this will hopefully (eventually) become a haphazard collection of some of my ill-conceived programming projects from over the years...
all will run on various windows platforms, everything is free to dl, use, and/or hack, and source code is provided for the adventurous.
questions/comments are welcome: viscera@softhome.net
ascoliast | sandbox
all will run on various windows platforms, everything is free to dl, use, and/or hack, and source code is provided for the adventurous.
questions/comments are welcome: viscera@softhome.net
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ascoliast | sandbox
ascoliast download help
win9x/me/2k/xp; borland c++ builder 6
updated mar 8, 03
this is a little utility for quake 3: arena that helps you to manage a large amount of addon (3rd-party) maps through a simple interface. ascoliast allows you to quickly launch individual or groups of maps with a few clicks, as well as allowing you to generate custom maplist (.CFG) files which allow you to browse and quickly launch selected maps from within the game (even while you're still shooting with your other hand ;).
note that the following screenshot features the "origin" windows xp visual style by space monkey, which i highly recommend ;).
win9x/me/2k/xp; borland c++ builder 6
updated mar 8, 03
this is a little utility for quake 3: arena that helps you to manage a large amount of addon (3rd-party) maps through a simple interface. ascoliast allows you to quickly launch individual or groups of maps with a few clicks, as well as allowing you to generate custom maplist (.CFG) files which allow you to browse and quickly launch selected maps from within the game (even while you're still shooting with your other hand ;).
note that the following screenshot features the "origin" windows xp visual style by space monkey, which i highly recommend ;).
there are still a few things i'd like to implement in this app, like the ability to import existing maplists for one; but it's more than serviceable as-is... just make sure you explore the options tab and the help/about tab to get your money's worth outta this thing.
btw, if you don't feel you have enough maps to justify using something like this, spend a while looking through ..::LvL, probably the best (and largest) quake 3 map review site out there - as long as you don't mind jumping through a few hoops to download maps off fileplanet (at least the proprietor of LvL is kind enough to provide his GameSpy login information for those who don't want to take the time to sign up for yet another website's "free" membership - check the top of the main LvL page).
btw, if you don't feel you have enough maps to justify using something like this, spend a while looking through ..::LvL, probably the best (and largest) quake 3 map review site out there - as long as you don't mind jumping through a few hoops to download maps off fileplanet (at least the proprietor of LvL is kind enough to provide his GameSpy login information for those who don't want to take the time to sign up for yet another website's "free" membership - check the top of the main LvL page).
HELP
there's pretty comprehensive documentation available from within ascoliast, just click the "help/about" tab.
email viscera@softhome.net if you have any problems or questions.
DOWNLOADS
download ascoliast executable
(mar 8, 2003 - build 46 - 836kb)
download ascoliast source
(feb 5, 2003 - build 40 - 344kb)
you'll need a recent version of borland c++ builder to compile the source without any serious modification. you'll also need to download and install Chris Vleghert's ZipBuilder VCL component for Borland C++ Builder, as well as Scott Heiman's Bitmapped Graphics Library (BMGLib). if you need any help getting any of it to work, drop me a line - i'm hardly an expert, but i'd be glad to help.
(mar 8, 2003 - build 46 - 836kb)
download ascoliast source
(feb 5, 2003 - build 40 - 344kb)
you'll need a recent version of borland c++ builder to compile the source without any serious modification. you'll also need to download and install Chris Vleghert's ZipBuilder VCL component for Borland C++ Builder, as well as Scott Heiman's Bitmapped Graphics Library (BMGLib). if you need any help getting any of it to work, drop me a line - i'm hardly an expert, but i'd be glad to help.
it doesn't do much at the moment other than sit there and look sorta trippy - it renders a constricted random stream of connected pixels out to a viewport, building up on top of previously drawn pixels to make them appear brighter, while concurrently fading the entire viewport out to keep from completely filling the area with noise. it can also run in fullscreen (either stretching a smaller virtual render area for much better render speed, or rendering to the full desktop resolution), as i'm hoping to make using the thing as a screensaver an option once i've made it a little more interesting to look at ;).
click the help button or hit F1 within sandbox for help
first off, to move the window click anywhere within the image area or just about any blank area of the control panel and drag the mouse.
to resize the window, move the mouse pointer over the edge of the window (colored black by default, but this can be changed in the options) until it turns into a pair of opposed resize arrows, then click & drag to resize. if you're easily annoyed at having to grab onto a 1 pixel wide resize border, you can make the borders wider in the options.
sandbox uses a lot of shortcut keys to mirror its controls... for instance:
and keep in mind that you can right-click just about anything to bring up a popup menu.
and for those curious (since there's no obvious X button up in the corner), to close sandbox hit the Q key or right-click to bring up the popup menu and click "exit".
oh yeah, and like i said before,
click the help button or hit F1 within sandbox for help
email viscera@softhome.net if you have any problems or questions.
CONTROLS
first off, to move the window click anywhere within the image area or just about any blank area of the control panel and drag the mouse.
to resize the window, move the mouse pointer over the edge of the window (colored black by default, but this can be changed in the options) until it turns into a pair of opposed resize arrows, then click & drag to resize. if you're easily annoyed at having to grab onto a 1 pixel wide resize border, you can make the borders wider in the options.
sandbox uses a lot of shortcut keys to mirror its controls... for instance:
hitting the CTRL key shows & hides the control display on top of the image,
the ESC and BACKSPACE keys toggle fullscreen mode,
and the SPACE bar pauses and restarts the render.
there are a lot of other key commands, as well as commands available by messing around with the control panel and the settings within the options dialog.the ESC and BACKSPACE keys toggle fullscreen mode,
and the SPACE bar pauses and restarts the render.
and keep in mind that you can right-click just about anything to bring up a popup menu.
and for those curious (since there's no obvious X button up in the corner), to close sandbox hit the Q key or right-click to bring up the popup menu and click "exit".
oh yeah, and like i said before,
email viscera@softhome.net if you have any problems or questions.
DOWNLOADS
download sandbox executable
(nov 4, 2002 - build 52 - 373kb)
download sandbox source
(nov 4, 2002 - build 52 - 52kb)
you'll need a recent version of borland c++ builder to compile the source without any serious modification...
my apologies to anyone who should try digging through the source code... there's not all that much there, and it's relatively basic stuff, but it's severely lacking in commentary or documentation of any kind. maybe once i've fleshed it out a bit more (a few builds down the road), i'll go into more detail - but in the meantime, if you're interested in anything that's going on underneath the hood, drop me a line at viscera@softhome.net and i'll try and clarify to whatever degree i'm able (remember, i'm still learning too ;).
(nov 4, 2002 - build 52 - 373kb)
download sandbox source
(nov 4, 2002 - build 52 - 52kb)
you'll need a recent version of borland c++ builder to compile the source without any serious modification...
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