Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 121

This one started out as another VB6 app, but after completing 25%, I converted it to VB.NET. From what I remember, I switched cause I wanted to optimize my string reading speed. Eventually, I had just continued to work out the program in .NET. So, you could say this is my learning app, but it's still quite functional. This is the first time I've ...

This one started out as another VB6 app, but after completing 25%, I converted it to VB.NET. From what I remember, I switched cause I wanted to optimize my string reading speed. Eventually, I had just continued to work out the program in .NET. So, you could say this is my learning app, but it's still quite functional. This is the first time I've used regular expressions, buffered reads, XP-themed controls, and threads, as well.

What this app does is reads local HTML (or HTML-encapsulating) files according to their file extensions and searches through them using regular expressions to find instances of fonts. It will find HTML, CSS, and script coded fonts. When it finds a font, it adds it to three different displays. The first is a list of all the fonts, their font filenames (if found), and the number of instances of that font found. The second is a tree list of fonts and the pages that use them. The third is a tree list of pages and the fonts that they use. These all have context menus with special functions like opening files and previewing fonts. You can also tweak some options like the regular expressions to use, but they've been tested extensively and should work well. The program will find an estimated 99% of the fonts and will match a non-font about 1 in 15,000 font matches (with default settings and dependent on the scope and type of files searched).

This app is mostly done, but I may add some more options or make a variation of it in the future. It requires the .NET Framework v1.1 or later, of course.

Website Fonts Finder 121 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 195

I was playing around with a sample collection one day and came up with this interesting ambient track (short as it is). Basically, it's just pretty. You'll have to hear it to understand.

Halo of Light 195 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Counter-Strike:Source
Downloads: 184

A mod for PsychoStats v2 (now defunct?) that shows the weapons for CS:S small enough that they fit comfortably on a single row. They include the weapon names as well.

PsychoStats v2 CS:S Small Weapon Images 184 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Downloads: 369

A mod for PsychoStats v2 (now defunct?) that changes the color scheme to a dark blue one. It's basically just a css file mod with a different logo image, but goddamn it looks cool.

PsychoStats v2 Dark Blue Theme 369 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Abandoned
Game: Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 139

This app allows you to select two or more of your RoN mods and merge them together. This only works with mods that are qualified to be selected in the RoN Mods option in game setups (i.e. they have a subdirectory in .\mods and an info.xml file in that). At this time, whether or not the merge works ...

This app allows you to select two or more of your RoN mods and merge them together. This only works with mods that are qualified to be selected in the RoN Mods option in game setups (i.e. they have a subdirectory in .\mods and an info.xml file in that). At this time, whether or not the merge works correctly is still hit or miss. Also, it only works with RoN:TP for the time being.

It features...
-Merging of two or more qualified mods.
-Merged mod is also qualified and selectable in the RoN game setup.
-Outputs a log file for every merge that shows errors and comparison inequalities.
-Easy-to-use GUI.

Rise of Nations Mod Merge 139 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 145

An ultra-simple app that converts decimal numbers to any base of 2 to 36, including binary (base 2), octal (base 8), and hex (base 16). Yeh, I know you're thinking that there are a million calculators that can do this, but what most of them don't do is show you the work, which mine does. This is good for those intro to computer science classes. ...

An ultra-simple app that converts decimal numbers to any base of 2 to 36, including binary (base 2), octal (base 8), and hex (base 16). Yeh, I know you're thinking that there are a million calculators that can do this, but what most of them don't do is show you the work, which mine does. This is good for those intro to computer science classes.

Decimal to Base Calculator 145 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 192

This is a remix of the Quiet Mix of Trent Reznor's "Hurt". I didn't think it was quiet enough. With graphic equalizing, dynamic range compressing, and some other filters, I brought out the vocals and minimized the hard drum and guitar hits. This finally makes Hurt a song you can listen to before bed. The screenshots show the differences between the two versions.

Hurt (Snake's Quieter Mix) 192 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Rise of Nations
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 1037

Requires: VB6 Runtimes, MS Common Controls 6, and MSXML 4.0. These are available in the Full Version if needed.

This is probably the last major release of this program besides any necessary bug fixes, minor additions, and scrippets. RSM is now able to check the internet for these small ...

Requires: VB6 Runtimes, MS Common Controls 6, and MSXML 4.0. These are available in the Full Version if needed.

This is probably the last major release of this program besides any necessary bug fixes, minor additions, and scrippets. RSM is now able to check the internet for these small updates.

Description:
RoN Script Maker is a tool for use with Rise of Nations and its expansion (Thrones and Patriots) that seeks to make implementing scripts in games of RON simple and intuitive. It's worth mentioning that this program was designed for making scripts to be used in Quick Matches and Multiplayer, and not scenario building. So, basically, this is all for fun, giving you more control over your game setups while adding some spice at the same time.

It features...

• The ability to easily disable all units, buildings, and techs available in RON and RON:TP.
  
• Preresearching of units, buildings, and techs.
  
• Editing of unit and building stats. (RoN: Health and Build Time. TP: Armor, Attack, Min/Max Range, Line-of-Sight, Speed, and Max Craft.)
  
• Additionally, you can disable AI, plunder, attrition (TP only), costs, completion bonuses, etc.
• You can change amount of plunder (TP only) and citizen idle times.
  
• 'Scrippet' implementation. Easily allows you to load multiple dynamic script snippets. Scrippets follow a simple format that is friendly to other RoN script developers. They add new gameplay elements such as smashing units with tanks, Generals healing, and capturing artillery.
  
• Scrippets also have options that users can manipulate to suit their taste.
  
• Changing from RON to RON:TP game mode takes only one click.
  
• Saves scripts in both Big Huge Script (bhs) format and a native file format that is easy to reload.
  
• Program can organize (delete, rename, save as) all scripts created by it.
  
• Compact and intuitive graphical user interface. Statusbar that displays essential information.
  
• The program will find your RON and RON:TP script path automatically.
  
• Launching of RON on exit (user preference).
  
• After saving a script, you only need to select it in the RON game setup to use.

Changed in 1.0:
-updated tabstops.
-updated included saves.
-updated scrippet documentation.
-added internet checking for updates and option to check automatically.
-statusbar pops up on click to show last 25 messages.
-removed functions that weren't needed anymore.
-added help messages for new elements.
-added scrippet options editor.
-added routine to parse the code for scrippet option variable tags: <<VarName>>
-added saving/loading of scrippet options to internal save file and scrippet xml file.
-added internal store for holding scrippet options.
-fixed updowns for objectstat editing not using the default values.
-added set_preq() trick. sets prerequisites for researched techs and upgrades to a lowlevel library tech that is preresearched.
-fixed Continental Marines type; was listed just as Marines.
-if the game mode is T&P, then research and tech loops use num_players() instead of 8 as the max number of players. may save a little load time.
-objectstat and research lists are checked for disabled types. if a type is disabled, it is shown in red.
-added some new context-menu functions for the type, research, and objectstat lists to cross-reference the same type on other lists.
-updated the Types.csv to reflect research list additions.
-added colors to types and research lists to prevent confusing the two.
-added research tab and list. user can select techs and upgrades to be preresearched.
-fixed a crash when minimizing.
-removed victory/defeat messages cause they never worked anyways. moved plunder and autopeasant to the toggles tab and removed game settings tab. renamed toggles tag to game settings. phew.
-added option to edit scrippets in new scrippet builder or notepad.
-added option to save app position, size, and state on exit.
-updated scrippets and added code to take advantage of code parsing capabilities.
-cleaned up error formatting. added version number to error log output.
-finished coding support app for easily making XML scrippets.
-recoded entire scrippet implementation to use pure xml. scrippets have an entirely new format based on the change to xml and will need to be updated.
-new command buttons in scrippet tab to edit the selected scrippet in notepad and open code parsing options.
-automatic column adjustments to lists option.
-maximizing and resizing above default size now works.
-performance impact rating (PIR) added to scrippets.
-max craft added to object stat editing. this is only usable by particular units--generals, aircraft, scouts, etc.
-code for scrippet dynamicsaver won't be compiled if there's no scrippets that use it being compiled.
-object stat editor will always open on double-click now. double-click doesn't toggle enabling the edited object stats unless it is disabled.
-RSM won't ask to run ron or run ron automatically if it's already running.
-added some error checking when finding ron path in registry.

Changed in 0.9.29:
-added debug mode for scrippets: displays special debug messages during script runtime if this option is enabled. updated development documentation to reflect changes.
-fixed the loaded script status and selection after saving as a new script.

Changed in 0.9.27:
-fixed a little annoyance when setting up the script list after a save causing the loaded script to be unselected.
-fixed a bug where the object stats in the RSM save file were not cleared before saving again. this caused changes to be appended and unremovable.
-email links in the about tab now get my current email address from s--l.com. should still open your default email app (tested with outlook), but also leaves a blank browser window open (tested with ie).

Changed in 0.9:
-new installer for "full release version". it includes all the redistributable elements that RSM needs. it also has the nifty installshield interface and makes shortcuts and (gasp!) uninstallation possible.
-did some finishing touches: help messages, tab stops, and changed all string references of RON to RoN.
-added a view button next to load that will attempt to open the bhs file in notepad.
-adding the about tab stuff with release version info and a crap-load of links to mail, download, view included texts, and even IM Snake.
-compiling of objects stats implemented (test compiles within RoN successful).
-more bugs ironed out of stats editor. added reset to defaults command.
-saving and loading of object stats finally implemented.
-options to remove comments from scrippets when compiling and to run ron on exit.
-prompt to run ron on exit window added.
-removed some old includes code that was floating around from v0.8.
-updown buttons in the object stats editor now automatically increase/decrease when held down for 500ms. also recoded the way the editor loads values.
-buildingrules.xml also loads to be edited in the object stats. can edit everything but speed (obviously).
-added help messages for new elements. disabled a paranoid help system fix from last release.
-fixed all the tabstops.
-popup menu for various functions added on right-click of the object stat list. also added a simple way to switch between the same unit on the types and object stat list.
-changes to the tabs. added RSM Options and About tabs. some tabs give focus to their listbox on click.
-object stats editor coded with percent and value fields and updowns.
-progress shown while loading the list setups (after the app initializes and when changing game modes). load time was getting long with the addition of XML reading the unitrules.
-did a debug on WinME. no errors found once MSXML 4.0 was installed.
-XML reader added with MSXML DOM for getting unit stats from unitrules.xml. initially uses MSXML 4.0, may change to 1.0 for compatibility.

Changed in 0.8.16:
-added auto peasant time to game settings
-more changes to the help message system. now it doesn't display when the main window loses focus. less CPU usage in some circumstances.
-changes to the types list. consolidated the two lists for ron and t&p into one list; added ages (in case one wants to put a cap on end age?); and fixed some issues with subgroups.

Changed in 0.8:
-errorlog.txt created for keeping log of all errors.
-gui changed around again because the script directory text boxes weren't needed anymore. tabstrip and script list are now taller.
-reading of registry to find out if ron and rontp are installed and to where. overriding these is possible via editing of ronscript.ini.
-removed code module for "browse for folder" dialog, because it isn't needed anymore.
-compiler will remove any comments or commented lines in scrippets.
-compiler will skip empty tags in scrippets.
-removed includes because they weren't worth using.
-changes to the help display; less CPU usage now.

Changed in 0.7:
-changed gui around some. script list is now wider and types list is included in the tabstrip. no more funky resize button.
-saved scripts and scrippets now have their own subdirectories.
-initial scrippet support for compiling, loading available, and saving/loading from native save files
-statusbar for displaying info, help, and warning messages. also shows loaded script and version.
-error checking setup throughout the compile process to display any errors that occur as warning messages without the program crashing.
-help messages added on mouseover.
-info messages added on end of processing with time it took to process.
-included new scrippets: interrogation and artillery capture
-included scrippet documentation for developers

RoN Script Maker 1.0 Full 704 Downloads	Download

RoN Script Maker 1.0 Lite 333 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Abandoned
Game: Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
Downloads: 141

The original purpose of this mod was to make the rare resources worth fighting for by doubling their usefulness. The bonus effects have been balanced to make all rares equally useful. Merchants also got a stat increase to make them more robust given that the rares are more desireable. In the second version of this mod, I added the rares from the T&P Expansion CTW Campaigns. However, those rares ...

The original purpose of this mod was to make the rare resources worth fighting for by doubling their usefulness. The bonus effects have been balanced to make all rares equally useful. Merchants also got a stat increase to make them more robust given that the rares are more desireable. In the second version of this mod, I added the rares from the T&P Expansion CTW Campaigns. However, those rares were all missing 3D art. I made my own art for some of them, but others either look like vanilla rares or just an icon.

Here's the full list of what this mod does:

• adds "elite merchant"
  • pack 50% faster
  • deploy 25% faster
  • move 33% faster
  • +1 to los
  • create 25% faster
  • 33% more hp
  • groovy colors ;)
• adds T&P CTW Rares
  • (Cattle), (Huskies), (Olive Oil), Gypsum, (Beaver Pelts), Gold, Rum, (Coffee), Bananas, Iron Ore, (Maize), and (Incense)
• changes to nubian nation powers and wonders
  • nubian merchant hitpoints, rare bonuses, and merchant cost nerfed by half
  • porcelain tower rare income also reduced by half
• rare resource bonuses
  • bonus effects have been increased and better balanced to make all rares worth fighting for
• resource availability
  • rare resource availability spread out between the ages to prevent huge rare war at the beginning of a game
  • oil and oil wells available in enlightenment age to prevent sudden onset of oil in upgrade costs, refineries still require industrial age
• rare resource bonus resources
  • most rares have increased production by 200%
  • some have changed bonus resource type

Uber Resources T&P v2 141 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 244

This is a mix of several works by Trent Reznor. It originally sprung out of a tweak of "Erased, Over, Out" that I did, so that's why I list it as a remix of "Eraser". In the first part is the modified Eraser, but the second part is a mix of some more subdued tracks. To the novice listener, it can be quite a disturbing piece. Here's a list of all the tracks used: Erased, Over, Out (A Remix of ...

This is a mix of several works by Trent Reznor. It originally sprung out of a tweak of "Erased, Over, Out" that I did, so that's why I list it as a remix of "Eraser". In the first part is the modified Eraser, but the second part is a mix of some more subdued tracks. To the novice listener, it can be quite a disturbing piece. Here's a list of all the tracks used: Erased, Over, Out (A Remix of Eraser from Halo 8) from Halo 10; Start (Whisper) and The Quake Theme from the Quake OST; A Warm Place and The Downward Spiral from Halo 8; and Videodrones from The Lost Highway OST.

Eraser (Warm Inside Mix) 244 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: GTA: San Andreas
Downloads: 132

This is just a little shirt texture mod I did for GTA:SA. It replaces the Pro Laps Black T-Shirt with a black Nine Inch Nails shirt from the 1990 Pretty Hate Machine tour. I thought the shirt fit the game period and feel perfectly. And how often do you see a black guy sporting a NIN shirt?

GTASA: Nine Inch Nails Shirt 132 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 144

This is a very simple app that I made in about an hour to show your Windows uptime. It has a mode for precision to the millisecond and can copy to clipboard or be minimized to display uptime in the taskbar. It also supports color schemes. Due to Windows limits, the default time query method won't work beyond 49 days and 17 hours. However, there is ...

This is a very simple app that I made in about an hour to show your Windows uptime. It has a mode for precision to the millisecond and can copy to clipboard or be minimized to display uptime in the taskbar. It also supports color schemes. Due to Windows limits, the default time query method won't work beyond 49 days and 17 hours. However, there is an additional method included for XP/NT that bypasses this limit. It should be compatible with all Windows versions (9x, NT, XP).

Snake's Bitchin' Uptime Clock 144 Downloads	Download

Status: Alpha/Work-in-Progress
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 0

Converts input from DX USB game controllers (especially gamepads) and emulates mouse movement, mouse buttons, and keystrokes.

Status: Beta/Work-in-Progress
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 153

ShellMPX is a frontend for my favorite MP3 player, SCMPX. Even though the author of SCMPX, S. Chiba, hasn't updated it since 1999, I still love SCMPX because it sounds great and is very very CPU and memory efficient. Typically, SCMPX needs less than 1% of the CPU and 2MB of memory. I love how it plays my MP3s because it has an effective graphic ...

ShellMPX is a frontend for my favorite MP3 player, SCMPX. Even though the author of SCMPX, S. Chiba, hasn't updated it since 1999, I still love SCMPX because it sounds great and is very very CPU and memory efficient. Typically, SCMPX needs less than 1% of the CPU and 2MB of memory. I love how it plays my MP3s because it has an effective graphic equalizer and removes the tingly sound on lower-bitrate files.

But since SCMPX is so old, it lacked some features that I was looking for in a complete music player. Obviously, I can't add support for other music formats, but what I did add was a simpler control interface, a hierarchial playlist list, alpha transparency, and process priority. The playlist list allows you to view all your music sorted by artist, album, year, genre, or however you want to do it. The play control interface is a lot less cluttered with functions that are more obvious, and it includes buttons for functions that the standard SCMPX GUI doesn't. Process priority allows you to set the base priority of the SCMPX process when the shell launches it; this fixes skipping that can occur since SCMPX reads and decodes the file continuously as it needs.

This package includes all the program files for SCMPX, the help files for SCMPX, ShellMPX, and all the required files. I consider ShellMPX to be pretty straightfoward, so there's no documentation except tooltips included for it.

ShellMPX/SCMPX Package 153 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 178

I was so fascinated by the last 40 seconds of the Shawshank Redemption title track that I did this extended mix. It has harp in the background and flowing strings on melody. But then I added some of my own touches to make it even richer.

Redemption Mix 178 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 118

Bitwise Operations is an app I created to assist in programming, particularly when using API function calls. As you may or may not know, many Windows API functions return or have parameters that are merely binary. The first byte might contain a virtual keycode while the next could hold the state of the key modifiers in single bits. Even if you ...

Bitwise Operations is an app I created to assist in programming, particularly when using API function calls. As you may or may not know, many Windows API functions return or have parameters that are merely binary. The first byte might contain a virtual keycode while the next could hold the state of the key modifiers in single bits. Even if you know how to use bitwise operators and what bits hold which information, it's hard to visualize the bits and convert them to the required hexadecimal or decimal number formats. This program allows you to convert between binary, hex, and decimal by allowing you to toggle each bit in 4 bytes or enter the number in the decimal and hex boxes. Then, through the use of my carefully crafted GUI, it's easy to take numbers you've entered and come up with a formula for extracting certain bits from function returns.

In the example screenshot, I have copied the decimal return from a function. Then, since I know that the data I'm looking for is in the third byte only, I show how to use the bitwise in hex to return only that byte and divide out the lower bytes. Then the final box shows the output of 30. There's also an option for using Or bitwise operations, but I haven't found a use for that yet.

The way you code bitwise operations in VB6 is to take the return and binary compare it to the value after the And operator, like this: (ret And &HFF0000)
If you want a bit, series of bits, or byte that is higher than the first bit, then you want to then divide by the lowest bit you have included in the last part, which would be like so: ret = ((ret And &HFF0000) / &H10000)

Hopefully, intermediate to advanced VB programmers like myself will find this program useful. It certainly saves much time doing calculations and conversions.

Bitwise Operations 118 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 820

I made this app to compare the skeletons in two decompiled Half-Life models and then upgrade the skeleton of the older model to that of the newer. I'm sure there's probably tons of bugs in this app as I rapidly developed it over a couple days to fix a problem with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero ...

I made this app to compare the skeletons in two decompiled Half-Life models and then upgrade the skeleton of the older model to that of the newer. I'm sure there's probably tons of bugs in this app as I rapidly developed it over a couple days to fix a problem with Counter-Strike: Condition Zero models. I don't guarantee results with any other models except when upgrading a CS 1.0-1.5 model to Condition Zero usable model; but, if it does work for other purposes, then all the better.

For detailed, step-by-step info on how to use this app, see the following Column: www.snakebytestudios.com/columns/guides/csmodel

CS to CZ Model Convertor 820 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Video (DivX, MP3)
Downloads: 171

The third installment to my snow videos is noticeably better. I switched editing software and did some things during filming that can't be done in editing. I also finally got the sound encoding right and added credits. The whole mood of this one is rather pretty and lighthearted. Like the others, this video is sequenced to music. Also like the others, I chose music by Darkhalo; this track is ...

The third installment to my snow videos is noticeably better. I switched editing software and did some things during filming that can't be done in editing. I also finally got the sound encoding right and added credits. The whole mood of this one is rather pretty and lighthearted. Like the others, this video is sequenced to music. Also like the others, I chose music by Darkhalo; this track is called "Fantasy Wind 2" (an edited version by me). I'm really proud of this video, and it's one of my favorite works.

Snow 2004 171 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Rise of Nations
Downloads: 126

This is the original (non-expansion) version of my RoN resource mod. The purpose of it was to make the rare resources worth fighting for by doubling their usefulness. The bonus effects have been balanced to make all rares equally useful. Merchants also got a stat increase to make them more robust given that the rares are more desireable. Here's the full list of what this mod does: ...

This is the original (non-expansion) version of my RoN resource mod. The purpose of it was to make the rare resources worth fighting for by doubling their usefulness. The bonus effects have been balanced to make all rares equally useful. Merchants also got a stat increase to make them more robust given that the rares are more desireable. Here's the full list of what this mod does:

• adds "elite merchant"
  • pack 50% faster
  • deploy 25% faster
  • move 33% faster
  • +1 to los
  • create 25% faster
  • 33% more hp
  • groovy colors ;)
• changes to nubian nation powers and wonders
  • nubian merchant hitpoints, rare bonuses, and merchant cost nerfed by half
  • porcelain tower rare income also reduced by half
• rare resource bonuses
  • bonus effects have been increased and better balanced to make all rares worth fighting for
• resource availability
  • rare resource availability spread out between the ages to prevent huge rare war at the beginning of a game
  • oil and oil wells available in enlightenment age to prevent sudden onset of oil in upgrade costs, refineries still require industrial age
• rare resource bonus resources
  • most rares have increased production by 200%
  • some have changed bonus resource type

Uber Resources 126 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 208

This one is a remix of a track from Hitman 2 that plays during the snow environment missions. It's a really surreal track with awesome percussion backing up the Hitman style. I cut it down and added small layering touches to some of the dryer parts. Jesper Kyd is the original composer. Check out his site for more tracks.

Hitman Snowjam Mix 208 Downloads	Download