Somehow, Center Com, the computer shop we had the PC repaired at, took a week and a half to fix the computer. I don’t see how it’s possible for it to take so long as all they had to do was backup the drive, reinstall windows and put everything back onto the drive in a little “backup” folder. But I’m back now and I’ll write another tutorial soon. I want to learn a programming language, because I had a “revolutionary” (according to Joel) idea for a program. I won’t reveal the idea right now, because the idea will probably be a financial  investment eventually, but it will probably need 2d & possibly 3d (directX) graphics support, animations and the like, also it has to be able to access an internet host. I have Dev-C++ and I know a very small amount in that language. I know the smallest amount in PHP, also. So basically, I’m not experienced in any programming language. I think I need to learn more C++, if anyone could verify this it would be awesome. Me and a group of friends also want to make an MMORPG, so if I can use the same language to make that (look, I know making an MMO is a colossal task, so don’t mention it. We will probably make a non-online alpha before we even add multiplayer, sounds like a good way to go) it would be awesome.

I got my computer back today, after 4 days of being queued for repairs and then a weekend of repairs. They didn’t do much, they just repaired windows with the disk and installed an extra 2 gig of ram. Then they made us give them $150. I could have done it myself, and i tried and failed many times before they said i couldn’t do it and took it away. i was so sad and read a lot more books than usual. The repairers failed to do a lot of things they said they would do, but at least it’s back and it works

A useful little trick in Actionscript is to make Movie Clips elastically attracted to something (in this case, the mouse). This is really easy once you know how to do it. Create a movie clip, select it and open the actions panel (F9). Put in this code:

//set variables
onClipEvent (load) {
var spring:Number = 0.10; //the higher you set this the faster your movie clip will move
var inertia:Number = 0.9; //the higher the bouncier. keep below 1 so it reaches it's destination
var xspeed:Number = 0;
var yspeed:Number = 0;
}
//motion
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
var xspeed:Number = ((_root._xmouse-this._x)*spring)+(xspeed*inertia);
var yspeed:Number = ((_root._ymouse-this._y)*spring)+(yspeed*inertia);
_x += xspeed;
_y += yspeed;
}

Set your frame rate nice and high, at least 25 for a smooth effect (personally I like 50 fps). Now run your movie to test it out. Note this is for Flash MX 2004 or higher (Actionscript 2.0). It works, good, now what if you wanted your movie clip to be atracted to another movie clip?

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Windows just had to screw up. I got the Blue Screen of Death. Three times. Oh, Why, Windows, Why? Then Rebooting, several times I got told “Boot Disk Error: Please Insert System Disk & Press Enter.” I finally got fed up and put in a Ubuntu live disk to try and fix it up. I’m using Ubuntu now for the second time, and this time I have more time to explore the OS. I’m annoyed at windows for screwing up. I need to fix it up, or else I’ll get the blame as I use the computer the most. Ubuntu is awesome, it comes with GIMP. And Firefox. (Ubuntu:Feisty Fawn) If I ever get my own computer (or my cousin ever gives my ancient laptop back) I will definitely install Ubuntu on it. It would just be so awesome to be free from windows. Anyway, before I got the BSoDs, I was getting these messages from PC-Cillin telling me I have tried to open a dangerous website: Spyware. I didn’t have a web browser open (Dun dun DUN!).

After having an iPod for a year, I’ve gotten bored of the original Apple OS and it’s limits. So being as I am, I looked to install some other firmware for iPods. But I needed to keep the original OS because I don’t want to lose that in case this new firmware isn’t that good, or it also has limits. So to make the most out of the iPod I wanted both. (winPod)

iPod Loader:

iPod Loader is the dual boot thingy. I downloaded and installed it using the file you can download here

http://files.filefront.com/iPLrar/;9005774;/fileinfo.html

To install it, you will need to open it using WinRAR or any other archiving software supporting .rar files.

1. In the file view in WinRAR find a folder called iPodLoader and another file, loader.cfg with it.
2. Drag both files onto the desktop (or anywhere else).
3. Copy the iPodLoader folder (not the loader.cfg file yet) to the ipod root folder (Click your ipod in My Computer and you will be in the root folder).
4. Go into the iPodLoader folder on your desktop and run ipodpatcher.exe. press lowercase “i” (without the quotes). Once it is done press enter and it will close.
5. Now put the loader.cfg file in the root iPod folder. This will tell the ipod what to run when it starts up.

Now don’t do anything, it’s time to install Rockbox.

Hi all,

I have been working on a new game, the second publishable game i intend on completing. Some of you may know my other game, Abalone Slayer, which i don’t really class as a proper playable game because it is unoriginal, and it is a protest game. It is protesting the lack of government action concerning the Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis and the future of the abalone economy. But my new game, which I am referring to as Minesploder (not final title), is original (as defined my Matt, which is “all original ideas have been done, so the only way to make an original game is to take two ideas and make them into a new game and BAM! You have an original game!”) and it is my idea completely, and it will be somewhat fun, and I am writing my own code, which i am very worried about. I need to use the drawing API, and for the purposes of anyone with sufficient knowledge to be able to help me, I will explain; Imagine Pacman. When pacman dies, his head implodes and he disappears. i have a circular Movie Clip, and I need to have it slowly disappear from the centerout like when pacman dies. i need to be able to change the speed this happens, and i know i need the drawing API to do this. But i am hopeless with the API and need help, anyone?

Jai

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this is my blog. hi. i am evenly skilled in differnt things but i am proffessional at nothing, which doesn’t help with having things to talk about, so…i will talk about flash, and actionscript 2.0, which is probably what i know best. i might also say something about HTML or even PHP or MySQL, the latter two being the opposite of my proffession. i make websites and stuff

websites i’ve made/am working on so far:

http://www.nachoman.net

http://www.marinebrokersaustralia.com.au

also, years ago, i worked on this website:

http://jaisawesomeanimations.bravehost.com/index2.html

it is an example of what happens when you try to add too many javascripts on the one page. it wasn’t a bad site - i had lots of different games and gif animations and midis and…pictures…and comic stips and…i don’t know what else i made ages ago, but it’s still junk.

on the topic of flash, i made a weird actionscript yesterday, and this is what it looked like:

for(i=0;i<50;i++) {
_root.attachMovie("chicken","clip2"+i,i);
_root["clip2"+i]._x=random(550);
_root["clip2"+i]._y=random(400);
_root["clip2"+i]._rotation=random(360);
_root["clip2"+i]._alpha=random(100);
_root["clip2"+i]._xscale=_root["clip2"+i]._yscale=random(100)
}

the movie clip linkaged as chicken was just a white square (i have a bright blue background) with another clip inside it with a “_x+=Math.random();” in it, so it randomly distibutes little white boxes all over the screen pointing a random direction, and they all go off screen. the effect is quite visually stunning.

you can see my example at

http://www.sheezyart.com/view/1810859/

i guess you could use this in something, but it is pretty simple.

nachoman now has a new host. i will plug it as being awesome.
000webhost.com is officially awesome. because its free and GOOD mostly. and it lets me put my .htaccess file up so my 404 page works
also, phpbb forum and wordpress installing now, so i won’t be using this blog anymore, for all the inconvenience blogger gives me. not that it’s bad, just my ftp isnt working so theres no point using this.

You know, rather than include a screenshot of the site, i’m just going to send you the link so you can experience the site yourself.
http://www.nachoman.net/design.html
So far I have TWO animations! both are by AJ and they are both very, very short. They are in lightboxes so too bad for all those who don’t like javascript. It’s very light javascript, only two lines per lightbox but still, they are the most important lines.
Also, I would like to say another thing. The best flash game ever can be found here. It is called avalanche and it is awesome

The Version of HTML of the website is coming along nicely-er! just the iframe aint working! it’s probably just due to a tiny error in the code so i’ll check it out. Hey check out the BACKGROUND! made it myself with the help of AJ of course. no direct help, but help nonetheless. There are little gaps in between the table cells for some reason ill figure out soon. check out the screenshot or actually go to the website. again, i can’t be bothered cropping my screenshot so cya all l8r