Urban Terror

I don't think that I have ever written a review on the fascinatingly addictive game, Urban Terror; and, although I may write one in the future, that is not the purpose of this post.

Yesterday, while trying to hookup multiple UT clients to a single public server, I discovered that, by default, all clients are set to use the same port. This setup results in a situation where no two clients - operating behind the same router - can connect to a public server at the same time, unless the traffic is routed accordingly. Some routers are setup to handle this traffic automatically, but if your particular router is not setup in this manner, it can cause a headache. This particular headache caused me no little grief, and I spent much time on google searching for a viable solution.

I finally discovered - in UT's forums, no less - that there is a config file that runs every time the UT client is run. In that file, it is possible to manually set the port through which traffic will be routed to and from that client. To configure your client accordingly, your must locate UT's autoexec.cfg file.

The autoexec.cfg file is located in your UrbanTerrorq3ut4 folder. Open autoexec.cfg file with notepad, if you're in windows; or, if you're in linux, use your favorite text editor...whether it be gedit, nano, jedit, etc...

Here are the default contents of said file:

//In this file you can do settings that will be executed everytime Urban Terror is started. It will not get overwritten.
//Lines starting with // are ignored.
//Example1: exec yourconfig.cfg
//Example2: set cg_fov "110"
//Example3: bind x ut_weaptoggle knife

Append the following to said autoexec.cfg file.

seta net_port "296x"

Where x is a positive integer between 0 and 9. Bear in mind, that if you only have two computers, you should only have to change this file on one client. If you have more than two clients, than you will need to change the file on all but one of the clients.

Also, if your UT install is located in the program files folder of either Vista or Windows 7, you will need to either edit this as an administrator, or simply copy it to your My Documents folder, edit it there, and then copy it back to the UrbanTerrorq3ut4 folder.

There! Now you should be able to get all your UT clients onto the same public server!

Frag on!

Ch@d

The Trail Plotter

After several long weeks of arduous labor, Ed and I are pleased to announce that we now have a working prototype of The Trail Plotter software.

The purpose of TTP is to take user submitted GPS-data, plot it on a googlemaps and display detailed information on the marker. Although the prototype is geared toward the plotting of wolf sightings, this software can be themed to track or plot any kind of information that a user feels compelled to feed it.

Although the main website is not completely setup just yet, you can see a working version of the software over at the Wolfmap.

As soon as the software reaches the final release stage, you will also be able to see it in action over at the Cougarmap.

Since the software is currently in beta, new user registration will only be allowed for a select few. Once we feel that we have worked out all the bugs, we will open registration up to every one.

Thanks for reading, and hopefully we'll see you over at the Wolfmap!

Ch@d

PS Due to an urgent family matter, Ed, the head dev, has been slightly incapacitated. Although dev work hasn't stopped, there is a bit of a delay between the dev work and the actual implementation of said dev work. So please bear with us as we push forward on this project.

Cynthia Lynne

Cynthia Lynne's journey into this world began quite a few months back, but July 14th was the zenith of said journey.

Knowing Jess' propensity toward preeclampsia, we decided that setting a home birth as a goal was not the wisest idea for this pregnancy. As such, we set up OB appointments with the OB that Jess' had for Lil' Sam's pregnancy. This choice proved to be the best possible choice that we could have ever made. Not only is her OB a great Doc, but the fact that she knew Jess' past history, helped this pregnancy come to a safe and healthy conclusion for all parties concerned.

I believe that, had Jess' OB not gotten her BP, as well as her diabetes, under control, we would have found ourselves right back in Marquette again. Praise the LORD for giving her OB the wisdom on how to deal with Jess' various conditions.

Anyways, that all being said, Lil' "C"ynthia was born by caesarian on July 14th, at 7:28AM. I was present at the time of delivery, and was actually given the opportunity to peak when Lil' C was lifted out of mommy's belly. Naturally, I took it.

Despite being born 4 weeks early - Jess' (I side with her as well) will vigorously tell you that she thinks she was born full term - Lil' C weighed in at an even 8lb's, and measured 19 inches. Lil' C's first few minutes in this world were a little of a struggle as her little body attempted to adapt to it's new world. She was put on a nasal canula at %100 oxygen until her vitals stabilized, at which point, they began to wean her off the oxygen. In a matter of hours she was completely off the oxygen and in mommy's waiting arms.

Here, for your viewing pleasure are some pictures of Lil' C's first few moments.

http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf

Primal Carnage

Primal carnage will be a Multiplayer, FPS game with an emphasis on teamwork. You can chose to either play as a human, or you can chose to play as a dinosaur.

I say, "will be," because it hasn't been released yet. In fact, it hasn't even reached the Beta stage yet. Despite all that, there is a very real possibility that it will be ready for prime time, sometime this coming fall/winter.

In the event that it is ready for public consumption this coming fall/winter, here are a couple of reasons why you should try this game out.

1. Released to the Linux Platform. Yup, you heard it. According to this post, this game will be released to all us Linux lovers! :)


2. Unreal low price of $20. Again, according to this post, this game will purportedly cost only $20.

Now...if those two reasons don't get you interested, hurry on over to their website, donate, and you will be one of the first people to try out their upcoming beta!

Later's...

In other news...Ed's work on TTP should all but be completed this weekend. Look for a post tomorrow with a full explanation... :D

New Theme

Two of my Nav links weren't displaying properly, so I was on the hunt for another theme yesterday. This is the fruit of my labor.

In case you're wondering, no, this will not be the final theme... lol After going through so many themes lately, I thought that it would be kinda' cool to showcase cool themes from around the 'Net.

So...the next theme will be a modified theme of Dock Dock, by WP Themes Creator.