September 2021 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: Open Source Game Achievements Article

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Dennis> Fedora Magazine has published my article on open source game Dennis> achievements. Dennis> https://fedoramagazine.org/open-source-game-achievements/ Dennis> I just got Alchemy Quest, Anagramarama, and Inertia Blast add to Dennis> Fedora. So it will be easier to test Gamerzilla on Fedora 35. Congrats on the article!

Sept. 30, 2021

Dojo D1

by Tim Keller

I just finally got to see the stuff about Tesla's Dojo Processor stuff. 9 PFLOPS per "tile" and 36 TB/s of bandwidth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPHX7e1BxSM Um..wow. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 29, 2021

Open Source Game Achievements Article

by Dennis Payne

Fedora Magazine has published my article on open source game achievements. https://fedoramagazine.org/open-source-game-achievements/ I just got Alchemy Quest, Anagramarama, and Inertia Blast add to Fedora. So it will be easier to test Gamerzilla on Fedora 35. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

Sept. 17, 2021

Re: Inertia Blast

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Dennis> There is "-w" for windowed mode. It is really small on most displays as Dennis> it is 320x200. Cool, I'll have to try that. First I have to understand the game play though! Dennis> It never really bothered me but I played it again focusing on Dennis> the background drawing. I think it is caused from being Dennis> stretched to a different aspect ratio. The old X11 Dennis> implementation had a double screen size mode. I have that in Dennis> Troll Bridge which is the code I based the Inertia Blast Dennis> drawing code on. I'll try to add that in. Adding a full screen Dennis> with black borders to keep the aspect ratio would be good too. Dennis> I'll have to look into that. Cool. John Dennis> On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 22:48 -0400, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: >> > > > > >> I pulled this down, and once I had installed all the sdl2 -dev libs >> on >> my Linux Mint 20 system it built just fine, nice and clean. >> >> Unfortunately, the full screen blocky graphics weren't as good, but >> more annoying was the constant flicker the screen as it was >> refreshing >> things. >> >> Maybe it needs to be a smaller window? I didn't bother to install >> it, >> I just ran it from the build dir, which was super nice to be able to >> do. Congrats on the update! >> >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JKRFY… Dennis> _______________________________________________ Dennis> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org Dennis> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Dennis> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Dennis> Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Dennis> Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/2KMOX…

Sept. 10, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by Tim Keller

I should point out that going forward, all physical meetings are also going to connected to the Jitsi meeting as well. I don't want anybody to feel that they can't attend the meeting due to mobility issues or scheduling conflicts. Tim. On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 10:44 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Tim> We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! > > Cool! > > Tim> Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? > > Virtual is for the best right now I think. But I'm not sure I'll be > able to make it due to other commitments. We will see. > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 9, 2021

WLUG Meeting tonight (Virtual) at 7PM, usual Jitsi location.

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Enough people have reached out to me privately that they want to attend remotely, that I think it makes sense to do the meeting virtually this month. The meeting will be at the usual virtual place: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA <https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA>@7PM. Speaking with Frank WPI is off the table as a meeting location. Tonight I think it warrants a conversation about where we'd like to do physical meetings. They are going to happen, I'd like to pick a spot that works for everybody. I'm sure lots of other topics will come up as well. See ya there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Inertia Blast

by Dennis Payne

There is "-w" for windowed mode. It is really small on most displays as it is 320x200. It never really bothered me but I played it again focusing on the background drawing. I think it is caused from being stretched to a different aspect ratio. The old X11 implementation had a double screen size mode. I have that in Troll Bridge which is the code I based the Inertia Blast drawing code on. I'll try to add that in. Adding a full screen with black borders to keep the aspect ratio would be good too. I'll have to look into that. On Wed, 2021-09-08 at 22:48 -0400, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: > > > > > > I pulled this down, and once I had installed all the sdl2 -dev libs > on > my Linux Mint 20 system it built just fine, nice and clean. > > Unfortunately, the full screen blocky graphics weren't as good, but > more annoying was the constant flicker the screen as it was > refreshing > things. > > Maybe it needs to be a smaller window? I didn't bother to install > it, > I just ran it from the build dir, which was super nice to be able to > do. Congrats on the update! > > John > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JKRFY…

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Inertia Blast

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Dennis> Thrust is an old C64 game. I never played the original but Dennis> enjoyed an svgalib version a long time ago. Svgalib was used Dennis> for games when people didn't have machines that could Dennis> reasonably run X. It requires root to run and can't run under Dennis> X so it isn't something people do now for the most part. The Dennis> version I played now has an X version but it requires pseudo Dennis> color so it is not usable. Dennis> I updated the code to use SDL. I replaced some images that Dennis> seemed to have been copied from the original. I renamed the Dennis> game to Inertia Blast. Of course this included adding Dennis> Gamerzilla support but it is minimal at the moment with only Dennis> two achievements. Dennis> http://identicalsoftware.com/inertiablast/ I pulled this down, and once I had installed all the sdl2 -dev libs on my Linux Mint 20 system it built just fine, nice and clean. Unfortunately, the full screen blocky graphics weren't as good, but more annoying was the constant flicker the screen as it was refreshing things. Maybe it needs to be a smaller window? I didn't bother to install it, I just ran it from the build dir, which was super nice to be able to do. Congrats on the update! John

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by John Stoffel

Tim> We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! Cool! Tim> Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? Virtual is for the best right now I think. But I'm not sure I'll be able to make it due to other commitments. We will see.

Sept. 9, 2021

Re: Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! > > Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? Where do in-person meetings happen? It's my understanding that we (or anyone) can not go to WPI without a damn good reason and a nose swab. No matter. I don't drive and can barely walk. I don't want to be stuck at a meeting all night, but if it is done by video chat then I will check it out at 7pm (right?); hang out for an hour or two; then, with a point and a click, be teleported back to my living room in time for supper. -- Keith PS: I may try one more time to use the Linux laptop. Stay calm.

Sept. 9, 2021