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New Maps For Halo 2 New Maps For Multiplayer
Killtacular replied to JustinDanger's topic in Computer Gaming
Ugh, please make your text smaller. It's not necessary to have it that big. Anyways, you can get the maps either over Live Update (if you have Xbox Live) or you can purchase a disc at your local retailer (it costs around $10. -
Hello, In this tutorial, I will explain how you can make your own personalized homepage, for use with any browser. This tutorial is for beginners, but it assumes you know the HTML basics, especially frames. And yes, this tutorial will be done in Notepad, not in a WYSIWYG program. 1. OK, to start out, you will want to make a folder into which you will put the two .html file that you will make in this procedure. It can be anywhere, and have any name (but I suggest that you make it something like "My Homepage" or something, just for rememberability). 2. Now, open up your trusty Notepad, and before you do anything, save the file to the folder you just made. For the "File Name" in the save box, name it "home.html". Under "Save as type", scroll down to "Any Type". This is important, to make sure the saved file is a HTML file, not a .txt text file. 3. Ok, the homepage we will be designing will be simple looking, but very useful. It will consist of two frames, separated vertically. Start with your standard open-html tag, followed by the open-header tag. All we will have in the header will be the title of your document, which should be something nice like "Welcome Back, <your name here>!". After your done with that, close your title and header tags. The first few lines may look like this: <html><head><title>Welcome Back, Killtacular!</title></head> Note: you may copy my code if you want, but it would be better if you wrote the code yourself, as this is a learning experience 4. Now, instead of the open-body tag, you will want to have a open-frameset tag. For the properties of the frameset, you will want it to contain columns, with the first column's width being equal to about one-fifth of your total screen width. So, if your resolution is 640 x 480, your column will be around 120 px. If it's 800 x 600, it will be around 160 px. If it's 1024 x 768, the column will be about 200 px. You can change it later to fit your likings. For the second column width, put an asterisk (*), so that your second column will be the entire width remaining in the browser. Make the frames have a border of 1 to 2 pixels. That will be the all in your open-frameset tag. 5. Create a frame tag, with the source being a file named "menu.html" (which we'll make later). Make another frame tag, with the source being the website that is usually your homepage. I'll use Google. Also, in that second frame, make sure it's named "content". Now close your frameset and html tags. The results of steps 4 and 5 will look like this: <frameset cols="160,*" border="2"><frame src="menu.html"><frame src="http://google.com; name="content"></frameset></html> 6. You're now done with that HTML document, so save it. Now, make a new Notepad document. Again, before you do anything, save the file. And again, for the "File Name" in the save box, name it "menu.html" and for the "Save as type", scroll down to "Any Type". 7. This document will be the menu on the left side of your homepage. Start the HTML file the exact same way you did in step 3: <html><head><title>Welcome Back, Killtacular!</title></head> Note: you may want to add a mini-stylesheet inside the header, or you can link to an external one, or you can put the styles inside the body of the file. None of those procedures are within the grounds of this tutorial. 8. At the top of the menu, you will want to add a nice message to yourself (but you don't have to if you don't want to). I will be adding a scolling message for myself using the marquee tags. You may also want to make this message larger than the rest of the text in the document (but not too large!). <marquee direction="left" scrollamount="8"><h3>Hello, Killtacular!</h3</marquee> 9. Now for the fun part. Well, not really, that's just a figure of speech. Anyways... You will now be making a list of links. The links will be links to sites that you frequently visit, such as webmail, and maybe a certain forum who's name begins with an 'A'. You may also want to separate the links into groups, for organization. Also (and this is very important), every link must have a target of "content". That way, you can click on the links, and the larger frame will travel to that link, while the menu remains where it was. Also, don't forget your linebreak tags after each link, so that your links aren't all on one line (unless you like that kind of confusion). Here is a basic syntax for you to follow: <h4><ins>Your Group's Name Here</ins><br><a href="http://yourlinkedwebsite.com; target="content">Link Text</a><br><a href="http://yourlinkedwebsite.com; target="content">Link Text</a><br><a href="http://yourlinkedwebsite.com; target="content">Link Text</a><br></h4> Note: you will probably have more than one group. The preceeding was just an example. The following is an actual possibility for a menu, just to give you a better idea: <h4><ins>Games</ins><br><a href="http://addictinggames.com; target="content">Addicting Games</a><br><a href="http://miniclip.com; target="content">Miniclip</a><br><br><ins>Forums</ins><br><a href="http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/&; target="content">Xisto</a><br><a href="http://samusforum.co.uk; target="content">SCU Forums</a><br><br><ins>Tools</ins><a href="http://gmail.com; target="_top">Check Mail</a><br><a href="http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com" target="content">Windows Update</a></h4> You may notice that for the target for my "Check Mail" link, I have entered "_top" instead of "content". This is because Gmail does not work while in a frame. By putting "_top" as my target, Gmail opens in the entire browser, not in just one frame. 9. Make sure you save your menu file once you have added all the links you want. Now, you will want to set your homepage so you can use it in your browser. The method for doing this depends on what browser you have. In FireFox, its in Tools>Options. For Internet Explorer, its in Tools>Internet Options. That's all I know, although it's probably similar in Netscape or Safari. Thats it! You now have your own customized homepage, with your own useful links. Also, if you ever want to get rid of the sidebar so you can see more of the webpage you are viewing, all you need to do is grab the divider and slide it all the way to the left. Then when you want the menu again, you can just grab divider and slide it back. Convenient, right? That's my tutorial. I hope it has been helpful to everyone who has read it. Please post any questions you may have. Thank you. =Killtacular=
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I have google as my home page (well part of it). I only use Altavista when I need to find a picture/audio file that I can't find on Google.
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I agree with wykked_dreamz, Limewire or another peer-to-peer program is usually the best for mp3's, despite the danger of a hefty fine. However, if you are looking for unpopular songs (like orchestra music if you like that kind of stuff), you can use the audio seach engines at sites like All the Web or Altavista. Those were what I used until I found out about Limewire.
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To answer your questions, I used photoshop to make the 3D render into a signature image, and I also added another part of the picture under the first one and gave it a "Lighten" blending mode so there weren't as many blank spots (that may be kinda hard to understand). I also added a border using photoshop. Also, yes, Blender 3D is a freeware program. If you're interested, you can go here. It may look a little confusing at first, but once you read a few of the hundreds of tutorials they have, you'll get the hang of it. Thank you all for your comments. I will address the brightness issue soon.
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This is my signature that I made using Blender and Photoshop. For those of you who know about Blender 3d, I used a bunch of NURBS Donuts, resized them, duplicated them, and placed them around the camera. I then made all the donuts semi-transparent, and reflective. I also added my name in 3d. Any comments or suggestions? Post them please! Thanks, =Killtacular=
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Yes, I know the site is not up yet. I have been working mainly on the forum, which is in a different folder besides the public_html folder. I've been on vacation, and haven't had the time to work on it a lot.Also, what's SMF? Could you explain it to me, and maybe give me a link? I'm not too far into the forum development, so I could switch if it looked to be worth it.Thanks,=Killtacular=
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How-to Make Two Different Abstract Sig Backgrounds
Killtacular replied to Killtacular's topic in Graphics, Design & Animation
Thank you very much for your comments. I plan to write another few tutorials about some other effects and backgrounds that I know. However, I am on vacation now, and my computer access is limited. I will get around to it once I return. Yes, you're right. The color balance should be: Shadows: +100, 0, -100 Midtones: +70, 0 -70 Highlights: +50, 0, -50 instead of: Shadows: -100, 0, +100 Midtones: -70, 0 +70 Highlights: -50, 0, +50 I apologize for the error, and I will fix the actual tutorial post once I figure out how to edit my posts (>.<). Thank you for pointing that out, Nate. =Killtacular= -
Yes, I am planning on making a website using Xisto's wonderful services. I plan to make a site for a series that my friends and I are making, named Outpost Echo. Outpost Echo will be a Halo 2 machinima series (like "Red vs Blue" or "The Codex", if you've ever heard of any of those). Of course, we probably won't be as big or as popular as any of those, seeing as how we're only in high school, and don't have the time or money to put into a full-time series. But it will be a fun experience nonetheless. Anyways, I'm working on the website when I can. I plan to make as much of the site as possible using Macromedia Flash MX, because I think that will look cool. Also, my site will come complete with a PhpBB forum, so we can post stuff like progress and ideas. It will be a lot of work, but it will have been worth it. So, stop by sometime and see if I've gotten the site up. It's at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ . See ya there! =Killtacular=
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That's a very nice effect you got there! I just have one question about the instructions: When I duplicate the layer in step 7, do I repeat the twirl on the duplicated layer, except having the twirl in the opposite direction? Because, other than that, there is no reason to duplicate and then merge the layers, since you make no change to them in between (the colorizing doesn't have to be done on the layers separatly, you can just do it twice on the same layer... I think). Anyways, I've posted below the results that I got. The first one has just one twirl, as I followed the directions exactly as they were written: This second one contains two opposite swirls, colorized differently (one's blue and one's kinda green). Either way, its a really good looking effect. Nice job!
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Well, I have a problem that may be related to this (and perhaps one of you could help me). I just got my hosting yesterday, and it said on the control panel that I was using 144mb out of my alotted 20 mb, which is odd because I haven't uploaded a single file yet. Also, when I check the memory usage, it says that I'm using only about .8 megs. Tantalizing, isn't it?
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My First Siggie what do you think
Killtacular replied to warbird1405241485's topic in Graphics, Design & Animation
Yes, you definately need some texture to the background. It's just that the background takes up so much of the sig, seeing as how the subjects are small. Maybe you could make them bigger, or add another subject, maybe a larger one that would be behind your current subjects. Or, you could add some design or something to the background, or a texture (via a Bevel and Emboss Texture).Also, you should add a border. It doesn't have to be anything major, just something to create a distiction between your sig and the background of the webpage. Just a single-pixel-wide black border would suffice.Those are just suggestions, you don't have to do anything if you don't want to. Good luck in your future Photoshoppings! -
Very well done! But, I'm just wondering: What program did you use to render it? It looks like it may be Blender... but I'm not quite sure. Would you mind enlightening us?
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Hey, I made a prototype for a banner you could use. (Click). It's in .PNG format, so you may have a little trouble viewing it if you computer is rather old (tell me if that's a problem and a post a GIF one). I kept the basic layout of your banner (i.e. same size, colors, and layout). You can put some logo in that tab off to the left if you want, or you can leave it blank. I hope you like it.
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I agree with Gamerchick. The first two need more distinction between subject and background (I can't even see what the subject in the second one is). Maybe if you made the subject darker or lighter they would stand out more. And yes, the bottom one is great.