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As I’m nearing completion on a set of templates (one being for Wordpress), the Web Design Center and Templates areas will be available. These will be FREE under the GNU GPL license.

Though I don’t have much time to make many, all of the templates and website themes will be of high quality. None of that 5-minute crap that I see everywhere. One of my highlights includes a psuedo- Windows Vista experience. Professional designs for free. How’s that sound?

Soon after, premium templates and layouts will be available. Most premiums will be unique, meaning once you buy it, nobody else can. Premiums will include the Adobe Photoshop PSD files, while free may or may not include any.

Among the addition to those, there will be many more changes, such as graphics designs, Photoshop tips/tricks, and quick resources for anyone to use without restriction. The release of a few of my applications will be available. Among them include the analog clock app for your TI-83, TI-83+, TI-84, or TI-84+ series calculators. I’ve had this sitting on my calculator for quite a few years now, and I’m too lazy to put it up on TI-calc.org.The code will be free / open source under GPL. There’s a few other apps, but they aren’t nearly as interesting.

We’ll see what’s in store, won’t we.

Can’t wait for Blackshot to open?
Gotcha covered.

From now until the end of CBT, Counter-strike: Source servers have been made to prepare you for Blackshot!
Opening first is the Reg server. Play all the classic maps - including ones used in gaming leagues and tournaments.

Second to open will be the GunGame 4 server. This is more of a casual server where the games are quick and it’s more-so a frenzied fight.
The GunGame server will be unlocked soon. When opened to the public this will be a permanent server.

See the Blackshot CS:S site here!
The server information will be available there, as well as the map lists and any quick announcements that may be needed.

If anyone has any questions or issues dealing with the server (hacking, server stability, etc), please let me know and I’ll deal with it as soon as I’m available. (ie, not at a work emergency or in college classes).

I’ll pop in from time to time. If the server is full too often, I will raise the player capacity up or open the gungame early. If nobody is in there when you come, you’ll be able to engage combat with auto-joining/auto-vacating bots. Careful, though: the bot difficulty is set to “pwn”.

Enjoy, everyone!

The Shadow Odyssey is an all-in-one compilation of Everquest II, and will be sold in stores and for Digital Download at USD $39.99. It is expected to be released on November 18, 2008.

Find out more at the Everquest II promotional site, http://www.theshadowodyssey.com/.

Features include:

• Journey through more than 20 new zones, including the new overland zone, Innothule.
• Experience nostalgic EverQuest dungeons as you and your friends adventure in the Ruins of Guk, Befallen, Najena, Mistmoore, and more.
• The Achievement Point level cap will be increased to 200 to offer new achievements for class-specific lines.
• A new Dungeon Delving mission system for players to replay content with new and different experiences.
• Five new Heritage Quests with unique rewards.
• A new, mysterious group of Erudites with powerful new armor and equipment that they will barter for void shards earned during your encounters.
• More deities have returned to Norrath, Rodect Nife and Anashti Sul.

Can’t wait for Blackshot to arrive?

Warm up for the competitive edge on the Counter-Strike: Source game servers for Outspark’s (www.outspark.com) new FPS game, Blackshot!

Depending on the amount of concurrent users, there will be one or two servers.
Play the GunGame-modded for some fast, quake-like action! Or, if you’re feeling more tactical, play the Reg server. All of the standard maps will be in rotation, starting off with de_dust2.

Plenty of GunGame maps will be available!

Come back in a few days to witness the launch of the promo website!

The newest addition to the Outspark family is Blackshot, a fresh tactical FPS.

“We’re thrilled to add an innovative, free-to-play FPS game to our lineup,” says Susan Choe, Outspark CEO.
“[It] offers fast-paced action for casual gamers interested in a quick shootout, while hardcore players will love innovative features like the game’s player-versus-environment mode.”

Blackshot will be released later this summer. You can sign up for the beta at www.playblackshot.com.

I had noticed that the GDLib functions were installed, yet the images would not generate the correct output. This is due to the change in some of the functions, such as imgpng();, which had an alteration of parameter handling, and is much more restrictive.
bool imagepng ( resource $image [, string $filename [, int $quality [, int $filters ]]] )

Let’s say we had called imagepng(); like we could in PHP4:
imagepng($image,”,90);

PHP4 didn’t complain when using it like that, as it was a bit more lenient on parameters. When using PHP5, you have to either output images as:
imagepng($image);

Or, you can use the full-blown
imagepng($image,NULL,90,NULL);

and it should work again. I haven’t tested the latter (though it should work), but I changed all of my GD programs and projects to imagepng($image);.

If you are having a problem getting GDLib to work and you have all of the modules installed correctly, check your phpinfo(); and/or gd_info();.

If all of those claim to be working, yet your results are now URL paths to the image, well, they are working - you are just using a deprecated method of using imagepng(); or imagejpeg();.

Today on Memorial Day, our TWCOM server is getting a massive upgrade, and the server will be taken down at around 10:30am CDT. Up till then, you may see some more-than-usual server lag, as everything is being backed up.

The current server is lacking a few processor functions required for srcds, and is plainly unable to keep up with the demand of gdlib, Ventrilo, and Wordpress for a fast load.

You’ll enjoy the sweet server upgrade, and might see a counter-strike or GMod server in the future.

I finally got around to making the loop from “Stronger” by Kanye West, featuring Daft Punk.
The only difference from the one in “Stronger” is the thicker bass drum beats and a little more synthesizing action.

At any rate, enjoy!

Click the below for the sample:
Daft Punk + Kanye West’s “Stronger” loop mp3

Here’s the raw loop file in WAV format.
WAV (Right-click to download) - Daft Punk and Kanye West - “Stronger” background loop

Finally upgraded the software transfer from my old, crappy programming, to WordPress, finished writing my own layout, added a few plugins (such as the auto-upgrade), and updated anti-spam with Akismet to the current version.

Enjoy!
-Terranwolf

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!

Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 is out. It’s kinda of fun to mess around with, but I’d advise you to only run it on websites you know to be safe, since it’s still in BETA phase and not all of the bugs are worked out yet. If you’re too lazy, here’s a sneak peek at the test page.

Firefox 3.0b3

Download page for Firefox 3 beta (available in many languages): http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

‘Tis the season!

TWCOM wishes all of you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Stay safe during the winter season and don’t get in to any trouble or do anything too wreckless, now…

To kick off the new year, expect a face lift on the website. It will be easier to use along with having an RSS feed. There will also be some new entertainment to amuse yourself on work break (or, for those at school, to relieve your boredom from class, you naughty kids, you.) >:)

The theme is almost ready for the new blog software, so expect it within a few weeks.

Until then!

Guntrix and Dschang Unveil New Game Portal - OUTSPARK! This website is currently running a Closed Beta test for an MMORPG called Fiesta Online. Be sure to check out both the site and watch the trailer of the upcoming game!

Public Announcement From GuntrixWhat is Fiesta? Fiesta is a new, 3D cartoon style MMORPG for casual gamers! You will enjoy Fiesta’s engaging online game community, simple gameplay and rich graphics!

 

The message is as follows:“Hello everyone,We finally launched our beta web site for our new game.
dschang and I got together at Outspark and we are leading our GM team.

Check out our new site at OUTSPARK.
We are now recruitig closed beta testers so why don’t you all sign up today? lol
Just kidding. I just wanted to let you know about our new game and projects as I have promised before.

Check out our new game’s trailer at our site,
and I hope I see some of you at our new forum, too.

Taka care guys,
From your old friends,
Guntrix & dschang”

You can find my profile as user # 33 - the first non-staff member of Outspark!
http://www.outspark.com/user/33/

And so you know, the new game is called “Fiesta Online”. It’s the official north american localization of Shine Online / Bright Kingdom, by Aragon Networks.

Here are the estimated system requirements for Fiesta CBT (Closed Beta Testing). Expect it to be these or very close to these.

=====Minimum Requirements=====
OS: Windows2000, WindowsXP
CPU: Intel Pentium 3 (1.0GHz) or equivalent
Memory: 512MB RAM and at least 1.5GB HDD Space
Graphics: Onboard 3D Accelerator with 64MB memory using DirectX version 9.0c
Internet Connection: Speed of 64kbps or better

=====Recommended=====
OS: Windows2000, WindowsXP
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent
Memory: 1.5BB RAM and at least 3GB HDD Space
Graphics: nVIDIA GeForce FX (or equivalent/better) using DirectX version 9.0c
Internet Connection: ADSL (256kbps) or better

Don’t expect to see Mac in there for sure; I talked with some of the staff about these requirements and they have not verified that Mac OS will support Fiesta.
That’s all I can say for now! See you at Outspark!

Today, I uploaded a modified version one of my most favorite games of all time - Super Mario Brothers on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). This modded version isn’t for little kids. It takes a lot of skill to beat the levels. There are some videos on Youtube and Google Video of people playing it, and the ROM source is scarce.
This is your lucky break! I’ve gotten a copy of the edited ROM and hosted it for everyone to enjoy the pain of playing it.

Check it out in the Random Stuff section.

ijji GUNZ will have their open BETA on Wednesday (Nov. 29, 2006).

Site (and content script) still under construction.
This is what the ‘main’ section will look like.
I am currently designing different styles for the site.
Most of it will be designed in CSS and PHP.
I hope you will like it!

Now that most of main page and content scripting is completed, I’m going to be working on the other pages. Doing web design that is complaint with multiple browsers can be tedious work. For example, I am trying to keep this site compatible with Internet Explorer, FireFox, and Opera.
They aren’t identical in CSS definitions, seen here, which makes it difficult to work with