep the money for the next 2-3 years and build a Nehalem platform
[EDIT] Who tells me the correct total numbers of cooling fans from my computer wins the Eagle Eye Award
New memories arrived at my door today !
4x1GB DDR2 1066 mhz , Kingston HyperX !!
Here they are, I already installed them in the pc ( you can see the metallic things near the CPU cooler) :
I think I'm going to keep them for now, in the current month I'll run my pc with the new memories to see if I get BSODs ( with the corsair ones I never had) . But after that, over the summer I'll sell them ( I only used them half a year) , add some money and get a new motherboard with an E8400 or E8500. Or maybe keep the money for the next 2-3 years and build a Nehalem platform
[EDIT] Who tells me the correct total numbers of cooling fans from my computer wins the Eagle Eye Award
Is now the unhappy owner of the Wii...my parents idea...i still prefer the PS3 over both the XBox and the Wii...lol...never mind..
I took Scottie to his first movie in a theater this afternoon.
The film was "Up" by Pixar.
Pixar has never disappointed me before, and with "Up", the bar has been raised even higher, and I didn't think it was possible to raise the bar higher.
"Up", true to Pixar's tradition of making untraditional films, is as different as you can get from the Disney animated classics. The main character is a feeble and bitter old man who gets around with a walker. His sidekick is a boy whose father abandoned him after he remarried. The story is about death and grief, love lost and found. It's some pretty heavy stuff for an animated feature. No wonder it's only the second Pixar film that garnered a PG rating.
Despite the grim premise and an unlikely hero, the film promises to take your heart and soul to new heights (pun intended). It's heart wrenching, and I spent half of the time sobbing in the theater.
As for Scottie's experience, it went as well as I expected. There were no less than six previews, which took more than half an hour. Even though the movie was only about 96 minutes, he lasted for an hour and half. I was able to distract him with popcorns, but that only lasted through the first hour of the movie. We went outside to the lobby for about ten minutes, during which he spent driving a 18-wheeler (a video game in the lobby). I was able to coax him back into the dark theater by bribing him with popcorns.
We were able to finish the movie together. He enjoyed the experience, but I am not sure how much of the story he actually understood. He's only 22-months today, so he didn't have to pay for a ticket anyway.
The film was "Up" by Pixar.
Pixar has never disappointed me before, and with "Up", the bar has been raised even higher, and I didn't think it was possible to raise the bar higher.
"Up", true to Pixar's tradition of making untraditional films, is as different as you can get from the Disney animated classics. The main character is a feeble and bitter old man who gets around with a walker. His sidekick is a boy whose father abandoned him after he remarried. The story is about death and grief, love lost and found. It's some pretty heavy stuff for an animated feature. No wonder it's only the second Pixar film that garnered a PG rating.
Despite the grim premise and an unlikely hero, the film promises to take your heart and soul to new heights (pun intended). It's heart wrenching, and I spent half of the time sobbing in the theater.
As for Scottie's experience, it went as well as I expected. There were no less than six previews, which took more than half an hour. Even though the movie was only about 96 minutes, he lasted for an hour and half. I was able to distract him with popcorns, but that only lasted through the first hour of the movie. We went outside to the lobby for about ten minutes, during which he spent driving a 18-wheeler (a video game in the lobby). I was able to coax him back into the dark theater by bribing him with popcorns.
We were able to finish the movie together. He enjoyed the experience, but I am not sure how much of the story he actually understood. He's only 22-months today, so he didn't have to pay for a ticket anyway.