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

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win2000/XP
Downloads: 142

This is a screensaver that I made to fade to the desktop background upon the timeout of the Windows screensaver wait setting. Then, it will fade to black after a set time. Also has adjustable fading (which is really just a trick using WinXP's transparency effect) and mouse sensitivity. This is all in theory though, as it appears that WinXP doesn't ...

This is a screensaver that I made to fade to the desktop background upon the timeout of the Windows screensaver wait setting. Then, it will fade to black after a set time. Also has adjustable fading (which is really just a trick using WinXP's transparency effect) and mouse sensitivity. This is all in theory though, as it appears that WinXP doesn't like VB screensavers. I've tried a few workarounds but it always opens the screensaver minimized. Maybe later I will update this and finally fix it as well as add multimonitor support. The app runs fine as a regular app, though. Configuration is available by right-clicking on the scr file.

SimpleSaver 142 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Video (Quicktime)
Downloads: 171

In what would be the final episode of the semester, NNN's editing was handed off to some other individuals by administrative order. This one features noticeable suckage, especially in the intro and three minutes of looking at a billboard story. A couple amusing segments rescue it from the trash pile. I recall watching the suckage that is this episode being made in Publications class whilst doing ...

In what would be the final episode of the semester, NNN's editing was handed off to some other individuals by administrative order. This one features noticeable suckage, especially in the intro and three minutes of looking at a billboard story. A couple amusing segments rescue it from the trash pile. I recall watching the suckage that is this episode being made in Publications class whilst doing nothing but relaxing all period and talking about chicks and sammiches with Danky. Good times. My only contribution to this episode was the "Remembering Columbine" story. In two days, I put together what many people were calling the coolest part of the episode. Well, as cool as school shootings can be.

NNN 7 171 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Video (Quicktime)
Downloads: 175

In my second venture into high school news editing, I started with a simple intro idea with an old and new version of a song (Mrs. Robinson, though not for any implicit reason) over black and white and then color video clips played at a high framerate. This didn't bother certain administrators as much as my Burn intro. Some of the news stuff is kinda interesting, but the interview with the ...

In my second venture into high school news editing, I started with a simple intro idea with an old and new version of a song (Mrs. Robinson, though not for any implicit reason) over black and white and then color video clips played at a high framerate. This didn't bother certain administrators as much as my Burn intro. Some of the news stuff is kinda interesting, but the interview with the principal is obviously just filler. Generally, all of this episode was edited by me (even the preview for the faggot car thing). This is actually the "Uncut" version of the episode, as of course, they didn't let us use the "Computer Upgrade" segment. That was done in my back yard with Danky and Loogie "upgrading" and me filming. This one is compressed with Quicktime because that's the only decent format we could get the gayMac to export to.

NNN 6 175 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 324

This was a neat tool that generated pages for Kazaa file links. It's rather obsolete now, but it could perhaps be useful in other ways. The source is available for newbie VB programmers to look at. It's not my best work, but there's still some useful parsing, command-line, and html output code. In this release, I've packaged the required app ...

This was a neat tool that generated pages for Kazaa file links. It's rather obsolete now, but it could perhaps be useful in other ways. The source is available for newbie VB programmers to look at. It's not my best work, but there's still some useful parsing, command-line, and html output code. In this release, I've packaged the required app sig2dat in case it's hard to find.

Ironically, the test page that I generated to show what this app can do is the most popular page here. Hurray for internet piracy, right?

sig2html 208 Downloads	Download

sig2html Source 116 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Video (DivX, MP3)
Downloads: 114

In my senior year of high school, I had set a goal to take over the school's video news program and make it not suck. People rightfully stepped aside as I owned the project. This first episode of the second semester of that year was almost completely edited by me. I had even managed to slip in an NIN track called "Burn" for the intro sequence. This part took an especially long time to do since ...

In my senior year of high school, I had set a goal to take over the school's video news program and make it not suck. People rightfully stepped aside as I owned the project. This first episode of the second semester of that year was almost completely edited by me. I had even managed to slip in an NIN track called "Burn" for the intro sequence. This part took an especially long time to do since the school only had an iMac for video editing (god damn you, Macs, with your single mouse buttons!). The actual news portion is pretty bland, but the "entertainment special" is rather funny. It features the poetic stylings of the oft-mentioned Gandalf the Cock. The credit music was not my idea. When I was getting close to completing this episode, people started weighing in with their two cents and coerced me into using "black music". I'm not being particularly racist here, as all the black people did indeed want it. However, as a whole, I'd accomplished my goal of making NNN not suck.

NNN 5 114 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Abandoned
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 109

This screensaver does just what it implies; it downloads doppler images from weather.com and then animates them fullscreen. It'll check for newer images at a user-definable rate. Many other options are available, too. I lost interest in programming this before I added support for different locations' doppler, thus it only does Virginia. There's ...

This screensaver does just what it implies; it downloads doppler images from weather.com and then animates them fullscreen. It'll check for newer images at a user-definable rate. Many other options are available, too. I lost interest in programming this before I added support for different locations' doppler, thus it only does Virginia. There's some bugs here and there, too, particularly the one mentioned in the other screensaver. It's a good app if you live in VA and want to quickly check the doppler. Press H for help.

Weather(Doppler)Saver 109 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Counter-Strike
Downloads: 217

This is just a pack of waypoints for use with the popular bot for vanilla Counter-Strike, PODBot. One year while I was on a CS trip, I found it a fun challenge to lay out waypoints on some maps that either didn't have any or the ones they had were shitty. These waypoints should all be of high quality; I tried to get really creative with them, finding all those little camping spots and every ...

This is just a pack of waypoints for use with the popular bot for vanilla Counter-Strike, PODBot. One year while I was on a CS trip, I found it a fun challenge to lay out waypoints on some maps that either didn't have any or the ones they had were shitty. These waypoints should all be of high quality; I tried to get really creative with them, finding all those little camping spots and every possible place you can get the bots to jump to. Waypoint files for the following maps are included:

• cs_assault2k
• cs_docks
• cs_india
• cs_office
• de_aztec
• de_descent_v2
• de_inferno
• de_maresa3
• de_rats3

Snake's PODBot Waypoint Pack 217 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Grand Theft Auto 3
Downloads: 126

I was tired of playing as someone who looked like a mute, ignorant, long-time crack addict in GTA3. This mod replaces him with my best effort at a Snake (me) skin. It looks snake, it looks like a pro--a middle-class criminal with brains. So, if you're tired of playing with the crackhead, give Snake a try. Notice the classic, blue coat, the airwalks, typical jeans, glasses, and skin so white that ...

I was tired of playing as someone who looked like a mute, ignorant, long-time crack addict in GTA3. This mod replaces him with my best effort at a Snake (me) skin. It looks snake, it looks like a pro--a middle-class criminal with brains. So, if you're tired of playing with the crackhead, give Snake a try. Notice the classic, blue coat, the airwalks, typical jeans, glasses, and skin so white that you know this cracker has been playing GTA all week.

GTA3 Snake Skin 126 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Video (DivX, MP3)
Downloads: 179

Almost a year after the first, I did another snow video. I was a bit lazy that day, though, so I only managed to get evening shots. It's a little rough in retrospect. Filming at night brings the quality down; but it also just feels less inspired. However, I did find that shadows on the snow are really neat, because they're so clean and contrasting. The music selection for this one was again a ...

Almost a year after the first, I did another snow video. I was a bit lazy that day, though, so I only managed to get evening shots. It's a little rough in retrospect. Filming at night brings the quality down; but it also just feels less inspired. However, I did find that shadows on the snow are really neat, because they're so clean and contrasting. The music selection for this one was again a track by Darkhalo called Psychosis Paradise.

Snow 2002 179 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Abandoned
Game: Doom
Downloads: 340

This is a pack of 37 redone, high-resolution flats (floor and ceiling textures) I did for the jDoom port. It's mostly just for the first (shareware) episode of Doom, though. The pack also contains a mod that provides custom, per-level fog settings and another that emites fumes from nukage barrels and pools. Kickstart addon files are included.

jDoom Texture/Mod Pack 340 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Quake 3
Downloads: 163

Back when Q3 was still one of my favorite games, I decided that I'd add a bit more personality to it by putting bots in that were modeled after myself and my friend Loogie. They both took a couple days of tweaking to get right, but they should act fairly similar to playing against Loogie and I when in Hardcore difficulty. They also have custom bot chats modeled after things we said at that time. ...

Back when Q3 was still one of my favorite games, I decided that I'd add a bit more personality to it by putting bots in that were modeled after myself and my friend Loogie. They both took a couple days of tweaking to get right, but they should act fairly similar to playing against Loogie and I when in Hardcore difficulty. They also have custom bot chats modeled after things we said at that time. To use them, simply extract the two pk3 files to your \Quake III Arena\baseq3 directory and then select the bots Snake and Loogie from the list in-game.

S&L Quake 3 Bots 163 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Final
Media Format: Music (MOD)
Downloads: 114

This was an alternate version of Revealing Bounds that was going to be an intro for Terra Instabile. It's only the first part of the original track that fades into Terra Instabile and is generally considered by me to be complete.

revealing "Bounds" 114 Downloads	Download

Status: Alpha/Abandoned
Media Format: Music (MOD)
Downloads: 127

Don't ask me what the "Bounds" means, because I do not know. I'm not sure I ever knew. This was a pretty massive layered piece with impressive strings and percussion that kept building and building until it breaks and goes into a darker theme...with more strings and percussion. Then I tried to go to a lighter theme and lost inspiration as is apparent.

revealing "Bounds" 127 Downloads	Download

Status: Alpha/Abandoned
Media Format: Music (MOD)
Downloads: 114

This was going to be a tie-in or a theme for some gay, medieval-fantasy story that my friends were writing, but they lost interest and so did I. It started out really well, though. I envisioned a scene in a foundry where men are making the ultimate sword. Then a heavy drum track comes in and the sword is used in battle by the hero. The last part was supposed to be when the hero comes back ...

This was going to be a tie-in or a theme for some gay, medieval-fantasy story that my friends were writing, but they lost interest and so did I. It started out really well, though. I envisioned a scene in a foundry where men are making the ultimate sword. Then a heavy drum track comes in and the sword is used in battle by the hero. The last part was supposed to be when the hero comes back victorious on the bridge over the moat; I kinda pictured the scene from First Knight there. The only part that really worked was the first one, though. Still one of my own favorite pieces, though.

Terra Instabile 114 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Abandoned
Game: Delta Force 3
Downloads: 111

These are a couple of missions I did back in 2002, but never officially released. They use a custom terrain based off of the standard GI1 (Grass Island) terrain, hence my version is called GiS. There's not really any story to these two missions (none that I can remember anyways). I was just interested in creating some intense helicopter and jungle combat scenarios, and I think it shows. At the ...

These are a couple of missions I did back in 2002, but never officially released. They use a custom terrain based off of the standard GI1 (Grass Island) terrain, hence my version is called GiS. There's not really any story to these two missions (none that I can remember anyways). I was just interested in creating some intense helicopter and jungle combat scenarios, and I think it shows. At the time, I was certainly planning to make some missions in between these two, but this is all that got done. However, they're both well-polished regardless.

In the first mission (Insertion), you start in the middle of a firefight, fleeing by chopper. While en route to a nearby firebase, you'll have to deal with an array of difficult threats. The second mission (Alamo) takes place in the firebase, where it is being attacked at night from all sides. These missions are fairly difficult; however, they're also short, so you'll be able to work out a strategy without too much replaying. Cooperative play is supported, but not specifically balanced for.

GiS Delta Force 3 Missions 111 Downloads	Download