Damn

Do you know how it feels if you've worked two month on a project and than, at the end, you finaly realice that all you've done was for nothing?

Well, I'm now more or less finished with the screensaver project, talking about the code, but yesterday, when I tried to test it, I figured out that it dose not work ...

Here's the problem, the MS operation system looks for .scr at the end of a file to see if its a screensaver, and only those files the listed up in the screensaver selection window for the screensavers. ... But my screensaver got a .exe at the end ... If I would run good, old, but slow XP I just could rewrite that on my own, but better, newer, and faster Vista dose not allow me to do that ... And now I got a problem.

I just could write my own programm to do that, or use one from the internet for the job, but whats about the people who would download my sameple and want to write their own screensaver? ... I can't just give them a link to a nother programm and say 'And now you use that programm ...' ... thats not professional, is it?


And because of that the project is down in the sleep mode again.


But unlike my earlyer project stops, now I will continue a nother projekt, ... I think I call it 'Make A Designe - Engine' or MAD - Engine (the acronym is not final, and so can change).

So, wher should I start with the Making Advanced Designes - Engine? Right, at the interface.

I want a simple one, only with basic stuff at the moment, not like Blade3D for example, which looks as good as complex.

And after the interface, I plane to start with the Content pipeline, which should be one of the special advantages of the More Aweseme Donuts - Engine.


So long.


Greg the Mad

Finaly a succes

Its done! I finaly got fireflys flying over my screen, exactly how I want them to fly!

I can't realy say that I feel 'happy' about it, ... but there is that great feeling of 'being released' of something that I can't discribe ...

Its quite ironic, I've worked the whole time with the imagion of having 10 flys flying over the screen, but now I only got 2 max, due to my low graphic power on my Laptop, but ... anyway, :D

Now I have to get the code clean, add documentation, and make a .html documentation and the sample is ready for shipment. The .html isn't required for the sample, but it adds a huge amount of transparency to the whole thing, also do I now use a Text programm to write them, instead of useing the good old MS Editor. So I now can easyly make links and stuff. Its gona be a whole manual, if it turns out like I plan.


But thats about planing for now, it 22:00 and I got school tommorow ... lets sleep.


Greg the Mad

School Rocks the Week II

Well its, not that true, as I also do some other stuff, but I cought me today actually forcing me to continue programming my old screensaver project ... just a few month ago I thought it only would take me anothre month till its done ... well ... I was wrong.


It was not that much force that I needed to get in again, I just had to open the file, and seconds later I have solved a little, minor effect error, but the other, the major, problems will take more then that ... ;)

I'm now, more or less focused on school, and that from someone who spended two hours, yesterday, playing Solitär, just that I don't have to studi ... but I wrote a A anyway ...

And next week I got two test which should be a A other nothing else ...

And before that ther is the school prom, with many old friend I'll meet ... I just hope that I wound't be that tired, from the school week, as last week.

... and I'll be done with my screensaver next week ;)


Greg the Mad

School Rocks The Week

More or less.

Well, yes. School is back in my mind, after 3 weeks of geting it out of that unbelieveble place ...

With all its dark sides, and ... no ... I didn't found a bright yet.

I will have to spend a lot of time infront of my Laptop this week, makeing homework (which I should have done month ago), write protokols (which, too, I should have made month ago), etc.

But on the other hand is working on my XNA Screensaver one of my favorits in school (because of that I probably have to work that much at home ...) and I so may figure out the last few lines to finish it. ... I just have to make the lightning thing for all flys ...

Well, so long ...


Greg the Mad

Fireflys flying over my desktop

I'm nearly done with my screensave.
I got a complet finished settings form, fireflys that fly over a screenshot of my desktop, a predefined picutre or just a color.
The only thing that is not complet yet, is that the fly eluminate this background with their light.

For now I only can let them create a black trail which will slowly cover the whole screen so that the original desktop is completly covered. The final shadow/light thing will get quite tricky.
The idea is simple: I make texture that is black and on parts where a fly is I make that texture transparent ... How to do that is a complet different story, and I it may will take me another complet day till its done.

But thats not the problem in the moment. What to know why?

CHRISTMASS HOLIDAYS!!!!!

WOOHOO!!!!

3 weeks nothing! ... T H R E E W E E K S !!!!


What will I do with all that time? Some stuff for school of course, but also some other, more exiting stuff. ;)


Well, at least not this weekend, as I cought a little cold last weekend, *cough*, smooky rooms and cold air aint no good.


Greg the Mad

I was gone for a while ... ?

Whoops, ther you don't post for one or two days on your blog suddenly ther are three weeks gone!

Well, what happened:

Last weekend I was with some friends in a school prom. Long story short, it was the school where my dream girl learned here bussines (she has already finished education), and *surprise* I saw her there, ... with a other one.
Its not that I don't hate her, or him, now, but it was quite a little breakdown, to know that she is happy, while I'm not that happy ...

Other Topic:
Two weeks ago I started a new, little, side project, originaly planed to be my entry for the ziggyware article contest, but that already over ...
But its about to be finished, the first project I've finished for a while.
Its a screensaver based on XNA, and it dose have some great features like pseudo transparency, a 2D pseudo shader, and other pseudo stuff.
It will take me only a few more days till I can put it online, ... I can't wait till I got those little fireflys flying around on my screen. :D


Greg the Mad