Tink Initialisation

Fixing the time with dual boots

Jim — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:45:36 +0000

I have had issues with this and removed this change. I don’t recommend it but I have archived the rest of this post.

If you are dual booting Windows with any other OS like linux or Mac OS X then you may notice that the clock in changes each time you switch operating systems. This is due to the unix operating systems setting the system clock to UTC and converting to localtime where Windows sets the system clock to local time. To fix this issue in Windows open up regedit and goto:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/TimeZoneInformation/

Create a new DWORD: RealTimeIsUniversal and set the value to 1.

Restart and all should be good. This worked for me in Windows XP. I have not tried Windows Vista.

Sega Master System 2 RGB mod

Jim — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:24:04 +0000

http://web.archive.org/web/20050319002415/http://www.mikeg2.freeserve.co.uk/masterful/rgb.html

Wordpress broke

Jim — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:31:27 +0000

I updated wordpress to 2.5 and now its broke. Damn

Fix Wireless lagg every 60 sec (Vista Only)

Jim — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:11:14 +0000

There is a WLAN Optimizer for Vista to fix the lag that windows creates every 60 seconds which is when windows checks the nearby wireless stations. This stuffs up games something shocking! This program is only for Vista and it works.

http://www.martin-majowski.de/wlanoptimizer/

Amen!

Jim — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:06 +0000

I like this, reposted from the cad-comic website.

Firefox, Satellite and Timeouts

Jim — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:35:59 +0000

I have experienced a few problems with firefox, satellite internet connection and webpage time outs. To fix this problem you need to goto the url bar in firefox and goto about:config page. A special config menu for firefox will show up and a search for timeout will display a dozen or so options. network.http.keep-alive.timeout is the entry that needs it’s value increased. I changed it from the default 300 to 1500 and the problem went away.

Component And Projectors

Jim — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:32:58 +0000

My neighbour at home got a new projector that boasts “HD READY” and component plugs. However on inspection there is no component plugs, indeed no plugs that can support any sort of HD. But this is incorrect, apparently the VGA port on the projector is the Component port but a separate cable is needed to convert Component to VGA. Specifically RCAx3 to D15HD. This plug doubles as a computer VGA plug and a Component plug but this took over 4 hours to figure out as its not explicitly stated anywhere even on similar projectors. I will update this post when I get the plug and see what the results are.

Game Xcode Project

Jim — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:26:07 +0000

I’ve published my Xcode Project of what I have done so far, its in the Game Programming Page. Thanks to the tutorials from the SDL website on initialising SDL. Thanks to nehe.gamedev.net for the tutorial on displaying text using letters in a tga file.

The game isn’t much but its further than I’ve gotten before. I’ll probably put it to rest for a while so I can go back to uni work/GTA4.

More Game stuff

Jim — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:29:37 +0000

I’ve abandoned OS stuff for now and gone back to game programming.
My generic front end engine is going alright. I’ve got the basics from some SDL tutorials and a NeHe tutorial to be able to write stuff on the screen.

I’ve updated the Games programming page with a couple of extra links.

I’m fighting c++ with some objects and its really annoying. I’m also having problems laying out my game state, ie how to transition from game menu to game play and so on.

Operating System Programming

Jim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:31:41 +0000

I’ve added a page to the side with the same title as this post. This contains stuff that I need to remember about operating system stuff.