How to do Multiplayer Game Programming (w/CD)

Todd Barron, LostLogic “Multiplayer Game Programming w/CD”
Course Technology PTR | 2002-06-01 | ISBN: 0761532986 | 850 pages | PDF | 12 Mb

Multiplayer Game Programming is the first technical guide to enable you to write a complete Internet-ready video game using DirectX 8. The first part of the book covers the history of online gaming, the architecture of multiplayer games, basic networking, and an introduction to Visual C++ and Windows programming. After you cover the basics, you’ll move on to sockets, DirectPlay, Direct3D, DirectAudio, and DirectInput programming, as well as multiplayer game design. Whether you are new to game programming, or you have extensive game programming experience but want to break into the multiplayer phenomenon, this book is for you. Multiplayer Game Programming teaches you the skills necessary to create interactive, online games!
Download ebook and cd at Downloadanupload.blogspot.com here: http://downloadanupload.blogspot.com/2008/05/multiplayer-game-programming-wcd.html

Make 3D Web 2.0 Icon for your site with ease !

Well this is the latest trend, most of the well known sites has web 2.0 icons. Like many people, I am amazed at look of these icons. These icons generally have glass effect with tinge of 3D shadow.

I tried to make icon for my site(tothepc) and was successful to some extent. Most of my friends liked the icon, however there were some brickbats like: icon is too light, colors etc etc etc.

Here is my step by step guide of making a cool icon for your website or blog. FYI Davinder is my name !

Step1:Decide on the dimension of an icon. This depends on the structure of the template your are using. I went for 300px X 93px
Open Photoshop and and type the text for the icon. Then jazz it up with some stylish font type, I used ‘Garamond’

You can download and install font from this website or Google around. To install a font: go to C drive, Windows folder, fonts folder. Then click on File, click on install new fonts.

Step2:Create another text format of the stuff we have written till now. You can either write it again or use duplicate later function in photoshop.

In the box located at the bottom right part of Photoshop window, right click on the text you wrote in the first step.

In the pop up menu click on duplicate layer option. Then move the text as shown in the picture.

Step3:Now we need to rotate the second text layer and align it as shown in the picture. We can easily do this using rotate function in photoshop.

Here is how I did, Select and highlight the second layer and then press Ctrl and T. We will see guide lines forming rectangle around the text of second layer.

Move your mouse to any corner and then rotate the text. See the result in the picture.

Step4: Now we need to use shading or gradient to give that shadow effect. It is also very easy to implement.
Right click on the second text layer and then click on blending options in the pop up menu.

Then click on gradient overlay option in window titled ‘layer style’ Select gradient as ‘white-black’ shading. You can chose any based on the color scheme being used.

Step5: This is an option step, but is required to give that polished look to the icon. Here we need to add a vector shape and then increase transparency to give that 3D look.

In the toolbar on left select ‘rectangle tool’, then pick a oval shape and draw as shown in the picture. Fill white color in that and then we need to increase the transparency.

For this, highlight the oval shape layer and then move the opacity slider t about 30%. You can find opacity slider, right above the first layer in the little box with title ‘layer’

So, after doing all the above simple steps, we will get final logo in that web 2.0 look or what I say is 3D look. Of course, we can polish it further.

However, since I am still learning on it, I may write about enhancement in near future. In case you face any issue in performing any of the above step, feel free to contact me by adding a comment here.

<!–
google_ad_client = “pub-4636908728456816”;
/* tothepc_468x60 */
google_ad_slot = “5031192203”;
google_ad_width = 468;
google_ad_height = 60;
//–> 

Make Windows Xp Genuine Forever

I am sure all of you must have heard of similar topics which promise to avail you the benefits of a genuine Windows Xp…..but even after you try all those methods you are probably disappointed.I wont disappoint you.

I promise that I will make you reap the benefits of a Genuine windows operating system.All I need is your patience to view this topic.

The most popular way? to make your Os genuine is to hunt up Genuine Operating system Product keys.I had tried this method before and to my suprise it worked…my Xp had become genuine,its not always a happy ending.I installed wmp 11 successfully by validating it,after few days I though of switching on automatic updfates as my copy of Xp was genuine…..It wasnt updating….I started wondering why??

I told myself that I should reevaluate my copy of Windows Xp.I did that and to my shock it wasnt a genuine one.WTF..How did this happen???It was genuine before a few days and now…non-genuine….I figured out why it had become non-genuine.This was because probably someone else had also found the genuine key I had hunted yp and they had used that key in an attempt to make windows genuie.

Now the key point here is that when I had the genuine key it was only? mine….i.e no one else had tried that key before…but when another guy uses that key Microsoft can find out two people are using that key.So because of that it considered that key as non-genuine.

Note:Genuine keys can only be used once.If they are used on different computers having same Operating system they become non-genuine.

Now I could have probably hunted upmore genuine keys,but I knew that hunting up more genuine keys wasn’t the solution to the problem because they can become non-genuine any time.I knew that I wasnt going to give up.No way…I have to somehow make my windows Xp genuine.

Finally I found out that some kind of registry change can be made to make Windows genuine.Chillax..Its not complicated.

Well…I probably bored you a lot.Let me get down to the point.

Ill tell you how to make windows Xp genuine.

Its more simple than anything you ever though about.

Explained in 5 simple steps.

Note:All the steps below are to be followed using Internet explorer otherwise they wont work.

Step 1:First we will confirm whether your copy of windows Xp is? non genuine.Click on the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.aspx?displaylang=en

Step 2:On the right hand side you will find two options named “Validate Windows” and “Validate Office” Click on validate windows.

Step 3:You will find a pop up which will state”Did you notice the information Bar”Just tick mark the don’t show this message again box and click on Ok.

Step 5:On the top of your browser you will see the information bar where you will find the following text written”This site might require following ActiveX control…….”Click on the information bar and then click on install ActiveX control

Step 6:Another pop up box will appear asking you whether you want to install this software.Click on Install.

Step 7:Now it will tell you that you are a victim of software counterfeit,this means that your copy is pirated.If it doesn’t then your windows copy is already genuine.

1 simple step to make it genuine.

Download this file from rapidshare.It makes minute changes in the registry so that your windows xp becomes genuine.

Heres the link:http://rapidshare.com/files/115057416/GENUINE.reg.html

Run the file.It will ask you for a confirmation regarding whetjer you want to run it or not.Click on yes.

Now try all I told you i.e about how to validate your xp.After validating I bet that it wont tell you that your copy of x is pirated.It’s gonna congratulate you.

Try installing Wmp 11,Ie 7 or 8…..trying updating your Xp………..You are a free bird.Congrats!!!!

You have now got a Genuine xp.

DO COMMENT.

I told myself that I should reevaluate my copy of Windows Xp.I did that and to my shock it wasnt a genuine one.WTF..How did this happen???It was genuine before a few days and now…non-genuine….I figured out why it had become non-genuine.This was because probably someone else had also found the genuine key I had hunted yp and they had used that key in an attempt to make windows genuie.

Now the key point here is that when I had the genuine key it was only? mine….i.e no one else had tried that key before…but when another guy uses that key Microsoft can find out two people are using that key.So because of that it considered that key as non-genuine.

Note:Genuine keys can only be used once.If they are used on different computers having same Operating system they become non-genuine.

Now I could have probably hunted upmore genuine keys,but I knew that hunting up more genuine keys wasn’t the solution to the problem because they can become non-genuine any time.I knew that I wasnt going to give up.No way…I have to somehow make my windows Xp genuine.

Finally I found out that some kind of registry change can be made to make Windows genuine.Chillax..Its not complicated.

Well…I probably bored you a lot.Let me get down to the point.

Ill tell you how to make windows Xp genuine.

Its more simple than anything you ever though about.

Explained in 5 simple steps.

Note:All the steps below are to be followed using Internet explorer otherwise they wont work.

Step 1:First we will confirm whether your copy of windows Xp is? non genuine.Click on the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/default.aspx?displaylang=en

Step 2:On the right hand side you will find two options named “Validate Windows” and “Validate Office” Click on validate windows.

Step 3:You will find a pop up which will state”Did you notice the information Bar”Just tick mark the don’t show this message again box and click on Ok.

Step 5:On the top of your browser you will see the information bar where you will find the following text written”This site might require following ActiveX control…….”Click on the information bar and then click on install ActiveX control

Step 6:Another pop up box will appear asking you whether you want to install this software.Click on Install.

Step 7:Now it will tell you that you are a victim of software counterfeit,this means that your copy is pirated.If it doesn’t then your windows copy is already genuine.

1 simple step to make it genuine.

Download this file from rapidshare.It makes minute changes in the registry so that your windows xp becomes genuine.

Heres the link:http://rapidshare.com/files/115057416/GENUINE.reg.html

Run the file.It will ask you for a confirmation regarding whetjer you want to run it or not.Click on yes.

Now try all I told you i.e about how to validate your xp.After validating I bet that it wont tell you that your copy of x is pirated.It’s gonna congratulate you.

Try installing Wmp 11,Ie 7 or 8…..trying updating your Xp………..You are a free bird.Congrats!!!!

You have now got a Genuine xp.

DO COMMENT.