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I was trying to find the picture of teenage me playing guitar naked like Blink 182 when... (click the image for a larger version)

Local multi-player through split-screen in Unreal Engine 4 BluePrints

Note: uses UE4.2 , there were some issues with split-screen in earlier versions. Step-by-step instructions for enabling split-screen 1. And that s it. Mostly. As long as your player object has a camera, this will all just magically work once you add another player either by placing another player in the UI or through adding one in BluePrints using CreatePlayer() . Problem modifying the second…

Some hints for fumbling around Unreal Engine 4

What this is This is a quick walk-through of the chaotic process I went through in recreating my 8-hour jumping game in Unreal Engine 4 using BluePrints only. I gave myself 8 hours again, seeing as I had the logic down and "simply" needed to learn a new environment (this was my first time using Unreal Engine). NOTE: I am an idiot, and as such sometimes enjoy jumping into things without reading any…

jmp:err in Unreal Engine 4, prototype 1

What it is This is (the prototype of) an Unreal Engine 4 remake of my tiny 8-hour jumping game , featuring random level generation and so much lighting that it makes blind people wince. I set aside 8 hours to finally get started on Unreal Engine and while there s no proper objective beyond getting to the top right now, the basic gameplay mechanics of only being able to jump on the platform…

Ghosts of futures past.

Howto quickly change permissions and delete a folder.

Ever had one of those folders that doesn t technically belong to you and -even though you ve got Administrator rights- you can t delete it? The usual way is to right-click the folder, select security, click advanced, change the owner of it and all subitems to you, then accept, then right-click and open it again so that you can grant full rights on the folder to you... Well, say now you want to do…

Short-Sighted Snake prototype

Get it here . What you re getting A Snake-type game where you are a short-sighted snake trying to find food in an unknown maze. This prototype is unproudly delivered to you in the form of a thousand different hacks tied together with tape made from hack extract with a sprinkling of the worst "levels" ever "designed". What I wanted to do Well, for starters, "Short-sighted Snake" abbreviates…

DWScript in a DLL

Or to be quite silly: Delphi Web Scripting in a Dynamic Link Library for running Object Pascal scripts in C [and other languages] What it is. This is a simple Windows DLL ( 32-bit DLL provided ) that enables you to compile and run Object Pascal scripts from within your favourite language (provided it supports loading DLL s with the stdcall calling convention) using the DWScript engine by Eric…

Avoiding blurry image drawing with the HTML5 Canvas

I recently discovered the HTML5 Canvas, it s lovely, like the good old days of using $A000:0000! However, when drawing an image to the canvas it kept coming out all blurry. As it turns out, there are actually quite a few possible reasons for this to happen... here s a short checklist of what I discovered on my quest to fix it. Setting Canvas dimensions Most articles I came across mentioned that…

Remote eBook viewer

Introduction Calibre is handy for organising eBooks. Stanza is really handy for reading eBooks on the iPad. Calibre can act as an eBook server . Stanza is capable of using this functionality to transfer books from your PC to your iPad. Hooray, all my book-reading requirements are fulfilled! *sigh*, of course not. Stanza had a lot going for it: it was free; it could decode numerous eBook formats;…