Saturday, January 31, 2009

Counter Strike Captions and Material for Designing a Clan T-Shirt

If you are trying to make a clan t-shirt for your counter strike clan. Here is a small image which can help you.
The Lock n Load image should be on the side of the arms of the t-shirt. That looks good. And the picture below would come in front.


The above two images are made by editing the image below in Microsoft Paint. This is done by earasing the whole brown map around the scope. If you think photoshop can do it simpler, you are an expert with photo shop and i am not so.


These images can be used to place the names of the clan on the T-Shirt. The players names will fit in the gap provided. You can see how it can be done,
The players of the clan are MAC, Temp, ToPH, Prongs and Pranay. You can place your names in these places. And the red name like above indicates player. Each player will have his name highlighted in that circle. The font of the text is Viner Hand ITC.

Here is an image which is better for the back side of the t-shirt,

The font of the text "ToPH" is Old English Text and the flames and images are from the google image search. Thaks to google. ToPH here is the player name.This image shown above is the front of the t-shirt. The name in red is slayers and it is using the parchemnt font. This font has very complex shapes for upper case letters and simple for lower case letters. Again all the images are from the web and thanks to the web. The design is done in microsft office 2007.

The next time you are playing a clan match in your college, be ready to surprise others.

Here are some Captions I thought of for Counter Strike T-Shirts,
  • If you wonder why any one says everyday is not sunday, it because I am busy sleeping on sundays.
  • Have your breakfast before I am hungry.
  • If you were killed by that, I am sorry I cant drop that weapon.
  • Best time for you to play Counter Strike is when I am busy sleeping.
  • AMX is busy making a plugin for auto disconnect for noobs when I join the server.
  • If the server wants the teams to be balaced, dont use autoteambalance, because server cant count me as 3 as players do.
  • My enemies are asking the valve to introduce buy only helmet option. They are cautious of both money and me.
  • Luck may take you to other site than i was standing, but it cant save you.
  • I wonder why to buy ammo, there are only five in the other team.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Prince of Persia 2008 Game Profile Save Files

Prince of Persia 2008 is such a good game with good graphics and game play. everyone should see it once. This profile if for quick view of the game.

Prince of Persia Game Saves POP2008_Saves.rar

Here are some of the save files of the game Prince of Persia 2008. The Profile is not complete and it needs completion. Any game if seen to the end would be just nothing more than boring. So just try to begin from the middle. This may also help those who lost some game while doing some changes in the drives or due to any other problem.

The game saved would have 170+ number of Light Seeds and up to 8 places healed. And if other players are willing to put their profiles here, they are always welcome.

For game profiles of other games see through the blog.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Halo vs Mario and Need For Speed vs Counter Strike

The search terms around the world say that the Halo game is very popular from around 2004 itself and from that very time, the game Mario was a more popular search term.


The image also shows the search information of the other games like Counter Strike and Need For Speed in Google trends. The live stats can be seen at Google Trends.

The keyword Counter Strike is much more searched than NFS. But with time the number of searches for Counter Strike is decreasing and the of NFS is almost constant.

Mario a game of all time in all Platforms

Mario is a game of all time. It has been in Nester games, has been in Windows, its in every Platform created till now. This is just a bit more exaggeration but everyone feels the same almost. The game is so pleasant that it will take anyone one into the worlds of Mario.

How to Create Trainers for Need For Speed and Other games

You might have seen and heard about trainers for Need For Speed Most Wanted and Need For Speed Undercover a lot of times and might have used the too. The key here is that you can make trailers for any game by yourself. Here is how it is,

Any game stores its variables and constants in memory. The variables are like the speed of the car, the money, etc... There is a tool called Quick Memory Editor tool which would change the variables of the game in the memory. This way the game can be cheated by changing the variables in it.

This is how the speed in the NFS games and the money or any other variable is changed. The tool itself will show a small sample for creating a Trainer for any game. This can be used on any game like the windows games. The score in the spider solitaire game can be changed by this tool.

If you want to make a trainer for NFS, you need to know what variable is the speed variable and what is for money and for nitrous and slow time. Knowing this is very difficult. Once the variables are known, building a trainer is very easy. For creating a trainer, the software needed is Quick Memory Editor. Google it for downloads.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Game Consoles: RSX Graphic Processor for PlayStation3 and NV2A for Xbox

RSX is a Graphics Processor for PlayStation3 jointly developed by NVIDIA and Sony Computer Entertainment. RSX is for PlayStation3 as NV2A is for Xbox. RSX is referred as Reality Synthesizer and is based on NVIDIA GeForce 7800 Architecture.

With gaming taking the lead day by day in the digital world, there is a need for such kind of developments in electronics. The main factor being cost, it is much more important to increase the technology to greater extents to reduce the prices of the consoles.

Thanks to NVIDIA and Sony for these developments and the gamers expect many more such great developments in the electronic world.

Naruto Ninja Chronicles Mod for Half-Life Yet to be Released

Naruto Ninja Chronicles is a Mod for Half-Life which will take the players to a whole new world of Naruto. The Mod is based on the Japanese Anime Series Naruto.

The game has many features. The attacks and power are also very cool. It has Kage Bunshin which produces clones and many more features. Too cool to play.


These are some of the images showing how the game looks with Naruto Ninja Chronicles Mod.

NFS Undercover Trailer and Video Collection
















These are some of the videos and trailers gametrailers website. There are some hundreds of videos in the web, but here is a small collection of some of them.

Street Fighter IV Game HD Trailer



The game Street Fighter IV is Published by Capcom. The windows version of the game release would be in this year 2009, while the Play Station 3 and Xbox versions are already scheduled for release. The game is known for its combo attacks and be ready to do a combo in the game.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Game Releasing on 1 May 2009 HD 360 Trailer



The game X-Men Origins: Wolverine is set to release on 1 May 2009 for NDS, PS2, PS3, Wii, Win, X360, PSP. The game trailer shows the 360 degrees view of a screenshot.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

EA Games Need For Speed XIII releasing in 2009

The game Need For Speed has brought a revolution in gaming from the very first game of its series. Thanks to EA Games.

Need For Speed XIII the thirteenth in its series releasing in 2009. The release date is not yet announced but the game is expected to release this year. It is well known for all the gamers that the most successful out of all the games in the series Need For Speed of EA Games is Need For Speed Most Wanted. Need For Speed Most Wanted was so successful that it has redefined the racing games. The concept was new enough and the game play is too good to be forgotten and would be remembered for ever.

Whats so cool about Need For Speed Most Wanted? Technical details and the game play are known for all the gamers. What about the luck factor? Yes Need For Speed Most wanted is lucky enough to be such a big hit. The key is that it is the 9th game in its series. The number 9 is considered to be very lucky in many countries.

After this NFSMW, there are three more games released NFS Carbon, NFS Prostreet, NFS Undercover. But none of these, atleast for now, is so cool as NFSMW. May be the luck turns to NFS Undercover in the future.

But let us hope that Need For Speed XIII is going to be the best of all the games in its series. Also, there must be whole new features for the game to make it a big success. The gamers have had enough with the previous concepts in NFSMW and NFS Undercover. Its time for some new challenges.

Also, the game should also needs to have some technical advantages like running in reasonable PCs instead of demanding the latest in its time of release.

Let us hope the Minimum System Requirements if not more.

Operating System: Windows XP/Vista latest Service Pack
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz or AMD equivalent
RAM: 2 GB or 1GB with 1GB Video Card RAM
Graphic Card: nVIDIA GeForce 6500 or ATI Radeon 9500

But what is more important is the graphical appearance of the game which should be taken care of when designing the game. The problem with NFS Undercover was that the game was not appearing cool even at a resolution of 1024x768x32 at graphical settings with all high detail. The game appears best when there is no areas where the screen shows some pixel form of edges.

The key is will the 13th beat the 9th in the Need For Speed Series of EA Games. Await the Game NFS XIII.

Naruto Game for PS3 and Naruto Shippuden Games for Next Year

There is a game Naruto for PS3. And the shippuden game is said to be developed next year. The game was developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco Bandai Games.

There should be a similar kind of multiplayer game for PC platform for windows. It would be greatly successful. Also adding multiplayer support does make a lot of difference.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Naruto Multiplayer Game should be developed by EA Games

Naruto Series has introduced some great skills and some great concepts to the world. The story line and the concepts introduced are very great. These kinds of stories can be made into games.

A good 3D game should be developed based on Naruto Series. This would make it much more famous than the Naruto Series itself. But the only problem is, the game if released in the time when series is still going on, there would be little imbalances. So may be the developers are waiting for the same, series to get completed.

If such a game is designed and developed it looks so cool to use all the powers in the game like the Chidori, Rasengan, Sharingan, Mangekyu Sharingan, Byakugan etc... with characters like all the ninja characters in Naruto Series.

These powers should be well supported by the graphics in the game. This would be really cool and the gamers around the world are already awaiting the chance.

The graphics for this game would be very well suited if the developer is Ubisoft. But keeping the multiplayer mode in view it would be better if the game is developed and published by EA Games.

EA Games, challenge everything. After all its the way of a Ninja.

Solution for Prince of Persia 2008 Crash Problems

There are crash reports for almost all the games released. There are some cases where the game is said to be crashing while switching between windows. The game needs to pause while switching between windows. So, the crash may be caused because of the problem in stopping the game in the situation and saving the state. It is better to grant it admin privileges in the operating systems like windows vista or any other with out write permissions for the normal files.

One kind problem for crashing comes with the compatibility issues of game and the operating system. The game may be well programmed but because of older versions of the graphic drivers or the operating system libraries the game may result in crashing. This generally happens when making use of the library, .dll files. So it is better to upgrade all the .dll files which ever the game uses.

The other kind of problems exist where the game crashes while loading in the beginning itself. This kind of crash generally happens when there is a problem with the files loading. Like the introduction videos, or some other .dll files which may be corrupt from the beginning. In this case the solution would be to replace those files with different version ones or to re-install which may work.

Lord of the Rings Conquest No Crash Report yet seen in the internet

Its January the 14 2009. The day after releasing date for North America. It is said that the game will be released on January 13 of 2009. But there are no signs of the release nor any problems reported till now. I was waiting to see if there is a crash problem for every game released. I wonder why at all these crash problems. Of course, this mainly depends on the Operating Systems more than the game programming.

But the official website of Lord of the Rings Conquest is cool. Here is a screenshot of it...


And to the users, if you ever come across any problems with the game Lord of the Rings Conquest do report here too. After all any game has some problems or just incompatibility issues one way or the other and they are to be solved.

Saints Row 2 System Requirements and its Technical Problems like Crashes

The game Saints Row, published by THQ, is released in some areas and yet to be released in some other places. The game is released for the Windows platform. The game is second in its sequel and should definitely have some bunch of new attractions in it. This is expected as the second item in any sequel would have a lot of new ideas to put in and many more reviews. When it comes to the third, they might have already thought of it. So second is always great to see.

The Minimum System Requirements section says that it requires Win XP/Vista, 15 GB Disk Space, Core 2 Duo
or AMD Athlon X2, and 1GB normal +128MB Video Card RAM

It is quite common for any game to face some unexpected crashed and problems related to graphics. So let us hope that this game has as minimum graphics related issues and crash problems. But the problems cannot be completely neglected. So if any player finds any difficulty with the game can give some information about what the problem was. There would be a solution for every problem irrespective of what it is. And experts are always there to give the right information.

If the users experience some crashing problems, we can expect some patches to be released to get the problems and bugs out of the programs.

Custommenuitems.cfg of AMX Mod X

Custommenuitems.cfg will add menu items to either "amxmodmenu" for admins or "amx_menu" for users. A user gets the menu when he gives the command "amx_menu" in the console. But by default there wont be any items in this menu. These can be added by this line in this config file.

amx_addclientmenuitem "menu label" "menu command" "access flags" "plugin name"

To add something to the main menu of amxmodmenu, this is the command to be given in this line,

amx_addmenuitem "menu label" "menu command" "access flags" "plugin name"

This menu label will be added to the amxmodmenu in its fourth page.

Ex: amx_addmenuitem "Enable GunGame" "amx_gg_enable 1" "" "gungame.amxx"

Flags can be almost neglected in many cases. But you need to add the required flags. If the user needs to access a menu the flags need to be include is "u" and etc.

amxx.cfg File of AMX Mod X

AMX Mod X uses a main config file called amxx.cfg in addons/amxmodx/configs folder. This is a file which saves the initial settings of the AMX Mod X. This config is loaded and the commands in it are executed when starting the AMX Mod X.

The first command amx_default_access "z" means that all the users who are playing as clients in the server can have the power z. Which is almost like just a user and no power.

Changing this to amx_default_access "j" means, that all the users can have the power "j". Means all the players can start voting of all kinds.

"amx_reservation 0" means there are no reserved slots. When someone starts a server they can reserve a slot for their friends by changing this to "amx_reservation 1". And that user needs to have the reservation flag set with his name in users.ini.

"amx_mode 1" this command enables/disables when set to 1/0 AMX Mod X.

Cvars.ini File of AMX Mod X

Cvars.ini file saves some of the configuration variables to enable the admins to change the configuration variables in game. These configuration variables sub-menu is shown in the amxmodmenu as Cvar Settings.

There are some default cvars added and many more can be added manually by adding a line below the default cvars as shown,

"mp_forcechasecam" "0" "1" "2" "u"

The three values "0" "1" "2" show the different values of that cvar and it is used to chose between.

Stats.ini File of AMX Mod X

This is a file created by the stats plugin and is not for modification. It just lists out the available Variables in the stats plugin.

Configs.ini File of AMX Mod X

Configs.ini file allows the admin to load the configs for the game through a sub-menu. This sub-menu is shown in "amxmodmenu" as Configuration. And is shown in second page of the amxmodmenu.

It lists out all the configs in the configs folder and the required config can be loaded just by selecting it in the game on screen menu.

Cmds.ini for AMX Mod Menu

This file cmds.ini is the file which stores the commands of the sub-menu "Server Commands" of AMX Mod X Menu which is shown by the command "amxmodmenu".

By default there will be "Pause" and "Restart Round" commands in the menu. But many more can be added manually just as explained in the previous post.

There are four options above the command descriptions. This helps for the commands to be executed on server consoles, admin consoles, all client consoles.

Cmdaccess.ini of AMX Mod X

This file stores the commands and the flags or powers which can access it (Considering Flags as Powers for simplicity). For example amx_map command can be accessesd by user with power " f " or flag " f ", but you want a user with flags "hej". So you can change the flag of that command to "h" or "e" or "j".

Users.ini already had set the flags to something, but the commands in the new plugins added wont be set by the users.ini file. So you need to change the flag values of the third party plugins in this file like the commands of CSDM, GunGame, AMX Match Deluxe commands etc.

clcmds.ini File of AMX Mod X

This is a file which saves the Client Command Menu of AMX Mod X Menu which is shown when the command 'amxmodmenu' is given in the console. This menu shows many sub menus. The Client Command menu is also the same. This has kick slap ban commands in it. This is not kick menu, it is Client Command menu present in the second page of "amxmodmenu".



This file can be changed to have many more commands like drop the clients weapon etc. The following is an example to show the addition of commands to this menu.

Add a line like this after the four lines previously present.

"Drop his Weapon" "drop" "c" "u"

You can see the "c" in the third parameter means that the command is executed from that players console. Like this many more commands can be added to this file.


You can see in the above screenshot the command "Drop his Weapon" is shown. The key 8 will change the command in these five commands each time it is pressed.

Modules.ini File of AMX Mod X

Modules.ini File saves the information of what modules to load while loading the AMX Mod X. It consists a list of modules. These modules should be existing in Modules folder of AMX Mod X. And hence any new module added to the AMX Mod X, like the CSDM Module a .dll file, should have its module placed in modules folder and its name written in modules.ini file.

A plugin is enabled if its name is written in the plugins.ini file and it can be disabled by adding a ';' in the beginning of the line where the filename is written.

Plugins.ini File of AMX Mod X

Plugins.ini file of AMX Mod X stores all the list of plugins to be loaded while loading AMX Mod X. These plugins are saved in Plugins folder of AMX Mod X. List of plugin file names including the .amxx extension. The previous AMX Mod used to have the plugins with .amx extension. Now the AMX Mod X users the .amxx extension.

If any new plugin is to be added to the Counter Strike AMX Mod X, like the GunGame or CSDM Plugin, it should be first placed in Plugins folder and its name should be added to the plugins.ini file of AMX Mod X.

A plugin is enabled if its name is written in the plugins.ini file and it can be disabled by adding a ';' in the beginning of the line where the filename is written.

Users.ini File and Flags in AMX Mod X

Users.ini file allows the administrator of AMX Mod X to give other users some powers to use some commands. The Powers are given by the help of Flags.

"Name/IP" "" "abc....(all the flags)" "c/d"

This line can be seen at the end of the users.ini file. You may see "loopback" or your IP address in the first parameter. The second parameter can be neglected as it is the password. The third parameter talks about the flags. The fourth parameter c/d is to be set depending up on the name or IP address given. Put c if it is name and d if it is IP address.

So now the user with this Name or IP addresses is going to get the powers given. You can see some letters beside each command in the same file. User with that letter included in the flags can use that command. Its as simple as giving powers just by defining a letter to each power.

Examples: A user with 'a' included in his flags cannot be kicked and banned. A user with 'b' included in his flags can have a slot reserved always. A user with 'c' included in his flags can kick other players. A user with 'd' included in his flags can ban and unban other players. A user with 'e' included in his flags can use amx_slay and amx_slap commands. A user with 'f' included in his flags can change maps. A user with 'j' included in his flags can put votes and use all the vote commands.

Sharingan and Byakugan Mods for Counter Strike 1.6

Counter Strike Mods are as popular as the game itself. This is a good sign since all the players are aware what mods are. And more info is on Naruto. Naruto is almost same as counter strike. Based on google trends, in the start of 2004, comparing both keywords in google counter strike 60 and naruto 40. And now in 2009, counter strike 30 naruto 270.

Naruto series has created the concepts of Sharingan and Byakugan. These are the powers of Uchiha and Hyuga clans respectively. Neji Hyuga uses Byakugan and Uchiha Sasuke uses Mangekyu Sharingan mostly in the episode 92 of shippuuden yet to come day after tomorrow.

So, here is a mod which is to be developed by some techie which could bring the Sharingan and Byakugan into the game.

What can Mangekyu Sharingan do here,

Its quite simply, a genjutsu. Meaning that a player can flash bang other player with his Mangekyu Sharingan eyes and the other guy sees some 4 to 5 enemies flying in air revolvong around. Its too cool to play.

Then what about the Byakugan,

This could make players see through the walls, see whats too far to see. Aim at longer distances more easily. Its like a scoped Sniper with just the normal eyes when byakugan is on.

All that users need to do is to bind a key for their power in the configs of cs 1.6 like in warcraft mod for cs 1.6. And then just tap the key and the power will be started. Sharingan!!!, Byakugan!!!

Hancock Mod for GTA San Andreas Installation - Download from Mod DB

A Mod is a modification made to any game engine to change the game play or to have an additional feature in the game. Hancock mod is an addon for the game Grand Theft Auto - GTA San Andreas.

Hancock Mod can be downloaded from the website Mod DB. It's size is around 6MB. Its free to download there.

The basic concept is to make the player fly like Hancock Movie. It is done by something called as SuperTuxedo. This is said to be CLEO mode of SuperCJ mode. This has camera effects too. The pack contains some bonus material like a skateboard. Hancock.txt is a source file from which the dialogs are taken.

The installation can be done by putting all the file in the To ... folders to the respective ones in the GTA San Andreas game installation path. The SuperTuxedo.cs should be placed in CLEO folder.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

BSNL Broadband Games on Demand Service for Multiplayer Gaming Tariff

BSNL and many more Broadband service providers are providing the Games on Demand Service. The BSNL GoD Service can be subscribed with two plans namely Standard and Premium. The Standard would be charging Rs.100/- per month and Premium with Rs.200/- per month.

The service allows the users to play games online for specified amount of data transferred. The games are to be selected in the plan while subscribing. The Plan charges are also related to the number of games being selected for gaming through Broadband. The games list can be seen at indiagames website which is the official partner for this service run by many service providers.

Normal gaming takes around some 100 MB per 10 hours very approximately. This service will allow you to play games of all kinds given in their list with much cheaper charges for that gaming for multi player online.

The packet sent from the PC from which the games are being played consist of the information of the application or the game which is sending the packet. So the server at the BSNL would take it as the free packet in the normal Broadband usage.

BSNL service should be improved and also needs to be publicized well to have their services run better. BSNL always appears to be least concerned about the publicity , which is the major part. Atleast, the plans of Broadband and Cell Phones are not being publicised well.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Counter Strike LAN Gaming Event in India for SpringSpree '09 by NITW

SpringSpree '09 is a Cultural Festival of NITW for the Year 2009. It includes a wide variety of events to enjoy the three days spread from 23rd-25th January of 2009. GameDome is LAN Gaming event for SpringSpree '09 by NITW at NITW.

The Games include,
  1. Age of Empires II
  2. Fifa '08
  3. Need For Speed Most Wanted
  4. DotaAllStars
  5. Counter Strike 1.6

See the given link for Details about Rules and Regulations,

GameDome::SpringSpree

The LAN Gaming Event at NITW is going to give a great opportunity to all the players in country to put a challenge to others and to prove themselves to be the best in the country. The Clan Gaming is at its best in the present compared to the mere past. The Clan Gaming is becoming popular day any day with the increasing number of BroadBand users and also because of the more and more Gaming Cafes set up.

NITW is one of the best places in and around the state where the players can get the real challenge on what they are willing to have one. It has a good number of nice players in the games like Counter Strike, Need For Speed, Fifa, Age of Empires and almost all the games which are most widely played around. Taking the factor of Multi Player games, it is quite interesting to have some Clan Games between all the gamers which could make them prove themselves to the rest of the gamers around.

Counter Strike 1.6 is one of the best games to play in LAN and Clan Gaming is most popular in Counter Strike 1.6 than other games in the Event. So, be there to challenge the others and also to accept the challenge from the rest. Competition method is 5 vs. 5. So, 5 Players per team are invited. Fifa '08, the competition method is 1 vs. 1. So, there its the ultimate challenge. See the link for all the details.

Finally, to every one, be there irrespective of whether you you play games or not. Its the show time. Enjoy the Cultural Festival.

Solutions for GTA 4 Crash Problems and Windows Vista 64 bit OS Comaptibility Problems

There are some problems being discussed online in forums and websites about the problems being faced while running the game Grand Theft Auto, GTA 4. The Problems include Crash Problems and some problems related to Operating System Compatibility changes.

The known topic which is expected to provide solutions for many problem observed in the game GTA 4. The Help Topic is here at SteamPowered Websit SteamPowered Forum.

Most of the users might face the problem of loosing FPS. This may be due to the lower capability of the system. One of the Technical Problems reported was about running the game GTA 4 in Windows Vista 64 Bit which are not faced when running in X86 version of Windows Vista. Apart from these kinds of problems, it appears that Windows Vista needs more than 2.5GB. This is because the OS Vista itself takes good amount of RAM. So, there is a need for RAM to be much higher than what it is for Win XP SP3.

There are some problems also related to crashes in game GTA 4. This problem appears to be less common in PCs but it also might have been explained in the forum topic at the given link.

Also, there are many issues solved in the link given like Failed to launch Application and the error codes RMN20 RMN40 and MMA10 and a solution discussed for each and every error report. The problems caused due to outdated drivers and other platforms like .net and all are also discussed with the links given for each update.

Apart from these, there are lot of Graphic Settings discussed to get the game running smoothly. Graphic settings are very important in the case where the computer wont be able to handle the game well, meaning a low capacity computer.

Hope this topic alone can solve the all the problems related to the game and lets everyone to play the game, which is also giving the opportunity to play multiplayer online. It is always good to play multiplayer but it should never become an addiction. After all its a game.

The Olden days are back Prince of Persia 1 and 2 DOS Games

Prince of Persia is a very famous game even in the times of the DOS. The DOS games used to be of great interest during those days. There are two DOS games of Prince of Persia namely Prince of Persia Sands of Time and Prince of Persia The Shadow and the Flame.

The first Prince of Persia has 12 levels. And the last screens are very interesting. There will be a Shadow of prince trying to kill the main prince. In this state just the main prince should put his sword back inside. Then the shadow repeats the same. Then the prince needs to jump into empty space where there would be a floor invisible.

In the second Prince of Persia, there would be shadow appearing in the last stage. Just turn back and forth two three times and it is done.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Recording High Definition Videos of any Game with out Fraps and Lag

There is a software called Fraps which can be used to record games with OpenGL or D3D Video outputs. But there are two big problems. One is the recoding will be done by the same PC so, there would be a definite lag in the video and it increases with increase in screen resolution. Secondly, the Video takes very high disk space in some GBs for a minutes of Video. So, here is a solution for this problem,

Requirements:

  1. A PC with TV Out Port from Graphic Card.
  2. Another PC with TV Tuner Card.
The best method to record High Definition Videos of any game with out Fraps is to record in a PC and play in another PC. Because, however fast the PC may be there is a lag if the High Definition Videos are recorded in the same PC. As an extension to this, the Videos can also be recorded directly into a DVD Player connected to the TV Out of a PC. But it takes some number of DVDs.

The method is quite simple. If there are two PC systems, one with a TV Out port from graphic card and another with a TV Tuner Card, then Videos of any game can be recorded with out Fraps and any worry of Lag in the game.

The First PC will output the Monitor into a TV cable which should be connected to another computer with a TV Tuner Card. Since the TV Out from first PC comes to TV Tuner Card of second PC, the game you are playing will be shown in the second PC as TV. Now that you have the Video input, you can record the Game Videos in the Second PC as normal TV. The Software which comes with the TV Tuner Card also provides the means to record the Videos input to that Card. Like this the Video can be recorded with High Definition and more importantly with out any Lag.

What if Call of Duty game Video Files are deleted

There exists a folder for call of duty game video files, which are shown while loading a machine. If these video files are deleted some how with or without notice, then there is no big problem. The game loads normally even with out the video files in that folder. Also, the game does not pose any problems while loading. The only thing happens is that the screen goes white where the video file is expected to be shown. All the game remains normal.

These video files themselves occupy more than 1 GB of Disk Space. So, there a possibility of deletion of the video files in a hurry. Then there is nothing to worry about. Its just another optional folder if we consider the actual game. But the designers always want their work to be appreciated by seeing it.

GTA 4 Graphic Problems - GTA IV Supports Multiplayer Gaming Online and Not in LAN

GTA 4 is undoubtedly the most popular game in the Internet. If you want to see it by yourself, you can see Google Trends Statistics for different games like Counter Strike, Call of Duty, Prince of Persia, Need For Speed etc. The other games have taken the lead till the time this latest game of GTA, GTA 4 was released. This may be the case as the game is starting Online Multiplayer Support.

Grand Theft Auto IV, GTA 4 is the first game of its kind in fourth generation. The Graphics and appearance are extremely good and at the same time the system requirements are too high. It is said that a 1GB GPU is a must for the game to run smoothly. That's how the system requirements go.

There are no big Problems regarding the Graphics or any big technical problems. There may be some problems. But by and large, there are no such problems like in NFS Undercover regarding the Game Crashes and Lagging Graphics. Even there are no big complaints about the graphics and other problems.

The Latest version of the GTA, the Grand Theft Auto 4 is said to be in its fourth generation. This generation of it is including the support to play game in multiplayer game online. And also, it is just online and not in LAN. The LAN compatibility would have made it as popular as it can be. Though there is no problem with the publicity as it is the most popular game in years.

The may not have graphic problems, but there is a much bigger problem. GTA 4 game if it goes too popular then there is a problem with human psychologies. Any game should never be a addiction. If it becomes an addiction then there would be some negative impacts on the players playing the game. In the case of GTA 4, it may happen as it is very addictive even in normal modes and now if the game goes online it may turn much more addictive and may affect the players in their sociology.

Monday, January 5, 2009

New Versions of AMX GunGame and CSDM 212 Available

There were updates for Counter Strike GunGame and CSDM, the better part is that both the versions are 212. It just differs in the decimals. gg_212_full.rar and csdm-2.1.2.zip.

The downloads can be obtained from their respective websites. And any help on the installation and game play are previously included in this blog.

This blog post update is a bit late when compared to the AMX GunGame and CSDM updates. It has been a month since there was an update of GunGame. And CSDM may be updated long before too. This is because of deviation of blog topics from Counter Strike (CS) to Need For Speed (NFS). I am again trying my best to get help topics on CS and Counter Strike Condition Zero (CSCZ).

I feel happy to listen to what users are try to get help on. So do ask a help topic on the game you wish as a comment to the posts written on date 15 August. I would try my best to solve it.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Setting Up Fastest Game Server and Web Servers for a Gaming LAN

The generation is widely interested on Gaming in PCs, PSPs, and XBOXs. A small business would mean a small turn out. But with the Gaming LANs set up at some streets would result in better results than normal. The gaming interests are spreading very widely. The gamers are making their interests a profession. Gaming over all is proving to be a profession more than a passion or just from an interest.

Multiplayer gaming is taking its roots from the major cities to villages. Clan gaming is rooting up in each and every gamer in cities and towns. Clans are ready show their talent. This is the right time to set up Gaming Arenas around.

Generally the budget for a normal Server or Web Servers takes more than what it needs for a normal PC and same is the case with Gaming Servers. Obviously, the speed requirements for a Gaming PC are more than the normal PCs and the applications too. Many of the applications developed in the past are so designed that they can be run on very basic systems. The Games being developed now are the other way. Their requirements show the latest systems released at their period.

This is the main problem in setting up a Gaming LAN, it always needs to be updated for each version of the game. This becomes expensive. In the other case, setting up Gaming LANs all around the villages and towns would make it as simple as a PC set up for playing.

Dell used to have their Laptops at reasonably lower prices but the time changed again. Of course, the desktops are better than laptops when it comes to gaming as the up gradation of desktops are better and easier to upgrade than laptops.

Set some servers with cheapest rates and upgrade them. A Gaming LAN should have a Web Server too for better results.

How to Update Dedicated Servers of Counter Strike 1.6 and Condition Zero

There was a update in Counter Strike Dedicated Servers in the recent past. The Dedicated Server continuously asks for the update or to close the Dedicated Server when running the server. And each time the server asks for an update with some time interval, there would be good lag in the server. So it is better to update the server.

Within the installation of Counter Strike 1.6 or Condition Zero, there would be a tool or an executable file named hlupdate.exe which can be run to start the update. The requirements include the Internet. It is better to update from th internet with a connection which does not have restrictions on download because this update may take more than 300MB or still more to finish the update.

Solving Technical Problems of Games and Applications by Self

Most of the games in the present day which are designed for PCs along with PSP and XBOX are being designed for Win32 Platform. This is the result of the popularity and the easier porting capabilities for Win32. Better part with Microsoft Windows is that it uses DirectX which is capable of running the 3D games even without OpenGL support and compatible hardware speeds for Operating System.

Basically there should be some settings for windows which should make it simpler to know what the issue is when a problem comes with any application or game. These settings include the following,

Just after the installation of the Operating System, make sure that the file extensions and the hidden files and the system files are shown. You should be able to see all the files in the Hard Disk and each file also includes the extension of the file shown.

One should know what are the system files and what are the files of the application or a game. Basically there are some system files hidden in other drives. One of it is System Restore. And the other files more important to the OS in the installation drive are the pagefile.sys, the NTuser.DAT etc. These are some of the hidden files which should not be touched what ever problem may exist. Better thing is to see all the files in C: Drive or the installation drive and the other drives for what the pre-written files are.

Coming to the basic problem with any application, there can be any problem with any of the files generally of the installed games and applications rather than the OS files. In this situation, the Operating System will show an error report. The error report generally includes a request to Send the error report to the Developer and a Don't Send option. In this case the problem in the application can be seen by opening the Details tab.

In the Details tab, the problem with the specific executable file is shown. This executable needs to be re-installed or to be copied from some other previous dumps or from the developers website. Also, if the application do not need such a file as its basic need, like if it is an optional file, then it can be renamed to exclude it from loading. These optional files generally will be the introduction movies in games and other picture or background kind of files and does not need to re-install everything. Some times if the file in the installer itself is corrupt, it is a must to change the file with a duplicate and by renaming the duplicate file with the original filename, only if the corrupt file is a video or a picture file.

Some times some of the main executables will be corrupt because of some reason. This situation can be solved by getting the patches for the executables from the developer.

Friday, January 2, 2009

TV Series Heroes Mod for Counter Strike 1.6

The Mods of Counter Strike are as famous as the game itself is. So, it is good to have number of mods in development for the game Counter Strike which are going to popularise the game itself with their own.

When coming to the Heroes mod, the powers should be same as those in the Heroes TV Series. To be specific, the powers like Teleporting of Hiro Nakamura, Physical Control over others. These are going to be really great to see and use in the game.

This would look similar to the Warcraft Mod and others but the Models can be changed too. The Models can be made to look alike as those in the Heroes TV Series, like Peter Petrelli and others. The Players should be given a random charater while starting the game and he should be given the power of the charater which he gets. The only problem comes with the weapons in the game. If there is teleporting, it is going to affect greatly. But without weapons it is too hard to play.

The real difference is made when the power of nullifing other powers comes into picture. This is the power that the character Haitian has in Heroes TV Series.

Naruto Mod for Counter Strike 1.6 and for Half-Life to be developed

Naruto mod is said to be developed for Half-Life and would be available in the days ahead. The mod development was reported by moddb website. This mod is going to show the characters in their appearances as in Naruto Series. To would be cool to see it as a game for sure.

The Mod for Counter Strike 1.6 is going to be still better. With the support of AMX Mod X or as a direct Module, it is great to see the Naruto Model of a player and he using his powers in the game.

When it comes to how the powers would be, the assumptions and expectations are that the powers of the characters in naruto should remain same like the shadow mimic of Shikamaru, the Spirit Transfer power of Ino, Pills of Chouji, Over all the Sharingan. The Sharingan is going to be a very big hit if it could see the players presence through the walls and what weapons they have. This kind of powers should be unique with each player.

These powers should be usable with very simple controls and with non-complex situational dependency. Because, the main problem always arises when the players try to use the power they hardly understand how to use the power and what it is after all.