Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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.