Category Archives: debugging

Getting Around ‘secure.ubi.com’ With Firefox Extensions

Posted on April 15, 2008 by proj

As part of some research I wanted to play the newly free ShadowBane MMO. I downloaded the client (hint use gamershell.com) and went to setup my account on UBI’s secure billing site. First the site informs me that I need … Continue reading →

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Holdem: Bug fixing career mode, UI tweaks

Posted on September 29, 2006 by proj

I fixed a bunch of bugs in holdem last night. I got career mode working really well, both continue career and new career. I moved a bunch of the player game save logic out into it’s own class called ‘SaveData’. … Continue reading →

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Holdem: UI Bug Fixes

Posted on September 14, 2006 by proj

Fixed a bunch of nagging UI bugs tonight. I’m still not totally happy with the fonts and some of the color blending. When you’re a non-green background and you alpha blend a green menu it’s a bit jarring. Even green … Continue reading →

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Holdem: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Posted on September 12, 2006 by proj

I’ve gotten a lot of bugs fixed in holdem in a short ammount of time. I have to rework the in-game overlay UI as it covers up important information right now. I’m considering cutting the in game AI chatter. I … Continue reading →

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Holdem: More progress

Posted on September 9, 2006 by proj

So the game is running on my phone and I’m getting closer to tracking down what is stopping the game from starting. ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(220): Starting window session ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(232): Setting up direct screen access ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(236): Creating double buffered drawable ..........\DEV\ZTEAM\HOLDEM\S60\SRC\Series60.cpp(270): Initializating game … Continue reading →

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Globals Are Still Considered Harmful to Your Health

Posted on September 7, 2006 by proj

Sometimes there are well defined technical reasons for this. Some people detest them because they have been told they are bad. Other more thoughtful people understand some of the serious problems that globals have. Many times in rapid prototyping (ala … Continue reading →

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Beatbox: Was it… Nope

Posted on September 5, 2006 by proj

I thought I saw a triangle on the screen but it was just some wierd food stuff stuck to my laptop LCD. It really looked promising for a second or two. I’ll post screenshots when there’s blocks falling from the … Continue reading →

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Some Things Are Running Again

Posted on September 4, 2006 by proj

The UI widget test app is up and running again. This time using the final resource system from the game library. I took a screenshot to prove how unimpressive this actually is This is some of that TDD stuff that … Continue reading →

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