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World of Warcraft NPCScan script

MaceMan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:11:07 +0000

So if you’re using the mod _NPCscan for the game World of Warcraft, you know that you have to clear your creature cash to scan for the same mob twice. It can be tedious to do this repetitively, so I’ve made a simple command line script for Windows to do the job on start-up.

(This works for Windows XP. It would work for Vista and 7 but it might require some tweaking. I wouldn’t know how to do it though since I don’t have Vista or 7.)

Make a text file in the same folder as your WoW executable and fill it with this:

del Cache\WDB\enUS\creaturecache.wdb start Launcher.exe

then save it as scanlauncher.cmd. The important part is that you save it as something.cmd. If you have file extensions hidden, you’ll have to enable them, at least temporarily. (http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/win_fcab_show_file_extensions.mspx?mfr=true shows how in the notes.)

After you’ve made the file, launch WoW with this new file! It will clear the creature cache just before the game starts. You can make a shortcut by right-click dragging and selecting create shortcut. You can change the icon by right clicking the script and going to properties.

Screen capture drivers

MaceMan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:19:37 +0000

In the past I’ve found myself wanting to know of some DirectShow screen capture drivers. I would use these for sharing my desktop on web cam programs, video streaming programs, streaming Starcraft 2, and so on. I have list of all the (free) ones I know of so far.

VH Screen Capture Driver
UScreenCapture
ManyCam

VLC Media Player and Windows Media Encoder 9 can also be used for screen broadcasting, but they do not have input drivers so the output can’t be fed into another program.
Additionally, CamStudio can be used to record the screen (but not broadcast), and Skype can be used the broadcast the screen to a single person.

Unreal Tournament 3 “Precaching” issue

MaceMan — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:07:14 +0000

For the longest time, I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with my Unreal Tournament 3 setup. Every time I entered a game of any type, the loading screen wouldn’t appear. Instead, it would say “Precaching” in red with a black background. I figured out the reason why it was doing this is because I had the “-nomoviestartup” command line option set. “-nomoviestartup” eliminates movies of all types, not just the startup movies. Loading screens are considered movies. There are campaign movies, too, and you’ll miss out on those with the command line switch.

There is a way to turn off the start-up movies in a non-destructive way. Find your “My Documents\My Games\Unreal Tournament 3\UTGame\Config\UTEngine.ini” file. Open it with a text editor, such as notepad, and search for “[FullScreenMovie]“. Directly below it, add semicolons before all the sections that say “StartupMovies”. It should look like this:

[FullScreenMovie] ;StartupMovies=Copyright_PC ;StartupMovies=EpicLogo ;StartupMovies=MidwayLogo ;StartupMovies=UE3_logo ;StartupMovies=Nvidia_PC ;StartupMovies=Intel_Duo_Logo ;StartupMovies=UT_loadmovie1

Congratulations. You have disabled start-up movies and/or restored your loading screens!

List of free games

MaceMan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:33 +0000

Here’s a quick list of free full games I know of.

FPS
Warsow (http://www.warsow.net/)
OpenArena (http://www.openarena.ws/)
UrbanTerror (http://www.urbanterror.net/)
Quake Live (http://www.quakelive.com/)
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (http://www.splashdamage.com/wolfet)
Combat Arms (http://combatarms.nexon.net/)

RTS
Battle for Wesnoth (http://www.wesnoth.org/)

RPG
Maple Story (http://maplestory.nexon.net/)
Runescape (http://www.runescape.com/)

Music
FlashFlashRevolution (http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/)

Racing
TrackMania Nations Forever (http://www.trackmania.com/index.php?rub=nations)

Counter-Strike 1.6 voice commands.

MaceMan — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:34:57 +0000

Radio Responses/Reports
Name (RADIO): Roger that.
Name (RADIO): Enemy spotted.
Name (RADIO): Need backup.
Name (RADIO): Sector clear.
Name (RADIO): I’m in position.
Name (RADIO): Reporting in.
Name (RADIO): Get out of there, it’s gonna blow!
Name (RADIO): Negative.
Name (RADIO): Enemy down.

Radio Group Commands
Name (RADIO): Go go go!
Name (RADIO): Team, fall back!
Name (RADIO): Stick together, team.
Name (RADIO): Get in position and wait for my go.
Name (RADIO): Storm the Front!
Name (RADIO): Report in, team.

Radio Commands
Name (RADIO): Cover me!
Name (RADIO): You Take the Point.
Name (RADIO): Hold This Position.
Name (RADIO): Regroup Team.
Name (RADIO): Follow Me.
Name (RADIO): Taking Fire…Need Assistance!

World of Warcraft smart mount macro

MaceMan — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:47:56 +0000

I was unsatisfied with my complicated smart mount macro; one that would mount me on my flying mount if possible, and my ground mount if not.
I discovered something immensely simple that seems to work great. For example:
/cast Swift Blue Gryphon /cast Swift Yellow Mechanostrider
You can use any mounts, as long as the flying mount is first. Of course you do get an error message when you use the macro, but it doesn’t bother me and doesn’t cause any problems.

World of Warcraft test realm madness

MaceMan — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:36:11 +0000

So you’re trying to buy emblems of triumph from Usuri Brightcoin in Dalaran but can’t because people are spamming it.

Bind “interact with target” to a key, or shift+v and right click her name.
Then use this macro since you’ll probably get “That object is busy”:

/script local function buy (n,q) for i=1,100 do if n==GetMerchantItemInfo(i) then BuyMerchantItem(i,q) end end end buy("Emblem of Triumph",1000)

Also you can use a simpler one

/script BuyMerchantItem(4, 250)

Valve’s Portal

MaceMan — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:14:15 +0000

Portal is a first person action puzzle game. If you haven’t already seen the trailer, here’s a link. Most things about the game are positive. The story, the characters, the concept, the portal gun, the seamless portals, the puzzles, the music, and the creepiness are great. Unfortunately the game is too short.

Team Fortress 2 and Half Life 2: Episode 2, also in the “Orange Box”, did not grab me and make me want to know more like Portal did. I hope to see more expansion with mods and maps with the current version of the game. I also hope that Valve will start working on Portal 2. They should make the game last a bit longer, but other than that, they should keep doing what they’re doing with the game.