Status: Release/Final
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 397

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes ...

Microsoft says:

Note: This function is provided only for compatibility with 16-bit applications written for Windows. Applications should store initialization information in the registry.

-GetPrivateProfileString, MSDN Library (Jan 2006)

WRONG! Applications shouldn't store their settings in the registry. It centralizes application-specific data, making the reinstallation, copying, and settings tweaking of applications more cumbersome. For all of my programs, I use these "Windows 3.1 compatibility" functions to read/write settings to a .ini configuration file that can be placed in the directory with a program. They're actually far easier to use than the registry, too, and with minimal drawbacks. Over the years, I've been refining these functions with a wrapper module that makes accessing application settings even easier, which you can download here. It includes the following members:

• ConfigFile
• Class KeyPair
• Function Backup()
• Function Clear()
• Function ClearKey()
• Function ClearSection()
• Function DeleteSection()
• Function ReadFloatKey()
• Function ReadIntKey()
• Function ReadSection()
• Function ReadSectionNames()
• Function ReadStringKey()
• Function RestoreBackup()
• Function WriteKey()
• Function WriteSection()

1.2.2:
fixed a bug with backups without a path passed failing to backup

VB.Net Config File Module 397 Downloads	Download

Status: Beta/Work-in-Progress
Language: Visual Basic 6
Platform: Win2000/XP
Downloads: 389

This is an app I made to address the inability of the Logitech drivers and software to change mouse button settings according to the app that has the focus. As an alternative, you may want to use the Logigamer software. My app only works with the MX510, MX500, MX700, and ...

This is an app I made to address the inability of the Logitech drivers and software to change mouse button settings according to the app that has the focus. As an alternative, you may want to use the Logigamer software. My app only works with the MX510, MX500, MX700, and MX310 right now, but it has the possibility of working with any of the (older) Mouseware mice. (If you have a newer, SetPoint mouse, try uberOptions.) While my app doesn't allow some of the more advanced features like Logigamer, it does have an edge with a different method of notifying the Logitech mouse software drivers of scheme changes (it uses a message system instead of the more common restarting of EM_EXEC). This makes it a little more responsive. I also think my user-interface and scheme settings are easier to use.

The software is split into a monitoring app that sits in the systray and a settings app. The settings app can add programs by browsing or selecting open programs. All the functions of the Mouseware are available to set to buttons, including keystrokes. You can also select to add a program to the games compatibility list for the Logitech software. The monitor app uses about 2-3MB of memory standard, but can be minimized down to 1MB on low system memory. Crashes on startup have been fixed.

changes in 0.7:
-added basic support for the following mice: MX500, MX700, MX310. i have no idea whether or not these mice work, but if they follow the same routines as the MX510, it is probable they will.
-fixed em_exec crashes on startup :D
-fixed em_exec crashes when deleting schemes
-clicking on a scheme in the list will load it as the current scheme (is probably only of use with the monitor app paused)
-updated links in about dialog
-about and debug dialogs appear in the taskbar
-tooltip for the games compat checkbox
-left and right arrows move the pollrate slider by 1 now for anal people like me

Logitech MX510 Application-Specific Buttons 389 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MOD)
Downloads: 387

My second composition was started knowing good and well that I was going to do several themes. I had trouble fitting my themes to a full track length, but this time I segued them much better. The style is completely ambient, relying heavily on ambient sound effects. The melodies are a bit more developed than in LateBreak. It was supposed to be a suite of nature-oriented themes. From the original ...

My second composition was started knowing good and well that I was going to do several themes. I had trouble fitting my themes to a full track length, but this time I segued them much better. The style is completely ambient, relying heavily on ambient sound effects. The melodies are a bit more developed than in LateBreak. It was supposed to be a suite of nature-oriented themes. From the original track comments: "It's also themed, beginning with the rain which flows into the night, then death (aka: The Desert), and romance."

Whispers of Nature 183 Downloads	Download

Whispers of Nature 204 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: C++
Platform: Linux
Downloads: 386

Raptor is a program that I had to write for my Object-Oriented Programming class. It was difficult because we had to write it on a Linux server over telnet. It was supposedly a group project, but (and I'm not trying to have too great an ego here) I knew my skills and ambition would exceed that of most of my classmates. Besides, the majority of ...

Raptor is a program that I had to write for my Object-Oriented Programming class. It was difficult because we had to write it on a Linux server over telnet. It was supposedly a group project, but (and I'm not trying to have too great an ego here) I knew my skills and ambition would exceed that of most of my classmates. Besides, the majority of them were too busy playing World of Warcraft to write a week's worth of code. As the due date grew near and the slacker groups began to scramble to get some code done, I heard that they found my nearly finished program and were floored by my use of colors and grids (courtesy of the ncurses lib) and the fact that it actually worked. At the due date, my program was the only one completed.

The program is meant to simulate five prey and five raptors moving around a 20x20 grid. The raptors are obviously trying to eat the prey, but if they don't feed before 20 turns are up, then they will starve. The prey can see raptors in a 10x10 square around them; raptors can see infinitely horizontally, vertically, and diagonally (like a queen in chess). They all get to move in groups by one square per turn. All the prey on a square are eaten if a raptor lands on that square.

The AI is very simple. Still, for the simplicity of the rules, they do rather well. Thus, the prey will almost always get eaten in the corners. I only had time to make the prey move from multiple raptors, but they can still get sandwiched between two raptors or a raptor and a wall (I was still working on the math to avoid that). Raptors will move to the closest prey that they see and will continue in the direction they last saw a prey if it moves out of sight (unless they see another prey).

Since this program is just a skills demo and not a lot of people have a Linux machine just lying around, I provided a demo video done in DivX VBR. But the source and compiled program are also available. It needs all the standard C libraries as well as ncurses. The program has two debug command line arguments. Use /d to display prey coordinates on the info line. Use /d and /r to do the same thing but for raptors.

Raptor Program/Source 206 Downloads	Download

Raptor Demo Video 180 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MOD)
Downloads: 382

This was actually my very first attempt at music composition. It was done in ModPlug Tracker as an Impulse Tracker module. It has some cool beats, melodies, and samples; but until the last half, the many themes have no commonality. However, this last half is actually rather impressive for a first piece, dare I say "kickin". One site I submitted this to even rated it as a 7/10.

LateBreak... 191 Downloads	Download

LateBreak... 191 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Language: C++
Platform: Win9x, WinNT, Win2000/XP
Downloads: 381

I made this simple app as a replacement to using the blank screensaver when I'm leaving the computer (usually for the night). Instead of the monitor(s) eventually going to standby after a certain idle time, they'll go immediately when you run this program. This saves power (since I know I won't be back for awhile) and keeps the backlight glow from ...

I made this simple app as a replacement to using the blank screensaver when I'm leaving the computer (usually for the night). Instead of the monitor(s) eventually going to standby after a certain idle time, they'll go immediately when you run this program. This saves power (since I know I won't be back for awhile) and keeps the backlight glow from disturbing my sleep. When I say "simple app", I mean really simple, like 1 line of code simple. It takes a single function call to perform, but yet Microsoft couldn't be bothered to include this anywhere in Windows' interface. It actually took me more time to make the icon than to do the code.

Tip: If you put a shortcut to this program in your Start Menu somewhere, you can set the "Shortcut key" to whatever hotkey you want and use that to put the monitor(s) into standby.

1.1:
-fixed possible hanging due to other apps running being hung

Monitor Standby 381 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Downloads: 365

This is a skin I did for the Visual Boy Advance gameboy emulator when I was kicking it old school with Wario Land. The package includes three different size skins for use with different resolutions and distances.

Gameboy Skin for Visual Boy Advance 365 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 353

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) 353 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Game: Age of Empires 3
Language: Visual Basic .NET
Downloads: 338

In a nutshell, this gives all European civs access to the Gatling Gun unit without needing to revolt.

I found that since TAD's release with all the quirky new Asian civs and strategies, the European civs were feeling a bit bland. And since I never revolt because it seems too risky, I thought I could liven them up by enabling the ...

In a nutshell, this gives all European civs access to the Gatling Gun unit without needing to revolt.

I found that since TAD's release with all the quirky new Asian civs and strategies, the European civs were feeling a bit bland. And since I never revolt because it seems too risky, I thought I could liven them up by enabling the revolution-only Gatling Gun. Besides that, the Gatling gun can also be improved by more technologies and is more effective against light infantry and cavalry. However, it is still weak against artillery, ships, and buildings and is best countered by artillery.

True to the mod's name, this version of the mod features a universal installer, so everyone can use it!


Changes

• Gatling Guns can be built in Industrial Age at the Artillery Foundry by any European civ (except Portugal)
• Gatling Gun portrait art was replaced with custom art (was the Organ Gun)
• Gatling Gun AI prioritizes human targets over buildings now
• Gatling Guns are now upgradable in Imperial Age with the Organ Gun "Imperial Rebaulds" tech
• Gatling Guns can be upgraded with Gunpowder Unit upgrades
• Gatling Guns are now affected by the Engineering School card
• Gatling Guns have more realistic damage bonuses
  • Cavalry from 0.5 to 1.0
  • Light Infantry from 0.5 to 1.5
  • Villagers from 1.0 to 1.5
  • Buildings from 0.5 to 0.25

5/30/08:

• made a universal installer program
  • works with every version of TWC and TAD, modded or no
  • can select to mod all civs or just European ones (default)
• fixed a manual installation bug with the tactics directory
• updated the TAD manual installation to 1.01a
• added a TWC manual installation for 1.04
• removed base damage increase
• added a name for the upgraded Gatling Gun

2/25/08:

• fixed the only known issue with Gatling Gun AI prioritizing building targets
• added Gatling Guns to the Engineering School card

Gatling Guns for All! AOE3 Mod 338 Downloads	Download

Status: Release/Final
Media Format: Music (MP3)
Downloads: 306

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) 306 Downloads	Download