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General Discussion / How do I make my drums sound good?
« on: October 20, 2011, 11:20:06 am »
I am sick of MIDI drums.
Can you suggest some VST's or samples? (Particularly VST's)
Can you suggest some VST's or samples? (Particularly VST's)
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| Bad Guys | Assassins | Schemes | Names |
| Alexander Salvon Young, blonde rich kid who has a lot of silver | Jawbreaker Hydraulic carbonized steel Jaw | Blows up golden asteroid, | Die Again Tomorrow |
| Hal Burton Unsatisfied businessman Very evil and corrupt | Name? Paralyzed; synthetic spiderweb exoskeleton | Theaten world with particle gun | Live and then Die |
So I want some feedback. Any ideas? Anybody have some really good world domination schemes?
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Other Calc-Related Projects and Ideas / Calc game handheld - possible?
« on: September 29, 2011, 04:51:16 pm »
I was wondering if you could build a handheld computer with both a Z80 and a M68K so it could play both 83/84 and 89 calc games.
Could you do this? And if so, how?
Could you do this? And if so, how?
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Miscellaneous / 2 weeks, 200 posts: level 5 acceptance speech (not as dramatic as the last one)
« on: September 28, 2011, 09:23:13 pm »
It has now been two weeks since I joined Omni. feels like forever though! 
So far, I have made just about 100 posts a week.
That is too many posts, and I will slow down in time, but I love Omni so much.
So, this post will launch me into LEVEL 5!!!
So, I just wanted to say it has been really awesome guys.
Keep up the good work.
See you on the forums!!
So far, I have made just about 100 posts a week.
That is too many posts, and I will slow down in time, but I love Omni so much.
So, this post will launch me into LEVEL 5!!!
So, I just wanted to say it has been really awesome guys.
Keep up the good work.
See you on the forums!!
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Miscellaneous / How come I have the best parents ever???
« on: September 28, 2011, 09:05:01 pm »
Most parents I have heard talked about on this forum are really against programming.
Poor buttsfredkin found that omnimaga.org was blocked by his parents one day.
Sometimes calc use is discouraged or even constrained.
My parents want me to have the best programming experience I can and to follow my passion. They recently agreed to fork over half the cost of a calculator just in case it would make it better for what I love to do. My parents let me compose and play music all the time, and don't make me. They are very supportive of non-conventionality.
Is this strange?
Poor buttsfredkin found that omnimaga.org was blocked by his parents one day.
Sometimes calc use is discouraged or even constrained.
My parents want me to have the best programming experience I can and to follow my passion. They recently agreed to fork over half the cost of a calculator just in case it would make it better for what I love to do. My parents let me compose and play music all the time, and don't make me. They are very supportive of non-conventionality.
Is this strange?
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Miscellaneous / Mini Moral Dillema PART 2!!! -the transaction
« on: September 28, 2011, 08:51:22 pm »
So, because of a last minute confusion with back to school purchases, clothes shopping, supply buying, and generous grandparents, long story short, I have gotten the amazing and rare opportunity to get
ONE FREE CALCULATOR (spending at most 20 bucks) Courtesy of Staples.
So, I now pass on the decision to those I trust most with a calculator -
You, Omni.
So, Omni, which Calculator should I get? I want good games and a good programming experience.
ONE FREE CALCULATOR (spending at most 20 bucks) Courtesy of Staples.
So, I now pass on the decision to those I trust most with a calculator -
You, Omni.
So, Omni, which Calculator should I get? I want good games and a good programming experience.
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Miscellaneous / My mini moral dillema
« on: September 26, 2011, 08:22:03 pm »
Good and bad news.
For the school year... my grandparents bout me a TI 84 + SE!!!!
However, the school already provides one, albeit not for games.
My parents didn't know that. They offered me to trade it in for a
TI 89 TITANIUM EDITION!!!!!
But I don't need it. My family is kinda tight with money. I REALLY want one of them because i have only and 83+, but I don't want to take advantage of them like that.
But I could really use EITHER higher model. My grandparents were the one that bought it, and I would chip in, so my parents would only have to pay like $25.
What should I do?
For the school year... my grandparents bout me a TI 84 + SE!!!!
However, the school already provides one, albeit not for games.
My parents didn't know that. They offered me to trade it in for a
TI 89 TITANIUM EDITION!!!!!
But I don't need it. My family is kinda tight with money. I REALLY want one of them because i have only and 83+, but I don't want to take advantage of them like that.
But I could really use EITHER higher model. My grandparents were the one that bought it, and I would chip in, so my parents would only have to pay like $25.
What should I do?
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Miscellaneous / The most soul melting experience I ever had (hyperbole)
« on: September 26, 2011, 11:50:04 am »
Once, a few years ago, in seventh grade, my kind and loving uncle gave me his beloved TI83 Plus. I have a memory and focus problem... what was I saying?
Oh yeah. So I lost everything, homework, tootbrushes, medication, and I forget lots of important things.
After a few weeks of learning and having fun with my calculator, my mom realized that it wasworth over $100, as the TI calcs are high end. She made me promise I wouldn't lose it.
You can see where this is going.
So, one night I came up the stairs to do my math homework. I was taking the public bus to my dad's house. When I pulled out my math homework
MY CALCULATOR WASN'T THERE!!!!!!!
I had a full out mental breakdown. I just totally lost it. I began pacing around the room bawling. There were two things that just killed me.
1. It was one of the few things I PROMISED I wouldn't lose.
2. It was my baby! :'(
But a few minutes later, my dad came in and pulled it out of a different pocket in my bag.
I WAS SO MAD
The shock of "losing it" wasso bad I coudn't stop crying or even function beyond life for another hour.
It was one of the most devastating *unimportant* experiences in my life.
For that matter... I'll talk about the Tony Hawk incedent later...
Oh yeah. So I lost everything, homework, tootbrushes, medication, and I forget lots of important things.
After a few weeks of learning and having fun with my calculator, my mom realized that it wasworth over $100, as the TI calcs are high end. She made me promise I wouldn't lose it.
You can see where this is going.
So, one night I came up the stairs to do my math homework. I was taking the public bus to my dad's house. When I pulled out my math homework
MY CALCULATOR WASN'T THERE!!!!!!!
I had a full out mental breakdown. I just totally lost it. I began pacing around the room bawling.
There were two things that just killed me.1. It was one of the few things I PROMISED I wouldn't lose.
2. It was my baby! :'(
But a few minutes later, my dad came in and pulled it out of a different pocket in my bag.
I WAS SO MAD
The shock of "losing it" wasso bad I coudn't stop crying or even function beyond life for another hour.
It was one of the most devastating *unimportant* experiences in my life.
For that matter... I'll talk about the Tony Hawk incedent later...
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Miscellaneous / Tips on how to make really annoying project threads!!
« on: September 25, 2011, 06:24:33 pm »
[sarcasm]
Rule #1: Never update the first post!
People LOOVE to dig through your thread in order to find the latest update. When I find myself looking at the first post in a project topic, I always enjoy seeing no progress updates, the oldest screenshots, and thinking it has gotten nowhere. The first post is for just announcing the project, and it is the end user's responsibility to dig through page after page of posts to find news.
Rule #2: Put the most important things last!!
Everybody loves to read your rants, old screenshots, musings, and plans for future features before seeing the overview of the info and the download link.
Rule #3: Make the first post really long!!!
Never put change logs in spoilers! Everybody LOOVES to read about every single change you made in the program before seeing the most recent updates. Always put screenshots line by line and outside of spoilers, and the most important screens (i.e.) animated ones at the bottom. I always love to see all of the old screenshots of crappy beta versions before I see a nice animated current screenshots. In fact, NEVER put new screenshots in the first post! Note: lots of unnecessary info and rants make for good first post fluff.
[/sarcasm]
Who am I kidding? Those are the things NOBODY should do!!! First posts are for updating info and having a quick overview of the topic, the rest is for discussion, people.
Feel free to add more anti-rules.
Rule #1: Never update the first post!
People LOOVE to dig through your thread in order to find the latest update. When I find myself looking at the first post in a project topic, I always enjoy seeing no progress updates, the oldest screenshots, and thinking it has gotten nowhere. The first post is for just announcing the project, and it is the end user's responsibility to dig through page after page of posts to find news.
Rule #2: Put the most important things last!!
Everybody loves to read your rants, old screenshots, musings, and plans for future features before seeing the overview of the info and the download link.
Rule #3: Make the first post really long!!!
Never put change logs in spoilers! Everybody LOOVES to read about every single change you made in the program before seeing the most recent updates. Always put screenshots line by line and outside of spoilers, and the most important screens (i.e.) animated ones at the bottom. I always love to see all of the old screenshots of crappy beta versions before I see a nice animated current screenshots. In fact, NEVER put new screenshots in the first post! Note: lots of unnecessary info and rants make for good first post fluff.
[/sarcasm]
Who am I kidding? Those are the things NOBODY should do!!! First posts are for updating info and having a quick overview of the topic, the rest is for discussion, people.
Feel free to add more anti-rules.
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TI-BASIC / Homescreen Invaders Bug!!! Matrix rendering system broken
« on: September 25, 2011, 06:06:22 pm »
So, in homescreen invaders, the alien fleet is rendered by the program reading from a 3X5 matrix and drawing a V in the appropriate position.
Howver, it doesn't draw anything.
Also, the matrix is appropriately filled with 1's for the example.
Here is the code:
Howver, it doesn't draw anything.
Also, the matrix is appropriately filled with 1's for the example.
Here is the code:
Code: [Select]
1→M
1→X
1→Y
While M≤15
If X≤5
Then
If Y≤3
Then
If [I](Y,X)=1
Output(Y+3,X+3,"V"
If [I](Y,X)=0
Output(Y+3,X+3," "
Else
Goto Z
End
Else
X+1→X
Y+1→Y
End
M+1→M
End
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Miscellaneous / Boot2490's RPG! Fun get together on #boot2490rpg
« on: September 25, 2011, 01:59:29 pm »
Some have you may have joined in on the fun last night when I was the MC in a role-playing-game on Omnimaga Radio. (I didn't know what it was for because it was broken) So tonight at 5:00 PM EST, I am hosting another on #boot2490rpg on EFNet. (The same server as #omnimaga.) At least Juju and Parser Padwan will testify to the intense and blazing excitement I invented for the action scenes. One time, Parser Padwan's jacket was stuck under a van while a machine gun was slowly aiming toward his waist. It was about to tear him into oblivion! I think that the RPG tonight will be very fun. See you there!
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Humour and Jokes / 31 seconds to Halloween: costumes in a pinch
« on: September 23, 2011, 08:21:28 pm »
1.
Instant Action Movie villain:
Grey business suit with grey tie, sunglasses
2.
Instant Secret Agent:
Black business suit with black bowtie, comb back wet hair
3.
Instant Biker Chick:
Black leather jacket one size too small, 6" styrofoam ball cut in half
4.
Instant Indiana Jones:
White button up shirt, brown jacket, brown fedora
5.
Instant Indiana Jones (Temple of Doom edition)
White tank top, grime, brown fedora
6.
Instant Mafia Boss Version 1
Grey fedora, Black/grey business suit with pillow under, red tie, brown paper rolled up for cigar
7.
Instant Mafia Boss on vacation:
Flowered shirt, sunglasses, pillow under shirt, paper cigar
8.
Vacation guy in general:
Mafia Boss 2 without pillow, sunglasses, and no cigar
9.
Instant biker dude:
Black Leather Jacket, sunglasses, brown construction paper goatee
10.
Instant the emperor:
Black sheet wrapped around body but over head like hood, pin up from inside to maintain shape
11.
Instant Judge:
Black sheet worn like robe with white button up and red tie beneathe, toilet paper tubes for curly wig
12.
Instant Lawyer:
Black suit with red tie
13.
Hippie:
Tie dye shirt, paper john lennon glasses
14.
Doctor Who (Tom Baker)
Brown Trenchcoat, long as possible scarf with any combination of red, green, yellow
15. Doctor Who (David Tennant)
Brown suit over blue suit, red tie, nerd glasses
Section two misc props
Paper makes good moustaches, glasses, and beards in a pinch
Toilet paper tubes taped to a legal sheet of paper for an 18th century wig
Sheets make good robes
Don't worry about exact colors or even using all of the colors in a prop according to te original, a Tom Baker costume with a red scarf would get the point across
Use the clothes you already have
Be simplistic.
Instant Action Movie villain:
Grey business suit with grey tie, sunglasses
2.
Instant Secret Agent:
Black business suit with black bowtie, comb back wet hair
3.
Instant Biker Chick:
Black leather jacket one size too small, 6" styrofoam ball cut in half
4.
Instant Indiana Jones:
White button up shirt, brown jacket, brown fedora
5.
Instant Indiana Jones (Temple of Doom edition)
White tank top, grime, brown fedora
6.
Instant Mafia Boss Version 1
Grey fedora, Black/grey business suit with pillow under, red tie, brown paper rolled up for cigar
7.
Instant Mafia Boss on vacation:
Flowered shirt, sunglasses, pillow under shirt, paper cigar
8.
Vacation guy in general:
Mafia Boss 2 without pillow, sunglasses, and no cigar
9.
Instant biker dude:
Black Leather Jacket, sunglasses, brown construction paper goatee
10.
Instant the emperor:
Black sheet wrapped around body but over head like hood, pin up from inside to maintain shape
11.
Instant Judge:
Black sheet worn like robe with white button up and red tie beneathe, toilet paper tubes for curly wig
12.
Instant Lawyer:
Black suit with red tie
13.
Hippie:
Tie dye shirt, paper john lennon glasses
14.
Doctor Who (Tom Baker)
Brown Trenchcoat, long as possible scarf with any combination of red, green, yellow
15. Doctor Who (David Tennant)
Brown suit over blue suit, red tie, nerd glasses
Section two misc props
Paper makes good moustaches, glasses, and beards in a pinch
Toilet paper tubes taped to a legal sheet of paper for an 18th century wig
Sheets make good robes
Don't worry about exact colors or even using all of the colors in a prop according to te original, a Tom Baker costume with a red scarf would get the point across
Use the clothes you already have
Be simplistic.