Omnimaga
General Discussion => Introduce Yourself! => Topic started by: mdjenkins86 on September 06, 2011, 12:44:55 am
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Hello, my name is Mitchell Jenkins... I was a damn good 89 Basic programmer back in the day and was working on a project called TSOD. I also did a few tutorials... its nice to see the site is still up and running... I wonder if Kevin remembers me... Well, after all this time I have decided to finish my project... but it has moved platforms once again... It is now an Android project and I am designing it in full 3D... I was wondering if I would be able to post update on this sight like in the good old days!
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Well, welcome back on Omnimaga :)
Can't wait to see this project, myself having an Android device :)
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Thanks! I still actually have the prototype on my calc but its been years since I have fired it up. I realize that finishing this project will be a lot of work... but anything worth anything is worth some work! I have already put tons of man hours into it... I will keep everyone up to date and also post prototypes for anyone with a android phone...
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I thought your first name was different (I remember your ticalc.org profile and it started with D)? O.O
Anyway yeah I remember you and it's nice to see you again. I remember The Sword of Darkness and back when you became active around the time Omni RPG site got its Invisionfree board. Afterward you came back around April 06 I think, but not very long. I was sad when I saw TSOD died. :(
I'm glad it resumed, even if for a different platform (unfortunately a TI-89 version would not be popular anymore because most people now own a TI-Nspire or TI-84 Plus, although it would still have been nice to see another BASIC masterpiece). An android version sounds cool, since a bunch of people around here got an Android device.
You could possibly announce it in the computer projects and ideas section, since we now have an entire non-calc programming portion on the forums. :D
I hope you stay around for a while and enjoy the site (well... the new one, as this one opened in late 2008 after the old one shutted down several months before). Good luck on your project :D
EDIT: Btw I'm actually Kevin. I switched to xlibman shortly after you left the first time then later DJ Omnimaga. I'M no longer admin nor calc programming, though.
EDIT 2: I also got screenshots of the original 89 projects O.O
EDIT 3: (They're still hosted on Omni, but I didn't have the URLs, until checking an old backup of the site)
(http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsodexample.bmp) (http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsod1.gif) (http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsod2.gif) (http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsod3.gif) (http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsod4.gif) (http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/tsod5.gif)
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Hey Kev!!!! :) Actually you are right about the name... I programmed under Desmond Online.... wow you have an excellent memory.... and you remembered the projects true name! I have to check out the NSpire some time... Doesn't it use the CAS... I would like to take a crack a programming it sometime... Well yes I am back and so is the project. I will post under Computer Projects. This time it will be finished!
BTW do you do any type of non calc development now?
Holy crap !!!! you got the pics!
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Kevin sure have an elephant memory :P He often tell us about the history of Omnimaga like it happened yesterday.
(BTW no double posts, please use modify button :))
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Ah yeah Desmond Jenkins. I remember from a Reuben Quest comment on ticalc.org back in 2005, and yeah for some reasons I seem to remember some of that stuff for a long while.
As for the TI-Nspire, it depends of the OS. OS 2.1 or lower can use ARM9 assembly, C and extremly limited TI-BASIC (worse than the TI-80 and 81). Games like DOOM can be ported to it in C, for example, or GBC/NES emulators. However, TI tries to block ASM development on their platforms like how Apple/Sony locks down their devices, so OS 3.0 has no ASM/C yet. They added Lua programming to that OS, though, so some games, including color ones on the CX, can be made, although they are much slower than the C/ASM ones.
And yeah every calc screenshot posted in Omnimaga news from 2004 to 2009 are still on Omni webspace. They used to be at http://www.omnimaga.org/images/screenshots/, but now we can't view the folder listing anymore so we can only find stuff if we remember the URL. After 2010 we stopped hosting every news image, though.
Also I attempted computer programming around 2003, but did not like it, same for non TI-BASIC/Axe parser languages on calcs. I realized programming more complex languages was not my thing. I'm mainly doing electronic music (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULCztXebVLE), now.
EDIT: Oh I almost forgot, new members gets peanuts! (Although you probably got some in 2006 when you returned for a while :P)
!peanuts
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Peanuts!!!
Too bad about the NSpire... I did mess around with LUA for a while... but for homebrew psp development.
NICE BEATS! The more you do the better they will get!
Making music is one of my pastimes as well now. It sounds like a perfect track for a game.
I was originally making a game for the IOS and made some tracks that I am now using for my game... I figured it was easier to make original music than pay someone lol...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqmb-513ZxU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqmb-513ZxU)
lol Darcondia is my main character's name!
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Do you make music too? You could post some in the music showcase section of the forums :D
I mainly did dance stuff before, but lately I've been more into power metal-ish stuff. I even made a remix of one of my 2003 dance songs.
By the way was it made with Magix? I see it's in vid response to a Magix Maker 16 song. I used 14 in 2008 to make two of my songs actually, although it took so incredibly long because my previous computer could barely handle MMM. Nice song also.
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OKay cool I will post some songs there!
Yes I use MM16. I noticed that 16 can be very sluggish on startup especially, but my PC handles it okay. this of the first tracks I make... All the tracks I use for my game :) I really like making music.
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Ah ok. My problem in MMM14 is that I absolutely loved the Revolta plugin that came with my trial version, but when I used about 4-5 VST instruments at once, my computer lagged like crazy during playback. So much that often the software froze and I kept losing progress.
I didn't have as many problems with Sony ACID Pro 7, but ACID had a glitch that did not save VST settings when saving projects, so they were lost when restarting ACID.
I mainly use that old Playstation thing from 1999, though, despite knowing MMM14 and ACID 7.
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Well as far a the freezing goes... I noticed that the program requires alot of memory to run and chunks of CPU power for playback. I would like to experiment with Acid Pro 7... *to the youtube tutorials!*
Also Revolta Looks very descent... I will let you know if I can get this plugin working in Music Maker 16
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I think my problem was due to having a crappy sound card.
As for Revolta, one thing I wished I could have figured out when I had MMM14 is how to use it in ACID.
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Howdy mdjenkins86 :D I was going to ask for a summary of what TSOD was (as in was it a game, math program, quadratic solver, etc.), but the screenies DJ provided kind of answered that. DJ_O is just cool like that, I guess :)
So, yeah, welcome back!
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Howdy mdjenkins86 :D I was going to ask for a summary of what TSOD was (as in was it a game, math program, quadratic solver, etc.), but the screenies DJ provided kind of answered that. DJ_O is just cool like that, I guess :)
So, yeah, welcome back!
Lol Thanks! I will be adding a section shortly to Non Calc Projects section
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Welcome mdjenkins86. If you have any questions regarding Android dev, ask. I know a lot (which is ironic since I don't own an Android). Just PM me. :)